Pigs in Heaven – ORB Project – Character Astrology Signs

Taylor Greer:
I decided that Taylor was a Pisces, and this is for many reasons, the first of which being is that Pisces, the symbol of which is the fish, is quite famous for being strong when forced to battle confusing situations. They are very talented but often this talent is challenged by the hardships they face. However, they can also be very adaptable, and all of these traits I felt really applied to Taylor because she spent her whole life avoiding getting pregnant at all costs, and then in an instant a child is handed to her and she can do nothing but care for it. Were she not so adaptable to difficult and uncontrollable situations, she would not have become the amazing mother that she turned out to be, one who Turtle, the Native American daughter whom was forced upon her, didn’t want to live without, and loved unconditionally.
Another prominent characteristic of Pisceans is that they can never be beaten up, even though they often beat themselves up, which I also felt was really similar to the kind of person that Taylor is because by the middle and to the end of the book, she begins to question her accomplishments as a mother, wondering is she’s done right with Turtle, and even going so far as to question her physical appearance, which was something she’d never done in the past. She is incredibly strong, but, to confirm the description of a Piscean, can often be vulnerable.

Annawake Fourkiller:
Annawake is similar to Taylor in many ways, the main one being that they are both very independent young women who will never need a partner in their lives (although they might want one, like Taylor). They are both very determined people who are willing to stay up for what they believe in. Despite these many similarities, I chose the Zodiac sign Aries for Annawake. Aries people are very outgoing and assertive, and Annawake certainly wasn’t afraid to find Taylor and confront her about the child that she doesn’t think rightfully belongs to her. She is very defensive about her Cherokee heritage. Being a Native American is everything to her. She goes to great lengths to preserve the dignity of her Indian community.
One huge thing about Aires people is that they tend to act on impulse, not stopping to think about their actions and the consequences that might result from them until they are already done. This seemed like a very fitting description of Annawake because she confronts Taylor at her own home, trying to uphold the rights of the Cherokee Nation, but she never really stopped to think that Taylor and Turtle might have a really special bond that shouldn’t have been broken. Although, had she not started this whole thing, the ending result of Turtle’s grandfather being allowed some custody of her would never have occurred, and for that Annawake should really be thanked for her efforts. It was for the best that Turtle know her real family, and the fact that she gets to be with them and the mother that raised her, Taylor, made the ending of the novel all the better.


Alice Greer:
It took me about five seconds (maybe less) to decide that Alice Greer was a Scorpio. The Scorpios are the toughest of all the astrological signs, and Alice Greer certainly is a very tough woman. In her decision to leave her husband and family and all that she knows where she lives and take a chance on something that she’s never known, she showed great bravery and guts. She wanted to experience the world from a different point of a view than on a couch watching a TV (a view that her neglectful husband favored). She joins her daughter and granddaughter on the adventure that they are having, and along the way is introduced to the amazing world of the Cherokee Nation. After meeting Cash and falling in love with him, she knows for sure that it is where she was meant to be. Scorpios are described as mysterious, with deep wells of emotion inside them that they often work hard to conceal, and I thought this description fit Alice well, especially in the first chapter. She reflects on how neglectful her husband is, and on how she feels lonely all the time. She imagines herself the queen of her own garden. It’s obvious that she is very complex person inwardly, though outwardly her emotions may be less apparent. By the end of the book, when she marries Cash, she is the bridge between Taylor and the Cherokee Nation, a great circumstance because at times Turtle will be in the custody of her grandfather, but with her grandmother as his wife, Taylor will be able to visit as well. Alice is a true born Scorpio.