POETIC LICENSE: Horoscopes, Dec. 10-16

Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): I realized last night that I'd been reading too much Harry Potter. I woke up stuffy and was trying to work out how to magic my nose better. For you, though, there's no reason to cut down on the magical thinking. Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): "If we could gather all the electric eels from all around the world, we would be able to light up an unimaginably large Christmas tree," —Kazuhiko Minawa. Harness your defenses for similarly festive uses. Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19): In the HBO series Bored to Death, the fictionalized Jonathan Ames has taken up detective work to help him through some writer's block issues. Think of some inspiring side-jobs for yourself, Aquarius! Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): Happy graduation. A new network of treasure-mazes is set up for you. Keep your bright lamp-eyes and your brilliant sense of direction. Aries (March 21-April 18): If you were a principle of Kwanzaa, you'd be Imani. You believe things into transparency, trust people into diamonds, know the weather as a series of constants. Good for you. Taurus (April 19-May 18): It's time to start thinking about your New Year's resolutions. Yours should be lovely, small, and finite: Plant more bulbs for daffodils, call instead of text. Spend more time looking at kittens. Gemini (May 19-June 21): Meditate this week on the following question: Which Big Bang Theory character are you? Why? Cancer (June 22-July 23): ): You are like Southern California weather: equal parts dependable and dramatic. Even if right now you're all wildfire and mudslide, you'll be sunny and 78 degrees soon enough. Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): Fold up today and put it in your pocket. Sit down and peruse it when you get a quiet hour. Edit or illuminate as needed. Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): In the wise words of Willow Smith, "Hop up out the bed/ turn (your) swag on /Pay no attention to them haters cuz we whip em off /and we ain't doing nothing wrong/so don't tell me nothing, i'm just tryna have fun /so keep the party jumping." (That song is stuck in my head FOREVER due to preparations for my afterschool program's talent show.) Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): A favorite Libra told me recently that I should never write a poem about math. I was immediately tempted with metaphors about constants and the dreamy romantic entanglements of polynomials. Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): My little niece and nephew have a fantastic magic trick: Shae says, "I will now make this little boy disappear!" and puts a blanket over Kieran's head. When she pulls off the blanket and yells "TADA!" he hightails it out of the room. I hope to someday make some art as great as that.

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POETIC LICENSE: Horoscopes, Dec. 10-16

POSTED: Friday, December 10, 2010, 3:00 PM

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Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): I realized last night that I'd been reading too much Harry Potter. I woke up stuffy and was trying to work out how to magic my nose better. For you, though, there's no reason to cut down on the magical thinking. Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): "If we could gather all the electric eels from all around the world, we would be able to light up an unimaginably large Christmas tree," —Kazuhiko Minawa. Harness your defenses for similarly festive uses. Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19): In the HBO series Bored to Death, the fictionalized Jonathan Ames has taken up detective work to help him through some writer's block issues. Think of some inspiring side-jobs for yourself, Aquarius! Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): Happy graduation. A new network of treasure-mazes is set up for you. Keep your bright lamp-eyes and your brilliant sense of direction. Aries (March 21-April 18): If you were a principle of Kwanzaa, you'd be Imani. You believe things into transparency, trust people into diamonds, know the weather as a series of constants. Good for you. Taurus (April 19-May 18): It's time to start thinking about your New Year's resolutions. Yours should be lovely, small, and finite: Plant more bulbs for daffodils, call instead of text. Spend more time looking at kittens. Gemini (May 19-June 21): Meditate this week on the following question: Which Big Bang Theory character are you? Why? Cancer (June 22-July 23): ): You are like Southern California weather: equal parts dependable and dramatic. Even if right now you're all wildfire and mudslide, you'll be sunny and 78 degrees soon enough. Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): Fold up today and put it in your pocket. Sit down and peruse it when you get a quiet hour. Edit or illuminate as needed. Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): In the wise words of Willow Smith, "Hop up out the bed/ turn (your) swag on /Pay no attention to them haters cuz we whip em off /and we ain't doing nothing wrong/so don't tell me nothing, i'm just tryna have fun /so keep the party jumping." (That song is stuck in my head FOREVER due to preparations for my afterschool program's talent show.) Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): A favorite Libra told me recently that I should never write a poem about math. I was immediately tempted with metaphors about constants and the dreamy romantic entanglements of polynomials. Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): My little niece and nephew have a fantastic magic trick: Shae says, "I will now make this little boy disappear!" and puts a blanket over Kieran's head. When she pulls off the blanket and yells "TADA!" he hightails it out of the room. I hope to someday make some art as great as that.

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