ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS MAY 29 – JUNE 4, 2011 All times/dates are PDT. TAURUS, from June 4, 2011 to June 11, 2012, your personal luck will soar. Paradoxically perhaps, this luck will deeply involve another – or deeply enhance, benefit and expand projects or situations that involve another person, or a partnership of some sort. (For many of you, this will be your spouse, but it can be a business partner/associate, a lover, a friend, someone you want to become intimate with, etc.) This luck has three phases – three times it will offer a smooth ride or success in a meaningful relationship, and can bring you marriage, great opportunity, a lucky relocation (perhaps to a foreign destination) or a beneficial legal contract. Elements of co-operation combine with elements of investment or sexual intimacy; these in turn combine with elements of higher education, law, publishing, far travel, cultural rituals and/or love. As you can see, many things are on your side! However, hard work will be required, especially in that last “list” (higher education, cultural, love, etc.). Do pursue financial success, but don’t pursue higher earnings. In money, think value, sharing, investment, long-term. Short, daily, spending, selfish, independent money pursuits, if over-emphasized, will sap success. GEMINI, June to June, 2011 to 2012, focuses your luck in a special and often ignored area: the region of retreat, of quiet, peaceful solitude. You will find the time and place for this, perhaps in a park, or a room with a view. You might have gone through a major change recently, or you face a life-changing action (a change of homes, retirement, starting a family...anything). This is not the best time to make this change, but to get your bearings, to contemplate where you really want to go next, to choose what is really meaningful in your life, and to make plans to enact it. Rest up, because huge action, and great luck, will arrive from June 2012 to July 2013. The present twelve months are also a superb time to heal, to seek therapy, to rid yourself of old fears and formerly hidden self-restrictions. Often we go through life encumbered by invisible vines of guilt, of misconceptions, of old hurts or over-reactions. They change our path, make progress a struggle, cause costly mistakes in money or love. The year ahead will shine a light on these hindrances, and help you eradicate them. To enhance your success, seek advice, seek relationship, forgo independence (while still accepting sweet periods of solitude) invest, plan, research, be charitable, seek spiritual enlightenment, pursue love where you are sexually attracted, not where you feel physically “neutral” ... and avoid the bustling crowd. Start Nothing: 3:28 a.m. to 6:02 a.m. Sun., 8:37 a.m. to 4:56 p.m. Tues., 1:08 a.m. to 1:36 a.m. Fri., and after 10:33 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Letters, emails, reports, short literature, calls, visits, short trips, errands, paperwork – these fill your life, especially midweek. The week is busy but not terribly important. Money themes continue, mostly good ones. Money might really rush toward you now to June 21 – but beware, you could spend it just as swiftly, or spend even more than comes. Bank it, be tight-fisted! Saturday (June 4) begins a year of grand money luck, especially in earnings and selling items. (Early hints of this Sunday/Monday, when all’s well in dollar-land.) Focus on home, children Friday/Saturday. Taurus April 20-May 20 The weeks ahead feature money, earnings and spending, possessions, memory, rote learning, and sensuality. All these, by June 4 onward will “tweak” or more deeply, give birth to, significant and beneficial “heavy money” situations. Heavy money = investments, mortgages, financial partnerships, dealings with other people’s money, inheritance: generally any money that is big, shared and intended to grow. (E.g., a car will not grow in value, but land often does.) Your charm and magnetism soar Sunday/Monday: impress someone! Money, midweek – beware a false idea. Speak humbly Friday. Gemini May 21-June 20 Congratulate yourself – you’re on top, winning! Your energy and charisma are climbing (and will increase more next week). Impress someone, seek attention, start significant projects, tackle formerly daunting tasks. Rest and plan and deal with government or head office Sunday-Tuesday. Then plunge into brave action Tuesday eve to Thursday. You might need to choose between your personal drives and a career/reputation situation. Either choice okay: base it on your stage of life. Be cautious with money Friday: spend Saturday. Saturday begins twelve months of relative quietude: be patient. Cancer June 21-July 22 The weeks ahead emphasize quietude, contemplation, solitude, lowered energy, particularly this Wednesday/Thursday. Despite this, however, your social and optimistic side remains strong – especially Sunday to Tuesday. Your psychic and spiritual side emerges – so, hopefully, does your charitable side. This is a good time to contemplate your plans for the future, especially Sunday to Tuesday. June 4 begins twelve months of increased socializing, especially in your work environment. You might not feel the full effect of this until your birthday onward. Your energy bounces back Friday. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 The emphasis lies on wish fulfillment, social delights, light, friendly romance, optimism, the joy of living! Be ambitious Sunday to Tuesday. Soon (Saturday) you begin twelve months of super career luck. You’ll find bosses, parents and VIPs are more open to your ideas, willing to give you a boost up the ladder. Your creative, romantic and pleasure-loving side can help promote you and your ambitions. Midweek’s for social joys, entertainment and romance. Issue invitations. But retreat Friday/Saturday – conditions are unstable Friday. Humour a “pushy” higher-up – until late June. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 The weeks ahead bring pressure to perform, and opportunities to enhance your status or prestige. Your career, relations with higher-ups and ambitions will occupy you. Until June 21, you might invest in a foreign country or international fund, etc. For this same three weeks, avoid legal hassles. Pay attention to Sunday through Tuesday – days when your mind will naturally drift toward the “larger questions,” toward international events, higher learning, compassion for all, and gentle love. This entire zone will be very luckily brought into prominence this June to next (2012). Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 A mellow, understanding mood flows over you this week and the next two (especially this midweek). Study abstract subjects, religion, philosophy – any higher learning – or to write, travel afar, or handle legal matters. You might meet love. Sunday to Tuesday contains mysteries – look beneath surface appearances. Your sexual and financial instincts awaken. It’s a superb time to go for a health diagnostic, change your lifestyle, or make a commitment. All these things (from mysteries to sex to finances) face huge luck from June 4 to mid-2012. Your life is about to change! Caution Friday. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Late May and June draw you into life’s depths. Mysteries, secrets, large financial manoeuvres, investments, sexual urges, lifestyle commitments draw you, especially mid-week. Study this area for a clue to fortunate action, projects in the year-long phase between June 2012 and July 2013. Until then, though, play this area lightly. (Actually, if you’re planning that far ahead, mark July/August of 2012 as “highly questionable.”) Your true luck, for the immediate twelve months ahead, begins this Saturday: you’ll find it in relationships of every stripe. You might relocate, or marry! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 The emphasis lies on relationships, relocation, agreements, contracts, negotiation, opportunities, competition, challenge, opposition, litigation, especially midweek. You’ll receive the positive side of these if you’re diplomatic, eager to please and a team-player. The negative needs no explanation. But one note: in general, it’s better not to vigorously pursue either side, now to August 2012. A Gemini might play a key role. You’ll accomplish a lot of work Sunday/Monday. Work will expand strongly now to mid-2012. Learn to relax! Invest or offer intimacy Saturday, NOT Friday! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Lots of work faces you, especially midweek, when a new chore could begin. Better plunge in these few weeks, as a major romantic, pleasure-oriented or “happy venture” phase begins very soon, and will last for twelve months. You’ll want to be relatively free of restricting duties by then. (In late June, a powerful relationship influence starts, bringing romantic urges to a tempting climax.) In fact, this romantic phase has already started, in minor ways. Sunday to Tuesday contain some tantalizing urges! Careful with relationships Friday. One affair might end, another start – soon. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 The weeks ahead feature romance, creativity, pleasure, vacation, sports and games, and successful risks. Something might start in a very small way in these areas midweek – something that can grow in future. But a lot of emphasis remains in your area of home, domesticity, security and children (especially early week). You have to avoid friction or sharp words here (or anywhere near a cafe or kitchen – watch cuts and burns, too) through June 20. On June 4, a year of luck begins in these areas: home, children, real estate, retirement, new beginnings. A new home? Caution Friday. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 The emphasis lies on your home, security, children, nourishment, on Mother Nature, retirement, endings and beginnings. A minor new phase or project might begin in these areas midweek. Usually this phase (late May to late June) creates a restful, sluggish mood designed to give you a mid-year rejuvenation. But this time a lot of errands, trips, visits, calls and paperwork keep you busy. June 4 starts a year in which your career will involve a lot of running around and communicating. Romance disappoints Friday, flows smoothly Saturday. One met before Friday isn’t compatible. www.astralreflections.com Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 416-686-5014. /30/