The Scorpio New Moon, the 11/11 Portal & the Sh!t We Already Know

Hey hey, my little witchy poos.

We’re starting the week with a Scorpio New Moon on Monday, then we’ve got the 11/11 portal on Wednesday. And I know somebody’s already wondering whether they need to be up at 11:11 with a particular candle. Y’all, if you’re on your lunch break and all you’ve got is a gas station receipt and a pen that barely works, write on the back of the damn receipt.

Here’s how I’d work with it. On Monday, get honest about what you want, especially if you’ve been pretending you’re fine either way. On Wednesday, give yourself five quiet minutes to listen, then do one thing that makes it easier for what you want to actually happen. If the thing you want is more time with your friends, for the love of all that’s holy, pick a restaurant and send a date. We’ve been saying “we should get tacos” since August.

Aries So, let’s say you offered to cover something one time, and now everybody acts like it’s a provision in the family constitution. Monday’s a good day to find out exactly how that happened. By Wednesday, tell them what you can actually give, whether that’s money, time, or one Saturday a month. You can be generous and still get to go home before the folding chairs come out.

Taurus Somebody you love may be doing a thing that bugs the absolute shit out of you. The fun part is you’ve been so pleasant about it that they think you enjoy it. Say what you’d like to change while you still like the sound of their voice. “Can we spend Sunday at home?” will get you further than sighing loud enough to rattle the blinds.

Gemini Pay attention to the little thing that pisses you off at the same time every day. That’s where I’d put this week’s magic. If making dinner turns into a family hearing at 5:47 every evening, decide what’s for dinner at noon. And if somebody has a formal objection to tacos, they’re welcome to submit it with a fully cooked chicken.

Cancer When was the last time you made something and let it be a little ugly? This New Moon is good for getting back to the thing you enjoyed before you started wondering if you could sell it, teach it, or film it from three angles. Make the crooked little clay bowl. Put your rings in it. If anybody asks what it represents, tell them it represents where your rings are.

Leo Look around your house this week. How much of it is set up for the people who might come over, and how much of it is set up for the person who actually lives there? Put your chair where the sun hits in the afternoon. Use the good mug. If you’ve got a whole room where nobody’s allowed to sit, congratulations on running a museum with terrible attendance.

Virgo Read the message you’re about to send and see how far down you have to go before you get to the actual question. Paragraph four? Okay. Move that part up. This week, try saying what you mean while the other person still has time to answer it. You’re asking who’s bringing ice. We can release the supporting documents.

Libra Say the price out loud and let the room be quiet for a second. I know. It’s a horrible little second. You’re going to want to fill it by offering a discount, throwing in a bonus, and possibly giving them a ride to the airport. See what happens if you just take a sip of your drink. They may have been about to say yes.

Scorpio This one’s yours, and I want you to catch yourself in the act of saying “I don’t care” about something you’ve thought about every morning while brushing your teeth. You care. Hell, you might even want it. On 11/11, say what it is before you explain why it probably won’t happen. Give yourself a whole minute with that sentence. See what you want to do once you’ve heard yourself say it.

Sagittarius Before you book a trip or sign up for a six-week course, spend one evening out of reach. Take your phone off the table and see what you feel like doing when nobody’s asking you a question. You might still want to go to New Orleans. You might discover you wanted to eat your dinner while it was hot. The second one has considerably fewer fees.

Capricorn There’s a group you’d enjoy a lot more if you let yourself be a member of it. Go to the damn thing and bring the chips you said you’d bring. If the organizer sends out a panicked message about the sign-up sheet, give everybody else a chance to see it. You might find out who you actually like talking to when you aren’t counting chairs.

Aquarius If you want different work, tell somebody what kind of work you want. Pick a person who could actually introduce you to someone, and give them one sentence they can repeat without opening a PDF. Your 11/11 working can be a candle and an email. Light the candle, send the email, then get up and go do something before you start counting how long they’ve had it.

Pisces Write down the question you keep asking your cards, then write down what you suspect the answer is before you shuffle. That first sentence is what I’d sit with on Wednesday. It’s hard to hear yourself think when you’ve got four decks out and you’re halfway through a video by a woman who says she knows what your ex is doing in his kitchen.

And for everybody, if you catch 11:11, take your minute. If you catch 11:14 because you were laughing with somebody you love, let yourself finish laughing.

All my love and a little witchy mischief,

Bodhi