Sun enters Cancer, the summer solstice

Drop the excuses and party!

Summer is officially on and it’s time to let loose! With the sun entering Cancer at 7:29 AM today EST, that means the perfect time to take note of what each of us needs to do to ensure a fabulous season. Here it is, my sign-by-sign guide on how to align yourself with the stars for maximum pleasure and make summer 2010 your hottest and happiest!

Aries (March 21-April 19)
Turn over a new leaf in all areas of your life, as new is your new black. This also means allowing others to take care of you, because this time around they won’t fuck it up. Woohoo for humanity!

Taurus (April 20- May 20)
Put the past to rest for good by letting your mouth run and dropping all your emotional baggage right on the toes of those people that have walked over you the most. Savor the taste of revenge!

Gemini (May 21- June 20)
Keep it social and don’t be scared to spend your cash. These good times will be priceless and make your memoirs worth the read.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Whatever it takes to get you to the top, do it! Winning is your aphrodisiac, so screw being humble for another day.

Leo (July 23- August 22)
Who cares about logic, as it’s only holding you back now. Go ahead; follow your escapist tendencies, as you’ll learn Utopia does exists if take that giant leap of faith over to it.

Virgo (August 23- September 22)
Sharing skeletons in your closets now will be badass and make you quite the queen of your scene. Seems your depravities will be just what will make others worship you more.

Libra (September 23- October 22)
Who cares how co-dependent you want to be, as going full force into Siamese twin status and working as a team will get you the brass ring of your dreams now.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
Change up your routines by using your passport as much as possible. It’s no longer about whom you know, but whom you have yet to know.

Sagittarius (November 22- December 21)
Start a new spiritual journey that has you getting deeper in touch with your most intimate relationships and discover a few more g-spots than you first counted.

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)
Sign on the dotted line and set your anchor down, as you’ll finally start to see the worst of the shit storms are behind you and that karma really isn’t out to torture the hell out of you anymore.

Aquarius (January 20-February 19)
Fuck consequences, as it’s variety that’ll float your boat the most — and remember, you aren’t responsible for anyone other than yourself and as long as you can sleep at night, who cares?

Pisces (February 20-March 20)
Rules are for assholes that have no self-control or a brain to juggle common sense to their favor. For you, skip out on them and forge your own path, as that’ll be what brings you your jackpot.

Venus enters Leo

When there are no limits to what you'll do for love.

Black Lizard is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a Japanese movie from 1968 following the most glamorous and notorious criminal of the time, Black Lizard. Although I think she is the epitome of a Scorpio, with the lengths and schemes she goes to win love, assuming she would be misunderstood if she behaved in any other way than underhandedly, it's Venus in Leo today and Leo is the rule of all things cinematic, so this winds up being the perfect time to post it! Plus, Venus in Leo is all about grandeur and excess, which this film lives up to! Hope you enjoy, Black Lizard:

New moon in Gemini, my natal 1st

Go ahead, brag.

My nephew is CRAZY cute!

Mercury enters Gemini

When paying attention should be fun.

Mars enters Virgo

There is nothing wrong with repetition, if it's all in the name of gaining perfection.

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Jupiter enters Aries

Let loose your wildest dreams.

Hit the road with the fabulous and wonderfully talented Peg Simone to promote her new CD, Secrets From The Storm and to vicariously live out my rock-n-roll fantasies. Fun times, including attending my friend Aya's fab Mustache Sisters event at the Philadelphia Art Museum with amazing Italian opera and developing 48 hour crushes on boys we'll never see again...and we're off... (To turn off the music, click on the sound icon on upper left corner.)

Neptune goes retrograde in Aquarius

What you see isn't always what you get.

If my brain wasn't swallowed up by PMS, I'd write something inspiring, informative or at least a little funny about Neptune retrograde...but instead, I found these two, and they say it all! Too cute!!!! Love them! Take it away Purple Moon Flowers...

Saturn goes direct in Virgo

Forward ho!
















After this retrograde started on January 13th, back in Libra, sorting out the facts may have been a bit cloudy, but weee, now, times are a changing and some sensible insight is on its way. Even if it'll be kind of slow, consider today the turning point and a cosmic light bulb moment. Yes, forward ho!

As for where you’ll see some relief…
(P.S. read your sun and rising sign for maximum insight.)

Aries (March 21-April 19)
General organization, day-to-day work situations, fitness ideas

Taurus (April 20- May 20)
Romance, your vanity, risk-taking

Gemini (May 21- June 20)
Family, your home, new business ventures

Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Transportation, communications, dealing with siblings

Leo (July 23- August 22)
Self-confidence, generosity, material objects

Virgo (August 23- September 22)
Your ego, leadership qualities, your ingenuity

Libra (September 23- October 22)
Your psychology, imagination, your legacy

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
Friendships, technology, your humanity

Sagittarius (November 22- December 21)
Career, public status, dealings with your father

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)
Spiritual understandings, foreign travel, general luck

Aquarius (January 20-February 19)
Sex, your intuition, debt (yours or money owned to you)

Pisces (February 20-March 20)
Beauty, competition, commitment

Uranus enters Aries

When making sense turns subjective.

Ever since Uranus went into Aries I can't stop thinking about fried chicken. In particular, this sandwich:
















Last Sunday I wandered into the cutest restaurant that resembled a barn, (Cheeky Sandwiches), looking for an ice coffee. Little did I know it would house one of the greatest culinary creations I'd seen in ages — the fried chicken sandwich on a homemade buttermilk biscuit with gravy and slaw. If I didn't already just scarf down a kimchi dog, it would have been down my throat already...So I swore I'd be back.

...After a few days of hitting the gym extra hard, and obsessing on this sandwich as if it were Christmas, I gave myself the green light to go get it and OMG, did it live up to the anticipation: juicy, tasty, crispy, milky and oh so comforting — YUM! ...words can not describe...and if only the story ended there...but it was the awakening of my secret obsession for fried chicken that grew day after day. The next day, while riding my bike past Kyochon Chicken, the latest fried chicken chain to hit Koreatown, NYC, forces beyond me pulled me in and momentarily, there I was with my Original Sal Sal Chicken Strips.

While I loved it, it wasn't as succulent as I'd wish, but fulfilling none the less and I ate ever crumb of the 6 piece box as if I were on death row and even contemplated getting a few more after. Yes, delicious! ...But instead of hopping back in line, I then got lost in memories of the most delicious pieces of fried chicken I've had through the years like some whacked out lovelorn ex. Obviously, KFC and Chick-fil-A have its own untouchable panache, but other NYC choices that I feel carry the torch in which I can't resist are:

• F&B, which has the best chicken frites ever, but are no more, at least on 23rd in NYC.
  
• Oh My Chicken in Flushing, Queens that hopefully have fixed their menu to not read, "One taste you forget after one bite."
  
• Erb Thai in Greenpoint that has delicious popcorn chicken with tangy dipping sauce that melts all cares away...like how I think I'm a vegetarian.

Anyway, with this transit lasting for the next 7 years, I can only hope I can control myself...Until then, expect more fried chicken updates to come...

Full moon in Sagittarius

Celebrating expansion...in whatever way that means to you.


Little did i know I would take on this day so literally...I bought this beautiful dress on Saturday., and was going to rock it out tonight for a party to launch a new mag, Richardson, but argh, thanks to PMS and most likely the large amount of my favorite yummy cookies from Parisi Bakery in Astoria, Queens that my amazing friend Jay, a Pisces (an artist, of course), brought over, I no longer fit in it. Just 5 days later and my boobs have expanded beyond this dress! WTF! Wish I had something else exciting to report, but I don't. So, Happy full moon in Sag....and here's hoping to my boobs deflating soon! xoxo, K.

Moon In Scorpio

From deep inside your body will churn.

I use to think rat road kill was the most disgusting of all the urban decay, never stopping to snap the many dead pigeons I’ve seen — as they never looked so detrimental or so shockingly gruesome that I had to shoot it…at the least, they get to fly, not like rats who never know freedom beyond the want of survival…. but today, today I changed my mind…

















Those INTESTINES! THAT EYE! THAT EYE IN THE BEAK!!!! It’s just TOO horrid for words. It’s SO INTENSE; it’s impossible not to feel as if you can smell the repulsion from just looking.(Click on pic for the complete vomit-inducing effect.)

...and speaking of intensity, and Scorpionic insanities, today my obsession with The Real Housewives of New Jersey took control and I had to trek my ass over to see the mess that is Danielle, who was doing a Q&A/book signing for her new memoir, The Naked Truth. Through traffic I rode my bike from way east downtown, through the midtown rush hour and on over to the upper west side, making it just in time to catch her in all her glory: the spray-tanned skin, the tight black dress, the perfectly manicured nails, the blown out hair, the utterly botoxed face and of course, nipples sticking right out to say, "Hello!" It just makes me love her even more.




























...and of the most memorable moments of this otherwise fairly anti-climatic event: the insane fan in the front row that kept raising his hand to give his almost tearful monologues about how she is his inspiration, how fabulous he thinks she is, how she is such a great mom, etc. etc., etc, and how could I not love how she repeated several times throughout the Q&A in a completely solemn tone that she was, "not a victim, but a victor." Pure inspiration!

Sun enters Gemini

Think again.


When it comes to Gemini time, it means flipping a switch and changing directions, as sudden ideas can spur up and have you traveling a whole different route you never thought...as it goes, here it is sign-by-sign, crossroads that you can be dealing with...



Aries (March 21-April 19) communications, agreements, short trips

Taurus (April 20- May 20) money, comfort, generosity

Gemini (May 21- June 20) identity, changes to image, ideas

Cancer (June 21-July 22) your karma, psychological issues, dreams

Leo (July 23- August 22) friendships, group organizations, hopes

Virgo (August 23- September 22) status, career, dad issues

Libra (September 23- October 22) international dealings, spirituality, honesty

Scorpio (October 23-November 21) sex, secrets, money owed

Sagittarius (November 22- December 21) partnerships, beauty, diplomacy

Capricorn (December 22-January 19) health, pets, distant family

Aquarius (January 20-February 19) romance, hair, gambling

Pisces (February 20-March 20) real estate, family, new business