ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS AUGUST 5 - 11, 2007 All times/dates are PDT. LIBRA, Pluto will spend 2008 to 2024 in your fourth sign. These 17 years will bring a life-change, focusing on your home, family, parent-kid relations, real estate, security, retirement, agriculture, gardening, stomach and soul. This won't be sudden, unpredictable change but a deep, permeating transformation that slowly roils up from the depths. By the time Pluto's wave of metamorphosis becomes obvious, he, or life, or more correctly we ourselves, have already spent months and years preparing, laying in every little stick and stone of that change - so when it comes, it's unstoppable. So, slowly - and sometimes, with a large act of finality - you and your life are changed. The majority of Librans will not be living in their present abode by 2024. Some Librans, inspired by the forces of progress, will build real estate empires. Some, the rare few, will spiral downward to homelessness. Some of you will take huge strides in research, medical technology, and related fields. Some of you will grow a huge family, one reminiscent of the big clans of the 1800's and early 1900's. All physically eligible Librans will become more fertile, more prone to create and nurture life. For most of you these changes will be very natural and positive: for example, the home must change, but this might simply mean the children grow up and move on, to jobs or university. Whether these changes are positive or negative, fulfilling or painful depends almost entirely on you. Our destiny is always a result of three things: the future results of our past actions, our deepest (often unconscious) desires, and our present and future choices. Some would include environment as a fourth, but its possible that our environment is a result of, not a cause of, our destiny. (I.e., our environment is a result of pre-birth karma.) You can affect your destiny in one powerful way: by being loving, optimistic and compassionate. These are actually the third element: choice. Love is always a choice. The amount of love and compassion you choose to exercise will determine how effective your intellect and skills will be. In the midst of this change, the 2010 to 2019 period will bring a heightened, unpredictable, exciting love and relationship influence. You could suddenly change partners. You could fall in love and out with lightning speed. You could face a massive struggle of wills with a partner. Your spouse might face major career choices. If you help, empathize and understand, you'll deepen your union - and/or find true love! 2012 to 2024 will shunt your work path toward health sciences, spiritual or psychic realms, ocean products, video/film, optics, or empathic fields (e.g., social work). Start Nothing: 6:50 p.m. to 7:01 p.m. Mon., 10:27 p.m. to 10:36 p.m. Wed., and 5:57 a.m. Fri. to 3:42 a.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Expect romance, creativity, pleasure, speculation, self-expression, charming children, sports, a vacation. You're riding a winning streak! Realize that as the days pass you grow closer to a "serious conclusion" (due around August 21) - a conclusion that might merge this winning streak with your career or status ambitions. An old flame might appear - or, if you're single, someone you met in June/July. This person could be more beneficially important than is apparent. Communicate your feelings - and if you can't, travel until you find someone to whom you can. Saturday's lucky! Taurus April 20-May 20 Major things happen on the home and investment fronts, especially Thursday and Saturday, when a surge of luck greets actions you take in these areas. In the weeks ahead, you'll return to a former idea about property, home or children. Remember, you only have until August 22 to make a substantial, successful "first start" in these zones. Get busy! Money flows swiftly to you now through September - be smart, bank it. Fight an almost subconscious urge that impels you to spend on luxuries or what seem to be "necessities." Gemini May 21-June 20 Travel, communicate, make contacts and attend to paperwork, reports and details - new and old (from June/July). Whether you chase the past or present projects, "catch them" before August 23. Be curious, read newspapers, turn over rocks, ask questions, call. All this can help you make an ultimate commitment, a partnership, a wedding vow, relocate, seize fame, or negotiate and grab a contract - before August 23! Rest Sunday/Monday. Your energy, charisma rise Tuesday/Wednesday. Purchases reward Thursday/Friday. Now through September, you radiate sexual magnetism, determination and friendliness! Travel, meetings succeed Saturday. Cancer June 21-July 22 Chase money - seek more lucrative clients, ask for a pay raise, etc. Make important purchases (e.g., equipment to increase your earnings). A purchase you wanted in the past (perhaps as recently as June/July) will soon become available again. Now to late September, much of your career effort will be "back door action," closed meetings, working with committees, head office, government agencies, etc. Strive ceaselessly through August 22 - after this, success will be much more elusive. Your luck and charisma soar Wednesday night through Friday. Saturday equals lucky money, shopping! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Your charisma, effectiveness, luck and energy soar, Leo! Use this great time - make your mark - you have until August 22. Start important projects, seek favors, put yourself in the limelight, impress others, express your attraction for someone - you could land major love! Your popularity soars now to late September, possibly due to something you wrote or said (or a trip you made) last May/June. The very best projects will be started August 13 to 22 - wait until then if you want. Be don't delay preparations, planning. Saturday's lucky, invigorating! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Continue to work with government agencies, head office, therapists, institutions, psychics or spiritual people, financial advisors, etc. Heal yourself, because 2008 begins a massive, two-decade run of romance, creativity, success - with later (2010 onward) opportunities to partner, marry, or contract. Find, establish a shelter, spa, or retreat - a pleasant, rejuvenating place to live. You'll need 1) health and 2) a foundation to stand on as you meet that love, creativity, etc. You have until August 22 - don't delay! Now to late September, bosses and parents are testy, impatient. Smile! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Wish, hope, form goals, flirt, make contacts, give and accept invitations - your popularity surges, and dreams can come true! Life is fresh, new and old horizons shine brightly! (A June/July goal/contact might return.) Be curious. Explore, for the worlds you find now (and found during 2007) will be sources of deep, meaningful actions in 2008 - and beyond. (Stop searching after August 22, for then to February 18/08, nothing new will be good.) Wed, travel afar, write your tome - start now, continue through September - but avoid legal hassles, same period. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Until late September, you will feel a strong urge to invest, get intimate with someone, or change your life in a sudden, big way. These will work (generally) until August 22 - not after. Don't wish and hope - instead, throw yourself into the present moment: if you like what you see, financial or sexual, plunge in! Gemini or Aries could be a secret ally. Chase ambitions, status and prestige, through August 22 - NOT later! (August 13-22 is most potent, so save your best prospects, actions until then if you want.) Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Now to late September, you'll face intense relationships. Underneath any hostility, there likely lies a reservoir of lively attraction. Be patient, diplomatic. You might wed! But if you do, do it before August 23 - after this, through February 18 2008, starting a marriage (or any major project) is NOT favored. (Even a person you love and bond with now might display temporary sexual difficulties November to January.) Through August 22, seek learning, philosophize, travel afar, find - and accept - love. Changes, secrets, deep knowledge, sexual intimacy, financial commitments succeed Thursday. Capricorn Dec.22-Jan. 19 Your work pace intensifies through late September - involves home, family, retirement or real estate. Soon, a former investment opportunity, debt, research project or tempting, sexy old fame might return - from May/June, or long ago. Pursue this - or something new in the same areas - now through August 22. An unusual opportunity can sew up or bring to a nice conclusion all the "background efforts" (or yearning dreams!) of 2007. Special meetings, opportunities occur Thursday/Friday - be eager, diplomatic, charming. Then Saturday, make your "lucky stroke" - financing, investment, a kiss, a commitment! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb 18 You're meeting exciting people this month, and your romantic courage grows Tuesday through late September. All 2007 offers you a new social life - now to August 22, you can meet the exciting "gatekeepers" of these new social realms - or find that your new social circles yield a powerful one-on-one attraction! (After August 22, right into February 2008, you'll meet sexy but dysfunctional situations, so act/bond now, not then.) In business, the same trends offer opportunities, networking, contracts, negotiations - Thursday through Saturday bring luck in business, Saturday in love and relocation! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Be diplomatic and long-suffering for the 8 weeks ahead - domestic friction can try your nerves. Disputes center around money, security and possessiveness. Take partnership action before August 23 if possible. Your career efforts are under good auspices - any work you accomplish now to August 22 will boost your chances of a raise, promotion, etc. A job you start or further Saturday, August 11, should yield major benefits! A former employment role, machine opportunity, or attractive co-worker could return now to early September. Chase beauty, creativity, romance Thursday/Friday - you'll win! www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/