My Taurus is wearing Givenchy FW 2012-13. The airdo is taken from the G.V.G.V SS 2013 fashion show (@Tokyo Fashion Week)
(Disclaimer: I wrote this post more than a month ago, but I just published it because I was waiting for an inspiration for the illustration. Just a while ago Garance Doré published a very similar post and I didn’t want to publish this anymore because I thought people would think I copied her… But then I said, whatever :-p *the fact that she’s a Taurus too is a crazy coincidence ahah*)
It’s official, I’m mutating the rational, self-confident, strict scientist that once I was into a caricatured version of a chick-flick character.
I mean, I listen to the daily horoscope. EVERY DAY.
I watch Sex & The City and Grey’s Anatomy (over and over…). With a bowl of ice cream. In bed.
I choose the bridesmaid dress for the wedding of my best friend and fantasize over marriage (me?? seriously?? MARRIAGE??)
I feel the need for a glass of wine every day after work.
I think that my life is not complete without a cat.
I’m BFF with my hormones.
I HAVE A DIARY.
I… OK let’s stop it here. I’m ashamed of myself.
But let’s get back to the horoscope.
After a week of daily horoscopes (for the Italians: yes, Paolo Fox’s horoscope) you start to think that or you were definitely born under a wrong star or the horoscope guy hates you.
It’s cosmic depression all over.
I definitely think that Paolo Fox hates me and hates Taurus.
What did we do wrong to you, Paolo? Why can’t you say, for a change, that it’s going to be a bright sunny day? OK, not sunny, I’m in Belgium. Why can’t you say it’s going to be a nice, easy day?
Because the worst thing is that after a week of this crap you start to BELIEVE it. You need your daily horoscope as much as you need your three cups of morning coffee.
It’s addictive.
Maybe it’s just because you need someone that will tell you that tomorrow is not going to be this hard, that tomorrow is going to be better… Maybe you need to have the illusion of predicting glimpse of your future because, really, you can’t afford any more bad surprises.
Maybe.
But every single day Paolo Fox says “You’re going through a rough path, Taurus friends. Very tired day ahead. You’re the heaviest sign of the horoscope this month”.
Taurus FRIENDS?? Really?
Come on, show me some pity.
But maybe he’s right. It’s heavy days because I check the horoscope every morning. And I believe it. And I hope that life does something for me instead of making it happen.
And I live in a chick B movie.
AND SATURN HATES ME.
And I’m finally back! (I hope, for good)
Al
PS: Do you believe in the horoscope? Or do you read it just for fun? Or you don’t read it all? Do you have a favorite website where to get your daily dose of Astrology? Which one is your starsign? How many questions am I asking???
PPS: If you’d like to see more Horoscope illustrations tell me which sign and I’ll try to make it! It’s fun!
Happy to read you again!
Thank you!! <3
And I’m happy to find my inspiration back! xx
Ben tornata (e spero davvero)!! Splendido disegno.
All’oroscopo non credo più di tanto (mi piace crederci solo quando è positivo), leggo di tanto in tanto quello di Capitani sul sito di vanityfair italia perché mi diverte, indipendentemente da quello che dice.
P.s segno zodiacale: leone
Lo so qual è il tuo segno: visto che sono in piena fissa astrologica a quanto pare, sabato ho chiesto alla Chiara tutti i segni della famiglia! ahah
Buona giornata “signorina pasta in bianco” ;-p
bacio
questo disegno è fantastico! baci ady
Look and the City, H2O Fashion added
Grazie!!!
Al this was absolutely hilarious!!!! OMG your writing is TOO funny. And I love that you integrated your brush and ink illustration with the blog entry. More than anything I feel your pain. My horoscope has been telling me for three years that things are going to get better and they haven’t, so I just stopped reading because I would rather just live and learn xoxo
Your sun sign isn’t accurate:) It’s actually all based on your moon, mercury and mars!:) if you get your birth chart read then you’d see that your more like your moon then you are you’re sun;)
I made my birth chart and it’s really interesting indeed!
Meag you should make it too!
What’s going wrong Meag? :-(
I hope it’s gonna get better soon… And I hope to have a good chat with you soon too, like old times!
Big kisses
ohhh
era ora!!
e adesso non dileguarti ancora, intese?
io sono ariete e all’oroscopo ci credo, ma in linea genrale. credo siamo dominati dalle stelle e che il segno influisca sui tratti caratteriali, ma non leggo ne’ ascolto l’oroscopo tutti i giorni, preferisco aprire un libro di poesie sul comodino a caso.
provaci, secondo me funziona ;)
ahah grazie! Ci provero’ ;)
Seguiro’ sicuramente il tuo consiglio, la mia vita ha mooooolto bisogno di poesia in questo momento!
Un mega bacio
Ora ho capito perché mi hai fatto vedere il diario di bridget jones…;)
bentornata!
Eccerto!! Io SONO Bridget Jones! :D
Weight: (secret), Cigarettes: 20, Alcohol units: waaaaay too many! :D
bacione
finally, Al!!! where have you been?? we all missed your posts so-so much. Unlike so many fashion bloggers out there yours are so personal and funny, and never too “buy-this-bag-or-die” kind of posts :) and just to make your horoscope addiction a bit worse try to check Susan Miller horoscopes online. she posts once a month and i literally want to denounce my sister for getting me hooked on this :)
Susan Miller!!! I love that woman… I think they’re the most detailed horoscopes I’ve ever read! Do you know if she’s also going to do the general 2013 horoscope?
Where have I been… In a very dark place, where I couldn’t find much inspiration :-) But I hope to be finally back, especially to my drawings… They’re therapeutic!
Thank you so much for your nice words xxx
Non so cosa sia peggio,Paolo Fox che dice a voi Toro che la giornata sarà pesante o Paolo Fox,ma anche Capitani,che dicono a noi del Cancro che tutto va meravigliosamente bene perchè a me tutta questa vita meravigliosa non risulta affatto.Il momento difficile continua,calma e serenità latitano,guardare in faccia la realtà mette ansia..
Preferisco guardare i tuoi bei disegni,quello del post precedente è incantevole e andare avanti sempre e comunque.
Marina.
p.s.Mi scuso per il mio italiano approssimativo ma sono una ragazza greca che vive in Italia.
Grazie Marina!
E mi sa che siamo un po’ nella stessa situazione io e te ;) Ma sono convinta che andrà meglio molto presto, o almeno ci voglio credere!
Il tuo Italiano è molto meglio del mio dopo 3 anni di Belgio poveretto! Da quanto abiti in Italia? Dove?
Un bacione
Vivo da 7 anni ormai a Verona..Studio e lavoro. Non è male la vita qua ma questo è un periodo faticoso da sostenere.Per fortuna tra due settimane torno a casa,a Creta per le feste!!Non vedo l’ora!
p.s.Ho letto su twitter che hai scoperto l’oroscopo di Brezsny.Lo seguo anch’io e devo dire che è il mio preferito,dopo Capitani, perchè le sue previsioni sembrano dei racconti brevi che ti fanno riflettere..
actually the horoscopes you read in newspapers and magazines are very VERY westernized. your true personality comes from your moon.:) your sun sign.. which I’m guessing is Taurus is only the way you portray or think of yourself. your true self comes from emotion which is your moon you should get a birth chart reading to be more accurate!:)
I know!
I did my birth chart and it was really interesting! I keep it in my “diary” and read it from time to time (this is serious addiction ahah)
I’m taurus, capricorn rising and libra moon!
btw I’m a virgo, aries rising and moon:)
Finalmenteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Sai quante volte ho aperto il blog sperando in un nuovo post???!!!!
Ti abbraccio forte
P.S. All’oroscopo non ci credo minimamente ma ogni tanto ci azzecca!!!
Ester non Eter
Tesora mia!!!!
Come stai?? E come sta Andrea?
Bacione!!!
Stiamo bene,grazie ;-)
Al momento siamo in Sardegna, quindi meglio di così….. Uno di questi giorni ti scrivo in privato!
Bacio grande
I subscribed to your blog right after your last post….and FINALLY there’s another one!!
You’re so witty and funny and pretty (hey that rhymes..) … I don’t know much about horoscopes though…but I do know im a Taurus too =]
So glad you’re back, Al! And hilarious as ever =) I’ve never been much for horoscopes… probably because I’ve never identified with Aries… it seems to be my complete opposite. Alter ego perhaps? lol Lovely illustration too, keep painting!! =)
~Joanna <3
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Non so perché questo post mi sia sfuggito, ai tempi. Com’è noto, come ogni sagittario vado in monomania, e la mia monomania costante degli ultimi mesi fu l’astrologia. All’oroscopo non credo … se non nei momenti di sfiga/confusione mentale (ergo, ultimamente lo seguo fedelissimamente).
Sagittario, ascendente in toro, luna in cancro (e venere *oinkoink* in Scorpione).
Devo dire, la mia luna in cancro governa tutto, sono il sagittario più empatico ed emotivo che vedrai mai sulla terra. Ma ho tutte le virtù e i difetti principali del sagittario, mitigate dall’ascendente terra che tu conosci bene (peraltro si dice che per avere un oroscopo più veritiero bisogna vedere sia segno solare che ascendente, e come capirai avere l’ascendente in toro mi sballa tutti i giorni le previsioni verso la sfiga :P ).
Bentornata tesora!
Io vorrei il disegno dei Gemelli!
Comunque secondo me è una caratteristica del segno del Toro quella di leggere tutti i santi giorni l’oroscopo di Paolo Fox: ho una amica del Toro che sta in fissa con lui e i suoi oroscopi malefici!
:-***