Your guess for Thursday's FJ [SPOILER]

[opusthepenguin]

Category: CONSTELLATIONS
Clue: THIS ZODIAC CONSTELLATION INCLUDES 2 LINES (OR STRINGS) THAT TERMINATE IN A STAR CALLED ALRESCHA, THE KNOT

The Weekly Poll will give us the highlights, but I thought a special poll was in order to address all the possibilities.

In your comments, please list your actual guess plus other possibilities you considered in order of preference. Also, rate your level of confidence in your guess and, if you like, in your backup guesses.

[opusthepenguin]

My guess: Libra with ~65% confidence
Backup guess: Gemini with ~30% confidence

Mrs Penguin went with Gemini. I got to feel superior briefly as I explained why I thought Libra was a better guess. Then when Libra was negged on the first reveal, I said, "Well, looks like you were right."

[MarkBarrett]

I had a Gemini to Libra. My thinking was I liked my second instinct better than my first one and since I was born in October I did not want to miss and have it be Libra when I'm guessing anyway.

[squarekara]

Chose Libra because I thought the "strings" might've been part of the structure of the scales. The named star meant nothing to me, and I don't know what the constellation looks like. They could've shown a diagram on the monitor, and most likely I still wouldn't have gotten it. My vision of the standard zodiac image of two fish swimming in opposite directions doesn't really involve strings or lines. I'll check the night skies next time I'm near Bass Pro Shops.

[TenPoundHammer]

Gemini because "two".

[Volante]

Pisces.

I just knew when drawn as fish, they're drawn with that string between them and Libra, which also came to mind, would necessitate more than one knot.

[econgator]

My guess: Libra with ~65% confidence
Backup guess: Gemini with ~30% confidence

Pretty much me, but with the confidence level about 10 points lower.

[Saturnalia]

Gemini, 30% confidence.

Backup: Libra, 25% confidence.

[AFRET CMS]

First thought, Lyra because of "strings," then thought, "wait, that's not a zodiacal sign." Went with Libra (so far the sheep!) with 8.33% confidence. Had no backup.

[Bamaman]

I said Gemini because of the twins and the fact it is my sign. I wasn’t super-confident and thought Libra was right when I saw it.

If this had been an LL question where I had all day and I could write down all 12 names I still miss it.

[Plactus]

Wavered between Gemini and Pisces, and went with Pisces because I could see fish on strings being a constellation, and also because I'm a Pisces (ish) and would rather be wrong guessing my own sign that missing my own sign.

[CellBlock]

Guessed Aquarius (the water bearer) because, while Libra is the scales, those don't really have strings that meet in a knot, so I went with a constellation that might have something with a similar shape. (Turns out it doesn't, or at least, not in the depictions on Wikipedia.)

[Ironhorse]

Considered Libra. Spent most of the time trying to think of which one had a kite. Settled with Aquarius at the last moment with no confidence as I had managed to eliminate most of the others.

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

Knots imply twosome. Gemini was too obvious so I went with the other twosome on the Zodiac, Pisces, represented by two fish.

[DBear]

Guessed Orion. If I realized it was a Zodiac constellation, I probably would've guessed Virgo.

[TerSch]

Started with Libra. Ruled out Taurus, Aries, Aquarius, Leo, Cancer, Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Gemini ... Running out of time ... Go with Libra.

[Foretopman]

First thought of Lyra because of the strings, then realized that's not in the zodiac. Switched to Libra for the same reason everybody else has given, and then switched to Sagittarius thinking of a bow string (even though that would be only one string). No confidence in any of them.

[Linear Gnome]

I said Sagittarius. I didn't know why the string would have a knot, but I didn't have anything better to switch to. I had never paid close enough attention to the constellation Pisces to realize that the fish were connected by string.

[Snaxx]

I had a Gemini to Libra. My thinking was I liked my second instinct better than my first one and since I was born in October I did not want to miss and have it be Libra when I'm guessing anyway.

I did the same thing for the same reason, also guessing that the strings had something to do with the scales.

[twelvefootboy]

Started with Libra. Ruled out Taurus, Aries, Aquarius, Leo, Cancer, Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Gemini ... Running out of time ... Go with Libra.

My guess: Gemini with maybe 20% confidence because like TerSch, I ruled out the ones I could remember, especially the STINKING FISH. That left about 5 candidates and I couldn't come up with Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Comet, and Donner in that length of time.