ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS MAY 20 – 26, 2012 All times/dates are PDT. On June 11, a new luck cycle begins for every sign, lasting 54 weeks to June 25, 2013. ARIES, from June/12 through June 2013, your luck lies in communications, short trips, siblings and casual acquaintances, paperwork and details. Travel will be a breeze; opportunities to take off will appear everywhere. Be curious, follow small impulses, explore, seek the variety of life. Some of those “small” communications, emails, calls or visits that you make might become doorways to larger things, on a legal, international, educational, publishing or cultural scale. For example, you might doodle your idle thoughts on a coffee-shop napkin, and later have the opening scene for your film script. However, take care with all these lucky matters before August 31, as good luck can be buffeted, even turned, by difficult karma. If a situation tempts, walk away. One of the places you visit June 2012 to mid-2013 could later become your residence (likely July 2013-July 2014, when your real estate luck will climb). TAURUS, from June 2012 to June of 2013, your money luck will soar sky-high – you’ll very likely experience a financial event so beneficial it can boost your life for at least a decade, perhaps much longer. This event could be as simple as selling or purchasing your house or another large item, or landing a steady, lucrative job (at last). Do everything you can to increase your income in an enduring way, rather than accept a one-shot reward. (For example, a promotion or raise in pay is better than temporary overtime.) If you’re flush, it’s a year in which you can luckily buy expensive items meant to grow in value – fine art, for instance. This is a superb time to start a “cash flow” business. (In the stock market, stick to dividend payers.) Research, a “secret ally” or closed-door meetings might trigger smart profits. Sensual sex flows sweetly. One caution: before September, beware over-optimism, and spending in general. GEMINI, on June 11 Jupiter enters your sign, to stay about 54 weeks. This will be one of the luckiest years of your life, especially for relocation, partnerships, meetings, opportunities, contracts, negotiations, even fame. This period can bring marriage – or divorce/split-ups for unhappy couples. In either case, the results will bless you. Overall, the choice – whether to marry, or to marry whom, whether to divorce or not – will be yours. You will be lucky, happy, optimistic and outgoing these twelve months. Others will be attracted to your cheerful attitude, so your dating prospects should surge. You might travel afar, almost certainly to another country, likely to another continent. It will be easy to find a travelling buddy. Use this year to advance yourself – and to overcome the bad social luck of the last 17 years. But one caution: until August 31, you are still “paying for old sins” (i.e., suffering difficult karma) so proceed slowly, observe yourself and possible consequences before acting. September onward, the world’s yours! Start Nothing: 5:35 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. Sun., 3:51 p.m. Tues. to 4:31 a.m. Wed., and 7:34 a.m. to 3:11 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 Sunday starts a month of short trips, visits, communications, errands, paperwork and details, casual friends and siblings. More importantly, you begin a 13-month cycle of superb luck and expansion in these areas. BUT this luck can be a door to a trap before September. So proceed, but with your wits about you. (E.g., think twice before making that threatening call to your local politician.) Now to August, communications could lead to a) money and/or b) a relationship solution (or a new one) (in either case, it will develop slowly). Be cautious all Wednesday. Saturday’s romantic. Taurus April 20-May 20 The month ahead accents money, spending, selling, earning – and possessions of all kinds, including memories and relationships. Very good luck imbues this area now through early August. Another wave of even bigger luck hits your money pocket mid-June through mid-2013. You’re going to be happy! BUT – until August 30, a trap can be disguised as good luck, so proceed carefully. Do not violate your principles and morals in dollar pursuits. Money’s great after 3 p.m. PDT Monday, and Tuesday. Be cautious when driving, talking Wednesday to Friday. Home, food, nature please you, Saturday. Gemini May 21-June 20 A long, dark night is almost over. It’s been 16 years since your relationships started (from your point of view) rejecting, eluding and opposing you. This reached a peak in 2011/12, as karmic repayment was enforced by the cosmos. It’s not all over yet – and won’t be until August 31 frees you from karma’s grip. But even now, you have begun to mellow and smile. Others are finding you attractive. By June, you enter one of the luckiest years of your life (though it’s better after August). The future’s bright! Your energy, charisma soar early week. Buy nothing Wednesday. Friends, Saturday. Cancer June 21-July 22 Take a well-deserved rest during the four weeks ahead, Cancer. Look for success in charitable, spiritual, governmental, institutional zones, and in warehouses, assembly lines. Think and act alone – but after you seek advice, find and/or utilize an agent, or enter counselling. Management, administration and delegation of tasks will arise naturally. Tese themes not only arise during the month ahead, they also contain your best luck for 13 months ahead. However, don’t make any irrevocable commitments (to these zones) before September: be alert, reject temptation. Shop Saturday. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Your popularity rises. Social delights, entertainment, optimism and joie de vivre flow into your life – not only for the month ahead, but until mid-2013. Take care now to August 30, as this same social arena can hold disappointment or traps if you’re tempted to take advantage. E.g., don’t abandon a lover in order to play the field. Until August, a wish might come true in career or travel zones. From June onward (best after August) a big life wish might come true in romantic, creative, child-oriented or pleasure areas. Joy arrives early week. Caution Wednesday. You soar Saturday! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 The month and year ahead (13 months) powerfully and beneficially emphasize your career, prestige, relations with higher-ups, and your standing in the community. It’s a complex influence, so be careful now to the end of August. Higher-ups favour you, but you might be tempted to push for too much, too soon – DON’T do anything underhanded to get ahead. You’d create a dead-end. If you meet headwinds, simply wait until September onward. Many Virgos will receive a promotion before mid-2013. Early week, ambitions. Wednesday/Thursday, social joys, barriers. Retreat, rest and plan Saturday. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 A month of legal, intellectual, far travel, cultural, educational and love themes begins now. There have been many pitfalls for you in these areas for the last 13 months – and more exist, until August 30. Yet these zones are growing luckier and luckier – by now, as long as you don’t push things, you’ll probably just slide past those pits (of temptation, resentful action, etc.). By June, a major massive luck enters these zones, to last through June 2013. But remember, it’s way better after August. Sunday eve to Tuesday emphasizes these areas. Be careful with career, VIPs midweek. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 A month of mystery, changes, commitments, high finance, others’ finances, subconscious promptings and sexual desire begins Sunday. This whole arena has obstructed, delayed and potentially even trapped you over the last 13 months, and it continues this way (though weakly) until the end of August. However, sweet, affectionate vibes have also entered (in April) and support you to August. In June, an even greater luck enters, to last into mid-2013. All’s best after August. If there’s been a divorce, now the “asset wrangling” begins. Early week highlights all this. Caution Wednesday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 The 13 months ahead emphasize relationships, opportunities and challenges, relocation, dealings with the public, fame, contracts, negotiations, competition, and possible litigation. You might marry, if single; or divorce, if unhappily attached. In all, success, luck and joy come through others – so be eager, a joiner, diplomatic. “Relating” contains pitfalls through August – don’t fall for temptation, skullduggery, or the promise of easy rewards. Proceed carefully. (After August, the luck’s good, pure!) Monday/Tuesday hold clues. DON’T invest Wednesday: protect health. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 The week, month and year ahead hold an increase in chores, duties, and your employment (or employer) role. Protect your health now to June 2013. (Thighs, hips, lungs, elbows, wrists are vulnerable.) Don’t over-focus on these areas before September – pitfalls exist. (E.g., don’t overdo vitamins; don’t dabble in chores as an excuse to avoid meetings or social environments.) After August, you can luckily plunge into big jobs. Luckily, because you’ll be compensated accordingly. Early week provides clues. Be alert Wednesday: relationships need care! Lucky secrets revealed Saturday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 A month of romance, of creative and speculative surges, pleasure, beauty, and fun with kids, begins now. This trend is mixed – good luck, difficult karma – now through August. (E.g., I landed my lover; didn’t realize that he was wanted by every taxman in North America.) Afterward, to June 2013, the influence is purely lucky. So you might want to wait (especially if you were born January 20-25, any year). Your sexual side remains “intense” until July. Monday/Tuesday are romantic. Midweek needs caution with chores, machines, health. Exciting meetings, opportunities Saturday! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 The month ahead emphasizes family, property, security, nature, nutrition, stomach, breasts, soul, and retirement. These zones are blessed with affection, forgiveness, prosperity and “prestige buoyancy” now to mid-2013. You could move to a better neighbourhood. But until August 30, a skein of traps and dead-ends (though often “pleasant” ones) spreads through this whole area. So be cautious until September. Clues exist Monday/Tuesday. Midweek brings romantic notions. Careful Wednesday: (self?) deception, unpredictability and refusal reign. Chores, machinery are lucky Saturday. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. 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