Libra or Scorpio?

One of the fun little questions that awaits us in the coming weeks is whether the Short Stranger will arrive as a peace-loving and judicial Libra, or as a passionate and penetrating Scorpio--not that I rely too heavily on the meaning of astrological signs. But if he's born on Oct. 22 or before, we have a Libra in our midst; if not, we're graced with a Scorpio.

In doing a little google research, I've learned that these two signs offer up very different personalities and temperaments:

According to the horoscope.com, Libras are defined as cooperative, fair-minded, diplomatic, and gracious types, whose weaknesses include indecisiveness, self-pity, and conflict-avoidance.

They are graceful, like harmony, and the outdoors. They're very social types, and hate being alone, but also hate injustice (who doesn't?), violence, conformity, and loudmouths.

Some famous Libras? John Lennon, Oscar Wilde, Susan Sarandon, John Coltrane, and Dwight Eisenhower.

Scorpios, meanwhile, embody an almost opposite mentality. They are passionate and stubborn, penetrating and determined. They are considered excellent leaders, resourceful, and "true friends."

They're not so much for harmony or balance--they like being right; and they like passion, truth, and embrace a worthy adversary. They are sensuous and can be violent, jealous, and secretive, and they dislike passive people and dishonesty. Or in other words, Libras and Scorpios would probably not get along.

Famous Scorpios? Hillary Clinton, Teddy Roosevelt, Pablo Picasso, Bill Gates, Ted Turner and....my brother Bob. (So you see, I know a thing or two about Scorpios!)

Which do you think we'll have?