ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 13 - 19, 2005 NOT EMAILED YET !!! REMEMBER TWO NEW NEWSPAPERS, OKANAGAN WOMEN WEEKLY AND NORTHERN ALBERTA STUDENT!!! All times are Pacific Standard. I didn't warn you this time about the Mercury retrograde period - it starts at 9 p.m. this Sunday, November 13, and lasts until December 3. During this period, avoid starting any new projects in any area - instead, "link" to the past. You might not have noticed, but I've been doing these "luck forecasts" in reverse, so now it's PISCES and AQUARIUS' turn, and next week I'll wrap them up with CAPRICORN and SAGITTARIUS. PISCES, your luck for the 13 months ahead lies in the sectors of law, higher learning, foreign-born people, international travel, culture, social rituals (e.g., weddings) publishing, abstraction, profound thoughts, religion, philosophy, fame, insurance, statistics and similar areas. Expansion and good fortune in these might be crimped by your obligations to employers, dependents, pets and service people, or by health or machinery factors. (E.g., your health stops you from going to Africa, your boss frowns when you publish all your co-workers' pay scales, etc.) Even so, these areas are buoyant, especially when those restrictions temporarily ebb January through May. Those obstacles won't interfere with love, romance, creativity, speculative ventures and child-related joys, which also get a 2006 boost! Physical joys outshine mental ones, luck-wise. AQUARIUS, the 13 months ahead boost your career luck and give a rising trend to your reputation, community status, relations with VIPs, and your ambitions generally. Some Aquarians will marry in the next 22 months, but this will tend to be someone much older, younger, or someone very conservative. The marriage will have a "dutiful" atmosphere. This gives you a hint about your career-related opportunities also: you might find they become linked to someone who is generally skeptical, and points out the flaws in every proposal you make. This person doesn't really mean to be unkind: they worry that you're being overly optimistic. Sometimes this will be a partner, sometimes a co-worker, sometimes a good friend or a parent, boss or VIP you're trying to interest in a project. I won't lie, Aquarius, it will be hard to sell yourself now to November 06. But it will be easier in January/February. (And in general, you might find it easier to sell "the government" on your ideas in 2006.) From December 2006 to August 2007, your 2006 efforts could pay off in a solution, a solid start, and acceptance in "upper circles!" However, if you find co-operators just aren't, then go it alone. Focus on your career, be hopeful, be wishful even, and work hard - your responsibilities are almost certain to increase, which is the first step to promotion. Start Nothing: 11:07 a.m. to 11:02 p.m. Sun., 4:57 p.m. Tues. to 4:10 a.m. Wed., and 11:01 p.m. Thurs. to 11:42 a.m. Fri. Aries March 21-Apr. 19 Don't start any new projects today through December 3, especially in legal, travel, publishing, cultural, love, distribution, communications, mail, higher learning, writing, and similar areas. Best not to buy travel tickets, even for later. Avoid buying tools or machines, and avoid starting new work projects. A former lover might return and you might let it get to a sexual stage: love could be renewed, but romance fights money realities. Late November and early December, a former investment, financial, debt, or diagnostic/research situation might return. Stay alert for mental mistakes. (93) Taurus Apr. 20-May 20 Strictly avoid starting new investment, financial, mortgage, or debt projects now through December 3. A former romantic and sexual interest might return, but this is not a good period to meet and mate with brand-new people. Money promises made now might be broken later. What you thought was "well on the road" in money concerns might pause, falter, and slide back to square one. Use this as a good chance to give it a second, wiser look. Try not to make major lifestyle decisions or actions through December 3. (93) Gemini May 21-June 20 Things go in circles for the next three weeks (until December 3). Stick with the ongoing; welcome things returning from the distant past. Have "Plan B" ready when schedules are bottlenecked (probably by someone not showing up or breaking a promise to "deliver.") Avoid new starts and ventures, especially in relationships, relocation, negotiations, contracts, litigation, public dealings and competitive situations. You might run into an "ex" - it's a sexual temptation, seem to present a whole new fresh affectionate lifestyle. Be cautious. Marrieds grow closer. An old investment pays off. (94) Cancer June 21-July 22 Stay alert now to December 3 - mistakes can happen in communications, especially with government agencies. Start NO new machinery, work, or health projects unless "life creates them" - e.g., if your car fails, get it repaired. But DON'T buy a new one - or any appliance, hardware, software, etc. If a romance has started, it might reach an indecisive period the last week of November - a minor delay. This week, realize that your "status wishes" are in conflict with money needs/realities - be thoughtful, slow about this. You attract, excite someone Saturday! (93) Leo July 23-Aug. 22 If a tentative "semi-romance" has started recently, it will seem to backtrack now to December 3. You might think the thread of attraction has broken. But it's likely to renew, so keep the faith, at least into mid-late December. If you're footloose (or married) an old flamed might appear in the three weeks ahead. This is someone who is/was connected to work or power corridors, so "clean love" is unlikely to result. Avoid starting new projects in any area before December 4 - especially in money, purchasing and creative areas. (93) Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Avoid starting any new initiatives now through December 3, especially in career, home, real estate and business. A bad time to begin redecorating, renovations - what a mess they would become! Instead, focus on present projects (try to keep them free from mistakes) and on people and situations that return from the past. A streak of sweet nostalgia could wander through your days, causing you to call or visit an old friend, neighborhood or relative - good! Beware sex and investments this week. Happiness visits Monday, Tuesday, Friday eve and Saturday! (93) Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Avoid new projects through December 3, especially in mail, travel, distribution, media, paperwork, telephony, publishing, law, higher education, import-export, religion, culture, social rituals (e.g. weddings) and governmental, administrative or institutional areas. Protect ongoing projects from unexpected delays, mistakes and fuzzy thinking. (Best protection is to stay alert and have a Plan B.) You might hear from past relationships, casual friends - one is sweet on you. Beware new sexual intimacy, lifestyle changes, investments or commitments this week (through Friday). Get up early for success Thursday. Career success Friday eve, Saturday! (93) Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Your energy and magnetism are soaring, and your optimism is beginning to pick itself up from last year's floor. But, before you go forward in broad, big steps, step back, research and reconsider - now to December 3. Avoid new/unfamiliar projects or relationships, especially in sex, lifestyle changes, health, finances, investment or social zones, and in money, buying/selling. Buy NOTHING except routine food, gas, etc. This week, be careful, diplomatic with career relationships and/or your reputation. Love could climax Tuesday. Thursday's sexy. Friday eve/Saturday promote wisdom, love, joy and camaraderie! (93) Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Now through December 3 is probably the best time in 12 years to settle in and take stock of your life. What point have you reached in your life, and why? Where are you going, or (the difference is significant) where do you want to go? The crux here, the "flex point" seems to be money. (And a great money idea or insight could come about 8 a.m. Thursday.) Now to December 3, do not start new projects, especially in relocation, relationships, contracts, negotiations, litigation, public dealings and career. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Start nothing new now through December 3, especially in management, administration, government, institutional, spiritual, charity, legal, learning, travel, employment and machinery areas. (Delays here will bring you back to "renewed hope" by late November.) Stay alert; protect ongoing projects from schedule delays, machine breakdowns, delayed shipments, etc. Don't buy tools, cars, computers. During this whole period, your romantic magnetism seems to glow - you'll attract the opposite sex! Keep this light through Friday (November 18) as something doesn't click on deeper intimate levels - nor in investments. Contract no new debt! (93) Aquarius Jan.200-Feb. 18 An old friend might return, or the door might re-open to a social circle you once frequented, now to December 3. DON'T start anything brand new during this period, especially in social, public relations, entertainment, gallery, restaurant, political, legislative, investment, finance, debt, sexual intimacy, lifestyle change, occult, or similar zones. What seems a rebuff or delay in your present social projects will actually lead you 'round, late November, early December, to another shot at a career goal. This week, beware home/spouse struggles. Get piles of work done Friday eve, Saturday. (93) Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 DON'T start new career, business, community status, VIP relations or similar projects now through December 3. Instead, shore up ongoing projects, look for flaws, have a Plan B ready. (Because someone will change a decision, or needed supplies will be late arriving, machines might break down, key people miss their appointment, etc.) That said, don't worry, either: conditions are basically benign, and everybody feels friendly toward you. (Still, be careful this week, through November 18, with work, safety, and co-worker relations.) Wisdom, love, cultural, travel come Friday night, Saturday! (93) www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/