HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO (August 23-September 22) “At the necessary moment, going naked will be your most convincing disguise,” writes poet Dobby Gibson. As I apply his witty statement to your life, I’ll interpret it metaphorically. My sense is that you could really use the kind of “disguise” he’s talking about. What I mean is that […]
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In your horoscope: go for the flow
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO (August 23-September 22) Virgo poet Mary Oliver was renowned for giving herself permission. Permission to do what? To become a different person from the self she had been. To shed her familiar beliefs and adopt new ones. To treat every experience as an opportunity to experiment. To be at peace with uncertainty. […]
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In your horoscope: Get ready to make maximum impact
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO (August 23-September 22) “Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible,” says singer-songwriter Holly Near. “It requires training as well as magic.” How are you doing on that score, Virgo? Now is a favourable time to intensify your long-term art project of creating the healthiest, smartest version […]
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In your horoscope: Refine the way you use your senses
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO (August 23-September 22) “Self-love is also remembering to let others love you. Come out of hiding.” Poet Irisa Yardenah wrote that advice, and now I’m passing it on to you, just in time for a phase when you will benefit from it most. I mean, it’s always good counsel for you to […]
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In your horoscope: It may be wise and healthy to go a bit too far
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO (July 23-August 22) “Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible,” says Leo politician Carol Moseley Braun. I agree with her, but will also suggest there’s an even higher magic: when you devise a detailed plan for achieving success by challenging the impossible, and then actually carry out that plan. Judging from the […]
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In your horoscope: You have extra power to empathize with others
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO (July 23-August 22) In the dictionary, the first definition of “magic” is “the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand and deceptive devices.” A far more interesting definition, which is my slight adjustment of an idea by occultist Aleister Crowley, doesn’t appear in most dictionaries. Here […]
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In your horoscope: Crocodiles can be sacred
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO! (July 23-August 22) At times in our lives, it’s impractical to be innocent and curious and blank and receptive. So many tasks require us to be knowledgeable and self-assured and forceful and in control. But according to my astrological analysis, the coming weeks will be a time when you will benefit from […]
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It’s never too late to have a rebellious adolescence, Virgo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO (July 23-August 22) “How can I communicate to wild bunnies that I am their ally?” asked a Twitter blogger named Ghost Girl. That question is a good place to start my oracle for you. In the coming weeks, I think you’ll be wise to meditate on how to enhance your relationship with […]
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You’ve got the magic to transform a wound into a lovely asset, Leo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANCER (June 21-July 22) As a Cancerian, you have a natural propensity to study and understand what author Margaret Atwood describes as “echoes and emptiness and shadow.” I believe this aspect of your repertoire will be especially active and available to you in the coming weeks. For best results, regard your attunement to […]
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You have exceptional power to transform the way you feel, Pisces
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Cancerian author Mary McCarthy provides you with a challenge you’ll be wise to relish during the rest of 2020. She writes, “Everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you’re older is that you really must make the self.” McCarthy implies that this […]
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You’re about to have a strong need to be seen for who you really are, Gemini
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANCER (June 21-July 22) Some readers wish I would write more like Cormac McCarthy or Albert Camus or Raymond Chandler: with spare simplicity. They accuse me of being too lush and exuberant in my prose. They want me to use shorter sentences and fewer adjectives. To them I say: It ain’t going to […]
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Don’t be surprised to find yourself in a controversy, Capricorn
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANCER! (June 21-July 22) “Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant?” Author Diane Ackerman asks her readers that question, and now I pose the same inquiry to you—just in time for your Season of Transformation. “We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors,” […]
