Aries – PCP- remember that guy who killed his girlfriend and then ATE her???  That’s just your appetizer, followed by bungee jumping, extreme rock climbing and cutting off your own arm.

Taurus – A pot brownie- made with imported single-origin Madagascar chocolate, of course. followed by a  catered seven course meal and a 10 hour nap in a king size bed with silk sheets.

Gemini – Anything once- for science, chased with lots of espresso while texting the effects to your vast network of people you met briefly.

Cancer – Wine from the cellar- sipped from your favorite chipped mug, wrapped in your Nanna’s blanket, curled up on your padded rocking chair, fluffy cat on your lap, moon shining through the window.

Leo – Extacsy- preferably at one of those dancing parties, with a stage, and no one else on it but you…ok, maybe a live band, in the background.

Virgo – Addreall – you organize all the closets in the house, the refrigerator and the pantry, then you pot herbs in matching pots with labels and alphabetize them along the kitchen window, finally, you prepare three types of food for the dog and cat.

Libra – Prozac, chased with Valium- keeps you looking pretty, relaxed and happy when you’re totally freaked out trying to guess what other people are thinking and  hopelessly weighing your options to unsuccessfully make that decision you were supposed to make five years ago.

Scorpio – Peyote and Spanish Fly- breaking taboos and spiritual awakening, what could be better? Oh yeah, you do this while wandering around a haunted house with a well-known psychic.

Sagittarius – LSD – it’s like getting to travel to other realms, expand the mind, see more, be more, experience more, more, and then some. It’s awesome. You take too much, of course, and end up in the emergency room, where the nurses all love you and want to marry you.

Capricorn – Coke – the best, most expensive kind, which you dole out to the guy who thinks he’s your boss and anyone else that might be useful to you on your way up the life’s ladder.

Aquarius – You make your own- no one has heard of it, but it’s awesome, like you are. Basically it squashes those few pesky emotions that somehow sneaked through your strong rational philosophy, allowing you to be even more freaky, stubborn, and unique as you single-mindedly work on your project of world unification.

Pisces – Any one of the opiates, or all of them- while laying on a broken, lopsided bed, staring at a wall of jellyfish and listening to Morrissey.

Virgo – The permanent look of pain you are complaining about seeing on my face is due to the fact that I’m watching you perform so far beneath your potential it is physically hurting me.

Libra – Quit asking me what I think and take the freaking lead already, I will follow and look fabulous.

Scorpio – Half my friends are already dead, the other half I’m having sex with.

Sagittarius – DId I just offend you? Are you kidding me? STFU and learn something already!

Capricorn – I already know exactly what to use you for.

Aquarius – Did that go how you thought it would? No, didn’t think so.

Pisces – I’m either drunk, stoned, or enlightened. I can’t tell which.

Aries – Who are you, and why do I care? Oh yeah, I don’t.

Taurus – Peace, Food & Comfort

Gemini – Hi, nice to meet you. You’re so interesting, oh and now your boring.

Cancer – You can find me at home. Always.

Leo – Stand, cheer, and throw your undergarments at me.

 

 

Three personal planets in Virgo and I am feeling the Virgo in my own chart in so many ways. First of all, as my astrology teacher once told me, “Virgo doesn’t like to make mistakes.”  I have been spending way too much time lately desperately attempting to plan out the rest of my life so that I can prevent at least the repeated mistakes that I often make.  As you can imagine this time of activity leads to hopelessness and depression. Second Virgo move is that I have been expecting myself to be perfect, and therefor either consumed with self loathing when I clearly am not, and/or intensely angry at others for being so heartless to point it out.

So before the planets leave Virgo it would be nice to focus some attention on the positive ways to manifest her energy.  One way is to be humble, and not in a pretend way.  I think it was my mom who would say how Virgos needed to get off their high horse of humility. So no, not that kind of humble, but the real kind where you have compassion with your non perfect self.  I read an article on reddit recently where someone mentioned that there was no possibility for growth without compassion.  When people look honestly at themselves and then see their patterns, they must do so with compassion otherwise there is just self loathing and nothing can move forward.

Another way is to be the Virgin, the one who is one within herself.  The woman or man who is complete, the opposite of co-dependent and needy.  How is this possible you say, we are all needy.  I think the trick is to open oneself to “the goddess” or higher power or mystery if you will, to have a relationship with that first and foremost and the rest falls in line.

No, of course I am not practicing this, but I’ve had moments and I would like to do more.

A great combination for a miserable debate.  Moon in Virgo makes us sensitive to what could be, critical of what is, and desirous of providing others with our “helpful insights”.  Mercury in Leo would like nothing better than an approving, adoring audience to listen to it’s long monologues. If you’re on your own this fourth of July and the next couple of days, you’ll find the debate internalized and you might be like Hemmingway’s old man, who says to himself, “You give me much good counsel … I’m tired of it.”