ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 20 - 26, 2005 All times/dates are PST. Remember my forecast about violence in Portugal and places (nations) beginning with P? The Portugal prediction came true, but can we add Paris and the weeks of riots? CAPRICORN, the 12 months ahead bring a series of social delights, flirtations, popularity, optimism and wish fulfillment! But your financial and sexual desires, and/or necessary lifestyle changes, might restrict your social expansion. For example, you could make new friends, but find your lover disapproves of them, or perhaps your expanding business duties keep you too busy to meet social obligations. That aside, your popularity will grow - and you could enter a social circle that will have significance for the whole decade ahead. This group could change your opinions about life, or introduce you to broader vistas, perhaps even international vistas! You can to some degree get around those financial, sexual and lifestyle restrictions by channeling your social and networking activities through government, institutional, charitable, spiritual or management corridors. Example: if you just want to attend a party, your lover or your financial position might not let you; but if you attend a spiritual circle, or a party full of civil servants, you could find that your loved one happily accompanies you, and that financial rewards and solutions arrive. DO make optimistic long-range plans this year ahead, wish on a star, but DON'T base your practical success on them. SAGITTARIUS, the year ahead will be a quiet yet deeply fulfilling one. Your popularity and luck in the outside world will dim temporarily. But you'll feel a deep concord with nature and its beauties, and a huge understanding of why the events of 1996-2005 have occurred. Plan a lot of long solitary walks and give yourself time to sit by your favorite window. Inner peace and quiet optimism will light your darkest psychological crevices, dissolving old ghosts, fears, insecurities, childhood traumas or resentments, old nuggets of bitterness about a failed relationship, etc. This is your year of letting go, of self-cleansing. It prepares you, in heart and in "soul room" to receive the huge good fortune of next year (December/06 through August/07.) In the 12 months until then, your dealings will expand with government agencies, charities, institutions, red tape, administration or head office, spiritual contacts, meditation, research, shut-ins, warehousing, dreams, and similar things. These areas will meet some restrictions imposed by law, society's ethics, your own "logical skepticism," or international events. For example, your religious upbringing might restrict your dabbling in mysticism; or, the law might restrict your brilliant tax idea. Respect these restrictions. Start Nothing: 8:03 p.m. to 10:10 p.m. Sun., 9:25 p.m. Tues. to 10:41 a.m. Wed., and 10:09 a.m. to 10:59 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 Though life's mysteries continue now throughout 2006, the month ahead brings relative enlightenment, sense out of chaos. You'll feel mellow. Love, compassion and culture will draw you. So will foreign countries, international affairs, law and learning. But until December 4, let all these be "nostalgic" - chase and embrace what was, rather than what might or will be. (As noted last week, don't start new projects through December 3. But travel to an old haunt, or reconnecting with an old love - even, next week, an old financial "deal" - can reward.) Taurus April 20-May 20 The month ahead accents life's mysteries, occultism, dreams, sexual desires, research, diagnosis, large finances, debt, investments, lifestyle changes, critical health, and consequential commitments. These matters are closely tied to your relationships now, and they also offer you a great way around the "boredom" or restrictions that confront you on home and family fronts. For example, if your home bores you, invest in a new one, or start a dream diary. This message should make sense Monday/Tuesday. Your romantic, sensual side surges Wednesday to Friday. An uplifting friend is coming! Gemini May 21-June 20 The four weeks ahead emphasize relationships, relocation, contracts, public dealings, negotiations, competition, co-operation, litigation, challenge. Any of these can help you overcome an impasse in work, health, or dependent-related duties. To succeed, communicate in a friendly way, travel, and handle paperwork "immediately." Remember this for the entire 12 months ahead, when those impasses could arise. Continue to protect ongoing projects, to deal with the past, and to avoid new starts, through December 3. An "ex" phones - or more likely, a former duty returns. Home, nature reward you deeply Thursday. Cancer June 21-July 22 An old flame or creative, speculative, pleasure project might briefly appear this week or next - he/she/it's not important, so give it little room in your life. Meanwhile, watch work and health matters for glitches, mistakes or missed appointments - and start NO new projects - through December 3. Though work, machinery and health areas are a bit frustrating or slowed now, they represent a "solution" over the year ahead - tackling these things vigorously can reduce the monetary restrictions that would otherwise dampen your growing romantic, creative, child-related and "sports" luck. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 An old flame (or former adventure, creative project) might re-appear to tempt you. But this romance or project will run into the realities of home, family and security by next week. New romantic notions will come also, probably with new people, now through late December. But remember: family, home and security, retreat and rest will benefit you all 2006, while true romance waits until 2007. Still, during 2006, when home and family issues face obstructions, be a little romantic, creative, adventurous - these will offer a route around an obstacle. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Start nothing before December 4. Monday night begins a month that will draw you into home, real estate, family, security and Mother Nature. Your body will slow to a "digestive" pace; your mind and heart will downshift to contemplative, "soul renewal" levels. During the 12 months ahead, you can use this "domestic" or security mode to get around the restrictions piled upon you by government agencies, head office, and officious types. For example, if head office cuts your travel budget, some homebound brooding could bring an idea that "replaces" travel. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Avoid new starts in any area before December 4. The month ahead emphasizes travel, writing, paperwork, communications, siblings, distribution, errands, details and office systems. Study these areas, for they contain a hidden gem, a "profitable path." During the 12 months ahead, your earnings are greatly favored, but your social contacts or networks (or shortcomings in these) could strongly restrict your money luck. But at the same time, your travel, writing, distribution and communication efforts will offer a way around the social/network restrictions, and a "forward path" for more money! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Don't start any new projects through December 3, especially in money, earnings, purchases, casual intimacy and rote learning (memorizing details), as mistakes, delays and false starts are rampant. However, this area also offers a hidden benefit, a clue for the future. The 12 months ahead bring you optimism and good luck, but parents, bosses or heavy duties keep clamping a lid on your buoyant spirits. During this time, if you focus on earning and spending, memory or casual intimacy, etc., you'll likely find a productive way around those restrictions. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 A month of climbing energy, charisma, and optimism starts now! Still, your effectiveness will be mildly blunted until December 3 - others are indecisive, and contracts, negotiations, relocations, public dealings, and relations with VIPs, bosses and parents "go backwards." So instead of starting new projects, return to a spiritual, health, charitable, institutional, administrative or governmental task for the two weeks ahead, to sew up loose ends. Sometimes, during the year ahead, you could feel tired and despondent. The cure is simple: get up, out, and "burn energy." Happiness comes Saturday/Sunday (26/27th)! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Monday begins a month of quietude, rest, and spiritual, charitable or red tape activities. Save new starts in these areas for December 4 onward. Until then, deal with old, former or ongoing ventures. In the year ahead, your social life will expand luckily, but secrets, sexual urges, financial situations or health demands could put a lid on your expanding popularity. Study what comes up over the next four weeks - it could give you a way around these restrictions. A confidential, governmental, administrative or institutional link might play a key role. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 19 Your career is tremendously favored now to November/06, but a relationship, a competitor, or the reluctance of others to trust you, could impede your career luck. From Sunday night through Tuesday, that impediment stares you right in the face - see it; know it! (It's most obvious around 8 to 9 p.m. Monday, PST.) There's a way around this impediment, all year, and it's what you do best: socialize, schmooze, praise others, seek popularity, network, treat others (peers, parents, bosses, important clients) to entertainment tickets, etc. "Divine" the future Thursday! Pisces Feb. 20-March 20 Monday begins a month of VIP relations, ambitions, career pressures, and status goals. These will "turn backwards" through December 3 (so start nothing) - but they also provide you with a valuable clue. For the whole year ahead, you can use career and relations with higher-ups to minimize workplace or health restrictions. For example, work will seem lighter, less boring, if you ambitiously engage the boss. Handling these work duties is important - otherwise, you'll reduce your luck in travel, higher learning, international affairs, publishing and love for the year ahead. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/