- Interesting teeth. If they're slightly prominent, or have wee gaps or the like. I don't like rotten-looking unwell teeth, but strong, and yes, interesting ones. Eve Myles, for example, hubba hubba.
- Moles. Don't ask me why, but moles on pale skin. Related to this, dark-skinned people with noticeable freckles (normal freckles on pale people don't interest me so much, unless they are very well-defined ones).
- Certain letters in people's names. I have a really bizarre preference for certain letters of the alphabet. J, K, R, A are letters I like. I have an aversion to G, P, Q, Y, N, O. In fact, I can pretty much rank all the alphabet on a scale, and some combinations as well. "ough" is a major dislike. While I like "J" "A" and "K", the combination "jak" is not good. So, if I find myself thinking someone's last name in particular is cool, there is something going on there with me.
- Noses. I like longish well-defined/prominent ones, but not tipping over to Jimmy Durante. Also, more straight than not (although bumps are fine) - I particularly do not have a yen for retrousse noses. As for Bruce Willis, yergh
- Interesting ways of speaking. If someone has somewhat idiosyncratic way of speaking, such as creative (but not opaque) choice of language. Or those who know the rules and break them in a fun way - who like playing with language. Or some quirks of accent. One of my exes says "eldse" for "else" - it's a regionalism - and I love it. Other ones, like "fings" (for "things"), drive me nuts.
- People who are shorter than me. Can't rationalise it, and it certainly doesn't stop me from having partners who are taller or the same height, but all being equal, I seem to end up with the shorter (but not necessarily "petite") ones.
- Leos, Geminis, Aireses, Pisceans. I have horrendous attractions to Scorpios. With Aries people, they're the only ones who I ever experience lust for at first sight. But I have rotten rotten sex with Scorpios. No, I take it back - I've had good sex with one Scorp, but he was a guy. I have awesome sex with Leos, but it can be difficult getting there, since there is often a mutual wariness until we get to know each other. Tauruses and I have decent sex, but relationships end up going to a bad place - I seem to attract the doormat kind, and that dynamic makes me fairly mean (and not in a good way; I dislike myself mightily and it's break-up time if I find myself slipping into it). Other Cancerians = virtually no attraction and baaad sex. Virgos, Sagittarians and Aquarians are people I've never had an inkling of attraction to (except for one Aquarius, my last boss). There are lots of Capricorns I've had the hots for, but I've never been lovers with one. Oh, except one guy, who was definitely nothing to write home about. Librans are fab, but sex seems to require quite a bit of adjustment to work. Not sure why.
I really don't know what I feel about astrology, but I have certainly encountered some wierd patterns. For example, the lust-at-first-sight thing. It doesn't happen often, but it has
never happened with any other star sign than the two I mentioned (and no, I didn't know what star signs they were when my tongue fell out of my face). Never ever. And I've never had bad sex with any of the first four star signs I mentioned. Sometimes a learning curve, but it is always good stuff. And often bloody mind-blowing.