I have said things like that before and insulted some nice people I didn't mean to offend so that's something I try to avoid saying now :x
Hey, at least that's better than me accidentally/indirectly calling a girl fat.

Yep. My mom as well. I'll admit, when I was young I would read a bunch of different stuff on astrology and totally believed in it. I didn't realize till later how purposefully vague it all was.
You'd be surprised at how specific Chinese Zodiacs can be. Time and year were associated with elements too.