TODAY, ARIES

Paperback, 66 Pages

Pocket Size

From Persephone’s descent to the turning of a card, Today, Aries illuminates cosmic binaries to understand all that exists within & outside them. These poems are elegant & inspire infinite perspectives & possibilities past, present, & future to not only find meaning in the cosmos, but one’s place within it. Kalie Pead pays homage to liminal spaces & curiosity in this coming-of-tarot story.

*Today, Aries is largely inspired by an online tarot generator also created by Kalie Pead in conjunction with this book. This generator takes 156 poem fragments & randomizes them to create a divinatory meaning or “reading”, utilizing poetry for divination. QR code is located inside the book for reader access.

TODAY, ARIES POETIC CRAFT SET

The set includes: Book, Candle, Journal & Pen, Sticker Sheet, & Tarot Bookmark

Handcrafted & curated items evocative of Kalie Pead’s poetry, this set creates an immersive experience for indulging in poetic ritual while reading Today, Aries. Step into the wild ethereal with a candle, sweet & floral while reading Today, Aries. Use the tarot bookmark to mark your place, upright or reversed. Generate your own poetic readings from Kalie’s tarot & poetry generator & record them (& your musings) in the journal, decorated in stickers reminiscent of the many dimensions of this prismatic collection.

ILLUMINATED VARIANT

Soy Wax Candle by Marvel + Moon

Comes in a 3oz. tin

A fragrance of duality, where the darkest night has turned / dawn is coming home. This candle opens with a bright, deceptive sweetness, like honey / mixed in the milky way, reminiscent of limoncello & honeysuckle. The burn quickly shifts, drawing you into the shadow spotlight of lily's narcotic heart, a floral descent mirroring Persephone between the depths & pomegranates . Finally, the base brings in a grounding patchouli, an echo of black cats sprouting from shadows & the pull rivulets split / earthed by a barren vessel. It’s a scent of contrasts: light & dark, sweetness & earth, life & the mysteries that lie beneath, where the void speaks through & the dead summoned from within linger .

Scent notes: Limoncello. Lily of the Valley. Wild Honeysuckle. Patchouli.

Adornments: Glitter moons & stars.

Bookmark, Journal, Pen, & Stickers can be used to go along with the included ritual for reading & post-reading meditation, as well as in conjunction with the use of the poetry generator.

BOOK PRAISE

“I'm emerging from a palm/turned into a garden”. In a moment and on a planet teeming w/h ex/nc/on, it is strengthening to be reminded that there are moments beyond our moment, angles of survival cosmic in scope. Kalie Pead's Today, Aries opens up ancient vistas of possibility with the ease of a card flipping over to show the future's face. An elegant and surprising work.

—Joyelle McSweeney, author of Death Styles

KALIE PEAD

Kalie Pead is a queer writer from Salt Lake City, Utah, with a particular love of poetry, essays and computer programming. She graduated in 2023 with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame. Her work can be found in publications, including the Southern Review of Books, Shenandoah, Folio, and The Martello.

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