The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Eating

The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Eating
I'd call myself a "guilt-ivore"- and when I'm not a guilt-ivore I'm more of an"air-ivore"- as in I don't eat :p

So today is the last day of November and the last November of the year 2008. Sometimes I think of time in that way, like everyday is the last day. Some say that any day could be your last, but that day's life is more fleeting than mine.

I like to think that November is "my" month, that somehow I do the month justice (and fellow Scorpios) just by having my birthday fall into this time of year. Speaking of astrological signs, I was musing earlier today over a topic that I should probably confer about with an astrologist or diviner...

Are we meant to be born on a certain day and time because it is our destiny, or is our destiny confirmed by our time of birth? This question leads me to ask further how one is manipulated into their "destiny," or time of birth, in cases of test tube breeding or very, very meticulous parents. Is it probable then, in the future, to take the most preferable of the astrological signs as guides to practice well-timed breeding? We'll be far into genetic manipulation before any credible scientific community would consider using the Zodiac as a guideline, but what if the mundane- meaning the anti-genetic engineering groups- had an answer to the test-tube monopoly? A guaranteed natural and directed course for reproducing would have to rely on occult knowledge and intuition if one wishes to influence the outcome of a birth without paying for the would-be pricey solutions to birth defects or unwanted attributes. If you'd rather have children without intestinal or urinary tract infections, avoid the Scorpio birthdates!

Anyway, my general question simply revolves around whether or not our birthdates are from the sole influence of the overhead stars, or if it is the long 9-month(ish) period, feeling each turn, revolution, and anomaly of the celestial bodies that helps determine the fate of the zygotes. If it is the latter, then how deep does this personalization go? Can we say when someone was meant to be born? Is there such a thing when someone, born prematurely or very late, can have the destiny of a Scorpio but have really been a Sagittarius upon conception and development in the womb? Is our astrological sign solely dependent on the stars that faced us when we were exiting the womb, or was there a plan for this person to be born exactly at that time?

Maybe I'm missing the point.