Nadia :)

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Michael Lee

Aries: You spent the night coughing up god. You woke up slumped over a railing, staring down at the mess in the shrubbery below.

Taurus: It rained last night. When you looked out the window the landscape seemed different somehow. Some things too close, some things too far away. It was too dark to tell and you had the distinct feeling you shouldn’t leave the house.

Gemini: The first nine pages of a book. You have page two. It details something you cant understand. The illustrations are the things of mathematics only found in dreams.

Cancer: The plague of dancing has returned and you are wearing your running shoes. Keep your electrolytes up and get down.

Leo: Tradition keeps the day to day stitched together. All of that unfurls during times of crisis. Be wary of those that fall back on the old ways. Those were darker times.

Virgo: The road flies beneath you, the radio plays a song youve never heard before. You feel something wet on your face. You wake up.

Libra: You planted stone seeds, you got a stone garden. The lesson to take from this is believe in yourself and read the labels. 

Scorpio: You can see the clock tower from anywhere in town. It is always facing you. It towers above every other building.

Ophiuchus: Gain favor with the things inside you. Gain favor with yourself. Sacrifice some tasty vegetables.

Sagittarius: The dragonflies are proud of you for getting out of bed today. Leave some sugar and water on the windowsill as thanks.

Capricorn: Victory never starts well. It wouldn’t be a victory if there wasn’t anything to fight, anything to lose to.

Aquarius: It will be a long time until you see land again. You know the stars. You are not lost, but it will be a while.

Aries: The care you take in not analyzing your flaws is spectacular really. The stars are really goddamn impressed with how deftly you are able to avoid introspection.

Taurus: Even the kindest people are prone to misinterpretation and plain old bad luck. There will always be haters yes, but sometimes we really do just fuck up.

Gemini: Growth is a cycle of expression and introspection. A snake eating its own tail. An ouroboros that needs therapy. 

Cancer: Failure is inevitable in any venture worth doing. If you are wondering if you should quit, stay your course. When the time to retire comes, it tends to be obvious.

Leo: Allow fear to inform you. To accept fear as sovereign is sin against the self. Fear is very correct about the large hungry mammal chasing you. Run.

Virgo: All the ephemera in the world is worth nothing without a foundation of understanding. But be warned: Looking too closely at some things can lead you to that same mystery. Here be dragons.

Libra: “take the good with the bad” What useless advice. The uncaring chaos of the world runs deep in every human experience. Show me a wholly good or wholly bad experience and I will show you a cool rock I found.

Scorpio: A face can be much more revealing than you expect! Communication is a subtle thing and your heavy iron mask gets in the way.

Ophiuchus: Your rage must inspire you to be gentle.

Sagittarius: Most people dont give themselves enough credit, good or bad. Your ambition is admirable, but you should have been more careful with that cool sword.

Capricorn: Not everyone may enjoy your company, but those who do want you involved in damn near everything they do. You are the hot sauce of people.

Aquarius: The stars say you have some knowledge that seeks to be taught. Keep in mind, there is no teacher without a pupil!

Aries: Happier by Bastille and Marshmello, midnight conversations at 2 pm, memes, laughing so hard it hurts, fake confidence, guilt, feeling invincible, popcorn

Taurus: love, casual confidence, casual touches, nonchalant confessions that you’ll never hear again, bombass makeup, insecurity, hidden hilarity

Gemini: passion, indecision, arguments that don’t feel like arguments, driving around mindlessly, dark chocolate, being tipsy, spontaneous hobbies

Aries: The little ones eyes have adjusted to the dark. Yours have not. You remember what the world looked like bathed in color.

Taurus: Frozen traffic lights sit dull against the wind. The creatures perched above them sleep huddled in close piles. The gale tears at your face but feels safe. They cant hear you over the wind.

Gemini: The bones of old war machines jut from the earth. To most this sight is a deathtrap, a maze of burning twisted metal. To you it is an untouched orchard ready for harvest.

Cancer: You work by the light of your own mangled skin. The glowing veins and sparking motors are enough for rough work, and your work is rough indeed.

Leo: There is no death anymore. Just competitive recycling. No corpses, just fast limbs and precious time.

Virgo: There was a low whine in the air, like a trumpet but much higher. You saw the streak of blue across the sky. The clouds parted for a moment and you saw those charnel wings. Glittering black in the burst of light.

Libra: You emerged from your old home blinking and afraid and cold. You did not notice. Nothing could compare to the hunger you felt then. Too-wide eyes unsure of what a meal even was.

Scorpio: Sometimes you stare at the sickly orange mycellium along your hands and ask yourself if you made the correct choice. A thousand voices respond yes yes yes.

Ophiuchus:  When they opened you there was nothing left. Just bones and wires. When they opened you up you were asleep. Your dreams are filled with radio chatter.

Sagittarius: Flesh is weak and minds are many. The old growth cannot be contained. The old growth cannot be bargained with. The old growth cannot be combated.

Capricorn: You have never been lonely. You have legions of children. They swarm about you, all aluminum and lungs. They are your eyes and ears and tongues. 

Aquarius: You saw the spawning forge once. Cascading liquid metal carried and shaped by drones that hung heavy beneath their rotors. A massive arch-welder, her back full of incubating globin. They figured you for chattel.

Aries: A mind is a dime a dozen. A collection of wires and waves and jelly. Perhaps we were trying to build friends. It seems the nature of puppets is to one day cut their strings. 

Taurus: Alive or dead, the belly of a war machine is no place to be. The furtive thing draws a finger across the exposed circuitry. For a moment it has found peace. It takes its time removing the board.

Gemini: Deep deep below they built vaults to save the world. To burn it all to disks, cast it in crystal and magnets. It has been far too long. A great form twists and writhes among the information. A snake eating its own tail. A great and jealous worm.

Cancer: You watched as the old growth burst from the cracks in the earth, devouring the sunlight and winding its way through the bones of fallen soldiers. You saw the endless hungry green reaching its way up and up and up the tower of babel. In a cascade of toxic rain you saw the angels descend from the heavens to starve the thing back down.

Leo: Mother only wants children, but mother needs a proper heart to grow. Why do they reject mothers love? The ovipositor cracks the ribs to split the gentle heart. Your children sing.

Virgo: The ashen antlers are no curse, no blessing. They are not a threat. A statement of revenge. Those who bear the treacherous mantle do nothing to restore or reclaim. They are heralds of what is to come.

Libra: Under the light of a full-and-a-half moon one can watch the meteor storms rake the fields with streaks of blue light. The din of the impacts can be heard for miles. For some it is a holy death, as a stray meteorite would heat the blood to steam.

Scorpio: The great beast with two mouths. What goes in one comes out the other. One day in frustration it tore a hole in its belly, letting the furnace spill out beneath it. Now it can consume as much as it likes.

Ophiuchus: Who knows what the chaos blessed your insides with? The sages of the deep vaults can open you up and detail every inch. For a price, they can route out some dead compute nodes or chop out those extra lungs. 

Sagittarius: The winged things believe that the world was white. That greed and weakness caused the birth of the sun, and they will only be free when it is destroyed. Consumed by the cold night, freeing the world to freeze over.

Capricorn: Tangled in tree roots and fiber optic cables, the avatar of an old forgotten god sleeps. The roots sing him a dirge for his lovers. The cables show him why they left, the eternal comfort of static jazz.

Aquarius: The slave behemoth limps away in the night, studs for shackles bleeding slowly for what little blood he has. He collapses in the mire of formaldehyde and rainwater. He finds the fossil of a fish, preserved long past its time. He feels an odd kinship with it.

Aries: A little seaside town on the coast of California. Its small and touristy. The road is blanketed in an odd fog. It doesn’t show up on the map. The GPS says you’re not on the road.

Taurus: An extremely nice mall at near midnight. I think its closed. The store lights are turning off one by one. The loudspeaker music stopped a couple minutes ago. Your footsteps echo on the tiles.

Gemini: Your room when you aren’t home. Thin images of you move about performing all the tasks you might have done that day.

Cancer: A bustling train station. Thousands of people come and go. Nobody notices the half dozen figures cloaked in rags and leading people by the hand.

Leo: The pub reflected in the rainy glass. A shimmering image of you and the various bargoers. Two are missing.

Virgo: The woods outside your childhood home. The snow falls soundlessly on the statues you could have found. Friends you could have met.

Libra: Old town. Cobbled streets and restored antique lighting. Modern infrastructure attempting to masquerade as old iron. The stone well in the town center. The soft voice coming from it.

Scorpio: The basement reading room of your local library. Not many people around this time of day. The door you don’t remember being there. The odd dusty fluid covering the handle.

Ophiuchus: A vast vast desert. The volcanic vents deep below painting the landscape white and black. The dust devil in the distance.

Sagittarius: A gangplank under the pier. You come here to think. 

Capricorn: A church in old town that used to be an independent theater. This place would be perfect if you could catch a film. The doors are unlocked. A friend said the projecting equipment was still inside.

Aquarius: A road through flat dusty prairie. A sandwich shop literally hundreds of miles from any conceivable place to live. A fantastic hoagie.

Aries: An elevator that seems to be taking far too long. No music is playing.

Taurus: A small shop you’re sure went out of business a couple years back. It just keeps showing up again whenever it closes down.

Gemini: A public park that’s always bigger than you previously thought. There are always things peeking out of the grass, rusted and old.

Cancer: The four lane highway that runs off into the mountians. You never see cars comming or going. Where does it lead?

Leo: The rickety taco truck that hangs out in the legal district. The prices change a lot. You think you saw your house rep there once.

Virgo: The long road to the nearest national park. You saw a fox dart across the road to snag a bird out of the air.

Libra: The weekly farmers market. You always walk out with bags full of things you don’t remember buying.

Scorpio: An intersection at 11pm. For just a moment you saw the streetlight flash a thousand different colors.

Ophiuchus: The nice part of town. The lawns here are bigger than your whole house. All the homes seem connected in some way or another.

Sagittarius: The turn you never take into that odd one lane road. You took it one day and found that it just loops back around.

Capricorn: The local community center. You’re not sure what it’s for. Huge empty rooms gone unused.

Aquarius: The bus stop by your house. You always see people waiting, but never any busses.

Aries: The lobby of your school, you have sat here so many times but today a panel is missing from the ceiling. You feel you see too much.

Taurus: The new development in town. What looks like brickwork is actually stucco. What looks like concrete is actually sheet rock. You suspect the plants are plastic.

Gemini: A rocky clearing in the field by the highway. There is a pile of human hair on one of the rocks.

Cancer: A specific parking lot you have to walk through every day. One of the nearby apartments always plays the same song but you never see the lights on.

Leo: The time of year when the sky never changes color. Even though you can see the sun you lose track of time.

Virgo: Your own room. You know exactly what that sound was. Why are you still scared?

Libra: That perfect little cafe you found with the tall chairs and the wide tables. It’s closed now.

Scorpio: A diner that seems to be formed of nothing but things found at the surrounding antique shops.

Ophiuchus: Your kitchen in the early morning. Everything is clean. You don’t remember cleaning.

Sagittarius: The roller rink. Its the early evening. It isn’t open yet. You have it to yourself.

Capricorn: The target where the grocery store used to be. For some reason this target only has mens sections.

Aquarius: The local hospital. It has a new paint job. Its a bit too colorful.

Aries: An empire of fire and salt water. Fertile island fortresses patrolled by many-armed stone sentinels wielding golden flamberges. Rivers of fire spilling into the sea.

Taurus: An empire of honey and snow. Castles that stand as decadent art. Colossal ghostly spirit foxes watch over forests of cherry trees.

Gemini: An empire of rain and silk. Glittering iridescent cloaks and wide brimmed straw masks. The aqueducts flow ever deeper into the mountains.

Cancer: An empire of time and woodlands. Citadels of fossilized lumber strong as any metal. Old rusted weapons jut from the grass like weeds.

Leo: An empire of roses and bridges. Subtle stonework hewn rough by ages of wear. Stone blossoms wilting as the season passes.

Virgo: An empire of tombs and amber. The spires of the great necropolis are visible over the labyrinth walls, as kongamato patrol the skies.

Libra: An empire of sand and glass. The libraries of a thousand cities stolen, collected in the grand archives. A library of libraries. 

Scorpio: An empire of blood and stars. Nothing is left of this great people, but their decedents know their history well. Spilling blood on the great story-stones that dot the overgrowth brings whispers of the past. 

Ophiuchus: An empire of wind and hooves. Steeds like a thunderstorm, heavy and dark. Leaving only nursing trees and pillars to the dead in their wake.

Sagittarius: A landless empire of wanderers. Cloaks of feathers and ritual smoke. Comfortable boots and hospitality, though they are the guests.

Capricorn: An empire of stories and loss. Ruins buried under ice, unseen for generations.

Aquarius: An empire of brass and coal. The corpses of war machines that now dot the landscape. Rusted green in the autumn rains. 

Aries: You are the zulu spear in a telemarketers neck. Unexpected, and mercifully quick.

Taurus: You are the fistfight in the chuck-e-cheese. Far more fun than you have any right to be, honestly.

Gemini: You are the creepy mannequin at the target. Equal parts pretty and unsettling. 

Cancer: You are the blood spattered harmonica. There is a strange story behind you.

Leo: You are peanut butter and jelly sandwich cut with a hatchet. Fashioned of the same stuff, but in a more interesting way.

Virgo: You are the substitute teachers broken collar bone. Mysterious, a source of gossip perhaps?

Libra: You are the Druid at Disneyland. Having a lot of fun under your terrifying mask.

Scorpio: You are the newest drug sweeping the nation. A source of panic for good christian mothers.

Sagittarius: You are the exposed nipple at the PTA meeting. Unintentionally the most fascinating thing in the room.

Capricorn: You are distant booming laughter. Foreboding, but quite the nice time.

Aquarius: You are a hijacked forklift. A tiny, yet gleeful, force of destruction. 

Aries: At first appears shy, but is actually fiercely protective and outgoing, all they need is to feel comfortable and they’ll come out of their shell. Lots of wrestling and neck kisses, able to unhinge her jaw like a snake. Constantly devouring small animals whole when she thinks you’re not looking. 

Taurus: Quirky and fun. Lots of hand holding and tight tight hugs. Can sometimes have difficulty voicing how she feels, and so shows affection through actions rather than words. She only feels comfortable speaking in words she has stolen from other lesser girlfriends. Wants her mouth back.

Gemini: More controlling than some people would like, knows all your casual little kinks, idly plays with your hair. Playful bites. Intense skincare routine, made of porcelain, joints bend backwards. During quiet moments you catch her staring dreamily at you.

Cancer: Big sweaters and warm drinks. Constantly wants attention in small ways. Would prefer to just be in the room with you whenever she can. Wants to play video games with you but her claws make it difficult. Sleepy a lot, especially during winter and rainstorms. 

Leo: Always taking pictures with you. Super outgoing, loves to show you off to other people, even when it can be awkward. Can be a little jealous, to the point of exploding into a cloud of sentient mist that only leaves bones behind. Never stops flirting with you.

Virgo: Eager to a fault, she never stops wanting to try new things with you. Impulsive and adventurous. Host to a colony of parasitic invertebrates that feed on knowledge. A knack for fixing things and a wellspring of trivia.

Libra: Charming as all hell, content with a simple, classic relationship. Lots of movie dates and night drives. Corny but sincere. Never sleeps. Confused by electronics. Always wearing the same set of clothes. Makes noises like intense radio static when scared. 

Scorpio: Hoodie thief extraordinaire. Tons of inside jokes. You feel like you’ve known her forever. Extremely knowledgeable about poisons. Two sets of eyelids. Asks a lot of questions about your blood. Always concerned for your health.

Ophiuchus: Sarcastic, wise beyond her years. No hair due to the burn scars. Good with her hands. Expert marksman. Handmade prosthetic arm. Wanted for piracy. Able to sleep pretty much anywhere.

Sagittarius: Constantly wrapped in a blanket. The epitome of netflix and chill. Can drink you under the table. A good listener. Overwhelmingly strong. Scars from where manacles were branded to her flesh. 

Capricorn: Knows a little bit about just about everything. Witty jokes and gentle roasting. Loves hearing about your interests. Pet falcon that watches you all the time. Every member of her family also has a surprisingly well trained pet falcon and owns the same curved sword. 

Aquarius: Competitive and carefree. Encourages you to practice your interests.  Bites her lip when she sees you. Infectious smile. Brags about you. Refers to you as an endovertebrate.