Poem October 2025

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October 2025

October 2025

Little Betsy

A ghost is no good to a child.

Maybe he crooks a finger, as if to beckon

the girl to play. Maybe he bounds spritely

down corridors, into kitchens.

But if she hands him a dolly or ball

and he reaches with his spectral hand,

he cannot clutch the gift, and if his failed grasp

surprises him, if the lack of resistance —

for everything real resists the touch —

unbalances him, his incorporeal fingers

might graze the child’s offering hand.

What would you call the gooseflesh

raised by the frolicsome dead?

There is no joy in it, only a deep well

of longing cold, the kind that claws

through every crack in the wall.

— Ross White

Tea Leaf Astrologer

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October 2025

Libra

(September 23-October 22)

True luxury comes in many forms: Egyptian cotton, Belgian linen, Mongolian cashmere and Ahimsa silk. But have you ever felt the plushness of making a decision sans agony, anxiety spirals or paralysis? The ethereal lightness of refusing to overthink? When Venus enters your sign on Oct. 13, be open to receiving a new kind of abundance — that of an unshakeable inner peace. Everyone wins, and you’ll get to dodge the rabbit hole.

Tea leaf “fortunes” for the rest of you:

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)

Stop settling for crumbs.

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)

Just unsubscribe already.

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)

Cozy up with the chaos, baby.

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)

Hint: Add cardamom.

Pisces (February 19 – March 20)

The truth is always a mercy.

Aries (March 21 – April 19)

Mind your tongue.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20)

Address the energy leak.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

Resist the urge to ghost.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22)

It’s time to update your software.

Leo (July 23 – August 22)

Listen for the crows.

Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

Embrace your feral nature.