ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS JULY 25 – 31, 2010 All times/dates are PDT. Well, the much-vaunted “T-square,” worst in a thousand years, lies before us this week. Though I’m writing this in early July, I just can’t feel a true sense that anything dramatic and momentous is about to explode into being. Of course, I could be wrong! (The first of the ten aspects of the square occurs slightly before this week, on Saturday, July 24 – that’s why I put all those DON’Ts in last week’s sign messages.) And in some way, this aspect has been “cooked in” since 2008,when the first planet (Pluto) assumed its position. I think the real effect of this massive square will be gradual yet powerful. For example, the BP oil leak was, in a sense, gradual, but is the worst in history. The destruction of the Roman Catholic church is certainly a once-in-2000-year event, yet is occurring relatively slowly. It’s much the same in our personal lives. Many of us, especially ARIES, LIBRA, CANCER and CAPRICORN, are undergoing a major change in direction. This has been building for some weeks, months, even since2008, but it tends to intensify, or to become more defined, now through early August. (The good thing is, when something’s more defined, it’s easier to deal with.) I’ve tried to give some hint of this major shift to each sign below. On macro fronts, I would expect to see some violence, and some new ways of dealing with violence. There could be a major breakthrough in gynaecology or fertilization. This could affect swaths of agriculture – e.g., a way to turn bee-pollinated plants to wind-pollinated. Present problems will lead to invention. As for nuclear war, I just don’t see it. Populations might be rabid and hungry for war, but their rulers are not, and in this situation the rulers prevail. As I’ve said before, these problems will lead to “consolidation.” For instance, when Israel attacked the Gaza supply ships some weeks ago, the world looked as if it were on the brink of war. In Turkey (Israel’s best friend in the mid-east) millions took to the streets calling for revenge. But on a governmental level, twenty (I think) Arab nations banded together to support Israel and to encourage a Palestinian-Israeli peace settlement – because they’re scared of Iran! They needn’t be. Iran’s leadership is Aquarian, so not a “direct player” in this big T-square. The only possibility remains a terrorist nuclear explosion. At the risk of being wrong, I think the security net is healthier than we think, and the explosion won’t occur. I think “uniformed officers” are the true leaders of Mideast terrorism. BTW, the June Toronto G-20 police “overload” was a classic example of the “benign” police state I forecast. Start Nothing: 7:20 a.m.to 12:38 p.m. Sun., 8:47p.m. Tues. to 1:00 a.m. Wed., and 8:44 p.m. Thurs. to 1:42 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 Major shifts are occurring in your life, in career, status, relationships and in yourself. You’re ready to make a big leap for freedom, yet there’s nowhere to land except in the area of duty, restriction, and slow effort. Muffled anger might exist in a relationship. Best approach: use that urge toward freedom to seek philosophical learning or more education, or to expand socially and/or internationally. View all relationships and prospects not as escape, but as ambition’s ground. E.g., form a career partnership. Be prepared to change, go slow, and exercise diplomacy. August accents negotiations. Taurus April 20-May 20 A major change is already underway. (It started last spring, but peaks now, and lasts into 2011.) It affects your work, duty, and intellectual spheres. These include such things as cultural events, love, international travel, publishing, higher learning, health, machinery/tools, employment/employees, government, institutional, administrative, spiritual and charity areas. Your life will never be the same! But these are not painful nor “crisis” changes – you’ll do fine! My best advice: turn a challenge into success, but don’t get caught in an unfixable situation/project. August holds a major task. Gemini May 21-June 20 It started in late 2008, intensified this spring, and peaks all summer: a series of major shifts in your sexual, financial, investment, health, romantic, creative, sports, speculation, child-oriented, and social spheres. Never again will these be the same – improvement’s slated! You might begin a deeply intimate relationship with someone quite conservative or of a different generation. You might completely switch your financial structure. A new creativity can be sparked, but it is a slow, deep one, no overnight successes here. Be close to Aries and Libra friends; they might need you. Cancer June 21-July 22 A gigantic shift peaks this summer (it began in 2008, lasts ultimately to 2024) in your relationships, career, and home. You should see plenty of evidence of these forces of change this week and next. My advice is simple: be flexible, willing, eager to join forces, diplomatic, honest and loving. Then what can go permanently wrong? Nothing. You might have to deal with: A stubborn yet persuasive partner (or an almost too-alluring person!). Muffled anger in the home. A possible break-up. Unpredictable, yet unexpectedly lucky situations in your career, prestige realms or business. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 This summer’s massive changes and stresses don’t hit you as directly as some, Leo. But the slow changes that has been building for two years peak this week and next in your work, health, machinery-related, communications, legal, educational, travelling, cultural, love, philosophical and intellectual spheres. (DON’T drive recklessly!) A letter could reveal a lawsuit, or an email could light your heart with love. Job changes might occur – but the more obvious changes are in intellectual, friendship and travel zones. Old methods will be abandoned; new ones will form (slowly, in some cases). Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Big financial, lifestyle and/or sexual changes are imminent. They won’t surprise, as life has “telegraphed” them to you for almost two years (and some have already occurred). View these changes as a varying landscape on a road that is primarily successful, creative, loving and fruitful. Still, challenges exist. A new, restrictive note quietly creeps into your earnings outlook for two years, so be conservative in spending. You might invest in your earnings sphere – e.g., buy equipment. Go slow. Investments are both unpredictable and lucky – sex, too! Surprising revelations come here and there! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Major changes began about 2 years ago, intensified the last few months, and peak this week and next. (With variations through the years ahead.) The present peak brings in new elements, people and situations. Expect stresses/changes in home, security, property, all relationships, contracts, litigation, partnerships, relocation prospects, and in yourself. You are now determined to enter a relationship only if it grants you security. This can cause a “muddying” effect. Amazing, bright, friendly, lucky, unexpected (and perhaps short-lived) relationships will arise – for 7 years! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Be ambitious. Many stresses and changes exist around you, but they affect others more directly; they could even create openings and opportunities for you to move forward. (Money-wise Sunday/Monday, socially Thursday.) These undergo flux: work, employment, machinery, duties toward children, management, corporate and government “organization charts,” institutions, spiritual and charitable interests. All these changes turn on the fulcrum of (or affect) your ability to communicate or travel. (E.g., changes “on high” might change who you communicate with, the style of report.) Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Big changes occur this summer in three areas of your life: the romantic, creative, pleasure and child-oriented sphere, the social, entertainment and “future dreams” area, and in your earnings/possessions zone. Generally, your social drives, optimism and love of fun will “rule,” whereas money necessities “out-power” your romantic and creative drives. You’re lucky pre-dawn Monday, and you clearly see money/domestic matters late Thursday. You might need to figure out some ethical, friendship or love matter Sunday/Monday. A month of travel, culture, love and learning lies ahead! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You’re in the power seat, but that doesn’t mean things will be easy. This week and next are the peak of a long change. This change has different levels – some are deep, inner, sexual, psychological, investment-oriented, and can change your whole lifestyle. Other changes occur in career, ambition and prestige dealings. You might break from a former career, association, or direction, and assume a new one. Realize a higher-up might be repressing anger. A potentially very lucky change arrives in your domestic sphere: now, soon, or February to June, 2011. Treat aches, pains seriously. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Relationships come front and center through the weeks ahead. Your sensual side has been very “awake” recently, but now the accent shifts to meaning, love, morals, communication, travel, and mental links. You love these things, breezy mental interplay, ideals, meanings. This summer forces you, probably through a relationship, to rediscover and rebuild your morals and ideals, perhaps against a background of secret desires or fears. E.g., an attraction could make you question your loyalty. Or old “fibs” return to play the music you have to face. But this week proves you’re lucky, too! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Lie low, rest Sunday to Tuesday. Your energy surges Wednesday/Thursday. Focus on money, earnings and spending Friday/Saturday. The weeks ahead emphasize work, health, dependents and machinery. A “prime” change brews in your health, sexual and financial spheres. (Financial: the price of groceries to your pay check to investments/debt.) The change is deep and seminal – it starts a new future. These areas will definitely impact your plans for your future – and your plans will affect them. Expect luck, struggle, obstacles and opportunity. A relationship grows “talkative.” www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. 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