Writing from where
land meets sky.
My Substack is where you can engage with my ongoing series pairing tarot cards with planetary placements, floral ritual essays, poems, and observations from the dunes of Northwest Indiana.
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Connect: july@softfires.com
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Mars is my chart ruler. He’s an immigrant, and a brave little fuck, and full of gaping and gold wounds he likes to show everyone. He is in the last decan of Leo and conjunct the South Node. He’s my great-grandfather on my mom’s side, who came from Mexico City to drive a taxi in Chicago. He’s the force of my Corolla getting slammed into a concrete barrier at 80 miles an hour. The semi-truck driver who totaled my Camry. And the drunk driver who totaled my Prius in a head-on collision. He’s the sweat of my ancestors looking out for me when I’m on the road, because damn.
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