//work out which zodiac sign we are in
var sotmLinkExt = "aries"
var sotmLinkText = "Aries"
var sotmLink = null
var sotmimg = null
var currMonth = now.getMonth()
var currDate = now.getDate()

switch (currMonth) {
case 0: // January
	if (currDate < 21) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "capricorn";
		 sotmLinkText = "Capricorn"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "aquarius";
		 sotmLinkText = "Aquarius"};
	break
case 1: // February
	if (currDate < 20) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "aquarius";
		 sotmLinkText = "Aquarius"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "pisces";
		 sotmLinkText = "Pisces"};
	break
case 2: // March
	if (currDate < 21) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "pisces";
		 sotmLinkText = "Pisces"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "aries";
		 sotmLinkText = "Aries"};
	break
case 3: // April
	if (currDate < 21) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "aries";
		 sotmLinkText = "Aries"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "taurus";
		 sotmLinkText = "Taurus"};
	break
case 4: // May
	if (currDate < 22) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "taurus";
		 sotmLinkText = "Taurus"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "gemini";
		 sotmLinkText = "Gemini"};
	break
case 5: // June
	if (currDate < 22) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "gemini";
		 sotmLinkText = "Gemini"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "cancer";
		 sotmLinkText = "Cancer"};
	break
case 6: // July
	if (currDate < 23) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "cancer";
		 sotmLinkText = "Cancer"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "leo";
		 sotmLinkText = "Leo"};
	break
case 7: // August
	if (currDate < 24) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "leo";
		 sotmLinkText = "Leo"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "virgo";
		 sotmLinkText = "Virgo"};
	break
case 8: // September
	if (currDate < 24) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "virgo";
		 sotmLinkText = "Virgo"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "libra";
		 sotmLinkText = "Libra"};
	break
case 9: // October
	if (currDate < 24) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "libra";
		 sotmLinkText = "Libra"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "scorpio";
		 sotmLinkText = "Scorpio"};
	break
case 10: // November
	if (currDate < 23) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "scorpio";
		 sotmLinkText = "Scorpio"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "sagittarius";
		 sotmLinkText = "Sagittarius"};
	break
default: // December
	if (currDate < 22) 
		{sotmLinkExt = "sagittarius";
		 sotmLinkText = "Sagittarius"}
	else
		{sotmLinkExt = "capricorn";
		 sotmLinkText = "Capricorn"}
}
sotmLink = '<a href="zodiac/np'+sotmLinkExt+'.html" id="sotm">'+sotmLinkText+'</a>'

sotmimg = '<a href="zodiac/np'+sotmLinkExt+'.html" id="sotm"><img src="npz'+sotmLinkExt+'.gif" alt="'+sotmLinkText+'" align="left" hspace="5"></a>'