Erika L. Sánchez, from Lessons on Expulsion: Poems; “Amá”
[Text ID: “In One Hundred Years of Solitude, / Márquez wrote that we are birthed / by our mothers only once, but life obligates / us to give birth / to ourselves over and over.”]
Aries - SUNFLOWER. You show outstanding activity, energies and initiative. You are open to changes and new experiences, you can be impulsive and excitable, you are an optimist.
Taurus - VIOLET. You are calm, patient, determined, practical, stubborn and resistant to change. You value the accumulation of material goods and cling to your property. You love everything that is harmonious and beautiful.
Gemini - LAVENDER. You are guided in your life with the mind, pushing your feelings to the background. You are lively, versatile intellectual. You can easily adapt to new situations. You like traveling and changes
Cancer - LILY. You are open, sensitive, sympathetic, polite and very emotional. You have imagination and an active, bright and intuitive mind. In an unpleasant environment or when you fail, you become closed, beautiful and inaccessible. You are obsessively worried about your future
Leo - ORCHID. The marigold is enthusiastic, effusive and creative, generous and extravagant.
You are brave, sometimes lazy. You have nobility and pride.
You are affectionate, kind and cordial, you love all of humanity. Natural simplicity.
Virgo - HYDRANGEA. You are secretive, modest, practical, fastidious and hardworking, analytical and meticulous, looking for knowledge and understanding. You are a perfectionist, your motto is work and self-improvement. You can easily adapt to new conditions, you are flexible.
Libra - ROSE. You are active, artistic, understanding, consistent, you value beauty and harmony, you are also diplomatic, elegant and sociable. You have a passion for indulging yourself and for luxury. You demonstrate great intelligence and imagination.
Scorpio - TULIP. You are passionate and emotional, subtle and persistent. Besides, you are endowed with great imagination. You have a lot of will power that you can use. You emanate with strong magnetism, fill you with energy and violence of feelings
Sagittarius - DAISY. You are energetic, ambitious and generous. you love freedom and are looking for challenges, you are open to new ideas and discovering the unknown. You are happy, if you can discover new ideas, explore distant places, you are the soul of the party.
Capricorn - CARNATION. You are mysterious, prudent, patient, you are looking for security, you are greedy, disciplined, determined, you can quickly take advantage of occasions. You are looking for praise and acceptance, but you tend to be secretive
Aquarius - PEONY. You are assertive, independent, progressive, analytical, original, resourceful and unforgiving. You are also idealistic and kind. Helping others gives you pleasure, you like to consider all “for” and “against”.
Pisces - LILAC. You are open, intuitive, emotional, imaginative, romantic, vulnerable, also mystical, you are very changeable. Dreams are your everyday life, you must trust your intuition and feelings, otherwise you will not realize your dreams and plans, you can not lose faith in yourself.
