ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS JUNE 19 - 25, 2005 All times/dates are PDT. Some months ago I wrote that 2005 would yield little for stocks. Today, as I write this, the S&P 500, perhaps the best overall stock index, stood at 1203 - exactly where it stood the first trading day in January. I made a mistake in telling you about my Daily Horoscope - to stop, you have to text STOP and your sign to 131313 - e.g., "STOPCAPRICORN." If you have any feedback on the Daily horoscope, please email me at timstephens@shaw.ca. There's been a bit of a change to sign up: a space has been added. So to receive my Daily forecasts, just send ADD plus one space plus your sun sign to 131313. For example, a Taurus would text: ADD TAURUS to 131313. One glitch: the phone companies (Bell, Telus) refuse to send anyone their daily forecast before 8:30 am PDT, 11:30 am EDT. We're trying to convince them to send it the night before, say 8 pm PDT, 11 PM EDT. That way, you can access your forecast early and plan the next day. Let me know how you feel about it. I'm interrupting those long, 20-year glimpses of Pluto's effect on each sign, as a fairly important planet, Saturn, will switch signs July 16, bringing a new "practical" outlook to everyone for two years (until September 2007). This switch should bring a sigh of relief to Virgo, Capricorn, Gemini, Aries and Libra. For LIBRA, the switch means the end of a two-year long, burdensome period in career and ambition. If you've marched ahead without complaint since June/03, if you haven't socked the boss or quit impulsively, you'll find the next three decades are a comparative walk in the park duty-and-career-wise! This July 16 to September 2, 2007, you'll relate to (or attract) people of different generations, and have some difficulty dealing with (or preventing boredom with) your chronological peers. Your social life will grow quieter, more sedate. It becomes a good phase (but ONLY December/06 to September/07) to develop family, real estate, agriculture or any food and shelter projects. For VIRGO, Saturn finally gets out of the way of your dreams and wishes, and lets your social life bob up to its pre-2003 level. (For some of you, Saturn actually brought deep love with a "social contact.") You Virgos will be most blessed of all signs now to September/07, because "practical necessity" or the penny-pinching, stringent, "hard father" ways of Saturn ebb to a kind of distant memory for you for these two years ahead. But don't invest in a big way nor start a new business nor any major practical venture now through August 15, nor October 24/05 to November 23/06. Start Nothing: 1:06 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Sun., 8:34 a.m. too 7:52 p.m. Tues., 3:04 p.m. to 7:36 p.m. Thurs., and 8:23 a.m. to 8:03 p.m. Sat. DOW: ?-Mon., U-Tues., U-Wed., D-Thurs., U-Fri. Week: U. Aries March 21-April 19 The weeks ahead emphasize home, security, family, nature, retirement. You'll feel sluggish, because this is nature's hibernation phase for you. You'll contemplate life's basics (earth, nature, garden, kids) rather than its heights (spirit, flight, exploration). Think over the last two years of home-based burdens, restrictions and duties - these will lift from mid-July onward (for decades). A child might move out or become more independent. Study your career and domestic, kid-oriented, realty projects, etc - decide which of these deserves to be nurtured for the future, and which should be "let go." Taurus April 20-May 20 The weeks ahead bring lots of travel, paperwork (or hand-skill detail work such as carpentry) errands, communications and friendly chats - a busy but not important time. A sibling might visit/call. Exercise your curiosity. Get ahead on any domestic, property, security or retirement projects, as late July will bring delays and confusions to this zone. If single, you might have met someone yesterday (Saturday) - if so, it could last! Sunday to Tuesday dawn favor sex, intimacy, commitment, finances and research. The week ends (Friday) with some great career opportunities! Gemini May 21-June 20 A week or two ago, your money started to improve. In the weeks ahead, it should improve further, as you grow more energetic, creative and determined to make the stuff. In mid-July, a two-year period of earning and buying restrictions should ease (for decades). However, don't expect everything at once. Later-born Geminis could take months to emerge from the financial limitations of the recent past. Still, you should be turning the corner. If you work with the public, your income will depend on your ability to change your approach. Cancer June 21-July 22 Higher-ups remain temperamental through late July. That's dicey, because you'll be pushing your own agenda - don't step on bigger toes than your own. Your energy, charisma, and luck will surge now to late July. This month marks the end of two-plus yeas of sober personal caution. Your mood will elevate, you'll be ready for more fun. But July also begins a two-year period of monetary restrictions, so be financially conservative now into September, 2007. Opportunities in love and business appear mid-week - take advantage by Friday! Chase ambition rather than security. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Your inner world has begun to attract you; now you enter it. The month ahead reduces your energy and magnetism, but opens a door to valuable contemplation, planning, and spiritual and psychological insight. Use these weeks to liaison with government agencies, institutions, head office, charities, and old faithful friends. Romance might blossom Sunday night into Monday, and Friday. In mid-July, subtly, almost imperceptibly, you enter a two-year cycle of harder work. You're going to grow serious and business-like for two years. This could bring big profits, by 2007! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Your optimism, popularity and "fun" rise through the weeks ahead. A wish will come true, or at least the door will be opened to it - a sober, deep wish, perhaps one you've had for many years. Your social life (and your optimism) have been down-toned, muted for the last two years. You've had hopes, especially about romance, a pleasure-filled lifestyle, and perhaps a creative project. But results have been slow, serious. In mid-July, you enter two years of ebullience, high hopes and social joy! You'll dance and laugh (eventually)! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 The month ahead brings career pressures, relations with higher-ups, prestige, and ambitions. For over two years, you've struggled with extra burdens and a "slow rewards" policy by the powers-that-be. A sweeter, easier, more rewarding career role lies ahead. Career burdens will lift mildly for 30-years, beginning this summer. A pay raise awaits you in 2006, but increases will be measured; bosses remain cautious. Soon, your social circle is going to change. More sober, weighty people will enter, and you might find a marked increase in garden and kitchen gatherings. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 The weeks ahead emphasize mental creativity, culture, gentle love, far travel, understanding, religion, life philosophy, higher education, and legal dealings. A sobering, restrictive influence that has dampened these areas for the last two years will end in mid-July - in some cases ending a long-lasting lawsuit, degree program, etc. However, that sober influence will enter your career sector in July, for two years. Get a step ahead on career the few weeks ahead, to escape the confusions that enter your ambitions scene late July and August. Concentrate on talk, plans, paperwork. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 The month ahead emphasizes secrets, investigation, valuable keys and insights, serious health matters/surgery, dreams and the subconscious, big finances, debt, investments, your partner's money, taxes, sex, intimacy, pregnancy, commitment and lifestyle changes. This is the "engine room" of your life. Some promising hints have already come in the past week or two. (E.g., someone gave you a sexy glance.) This whole area has been restricted and slow for two years - tied to the small, demanding a conservative approach. But no more, after mid-July - your "engine" is about to roar! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 For two years, you've been "in thrall" to relationships. You had to include others in your decisions, to gain permission, to partner up. For some, these two years brought a significant mate in business or love. For others, it meant struggles in relationships, difficulty in getting anyone to have faith in you. Opportunities sailed by like ships on the horizon - you either swam vigorously to them, or got nothing. This trend ceases in July, for three decades. You'll be dealing more closely with others, emotionally and financially. Joy lies ahead! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 The month ahead emphasizes chores, duties, health, employment and machines. Good things will occur - affection with co-workers, a potential pay increase. But the real "action" will be in what doesn't occur - a restrictive, heavy influence leaves your work sector in mid-July, lightening your daily burdens for decades to come! But your relationships grow more sober and conservative now to September 2007. Take an early step into relationship (and litigation, negotiation, relocation, contractual) issues in the few weeks ahead, because this area will fall into confusion, delays by late July. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 The weeks ahead emphasize romance, passion, creativity, a winning streak, pleasure, vacation, raising and teaching charming kids. This beautiful area of life has grown slower, more serious the last two years. This led to deeper success if you're one of those hard-headed, practical, seriously hopeful Pisceans. But this scenario changes in July, affording more idealistic, dreamy Pisceans a second chance shot at love (et al) by November into 2006. You'll be working harder for the two years ahead. Better to work hard for something hopeful, than "just to live." For Tim's Daily Horoscope, text ADD+space+YOUR SIGN to 131313. E.g., "ADD SCORPIO." Cost: $0.50 per day. Canada only. www.astralreflections.com. /30/