ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS MAY 6 - 12, 2007 All times/dates are PDT. You LEOs face a critical choice this year, between three essential influences or options: 1) love, romance, risk, taking a chance, creativity, expressing your heart-felt, pent-up emotions, loving and raising children; 2) an obsession with work and growing old; 3) mistrust, suspicion, worry, or chasing an illusion, over-believing in others, being conned, over-indulgence in alcohol or drugs. Here's my advice, Leo: choose # 1. It will cure # 2. The complex one is # 3. You might think, How can I chase romance when there are all these unreliable, deceptive people filling my horizon? The answer is: avoid mistrust, illusion, and deceptive people. The "how" is easy (though admittedly hard to achieve): be compassionate and unselfish. When you want nothing from a person, you'll see them clearly. When you have a goal involving them, they'll tend to reflect your desires from their surface; like reflected sun, this blinds you to their depths. For example, if you want to date Jason the Greek God because all your friends will admire you, Jason will fool you. But if you just like Jason's company and want nothing, you'll see and know Jason easily and deeply. That's unselfishness. There's compassion, too. Remember a time when you felt pity, then ask yourself: did I feel worry or suspicion? No, you didn't. Compassion is the cure for worry, and compassion grants the ability to see the soul. So if you're compassionate and unselfish even while tumbling into love, you'll see clearly, and choose wisely. I call this choice (between # 1, 2 and 3) critical because what you choose will affect how you live and love for many years - even decades - to come. The evolution of your love nature that began in 1996 is almost complete. In 2007, Jupiter, your planet of love and great good luck, is joining and blessing your quest for love (which continues even beneath your skepticism). You have the chance, now, to grab romance with luck and truth, to set your course by the star of true, shining love. Why throw this chance away? But throw it you might, if you spend the whole year working, worrying about your old age, or mistrusting the suitors around you. Choose love, Leo - you won't regret it. Even if the romance of 2007 blows up, breaks, ends, you still will have turned yourself into the right path, the one that leads, sooner or later (perhaps 2009 or 2011) to true, vibrant, fresh, real, reciprocal love. For Leo artists, writers, scholars, even Leo lawyers, much the same holds true: now is the time for daring new risks and concepts, new techniques, to pour out your true thoughts and feelings. It might take courage, a big, brave leap beyond false security! Start Nothing: Before 2:21 a.m. Sun., 0:34 a.m. to 10:48 a.m. Tues., 2:47 p.m. to 4:32 p.m. Thurs., and 4:53 p.m. to 7:19 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Money remains your primary goal. You could meet resistance - or what seems like destiny - Sunday. It seems paradoxical, but isn't: layers upon layers exist, some of them illusions. It's best to stay watchful. Monday's different - be ambitious, charge after goals - you'll succeed! Tuesday to Thursday afternoon brings happiness, popularity, flirtations, visions of the future - but events don't bear out your optimism. So commit to nothing - just enjoy these few days! (DON'T chase a risky investment - or person.) Rest, contemplate Thursday eve to Saturday. Many things could change this week. Taurus April 20-May 20 Sunday's gentle and loving, but you face a choice, perhaps a "half-buried" one, between love or money lures. (Clue: one is casual, light, reassuring; one is deep, mysterious, could "mold your future." Another clue: socializing is better than passionate romance.) You remain charismatic, lucky and energetic, so tackle major projects, seek favors, promote yourself and your skills. Chase ambitions Tuesday to Thursday, but don't embrace risk (in finances or sex). Keep your friends and your money far apart. Happiness visits Thursday eve to Saturday - you'll succeed if you're sympathetic. Gemini May 21-June 20 Continue to lie low, contemplate, plan, watch, and conserve energy. Protect your health; do nothing to endanger your reputation. It's a dicey week - illusion hides hard realities! Sunday/Monday are complex - a great investment might face you, or a good job opportunity, or a relationship "doorway," yet unknowns exist. To be safe, wait until mid-morning onward (PDT) to take action. Compassion, understanding, love, travel and cultural events arrive Tuesday to Wednesday, but a relationship could suddenly get erratic, unreliable. Be ambitious Friday/Saturday, but don't rely on rumors, impressions or "words." Cancer June 21-July 22 Your popularity, optimism and happiness rise! But events and situations are "dangerous." Sunday/Monday contain false rumors, confusions and refusals (or unsavory attractions); Tuesday/Wednesday form a brick wall against which all pies-in-the-sky splatter; Thursday raises everyone's impulsiveness and accident potential; and Friday brings general deception, spiritual lassitude and erosion of confidence. Wow, what a great week. But there are two main things: one, you remain happy; and two, that Thursday influence could actually cause, for you, a sudden stroke of good fortune in work, travel, cultural, legal or educational fields! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Many hazards stud this week. This can impel you toward the heights with ambition and extraordinary effort, or bedazzle, confuse and disappoint you. Depends, mostly, on how realistic your goals are and how hard you work toward them. The dangers: refusals (or deep, hidden lusts and resentments - which often go together) Sunday, misinformation Sunday/Monday, your own skepticism Tuesday/Wednesday (so be eager, accommodating, of good cheer) risky gambles or sudden love impediments Thursday, and general confusion/deception Saturday. Try your best, Leo - nothing's as bad as 1984-95. (Nor ever will be!) Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Your wisdom's high this week, and you'll need it. Here's a list: alienation or difficult choices between career and home Sunday, confusion or false information in work and legal, educational or intellectual zones Sunday/Monday, governmental, legal or love disappointment Tuesday/Wednesday, a divergence between you and a partner over domestic or real estate issues peaking explosively Thursday, and general unease and indecision about career/work/health and love or travel matters Saturday. Either duck this week, Virgo, or charge through it - what will be, will be; problems remain until we solve them. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 This isn't an easy week, Libra, but it could cause several changes that free you for better times in the future. The week starts with false rumor or information (Sunday/Monday) and ends with indecision and confusion (Saturday). Mostly, this seems to occur in speculative/financial and romantic/sexual areas. Don't be lured into a strange relationship. Be wary, also, particularly through Wednesday, of real estate or domestic "hopes" that might imprison you in a restrictive, cold, or impractical situation. (In this, reject the status quo - seek change, investment, depth and mystery.) Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Relationships will be stressed this week, Scorpio. Sunday might bring a financial or sexual lure (or separation). A cloud of deception and confusion haunts both Sunday and Monday. Don't believe what you hear or read. Midweek (centering on Wednesday) raises a barrier to co-operation: it probably involves your status, and someone else's security. (E.g., your paramour is rich, you're poor, or whatever.) Finally, Friday/Saturday, another, especially your spouse, business partner or lover, either mistrusts you, or has wonky, unrealistic ideas. Just walk through this week, smile and nod! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Stick to your chores this week, Sage. Many things can go wrong; many lures exist to draw you from your path. Deception, confusion, or simply strong indecision tend to arise at both ends of this week, Sunday/Monday and Friday/Saturday. Mid-week features a conflict between your duties and your ideals, ideals, ethics or urge to travel. For now, completing the job is best. You could also feel, create, or be the brunt of a sudden change in the domestic sphere. Perhaps, you're going to move! Gather money Monday. Write, travel Tuesday. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Your energy, charisma and timing soar high Sunday/Monday, Cap, but this week is a tough one for all signs. Sunday/Monday might bring a conflict between romance and sex, or between holding on to someone or something, and risking them to gain more. Don't overvalue what you possess: you could have more "fondness" than realism in your estimates. (Still, Monday's a very successful day.) Midweek features a barrier - in deciding, value a gamble above an investment, romance above lust. Unexpected news arrives Thursday. Confusion, indecision build to a Saturday peak. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 This is not a good week to commit to any new project, direction or relationship, Aquarius. Confusion, misrepresentation, indecision and illusion mark the entire week - and if you don't feel confused, you might be deep in it! So be skeptical, play a waiting game. Midweek features a "stone wall" in relationships: again, wait and contemplate. Thursday, unexpected actions affect your income or purchases. Don't buy cameras, telephony, computers or software this week. On the plus side, spiritual and institutional contacts go well Monday. Your energy and charisma rise Tuesday/Wednesday. Pisces Feb. 19-March 21 It's a tough week to accomplish anything, Pisces, because confusion, deception, false information, barriers and unpredictable personalities wind through almost every day. On the other hand, not a lot is at stake for you right now, so you can sit back, mind your own business, run your errands, and stay out of trouble. That's much wiser than committing yourself to unreliable people or risking large sums. You'll be happy Monday, as popularity, entertainment, optimism and flirtations buoy you! But rest, retreat and contemplate Tuesday-Thursday. Your energy, charisma rise Friday/Saturday. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. www.astralrefelctions.com. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/