• Horoscopes for 10-14-2025

  ’Tis true; there’s magic in the web of it. A sibyl, that had numb’red in the world The sun to course two hundred compasses, In her prophetic fury sew’d the work; The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk, And it was dy’d in mummy which the skillful Conserv’d of maidens’ hearts.

  Othello in Shakespeare’s Othello 3.4.59-65

  Horoscopes for 10-14-2025

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  Horoscopes for 10-14-2025

  Libra

  As an author, as writer, I have personal fascination with keyboards. Earlier in my life, I was even more interested in manual typewriters, and I had an uncle who composed his best work on an IBM Selectric. That was his preferred media. He would bang out press releases, copy, and sermons, all on that electric typewriter, two fingers at a time. How he worked. Again, I was equally fascinated with various keyboards until I realized it wasn’t the keyboard itself. Toward this end, though, I have a few extra keyboards that were noble experiments, but didn’t fit my style of working. I wind up using the basic, stock, slim-line models that came out of an earlier computer’s box. The CPU is long gone. There’s magic in the air, alluded to above, and there’s a hint that change is on its way. Happy birthday, and now? You know, if you really think that new accessory will make a difference?

  Scorpio

  Mars and Mercury, cooking in Scorpio? Venus and the Sun? In the sign that precedes Scorpio, Libra? Look, I’ll only do this once, but think of this as a six-week plan, OK Scorpio? Best example? Shop. Shop to your little heart’s content. Fill the virtual shopping cart with a number of items that you think you want. “That looks good, I’ll get one of them,” and, “I could probably use some more of that,” then the surprise, “look! I always wanted one of those!” The deal is? Scorpio is best served if we put off the actual purchase for about six weeks. OK to fill the list with what you think you want, what appeals to the visceral side of your life, but now is not the time to buy. “But it looks like such a good price!” It is a good price, but the timing is way off. Look, tastes, touch, feel, shop like a mad person, but maybe not yet not the spending part. Look, don’t buy. Wait for it.

  Sagittarius

  For me, it was less about “Growing up in Austin,” and more along the lines of “Kramer’s coming of age.” Learned things. Applied academic material in the real world. Fished. Fished not as a metaphor but as an activity. Spent days, weeks, months even, in quiet contemplation. However, that creative cauldron, the old Austin of myth and lore? That was where I was forged. As I was traipsing through San Antonio, a familiar face was asking me, how did I get to be like I was, like I am, my skill-sets, diverse tastes, and background. Simply put, “I grew up in Austin.” That spans from down-on-my-luck, near dead in a hospital, barely able to pay rent on trailer to a couple of books in print, front page of the newspaper as an astrologer, and the temporary number-one google-spot during SXSW, one year. Left on a high note, but stayed in touch with those roots because that’s the formative material that made me what I was. What I was made me what I am. There is minutiae in that statement, but think, as we look forward, glancing at our past, what has passed before us? Need a typical, Sagittarius-quick way to exalting where we’ve been, and how that relates us to move forward.

  Capricorn

  “I’m tired, I’m cranky, I think I might be hungry, and there’s too much to do. Plus? I’m way out of time. And Kramer?” Yes, I answer. “I have no time for your funny business.” That’s all I am, funny business. I’m classified as “entertainment” in the most strict business taxonomy. So there is going to be funny business from me, but then, that doesn’t answer the question about what poor Capricorn should do. Grab a bite. Take a nap. Pause long enough to breathe and assess the situation at hand, and then, figure out what can be humanely done in order to advance yourself towards those stated goals. Pretty simple, the more hurried you get, the longer it takes. Seems counterintuitive, but it works. Slow down and you’ll get there faster.

  Aquarius

  There’s an element of common courtesy that I would like to harken back to. Maybe Genteel Aquarius can help and the current array of stars points towards this. As we age, our hearing worsens. In my case, I have a certain loss of hearing within specific high frequencies. Still, I can hear just fine. I was in a small waiting room, doctor’s office, not too crowded, but one older feller was talking loudly on his phone. The polite course of action? Step outside. Just pick up and take the call outside. He wasn’t shouting, but his command voice was loud, with enough volume I could pick up everything he was saying, no mistakes. It was a land deal, and involved many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and frankly, I don’t care. The receptionist was part of the conversation. I was party to the conversation. The other patients were all pointedly trying to ignore the conversation, as he was dominating all our attention. I get an occasional call like he did, and when I do? I tell the person to hold on while I fumble with earbuds, and I step outside. Not far, but far enough so my chatter of Pluto and Mars, Venus, and the phase of the moon doesn’t have any effect on the others in the waiting room. Just step outside, or put off the call until later. From the substance of that one call? Nothing was mission-critical and there was nothing discussed that couldn’t have waited.

  Pisces

  The opening quote?

  ’Tis true; there’s magic in the web of it.

  It’s from Othello, but don’t hold that against it. It’s a simple line, and reminds us there is magic in everything. The term “magic” can get misunderstood, and one I learned, a long time back, and then carried forward with my own work? Find the wonder in the little moments. Not the big stuff, not the big wins, not the important details. But the little items, sometimes stuff that goes unnoticed unless you pause long enough to see it. I was walking into a strip store storefront, and a late fall lady bug landed on me. I almost swatted her (him) away, but then I thought about the notion of lady bugs and good luck. I could use some good luck, and a gently placing the lady bug free, outside, meant, I found deeply discounted item, on sale, in that storefront. Just what I was looking for! I ascribe my good fortune to the lady bug, and an ability to amused by even the smallest of details and happenstances.

  ’Tis true; there’s magic in the web of it.

  Aries

  While I swiped this notion from a movie star, the simplest way to put it? “Do something for someone else, first.” Do something nice for another person. Do something thoughtful, and do it as anonymous as possible, for some other person who appears to be a struggling. As an Aries, I know, I realize you, too, appear to be struggling, and it would be super-nice if some did something nice for you. I’m all on-board with that. To make that happen? Try and be more polite than usual. Hold the door for someone. Nod, and let some other person cut in front of you. Even if you have a chance, don’t cut that person off. Nod. Smile. Greet someone’s upraised single digit salute with wry grin, and gentle wave, and then? Immediately dismiss the problem. These seemingly random acts of kindness, each one returns a benefit three-fold. One for three, pays off well, but you have to be nice, first.

  Taurus

  Ever get those rumblings, like an upset stomach, a way of knowing that something has to change, only, you’re not sure of how this affects your Taurus self? That first sentence can either be an interrogative, a question, or I guess I could punctuate it with just a full stop, a period. But in my mind, I heard it more as a casual, kind of, sort of a question. You know there’s a change to make, and yet, unsure of the direction. Hint: it’s not really about you, dear Taurus, no, it’s not really about you. Seems like it is about you, and that gut feeling would suggest it is about you, but the stars do point elsewhere. Here’s the hot tip from the cool guy (me): do something nice, a simple gesture, for someone else every day for the next week. Let someone cut in line at the grocery store. Let a little car merge in front of you. Yield to pedestrian traffic. By a buddy a cup of coffee, or, as a reminder, dude, your turn to buy lunch. Simple, easy, sometimes with no acknowledgement, but simple gestures tend to pay off three-fold. Might not see those rewards, but the goal, the target, one simple act of kindness daily for Taurus.

  Gemini

  My first set of Tarot cards was an interesting name, but the imagery was bereft of heart, left me cold. My second deck of cards was a gift, and the buddy who gave them to me, he was sort of hoping he was going to curse me. Instead, and I still have that original deck of tarot cards, I built from those images. It was that set wherein the imagery of astrology finally fell into focus. The rich iconography, over the years, I’ve drawn on that set of images from that kind of tarot deck to help bolster my own ideas. Clues, common phrases, planets, signs. All about the signs, really, and for this week’s Gemini? The week concludes, at the end of this week’s scope, this week ends with a rebirth, but until we get to that rebirth, that nascent starting point, the New Moon in Libra? Until we arrive there? Out with the old so there is room for the new. Only? Only what is something you throw away, and what is something you keep? I keep those cards, as an example.

  Cancer

  We have to learn how to get our own, emotional support from within ourselves. In the modern, data/algorithm muggy media feeds? Likes, looks, and eye-rolls are registered as a minuscule nod, and to some, this then dictates what one is. The need for socialization, a very human need, is usurped by the mechanically driven, software-derived pointers. While there is evidence that there is some kind of mental feel-good from such actions, in reality? It’s too easy and it doesn’t really count. “Likes,” and “friends” online only? Not the real world. There is comfort to be found, for the gentle Cancer, the wonderful Moon Children, but it is found within ourselves. Instead of looking for outward validation? It’s a little awkward and looks funny, but the person who should pat our own back is our own Cancer selves. Inward validation, first. “Remember, like and subscribe!”

  The Leo

  Mercury is fast in Scorpio; Mars is in the middle. Venus and the Sun are in Libra. This spells out, especially with the mercurial influence of Mercury, this suggests that there’s an inordinate drive to talk some issue to death. Nobody like a Leo to talk an issue to death? I used to have an awkward delivery system that I would employ, pretending to be The Leo in this situation, and demonstrating the overuse, and repetitive nature of the line of questioning. We all agree, you’re right. There is no need to hammer us continuously with the questions, answers, and statements, factual or otherwise. “Am I right?” Of course you are. Drop it at that. Just, you know, no need to continually pounce on the point. Am I right?

  Virgo

  What lessons have you learned, along the way, that are important, now? Question time from me, and it’s about lessons, some of these are hard-earned, some of these are relatively easy, and a few of them might be bluntly honest. There are obvious signals, from the universe, about what lessons have been learned, and what was your good Virgo take-away from that situation? Then looking back and doing a bit of an analysis? What was the real meaning, and the fundamental core message from that experience? Holidays, madness is loose upon the land, people are crazy, and Virgo is beset with a moment’s reverie about previous events. It is a matter of looking back, and it is a matter of applying that 20-20 hindsight to see what the bigger, more important missive was. Is. Was. The data, under even a most cursory examination, looking backwards, the messages are quite clear.

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