ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 15 - 21, 2009 All times are PST. A couple of columns ago I wrote that Steven Harper was an Aquarian. I meant he had an Aquarian Moon.... This November is a key month for it signals a shift in our most practical outlook, a change which will steer our whole life along a different course. This change is inevitable, but our embrace of it, attitude toward it, is where we add our opinion to “destiny.” My advice: be cheerful but clear-eyed, make sure you’re getting what you’re paying for, and make sure you know what you’re paying and will pay for present actions, commitments, pleasures. Generally, these three years ahead come down to this: if Saturn was in a good angle when you were born, you’ll find events and results satisfying; if it was in a hard angle, so will these years prove. Sign-by-sign, this Saturn influence looks like this: ARIES, now to October 2012, your ambitions will either a) be focused on another person, a partner, associate or marriage prospect; or b) you will have to convince others (to co-operate) if you want to progress in your career. Be aware, they’ll demand solid substance and loyalty before they’ll join your side. You’ll fare better with older and younger generations. A Capricorn might play a powerful role. TAURUS, until October 2012 Saturn makes your work a little harder and longer. Before, you just swept the floor. Now you sweep and discover a board needs replacing, and the hardwood veneer is cracking – see what I mean? On the good side, your work can take on an enriching international, educational or cultural aspect. (Seek in these fields – e.g. if you make work uniforms, try to crack the school uniform market.) GEMINI, Saturn’s influence, until October 2012, will make romance, creative involvements, pleasure pursuits, speculation, and the raising/teaching of kids a slow, seldom-rewarding direction. On the plus side, research, investigation, occultism, dreaming, subconscious pursuits, large finances, investment, and health diagnosis will reward you with an unusual, smooth cosmic aid. A Capricorn might become a lover. CANCER, you might sacrifice everything for a loved one (and/or your brood) or break it off with them, now to October 2012. These are a crucial three years – the dawning of a powerful new love, and the constant urge to “nest alone” could leave you puzzled. Saturn’s position hints that you can overcome impediments to partnership; in fact, for awhile anyway, you will be “in charge” of both your prospective (or actual) mate and the situation. Give home, kids, property extra attention and effort. Start Nothing: 11:14 a.m. to 9:22 p.m. Mon., 6:46 p.m. Wed. to 7:01 a.m. Thurs., and 7:04 p.m. to 7:11 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Still mysteries, detective work, sexual yearnings, dark temptations, and financial arranging/actions, Aries. One of these will lead you to a place where you want to commit, but you might worry about the consequences. Actually, it’s likely another person is worried about those consequences. This November 14/15/16 brings such matters to a head. Rather than going for everything, why not wait and think. Tuesday/Wednesday bring wisdom, even a solution. Be ambitious Thursday to Saturday eve, but be prepared to act alone/without agreement. Taurus April 20-May 20 A new relationship might start early this week – or anytime, but those that begin Tuesday eve onward will have more allure, more adventure, more sexual high-jinks, than perhaps they should. Your path to love, especially within a marriage, might conflict now and in the few years ahead, with your employment situation. You might need to go to school to remedy this. If single, you might marry a co-worker, from “good heartedness” more than love – be wary! Secrets, sexual longing, investments and finances meet success Tuesday, partly Wednesday. Friday/Saturday are mellow! Gemini May 21-June 20 It’s your last week of being overworked and under-loved. Endure a bit longer! Your health should improve, too, perhaps after a Sunday/Monday nadir, and a late-week “bump.” Your duties might conflict with your ethics early week. Be diplomatic, co-operative Monday to Wednesday. Your sexual, health and financial sector is undergoing massive, long-term changes now to 2024. These changes can be beneficial ones for the next three years, especially if you work hard on them. An intriguing Thursday-to-Saturday period (Friday best) can give you a broad hint. Aim for success! Cancer June 21-July 22 Your romantic mood continues, but make sure you aren’t mistaking sex for “wedding capable” love Sunday/Monday. Tackle chores Tuesday/Wednesday. Relationships come front-and-centre Thursday to Saturday. An exciting meeting could occur! These days – especially Thursday – also offer a clue to the next few years. There is some impediment, some barrier, perhaps involving your domestic situation. And yet attraction is powerful, even more powerful than apparent; it sneaks up on you. When you become intimate, or committed, the barrier tends to dissolve. All that’s your clue – to 2012. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Get your domestic situation ship-shape. Clean, organize the kids, start nutrition programs, and get sufficient rest. Next week launches you into adventure, pleasure, romance, a creative or speculative spree – make sure, now, that you’ll have a solid platform to fall back on. You’ll get a little foretaste of the pleasures to come when Tuesday/Wednesday tickle you with a little tendril of delight. But it’s back to work Thursday to Saturday. Get chores done, so these won’t impede your upcoming adventures either. Thursday gives a small preview of work conditions out to 2012. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 For the few years ahead, your romantic self and your communicative self are oddly mingled. Sometimes your gift of gab will bring unexpected reward, sometimes it will “dud out.” The real point is, though, romance, going forward, will be powerful and will surprise you with hidden currents that unexpectedly rise to the surface. This starts in earnest in 2010. (Doubts about someone Sunday are well—based.) Tackle domestic matters Tuesday, when success accompanies you. That romantic “puzzle” is apparent Thursday daytime – but this eve into Saturday bring ease of amour! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 If you’re available, a sensual affair might begin Sunday/Monday – but both days are dicey, for shopping also. Buy tickets to a nice little luxury get-away Tuesday. (Go anytime to about mid-December, even over the Xmas holidays if you’ve been there before, or if you want to visit an “ex.”) Tuesday’s also a great time to talk to any partners or prospective partners in business or love. Family, domestic, real estate, mother nature and security issues go well Thursday to Saturday. Do you take on that associated responsibility or not? That’s the question for three years. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Your energy, charisma and effectiveness continue high – even higher, Sunday/Monday. But you might have to deal with a puzzling domestic or security situation. This is nothing new; it’s been so since the mid-1990’s. In 2011, this “puzzle” (in its various forms) will dissolve for the rest of your lifetime (with powerful part solutions in 2010). (The puzzle’s answer: love. But knowing the answer doesn’t bring it; life does.) Shop, or even better, chase money Tuesday: a pay raise might appear! (If unemployed, seek this day.) Communications, short trips, casual friends bless Friday/Saturday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Your weariness and possible poor health should only last one more week. Soon you’ll pop back to normal – to even better than normal! Meanwhile, eat, rest and dress sensibly. Don’t be afraid to take Sunday/Monday off – completely off. Creative and intellectual matters meet luck Tuesday – you could have a romantic night! Wednesday’s similar, but has a hiccup. Buy nothing Thursday morning. Your shopping and income luck rise nicely then to Saturday. Now to October, 2012, your social life will quietly ebb, but your financial life will improve, maybe massively. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You might form a new vision of the (your) future Sunday/Monday. For most accuracy, engage in this after ten a.m. PST (1 p.m. ET). Your popularity rises, social and entertainment delights are there for the plucking! You might spy the solution to a domestic, farming, real estate, retirement or similar question Tuesday, especially this night. You might discover a great buy in these areas, also. Tuesday/Wednesday are a good time to visit a psychic or other advisor (but not an astrologer Wednesday). Protect your health these two days. Your charisma and energy soar Thursday to Saturday! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Be ambitious Sunday/Monday. You might trigger a new career or ambitious project. Any indecisiveness is in you, not in the world – means don’t worry about others’ reactions or honesty. Your popularity, hopes, optimism and social joys rise Tuesday/Wednesday! Flirt with someone! Listen, Aquarius, you’re very lucky this year, but this luck is not “sending a signal.” You have to step into new worlds, daring projects; if you do, with faith, then you’ll know what good luck is. Lie low Thursday to Saturday. Visit a psychic, hospital or government office Friday/Saturday. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your mellow, understanding mood continues – even deepens, Sunday/Monday. These two days aren’t exactly easy, perhaps because you have to handle a transgression from the past. Make one last attempt to join or complete a cultural endeavour – or just go see a foreign movie! Be ambitious Tuesday (especially) and Wednesday – show higher-ups what you can do, demonstrate talents. Optimism, social delights, flirtations and entertainment boost your spirits Thursday to Saturday. Make a wish – it might come true within several months! (If sexual/financial, in some years.) www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 905-372-8996. /30/