ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS JUNE 4 - 10, 2006 All times/dates are Pacific Daylight. ARIES, for the 18 months starting late June, "difficult karma" moves into your sector of work and hands-on jobs, machinery, daily health, diet and exercise, employees, service people, dependents and pets. This whole area will tend to generate paltry results, inexplicable setbacks, and subtle dead-ends. It's NOT a good time to buy a car, computer, or other machinery. But managing and delegating tasks, charitable involvements, spirituality, meditation, dealings with government agencies and institutions, will offer a smooth path for you. Down this path lie practical, financial, and emotional rewards. The last 13 months of this period (December 06-December/07) bring a momentous breakthrough to another area of your life. For over a decade, you've been puzzled by religion, philosophy, belief systems, abstract ideas, higher education, race relations, international affairs, legal matters and society's "raison d'etre." You might have wrestled with that puzzle, investigated it like a scientist, or simply withdrawn, stumped. In 2005 you began to sense some answers, but in 2007 you will understand, hugely and completely, as if life opened its doors and said, "See? Isn't it simple?" Also in 2007, you might (luckily!) travel around the world, enter university, write a book, launch a lawsuit, wed or divorce (or fall in love). These will end any past "tunnel vision" - and lead, by 2008 onward (to 2024) to a major change in your worldly status! TAURUS, the 18 months ahead bless you in social areas, group functions, in light, flirtatious romance, in popularity, public dealings, convention or event planning, public relations, entertainment, parties, union activities, politics, and similar areas. For success, be friendly, open, and look far down the road. Make plans, welcome the future, and engage in wishful thinking - this time, wishes have a unique ability to steer you down the road to success! But avoid, right into December 17, 2007, deep, heavy romance, gambling, and risky ventures. Don't plunge into the pleasure of the moment, nor into huge creative projects. Vacations might draw you away from critical situations elsewhere. Do welcome a new social circle - it's a blessing for you! From December 2006 through August/07 you could achieve an exhilarating peak in financial, investment, sexual, research, intimate, and "commitment" arenas - your life will be transformed! Protect your hips, thighs and throat during this time. DO invest, but avoid debt expansion. Do commit to a new lifestyle. Secrets will pop out everywhere - some of them valuable! You might face a sex-romance-friendship choice. Be honest, astute, and enthusiastic - 24 years of opposition and struggle are ending! Start Nothing: 5:29 p.m. Sun. to 2:08 a.m. Mon., 5:15 a.m. to 1:41 p.m. Wed., and 3:11 a.m. to 10:05 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 Follow your curiosity - it will lead to insights and information that can later lead to profit, increase in net worth, lifestyle changes, or deepened intimacy. The weeks ahead aid your money prospects - spend on pleasure, luxury items. Romance intensifies soon, probably (if you're unattached) with someone you meet on a train, bus, plane, through email, etc. - while body or mind is in motion. A casual friend could become something more. Someone you meet Monday noon through Tuesday is someone special, an "opportunity." Sex, finances flow with luck Thursday! Taurus April 20-May 20 Your charm, speech and social graces rise nicely through June - you'll be able to sell almost anything (including yourself to a potential lover, employer, or public audience). Charge ahead with any money or "possession" goals. (But be prepared: by late June, you could face a financial dilemma, perhaps a choice between earning and investment, or between a deep, secretive, alluring lifestyle/person, and a sunny, open, "pushy" person/situation.) Forget love, gambles Sunday - be happy alone. Charge into work Monday/Tuesday - big accomplishments! Relationships reward Thursday (not Wednesday.) Avoid domestic strife all month. Gemini May 21-June 20 Your effectiveness, energy and magnetism remain high. Start important projects, see and be seen, ask favors, aim yourself where you want to be! Phones, faxes, emails, short trips, casual contacts, details and paperwork, curiosity and the need for variety - these expand your social sphere and help make your dreams come true, into late July. Speak up - your wit wins admirers! Your private life, spiritual side, or a "secret affair" sweeten life's hours through June. Avoid family, realty Sunday. Romance, creativity Monday eve, Tuesday. An exciting person Friday night, Saturday! Cancer June 21-July 22 Lie low, rest, contemplate and plan. Revisit your soul, sink into family, nature. Deal with government agencies, institutions, charities, and old friends. The goodness you deal out now will return to support you when you need it. Now through late July, money will flow swiftly to you - and through you, so be conservative, save. You could benefit from a higher-up's largesse (pay raise, a co-operative project, lucrative sales, etc.). A triangle might form: you, a peer/associate, and a powerful person. Your social skills remain good. Establish your "baseline" Tuesday. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Wishes can come true, especially in social, career, and real estate/family areas! You might not believe that you're lucky in real estate this year, yet the only thing blocking your luck is your own skepticism - it's a self-fulfilling denial! Higher-ups favor you this month, will tend to approve your requests/proposals. Your magnetism and determination are powerful now through July, so set your goal and pursue it! Love, even a wedding might be born of this period. (Though for many Leos, "better things" come in December and 2007.) Romance, creativity Saturday! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Your energy and alertness are tops Sunday, so your perception of the major problems you face - and how drastic the cure - is pretty accurate. Still, you might be wrong about time and love - present conditions/restrictions should dissolve by September 2007, if not earlier. (Neither form nor break a love immediately nor precipitously.) June begs you to be ambitious. However, stay away from investments, power plays and chasing lust. Your reputation needs protection. Secretive people are not your allies. Money looks lucky Tuesday. Home, "nirvana" and realty luck Friday night, Saturday! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 You could meet "mate material" at a social function this month. If you're married, mingle with mutual friends; hold parties. Partnership wishes come true, especially involving land, children, home, sales territory and/or security. (This evolves June through August.) In two weeks, a 2005/06 "low morale" cloud will lift from you. Expect sexy opportunities (and financial ones) until June 23. Higher-ups want to speak with you, hear from you, all June. Lie low, rest Sunday. You attract love, lust, money and attention Monday/Tuesday! Chase money Thursday, a "curiosity" trip Saturday. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Higher-ups are excited about an idea now through July. For them it's an idea - for you it's a major task. Don't fight them - smile, agree (for their tempers are high). Get an early start if you have the project properly in your sights - begin Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday, or at the latest next week. (DON'T wait until July.) This project might fail - don't let it be your fault. Personal relationships, talks sweeten your days. Proceed cautiously with research, a secret, intimacy or an investment before Thursday, then charge ahead. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 You might experience opposition, but generally this is a good, go-ahead week. The emphasis lies in relationships, diplomacy, opportunities, competition and co-operation. Join; don't fight! Co-workers are pleasant, affectionate. Your romantic courage intensifies through late July and, in June, you could be attracted to someone verboten - or might be holding secret talks (or researching, or investing). If handled honestly and ethically, your desires could lead to good, clean success! Be prudent, aware Sunday. Optimism, popularity bless you Monday/Tuesday. The "truth" lies in acceptance Thursday. Your energy rises strongly Saturday. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 June's emphasis lies on work, employees, health and machinery, but your days contain a nice streak of pleasure, beauty, creativity and/or romance. You know how when you're sweating, digging in the garden, a breeze cools your shoulders and you look up, halted by the beauty around you? June's like that. Others are willing to talk - just ask a question. A significant real estate, family, security, retirement or "quitting" event might occur now to late July. Try implementing these June 19, 20, 27 and 29 - July will be too late. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Romance, pleasure, beauty, creativity, games, speculation, winning streaks, joys from children - these fill June! Relationships intensify now through July - you'll be talking, traveling to meet others, writing - and you'll be attracted, angry, frustrated and happy. You won't be bored! Home remains sweet, family affectionate. You can give a new task or job a good start this week, especially Thursday. Beware Sunday's traps and refusals - DON'T invest! Wisdom, love, success in media, education, law and travel arrive Monday/Tuesday. Be ambitious Thursday! Popularity, social delights, flirtation, wishes coming true characterize Saturday! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 The accent lies on home, family, security, property, retirement, on either founding or quitting a job, project or business. (Founding is problematical.) Though you feel like resting and digesting, life confronts you with many chores (right through August). Work hard, but take deep rests also. You're mildly attracted to someone, but words are sweeter than action. Short trips, communications and friends provide both diversion and relaxation. A break-off you suspected was coming might arrive Sunday. Mysteries, intimacy, finances meet luck Monday/Tuesday. Love, wisdom Thursday. Ambition is best Saturday. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/