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By MELENA RYZIK
\nPublished: December 31, 2006<\/p>\n
In all the ink that has been spilled about New York \u2014 the eight million stories about the city\u2019s ever-changing character \u2014 one salient detail has somehow been overlooked: its astrological sign.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York,\u201d said Ophira Edut, an astrologer, \u201cis a Gemini.\u201d<\/p>\n
That (based on the date \u2014 June 12, 1665 \u2014 that New Amsterdam became the City of New York in the official charter) makes sense, said her sister Tali, who is also an astrologer. \u201cGeminis are all about the fast-paced, constant change,\u201d she said. \u201cThey always want to know the latest and greatest. They rule music, publishing, the arts. Geminis are communicative, and New Yorkers are known for talking fast and expressively.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, it turns out, are the Edut sisters, who are identical twins. Together they are known as \u2014 wait for it \u2014 the AstroTwins.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old Sagittarians have carved out a niche as dispensers of love, work and cuteness advice for the likes of TeenPeople.com, AOL and HelloKitty.com. They started their own site, astrostyle.com, earlier this month; it offers fashion tips (this month\u2019s sign, Capricorn, should wear hiking boots and lip balm) and pet horoscopes (beware the Aries pooch, the alpha of the zodiac). It is idiosyncratic guidance from unconventional people: the sisters, the Detroit-bred daughters of an American rabbi (mom) and an Israeli landscaper (dad), are self-taught astrologers for a digital age. Though both can call up planetary alignments from memory, they also carry identical Treos loaded with software that can create a chart at the touch of a few buttons.<\/p>\n
Which is not to say they are AstroGeeks. Far from it: blond and curvy, they have sexy shag haircuts and boutique taste: one night they donned pointy-toed boots and lots of delicate gold jewelry.<\/p>\n
Over red wine and deconstructed osso bucco at Babbo, where they were celebrating a run of good fortune \u2014 Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion, has just entered a yearlong stay in their sign \u2014 they explained their astrological philosophy. \u201cWe just like to give advice, boss people around,\u201d said Ophira, known as Ophi. \u201cMost people don\u2019t want to hear it, but if you tell them through astrology, they take it.\u201d<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s in store for New York in 2007?<\/p>\n
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, an Aquarius, is \u201cgoing to be more down to the people,\u201d Tali said. \u201cHe has Jupiter in his seventh house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt also rules technology, so maybe he\u2019ll do a wireless neighborhood,\u201d Ophi added. As for the city itself, \u201cI think there could be a year of beautification,\u201d Tali said. \u201cMore community gardens, cleanups.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for celebrities, \u201cBritney will have a career comeback,\u201d Tali said. \u201cShe\u2019ll start wearing underwear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professionally, the AstroTwins rarely disagree. \u201cWe\u2019ve been in business together since we were 9,\u201d Tali said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did calligraphy,\u201d Ophi explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe encourage each other a lot,\u201d her sister added. \u201cBut we\u2019re fine with fighting. Bickering is part of communication.\u201d<\/p>\n
So is singing \u2014 the AstroTwins love karaoke. After the last spoonful of panna cotta, they walked to Sing Sing, a karaoke parlor in the East Village. Along with a group of AstroFriends (their term), they piled into a private room.<\/p>\n
The rounds of sake started almost immediately. Tali, a regular, nailed her go-to song, \u201cJust a Gigolo,\u201d down to the scatting. Ophi, the slightly more reserved but taller twin, braced herself with a shot in between verses of \u201cHeartbreaker.\u201d Soon they were joined by their auburn-haired baby sister, Leora, 29. The twins greeted her with a sake and a mike. \u201cQue Ser\u00e1, Ser\u00e1\u201d wasn\u2019t their choice, but they sang along just the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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