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MONTREAL – Predicting outcomes is not a new discipline.
In Renaissance Europe, royalty often relied on the prognostications of astrologers to predict favourable outcomes.
Today, we call those predictions polls.
Complete coverage of the 2014 Quebec provincial election
If you’ve been paying attention to the latest election surveys, it will come as no surprise then that the Quebec Liberal Party is set to form the next government, with Philippe Couillard at the helm.
Those same polls indicate that Pauline Marois is hanging on to second place, and that despite a surge in popularity, Francois Legault’s Coalition Avenir Quebec remains in third.
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Although we await each new poll with trepidation, leaders are quick to dismiss them, reminding us that polls are but a snapshot of a moment frozen in time.
So perhaps we can look to the skies for a bit of guidance, if not levity.
Here’s a quick glance at each of the Quebec party leader’s horoscopes for election day – and a sneak peek at what tomorrow may hold.
Philippe Couillard was born on June 26 1957 and his zodiac sign is Cancer.
Couillard’s horoscope for election day warns him of being overly emotional and advises him to not be too surprised if he ends up with the short end of the stick.
His foretell a minority government for the Liberals and not the hoped-for majority?
Francois Legault is a Gemini, born on May 26, 1957.
Apparently, a new partnership is on the horizon for Gemini.
Could that new partnership be a backroom deal between the CAQ and the Liberals, aiming to bolster a minority government?
Whatever that new opportunity may be, Legault will wake up on April 8, feeling wishy-washy; unsure of whether or not to go on with this new relationship.
Meanwhile, Couillard’s horoscope for the same day urges him to be discreet when talking about a certain subject (alliance?) to someone (Legault?).
What of Pauline Marois in all of this? As an Aries, born on March 29 1949, the stars don’t quite seem to align in her favour.
Her horoscope suggests that she keep her arrogance in check and also indicates she may have to make a few concessions come April 8.
“Bury the hatchet,” reads her fortune, and even more apropos: “Generously allow others their religious or political beliefs.”
Regardless of any poll predictions or astrological divination, come this time tomorrow, it will all be old news.
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