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Cameron Steele's avatar

I love the ending imagery of the tower of take-out boxes as another symbol for The Wheel.

Cursive street-sign “Fries” being mistaken for “Aries” as a sign from

The Universe is the most Venus-in-Aries thing ever. Brilliant.

I love people who strive for authenticity, even when they know it’s going to be read wrong. “Authenticity” as an online mode got an understandably bad rap during the Instagrammification of the world, but I think that, as an honest value, and in the hands of a good writer, its fucking divine and hilarious and also, paradoxically, one of the most sublimely trickster-y things a person can do these days. The Fool for the win and all that! Thanks for writing this ♥️

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Nikkitha Bakshani's avatar

Thanks for reading, Cameron! And for advising me to wholeheartedly embrace writing about tarot and astrology. I am learning so much just by the act of writing about it.

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Cameron Steele's avatar

I love that! I know that feeling!

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Jessica's avatar

I finally understand more about "values" now outside of "well, what are the most basic things that a person says about themselves to not seem like a total monster."

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Nikkitha Bakshani's avatar

Thanks Jessica! I feel like you can’t talk about values without seeming overly sincere or morally superior, and it’s not as funny as irony, but maybe that’s a good thing because values are so personal. Maybe they better left sitting in a journal somewhere, unshared? It’s fascinating stuff

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