ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4, 2003 All times/dates are PDT. A reminder that I'll be speaking about the new luck cycle for each sign at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Vancouver Public Library, Main Branch. They'll charge $ 15 at the door. Call Tom McPherson for more info: 604-669-9653. (I think - not sure now! - that the Society is also making tapes of the talk available, but the price seems really high.) ... Your #10 sign wants to take care of you, but for a price. The price is, you do what #10 says. (To find your # 10 sign, label your own Sun-sign # 1 in the horoscope column below, then count down the signs until your finger hits # 10. For example, Aries'# 10 is Capricorn. Capricorn's # 10 is Libra.) # 10 represents your boss, your parent (usually the father) judges and other authorities, and all those childhood instructions that you've internalized. (This isn't the same as your conscience, which is always good. These childhood instructions can be good or bad, depending on who imposed them on you, and how.) # 10 also represents your ambitions and desires for status. This sign governs your sense of propriety, of superficial right and wrong, and how you relate to society's power structures. Ultimately, it determines your place. A #1- #10 relationship can be passionate and intense, but it doesn't leave a lot of room for romantic playfulness. Often, your attraction is filled with friction and power struggles, so your love might resemble a competitive wrestling match. The pecking order must be established. You might become obsessed with making this person respect you. This is a natural child-parent or boss-employee relationship: one nurtures and one obeys. This combination (# 1-#10) can work as a marriage, especially if respect outweighs criticism, and if both partners highly value security and ambition. (Bill and Hillary Clinton had this relationship.) In essence, you'll be mothering/nurturing your # 10, and he/she will be fathering/directing you. (You're your # 10's # 4, so read that relationship, too.) Some door-slamming can occur, but so can deep loyalty, acceptance and respect, along with strong practical accomplishment... I forecast, last spring, that the 18 months ahead would bring an "Armageddon for investment banks." I should have written, "bankERS." In September alone, the mutual fund industry scandal broke, the Chairman of the NYSE was booted out, the Chairman of Deutsch Bank (the large German bank) was arraigned for fraud, and top bankers/traders from Merrill Lynch and Bank of America were arrested and criminally charged. If there's this much skulduggery within the walls, can the banks be healthy? Maybe. Start Nothing: 5:08 p.m. to 5:57 p.m. Mon., 7:25 p.m. to 8:21 p.m. Wed., and 3:40 p.m. Fri. to 0:45 a.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Relationships, exciting meetings, opportunities, new horizons and fresh prospects fill this week. You'll gain from diplomacy and team spirit; lose if you're ultra-independent. Sunday/Monday bring an adjustment in your duties due to love, weddings, legal, educational or travel developments. E.g., you have to work far away. Be careful with finances, investments, secrets and intimate commitments Monday. Your mellow, wise side emerges Monday night into Wednesday. Love exists! Chase a lucky career goal Wednesday night, Thursday morn, and Friday. Happiness, social delights arrive Friday eve and Saturday - flirt and dream! Taurus April 20-May 20 You'll meet much pleasure this year, but the month ahead holds work, health and other drudgeries. On the plus side, your work will "bring back" a career, status or business opportunity - or give you a second chance to make an adjustment that you missed doing before. This peaks in a lucky career/employment day October 22 - so work toward day. Relationships worry, please, and eventually surprise you, Sunday/Monday! DON'T mix money and friendship Monday eve - finances/investments (and intimacy) succeed Tuesday/Wednesday. Mellow love, wisdom, enter Wednesday night into Friday. Career, Saturday. Gemini May 21-June 20 Relaxation overwhelms you for the year ahead, bringing healing and the end of useless projects/relationships. This "gearing down" increases your luck in real estate, family, and "retirement" arenas, too. But the weeks ahead bring creative, romantic, pleasure-oriented and risk-taking urges. These might combine: you get love and a home, or you create a new family member. A former love, travel, or intellectual interest returns now to December. Work fills Sunday/Monday. Relationships "excite" Monday night to Wednesday. Secrets, health, sex, investments and debt - these are unlucky Thursday, lucky Friday. Love, Saturday! Cancer June21-July 22 Home life, kids, nature, parks, soul, gardening, real estate - these bless you for the weeks ahead. An intimate temptation or financial lure that you recently thought had faded away will return, through December. All these areas, home life to temptations, rise toward an October 22 success peak. But make sure a "returning situation" fits your long-term future before you leap back into it. Romance and pleasure call Sunday/Monday - don't take big risks. Tackle work/health concerns Tuesday/Wednesday. Important relationships face you Wednesday night to Friday - great inspiration, love, marriage are "available." Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Paperwork, trips, calls, contacts fill the weeks ahead - you'll be busy, but not overwhelmed. An opportunity you thought had whisked itself away might return through December. Grab this by October 22 - don't wait until November! Could be a marriage, business partnership, public or relocation opportunity. Sink into home, nature, contemplation Sunday/Monday - don't try to strike a deal nor start a new relationship. Your romantic side kicks in Monday night to Wednesday eve - well, enjoy yourself! Tackle chores Wednesday night to Friday - you'll succeed. Exciting relationships and fresh horizons Sunday! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Spend and make money - a subtle good luck accompanies you in both. A "hot" relationship resumes its passionate ways in the weeks and months ahead. (Passion can mean enmity, too.) Your taste for major financial risk (big investments, big debt, etc.) increases also. A relationship (or relocation) is going to change your life now through December. Communications and driving need care Sunday/Monday. (Sunday p.m. is fine.) Home, family, nature and real estate draw you Tuesday/Wednesday. Romance, beauty and pleasure flow over you Wednesday night to Friday! To work, Saturday. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Your energy, charisma and effectiveness rise. Seek favors, schedule important meetings, start significant projects. You're in charge of your own life for the few weeks ahead! A former romantic, creative or speculative situation returns through December. Act on it Tuesday night, Saturday, and in general through October 22. (Realize your duties and career will not be easy during the same period, so reserve some time and energy for these.) Take care with money and love Sunday/Monday. Travel, communications fill Tuesday/Wednesday. Sink into home, security, nature Wednesday night to Friday. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Retreat, rest, contemplate, renew your soul. Avoid competitive situations. A home tension returns briefly, lightly, through December - you'll handle it easily. Keep your temper, remain mellow. (You'll "sense" that home-based tension around 5 pm Monday. But see how quickly - mere hours - the "scene changes?" That's a hint that the whole tension, existing since the 1990's, will be gone in mere months.) Your energy rises mildly Sunday/Monday - tackle jobs that need alertness. Chase money Tuesday/Wednesday. Messaging, travel, friendly contacts arrive Wednesday night to Friday. Take a day off - totally - Saturday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Social delights, light romance (NOT deep), visitors, popularity, happiness and belief in a bright future - these call you now into late October. (That future is bright - especially in career, parental and status areas - believe and achieve!) But retreat for a short rest Sunday/Monday -you'll be weary, your accident potential is high (with tools/cars but also with emotional situations). Your energy surges back Monday night through Wednesday - welcome the attention others show you. Chase money Thursday/Friday. A short trip (two weeks or less) looms Friday/Saturday, will "become real" before January. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Chase your career, business and community prestige goals. Deal with VIPs. Realize you're going to encounter a temporary "invisible ceiling" in this area in 2005 and the first half of 2006 - so make headway now through 2004. Legal, travel, international, scholastic and media remain very lucky through next autumn. Be social, but not overly, Sunday/Monday - life's fine, beauty-filled! Retreat, rest, avoid competitive situations Monday night to Wednesday. Your energy and charisma rise sharply Wednesday night to Friday - you attract "serious contenders" (for your heart, business). Your money intuition soars! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Strong money flows resume. So will the tendency to spend too much, too fast. You're in a lucky year for investments and large finances, but you have to keep a light foot on the daily money pedal until mid-December. A bit of stress (from the past) arises now through December - seek "personality freedom," and you'll find peace. Career, authorities, VIPs loom Sunday/Monday. Be flexible. Optimism and social joys flow in Tuesday/Wednesday. See the wide world, fall in love! But rest, retreat Wednesday eve to Friday. You'll impress everyone Saturday! Pisces Feb. 19-Mar. 20 Put a toe into the depths of life, Pisces. Let attraction turn to commitment, excitement to intimacy, agreement to consequence. Yes, the stakes are high, but your luck (when you join another) is high also. Your temper, your impatience, your determination, your sexuality and your "hunger for money" - all have taken a wee breather lately; all return powerfully now to December. Be wise, mellow Sunday/Monday - reject impulsive options. Avoid legal hassles. Your career, community status and relations with VIPs flow well Tuesday/Wednesday. Happiness, hopes fill you Thursday/Friday! Retreat, rest Saturday. I'll be speaking at the Vancouver Library (Main Branch) at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, on where your "luck" lies for each sign for the year ahead. /30/