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A R IE S (21 Mar-19 April): The tide comes in,
along with it several ships bearing gifts
Nothing your spirit hasn't earned. Who you
are, what you do, who returns your calls. The
job goes well and could go better, your
thinking is less like a pinball machine than it
often is, you actually feel an affinity with the
horribly normal. Explore the difference
between childlike and childish.
L IB R A (23 Sept.-23 Oct ): A good time to put
your financial ducks in a row. Long term goals
aligned with short term actions. The usual
challenge: separating your wants from your
needs. Someone needs help and the buck stops
with you. Give all you can but remember you
can’t run on empty. Be discriminating in
matters of the heart. Just because it’s there
doesn’t mean it’s yours.
T A U R U S (20 April-20 May): Great potential to
be at your worst. The womb of domestic life
becomes a padded cell, imbalance invokes
imbalance, you become obnoxious and
overbearing. Your way is. once again, the only
way and anyone too blockheaded to know
power and self righteousness when they see it
breathing fire in their face deserves whatever
disrespect and abuse they get. Right?
S C O R P IO (24 Oct.-22 Nov): Ah, the fast lane
again. Center stage, captain of the ship sort of
thing. If barked at, don't bite. Avoid
becoming part of the confusion, especially at
work, and embrace criticism for the truth that’s
in it. Affairs of the heart go smoothly, firm
ground in the eye of the storm. Not that i ’ts
much of a storm, unless you trip over your ego.
No power trips.
G E M IN I (21 May-21 June): Remember how
good last month was? Y o u ’ll want to. No epic
tragedies or disasters, just nagging
disconnections and dropped balls to stumble
over in the dark. And you, you rascal, rise
above all of it. Y ou feel fine for the right
reasons, people chuck you under the chin,
money matters have been much worse. When
the going gets weird, the weird flirt and giggle.
S A G IT T A R IU S (23 Nov-21 Dec ): Despite your
urge, conscious or unconscious, to isolate
yourself, you’re standing in the center. Your
professional life pays you your due, the world
is a new oyster, the inner and outer life
correspond. Or you could behave badly and
short circuit the connections, personal and
business, that got you where you are. Y o u ’re
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C A P R IC O R N (22 D ec.-19 Jan): Aside from an
old acquaintance who isn’t one bit more fun
than they were when you started avoiding them,
a dandy month. Being alone, let alone lonely,
will be a challenge it makes no sense to pursue.
D o the unlikely, pursue the unthinkable, let
your rabbits out to play. If you weren’t meant
to be having fun, you’d find a reason not to.
D on’t look.
C A N C E R (22 June-22 July): Energies center on
the material world: your possessions and their
possession of you. Events encourage deep
thought about what you believe and why you
believe it. Good for you. Worry less than you
want to, be more active than you’d prefer, jump
start the future. Remember that conflict arises
when someone wants something that’s not
theirs. Walk away.
A Q U A R IU S (20 Jan-18 Feb ): Call this month a
learning experience. Issues of partnership
dance in your head. Is anyone the sole
proprietor of their life? W ill every island
please raise their hand? Hone your rules of
engagement, come to grips with how you relate
to your fellow humans. Being yourself is much
more meaningful, and productive, when you
know who you are.
L E O (23 July-22 August): Springtime for Leos.
Fire, intensity, noble obsession: everything a
Leo needs to feel alive. What better than to be
gutted by an epic love? Recognized as a leader
by those who would destroy you? Another
chance to bite off more than you can chew.
Anything to smile again. Use your head or be
ready to embrace things you’ll wind up wishing
you hadn’t.
P IS C E S (19 Feb.-20 Mar): Keep everything
honest, watch what you say, avoid long range
mistakes. Whatever short circuits arise at
work, you can handle them. Just avoid making
mountains out of mole hills. The world flirts
seriously with you and the intensity is enough
even for you. Serious business, strong heart
stuff, knee buckling romance. Charge your
batteries and play nice.
V IR G O (23 August-22 Sept.): Your mind is on
your work. If we are what we do, then what we
do and how we do it should be consistent with
who we’d like to be. Step outside and sniff the
wind, listen more than you talk, think about
what you hear. Patience is a force. Apply it to
people who actually believe their ideas are as
good as yours. Fix what’s broken in your life.
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