Sign: Aquarius

Birthstone: Garnet-meaning fidelity

An all around person, but specializing in nothing. Fond of imparting knowledge to others. An excellent teacher, a good surgeon and a poor mathematician. Kind, generous and courageous. Common sense stupendous. Never gives quick or drastic decisions. Is intellectual, a trendsetter and possible leader of his generation. Aquarian style is very up-to-date. His ideal career includes a good deal of human contact. He is happy, kind, and has a caring attitude. Aquarians tend to be private and can find a polite way of easing out of answering a question. Many Aquarians have dramatic flair and are stage-struck from a young age. Born under the Gemini moon, he tends to have distinctive ideas, logic, and originality. He has a low boredom threshold. Best companions: Gemini and Libra

Astrology of Love: When Nick was born, Venus and the Moon were nearly touching. Astrologers say two planets this close are "in conjunction." With Venus in conjunction with the Moon, Nick tends to be a very friendly guy with a tranquil, hard-to-make-him-angry personality. He also has a good eye for beauty and a love of all that is fine and luxurious.

Venus was also in a harmonious relationship with the planet Uranus on the day Nick was born. Uranus is in charge of new ideas, creative thinking, and visions of the future. So, Nick is romantic, artistic, and has attractively unusual ideas about sex and love.

There's a difficult side to Nick's romantic character according to his star chart. He was born under a "square" aspect between Venus and Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet that rules luck and fortune and also the ability to persuade other people. With Venus 90 degrees from Jupiter when Nick was born, Nick can sometimes be a flatterer.

With the Sun in Aquarius, Nick loves computers (and Nintendo), novel ideas, and humanitarian concerns. He tends to think about the future a lot. Aquarians are attracted to cleverness and intelligence, tolerance and difference, enthusiasm and independence. Aquarians are turned off by people who are judgmental of other or bullies.

Aquarians like Nick are very sensitive to what other people think. They seem to pick up people's "vibes", especially when those vibes are good.

Name: Nickolas Gene Carter

Birthdate: January 28, 1980

Nicknames: Kaos, Frack, and Nicky- but prefers Nick

Hair: Blond

Eyes: Blue

Birthplace: Jamestown, New York

Star Sign: Aquarius

Favorite Food: Pizza

Favorite Color: Green

Jobs: He had the lead in his 4th grade production of Phantom of the Opera, has appeared in commercials for the Florida Lottery and The Money Store, he was the featured vocalist for the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's pregame show for two years, and was an extra in 'Edward Scissorhands.'

Confession: "I don't have many friends. I just have these guys."

It's probably no accident that Nick Carter was born in the same Jamestown, New York hospital as the legendary actress/comedienne, Lucille Ball. A firecracker from day one, you could regularly find "Little Nicky" dressed in nothing but diapers, bustin' a move, on the dance floor of his father's Yankee Rebel lounge. By fourth grade, after his family moved to Florida, Nick landed the lead in Phantom of the Opera. He was also a featured vocalist at Tampa Bay Buccaneer pre-game shows for two years. At age 12 he put in a winning performance on the 1992 New Original Amateur Hour, and did commercials for both the Money Store and the Florida State Lottery. Nick was offered a gig with Disney, but decided to go with the Backstreet Boys after that first night of harmonizing.

During off-hours, you can find Nick at home with his parents and four younger siblings. The drum set in his room gets a heavy workout and he spends lots of time jamming with two of his buds. Nick is a licensed scuba diver, enjoys the family motorboat and fishing, and loves poetry and football.

(Above two paragraphs taken from scholastics unofficial bsb book)

Quotes:

"Kids can be really hurtful and not even know it, and even though I remember points when I'd get upset, I never quit because of what they said, because I knew what I wanted for myself."

"I think we've done a lot of growing over the past year especially, and our new album will definitely have a different sound to it than our first one did. The fans have to remember that we recorded Backstreet Boys back in 1996 and 1997, so that's 2 or 3 years ago depending on the song. I know I definitely sound different now than I did then."

"I started in the group when I was 12 to 13. Now I'm 19-there's a big difference. I'm a lot more mature."

"Basically I like to keep to myself, I've always been that way. It's the same thing about not taking off my shirt during our shows. My body is one of the few things that I have total control over. Age has nothing to do with the way I am, because in some countries in Europe, the drinking age is like 14 or 16 years old. If I wanted to go to the clubs and do that, I could, but its just not my sort of thing."

"Our management took us to a higher level and what we wanna do now is grow even more. We're a lot happier now."

"I DO NOT! I DO NOT WHINE!!!"

"They strip searched Howie."

"This some private stuff back here...and you still filmin' anyway!"

"I would be the monkey's trainer."

"What the heck was that used for? I don't wanna know."

"Chillin' here watching Brian make a fool of himself."

"It's funny to sing in the middle of so many bras!"

"I love my parents and siblings but Aaron is kind of ugly. (laughs) Nah, he's cool."

"Me and Puff go way back"-Nick

"Yeah Nick, Puff the Magic Dragon" –AJ

Extra Facts:

**Nick learned to scuba dive as a youngster because his dad is a certified dive instructor. Father and son have frequently dived down to shipwrecks off the Florida coast.

**In school, Nick always enjoyed History. If he could go back in time, he'd like to visit the medieval period.

**Nick is extremely ticklish!

**Nick has a fear of insects and snakes

**It's possible to find Nick on the Internet-he often visits websites where computer games are available for downloading.

**Nick's fav shampoo is white rain.

**One of nicks favorite things to shop for is designer trainers.

**Nick thinks that that actress Sigourney Weaver, who got tough as Ripley in the Alien movies, is a really cool lady.