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“This really feels like a lot of work to go out to lunch.” Evangeline huffed as she watched you pull your hair into a ponytail, slipping on a baseball cap, your eyes shaded from view. You adjusted your outfit in the mirror, a simple white t-shirt and jeans you had found at a vintage store in Amsterdam a couple of years ago. “We're in Cannes, I don't think this outfit is going to have the effect you're going for. Vous allez avoir l'air pauvre" (you're going to look poor). You rolled your eyes at your sister. She bared the title of princess just as you did, but had decided at a young age that she wasn't going to let it define her, a luxury she had because she was fifth in line for the throne and was almost guaranteed her freedom.

"I'm not trying to blend in, I'm just tired of the tweed suits mother makes us wear when we're at home. Haven't you ever wanted to just wear jeans and trainers?" You looked at Evie, her outfit a stark contrast to yours, a shift dress complete with stockings even though it was well over 29 degrees celsius outside. She only wore those outfits to anger your mother, who wasn't blind to Evie's rebellion, knowing it drove her crazy that she followed the royal dress code, but no other traditions.

"It's bad enough that we have to stay in this hotel, and now I'm going to have to watch you go through a quarter life crisis. Ce n'est pas l'été que j'avais prévu" (This is not the summer I had planned). She huffed, slumping in the large leather chair she was sitting in.

"Stop with the dramatics. We'll be back at the villa tomorrow."

"Tell me why we had to stay here again?" You swallowed, turning your attention back to the mirror as you adjusted your hat once again. "Seulement vous vous plaigneriez de séjourner dans un hôtel cinq étoiles" (only you would complain about staying in a five star hotel). You told Evangeline you were staying at the Mondrian Cannes hotel so you could be close to the beach but truthfully you were avoiding your fiance, Mathias, who was staying at the your family's villa for the summer. He was set to leave tomorrow, giving you the perfect opportunity to arrive just as he was departing, and you could blame it on conflicting schedules. "Let's go, we're going to miss our reservation."

The hotel lobby was buzzing with people arriving for the Cannes film festival, celebrities and common folk alike checking in. You slipped your hand into your purse, frantically searching for your phone before you realized you must have left it in the hotel room. "Je dois retourner à la chambre" (I have to go back to the room), you called out to your sister who didn't hear you as she walked out of the grand double doors to the outside.

You turned on your heels quickly, immediately slamming into a solid chest. You had to look up to meet the eyes of the man you had just collided with, as he was at least a head taller than you. "Excusez-moi, madame". You couldn't help but chuckle at his terrible french, overpowered by a midwestern accent you had heard a couple of times during your travels to the US. "Sorry, I'm not really good at french, I only took a couple of classes in high school, and never really paid attention." You were mesmerized by his brilliant smile, the perfect compliment to his handsome face, his hair buzzcut, and his beard just extending beyond his jaw line.

"Its mademoiselle. If they're married you can use madame, but anyone else you're going to insult if you use it wrong." You returned his smile with a grin of your own.

"I'll try to remember that. I'm Travis." He extended out a hand, retracting it immediately when he realized you weren't going to return it. "Sorry, I forgot where I was for a second."

"What's that supposed to mean?" You narrowed your eyes at him, watching him squirm. You were very used to American customs and were just toying with him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I just-"

"I'm joking with you. My name is Y/N."

"Very nice to meet you." You could feel his gaze run up and down your body, taking in your shape. It was a shame you were wearing this outfit, he thought to himself, because he could tell there was something more enticing underneath the plain clothing.

"Have a good day." You had spent too much time out in the open, you were surprised paparazzi hadn't swarmed the lobby at this point, waiting to catch you doing something scandalous. Standing next to a handsome American wasn't going to help the infidelity rumors you had been fighting with Mathias.

"Wait, can I get your number?" Travis stopped you with a hand on your arm. His touch felt weirdly comfortable, something you didn't expect from a stranger.

"Travis, you are in France, we don't give out our numbers here." You pulled the brim of your hat further down your face as you entered the elevator, Travis' eyes on you the entire time. He had just met his next fling, and you had just met the man who would change your life forever.

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Advice to Work on Yourself 🏊🏼‍♀️ in August 2023: Capricorn

9 Wands - 2 Swords - Ace of Wands

Regarding: 7 Cups

I’m getting a complicated relationship with someone you care about deeply, but may have separated from. Or you’ve tried at least, but money (the lack of) keeps bringing you back together, and there is definitely some level of codependency in this connection. Could be romantic, you do love them, or it could be anyone you care deeply about. Family, friend, roommate, lover. Possibly a water sign. You don’t want to throw them to the wolves, when times get tough, but you also feel like your feelings don’t matter - because you always stick around. You could feel used at times, but you know they care about you too, the love between you is genuine. There could be a noticeable age difference here, we have a Queen and a Knight, and both are very loving.

In no way do you want to be seen as “cruel”, because you’re not, but you kind of are sick and tired of things repeating, this person could be a lot of drama that just falls at your doorstep and you’re expected to…fix it? Help? The curse of the dependable person. You don’t want to “save” people, you’d rather trade in your cape for something made of pentacles, something real that lasts, not Towers or sporadic and unreliable yolo Wands. If this is romantic, sex is the thing that gets this person back in the door, but you’re tired of that too. There is no one advice, because there is no one right answer. Rattlesnake shows this is an important process for you to go through, Piet shows having to find an even balance between head and heart, there is no right or wrong. It’s just what do you want to do? What are you willing to do? What do you want from them? What does a healthier relationship look like to you? Etc. That’s boundaries, and everyone has different ones to suit their lifestyle, needs, and personality. Seek out others like you, there are many advice groups, YouTube videos on every subject known to man, and articles written that can help you find more clarity in this 7 Cups confusion you’re in. You should figure yourself out first, and then bring this person up to speed later. You are you and this is what you need from someone else, to feel fulfilled in this connection, exchange, relationship, but what is that to you?

Animal Oracle: Rattlesnake 🐍

“The experiences that you’re presently going through are an initiation into fulfilling your purpose as a healer.”

The foundation for compassion is an awareness that suffering is a natural part of life, whether through the empathetic appreciation of another being’s pain or the experiences of having suffered oneself. And which beings haven’t at times felt the pain and sorrow that is an aspect of living? The deeper you go into the soul of another, the more you can feel what they feel, yet paradoxically maintain a certain distance or objectivity. A true Healer must heal from the heart, no matter what technological, logistical, physical, or shamanic tools they use. The experiences that you’re going through now or have just completed are all a preparation for you to open your heart to the suffering around you and do your part in alleviating it. You’ll find that you’re increasingly being asked to offer your time and energy to help heal others - including not only people, but also animals, plant beings, and the Earth. Some of this healing power will also go to mend the rifts that exist between ethnicities & cultures.

You’ll notice more and more how often your hands will spontaneously feel energized, experiencing it as heat or a tingling sensation. This is the Power of Spirit working through you. Allow it to guide you in whatever the focus of your healing is, whether simply placing a hand on the shoulder of a friend, or more extensively and directly involving yourself in another being’s health.

Artist Oracle: PIET MONDRIAN

- Logic should come from the heart.

- True simplicity takes a lot of concentration.

- Find utopia in a straight line.

Advice:

- Add Fiber to Your Diet

- Be Aware of Your Body Language

Charms:

Coin 🪙 on 7 Cups shows this could be relating to money, work, career, but mostly how money is relating to love and what’s expected of you or someone else in a certain connection. Could be romantic, could be family, maybe a best friend coworker idk, but you are very generous, or they are…maybe to a detriment. It seems like whatever you’ve done or given up to this point was genuine. It’s also okay to change your mind, and I do see you’re not trying to hurt people. Figuring yourself out is the most important thing, The High Priestess is here to show you needing to keep quiet while you process things in your brain. People change, right now I don’t get anyone knowing you’ve changed though, except you. But how? And what do you need now, that you didn’t need before? You’re needing to change the goal posts a bit, which is fine so long as you’re clear.

Rose reversed 🌹 on 3 Pentacles is a lack of growth. Every time there’s some Tower situation with this other person, you’re like ugh. Off to the rescue. It’s gotten old, while you do like the attention, and also like to be relied upon, you enjoy being the one that has it all together and being depended on…but like, always? Every time? Are they gonna stop being Knight of Wands and chaotic, spontaneous, kinda out for themselves and not practical at ALL…ever? You haven’t fully made a decision yet, and things will inevitably change even if it’s only you. But you’re not the problem are you? At least, not that I can see, but this can always be switched, you know you best 💙

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Portrait of Marevna, Diego Rivera, 1915, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Early in his career, Diego Rivera enjoyed a brief but sparkling period as a Cubist painter. After years of rigorous art training in Mexico City, he traveled throughout Europe from 1907 to 1910. In l9l2 Rivera settled in Paris, where he befriended other emigré avant-garde artists, such as Amedeo Modigliani and Piet Mondrian. During World War l, he became a leading member of a group of Cubists that included Albert Gleizes, Juan Gris, and Jean Metzinger. The subject of this portrait is Rivera’s lover at the time, Marevna Vorobëv-Stebelska, a Russian-born painter and writer. Photographs of the sitter, which show her distinctive bobbed hair, blond bangs, and prominent nose, reveal Rivera’s gifts of observation. Seated in an overstuffed armchair, she turns away from the book she holds in her lap, as if momentarily—perhaps angrily—distracted. Vorobëv-Stebelska is stylishly dressed in a gold-brocade bodice, white sleeves, and a dress whose shape hints at a pair of crossed legs. To her right appears a green, faux-marble form that may be a fireplace, and behind her is a schematically rendered window and shutters. In this Synthetic Cubist composition, Rivera used color to suggest spatial recession, making the planes meant to be closer to the viewer brighter than those at further remove. The painting’s somber and rich color harmonies recall the palette of Gris. Following World War I and the Russian Revolution, Rivera, like many other artists in Paris, rejected Cubism as frivolous and inappropriate for the new age. In 1921 the painter returned to Mexico, which itself had emerged from a decade of revolutionary struggle. There, adopting monumental forms that suited the country’s new political reality, he began to produce work for which he is acclaimed today: paintings, graphics, and, above all, murals depicting Mexican political and cultural life. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, gift of Georgia O'Keeffe Size: 145.7 × 112.7 cm (57 3/8 × 44 3/8 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

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65 style tips (11-21)

11.     Elegant life is a chimera. - Precisely for this reason one should not even look for it, but just have it happen. An accident along the way, an obstacle to this vulgar society. A contradictio in terminis, life and elegance. Lunacy, a sort of heresy, an aporia. But it is the only path we want to tread!

12.     A man calling himself elegant, isn’t such. Modesty in an age of haughtiness. Modesty, kindness, lightheartedness. Never talk about yourself regardless of circumstances. Erase the “I” from all utterings. What defines us is how we are perceived. In the end, nobody can ever truly know anything.

13.     Wealth is elegance's foe. - Do you know any rich, elegant man? Quite rare. Unfortunately, for the past 30 years wealth and taste have not gone along any longer. There used to be mecenates, patrons, collectors. We have inherited magnificent villas, works of art, parks, collections of book. Nowadays, with some luck, there will be some used sports car, some diamond-clad watch, some kitsch resort with gilded faucets. Who are les nouveaux riches? Arabs, Americans, Russians, Asians. And Westerners squander everything on food, sex, and driving around on luxury cars. There is not one place where the shops aren't dominated by objects thought for that type of customer – an international one, yes, but tasteless and without sensitivity. Not even London, nowadays - which is nothing but a supermarket for Arabs.

14.     Being well dressed is one thing. Being elegant is another. Allure, poise, posture, cadence, language, eyes...Some things cannot be learnt. They can be improved. But either you inherit them from birth, or you cope with their absence.

15.     A well-dressed Man does whatever he wants, an elegant Man does what he can. Genius is something more and something less than talent, at the same time. A limit that highlights the rest. Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman, Georges Simenon, Leonard Cohen, Lucien Freud, Pier Mondrian… Genius has nothing to do with skill, with boasting about one’s own ability. In day and age, everyone wants to show what they are – but never what they are NOT. Acrobats of nothingness, equilibrists of obviousness. Those I have mentioned showed us what they were not. In their want of something was their greatness. The way an elegant Man is always imperfect, and a well-dressed man indulges in irreprehensible details

16.     Dress according to your taste. As long as you have any. Do not imitate, I beg you, do not copy anyone! There are already too many photocopies around. Most of all, do not let tailors advise you! Tailors (should) master the technique. Not taste.

17.     Regarding clothing, the superfluous is the ultimate evil. When you are done getting dressed, admire yourself in the mirror, and you will notice something excessive, something too flashy that needs to be remedied. Elegance is like any of Simenon’s novels: direct, dry, moving.

18.     Any exhibitionism is bad taste. - You can see some individuals with their newly-made and ironed clothes, pretending to speak on the phone or showing off expensive watches, excessive bracelets, chains and scarves everywhere, with various brands on them. Man is not a mannequin. Man is not a woman. Showing is fine, but without exhibiting and boasting about purchasing power. Some of the most elegant men I know are often to be seen at flea markets. Always keep in in mind that elegance means choosing, not buying. And that the best the market has to offer is not what is right for the elegant man.

19.     An elegant Man is such in summer, too. In fact, summer is the ultimate trial of one’s elegance. It is in this sweaty season that the substance of all Men is shown, and poorly-dressed ones are exposed in all their randomness. Coloured shoes, flashy tones, indecent new fashions, brandmarks all over. If you want to make sure of someone’s sense of elegance, wait for July and see.

20.  Each context requires its own style. - The beauty of men's wear lies precisely in the possibility of choosing the most appropriate pieces for each context. Let us remember that even if we must never conform to the global barbarisation, it is just as inelegant to stand out too much from the context. A man of taste is always going to choose the right outfit to highlight his personality and not his clothes. Truthfulness, simplicity, and intelligence. An elegant man must be able to match any requirement with the same skill, just as a musician can perform scores which are very different from each other, or as an actor can perform both comedies and tragedies.

21.  Each age has its own attire.

A teenager in a pinstripe suit is just as ridiculous as a 70-year-old in a sweatshirt.

In summer it is not uncommon to see the following: a guy in his 60s, followed by one in his 40s, followed by kids in some city centre. All dressed the same! Their behaviour is likewise the same.

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Portrait of Marevna, Diego Rivera, 1915, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Early in his career, Diego Rivera enjoyed a brief but sparkling period as a Cubist painter. After years of rigorous art training in Mexico City, he traveled throughout Europe from 1907 to 1910. In l9l2 Rivera settled in Paris, where he befriended other emigré avant-garde artists, such as Amedeo Modigliani and Piet Mondrian. During World War l, he became a leading member of a group of Cubists that included Albert Gleizes, Juan Gris, and Jean Metzinger. The subject of this portrait is Rivera’s lover at the time, Marevna Vorobëv-Stebelska, a Russian-born painter and writer. Photographs of the sitter, which show her distinctive bobbed hair, blond bangs, and prominent nose, reveal Rivera’s gifts of observation. Seated in an overstuffed armchair, she turns away from the book she holds in her lap, as if momentarily—perhaps angrily—distracted. Vorobëv-Stebelska is stylishly dressed in a gold-brocade bodice, white sleeves, and a dress whose shape hints at a pair of crossed legs. To her right appears a green, faux-marble form that may be a fireplace, and behind her is a schematically rendered window and shutters. In this Synthetic Cubist composition, Rivera used color to suggest spatial recession, making the planes meant to be closer to the viewer brighter than those at further remove. The painting’s somber and rich color harmonies recall the palette of Gris. Following World War I and the Russian Revolution, Rivera, like many other artists in Paris, rejected Cubism as frivolous and inappropriate for the new age. In 1921 the painter returned to Mexico, which itself had emerged from a decade of revolutionary struggle. There, adopting monumental forms that suited the country’s new political reality, he began to produce work for which he is acclaimed today: paintings, graphics, and, above all, murals depicting Mexican political and cultural life. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, gift of Georgia O'Keeffe Size: 145.7 × 112.7 cm (57 3/8 × 44 3/8 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

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