It's The Full Moon - Wolf Moon 2019
Dear seekers after truth,
I know, I know. You're devastated that tonight's eclipse won't be visible due to the snowstorm. But don't worry. You'll still be able to feel it in your bone marrow.
We're all going to go a little nuts tonight, whether the Patriots win or not.
It's not just a full moon. It's a Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse.
And if it's true that serial killers are governed by the shenanigans of the stars (link), I'd keep my head on a swivel.
Pray for the night nurses. Pray for the plow operators. Pray for the Patriots and anyone else who has to be out tonight.
HOROSCOPES
Aries
Much like your personality, the next lunar month is a real mixed bag. Triumph in your creative endeavors; chaos in your romance sector. Follow your bliss, Aries, and gird your loins.
Taurus
You will have a brief but meaningful encounter with a cardinal (bishop, ballplayer or bird).
Gemini
You will spend Valentine’s Day holding a loved one’s hand, though whether on a date or in the hospital, the stars are unforthcoming.
Cancer
A financial windfall comes with strings attached. A conflict at work is resolved through violence. A recommitment ceremony goes horribly right.
Leo
On a train, the zipper on your winter coat does that thing where the teeth separate under the slider and for a while you stare at your pale reflection in the shuddering window, at the desolate winter landscape within and beyond.
Virgo
Your basement floods. Your filling falls out during an important meeting. Family secrets are unearthed at a Super Bowl party.
Libra
Your relationship flounders when you can’t agree on a TV show to watch. Your car starts to make a funny noise. A celebrity threatens suit.
Scorpio
A Venus-Jupiter conjunction brings you luck in money matters. Don’t trust the German-accented doctor conducting your sleep study.
Sagittarius
On February 11th, you will discover the true meaning of your iPhone warranty.
Capricorn
Mauled by a cold, you work for several days from home, unwashed, perpetually draped in a blanket, eating ceaselessly, googling recklessly.
Aquarius
An old friend reaches out. A night at the movies secretly disappoints. Your Valentine's Day will someday make a funny anecdote, but for now the tragedy will be too raw.
Pisces
Your intuitive, sensitive nature is governed by the element of water. Two words: ice damming.
WRITING NEWS
A while back, when I was living in Cambridge, my next-door neighbor was a nuclear reactor. Everyone else living in my building was cool with it. I wasn’t. I wrote about this unnerving living arrangement for Hippocampus Magazine.
“Thirty-Six Views of the Nuclear Reactor”
See you next month.
—WD
P.S. A good song for snow-watching: “Levo,” by German sound artist Recondite
