Astrology

ARIES March 21-April 19: Do you have any skill in fulfilling the wishes and answering the prayers of your allies? Have you developed a capacity...

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19: The Tarahumara Indians of northwestern Mexico are renowned for their ability to run long distances. The best runners can cover 200 miles in two days. The paths they travel are not paved or smooth, either, but rather the rough canyon trails ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: I am in awe of your headfirst, charge-forward, no-distractions approach. In fact, I aspire to incorporate more of the Aries-style directness into...

ARIES March 21-April 19: The coming week is likely to be abnormally free of worries and frustrations. I’m afraid that means you’re not going to have as much right to complain as you usually do. Can you handle that? Or will you feel bereft when faced with the prospect...

ARIES March 21-April 19: “I not only bow to the inevitable,” wrote Aries author Thornton Wilder. “I am fortified by it.” Wow. That was a...

ARIES March 21-April 19: “An oar moves a boat by entering what lies outside it,” writes poet Jane Hirshfield. You can’t use the paddle inside...

ARIES March 21-April 19: In her blog, Jane at janebook.tumblr.com answers questions from readers. A recent query went like this: “Who would win in a steel cage match, Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny?” Jane said, “Easter Bunny, no question; he has those big-ass ...

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19: The poet Charles Baudelaire prayed for help, but not to God — rather he prayed to the writer Edgar Allan Poe. Novelist Malcolm Lowry sometimes pleaded with God to give him insight, but he also prayed to the writer Franz Kafka. I really like ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Events in the coming week may trick your mind and tweak your heart. They might mess with your messiah complex and...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Just one species has a big enough throat to swallow a person whole: the sperm whale. If you happen to be sailing...

ARIES March 21-April 19: The pandemic has made it challenging to nurture our communities. In order to make new connections and keep our existing connections...

ARIES March 21-April 19: Until recently, no cricket had ever been observed pollinating a flower. All the evidence showed, in fact, that crickets don’t help flowers — they devour them. Then one night last January on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, ...