“Deal of the Week” is an updated take on the horoscope column. Bad advice, worse poetry, every Monday.

Control over your deepest self is your most potent power. Evolve, you amphibian, you brackish marsh creature who begs the salt for nothing but survival. Adjust the levels on your perception and your relationships and monitor which way they ease. There is little else to do; it’s very easy. Your maturing selves will thank your discipline for the prophecy; it’s something for a future you to deal with. And that bitch is powerful.