Exploring POV with Zodiac Signs: Aries
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg told through the eyes of an Aries
This is an experiment in point of view and character voice. I’m using Zodiac signs—to explore how they shape the way a character tells their story.
For writers, it’s a tool to sharpen your characters voices and help increase their uniqueness.
For AI users, it’s a way to refine prompts and narrative tone… to make your AI-generated prose sound more human.
For readers, it’s just a bit of play and reflection—what happens when a familiar fable is retold through a different internal lens?
Let’s find out.
🥚 The Original Fable: The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
A farmer discovers his goose lays a golden egg every day. He and his wife grow rich, but also greedy. They want more gold, faster. Convinced the goose is full of treasure, they kill it—only to find it’s just an ordinary bird inside. They’ve destroyed their fortune. Moral: Greed destroys the source of good.
📝 Retelling: The Farmer as an Aries
I didn’t think, I acted. That’s what survival looks like.
One golden egg. Then another. Then another. Every day, like magic. I didn’t tell anyone—not even my wife, at first. I figured if word got out, they’d come for us. Thieves. Kings. Priests. All wanting a piece of what wasn’t theirs.
But the eggs kept coming, and she noticed. And then we started planning. Not for how to protect it—but how to grow it. Multiply it. Make it permanent. That’s when I started thinking about the source: The goose.
She sat there all day, soft and ordinary-looking, like she didn’t know she was laying gold. But what if she wasn’t ordinary at all? What if she was gold, inside?
That’s when the idea hit me: stop waiting.
Why should I settle for slow success? Why let fear or patience waste the power sitting in my barn?
So I did it. Quick. Clean. Didn’t even flinch.
And when it was over, I looked inside… and there was nothing. Just meat and feathers and a sound in my ears like wind rushing out of a storm. She was never special. Or maybe she was, but only alive.
We killed it. I killed it.
But for a moment—just a flash—I didn’t feel greedy. I felt right. Like I’d taken fate into my own hands.
It’s only after that you feel the weight.
Compare this story to other signs:
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🌟 Zodiac Lens: Aries
Core Traits: Bold, impulsive, impatient
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