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The Myth of Horoscopes

Anne Siffler

I am not in the mood

for any of it today. 


Eclipse retrograde 

something or other. 


A friend sent me a clip of Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining away the right of Scorpios 

to call themselves Scorpios

due to the shifting of stars and time. 

The man of the house is working from home today. 

He arrives at the door

to my home office.


I say, 

I don't want to alarm you, but it is getting dark outside

He asks, “Want to see it? It’s happening now.”


And we go outside, to sit and stare at the ground.  

He explains the off-puting-ness. 

The light coming from different angles. 

He wonders if all the night animals 

will suddenly emerge. 

raccoons.

coyotes. 

lightning bugs

monsters…


The sun returns. A quick eclipse kiss in the returning light and I return to my desk wondering who is going to let

the Scorpios know. 


(7min, recursive editing 4.8.24)

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