I'm a Taurus, frequently mistaken for a Scorpio --- and yep, that's my rising sign, and I AM pretty dramatic and emphatic and passionate (in contrast to my really quiet, understated and cautious Taurus father, and quite the match for my Aries mom's temper!) My moon is in Pisces.
Funny thing is, it's my dad who becomes the bull in the china shop when shopping --- and he will often veer to the expensive stuff (he sees quality and is so seduced that he can often stray way off budget without mom or me rein him in!). My mother, the Aries, is VERY thrifty and (over)cautious, *and* a hoarder! Me, I ADORE lists and method, can be very tight-fisted *and* focused, but am most easily swayed by tactile fabrications and statement pieces. Combine the two and I'm a goner. I'm also very thorough --- I feel niggling doubts for days if I don't try the same item in all its colourways and in a size up as well as down. I'm also very bothered by store ambience (bright lights and music, noise, lack of order and ergonomics, smells), to the point that I prefer shopping online but for fit issues. My major shopping-style drawback, though, is the all-or-nothing mentality. If I haven't ticked off a lot of my boxes, I feel disappointed... and can then tend to veer off-list and comfort-shop! And in a cranky mood, I can nitpick till the cows come home --- and come home crankier and empty-handed.
The Chinese think I'm a dragon --- a fire dragon. (Did we talk about my tendency to drama?)
I'm another science-first dude who tried hard to keep astrology off the table. But my family seems a sucker of coincidences, and there's no getting away from the story of my grandfather, whose horoscope (the Indian kind includes a lifetime of predictions) was a blank after age 25, with a long red line through the remaining long scroll. HE himself had never seen it; my great-grandfather had it hidden away because it really does look pretty shocking. But my grandfather *did* die a few weeks after his 25th birthday, within three days of contracting tuberculosis --- and had never been ill a day of his adult life until then!
