Horrorscopes for December 2015
by Zack Kouns
Aries (March 21-April 19) -
Life is an act of remembrance. Remembering to love and comfort the strangers whose mouths are shrunken in sorrow. Remembering that the wolves that tear at your flesh in your dreams are sent by a guiding Hand to teach you something you were gathered Here to learn.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) -
Affection bloom with the Nettle and the Burdock. Split the frozen ground of winter and rise toward us. Affection, bone white and achingly tender: Heal us where we’re broken.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) -
What faithful, loving creatures rest in the soil and nourish the roots of plants that coil under your feet and why do those roots stay hidden from you?
Cancer (June 22-July 22) -
Some trees have learned how to gracefully shed their leaves and to have faith in the promise of the swift current of the flowing river of Life. Will you try and restrain that water with your trembling hands or will you gather it up to splash in your face and cleanse yourself of the need to hold and grasp?
Leo (July 23-August 22) -
Your uncle, who was killed in the Middle East two years before you were born, stands before you in your bedroom. He cries softly and is struggling to speak. Ask him what he longed to do but didn’t dare to. Then you’ll know what secret wish caused you to burst into Being.
Virgo (August 23-September 22) -
In the temple there is a sculpture of two lovers embracing. When you discover how it is that they’re so emptied of themselves and also steeped in radiant abundance then you’ll never go to sleep again.
Libra (September 23-October 23) -
Worms inching across a sidewalk in the early morning after a heavy rain. If you feel separate or distinguished from them, then you are the wood that’s tumbled from the fire.
Scorpio (October 24-November 21) -
The grandmother of a childhood friend showed you such kindness when you were young. She also had vicious dogs chained up in her back yard to release on intruders. How do we resolve the paradox of our capacity for fear and the profound innate lure of Love?
Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) -
Pilgrim and wayfarer: it was for you that the Shrine was created. The tremendous faith required for a migration toward our true homeland is our birthright.
Capricorn (December 22-January 19) -
You awake in the early morning. Somewhere in the dark of your home you hear a rustling. God is washing your dirty linens lovingly and patiently while you slumber.
Aquarius (January 20-February 18) -
In the elm tree that provides shade for your tent there are many birds chirping. Four of them have a voice that bewitches you and makes you forget who you truly are. These dark calls keep you remote from your natural estate and make you a fugitive and a refugee. Which voices are they? Wonder if you can learn to not listen to them?
Pisces (February 19-March 20) -
I’m reminded of the cold, choppy ocean water and the time before we were born. I’m reminded of all the times we’ve tried to drown only to find ourselves washed ashore. And how, as time passes, it becomes remarkably clear why we’ve coughed that briny water from our lungs and risen toward the Sun that climbs so skillfully through the overcast Eastern sky. And now you recall the promise that you made with your Self before you were yourself.
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