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ZODIAC

by Lina HOUSNI

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In 2200, the planet Earth was deserted because of the

excessive pollution that forced the populations all over

the world to live with gas masks if they wanted to

remain alive. Moreover, the birth rate having strongly

increased, the resources available on Earth have

become too insufficient for a total of 12 billion humans

in 2090. In 2240, after 40 years of traveling through the

galaxies in search of a habitable planet, the generation X

5.3 was finally able to prosper on planet B 614, named

"Zodiac". After thinking for many years about how the

government should run the people on this new planet to

avoid the same kind of disasters as on Earth, the

leaders of all nationalities have finally decided on the

rules of life on the new planet: everyone will be placed

in categories classified from the best to the most

forbidden according to their zodiac signs. Indeed, as the

latter best define the personalities of people, it was

deemed easier by the leaders to be able to control the

populations and especially the actions they will do
based on their signs. The ranking was decided as follows:

the best signs, the elite, with all the privileges and the

ability to work with the government, would be Sagittarius,

Leo, Virgo, and Cancer. Signs like Pisces, Libra, Aquarius,

and Capricorn would be considered normal, without

specific advantages but without prohibitions either. And

finally, the signs that are discriminated against or even

completely forbidden: Taurus, Gemini, and Scorpio.

Woe betide you if you are one of these signs because if

you are lucky, you will only end up on the street or in

jail, but if you are a Scorpio, it’s death from birth without

hesitation. I have lived in this world since I was born.

Fortunately for my family and I, we are all part of the

authorized signs and I even have the chance to be part

of the government, as a Leo… However, I have known

someone whose life was not so normal and on the

contrary, it was very complicated and brief. His name

was Gabriel, he was a Sagittarius and worked with me

but had a higher job than me, as he was the best sign in
based on their signs. The ranking was decided as follows:

the best signs, the elite, with all the privileges and the

ability to work with the government, would be Sagittarius,

Leo, Virgo, and Cancer. Signs like Pisces, Libra, Aquarius,

and Capricorn would be considered normal, without

specific advantages but without prohibitions either. And

finally, the signs that are discriminated against or even

completely forbidden: Taurus, Gemini, and Scorpio.

Woe betide you if you are one of these signs because if

you are lucky, you will only end up on the street or in

jail, but if you are a Scorpio, it’s death from birth without

hesitation. I have lived in this world since I was born.

Fortunately for my family and I, we are all part of the

authorized signs and I even have the chance to be part

of the government, as a Leo… However, I have known

someone whose life was not so normal and on the

contrary, it was very complicated and brief. His name

was Gabriel, he was a Sagittarius and worked with me

but had a higher job than me, as he was the best sign in
in the company. He always led the life of an honest man

and was privileged of all the advantages that the state

could offer to a person of his status. Well, that’s what I

was thinking, until the day I received an email from my

boss in which he explained to me that Gabriel was an

impostor and a liar and that he had been incarcerated in

the national prison since the previous morning. As I

write in this journal, Gabriel has been dead for a few

months and as he was a very close person, I am still

struggling to grieve. So I decided to write Gabriel's story

as a tribute, but also as a way to show society that this

situation cannot continue. It all started when Ophelia,

Gabriel's mother who is helping me write this story

today, found out that she was pregnant with a baby boy

in January. After several appointments with doctors, she

was more than happy to learn that her son would be a

Sagittarius, the best sign in society. Everything went well,

she told everyone that her future son would work with

the leaders of this planet. However, everything changed

for her on October 27, a month before the term of her

pregnancy, when her water broke and she had the first

contractions. She didn't understand why her baby was

early when since the beginning of her pregnancy all the

new technologies allowed the doctor to define the exact

date of her delivery as if it was a curse that this baby

arrived a month early. He would not be a Sagittarius, but

a Scorpio, the sign condemned to death from birth.

Terrified of the fate of her son, Ophelia decided to give

birth "clandestinely" with the help of her best friend who

was a nurse and who promised to take her secret to her

grave. So little Gabriel was born, healthy and well, but

with a terrible burden to carry that he could not tell

anyone about. As everyone knew that Ophelia was due

at the end of November, she had to stay at home for a

month, claiming that she was feeling very weak and that

the last month of pregnancy was very painful for her.

Her best friend brought her food while she raised little

Gabriel alone.
for her on October 27, a month before the term of her

pregnancy, when her water broke and she had the first

contractions. She didn't understand why her baby was

early when since the beginning of her pregnancy all the

new technologies allowed the doctor to define the exact

date of her delivery as if it was a curse that this baby

arrived a month early. He would not be a Sagittarius, but

a Scorpio, the sign condemned to death from birth.

Terrified of the fate of her son, Ophelia decided to give

birth "clandestinely" with the help of her best friend who

was a nurse and who promised to take her secret to her

grave. So little Gabriel was born, healthy and well, but

with a terrible burden to carry that he could not tell

anyone about. As everyone knew that Ophelia was due

at the end of November, she had to stay at home for a

month, claiming that she was feeling very weak and that

the last month of pregnancy was very painful for her.

Her best friend brought her food while she raised little

Gabriel alone.
Years later, when Gabriel was 16 years old, no one knew

about the secret that he and his mother had been

keeping for a long time. She told him about it when he

was 8 years old, explaining to him that he was not

actually a Sagittarius but a Scorpio and that it was

important that he does not tell anyone because the

government had eyes and ears everywhere, and that at

the slightest hint of his possible lie, the police patrols

could come to his house and take him away to who

knows where. At the age of 25, I met Gabriel who had

just been hired at the Ministry of Astrology thanks to his

sign of course but also to his ability to meet the

expectations of the leaders who demanded total control

of the population by the employees of the ministry.

They have to hear everything, monitor the cameras, and

direct the arrests and trials of the forbidden signs. We

were both very good friends from the beginning,

especially because of the compatibility of our two signs,

but also because we worked a lot together and I

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