ill-starred summer special vol II

This contest is not about assessing the appearance of a cat’s mortal body. All cats are beautiful. It is about celebrating the appearance of the immortal soul through that body. We hope that you will be as elated as we are.

—The Grand Cat Jury

Une Personne Solaire

ARIES

Tomorrow, you may be from any country in the world, even one we have never heard of. Wear something yellow, speak to no one, and act like you belong.

TAURUS

You may be receiving secret instructions from a body of water. Is it maniac faith or something darker? Remember that the truth is always emancipatory. Keep cool but care.

GEMINI

You feel as if you are puppeteering an overly detailed, overly caffeinated marionette. Embrace and/or destroy, the rest is theater.

CANCER

You don’t have to be consistent. It is the assassin of imagination. You are a cherry, so plumb and mysterious. Absolutely desirable. Go out and get it.

LEO

A single summer nap will reap multiple dreams of new personalities. A sleepy turtle, a Parisian daughter of joy, a renegade preacher. As soon as you realize you are in a box, you can try to get out of it.

VIRGO

You seek a closer collaboration between matter and spirit. A small animal will need your assistance, feel the cosmic weight of this request.

LIBRA

Someone will give you a small object on August 14^th. Hide it somewhere in a public space. Wait for 3 days before returning to the hiding spot. If the item hasn’t moved, good fortune will come to you and your pet on the first of September.

SCORPIO

Call that friend you have never had a fight with. Write a short play together about the most ridiculous deceit. Ask two strangers or near-acquaintance to perform it in front of you.

SAGITTARIUS

Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you. But where are you? Recalibrate your morning routine, a new ritual must be integrated, lest you miss out.

CAPRICORN

You who drank milk with Death: deny the dark sea behind your back, love it away. Listen to harp or flute music, it will guide you through whatever quest you are facing this summer.

AQUARIUS

You feel old, and yet like a sacrificial virgin. A smelly person will tell you something important, give them your full devotion, all smiles.

PISCES

You want to stand in the dead center of the carousel, if only for a moment. Accept your omnipotence, it will make sense to you later.

It is not easy to buy a rug. According to the salesman there is an inscription at the back of Karl Marx’s grave that most people miss, and it says: the right kilim always comes at the wrong time, in the wrong size and for the wrong price. You have to walk out of the shop feeling like an idiot. Maybe it’s better to just look. We were given a pamphlet to explain our situation.

from the archive of M. van der Brugghen

Ill-starred readers, thank you for reading. Thank you for your cats. On August 27 we shall resume our regular publishing schedule. Twice a month, literature and politics. No more foolishness. Back to hostile and barren reality.