I was inspired to write Inherent Destiny when I found out my son would be born in the year of the Horse as well as being born a Scorpio, the same as myself. I know how stubborn and difficult I can be and so I wondered what it would be like to raise a carbon copy of myself and the fights we would get into. But as I held him and looked at him, there was only love and the future concerns went away. I needed only to worry about the present and the future would come whether I worried about it or not. I wanted to write a book around a father and son relationship and after reading about the Arecibo message in 1974 where they sent a radio message to Messier 13 (which is 25,000 light years away in the Hercules constellation) I thought about a space story which takes place there (or somewhere there). Now 25,000 light years away is far. The message should be received around the year 26,974! To get an idea, our fastest spacecraft is the New Horizons that just made it past Pluto and it goes at a speed of 15 m/s. At that speed, it would take us 483,708,691 years to get here.

So one idea merged with another and Inherent Destiny was born. Along the way the story took a life of itself and I eventually finished a novella length book! Now I’ll go back and flesh out characters, dialogue and add in some world building descriptors.

I’ll keep updating this section with how the zodioscope works and individual descriptions on each destiny and personality traits. Maybe also a character bio and tech used as well as the Gatin star system and the world’s within it.

Destiny and personality profiles

The years are dragon, owl, whale, spider, horse, raccoon, firefly, tiger, skunk, snail, silkworm, stork.

The months are scorpion, andromeda, ares, zule, volcanis, carbon, auric, lightning, water, tree, fire, unicorn.

The horse directs those born in this year towards the concept of law.

The dragon towards the concept of rule.

The owl towards the concept of academics.

The whale towards the concept of size.

The spider the concept of fear.

The raccoon the concept of scavenging.

The firefly the concept of light.

The tiger the concept of force.

The skunk the concept of smell.

The snail the concept of speed.

The silkworm the concept of creation.

The stork the concept of health.

The months. (personality trait)

Those born in the month of scorpion are jealous, passionate, alpha types.

Andromedans are dreamers and creative types.

Ares are strong willed and act impulsively.

Zule are in tune with nature and peaceful.

Volcanis are hot tempered and judgemental.

Carbons are simple and even tempered.

Aurics are pleasure seeking and fanciful. Lightning are curious and experimental.

Water is mediating and calming.

Tree is grounded and engaging.

Fire is intense and consuming.

Unicorn is unconfined and those born in this month are spiritual and may experience visions.