Horror-scope


Wherein Our Heroine Shares a Little Game.
Today's Horoscope (Aries): Someone has to be the first to state the obvious. Might as well be you.

Immediate thought: Do they know me???

Yes, I occasionally read my horoscope. I don't read it for its dubious powers of prediction. You might say I read it for the main reason people decry horoscopes as fraudulent. You bring up horoscopes, and people say, "Oh, you could twist that to fit anyone." Indeed. So occasionally I try to reframe my day as per the horoscope. It's a silly little mind game that sometimes makes me think about things in a different light. So, let's take yesterday and see how well it matched up (or at least how warped my day looks when viewed horoscope-style):

Here is what actually happened: Woke up early, dealt with the animals (it was John's late day), wrote WoT, had breakfast, issued a press release for a client, did not attend a Kundalini Yoga class due to the fact that I was waiting for a new file cabinet to be delivered, made bread, applied for a job at the University of Maryland, took delivery of file cabinet, put file cabinet together, took library books back and did grocery run, reorganized files and office, had late lunch/early dinner, read book, went to bed, was actually awake for husband's return from late class, went to sleep.

Oh-kay. Here's yesterday's horoscope:

When your vision is clear, your goals feel very close. This may be such a time, but there is a warning that comes along with this good news. Your ambitions can be built upon your most optimistic assessment of the situation -- and this may not take all the information into consideration. Don't close off communication just because it feels like it might get in your way. Sharing your ideas can bring you balance.

Hm. Clear vision, goals feel very close - well, the press release I was working on was something in the works for quite a while, and getting it out finally felt very good. But my real goal is a full-time job. The position at U. MD would possibly be a good one, but it does not seem close at all. A warning with the good news? Not sure what that might be. My ambitions are quite often built on optimism - I have to actively work to keep my expectations moderated and try to keep all factors in the picture, so that is really nothing new. Closing off communications? Heh. Our Hero could tell you that when I am working through a problem I quite often go inward and try to figure it out on my own, but I can't think of anything I'm particularly worried about lately. Sharing ideas can bring me balance... hmmm... Well, as far as sharing ideas, I have to get going on a proposal for another client (which I would probably have worked on yesterday, but I considered that containing the chaos in my office was a necessary preliminary to getting my thoughts in order).

Does that mean my proposal will be simply stating the obvious? Probably. One person's obvious is often another person's bright idea.
Posted: Friday - February 04, 2005 at 07:59 AM         | |

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