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Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): Happy birthday to one of my favorite Libras in the world. Your year will be full of dancing, sparkles, being bossed around nicely, long yammering walks, and snuggles. You will be free from backaches and bad dreams.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): Make yourself a theme song, like Zooey Deschanel on her new sitcom. Sing about how pretty you are, and how smart, and how charming. Sing it all day every day.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): The stars love to watch your dreams come true; it’s one of our favorite hobbies. Keep adopting lost puppies and making cute friends and getting your books all written.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20):Forgiveness needs fuel, so before composing any letters to make amends, take yourself out to dinner, buy some glossy new magazines, shop for produce, anything that makes you feel like you count. Later on you can think about making up.
Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19): Happy fifth wedding anniversary to one of my favorite Aquarians. Count the ways that the two of you, the constellation of you, are an inspiration to your friends. Make a list and toast every item.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): Your heart is as shiny as a Claire’s Boutique would’ve been to us when we were 8: all multicolored rhinestones, enamel roses, Hello Kitty handbags and sparkly personalized keychains. Sure looks like riches to me.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
A Fresh Start Mixtape
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): "Rush" (Big Audio Dynamite): “Situation no win. Rush for a change of atmosphere.” It’s not as dire as that — just let go of anything that’s weighing you down, anything that costs more than it gives. So very much is waiting.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): "Thunder Road" (Bruce Springsteen): “Hey what else can we do now except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair. Well the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere.” Take a leap-of-faith road trip on to your next big thing.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): "Plenty Is Never Enough" (Tenement Halls): “Oh, come out with me love, we’ll disappear in the evening light. Oh, come out with me, love, into a world that’s sparkly bright.” Sparkly bright like you! Your constant wishes for everything are beginning to pay off.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): "Cherry Red" (Ida Maria): “I’m gonna be your girl tonight. I’m gonna make you apple pie. I’m gonna wear my cherry red, I’m gonna give you lots of … ” luck! Everything pretty and sweet is rushing toward you, dizzy and at top speed.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): If you can’t tell your support group that you’re sick of support groups, then who can you tell? Take some time away from bonding and delving and just paint, or dance, or run. This is always the way that things start to untangle.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): Spend each morning writing to the divine whatever, to physics, to the clouds, to the river — whatever force might be able to propel you forward. Don’t be afraid to ask for everything.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): To the Sagittarius in Austin, soaking up sunbeams — are the pancakes warm? Are the readings full of humor and adorable accents? How is the book-writing going? The stars are always thinking of you and hoping it feels like home.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): You’ve always known how to walk away at the right times and walk toward something wholly better — that’s why your life is so enchanted. Can you teach the stars this talent, Leaps of Faith for Beginners?
Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19): Aquarius is closed this week for renovations. The stars apologize for the inconvenience and welcome your requests.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): You are rich with epiphanies and new songs. Turn the epiphanies into resolutions and follow them. Turn the songs into mixes, place them in headphones, and walk fast.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): “Now, as you breathe in, say to yourself, 'I have arrived.' And as you breathe out, 'I am home.'” (Laura Randall)
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): You may find your inbox full of offers. Say yes to most of them, especially the party invitations, no matter whose. Show up with wine and flowers for the host and/or hostess. Go ahead and celebrate.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning (except when we forget and run them on Monday!).
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): “You do not have to be good. / You do not have to walk on your knees/ For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting./ You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.” (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese) Nor do you have to keep trying to prove to everyone how easygoing you are, how little you need.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): “You may be my lucky star, ‘cause you make the darkness seem so far.” (Madonna) To the Libra who recently decided to re-take-up poetry: we’re shining on your every stanza.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): “Want you to make me feel, like I’m the only girl in the world, like I’m the only one you’ll ever love, like I’m the only one who knows your heart.” (Rihanna) Yes, Rihanna, this is possible, even if you are just one star in a vast constellation.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady’s weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): Put on your sparkly tiara, get a pretty dress, make cupcakes and a good playlist. It’s time to celebrate love, poetry, and adorableness in all its forms. Celebrate all of your heart’s rich confetti.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): You may come across some fallen trees on your coming walks, but no matter. Clamber over them like you do every other trouble, like you stayed safe and warm in the storm.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): “To make a prairie it takes/ a clover and one bee, / and revery. / The revery alone will do/ if bees are few.” (Emily Dickinson) This week, you can dream yourself any landscape and it is likely to come buzzing to life.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): Happy birthday month, Virgo! In the coming year, you’ll have all the mixed CDs, publication credits, nice walks and kisses that you ever wanted. Rest up now, 'cause it’s all coming.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): At long last, you’ve fallen in love with yourself. Hooray! Don’t let all the new relationship energy tempt you into isolation, though. Send out pretty threads of communication every so often, so the rest of the world won’t miss you too much.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): “The heart is generous and capacious. The heart is far-reaching and all-inclusive. The heart can contain far-flung loves.” (Julia Cameron) Test the limits of your heart this week, Scorpio. See how many new kinds of affection you can discover, how many new relationship statuses you can invent.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): “And poetry, her ally in the service of the good. / As late as yesterday Nature celebrated their birth,/ The news was brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo./ Their friendship will be glorious, their time has no limit./ Their enemies have delivered themselves to destruction.” (Czeslav Milosz, Incantation) Every blessing on your adventures, dear Sagittarius.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): “The next time that someone tries to tell you that grammar isn’t glamorous, you can point out that grammar is a corrupt form of glamour. In the middle ages, grammar tended to mean learning in general, which to unlearned folk included the occult. By way of Scottish, the supposed magic-spell aspect of scholarship became glamour, as in, “cast the glamour over her.” (Roy Blount Jr.)
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): It’s a nice rainy day with nothing to do, so take advantage of it: Perfect your snuggling, read a nice pop culture novel, enjoy hours of napping and drooling on your sweetheart’s arm or on your own sweet pillow. Bonus points if a cat falls asleep on you.
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): If there’s something glitchy in your brain, telling you your projects will never be finished and that the end of a hard work week will never come, remember — fruition is coming like a carnival themed birthday party in a polyamorous house. Get out your tiara and be ready to wear it and dance.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): If the webs of connection are getting too much, even for the merely constellation-adjacent, or the bank book is haunting you, or rooms full of people make you fizz with anxiety, just remember your limits. Slow down, dear, and talk to just one person at a time, maybe to someone with a little twinkle of religion, if you like that sort of thing.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): You’d be surprised by how much pressure a few tears would relieve — let down your guard, admit something you’ve put off admitting, then wipe your pretty eyes, blow your nose, and go on to your next adventure.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): To the nice Sagittarius worried over the mean girl activities at work, here is your mantra: “I. Am. Not. In. High school.” Repeat this again and again to yourself, and remember you are grown and safe.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): If you quiet your brain a moment, hiking plans will bubble up, or math problem solutions, or a conclusion to the academic paper you’ve been struggling with. All you have to do is stop for a minute.
Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19): I have this theory that the entire Weeds series is about the perils of avoiding grief. Nancy embarks on her path of danger as a way to squelch her feelings, and this is very interesting in a TV series, but not so good in real life. Feel the grief or undo the loss, and watch that no innocent bystanders are harmed.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): “I am that great and fiery force sparking in everything that lives.” (Hildegard of Bingen) Everyone knows what’s behind your shining face. They remember you better than their two-letter Scrabble words, or all the dialogue from Stand By Me, or the words to their favorite teenage radio hits. You are loved and memorized, my friend.
Aries (March 21-April 18): Though rehearsing this song at summer camp might make me hate it forever, I know you like it, so here: “Like a comet pulled from orbit/ As it passes a sun/ Like a stream that meets a boulder/Halfway through the wood…Because I knew you/ I have been changed for good.” (From Wicked.) I hope this song will someday be out of my head, but you can stay there.
Taurus (April 19-May 18): It’s OK to live in a postcard sometimes, or even in a romance novel, or in the illustration on a box of herbal tea. You are safe and happy, bright as sunsets, easy as waves.
Gemini (May 19-June 21): You have everything you need for fall: nice friends, a new school-year calendar, visits from poets planned. Pack up your summer sunbeams and beach fantasies and get ready for some practical fun.
Cancer (June 22-July 23): You’re writing EVERYTHING these days, long scarves of poetry that blesses ears all over the place, filling us with cotton warmth and candy heartbeats, We’re thrumming to your lists of questions, adding our own, and waiting patiently to hear more.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): To the very best Leo in the whole wide world, my lovely wife, Amy: You are a bounteous harvest of tomatoes, all-day morning glories, and so very much time watching television shows about cooking. I love you.
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): Should you find yourself backstage at the rehearsals of a little kids’ production of Wicked, don’t get demoralized by these lyrics: “The good man scorns the wicked! / Through their lives, our children learn/ What we miss, when we misbehave.” You may be spending your days shushing and prompting, but on your own time, you can misbehave all you want, and still be a beloved character.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): If you ever feel too truthful, remember Ice 9 from Cat’s Cradle, the way, once it touches water, it freezes every interconnected waterway, every little rivulet, and ends the world. Lies are like that, elaborate and deadly, so cough up the truth or freeze.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): Look everyone in the face and smile. Wake up early and walk along the creek, saying hello to every dog-walker and birdwatcher along the way. Branch yourself out as quietly and gently as the leaves.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): You are the order here, the stage manager — we need you to not just work the lights and run the lines, but know all of our cues. They’ll follow you like a spotlight. You’ll make a whole emerald city just by putting green plastic on the lights — remember, you’re magic, my friend.
Devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady's weekly horoscopes run in this space every Friday morning.
Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): You are a perfect beach day, with warm, gentle water, lacy seaweed, blush-inducing sun, and long long swaths of reading time. You deserve your sweet rest.
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): However loving you are, you’ve been known to envy your pretty sisters, especially their first place ribbons and neat merit badges. From this week on, your ice cream cone will be the exact same size, with exactly the same number of sprinkles. And when it isn’t, you’ll know enough to just laugh and send flowers.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21): Take a nice break and Tetris your life into place. Turn the falling blocks the right way ‘round and move them as deliberately as you can. This is a week of peaceful building and cheerful music.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): It may be time to rethink your “It’s Complicated” status. Sometimes, it just isn’t.
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