Born on Wednesday: a talker who can chat with anyone

What people born on Wednesday are like

Thai astrology splits Wednesday at dusk, and this page is for people born in the daytime. They're known as the talkers: quick-witted, curious and good at explaining things. They can chat with the taxi driver and the grandmother next door in the same afternoon.

With so many ideas in the air, Wednesday's people can spread themselves thin or say a little more than they meant to. Take these as tendencies. A gift for words works just as well for listening as for talking.

The colour of your day

Thailand gives every day of the week a colour. Children learn the colours with the day names, some people dress in the colour of the day, and a present in the colour of a friend's birth day says you remembered.

Daytime Wednesday's colour is green, fresh and lively, like a market stall piled with herbs.

Think of it as everyday culture. It carries no promise about your day.

A small thing to try this week

• In one conversation, ask two questions before you tell a story of your own.
• Write a short thank-you note by hand and give it to someone.
• Bring a plant, or just a bunch of herbs, into the room where you work.

In Slipmatic

Night Market Neon prints Thai astrology for the day you were born. Pull the cord, wait for the tubes to flicker on, and you get a slip for Wednesday's daytime people with your day's colour on it.

Born on a Wednesday after dusk? Say so when you add your birth date, and the neon reads Wednesday night for you instead. Your birth date stays on your phone, and the reading service only gets the day of the week. Everyone gets the machine's general reading for the day; with Slipmatic Plus the printer has your own waiting every morning.

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