โ€œLike sands through the hourglass, these are the stars of our livesโ€ฆโ€โ€”Nostradamus

Ours is an unprecedented time in astrological studies. Astrologers are setting themselves on fire in the streets. Conjunction-junctions are appearing with functions unseen since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Civil War, French Revolution, and the (First) American Revolution. Saturnโ€™s move into Aries was supercharged by the Lunar New Yearโ€™s Fire Horse, riding in on a solar eclipse and spurring a time of massive transformative change. But more important than thatโ€”letโ€™s gaze at what the skies have in store for you, personally.

Aries

(March 21-April 19)

Little Ram, congratulations on alienating your colleagues, and all with an email you wrote from under a blanket on the couch. You should reward yourself for all that hard work you took credit for by revenge quitting. Gatekeep yourself and show them whoโ€™s not girlboss anymore!

Taurus

(April 20-May 20)

Dear Taurus, who am I to argue with you? Iโ€™m not here to point out that youโ€™re wrong, or that you havenโ€™t thought through your new plan to become wonderful by swapping out Zoloft with lead-heavy protein powders. Because youโ€™re right. Itโ€™s all going to work out.

Stupid Ex Larry Gemini

(May 21-June 20)

You know when you can tell an astrologer had one bad experience with one specific star sign and now they only write unfairly one-sided forecasts for that entire population? Yeah, that. Fuck you, Gemini.

Cancer

(June 21-July 22)

Youโ€™re cute like a little hermit crab, or a Tamagotchi, all bundled up in your emotions. And the fun part is learning which buttons on your Tamagotchi shell do what: which feeds, which poops, and which makes you scream out everything youโ€™ve bottled up for years (Larry!).

Leo

(July 23-August 22)

Youโ€™re a shining star, Leo, but you could try a little harder. Look at your fellow Lion, Madonna, and all sheโ€™s done: Did you move to New York with only $35 and launch a five-decade career? Did you make it okay for women to talk about sex? Did you portray Breathless Mahoney in Warren Beattyโ€™s Dick Tracy (1990)?

Virgo

(August 23-September 22)

Youโ€™re well-mannered and a good friend. But if you werenโ€™t such an anal-retentive spendthrift who relied on self-devised methodologies for every possible moral and menial task, then maybeโ€”just maybeโ€”you wouldnโ€™t still be a virgin, too. Try more plaid.

Libra

(September 23-October 22)

Oh, Iโ€™m a Libra and Iโ€™m so concerned with balance and beauty and harmony. Iโ€™m just so well-adjusted and peaceful and conflict-averse! Go outside and beat a man up. He probably deserves it.

Scorpio

(October 23-November 21)

Listen, Scorpio. Youโ€™re hot. But you canโ€™t coast on looks, charm, and vampiric sexual prowess alone. The OnlyFans looks a little lackluster. Try more collabs, feet pics, filming from inside the hole? Wait, no donโ€™t block me Iโ€™m renewing right nowโ€ฆ.

Sagittarius

(November 22-December 21)

Responding to a noise complaint at 3 am, police encountered five drunk, self-identified โ€œWoo Girls,โ€ each born under Sagittarius. Upon threat of sobriety tests, officers were subjected to a nonconsensual game of Twister, torn apart, and eaten alive. Go Sagittarius!

Capricorn

(December 22-January 19)

Ah, the Sea Goat: disciplined, dependable, and as practical as a goat swimming the ocean. Those weird panoramic goat eyes might make you a steely navigator, but be cautious of Pete Hegsethโ€™s drones up above, out of sight.

Aquarius

(January 20-February 18)

Aquarius, are you an air sign or a water sign? Youโ€™re supposed to be air, so what you doinโ€™ bailing all that water? You wanna be the girl with the most cake? Well, guess what? Thatโ€™s Courtney Love, and sheโ€™s a Cancer. A real water sign! You need to commit.

Pisces

(February 19-March 20)

No, Pisces, I meant your astrological sign, not a divine oneโ€”and no, I donโ€™t want ketamine. Yes, I would love to try aura photography. Wait, what? Psychedelic yeast caused the Salem Witch Trials? Were you serious about that ketamine? Oh, itโ€™s a lozenge? Whatโ€™s hhhhhappening to my lllllleggggggsssssssss?

Anthony Hudson is a Grand Ronde and Siletz artist, writer, and former clown. His first book, Lamp Back: Plays and Other Grievances—collecting nearly a decade of Carla Rossi performances and more—is...