ASTRAL REFLECTIONS
BY TIM STEPHENS
MAY 15 – 21, 2011 

	All times/dates are PDT.
      When you understand, karma dissolves.
	Both my sisters sent me a diabolical plan to end high gas prices. Here it is: 
Instead of a general boycott of gas stations, which would require throwing our cars away, or one of those one-day “buyer strikes” circulating the internet (where no one buys gas on a certain day, which hurts no one) the idea is to target one specific company, say Esso or Sunoco.
	The simple idea is to not purchase any gas, any time, from this company. Start, say, on June 1, and continue. If everyone in North America stopped buying from this one company, they would face a choice: either lower their price to attract buyers, or go out of business. 
	If they lower their prices, other companies will have to follow suit. The brilliant part is, this would not hurt the consumer at all. It might make it a bit more inconvenient to gas up, but with all the other companies willing to sell, the driver is not left in the cold, and doesn’t have to deny himself/herself gas in order to hurt the company. If it does cause a bottle-neck in supplies, that will tend to lower world-wide oil prices.
	The potential flaw: it would demand an unprecedented unity of consumers, an organization of purpose and timing – which is possible now with twitter, etc. It would also demand agreement on a “price level.” For example, it would do little good if the targeted company lowered their gas price by 5 cents, and everyone broke ranks and flooded to the targeted company to gas up. Within a week, the companies would be back in control. There would need to be a well-known price level. Say 75 cents per litre, or $ 3.00 a gallon – until the targeted company went to this level, no one would buy their gas. There would also need to be discipline and prior agreement to abandon the targeted company immediately if, after lowering their price for a day or two, they began to raise it again. Only a permanent reduction below the price ceiling would be acceptable. Once they lowered it, all other companies would be forced to lower, also.
	It would be best to target an integrated oil company, one which also produces its own oil, rather than a refining company, to ensure the target has the capability to bring the gasoline on stream even at lowered prices. Less than ten years ago, oil was $ 12 a barrel, versus $ 112 now. In ten years, have your house or your wages increased by a similar 900 per cent? Oil companies can make money at far lower prices than exist today. By the way, a fellow named Philip Hollsworth is credited with this idea...
	 

Start Nothing: 9:01 a.m. to 9:32 a.m. Sun., 4:09 a.m. to 10:22 a.m. Tues., 7:17 a.m. to 1:16 p.m. Thurs., and 2:04 p.m. to 7:32 p.m. Sat.

Aries   March 21-April 19
Money matters heat up – strive to meet schedules, deadlines. There are profit or good earnings here, but even more, present efforts, money accomplishments and new money directions can lead to a whole year of grand financial results, beginning next month! Often, the best actions are preceded by planning, preparation. Do these now, while your mood and optimism, wisdom and view, are high and accurate. This week is mostly successful, but avoid self-deception Wednesday morning, electricity Thursday eve, and “partnership finances” before 9 a.m. Friday. Sex, finances good Monday. 

Taurus   April 20-May 20
Your energy and charisma climb higher, as Mars entered your sign last Wednesday, and Venus and Mercury enter Sunday. These are the three planets involved in ninety per cent of all romance, socializing and popularity – so expect yours to climb! (And in 21days Jupiter also enters Taurus, bringing big luck, the kind that sparks life-changing events.) Use this week to press forward with new or significant projects. Sunday/Monday bring opportunities, but demand co-operation, diplomacy. Finances, intimacy, bonding and commitment draw you midweek. Wisdom, gentle love Thursday onward.

Gemini   May 21-June 20
This is your last week of weariness, quietude and solitude, and of being ignored. Endure it with good humour. We all have our surges and our ebbing. Starting Saturday (end of this week) your energy will increase, and you’ll have a few weeks to take things “over the hump” – to succeed, impress, and solve. The best time will be May 21 to June 3, so be prepared to act quickly and fortunately to make a major wish come true. Use this week to plan your late-May actions. Prepare, get paperwork or government or bank records in order. Be charitable. Fulfill obligations. Rest, eat sensibly. 

Cancer   June 21-July 22
Romance calls Sunday/Monday! So do pleasure, arts, creativity, sports, speculation. But work arrives Tuesday to Thursday noon. Plunge in, you’ll get it done easily. Thursday noon to Saturday is both the most important and the luckiest part of this week. Opportunities, exciting meetings, new horizons, success with the public and in contract negotiations, even love can appear. But you need to be co-operative, diplomatic and eager, as others hold the winning cards. Handle irritations Thursday twilight, Friday morning, and mid-afternoon Saturday. Dreams can come true this week!

Leo   July 23-Aug. 22
Continue to strive ambitiously. Show higher-ups what you’re capable of, finish projects and duties without slacking. Your performance is being watched closely. Over the weeks ahead, if anything, your career heats up. Within less than a month, a great current of luck enters this area (status, prestige, ambitions) to stay for a year. Start ramping up, Leo – big things lie ahead for those who are eager and hard-working! But first, take a rest Sunday/Monday; prepare your foundations, give your family support and attention. Romance, pleasure call midweek. Tackle chores Thursday onward.

Virgo   Aug. 23-Sept. 22
Your gentle, compassionate mood continues. It has begun to generate an important idea, project or situation (or relationship). This important thing will grow smaller yet more focused and concentrated over the next few weeks – then, like a sponge in water, swell to absorb more and more of your life and attention, from June to June, 2011-12. Important thing = higher education, international travel or dealings, a major cultural ritual (wedding, etc.) a law suit or legal dealing, communication, media or publishing, religion, or finding a life philosophy...and, love. Romance, late week.

Libra   Sept. 23-Oct. 22
A huge wave of luck is just around the corner in investments, debt reduction, lifestyle change, health/diagnosis, research, intimacy and sexual bonding, pregnancy, and similar life-changing zones. These things have already impacted your life, pressing on you like a grey velvet hand, for the last 3 years in an upheaval way, for 18 months in a sober, “let me be secure” way, for the last 3 weeks in a hopeful way; and now to June 4 in a focused, event-triggering way. On June 4, a whole year of “big luck” starts here. Get ready to invest, change, commit! Fortune might lie at a distance.

Scorpio   Oct. 23-Nov. 21
Relationships, previously lively, grow serious, focused. Issues become clear. You could fall in love, note someone’s looks, or renew sparks with your mate. Opportunities arise in work, machinery, finances, and social life. These are the precursors, or wee beginnings, of really major opportunities that arrive June 2011 to June 2012. Right now (in May) these are “pure chemistry” attractions/opportunities, but June onward they will tend to be connected to money, earnings, possessions. You could hop on the wagon to the mint! Propose, seize the day, Sunday/Monday and Friday!

Sagittarius   Nov. 22-Dec. 21
The work is starting to come, Sage. The past few weeks have just been “ordinary work.” Now, the chores become clearer, more significant. From June to June, 2011 to 2012, your luck will grow in this area, but your duties will expand, too. (It’s not “get out of work” luck.) You’ll be lucky, also (June onward) in machinery, so this will be a good time to buy a car/computer, to learn tooling skills, etc. You will almost certainly earn more money (unless you’re in school, etc.). Watch your health, especially thighs and hips. Rest Sunday/Monday. You shine midweek. Money late week! 

Capricorn   Dec. 22-Jan. 19
The general emphasis lies on romance, pleasure, beauty, creativity, charming kids, speculation. Take a risk, express yourself! All these pleasurable things shrink but grow more “intense” over the next few weeks; then they will swell larger and larger for twelve months. Hopefully you’ve done all you can for your security by now: if not, tie up any loose ends (e.g., property deals, retirement plans, investments, family issues). The future year will not reward caution! Optimism, social joys early week, rest midweek. Your energy and charisma shine late week – approach someone!

Aquarius   Jan. 20-Feb. 18
The security, domestic, real estate, family, restful, contemplative, nature-oriented, soul and nutrition themes that have run through recent weeks continue: but they tend to produce events now through June 2012, lucky events. The best will come after early June. This can be huge luck, Aquarius: a home of your own, or additional real estate, a new family, a new child, the resolution of old problems, dissolution of old skeletons (yes, therapy will be productive). You can leave behind a life of constriction and worry, for a new, bright one! Saturday begins a month of pleasure!

Pisces   Feb. 19-March 20
Travel, communications, paperwork, details, casual friends and siblings – these fill the days, even more so now. In the 13 months ahead, you might take two or more significant trips. You’ll do a lot of talking about your career or ambitions, but you won’t do much about them. (It’s as though you sense something deeper, bigger, “fuller” is coming by 2012/13...could be! Could be pregnancy if you’re the right age.) Sunday/Monday feature far travel, rituals, gentle love, wisdom.  Ambition, higher-ups demand your attention midweek. Wish fulfillment, social joys Thursday-Saturday!


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