Cancer: Get all of your
advice this week from Carly Rae Jepsen! Cut through the clouds, break the
ceiling! Wake up in tangles, oh! You don’t have to avoid dizzy love or a
hope-comedown, Cancer, just get some pretty craft scissors, the kind with fancy
scalloped edges, and cut to the feeling.
Leo: “That strange
feeling of being there and not being there came back. One line led to another
and a story slowly formed under my hands.”—Lynda Barry in the amazing magical
creativity book What It Is. Set a timer for 20 minutes and do the thing.
Let the interruptions of your inner censors fall to the ground like seeds.
Disregard their voices until the vines grow up though your feet, grow up your
arms, and move whatever you make to (your) nature’s own whims.
Virgo: Get you somebody who
looks at you the way Christian Cooper listens to birds. Take everything else
you need, heart, soul, and song, from this best piece of video ever recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qd2XyGFTzk
Libra: You’ve dedicated
your art to helping repair the world, good! As you go into new clarity and
purpose, take care of your best resource: you! What new flair can you bring to
sleep? A couch nap for no reason? A dadlike snooze in the chair with the TV on?
You must be able to get the sound of baseball somewhere! Practice hearing the
thrum of the fan, the conversations of the birds, the dispatches from your very
own overflowing heart. (See also: Leo)
Scorpio: Undistracted
by footprints, the waves leave a beautiful, studied, regular pattern on the
sand. With prisms in all the windows, the order of all things becomes clear:
the rainbows swim and dance all around like a cosmic clock. (Because that’s
what they are.) The angle of the sun is dependable. So are the tides! And so
are you.
Sagittarius: The stars chose “Truth
Hurts” by Lizzo as our handwashing song and we sincerely regret it—it’s sad
that such a good song just reminds us of soap! But on the other hand, let’s
consider the MIRACLE of soap! What a gift that 20 seconds is! To have warm
running water and a clean towel. Even in this new wave of pandemic, there are
new ways to find the luxury! Unless today’s just not that kind of day for you,
then fuck it!
Capricorn: Remember your breath and
praise it! Give it every reward for continuing to keep you alive. Guided
meditations about rainbow chakras! (Trigger warning for pseudoscience though!)
Smell the sweet smells of strawberries, lake water, green grass, and wine.
Breathe the rhythm of the waves, the angle of the sun, the sound of your feet
on the pavement and your fast songs turned all the way up and the sweat pouring
down—your breath deserves every gift and luxury, every pretty, embroidered
mask.
Aquarius: After you’re done helping
the stars throw all of the confederate statues in the river, let’s get the
founding fathers next! One of the reasons the colonies declared independence
was that they felt like England was getting too abolotiony! Be VERY abolitiony this
week, Aquarius, both within and without. What symbols of terrifying old
structures can you dismantle? Who is the real protagonist in the story? Not
George Washington! Not Benjamin Franklin! Not even Alexander Hamilton! But
probably Lin Manuel Miranda.
Pisces: Today is a good
day to arrest the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor. Today’s a good day to say
all the names. Write them on every light post, every dusty window, ever breath
of condensation, ever sparkler trail, on every chalk-decorated sidewalk, across
your own face. It won’t bring them back but it will honor them. Today’s a good
day to honor them.
Aries: Duolingo, if
you get behind on your language practice, will change all of your Level
Five badges into golden little broken mirrors. It’s very sad. You have to fix
them by practicing, but you don’t have to start all the way over, so that’s
good! Take your time, Aries, but start repairing gently whatever it is you let
fall away. A little green owl in a yellow tracksuit will praise you for your effort,
and so will the stars.
Taurus: It’s a good week
for mending. If you can’t figure out how to patch a given tear, sew on a little
silk flower. Stitch the petals as much as you need and save a few extra, the
way you might save the extra buttons that came with your favorite clothes. Give
them their own little box marked “Special little things for mending.” Thread
your needle, join an enriching Zoom, and get to work.
Gemini: “Everyone shall
sit under their own vine and fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid.” sings
George Washington as he gets ready to resign in Hamilton. Give it a listen and
think about saying goodbye, about peaceful transfer of power, and about what
you can do today to teach the current monster-in-chief to say goodbye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqnXNsAFL8
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