ASTRAL REFLECTIONS
BY TIM STEPHENS
APRIL 24 – 30, 2011 

	All times/dates are PDT.
      SAGITTARIUS, between March 2011 and August 30, 2012, the lunar north node (good karma) lies directly within your sign, while the south node (difficult karma) transits your sign of relationships and opportunities. During these 18 months, be independent and project your personality.  You, your mood and thoughts, will receive a certain amount of “cosmic gentleness.” Your ideas, morals and ethical outlook will be trustworthy (so do trust them!). Your intuition will operate reliably.
      During the same 18 months, you’ll be tempted to join forces with another, to marry or co-habituate, to form a business partnership, to contract or negotiate agreements, to litigate, relocate, or to leap on a variety of opportunities that all, in one way or another, involve a mutual effort or a commitment to another person. Be wary of these. Binding yourself to another during this time (and others will want you to!) can lead to frustratingly irresolute conditions or loss in future. For example, marrying could bring a velvet trap; a business partnership or contract could tie you to an unprofitable circumstance. Even litigation is a form of binding. If anyone attacks you, you’ll succeed if you walk away, fail if you stay to fight. Be happy, productive, ambitious, loving, gentle, romantic, flirtatious, sexually involved – but remain independent!
	CAPRICORN, March 2011 to late August 2012 nudges you beneficially to retreat into yourself, to seek spiritual and contemplative pleasures, to join charitable endeavours or organizations. Head office, government agencies and institutions will welcome and aid you. This might seem counter-intuitive at times, for June 2011 to June 2012 brings a lucky stream of romantic, creative and pleasure opportunities,  and personal luck. But romance and creativity thrive in intimate, quiet surroundings now, not in brash or loud environments. Romance might spring up in a government agency, charitable or head office situation, or while you attend a management meeting.
	Until late August 2012, avoid wasteful work. Don’t bury yourself in work simply because it’s easier than making hard decisions. Don’t use chores to avoid a commitment in love; don’t lose yourself in routine, nor let your kids turn you into their slave. During this period, avoid preventive health or “get fit” schemes, exercise regimens or machines, overdosing on vitamins, etc. Relaxation and sweet solitude – and medicine if necessary – will aid your health far more. This is NOT a good period to buy machinery, cars, tools, etc., nor to hire employees. You’ll succeed, quietly and smoothly, in administrative and policy tasks.

Start Nothing: Before 10:59 a.m., 4:28 a.m. to 9:57 p.m. Tues., and 12:52 p.m. Wed. to 10:33 a.m. Fri.

Aries   March 21-April 20
Delays end. You can charge ahead on new fronts. You’ve already entered a brand new world – it is sleek, clear, alive, even nervous, and within this new world, friends, ideas, inventiveness and fun are more important than money. You’re going to have fun Sunday to Tuesday – and for eight years! Your freedom is growing. The shy, quiet, dreamy and elusive friends of the past decade fall away, to be replaced by bright, sharp-minded types. This week, this “peeling off” causes a relationship disappointment. For the month ahead, chase money, seek higher earnings, cultivate new clients. 

Taurus   April 21-May 20
Your energy, charisma, and effectiveness rise strongly! The delays of April have ended. Start new projects, see and be seen, tackle chores that previously intimidated you. Despite this surge of energy, one part of you remains contemplative, and is tied in to private matters, quiet planning sessions, government liaisons, etc. Your real “break out” will come in June, when a year of huge luck will commence! Meanwhile, be ambitious Sunday/Monday – luck is with you. Watch legal, ethical factors all week. Change is needed here. Happiness midweek! Retreat, rest Friday/Saturday.

Gemini   May 21-June 20
Recent delays end, but indecision continues unless you make choices based on gentle love, foreign travel/contacts, culture and intellectual pursuits, which all draw you nicely Sunday to Tuesday. The weeks ahead emphasize rest, contemplation, solitude. Retreat, plan, prepare, and fulfill obligations. Contact government agencies, institutions, charitable organizations. Your spiritual side grows – and might become, June onward, a significant relationship factor. If your hopes about a special person are disappointed, alter love goals. Be ambitious Wednesday. “Half happiness” late week.

Cancer   June 21-July 22
Your future looks bright! Optimism, new hopes, friends, wishes, entertainment and light romance come waltzing in. You’ll enjoy the weeks ahead – even more so because your position in the world is on the rise, your ambitions meet luck. Recent warnings about  not starting anything new are now over. Sunday to Tuesday feature changes, big finances, commitments, sexual urges, lifestyle changes and health diagnosis, all productively. A  partner or  competitor isn’t thrilled with you, though, so proceed cautiously – all week. Gentle love might point to the right mate for you midweek! 

Leo   July 23-Aug. 22
The emphasis for the next few weeks will be on ambition, prestige relationships, your status in the world. All looks fairly smooth here, no big highs nor deep lows. Meanwhile, your expansion (usually lucky) in love, legal, intellectual, international and cultural zones continues, especially Friday/Saturday – but work or health demands, or your caution, can interfere. Recent delays end, so charge ahead with new ideas, relationships and projects, especially Sunday to Tuesday, when exciting meetings and prospects arise! Research, financial and sexual commitments are favoured midweek.

Virgo   Aug. 23-Sept. 22
A mellow, understanding vibe fills the weeks ahead. This promotes gentle love, far travel, intellectual pursuits, legal and cultural affairs, education and publishing. Recent delays dissolve; you no longer need to avoid new projects. Tackle chores Sunday to Tuesday – everything runs smoothly. One caution: the first half of this week might cause a barrier in income zones, or a conflict between sexual desire and ethics. This continues more softly, “workably” the last half. You face different relationships now to 2025, in love, business, with the public – think “enchanted.” 

Libra   Sept. 23-Oct. 22
A month of mystery, depths, investment, financial manoeuvres, intimacy, commitment, lifestyle changes, health diagnosis and detective work lies ahead. Your life might change. You’re in a powerful and unpredictable relationship trend. So far (early 2011) this might have been more talk than action, but this week and May could cement you in the age-old way. Don’t expect smooth sailing for eight years – but do expect excitement! Whatever occurs this month could “return” in a hugely lucky way June 2011-June 2012. Romance, Sunday-Tuesday. But you must change! “Security” sabotages.

Scorpio   Oct. 23-Nov. 22
The weeks ahead emphasize relationships and opportunities. Be diplomatic, eager and willing. Don’t stubbornly cling to an outmoded position, especially at work or in health areas. Recent delays and indecisiveness end – charge ahead, especially on work and machinery fronts. A co-worker might oppose you, although the opposition’s subtle, might exist “between the lines” in a conversation or email, etc. You’ll win such a struggle, but might lose a friend: i.e., win the battle, lose the war. Be forgiving! Home, rest are both sweet Sunday to Tuesday. Romance, beauty call midweek.

Sagittarius   Nov. 23-Dec. 21
You’re in the midst of a lucky, pleasure-filled, scholastic, romantic, creative surge! (January to June.) But the four weeks ahead emphasize work, health, machinery, duties and dependents. Ah, well – it will run smoothly, anyway. (Except, perhaps, for a wee struggle around midweek when life dictates that you must choose between love and money – with money exercising the most influence. This, of course, steers you back toward work.) Recent delays and indecision pass now. Travel, errands and paperwork fill Sunday-Tuesday. Home, midweek. Romance late week – sober, then strong!

Capricorn   Dec. 22-Jan. 19
Recent delays end. Charge forward with new ventures, relationships and situations. The weeks ahead emphasize romance, speculation, risks, good luck, children, beauty, creativity, pleasure and sports – you’ll ride a winning streak! You face a choice now: on one side are your ambition, your natural personality; on the other lies love. If the love is in your home, you become protective, nurturing. If the love is “outside,” you might unconsciously press it, to end it. Chase money Sunday-Tuesday. Casual friends, talk, travel midweek.  Home, security Friday/Saturday – buy it!

Aquarius   Jan. 20-Feb. 18
The weeks ahead accent security, domesticity, rest (hibernation) gardening, nutrition, soul, stomach, Mother Nature. Look over your retirement fund/plans, protect your children and their future, repair the house, etc. And settle back every once in a while to observe what you’re doing – present interests and inclinations hold a clue to where the riches lie in a very lucky period on the horizon – June 2011 to June 2012. That time might bring a new, better home, the end of an oppressive situation, a child, good things!
Your energy and charisma rise nicely Sunday to Tuesday. 

Pisces   Feb. 19-March 20
Delays end – so do mistakes, and wrong-headed money decisions. If needed, correct, alter course now. If you need a guide, look at  your long-term future, envision it, where you want to be, and reconsider, alter money directions to suit that future. This works best mid-week. The Thursday-Saturday period emphasizes a slightly different money trend: your earnings versus your net worth, debts, ability to “grow.” (E.g., do I work for wages or start a business?) You might start something that will grow big in money areas! Retreat early week. Your energy, charisma soar midweek.


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