I don’t think we need to wait any longer to have now, now.
forecast for the week of June 8 - 15
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this week’s astrological transits, reversed 4 of Cups, and a (film)bibliomancy (Agnès Varda)
June 8: Mercury conjunct Jupiter in Gemini
June 8: Mercury enters Cancer
June 9: Jupiter enters Cancer
June 9: Mercury square both Saturn and Neptune in Aries
June 9: Venus in Taurus square Pluto in Aquarius
June 10: Saturn - Neptune applying conjunction in Aries begins
June 10: Jupiter in Cancer square Saturn in Aries begins
June 11: Full Moon in Sagittarius
June 13 - 16: Mars in Leo square Uranus in Taurus
the memo
I’ve been told to wait for the better thing to arrive. I spit on the pre-grave of that message. I draw big X’s over the eyes of this enemy with a thick, stinky marker. For months, I’ve gathered promises of security, of abundance, of strength, of successful completion of many years of hard work. And then SPLAT like a bug on the windshield of the near-future turning quickly into “now.”
Have you also been promised rewards for your uphill efforts? Have you also been told to make space for the good things to come in?
Have you felt your muscles tear apart? In one direction, they have been pulled swiftly toward making the “right moves.” In the other direction, a great paw grabs them toward endurance-minded exercises and patience.
Ugh. “Patience.”
It seems every time something has been declared, that very declaration is definite undoing of itself.
But what about this week? Maybe we’ve learned not to make bold declarations anymore. And so now we can see that we’re already inside of The Good Thing that has slipped in the back door and is ready for a shared meal at our table.
I imagine what it might feel like if I ate a beautiful meal with myself while gazing into a mirror. And if it would feel like a memory or an un-doing of one. Am I, myself, The Good Thing?
Regardless, I don’t think we need to wait any longer to have now, now. (But you can hear my reticence to make declarative statements in this, right?)
movement practice
I do not have photo evidence. But I did walk on the beach with friends at night, hoping to catch the northern lights, but instead I watched Ben turn his phone’s flashlight on to check if a pile of wood was a pile of wood and indeed it was a pile of wood.
annotations
“reading with a pencil” - practicing sharing what I think in the margins, practicing having conversations with another writer through space and time, including myself who might read my annotations years from now.
Barthes is hot.
influences
this video from iona from a few months ago has been rolling around in my head — making me conscious of reading energy (like the memo from above) and understanding that the way I live my life and move in it is just as important as sensing what is present.
making myself jewelry while listening to this album, charging each bead with intention, and grateful for how intensely I can touch my emotional core with this music:
field journal
hello self—it’s salad season again. Buh-bye soups and curries! Like a light switch. I feel heat easily now. I feel more prone to strong word choices (not in the euphemistic way but, like, using words with more pizzazz like the word pizzazz). I rub my own clavicle and am so pleased to do so, with or without my morning oils. The dog has stopped sleeping between us in the night, preferring the cool openness underneath the bed. This is the week of the year where I begin to feel rushed to enjoy everything before it’s gone again. Silly human, silly me, forgetting everything I learned the last time around. Forgetting that the return of heat is best when it’s temporary. And already this tuna packed in olive oil with red peppers was too hot for me, uh oh, oh noooooooooo!
connect
I made a personal manifesto and put it up on my website, as a part of my portal studies intention to define my ego more. Have you written a manifesto for yourself too?
So lovely to feel your poetic voice and energy alongside your astro wisdom... i love this new approach to your writing KP!