When Will Your Stars Align?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
When Will Your Stars Align?
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About This Quiz

Knowing what the future holds is one of the most sought-after talents. Stock market prognosticators are paid huge fortunes to predict just when specific sections of the economy may rise and fall, and even they can't do this without the aid of complicated computer models and masses of data gleaned from thousands of sources.

Often it can feel like we don't have any control over our destiny. So many things are outside our circles of influence, but that doesn't mean we don't influence them. Just as one gear in a clock influences the movement of hands, we all have power over the world around us, even if it is indirect influence. The idea of the stars holding sway over our lives comes from an ancient Greek belief in something called the Prime Mover, which we might call "God" or "the Creator," which lives far away from Earth, separated by "the spheres" which include bands of stars and the moon, before ending with Earth. They believed the Prime Mover worked its will on us the way a spring works the hands of a clock; the Prime Mover moved the spheres, which influenced us, as a spring motivates gears which move the hands of the clock.

While in the end we can be the Prime Mover of our own lives, some of what happens to us is just up to the universe and out of our hands. We can tell you when the stars will align for you, but only you can make things happen when the time is right. Take this quiz and begin your journey.

What do you plan to do once you've achieved your dream?
Pay it forward
Thank everyone who helped me
Repay my debts
Wedge open the door through which I passed

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How selfish are your goals?
Not very, but they have to be. They're my goals.
Not at all! I fight for everyone!
Totally. It's all about me, baby!
Maybe a bit

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From which of these people are you most likely to take life advice?
The superstars of my field
The pioneers in my field from long ago
A psychic
My earliest mentors

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How important to you is success as you define it?
I will cry myself to sleep if I can't have it.
It's more important to me than anything.
It's not as important to me as love and morality.
It's only as important to me as proving myself to others.

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At what time of day do you feel most motivated to do work?
7 a.m.
9 a.m.
5:45 p.m.
1 p.m.

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Who do you view as most discouraging of your chosen life's path?
My guidance counselor
My father
My ex
Myself

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How do you feel about debts?
I have too many of them...
They're only good if they represent an investment.
Ew!
They're fine.

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What kinds of events do you usually see as signs?
Combinations of dates and days of the week
Anniversaries
Celestial events
Personal encounters

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How do you view your life's ups and downs?
They're a roller coaster that sucks.
It's like being a child in an adult game of keep-away.
They're like a script, and I'm a character in it.
Chaos

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What do you believe contains a soul, other than a human being?
Time
Nothing
My pet!
All animals

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In what season were you born?
Summer
Autumn
Spring
Winter

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How often do you look for opportunities to achieve your dreams?
Several times a day
Every fifteen minutes! I'm always on social media, networking.
I check things every few weeks.
I'm paralyzed and worry all the time.

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How often do you attend organized religious services?
Never
Once a week
A few times a year
Once a year

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What sacrifice have you made for your career?
I put off kids.
I put off relationships.
I don't own a home.
I gave up on a passion.

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How often do you find yourself measuring your successes against those of your age cohort?
I don't do that at all.
Several times a day
Rarely
A couple of times a week

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What time of day makes you feel most creative?
Midnight
8 p.m.
Early morning
After lunch

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How closely do you follow the instructions given in your horoscope?
I don't read horoscopes.
Not closely at all
To the letter
Not well, if it's inconvenient

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How long have you been working to achieve your dreams?
Since I was a little kid
Since I was in college
Since a week ago
Since high school

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Who would you pay money to for mentorship on how to achieve your dreams?
Motivational speakers
Hypnotists
Mystic shamans
Psychotherapists

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When does ill fate most often befall you?
Any day ending in Y
Later afternoon
On dates that are primes
There is no pattern I can see.

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When do you feel lucky?
I don't believe in luck.
Never
Every day!
Around special occasions

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How often do you find that you preface questions with some sort of explanation or excuse for the meat of the question?
Never!
I do that all the time! I'm sorry! I mean, no I'm not, but I am sorry!
Not that it's a bad thing or anything, but yeah, a lot.
I don't make a habit of it, but yes, I do it sometimes.

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How prepared are you for your big break?
I'm packed and ready to go.
I don't know anymore.
I'm not at all ready!
I think I'm ready, but I don't know for sure.

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How much of your income is reinvested in making your dreams a reality?
More than I can afford
As much as I can afford
Very little
Quite a lot

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What companion do you have on your journey to your dreams?
My significant other
My best friend
My pet
A family member

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How hesitant are you to act when you see something you view as a sign of providence smiling?
I'd jump on it, if it happened!
Sometimes I can't believe it, and I blink.
Forever
A little while

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When do you want the tide to turn in your favor?
Yesterday!
Now! Right now!
Oh, I don't mind...
Soon

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What is the worst thing that could happen if the stars never align for you?
I can't even conceptualize that.
I will suffer.
I will cry.
I will not know who I am.

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How ambitious are you?
My ambition is towering.
Not very
Not at all
Quite

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What person in your life did the most to encourage you in your chosen path?
My significant other
One of my parents
The tarot card reader I see on Saturdays
One of my early mentors

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