ASTRAL REFLECTIONS
BY TIM STEPHENS
NOVEMBER 6 – 12, 2011

	All times/dates are PST.
	Mercury retrogrades November 23, so focus on completing rather than starting ventures.
	GEMINI, Mars in Virgo this week (November 10) to July 3 2012 will raise your hopes about a family, real estate, home, agricultural, gardening, security, retirement, child-oriented or similar situation. You might bring new friends home, or make new friends in any of the areas just listed. You might also drop a couple of friends who have outgrown their usefulness, or who have proved untrue. Do undertake an ambitious program of home repairs or renovations – you’ll accomplish it with a new assurance and determination. But this is NOT a good time to buy a home, nor to move into a new residence. The entire eight months signals a tendency toward domestic friction. Be gentle with your spouse and children. 
	CANCER, the eight months ahead bring a flurry of paperwork, short trips, messaging, details and errands. Siblings and casual acquaintances visit more frequently. All these busy things contain career insights, opportunities and discussions. You have a subtle choice: you can let career opportunities slide into a time-wasting round of talk and paperwork, or you can take these intensified communications and turn them to your career advantage. Hint: talk about an old project could be largely just talk. But in “new talk” there might be the seed of a successful project.
	LEO, this November 10 to next July 3, Mars fires up your money picture. Money is going to flow very swiftly to you during this 8 months, but it will also flow from you – and perhaps in greater quantity. You’ll have an almost unconscious urge to spend, so your best course would be to “wake yourself” – have some way to remind yourself, every time you take out the credit card, or sign on any dotted line. Be very wary of overspending on legal matters, international situations, import-export, far travel, higher-education, social rituals (e.g., the wedding) etc. 
	VIRGO, we discussed you last week.
	LIBRA, these 8 months (November 10 2011 to July 3 2012) can be tricky for you. For most, this is not a good time to meet a new mate or form a partnership, in business or love. On the other hand, you could “partner” with a government agency, hospital or institution, and find an opportunity grows from this. Your physical, athletic side will surge – Libran athletes should have a strong winter/spring. You can be tempted to enter a very physical, sexual bond. This is good, healing, as long as it’s honest and no one cheating.  Be careful about charging into fights or competitions, especially in the legal arena – your enemies tend to have the advantage through June, so go slow, be diplomatic, side-step belligerent types. By late summer 2012, good fortune comes in the form of love, travel, legal and intellectual success.


Start Nothing: 
Before 11:02 a.m. Sun.
9:46 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Tues.
8:27 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Fri.

Aries   March 21-April 19
Plunge into depths, mysteries, research, intimacy, commitment, change and large finances. Since 2008 you have been undergoing many changes in your career and community status (e.g., marital status). These changes will continue to 2023 – 2011 and half of 2012 urge you to capitalize on these changes, especially financially, through investments, separation awards, a more profitable lifestyle, etc. Think about this, and act on it, Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday. Don’t act on a whim or dream (or fear) Monday, and contain your temper Friday noon. Much hard work until next July!

Taurus   April 20-May 20
Crucial, exciting, beneficial relationships face you. If single, you might meet a life partner in the next few weeks. It begins on a sensual/sexual note. Married folk meet opportunities to rise financially, through partnership, inheritance, travel, higher education or law. All of you face new horizons, new joys. Thursday begins eight months of romantic adventure for singles. If married, avoid being heavy-handed with children. Rest, lie low Sunday to Tuesday. (Success with “head office” or government Tuesday p.m.) Your energy and charisma surge Wednesday/Thursday: start things!

Gemini   May 21-June 20
For the next eight months, step lightly at home. If you must change residence before July 3, 2012, do so now, before Thursday eve. If you must move after that, make it a rental, a short-term one. On the good side, you’ll spend the whole eight months being happy and hopeful about your domestic prospects. It’s very likely you’ll start sifting through your friends, deciding which ones are really keepers, and which aren’t. Social joys visit you Sunday to Tuesday. Retreat, rest and contemplate Wednesday to Friday noon. After this, you’re in charge, energized – tackle some big tasks!

Cancer   June 21-July 22
The weeks ahead feature romance, creative surges, speculation, risk, winning, joys from children, pleasure and beauty. At times, you might have to decide between a pleasurable intimacy and a social joy. (The latter is probably more fortunate in the long run.) Be ambitious Sunday to Tuesday. Make sure that financial or sexual “flag” is really inspiration, not deception (Sunday/Monday). Your hopes, popularity and social side burst forth Wednesday/Thursday – love could reach a climax. Retreat to rest and contemplate, Friday noon through the weekend. Now to July, a flurry of activity!

Leo   July 23-Aug. 22
The main emphasis lies on home, family, security, property, garden, retirement and similar themes. But your main luck resides in career, ambition, and goals outside the home, so these two might conflict, especially Wednesday to Friday. (Do you take a chance, or remain secure?) Legal, learning, travel, religious and love concerns arrive Sunday to Tuesday. You might feel a deep, strange pull toward someone – but perhaps you don’t trust him/her – or your feelings. Be careful. This puzzle will “dissolve” by next February. Social joys Friday/Saturday. Money’s coming – beware spending!

Virgo   Aug. 23-Sep. 22
This week and next fill with errands, calls, paperwork, details, reports, quick and casual meetings. But this light, busy “surface” turns deeper, as another thread in your psyche begins to raise questions about – and prospects of – lifestyle changes, investments and debts, sexual bonding and commitment, and a big, general change of life. These are slated now to next July. Research these, ask questions, read, google, study the options, especially Sunday to Tuesday. (In all this, there is at least one fantasy or red herring that you need to see, and dismiss.) Wisdom, love midweek.

Libra   Sep. 23-Oct. 22
This week and next accent sensuality, sex, possessions, earning and spending. Enjoy life! Relationships loom large Sunday to Tuesday. You might dream of a fantastic romantic life with someone – whether there is truth in this or not, will show Tuesday night. Sexual bonding, investments, large finances, secrets and commitments arise midweek. You could take a big step! Wisdom and gentle love appear Friday night, Saturday. In all this potential development of a relationship, realize that Thursday night begins eight-months during which you might be at a disadvantage with a partner.

Scorpio   Oct. 23-Nov. 21
Your energy, charisma and effectiveness march forth strongly. Start things, see and be seen, tackle projects/tasks which intimidated you previously. (Start only short-term things, as late November brings a slow-down.) Sunday to Tuesday brings chores, co-worker relations, and success in these (for eight months). Take care with one deceptive – rose-garden-type – promise or prospect that involves your career and home: be realistic about such a combination right now. Relationships excite and benefit you Wednesday/Thursday, not Friday. Secrets, intimacy, and finances lure Saturday.

Sagittarius   Nov. 22-Dec. 21
Continue to take a restful stance. Lie low, contemplate, plan.Your energy will return late November (one day before Mercury retrogrades, so you’ll be handling major things from the past, perhaps a relationship). Meanwhile, fulfill old obligations, deal with government agencies, be spiritual and charitable. Romantic notions bring a smile Sunday-Tuesday: don’t expect much “solid reality.” Tackle chores Wednesday onward. Friday/Saturday bring relationships, opportunities and competition (avoid the last). Now to July, your career is filled with creative ideas – and some temper.

Capricorn   Dec. 22-Jan. 19
This week and next bring optimism, social delights, popularity, entertainment, and above all, a wishing, an urge to dream and envision your future – which will in turn bring, promote, the best future.  Don’t think small – look out a decade, two decades. Home, domestic interests, property, security, retirement – these fill Sunday to Tuesday. The next eight months will bring either a) good fortune in these, or b) legal fights over them. DON’T trigger legal fights before July next year. The good fortune might include a home abroad. Romance soars Wednesday/Thursday: respond, seek.

Aquarius   Jan. 20-Feb. 18
Be ambitious, kow-tow to authority, seek more responsibility, upgrade your community status, this week and next. But avoid starting big new projects (other than house-buying) as a slow-down begins late month. Sunday to Tuesday features communications, emails, calls, talk, short trips, errands, casual acquaintances and siblings. These will grow important for the eight months ahead, as you start digging into the private, hidden or “undiscussed” side of life. You’ll be holding private talks, perhaps with a lover. Domestic, retirement and real estate luck visit you Wednesday/Thursday.

Pisces   Feb. 19-March 20
This week and next fill with mellow thoughts, wisdom and compassionate love. You can forgive others. Open your eyes, too, to foreign climes, higher learning, religious/philosophical truths, and your own “cultural hungers.” This wise, loving time is a good launching pad for the next eight months, which will feature intensity in relationships, both in love and money. You could surprise yourself by your possessiveness toward someone attractive. (Someone very “male” if you’re female; someone assertive, vivacious, if you’re male.) Big, maybe important communication Wednesday/Thursday. 


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