CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote a poem about how one morning he went half-mad and conversed with the sun. At first he called the supreme radiance a “lazy clown,” complaining that it just floated through the sky for hours while he, Mayakovsky, toiled diligently at his day job painting posters. Then […]
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They Blow Up So Fast
Anger seems to function as a bargaining tool to incentivize better treatment
They Blow Up So Fast I’m a man in my 30s, and I’m looking to settle down and start a family. I was falling in love with the woman I’ve been seeing for six months, who seems lovely, intelligent, and kind. Recently, I arrived at her place early and overheard her arguing with her mother […]
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Free Will Astrology—Week of July 1
Highlight desires that uplift you and downgrade desires that diminish you
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said that when our rational minds are working at their best, they inspire us to cultivate our most interesting and enlivening passions. They also de-emphasize and suppress any energy-draining passions that might have a hold on us. I’m hoping you will take full advantage of this in the […]
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Matt Wuerker—Week of June 24
Clearly This State Actor Is Becoming Our Greatest Challenge
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Free Will Astrology—Week of June 24
Your time in the cascading flow may prove to be quite intriguing—and ultimately useful
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I was so flooded with yearning I thought it would drown me,” wrote Cancerian author Denis Johnson. I don’t expect that will be a problem for you anytime soon. You’re not in danger of getting swept away by a tsunami of insatiable desire. However, you may get caught in a current […]
