ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS JUNE 6 - 12, 2004 All dates/times are Pacific Daylight. You can gain a clue to your year ahead if you read the weekly message for yourself during the week of your birthday. (Just read it as if it's labelled "Your Year" rather than "your week." Ignore the part of the week before your birthday, if I write about it.) But it's a clue only - I seldom mention everything a day (or week) brings.... I promised to discuss CANCER and LIBRA this week. Well, I can only promise to get to Cancer this week. Many people of this sign have mellowed in the last year or two, as their life has "wound down" from the huge relationship stresses of 1989 to 1995, and the (almost indistinguishable) relationship undermining of 1996 to 2003. I have known two Cancers quite well for the last twenty years. One, early in that first period, abandoned a family to chase an extra-marital love affair. The other, though without a young family (he had a grown son and a younger adopted child) decided to remain faithful. (I know this from our friendship.) Despite this, he faced mild depression as his financial and intimate worlds went through major changes. Now, this Cancer is semi-retired, mellow, smiles easily and treats the world, in a quiet calm way, as his family. The Cancer who abandoned the family, now lives alone in an apartment, is thirty pounds underweight, has no natural teeth left, and answers the phone with a gravely, defeated voice. The lover is long gone. The teenaged children live with the other parent. These are two extremes. I put them to you to show how different people of the same sign (being us) can respond to one influence (in this case the wild, disruptive relationship storms of Uranus in the marriage house, then the sex house) in different ways - and that eventually how we meet an influence (and succumb to or conquer it) will reward or hurt us. From June 2003 until July 2005, Saturn in this sign makes you Cancers more sober and quiet than usual. You're serious about your own life, about your old age, and about relationships, opportunities, the horizons that loom before you and the barriers or aids that others might put before you. As noted, you've had a long, rough 14 years from 1989 to 2003, and it's natural that you immerse yourself in a couple of years of quiet, recuperative assessment. This quietness won't prevent you from travelling in 2004 - but get your rest, too. The good news: those relationship stresses are over. For six years ahead, ideas fire and inspire you. Your mental creativity rises. If you're single, someone very sexy could want to marry, especially during your strong romantic years, 2006 and 2008. Don't be overly optimistic in property and home fronts from December, 2004 through June, 2006. Start Nothing: Before 0:10 a.m. Sunday, 11:08 a.m. Mon. to 2:38 a.m. Tues., 4:37 p.m. Wed. to 8:49 a.m. Thurs., and 4:31 a.m. to 6:37 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Your popularity, optimism and general joy rise noticeably Sunday/Monday - seek others - walk, talk, smile! Light romance visits singles. Two significant relationships change soon - a trip, conversation and/or sibling is involved. For two weeks, expect a gush of letters, talks, visits, travel and paperwork. Home life remains stressed - sometimes, as parents, we grow angered because we are avoiding our true duty. Lie low, contemplate Tuesday/Wednesday. Your charisma, energy soar Thursday to Saturday - you can argue, set off a powder-keg of resentments (Thursday/Friday) or be friendly, and earn affectionate approval (Friday/Saturday)! Taurus April 20-May 20 Tackle your career, business and prestige goals Sunday to noon Monday - luck and ease accompany you! Chase money Sunday/Monday and Friday/early Saturday. You feel social, want to smile with friends Tuesday/Wednesday - but your friends might be unavailable, fighting among themselves, whatever. Just soak up nature's joy. Retreat to a mellow inner place Thursday to Saturday. If you're quiet, you'll see the struggle between two people, or within yourself, or between yourself and another. This struggle involves and affects your financial, sexual, or lifestyle success. This "answer" frees you: "innocence wins." Gemini May 21-June 20 Your charisma and energy rise high! Legal, far travel, intellectual, religious and philosophical, publishing, higher educational projects are favored Sunday/Monday. Renown, social rituals, understanding, foreign-born people and love fill these two days also. Go forth, and carry your charm with you! Career, parental, prestige and reputation concerns occupy you Tuesday/Wednesday - these days are tense, and bring a definite "change" in associations, relationships or direction - it all ends in a way that serves your hopes. Optimism, popularity, light romance, joie de vivre shower you Thursday to Saturday - enjoy it! Cancer June 21-July 22 Chase an investment, lifestyle change, health cure, mortgage or intimacy with someone Sunday to Monday noon - luck accompanies you! (Joyful inspirations about all these come June 12, too, but don't act this day.) Your spiritual beliefs change subtly this week. So could a government link, a secret wish or goal, or your home duties. Disruptions fill Tuesday/Wednesday, but your wisdom and gentleness save the day. Thursday/Friday demand change: if you're flexible, all's fine. All four days highlight those spiritual/government/home changes. Your ambitions receive a green light Friday p.m. - charge ahead. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Approach someone Sunday/Monday - you can reach a splendid agreement or cement an elevating (perhaps flirtatious) friendship! Your friendships, social circle, popularity, dealings with the public and romantic connections undergo a subtle but deep change this week. Indirectly, this affects your reputation. If you fight these changes (and you usually hate change) you'll experience frustration and disruption. But if you are flexible, you'll find these changes end by enhancing your life - opening it to new people, horizons and dreams! By Saturday, you'll see all the goodness of love and friendship. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Two differences separate happy and unhappy Virgos in 2004. One, if you're born after September 2, the major luck of this year hasn't arrived quite yet. Two, no matter when great good luck arrives (and it will!) if you approach this year welcoming and wanting great change, new horizons, you'll succeed. If you fight change or neglect to chase opportunities, you won't. This week intensifies and illustrates this "difference" - embrace change, or embrace stress! Relationships, career and home situations disrupt, fight each other, Tuesday-Friday. You'll spy happiness by Saturday! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Romance, beauty, creativity, speculation, joys from children, pleasure - these promise pure and simple happiness Sunday through Monday noon. Seek! Tuesday through early Friday, these pursuits undergo a subtle but significant transformation. Perhaps work or duties frustrate your quest for pleasure and/or love Tuesday/Wednesday. (Or they throw a barrier into legal, educational or travel goals.) You could blow up at a partner, spouse, or a potential mate Thursday into Friday morning. Be patient, look for the person or solution that comes along Friday p.m. You dream great dreams of love Saturday! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Sunday/Monday promise splendid progress in family, property, food, security, gardening and renovation projects. Some lifestyle changes you're planning will hit barriers this week, because life's nudging you toward different changes - in significant relationships, in how you relate to the world generally, and in money areas. The relationship changes look gradual and gentle; the money changes have an urgency or "demand" about them. To succeed, seek advice, don't try to go it alone; and avoid any money actions that promise a quick, easy, big reward. Great opportunities loom, May 12/13! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Short trips, conversations, reading and paperwork go well Sunday/Monday - follow your curiosity! Relationships, agreements, contracts, relocation, dealings with the public - these undergo disruptive changes Tuesday to Friday. You might be the one forcing these changes because you demand/require a different reaction/satisfaction from others (Thursday/Friday). But at least one change is due to disruptive conditions on your home or family front (Tuesday/Wednesday). Expect surprises! One piece of advice: others hold the power briefly now, and your luck lies in their good will, not in fighting them. Romance - or dreams - Thursday-Saturday! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Sunday/Monday bring money luck - chase lucrative returns, or plunge into shopping. (DON'T buy computers or electronics/tech.) This week brings a subtle, deep change in your work outlook, perhaps altering the creative scope you're allowed, perhaps bringing a co-worker attraction. Step lightly Tuesday to Friday, when frustrations and glitches pop up. Communications, travel and paperwork are problematical Tuesday/Wednesday. Instructions, duties, overbearing higher-ups bother you Thursday/Friday. You could sense/see a "life and death" struggle between two people or factions at work - stand clear. Saturday eve begins a weekend of pleasure! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Your energy and charisma soar Sunday/Monday - get out, impress people, start important projects, seek love! The week ahead brings many changes to romance, pleasure, creative ventures and your dealings with children - some abrupt and obvious, some quiet but powerful. Don't sweat the quiet but powerful changes (e.g., an "unspoken struggle" with a recalcitrant child, or a love affair's quiet "remaking" of your future) - these actually favor you, cannot "go wrong." But take care Tuesday into Friday morning, when little glitches might trigger larger disagreements. Love's dreams bring pleasure Saturday. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Rest, contemplate and plan Sunday/Monday. You'll perceive the truth about matters, will discover workable plans. Visit spiritual realms. Your home, property, garden, food, emotional/financial security and your retirement "outlook" undergo some subtle and not-so-subtle changes this week. Some of these are caused by your own dissatisfaction with the way things have been and your abrupt actions (Tuesday), some by a significant relationship (Thursday) and some by destiny's deep weaving in your career and reputation arenas (Wednesday-Friday). Your best reaction? Be slow, willing to let unworkable things go. Saturday's calming, joyous! For a reading: 604-261-1337. E-mail: timstephens@shaw.ca. www.astralreflections.com. /30/