POETIC LICENSE: Horoscopes, Jan. 7-13

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POETIC LICENSE: Horoscopes, Jan. 7-13

POSTED: Friday, January 7, 2011, 3:01 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. Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): Inventory your coffee cups. Count house cleanings like a yearlong Advent calendar. Evaluate the necessity of every scarf, hat and necklace. Visit your local thrift stores like a January Santa. Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19): Declare all 2010 complaints complete. Unsubscribe to your grudges, put salve on your scars. Be ready for more loves and more exquisite disappointments. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): One word of advice for you this week: Pillows. Aries (March 21-April 18): In the words of Hafiz: Now That All your worry Has proved such an Unlucrative Business, Why Not Find a better Job. Taurus (April 19-May 18): The Maven of Emotional Awesome, Jen "Flash" Andrews of Too Beautiful to Live has the most lovable New Year's resolution: Give yourself and others a break. Don't lay awake worrying about spilt words or misspent kitchen table diatribes. Gemini (May 19-June 21): I spent New Year's Eve at my Aunt Patti's house getting pretty drunk with my brother and my cousins and my cousins' friends. I played my first game of Flip Cup (with chardonnay!) at 36. I wasn't good at it. Do something rewardingly foolish — let yourself off the leash a little. Cancer (June 22-July 23): Take a break. Everything doesn't have to be written today, even if it seems that way. To paraphrase LCD Soundsystem's spoken word/workout tune "Pow Pow Pow": (No need to keep) "Coming back, coming back, coming back/ Until there's nothing left in the well. Is that what they call it, the well?" Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): My lovely Leo wife has decided to split the year into 52 mini-projects, and I can't wait to see what she comes up with. What can you make in a week? Is it beautiful? Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): I spent a pretty big chunk of my Christmas vacation watching episodes of Ally McBeal. It's so romantic; it's like the How I Met Your Mother of its time. Walk home from work in soft focus, with dreamy/feminist '90s music for your guide. Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): Irony is so last year. See how much sincerity you can get away with. Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): Bring last year's photos into the physical realm. Frame something optimistic. Spread all the pictures out like Tarot cards and read the future — you'll like what you see. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): Leave all of your self help books on someone else's doorstep, like so many paperback orphans. It turns out you're perfect.

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