When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
-Edward Teller
Happy Holy Daze, Aquarius! I’ve been meditating on the perfect holiday gift for you. What symbolic item might inspire you to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents in 2006? I’ve decided it would be a fortune cookie inside of which was an oracle based on an old Sufi saying: “I was a hidden treasure and I longed to be known.” This would serve as your motto and mantra in the coming months, a reminder that it’s high time for you to come out of every closet, throw off all your disguises, and reveal the curious, beautiful truths about yourself. Even if you don’t do that, I bet you’ll still become better known in 2006; not necessarily famous, but certainly more accurately perceived and more deeply understood.
Do you know what the greatest test is? Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning?
-David Halberstam
A friend gave me a live rosebush in a planter for my birthday last June. After a few weeks, its five red flowers withered and turned brown but didn’t fall off their stems. I left them there, perversely fascinated by the dead blooms that wouldn’t let go. Months later, in late November, five new flowers blossomed, and now the bush displays a mix of the living and the dead. It sort of reminds me of you, Aquarius. But I suggest that you do what I haven’t done yet: Start plucking off the dried-up old parts of your life today. Give the fresh parts more room to grow and shine.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.
-George Bernard Shaw
Artist: John Mayer
Song: Your body is a wonderland
We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I’ll have to do
Discover me
Discovering you
One mile to every inch of
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and
Your bubblegum tongue
And if you want love
We’ll make it
Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break ‘em
This is bound to be awhile
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I’ll use my hands)
Your body is a wonderland
Something ’bout the way your hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and
Though I might leave to find it
I’ll never let your head hit the bed
Without my hand behind it
You want love?
We’ll make it
Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break ‘em
This is bound to be a while
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I’ll use my hands)
Your body is a wonderland
Damn baby
You frustrate me
I know you’re mine all mine all mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I’ll use my hands)
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonderland
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Writing in November’s *Esquire,* Chuck Klosterman described the National Football League as one of the most successful socialist institutions in the world. As evidence, he notes that rich teams in the biggest markets are required to share their revenue with poor teams in small markets. The league’s best franchise in recent years, the New England Patriots, has won so many games because its star players have volunteered to accept reduced salaries, making more cash available for the team to assemble the best possible collection of second-line players. I recommend a similar approach to you, Aquarius. It’s a propitious time to bring the NFL’s brand of communalism to the group or business or tribe that’s so important to you.
Artist: India Arie
Song: The Truth
Spoken : Let me tell you why I love him
Chorus:
Cause he is the truth
Said he is so real
And I love the way that he makes me feel
And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly cause
Hes light it shines so bright I wouldn’t lie
I remember the very first day I saw him
I found myself immediately intrigued by him
It’s almost like I knew this man from another life
Like back then maybe I was his husband & maybe he was my wife
And even,the things I don’t like about him are fine with me
Because it’s not hard for me to understand him because hes so much like me
And it’s truly my pleasure to share his company
And I know that it’s god’s gift to breathe
Yeah he breathes
Chorus:
Cause he’s the truth
Said he is so real
And I love the way taht he makes me feel
And if I am a reflection if him then I must be fly cause
Hes light it shines so bright I wouldn’t lie
How can the same man that makes me so mad
Do you know what he did-(Spoken)
Turn right around and kiss me so soft
Girl so you know what he did-(Spoken)
If he ever left me I wouldn’t even be sad no
Cause there’s a blessing in every lesson
And I’m glad that I knew him at all
Chrous:
Cause he is the truth
Said he is so real
And I love the way that he makes me feel
And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly cause
His light it shines so bright
I love the way he speaks
I love the way he thinks
I love the way that he treat his mama
I love that gap in between his teeth
I love him in every way that a woman call love a man
From personal to universal but most of all
It’s unconditional
You know what I’m taking about-(Spoken)
That’s the way I feel
And I always will-(Spoken)
There ain’t no substitute for the truth
Either it is or isn’t
Cause he is the truth
You see the truth it needs no proof
Either it is or it isn’t
Cause he is the truth
Now you know the truth by the way it feels
And if I am a reflection of him then I must be fly
Cause he is yes he is
I wonder does he know -Echoes-