The Odd Couplings of Aquaria

Art is 'Alcove II' by Ithell Colquhoun

As we round the surreal bend into the final week of Aquaria, odd couplings vie for our attention. The currents torrent with codes and keys that could unlock imaginative new worlds or trap us with a flick of the wrist the wrong way. This week we each choose our own adventure through its tidings.

V Day arrives in a haze of more than hearts and flowers as Venus and Neptune conjoin in Pisces, their coupling a recipe for dreamy delusions and surreal meet cutes. Nothing is quite as it seems on this saint's day, as we conjure fresh love languages from the haze. Only watertight intuition will ensure you slip straight through its gauzy net.

Love lands with a thump the very next day as the Sun meets Saturn at the mermaid's tail end of Aquaria. Both scheduled for imminent departure and firm clarity that transcends old time and spaces. Beware the hangover of Neptunian excess as it slams into an immovable truth roaring. Listen to the psychopomp chattering across the axis of past and future. Look to the shapes on the horizon.

By week's end Pisces season arrives with a splash and a deep dive card with your name on it. The dark moon settles in to ruminate and rebirth. We marinate under vast starry skies that whisper of what is all about to change. Do not ignore the call nor refuse to rise to the occasion. Regret is also the daredevil's lament.

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Words c. Kerrie Basha 2023