{"id":4805,"date":"2019-05-14T21:18:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T21:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2019-05-14T21:18:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T21:18:27","slug":"international-excuses-bad-behavior-day-around-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/2019\/05\/international-excuses-bad-behavior-day-around-zodiac.html","title":{"rendered":"International Excuses For Bad Behavior Day Around The Zodiac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/files\/2013\/10\/beliefnet-astrology-taurus-matthew-currie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/360\/2013\/10\/beliefnet-astrology-taurus-matthew-currie-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"beliefnet astrology taurus matthew currie\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a>One thing I&#8217;ve learned over the years: despite the birth chart, and regardless of Sun Sign, we&#8217;re all human&#8230; and as a result are all prone to bad behavior. And of course bad behavior can never, ever just be blamed on a person&#8217;s Sun Sign &#8212; it&#8217;s a complicated mix of the entire birth chart, plus Free Will.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, I have decided to use The Power Cosmic invested in me as an astrologer (we all get some at the graduation ceremony, along with a scroll and a solemn promise not to overcharge) to declare this day to be International Excuses For Bad Behavior Day. Today (and today only), <strong>you have full permission to blame your Sun Sign alone for your shenanigans.<\/strong> <em>You&#8217;re welcome.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are your excuses, conveniently listed by Sun Sign.<\/strong> Memorize yours and use it as much as you can today!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARIES:<\/strong> &#8220;Nothing was happening, so I <em>made<\/em> it happen. Don&#8217;t blame me because the barbecue wasn&#8217;t starting fast enough. Besides, your eyebrows will grow back eventually&#8230; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TAURUS:<\/strong> &#8220;Yes, sweetie, I know that was the money for our power bill, but I needed that fur-covered vibrating seat cover! And it was on sale! <em>Half price<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GEMINI:<\/strong> &#8220;I know I said I wasn&#8217;t going to do that, but that was yesterday. Okay, okay, it was today. But I had to. Now I don&#8217;t. Sorry about that. Mind if I do it again?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CANCER:<\/strong> &#8220;You were mean to me, so you were asking for it. You&#8217;re an insensitive jerk. I&#8217;m only an insensitive jerk because I <em>have<\/em> to be. <em>You<\/em> started it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEO:<\/strong> &#8220;Look, I know I have certain responsibilities. I&#8217;m an adult. So if I decide I want to spend the rent money on a pony, I deserve it. Now, feed Mr. Nibbles for me, won&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIRGO:<\/strong> &#8220;Don&#8217;t complain about the job I did. It&#8217;s not as if you were washing the car properly anyway, so I re-did it for you. At least it&#8217;s clean now. Besides, you always wanted a convertible, right&#8230;?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIBRA:<\/strong> &#8220;But I thought that&#8217;s how you wanted it! I only did it for you! Now sit down and stop complaining. Prove your love for me, and eat that raw pork sashimi I made for you before I cry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCORPIO:<\/strong> &#8220;Hey, <em>you<\/em> were the one complaining about the neighbor&#8217;s dog barking all the damned time, so I took care of it. You should be thanking me. Now go get me a shovel before this thing starts to stink.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAGITTARIUS:<\/strong> &#8220;It&#8217;s the truth! And you did ask for my opinion. That dress does make your butt look fat&#8230; but I love your big ol&#8217; butt, babe!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAPRICORN:<\/strong> (long, icy silence) &#8220;Hmph. Like<em> you<\/em> could have done better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AQUARIUS:<\/strong> &#8220;Yes. Our wedding day should have been the most special occasion of our lives. And it <em>was<\/em>. Me inviting my friends from the outpatient clinic made it even <em>more<\/em> special. Besides, it would have been bad luck to get married without my tinfoil hat, and I left mine at home. If Zoolak hadn&#8217;t loaned me his, the marriage would have been doomed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PISCES:<\/strong> &#8220;I don&#8217;t see what the problem is. It&#8217;s not like anyone was hurt. That&#8217;s the important thing. The cat needed a haircut. And isn&#8217;t Mrs. Mittens just <em>adorable<\/em> with her little Mohawk?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Want to know how to work with the current and future energy to get maximum benefit? <a href=\"mailto:astrologyshow@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Feel free to write me about it!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/about-matthew-currie.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CLICK HERE to find out how you can get a personalized, informative, life-changing consultation that will help you take charge of your life in the next year!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthewtheastrologer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CLICK HERE to join the OH MY STARS Facebook Fan Page, and get exclusive content, an additional discount on a reading, and more material on blog entries!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I&#8217;ve learned over the years: despite the birth chart, and regardless of Sun Sign, we&#8217;re all human&#8230; and as a result are all prone to bad behavior. 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