Searching for a book

[nakahara_]

Hello everybody! I'm searching for the name and author of this book i only have a fragment of. If anybody recognizes which book this is, please leave a comment. Thank you!

"I picked up the little notebook and opened it. On the first page I saw the title of my story.

The twelve star signs appeared in a circle around the words, and I knew them well. They had been important to me when I was a boy. Each sign had suggested confidence, life and power. The smaller beings in the signs were playing happily, and they stood for young things and energetic people. That year was the first year of the new century. I was twelve years old then, and I hoped for great things in the twentieth century. The larger beings in the signs stood for the men who would rule the world. I intended to grow up to be just like them.

Virgo was the only lady in the circle. I did not know what she meant. Her long hair almost covered her. I often thought about her, and in time she became the chief figure in the group."