There’s a new kid in the carpool this year – a sixth grader. He’s a nephew to my friend Alexa. I’ve seen him around, but really had no direct interaction with him until he got in my car on the first day of school.

I’d heard from his mother he was concerned about being late for school and sure enough, when he got in the car, he started fretting about how slow the other carpool kid was. That kid was his chronically late cousin, and he feared this would jack him up around getting to school on time. I thought, “This is an obvious Capricorn.”

Having plenty of Capricorn myself, I reassured him. “Look, hon. You’re right. He is frequently late. But he’s not as bad as he used to be and I’ve been driving this carpool… this is the sixth year! And you know what? We’ve never been late. So I don’t want you worried about this, okay? I won’t let that happen.”

I saw him visibly relax in the seat next to me. “Whew!” he must have been thinking. “One of my own kind.”

By the time I dropped the two boys off that day (my daughter, Mosta was in the hospital), I had decided I really liked this kid. I make snap judgments like that. Some things you just know and I knew I liked this kid. I liked him so much that when I saw his mother on day three, I told her, “I really like your kid…”

So on his Capricorness, by the third day of school he was on full blown worry. About everything! For one thing, his mother was potentially going to make him go to an out of town wedding, which would result in him missing school.

“I don’t know what she’s thinking,” he said. “This isn’t elementary school! This is middle school. If I miss a day… I can’t miss any school! If I do, I’ll have to make every bit of work up…” Blah, blah, blah…. and then the sky will fall.

I sat there listening to him. I was thinking, I have to help this poor kid, maaan. But I didn’t jump on it. I had time. I decided to let some more of it pass, and just observe. I wanted more information and a few days later, I got it.

The four of us were in the car. Two boys, Mosta and I. The new kid asked his cousin, who I’d driven for five years: “Are you a Capricorn?”

“No. Sagittarius,” the kid answered.

I smiled.

It was Mosta’s turn to ride shotgun, so the boys were in the back. I turned over my shoulder and asked the new kid, “Are you a Capricorn?”

“No,” he said. “Scorpio.”

“What?” I was surprised. “When is your birthday?” I asked.

“November 17th,” he answered.

“Oh. And you’re going to be how old this year?” I was asking to get the birthdata.

He told me.

“Cool. Then you’re a Scorpio. Mosta has a Scorpio rising and your cousin has three planets in Scorpio.” I laughed. “That makes this a car full of intense people, going down the road.”

No response.

Five minutes later I dropped them off thinking this kid has GOT to have a Capricorn Moon.

When I got home, I verified it. He does have a Capricorn Moon. He has a stellium in Capricorn actually and get this: on top of that, he’s got FIVE planets in Scorpio!

::laughs::

So I was talking to Alexa about this. “Someone must have told him I was an astrologer. He heard it somewhere, and now he’s probing!! That’s pretty impressive. That’s Scorpio for you. He wants to know what I know. IF I know anything, that is,” I said, with a chuckle.

She said his mother has trouble with him.

“I’ll bet,” I said.

And you get the idea here. It’s a stew and it’s starting to cook.

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