Feliz Cumpleaños GEMINI!

Ever and always a trasnochando - your twin however may need a good night's sleep. Stay away from birthday cake as sugar makes you wired. Try maté cocido instead. This year will bring more dulce than amargo and that may upset your darker side. Just tell him or her to lighten up and stop hanging so heavy on the neck of your life! Lucky milonga dates: Your entire birthday month!

CANCER

You are composing new tangos in your dreams. Your task is to bring this wonderful creativity into your waking life. Keep a bandañeon (or pen and paper) near the bedside to be able to capture your imaginings before they are forgotten. Drink Gancia* for inspiration. Lucky milonga dates: 26/27.

* Very cheap, very sweet, very special white wine, popular with argentine poets.

LEO

Someone found a tanda boring, ran into the sound room, and attacked the dj with a paring knife. That wasn't you. You were the one who executed a boleo that landed smack in the crack of the ass of the slow guy in front of you. Lucky for him you didn't hit him in las bolas. Control your nasty urges and stop acting out angry fantasies. Punishment for bad behavior:  Stand in the corner and listen to any Florindo Sassone tango 100 times. Lucky milonga dates: 1/29. (Note to all other zodiac signs: Be careful on these dates!!!)

VIRGO

Gossip, that's what keeps you coming back for more. You are addicted to the ongoing sagas of the lives of your tango friends.  This month, your life is about to take a gossip worthy turn of it's own. Make sure you share the details with the biggest la boca you know. You'll want your story to make the rounds. This is the kind of talk that will build you a solid milonguero rep. Eat chimichuri to spice things up. Lucky milonga dates: 3/4.

Libra

You long for love and wonder if you will ever find it again in the milongas. It is time to get out of town to dance. Flirting on foreign soil is the most satisfying way to scratch that amorous itch. Calo's En tus ojos de cielo is the tango that will lead to a sexy sandwich to be enjoyed later in your hotel room. So listen carefully for the cue to make your move. Lucky milonga dates: 6/7.

SCORPIO

Do not run away from death or change but face and embrace it willingly. Dance more tango especially in moments when you feel about to shut down. When your body moves, your passion is reawakened and your sexual drive is so incredibly powerful and strong that it will always lead you toward rebirth. Listen and dance to Balada Para Mi Muerte, it will ease your pain and bring spiritual guidance and insight from above. Lucky milonga dates: 8/9.

SAGITTARIUS

Suerte is your middle name. The red rose of Pugliese follows you home after every milonga. You have two loves and they are both begging for your embrace. The first is very svelte but the second, brags wildly of having the widest Avenida in the world (16 lanes). That's right - 9 de Julio is calling you and expects an answer! Dry those tango roses and add them to your bath water for more amor. Lucky milonga dates: 11/12.

CAPRICORN

You are usually as solid and deep as a D'Agostino/Vargas tango but this month you've got the jitters and seem more like Biagi's piano on speed. Your skin will crawl over the strangest and smallest things. Advice: stay away from those crazy Americanos who chill up the rooms with air conditioning the minute the sun comes out. You need to sweat some things out to recapture your balance. Drink hot maté. Lucky milonga dates: 13/14.

AQUARIUS

Carlos Gardel is singing Adios Muchachos* in your dreams. You know what that means don't you? An omen not to fly! Under any circumstances! Take a boat if you must go to Buenos Aires but staying home until after the 22nd is your best plan. Eat platanos and dry a piece of the skin to carry as a talisman of protection. Lucky milonga dates: 15/16. 

*Adios muchachos is the last song Gardel composed. Then he died in an airplane crash. This is tango legend. Anyway, this song means bad luck. It is hardly ever played in the milongas.

 
PISCES

The feet are the most blessed part of the body but still - you'd rather be spared having to watch that fellow at the table next to you, kneeling to kiss and lick his girlfriend's cheese feet! What happened to the manners of the milonga? To avoid these dreadful sights stay home on these milonga nights 3/30. Eat watercress to cleanse your palate and soul. Lucky milonga dates: 17/18.

ARIES

You are always in the right place at the right time this month. The barrio beats to the same ritmo as your heart and wherever in the world you are, you bring a bit of San Telmo tango style to the scene. A dab of dulce de leche under the tongue will sweeten your piropos*. Lucky milonga dates: 19/20.

*Sweet nothings whispered in the ear of the lady during the dance.

TAURUS

You are dancing to the sweetest Rodrigues vals. It's name is Salut, Dinero, y Amor and you are blessed with all three but not necessarily in that order. You'll keep your money in a close embrace and prefer to dance a more open style with your lover(s). Eat Argentine meat to increase your stamina. Lucky Milonga dates: 21/22.

Would you like to write a reader's comment?
Email to: Leserbriefe@tangokultur.info 

  June 2006