What Your Astrological Sign Needs to Read This Month
Have you ever felt book overwhelm – that feeling when you walk into a bookstore and you just don’t know where to start and you find yourself wishing someone could direct you to the book that’s meant for you? I’m here to help. I’m Brittany Goss, astrologer and coach at Rebel Astrology. I’ve picked out a book for every sign, so you can cut straight to the good part: reading a book you love. Turns out your book match for the month was written in the stars all along.
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Add to BookshelfAries – Detransition, Baby
by Torrey Peters
Aries, you’re a leader who is committed to doing what makes you happy, whether it’s considered “normal” or not, so I thought you might enjoy this novel about the formation of an unconventional family. Trans women Reese and Amy have a good relationship with each other. In fact, Reese thinks they have just about everything they want, except a child. But it all falls apart when Amy detransitions, becoming Ames, and they break up. Now they’re both unhappy without each other. When Ames’s lover/boss Katrina reveals that she’s pregnant with his baby (and feeling ambivalent about keeping it), Ames wonders if this could be his chance to get back together with Reese, and form a triad of parents to raise a baby together.
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Taurus – Wintering
by Katherine May
Taurus, you’re in tune with your cyclical, seasonal rhythms and the need for your body to rest. This winter you can find a friend in Katherine May, the author of Wintering. It’s no secret that we have been living in difficult times. May draws inspiration from the natural world, literature, and mythology as she tells the story of her own time of deep restoration following illness and some painful life events. Whatever your personal difficulties may be, May’s exploration of the transformational power of rest and retreat could inspire you to allow yourself more of that hibernation. Find out what resources lie in giving yourself the rest you need.
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Gemini – There There
by Tommy Orange
Gemini, this one won’t bore you. Tommy Orange tells stories of twelve separate characters to hold your attention and keep you entertained with a variety of narratives within one award-winning novel. Everyone is traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, where their stories converge for one important day. Orvil is fourteen and coming to perform a traditional dance for the first time. Jacquie Red Feather has gotten sober and is traveling in the hope of reuniting with her family. And Dene Oxendene, who wants to honor his late uncle’s memory by working at the powwow, is pulling his life together. Together with many others, these characters form a vibrant chorus.
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Cancer – Trespasses
by Louise Kennedy
Cancer, as both a history buff, you’ll probably like this story set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Schoolteacher Cushla lives near Belfast with her mother and works nights in her family’s pub. That’s where she meets Michael Agnew, an older, married, Protestant lawyer who is well known for defending IRA members. She is drawn into his world, and into an affair with him. But when the father of a local student is badly beaten, a chain reaction is set in motion, and everything is threatened.
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Leo – The Other’s Gold
by Elizabeth Ames
Leo, you’re a fiercely loyal friend, so you’ll be touched by the long-lasting friendships in this novel. Lainey, Ji Sun, Alice, and Margaret are all assigned to the same suite in their freshman year of college, and the four become inseparable. But it’s the years after college that really test their friendships, as each woman makes a mistake. The book is divided into four parts, one for each trespass: The Accident, the Accusation, the Kiss, and the Bite. An insightful, relatable read about growing up together and the capacity for forgiveness.
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Virgo – Signal Fires
by Dani Shapiro
Virgo, you’re a thoughtful reader of fiction who appreciates a master storyteller. Dani Shapiro returns with her first work of fiction in fifteen years, a beautiful novel about secrets. Three teenagers have been drinking, and one of them gets behind the wheel, a decision that leads to irreversible change on Division Street. That night affects not only their lives, but the life of doctor Ben Wilf, who arrives on the scene, and leaves the scene with a deep and dangerous family secret. Many years later, young Waldo Shenkman’s parents move to Division Street and Waldo befriends the retired Dr. Wilf and brings the past into the present in a way nobody would have predicted.
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Libra – Brown Girls
by Daphne Palasi Andreades
Libra, yours is the sign of relationships of all kinds, and friendships are dear to you. So you’ll enjoy this debut novel about female friendships and their evolution as girls grow into women. The narrative follows Nadira, Gabby, Naz, Trish, and Angelique as they grow up in Queens, New York. They explore the city together, form crushes and break hearts, and forge bonds that stand the test of time, even as they grow up. With time, some girls choose to stay in the neighborhood, while others move out and search for a place in the wider world, ascending to positions of greater power. Though their choices and desires may conflict, in the end the women return home – to Queens and to each other.
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Scorpio – Nightbitch
by Rachel Yoder
Scorpio, yours is the sign of the mysterious and unusual phenomena hidden behind the curtain of normalcy, and you can’t help peeking. You’ll enjoy Rachel Yoder’s imaginative novel Nightbitch, which features a mother who put her art career on hold to be the lead parent two years ago, and now believes herself to be turning into a dog. Desperately researching for answers, she finds A Field Guide to Magical Women, and from there, a group of women involved in a multilevel marketing scheme who might have more clues for her.
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Sagittarius – Mercury Pictures Presents
by Anthony Marra
Sagittarius, you’re a traveler who knows no borders, and Marra’s recent novel about immigrants making Hollywood films at the beginning of World War II will speak to your wanderer’s heart. Maria Lagana is one such foreigner, who moved from Rome to Los Angeles with her mother years ago after her father was arrested. Now she is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, handling an influx of new talent from war-torn Europe – actors, screenwriters, and film crew, all ready to reinvent themselves. And when someone from her father’s past arrives on the scene, Maria finally must reckon with the skeletons in her closet.
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Capricorn – A Dangerous Business
by Jane Smiley
Capricorn, you’re gritty and practical in the best of ways, and you care about the quality of your entertainment. If you’re going to read a murder mystery slash western, it better be by a Pulitzer-prize winning author. Eliza Ripple is a prostitute in 1850s California, during the Gold Rush, and she’s determined to catch the killer who has been leaving the dead bodies of young women outside of town. Inspired by Dupin, Edgar Allen Poe’s detective, and with the help of her friend Jean, she pieces clues together while navigating a dangerous life in the lawless wild west.
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Aquarius – Upgrade
by Blake Crouch
Aquarius, yours is the sign of the futurist and the changemaker, so science fiction that asks questions about the future direction of humanity is very much for you. In this thriller, Logan Ramsay’s genome is hacked. At first, he just feels a little sharper and better able to focus, but as time goes on, he sees how his brain and body are changing. He knows this is only the first step in a larger plan to give all of humanity the upgrade, and he’s the only one who can stop it.
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Pisces – Your Intuition Led You Here
by Alex Naranjo and Marlene Vargas
Pisces, you’re the mystic of the zodiac, and you know how to trust your intuition. So, you might enjoy the book by the owners of the House of Intuition, the largest metaphysical shop on the West Coast. Naranjo and Vargas include thirty-two ritual recipes to help you tap into your own inner knowing and a dictionary of symbolism that will help you to craft your own rituals with herbs, oils, and crystals. There are also spells, herbal baths, and candles, that will help you manifest your desires in magical ways.
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