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HOROSCOPES BY KNOWYOURNUMB3RS KYA FRENCH
December 16, 2021 — December 22, 2021
Vinateria After planting a seed and watering it, the next step is to let Mother Nature nurture it. You’ll see your seeds blossoming as a result, becoming more fruitful. This is the cycle to nurture yourself, your home, your business, your spouse or mate. This also includes the children, the land, plants, and other life forms around you. Love is a verb. It shows action that comes in many forms like a simple touch, words of love/encouragement, the expression of love, a hug, even a penny for your thoughts. This also includes thoughtful conversations, pouring love into yourself that has a ripple effect that pours love onto others, the environment, and thus becomes a joyous contagion of love. How are you showing up for yourself to give self-love? How you treat yourself is how you treat others. Venus, in Capricorn retrograde, begins Dec. 19 until Jan. 29, 2022. It will be a testing of how strong your faith is in all aspects of your life. The replay of how you showed up is the result of the reciprocity effect. Reflect from Nov. 17 to Dec. 19, 2021, on what has transpired in your life to date.
This month is significant to develop a oneon-one dialogue with yourself but on a deeper level, including a 2020 retrospective on your overall relationships. What you invest in your time during this cycle will be beneficial and rewarding in the long run. So consistency is the key in the process of your due diligence. A feeling of newness is upon you be it in business, the home, health, beauty, and partnerships, etc. Venus is in retrograde, beginning on Dec. 19, 2021, through Jan. 29, 2022, which requires you to take precautions in your affairs. Also, read the paperwork and listen closely to what’s being conveyed to you. Stand your ground Cappy. This is an active week of things going on as you plan with the feeling of being in alignment with the universe smiling down on you. Continue to work and follow up on any projects with upcoming deadlines whether you set them or not. Get it done so as to manifest the new beginning in 2022. You’ll realize you have unique and innovative ideas, and to run with them. In short, apply yourself until the results are in. Stay focused! When it comes to change you have to believe it can happen before making necessary adjustments. Once you do you’re unstoppable to accomplish your vision, your goals, or your mission, and let no one stand in your way. Choose the path you want to take and knowing before you run, you have to crawl, walk, skip, hop, and then run it to the highest level. There’s no going back, the only way is the escalator which is up. Weed out any distractions and also learn from the experience once you participate in any of them. Keep it moving. You have no time to waste. Let bygones be bygones and move on with your life before you miss your train or stop. When you feel the need to make your move, don’t beat around the bush—go for it. You’ve learned a valuable lesson thus far to better yourself and to shape your world as you envision it. There’s no need to question yourself as you already know how something is going to go due to the fact you’ve been there. Let it go, and let it flow to elevate yourself. Get into the water, be it baths, increasing your water intake, or simply visiting a body of water to renew yourself. It’s time you begin to get real with yourself! Your actions should be in total alignment with your soul’s mission. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. This isn’t the time to play follow the leader, much less play into their world due to the fact you’re already a leader. Ask yourself does it line up with your agenda. You have opportunities at your disposal so pick and choose from the best ones, and that life experience gives you the most optimal resources to extend yourself. What’s done in the dark will come to light as the North Node shifts gears from the Gemini/Sagittarius axes to the Taurus/Scorpio axes. Relationships, partnerships, legal or semi-legal matters can be brought to light, or a fulfillment of some sort coming to an end. It’s a time to recuperate to get back in a different light as you move forward with your plans. You’re the only person who can stop your own show. So if you don’t show up, that’s on you. Now’s the time to reach your highest potential to achieve what goals you have in mind.
Capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 21 Set the tone in all aspects of your relationships as your life is getting to the issues to do something about it. Enough is enough, and the narrative of the storyline is up for change. Sink or swim, and may the best decision win. Immerse yourself to write a new book by incorporating chapters with a new perspective on life. Once you set the tone, and your mind is made up, there is no going back. The only way is to follow up on your objectives within your own agenda. The pursuit of happiness is only the outcome when you apply yourself as you put in the work. No matter what occurs, you keep your faith and dreams strong. And at the forefront make it your business to stay inspired and encouraged with a never letting up attitude. One thing for sure is you’ll always rise like the lioness in the jungle protecting her cubs. You may have had quite a few no’s, before yes’s, to build your muscles. The wisdom gained plus the outcome moves you in a different light where only you know the path. Use your discernment to confirm the source of information you’re receiving. Making a name for yourself is one thing, yet the work you do in your community is essential. Each one teaches one, is a phrase you know all too well. Gather up your facts, research, and take notes to merge everything together into another project. You love information because it helps you understand yourself by sharing it with others to aid in their journey. Take a mini break from work, regain your focus and prepare yourself for the duration of long hours of putting in work. You’re building your foundation to pass on generational wealth, knowledge, and recipes to your children to carry on as the evolution change. It’s a make-it-or-break-it movement, with a sense of destiny on your side to change the course of your life. You sense the direction to go with all you have to walk by faith and know that the divine creator is on your side guiding you. Any major projects, advancements, and decisions forthcoming will need a final decision soon. It’s up to you now to make your dreams, and missions fulfilled. When one door closes another one opens. This may be a slow-moving week to sort out all the details, and the facts to make the necessary plans needed for a job well done, or simply handling business. You’re on a mission to finalize past obligations that need to be resolved.Also, you may bump into former colleagues or friends that you haven’t seen in a while. A message of importance can come through by way of a conversation, or a mental image while on your daily route. Organizations within your home, business, and office space are up in the air this week so tidy up things and get everything in formation. Word of mouth, or door to door, is one of the main ways of how information is transferred. Although technology has advanced in a way to communicate, not everything can be communicated online as some information needs to remain at ground level. As the nodes shift gears from Sagittarius/Gemini axes to the Scorpio/ Taurus axes, the old ways of how information is communicated just may resurface on the many levels you’re already aware of. Any health-related concerns that need to be addressed before going into the New Year are for your benefit to better health and a better way of living.
Aquarius Jan 22 – Feb 19
Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20
Aries Mar 21 – Apr 21
Taurus Apr 22 – May 21
Cancer June 22–July 23
Leo July 24 – Aug 23
Virgo
Aug 24 – Sep 23
Libra Sept 24 – Oct 23
Scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22
Gemini
May 22 – June 21
Sagittarius
Nov 23 – Dec 21
father or grandfather who is wise and honorable. He guided me through life and I felt comfort knowing he was in the world to spread good cheer and support Black artists who were pushing the envelope, advancing Black culture and making art that would become world-renowned. He had an eye for those who were pure at heart diamonds in the rough, while he simultaneously grew in stature with every passing day as more and more lovers of literature learned of his iconic writing.
I know many of us are asking “What will we do now?” That was the first question I asked myself when I heard of his death in one sentence in an email from a colleague. Greg and I had plans for him to speak to my class at The New School and celebrate our birthdays (his Oct. 14th, mine the 16th) but he had a family engagement and the plans fell through. I had texted him just a week before he died. I told him I’d interviewed Pete Rock who was funny and kind and that I hoped he had a good Thanksgiving Holiday. He replied “Awesome bout Pete. Holidaze was sweet with DC fams.” That was the last I’d heard from him. His death was unexpected. The news was sudden, nonetheless, I don’t wish I’d said or done more. That text gives me solace that we hadn’t gone weeks or months without communicating. And honestly, after the initial shock, I feel peace as if he’s still around and able to do even more work in the world now that he is a spiritual being who does not have to grapple with overcoming the limited powers we have on Earth. His power is infinite now and he has the freedom to support us without pain and the obstacles of tangible reality.
With this said, I don’t know what the world is going to look like without Greg. I fear the Black artistic world may fall out of touch with one another, like families who lose their matriarchs and patriarchs. I hope that we will not get lost in our work, busy with raising our kids and running endless errands now that we don’t have the pleasure of making time to have coffee and meals with Greg whenever we land in Harlem. I hope we will all become closer in light of this loss. I hope we will honor him every day by creating outstanding articles, films and art. I pray we will navigate the politics of this world as gracefully as he did.
Only time will tell.
We will dedicate my conversation with Nate Chinen and Greg Bryant for The Year in Jazz: A Jazz United Podcast Live Taping at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem on Dec. 15th to him, a day before this article is published. It is the very least I can do, and in the future, I hope to do more. B:8.75"
We love you, Baba Tate. Rest in Power.T:8.75"
S:8.5" reporter Wayne Barrett. He was swimming with these big fish and shining. I read his piece first, then on to Crouch and Barrett, Giddins and Hentoff, who was on the last page. At that point Tate and Crouch were blazing guns and Thulani Davis—dam, all hard-hittin visionaries, nuff said.
At times his words were so deep it felt like Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra caught up in a beef, looking through my dictionary or googling online to understand his lines. His vocabulary was so enticing, so hip with a groove that caught the attention of the Black bourgeoisie, LBGTQ crew, hip hop and intellectuals of all races. Yo, this brother got it going on and on and on!! His words danced with Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray with the wit of Oscar Brown Jr.
You know the brother that wears the hip caps, colorful scarf wrapped around his neck and the tinted glasses. He had swag with a tad of Monk happening, don’t even think about attempting to duplicate Tate, it’s not going to happen! But we can all take his advice and keep reading his writings. Gon’ Greg Tate, we got your legacy, thanks so much for Being and sharing.
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There is nothing more moving than when the holiday season officially begins with the opening night of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular! Due to the pandemic the show was cancelled last year, the first time in the production’s 79-year history. As I walked into Radio City Music Hall with my family and walked down the aisle, the enormous space was filled with Christmas music as the swelling organs played in the front side of the theater. I felt the tears well up and roll down my face as we made our way to our seats. I had missed this so very much and was so grateful to be in this place to ring in the holiday season with this New York tradition. I was especially thrilled to have both my daughters, now 28 and 19, with me—they had grown up on this show and they were excited as well. The evening was beautifully begun with host Jill Martin, Knicks and MSG Network broadcaster and “Today” show contributor, who shared with the audience that there were a lot of tears of joy backstage, as the Rockettes and all the people connected with the show were so excited to be back. She talked about the Garden of Dreams foundation and shared a film explaining the charitable work it does year-round. Then the story of a young man, Garden of Dreams participant Dale Neyra, who had suffered with congestive heart failure, was shared and he came out and delighted the audience by playing the piano and performing an original song: a performance which garnered him a standing ovation. He had tears of joy and gratitude as he thanked the audience.
Sitting there in our second row, center orchestra seats—WOW!—I found myself tearing up quite often. As the show began, I recalled memories of bringing my two daughters there as children and realizing that they are now women.
What makes the Radio City Christmas Spectacular so unique and loved is the tradition it has set, where for the most part you know the numbers coming up and the costumes the fabulous Rockettes will be wearing. In the first number, “Sleigh Ride,” the Rockettes are dressed as reindeer and they are setting up to pull Santa’s Sleigh. When Santa came out, everyone went crazy! We all knew the words he was going to say and we were waiting to hear them. Santa says he’s coming to New York to Radio City Music Hall and then it’s time to put on the 3D glasses for the 3D video projected in front of us. As gift boxes seemed to fall off of Santa’s sleigh and into our hands, I saw both children and adults reaching up to grab them, smiling and laughing.
When the Rockettes perform “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” that synchronized tap dancing that we have all come to see is a tapping frenzy of delight.
One of my all-time favorite numbers at the Radio City Christmas Show is the “Nutcracker.” When Santa spoke about the tradition of the show and I heard the music, I literally started to cry, because of the beauty and meaning of what I was about to see. My
oldest daughter, sitting by me, rubbed my shoulder and said, “It’s all right, Mommy.” As I cried, I said to her, “I just love this number.” Clara dancing with the animals is so gorgeous, graceful and comforting to watch.
Just the introduction by Santa of the next number had the audience shouting with joy and anticipation and no one was disappointed as the marvelous Radio City Rockettes performed with absolute precision timing in the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.” When that cannon flag shot up, as the soldiers locked arms and slowly and methodically fell, the audience’s level of appreciation rose to shattering levels. This was a moment we were all waiting for.
The Christmas Spectacular truly is a tribute to this great city and there is no number that does that better than “New York at Christmas” as the audience is taken on a sightseeing tour with the Rockettes on a Grayline bus. These ladies are gorgeous, spirited and adorned in dazzling holidaycolored costumes. One of the funniest dance numbers and one of the most beloved is “Here Comes Santa Claus,” in which hundreds of Santas seemingly exist around the world to make sure that everyone gets their presents. A new number called “Santa’s Workshop” has Santa’s helpers coming to get him and take him back to the North Pole. It’s a fun, happy number. Once at the North Pole and trying to create a special toy for a little girl, we are led into the ever popular “Rag Dolls” number, with the Rockettes as delightful, life-size rag dolls, dancing with perfectly coordinated moves.
In a number called “Snow” the audience is treated to the Rockettes in costumes that resemble snowflakes. It’s a stunning number. After that, I found myself tearing up again as the intro came for “Living Nativity,” which is the story of Christ’s birth and the three wise men coming to pay tribute to the newborn King. That music sends chills throughout my body and brings me great joy. This number was followed by “Christmas Lights,” which has everyone on the stage, the ravishing Rockettes and the other dancers who have performed throughout the production. There is nothing like the Radio City Christmas Show. It is a family tradition that thank God, has returned.
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