Venus conjunct Mercury

This perfected at 4 o'clock this afternoon and in yet another of my pitiful attempts at prediction, I'd decided it would be an email telling me the play I submitted to an evening of new works at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts in July had been accepted. After all, playwrights from New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada "were strongly encouraged to submit" and if Samuel French in New York had turned me down in May, maybe out here there wouldn't be 800 entries and I would have more of a chance. At the very least, I'd expect to get some kind of good news.

I did. The woman I work for emailed and told me she was depositing money into my account in New York, always a good thing. There's been tons of work lately so the ashes my tenants left in the fireplace are still there and I haven't unpacked yet, but I just might have made enough money to pay my MasterCard bill without having to go into my IRA again. Then John called, at about two, and said he'd like to come out here for July Fourth, something I'd wanted him to do but hadn't wanted to ask him in case he felt obligated. Very Venus and sweet.

The only Venusian element in the file I was transcribing - someone with a very guttural accent talking in extremely technical terms about what I think were volcanoes - is the money I'll get when I get paid for it, so when I heard the ping of a new email at ten past four I happily left Mr. Volcano and went to see if Scottsdale had any interest in my play. I still don't know if they do or not, but I did get an invitation from GMHC in New York inviting me to a "special evening with an outstanding chef" - Suvir Saran - (unknown to me but I live in Pumpkin Center now) "featuring an exquisite five-course dinner with wine pairings" at the cost of only one hundred and fifty dollars.

If that's not Venus I don't know what is, but this was Venus conjunct Mercury, so for your $150 you also get a demonstration by Chef Saran "of his distinctive cooking style" and you learn exactly how to prepare each of the exquisite five courses - in short, information. I don't believe in astrology. I experience it.