The successful Czech composer Vaclav Halek has an unusual muse: the mushroom kingdom. No, he doesn't ingest the psychedelic varieties and write music while high. Rather, he wanders out into the forest, lies down next to fungal colonies, and tunes in to their vibrations. "I simply record music that the mushrooms sing to me," he told The Sydney Morning Herald. Trees and rocks also produce melodies, he reports, but the toadstools' compositions are the finest. Given the fact that you're in a phase when becoming a better listener would improve your life dramatically, Sagittarius, I encourage you to be open-minded about Halek's approach to his creativity. Just imagine that you have the power to eavesdrop on all of creation.

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