Born December 14
December 14 suffers from the Eeyore Complex where money is concerned. They aren’t natural misers, like some other birthdates. If they had oodles and boodles neither sex would worry and they’d make everybody else around them comfortable. But when cash is low December 14 fears that another bill will break the bank and they’ll end up homeless. In truth this state of mind can be induced when there really are sufficient finances. And it’s often brought about by somebody else, partner or child, buying themselves a present or running up the telephone bill. Then Ms EC roars ‘You didn’t need that shirt/to make that telephone call last twenty minutes’. What’s worse, she then mentions not having her hair done for forty years and all the times she’s resisted buying something for herself. By this time everybody is reduced to desperation and children are in tears. It is a complex easily transferred to work. Spot both sexes issuing instructions to reuse envelopes and putting a lock on the photocopier. It’s Ms and Mr EC who stick those paranoid little notes on telephones saying they’re not to be used before 3.30 pm. Unchecked both at work and at home this can get right out of hand, so irrational that others begin to give December 14 a wide berth. Properly controlled it does nobody any harm and actually does good to save money and run the accounts properly. Most workers will probably not end up in positions of terrifying power because it would disturb them and they are happiest in a cosy niche just making things work around them. This otherwise generous minded creature, who naturally does his or her own cooking and sewing and home decorating, is the nurse of the universe. Anybody sick – relative, friend or neighbour – will be cared for. Either sex will be first in the door with chicken soup and a little piece of freshly made cake.
Body
Glamorous, almost effort free and inexpensive, try making Sashimi, the world-famous Japanese speciality. Take 400g filleted raw fish. For the sauce, 100ml soy sauce, 2 tablespoons grated horseradish. To garnish, radishes, watercress. You can use one type of fish, but it’s nicer if you mix the fish. Tuna, sea bream, sole, halibut, octopus and squid are most commonly used. Cut fish into strips about 3.75cm long, 2.5cm wide, and 0.75cm thick. Arrange on serving plate with garnish. Either stir the horseradish into soy sauce in separate bowl for the dip, or make two bowls for people to mix.
Mind
Money worries afflict us all, but they’re not so bad if you can think positively. Try Mimulus, (Mimulus guttatus) one of the famous Bach Flower remedies specifically made up by Dr Edward Bach with the purpose of controlling hysteria about bills.
