When the stars align...

So Mr.Divasaur and I are determined to plan our conception around one thing besides my work/travel schedule. We could care actually less whether we conceive a boy or girl, or if our baby is born on Christmas or New Year's Day, but we're feel quite strongly about avoiding conception that would bring us an Aquarian or a Taurus.

Sounds a little bizarre, no? Not so much for us. We both believe in astrology and astrological compatibility. Perhaps this comes from our being native Californians where a lot of people place credence in the alignment of the heavens on your birth day. When we crunch the compatibility calculator for our sun signs (I am a Sagitarian and he's a Gemini) this is the outlook:

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Sun Sign:	Rating:	Target Conception Dates:
Sagittarius		February 25th-March 15th
Pisces		May 25th-June 15th
Gemini		August 25th-September 15th
Leo		October 25th-November 15th
Aries		June 25th-July 15th
Virgo		November 25th-December 15th

Sun Sign:	Rating:	Target Conception Dates:
Capricorn		March 25th-April 15th
Taurus		July 25th-August 15th
Cancer		September 25th-October 15th
Libra		December 25th-January 15th

Sun Sign:	Rating:	Target Conception Dates:
Scorpio		January 25th-February 15th
Aquarius		April 25th-May 15th

In addition, we both have life experiences that confirm for us that we have particular difficulty with those two sun signs. So much so, that we're willing to try to avoid them in our nuclear family.

So what does this mean for us? We will TTA in May when I am fertile. According to FF it should be around May 1st. I know it seems silly to TTA when you're TTC, but we're willing to skip one cycle in order to plan for astrological compatibility. That said, we're getting started this next cycle, when O is predicted for around March 31st and will keep going all summer long (except for May) until we get a BFP. Things are shaking up at work and it may turn out that we can keep trying long after September and not have to worry about my availability to travel out-of-town for three weeks in July 2010. Finally, we both realize that we can plan all we want...our little being (as Mr. Divasaur calls our phantom baby) will come when he or she is ready to make us parents here on earth.

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