Aries Season Bonus Materials
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Aries Season Playlist
Savage - Megan Thee Stallion // Canned Heat - Jamiroquai // Kids - The Mgmt // Bad Girls - M.I.A. // Ready to Start - Arcade Fire // The Man - Aloe Blacc // Ooh La La - Run the Jewels ft Greg Nice & DJ Premier // Hot Girl Bummer - Blackbear // Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six // I Like It - Cardi B // DVP - PUP // Fire - Louis the Child, Evalyn // Teenagers - My Chemical Romance // Sorry Not Sorry - Demi Lovato // Volcano Girls - Veruca Salt // Teenage Queen - Deap Valley // Like I’m Winning It - Girlpool
Meet the court
Let’s meet some Aries court card archetypes (IRL) who display serious grit and drive.
Meet the Page of Wands (IRL) - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is, without a doubt, our Page of Wands IRL. She exudes bb fire energy. She's a Taurus rising, which would explain that voice! Taurus rules the throat, and many of our famous "smooth crooners" have prominent Taurus placements. She also has a 12th House Aries stellium containing her sun, Venus, and Saturn. A fun fact about Aries suns who are singers - these are our "belters." Aries is known for its legendary inability to control its volume (inside voice? They don't know her...). So, it follows that many Aries singers are known for their legendary pipes, extreme range (Carey has five octaves), and powerful voices. Some examples of aries suns with seriously intense vocals include...Lady Gaga, Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Reba McEntire, Steven Tyler, Chaka Khan, Al Green, Leona Lewis, Jill Scott, and Gerard Way.
The Page of Wands feels like someone gifted with raw talent. They may not know what that talent is capable of, but they're fiery and hungry to turn it into something. Mariah was born to an Engineer and a Julliard-trained opera singer. So singing was in her blood, and so was a grounded sense of practicality. It's reported that she started imitating her mother singing opera at age 2, and by age 4, she was in voice lessons. It feels very "page-y" to me that she started so young.
Mariah moved to NYC in the late 80s, where she worked as a waitress and a coat check attendant while simultaneously attending cosmetology school. The Page of Wands is an earth/fire blend, and Mariah is a hard worker. She simultaneously held multiple jobs before catching her big break. She was economical and practical. There's even a very famous photo of her in a blue ballgown riding the subway in Manhattan. Although she's firmly classified as a "diva" now, Mariah has a very grounded, down-to-earth, and practical side. She was reported to have lived with nine roommates and four pets in an apartment at one point when she was just getting started. She also sang backup vocals for other artists. All of this was to pay for studio time for demos, which is how she ended up getting her big break.
When she was only 18, Mariah sang backup vocals for Brenda K. Starr. They attended a CBS Records party together, and Starr convinced Carey to give the tape to some executives from Colombia Records. (Carey eventually married one of them, Tommy Mottola.) Mottola listened to her demo on the way home from the party and signed her immediately. The rest is history! That's the magick of Cardinal Fire!
The page of wands is a pioneer, brimming with creative potential. Not only is Carey an incredible vocalist, she’s a song-writer, and producer. She had a heavy hand in the production of some of her most notable albums. Of her 19 Billboard hot100 number-one singles in the United States, the most among any soloist, she has written 18 of them.
And we can’t talk about Aries or Page of Wands energy without talking about awards. FIre signs are here to win, baby! Carey has had a noteworthy and record-breaking career. She was named Billboard's Artist of the Decade for the 1990s, World Music Awards' Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium, and a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1991. Throughout her career, Carey has won five Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards, and 21 Billboard Music Awards...just to name a few accomplishments...
Meet the King of Wands (IRL) - Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou has lived one hell of a life. It feels like she's lived 100 lives, and her lasting influence on our culture definitely makes her our King of Wands (IRL).
Maya was an Aries Sun, Libra Moon, and Leo Rising. On April 4, 1928, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her parents had a tumultuous relationship and divorced when Maya was 3. As a result, she went to Stamps, Arkansas, with her brother to live with her grandmother.
At age 7, she and her brother returned to live with their mother, and around that same age, Angelou was the victim of sexual assault at the hands of her mother's boyfriend. When she spoke up, her abuser was sentenced to only one day in jail, but Angelou's uncles murdered him upon his release.
Realizing the power in her voice and fearing that speaking up would result in any more death, Angelou chose not to speak to anyone except her brother for the following 5 years. But, when she did begin speaking again, we would learn that she had a lot to say.
The King of wands is double fire energy. Angelou is double fire in her Big 3, and she's a wealth of creative talent. She emerged from her period of silence as a writer, singer, and dancer. As a young teen, she moved to San Francisco and worked in the dance and theater industry. She also applied to join the army in WWII when she was just 15, but was denied based on her ties to the California Labor School. The school was said to have had communist ties. So next, she applied for a position as a streetcar conductor. However, she was rejected due to her race. But The King of Fire is not easily deterred. Angelou showed up and requested an application every day for nearly a month. Eventually they gave in. She was too young for the job, so she lied on her application and said she was 19. She was hired and became the first Black woman to work as a streetcar conductor in San Francisco.
She returned to school in 1944, and gave birth to her only son, Clyde, when she was 16. After graduation, Angelou took on odd jobs to support herself and her son. She was married briefly, from 1949-1952 (this is where her surname that she kept throughout her life comes from). After the divorce, she moved to San Diego, and worked as a nightclub waitress. She is known to have dabbled in drugs and sex work. this turned out to lead her to some pretty big things. She was discovered by a theater group when she was dancing in a strip club. She auditioned for a play that was touring, and got the role. From 1954-1955, she toured 22 countries. She held many jobs writing and performing overseas through the late 50s (and throughout her life).
In 1959, Angelou moved to NYC, and joined the Harlem Writers Guild, who's purpose was to support the work of Black authors. In addition, she became very involved in the Civil Rights Movement and became the northern coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a prominent Black advocacy organization.
In 1969, she published one of her most notable works, "I Know Why The Cages Bird Sings," which was an autobiography of her early life. It discussed racism and her assault. It was nominated for a National Book Award and has sold over a million copies worldwide. She went on to publish another 6 autobiographies. In addition, she's written volumes of Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry and several essay collections. She's even won multiple Grammies for spoken word albums. She spoke at Bill Clinton's inauguration, and she was the first Black woman to have a screen play turned into a film. She's won Tony awards for her theater performances, and she's been on TV. She played Kunta Kinte's grandmother in Roots.
Angelou has been recognized around the world for her literary contributions. She was inducted into the Wake Forest University Writers Hall of Fame. She received the National Book Foundation's Literatian Award for oustanding service to the literaty community. She's been awarded more than 30 honorary degrees, and in 1981, she was offered the Wake Forest University Reynolds Professorship of American Studies. Last, in 2011, just 3 years before her death, President Barack Obama awarded Angelou the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor.
Remember, the King of Wands is the spark of change and the sustainer of change. Maya Angelou feels like an insider and an outsider simultaneously, and she knew how to use her voice to drive awareness and progress. This became her legacy.
Aries Practical Magick: Let your Inner Aries Baby Color It Out
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