I have to admit that I read the newspaper horoscope sometimes. It usually says something, like, “Now’s the chance. Strike while the iron is hot. Be confident with your mission.” I easily imagine that it is speaking directly to me as an Aries. “Yes, that is me.”
The other day, I read the horoscope for all the other signs and realized that they were all pretty much the same. See how easy it is to create the illusion of a personal oracle? There’s nothing really tricky about this magic. We believe what we want to hear and I’ve been waiting for good news.
It’s the divining rod that waits for water. I’d gotten depressed thinking about the impossibility of selling books in Laos. Then, a friend was honest with me. “It’s only been a year. What do you expect?”
My year’s horoscope says that things well get increasingly better after a few months of a slow start. Be patient. Ease off on the pressure. Yes, I figure I can do that, but now just in mid-January, the divining rod begins to move like a big body of water is flowing underfoot.
2010 is make or break.
