A friend emailed me a link to a very disturbing report that your astrological sign predicts how well you drive:

TORONTO, Dec 13 (Reuters Life!) - Never mind how careful you are behind the wheel or how long you've been driving, the signs of the zodiac may be bigger factors behind your ability to avoid car crashes -- or why you have too many.

According to a study by InsuranceHotline.com, a Web site that quotes drivers on insurance rates, astrological signs are a significant factor in predicting car accidents.

The study, which looked at 100,000 North American drivers' records from the past six years, puts Libras (born September 23-October 22) followed by Aquarians (January 20-February 18) as the worst offenders for tickets and accidents

Leos (July 23-August 22) and then Geminis (May 21-June 20) were found to be the best overall.

"I was absolutely shocked by the results," said Lee Romanov, president of Toronto-based InsuranceHotline.com, who also wrote the book "Car Carma" which touches on the correlation between astrological signs and driving ability while doing the study.

I don't think astrological discrimination is illegal. Without getting into the merits of astrology, should one's sign be protected against discimination? Suppose I refused to hire all water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces). Isn't that discrimination based upon an accident of birth?

Or should specific forms of discrimination have to be officially listed?

PLEASE NOTE: My "refusal" to hire water signs is just a hypothetical example, as I'm a Cancer myself, and I'd never discriminate on such a basis, lest I be accused of being a self-hating hydrophobe.