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Week of October 12
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ARIES (March 21-April 19):
In his book The Logic of Failure, Dietrich Dorner
discusses the visionaries who built the Aswan Dam in
Egypt. Their efforts brought an abundance of cheap
electricity to millions of people. But the planners didn’t
take into account some of the important effects of
their innovation. For example, the Nile River below
the dam no longer flooded its banks or fertilized the
surrounding land every year. As a result, farmers had
to resort to chemical fertilizers at great expense. Water
pollution increased. Marine life suffered because of the
river’s diminished nutrients. I hope this thought will
motivate you to carefully think through the possible
consequences of decisions you’re contemplating. I
guarantee that you can avoid the logic of failure and
instead implement the logic of success. But to do so,
you’ll have to temporarily resist the momentum that
has been carrying you along. You’ll have to override the
impatient longing for resolution.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Are you primed to seek out new colleagues and
strengthen your existing alliances? Are you curious
about what it would take to infuse your best
partnerships with maximum emotional intelligence?
From an astrological perspective, the next nine weeks
will be a favorable time to do these things. You will
have opportunities to deepen your engagement with
collaborators who cultivate integrity and communicate
effectively. It’s possible you may feel shy about pursuing
at least one of the potential new connections. But I urge
you to press ahead anyway. Though you may be less ripe
than they are, their influence will have a catalytic effect
on you, sparking you to develop at an accelerated rate.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
“I was satisfied with haiku until I met you,” Dean
Young tells a new lover in his poem “Changing Genres.”
But Young goes on to say that he’s no longer content
with that terse genre. “Now I want a Russian novel,”
he proclaims, “a 50-page description of you sleeping,
another 75 of what you think staring out a window.”
He yearns for a story line about “a fallen nest, speckled
eggs somehow uncrushed, the sled outracing the wolves
on the steppes, the huge glittering ball where all that
matters is a kiss at the end of a dark hall.” I bring
Young’s meditations to your attention, Gemini, because
I suspect that you, too, are primed to move into a more
expansive genre with a more sumptuous plot.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Statistical evidence suggests that Fridays falling on
the 13th of the month are safer than other Fridays.
The numbers of fires and traffic accidents are lower
then, for example. I find this interesting in light of
your current situation. According to my analysis, this
October’s Friday the 13th marks a turning point in your
ongoing efforts to cultivate stability and security. On
this day, as well as the seven days before and seven days
after, you should receive especially helpful clues about
the future work you can do to feel even safer and more
protected than you already do.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Too much propaganda and not enough real information
are circulating through your personal sphere. You’re
tempted to traffic in stories that are rooted more in
fear than insight. Gossip and hype and delusion are
crowding out useful facts. No wonder it’s a challenge
for you to sort out the truths from the half-truths! But
I predict that you will thrive anyway. You’ll discover
helpful clues lodged in the barrage of bunkum. You’ll
pluck pithy revelations from amidst the distracting
ramblings. Somehow you will manage to be both extra
sensitive and super-discriminating.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
A journalist named Jenkin Lloyd Jones coined the term
“Afghanistanism,” which he defined as “concentrating
on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring
controversial local issues.” I want to urge you Virgos to
avoid engaging in a personal version of Afghanistanism.
In other words, focus on issues that are close at hand,
even if they seem sticky or prickly. Don’t you dare let
your attention get consumed by the dreamy distractions
of faraway places and times. For the foreseeable future,
the best use of your energy is HERE and NOW.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
“I am more interested in human beings than in writing,”
said author Anais Nin, “more interested in lovemaking
than in writing, more interested in living than in
writing. More interested in becoming a work of art than
in creating one.” I invite you to adopt that perspective as
your own for the next twelve months, Libra. During this
upcoming chapter of your story, you can generate long-
lasting upgrades if you regard your life as a gorgeous
masterpiece worthy of your highest craftsmanship.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Scorpio actress Tara Reid told the magazine Us Weekly
about how her cosmetic surgeries had made her look
worse than she had been in her natural state. “I’ll
never be perfect again,” she mourned. I bring this up
in the hope that it will inspire you. In my astrological
opinion, you’re at a tuning point when it’s crucial to
appreciate and foster everything about yourself that’s
natural and innate and soulfully authentic. Don’t fall
sway to artificial notions about how you could be more
perfect than you already are.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I didn’t go to work today. I woke up late, lingered over
a leisurely breakfast, and enjoyed a long walk in the
autumn woods. When I found a spot that filled me with
a wild sense of peace, I asked my gut wisdom what I
should advise you Sagittarians to attend to. And my gut
wisdom told me that you should temporarily escape at
least one of your duties for at least three days. (Escaping
two duties for four days would be even better.) My gut
wisdom also suggested that you get extra sleep, enjoy
leisurely meals, and go on long walks to spots that fill
you with a wild sense of peace. There you should consult
your gut wisdom about your top dilemmas.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
A snail climbed to the top of a big turtle’s shell as it was
sleeping under a bush. When the turtle awoke and began
to lumber away in search of food, the snail was at first
alarmed but eventually thrilled by how fast they were
going and how far they were able to travel. “Wheeee!”,
the snail thought to itself. I suspect, Capricorn, that
this little tale is a useful metaphor for what you can look
forward to in the coming weeks.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
“If these years have taught me anything, it is this,” wrote
novelist Junot Díaz. “You can never run away. Not ever.
The only way out is in.” That’s your plucky wisdom
for the coming weeks, Aquarius. You have arrived at a
pivotal phase in your life cycle when you can’t achieve
liberation by fleeing, avoiding, or ignoring. To commune
with the only kind of freedom that matters, you must
head directly into the heart of the commotion. You’ve
got to feel all the feelings stirred up by the truths that
rile you up.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
J. Allan Hobson is a scientist of sleep who does research
at Harvard. He says we dream all the time, not just at
night. Our subconscious minds never stop churning out
streams of images. During the waking hours, though,
our conscious minds operate at such intensity that the
lower-level flow mostly stays subliminal. At least that’s
the normal state of affairs. But I suspect your dream-
generator is running so hot right now that its stories
may leak into your waking awareness. This could be
disconcerting. Without the tips I’m giving you here, you
might worry you were going daft. Now that you know,
I hope you’ll tap into the undercurrent to glean some
useful intuitions. A word to the wise: The information
that pops up won’t be logical or rational. It will be lyrical
and symbolic, like dream
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