horoscopes and blood types

One point about that is different between Japanese and Westerners is that Japanese believe that bloodtypes and personality traits are related. However, in the west, this is not believed by very many people (I want to say no one believes this, but I'm sure that there is someone somewhere who believes it) This article, originally from the now defunct Mangajin magazine.

You may note that Japanese don't worry if the person's blood type is positive or negative. (here's a tutorial if you want to get up to speed) (btw, positive and negative reminds me about this factoid, which is that Japanese call a Phillips screwdriver a 'plus' driver)

Now, if there is a system that is similar to bloodtypes that Westerners believe in is the notion of horoscopes and the study of astrology (the wikipedia entry is very detailed, so don't try to read it all). And, for the Japanese students, horoscopes are a good way to increase your vocabulary because a lot of words that are commonly known and describe personalities, but you may not encounter very often are found in horoscopes. Also, you can get a better idea of whether a word has a negative meaning or a positive meaning. Try some of these sites and see if what they say about you is true.

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and here