In Competition No. 2758 you were invited to submit a horoscope for Cancer or Leo written by a well-known literary figure past or present.
I regretted not having space for William Danes-Volkov’s horoscopic Hemingway: ‘Maybe someone else will listen to you in the cold air of Friday in the high mountains, or maybe money will come your way; only a few pesos perhaps, but enough to buy a tortilla from the woman with the troubles of which she does not speak.’ Equally impressive were Basil Ransome-Davies, Frank Upton and Margaret J. Howell. The winners below earn £25 each. Brian Allgar takes £30.
From shifting stars do I my judgement pluck;
I read this brave o’erhanging firmament
Construing who shall fail, and who’s in luck:
In truth, my divination’s heaven-sent.
Today ’tis Leo — ‘Lion’, some would spell it —
The ladies tremble, hearing how he roars;
Yet he shall have his way, the stars foretell it,
Be they princesses, chamber-maids or whores.
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