gemini

what’s in a name?
you.
you are in your name and your
name is a spell and the spell
makes you more you and more
new.

write love songs to your name.
mix the letters of your name
and find a new word
that is a mantra that is a non-
sense guide that is you.

your name is your crown,
claim it. wear it.
be quiet, be loud.
but inhabit your name – chosen,
given, taken.

Prince was the penultimate Gemini King-Queen. seduce yourself to his iconic song, “Call My Name”.

cancer

imagine your body as containing little rockpools with whole ecosystems.
the ecosystems are balanced
when the tide
is friends with the rocks.

let your structure become friendly with your timing –
at the end of the day,
they share an agenda. and at the
same time, don’t put pressure
on yourself to see the structure
now. the bread is still in the oven.

welcome some kind of other
drifty understanding of how
a new kind of logic is nested inside of
all the things that are unclear.

float down a dreamy stream and listen “Dreams” by Smerz.

leo

so much lessoning you’ve been having
around the subtle (and not subtle) currents of power,
surrender and survival.

let currents move through your body
with intuitive and impulsive
moments of connection with others.

when you try to control the flow of
currents, tension can get ghastly.

experiment instead with the idea of conduction – a transfer of energy and heat through physical contact –
as a way to guide the current flowing through you. be patient in your experimentations.

gather your willing friends, let loose and dance to yesteryear’s classic – “Freed From Desire” by Gala.

virgo

with something of a little
boost of energy slowly emerging,
there are things both inside and
outside your solar plexus that are
waiting for you.

strike the sweet-spot balance between getting out and staying in,
between keeping quiet and
screaming out loud – you need both
internal and external right now,
the one shows the other what is working.

go to your community when
bitter doubts emerge,
sweetness waits for you there.

ride the highs and lows with as much delight as you can muster, and listen to “Chatbot Baby” by Buffalo Daughter.

libra

if you could design a religion based
on your definition of beauty,
how would it look? what would
be the sacred words and prayers?
and what exactly would be worshiped?

take seriously the ways in which
you are soft and in love.
don’t dismiss your multipronged curiosities
and desires to seek the divine and
play with magic / reason.

it’s a fine time to let trust
loom just a tiny bit larger
than fear. it’s a fine time to hold
contradiction in your hands.

lie down in a quiet spot, and listen loudly to “Grace” by Kae Tempest.

scorpio

slow down and get uncomfortably close to soil at a pace of leisure.

be extra attentive to the ideas
and thoughts and minds of others,
when they share something with
you – it is a gift in disguise.

let your roots open up a crack
that reveals the unknown path ahead
but refrain from all or nothing
thoughts – they can temporarily
clarify but in the long-term
their unwisdom breeds chaos.

focus on letting go of how you thought you were supposed to do something.

listen to “Beautiful People” by The Books as you welcome in any strange beauty that meets you.

sagittarius

gemini energy is the opposite that
completes you, it’s your teacher and
and your lesson that keeps you in
balance.

as a teacher it makes you cite your
references, as a lesson it shows what
is beneath the microscope. it’s the
grammar that makes the story work.

get minute with your grandeur,
be rigorous with small pieces.

find all the opposites that make
sense in your life, light a little
candle to the ways in which their
presence supports you.

crush on all the combinations that bring sweetness to you life as you listen to Christina and the Queen’s cover of Arthur Russel’s “That’s Us/Wild Combination”.

capricorn

work is just fun for you.
don’t let anyone make you feel
ashamed about that.

and while you are not feeling
ashamed about that, consider
how the ways you work need
to change. so that it can
become more fun.

half of you is asking you to
get to more serious and focused and the other half of you
wants way way way way way more chaos.

invite these halves to go on a very awkward date together and discuss how to bring you closer to your vitality.

access in your inner light and your inner strength, and listen to “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush. 

aquarius

words are doors and word-games
are a labyrinth that turn you
in circles so you can find
yourself.

find yourself in the play of
language, get messy in how
you express yourself.
it doesn’t need to always make sense.

feel yourself
as yourself in the
particular balance of
playfulness and seriousness.
and experiment with the
pleasure of childishness,
and joy of trickstery
tactics.

delight in the complicated and delightful triumph of “Did You See the Words” by Animal Collective. 

pisces

deep in your roots is a
a string of curiosity. and
holding on to this curiosity
(with both hands) is your home.
it’s your funny secret
surprising safe house.

no matter how tense things
are, inside or outside,
the curiosity is the guardian
angel. dig deep for it.

play with courage,
flirt with hope. make
cute little babies with
trust.

it’s tender and tenuous, but
don’t forget: the string of curiosity.

tread carefully, but solidy and listen to “Thin Ice” by Ms Ray.

aries

could it be,
that you are gradually becoming
accustomed to your own
inner authority?

it’s time to develop a crush on
your inner elder. feel
awkward about seducing
the crone hiding inside of you.

remember that boundaries
are hot.

no matter what your age is,
you are learning to hold.
let your hands become
heavy with wisdom.

feel the calm power that comes with getting older, and listen to “Grandma’s Hands” by Bill Withers.

taurus

a little fire behind you,
a little fire inside you.
anger wants to show you
what your values really look like.

anger wants to remind you
that your body is still the most
magical thing. write
too-sweet loveletters to your
flesh, your tendons and
your bones. stick them under
your pillow and let them
become real brave dreams.

being yourself is the balm.
even when it hurts. hold your
courage like baby cat.

be dramatic and victorious. listen to “Your Body Changes Everything” by Perfume Genius.