ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS DECEMBER 21 - 27, 2008 All times/dates are PST. CAPRICORN, your new luck cycle, January 5/09 to January 17, 2010, involves money. Earnings, buying/selling, possessions, memory, and rote learning - all these are luckily emphasized. Items could cost less, or your income increases, or both - in any case, what you own grows! But, as usual for you, luck comes with increased responsibilities. You can gain financially from government agencies, organizations such as hospitals, head office, warehousing, assembly lines, and management or policy-making in general. Try to make 2009's financial progress permanent rather than temporary - for example, it would be better to obtain a pay raise that might last into future years, than simply collect temporary overtime. This is a good year to buy and sell stocks, but NOT, before August 22, a good time to buy and hold, nor to make any large financial commitments or major life alterations. Luck will come from accepting surface appearances as they are, without suspicion or too much research. Your sensual luck also increases in 2009, but brings an easy-going harmony between you and the opposite sex rather than a bonfire of passion. You might wed this year, but if so, it should be the culmination of a long, steady process in love (at least from last year) rather than a casual undertaking with someone you've just met in 2009. If someone new does come into your life, make sure love shines beneath an easy sensuality. SAGITTARIUS, January 5/09 to January 17, 2010 shunts your luck and your personal leanings, your preferred action, into the spheres of communications, quick trips, travel by land or over short distances, distribution, transportation, news media, computers/internet, paperwork, details, errands, casual contacts, siblings and curiosity. Curiosity is most important - it can lead to answers, ideas and new vistas that will benefit you later. 2009's explorations could lead you to a place where you'll establish your 2010 home - which will be a welcome relief and stabilizer of a domestic situation that has, for some years, been in flux. (2010 will bring the end of 7 ears of tension.) 09's explorations can also lead to beneficial security, investment, therapy, family-oriented, child-birthing, retirement and similar lucky actions in 2010. But for now, learn and explore. Haunt the internet - for it's the easiest way to go places swiftly, to see what they hold. Learn how to make money - or, more significantly, what money is, what it means, and how people use it. This will create a deeper, stronger ability to earn in years following. An Aquarian might have something to tell you! Start Nothing: 8:57 a.m. to 3:36 p.m. Sun., 9:29 p.m. Tues. to 3:13 a.m. Wed., and 3:25 p.m. to 3:56 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 A month of ambition, career, relations with higher-ups, parents and VIPs, reputation, community standing and parenting roles begins Sunday. This whole sector will undergo change, now to 2024. You could receive some early clues Sunday/Monday or Friday/Saturday. Clues could come in any form - news articles, nudges by co-workers, demands or edicts from bosses, rumors, closed/open doors, etc. If any clues involve speculation, risk, pleasure, romance, vacation urges, or a source or person beginning with F or W, they're probably false, leading to dead-ends. From friends, or a V, valid! Taurus April 20-May 20 It's subtle, barely discernible, but your ideas begin to change, especially regarding marriage, living elsewhere, what the world offers - and what you should chase. You're a very practical person, but your new sight, which will slowly build to whole vistas, is primarily a moral, social, philosophical one. For the next 15 years, you'll love humanity, and that love will be returned in the form of smooth events and an easier, sweeter life. One example: love, rather than sex or money, will become goal # 1. Clues, Sunday/Monday and Friday/Saturday! Gemini May 21-June 20 The four weeks ahead - especially this Sunday/Monday and Friday/Saturday - feature big finances, investments, lifestyle changes, research and investigation (including health diagnosis) subconscious urges, sex, pregnancy, life, death and rebirth. Until January 4/09 these are unusually lucky areas - dive in! Don't accept surface appearances - look beneath. You have rid yourself of one or two old ghosts in 2008 - old fears, confidence, busters, etc. Now you face a choice: do you rid yourself of more, or start creating new ghosts? (Ghosts come from guilt.) Make no promises Thursday. Potential mate Friday! Cancer June 21-July 22 Relationships take center stage. The influences are potent, the stakes significant, now through 2024. Sunday/Monday and Friday/Saturday give you a taste of this - subtly or bluntly. You begin to be attracted to people and places who/that represent pure pleasure. If single, you'll see romance "in the flesh." (If married, you might also - so decide whether it's worth being loyal to your present life, or not.) You'll want to relocate to adventuresome, exciting places. Your children become your equals. Your creative efforts attract public attention, even fame. Be hopeful, flexible. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Your work, work methods, tools - all undergo a long, gradual (sometimes abrupt) change over the 15 years ahead. You might see some clues of changing employment circumstances Sunday/Monday (where the hints are of an end, or "replacement") and Friday/Saturday (where the hint is: "get busy!"). You possess a wonderful intuition about relationships (and about strangers) this week. Romance (and/or creative and speculative ventures) will hit a practical wall Thursday, but should succeed Friday. (That wall won't be apparent if you approach someone new, but it will rise up later.) Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Romance, creativity, pleasure, delightful children, sports, nature's beauty, taking a risk - these undergo a subtle, major, benevolent change over the next 15 years. Clues occur in a chatty or "casual" way Sunday/Monday, and in a more obvious, luckier way Friday eve through December 28. This entire sphere is through early January. Any of these matters can lead to more security (e.g., romance leads to a home) or any could be cut off by a need for security. Your communication skills grow powerfully for 15 years. Buy a new computer. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Chase money, buy and sell Sunday/Monday. Sunday begins a month of domestic, property, security, retirement, agriculture and similar concerns. Sunday/Monday also provide a hint - and Friday into the weekend a stronger hint - of how these affairs will develop for the15 years ahead. December 26/27/28 is a splendid time to begin any projects in these areas - i.e., buy real estate, begin building, repair or renovate - or, show family affection, begin therapy, start the garden (in all its meanings). Luck resides in this area - to January 4. Tell no secrets Thursday. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Rest Sunday. Your energy and charisma surge upward this eve into Tuesday. Ask questions and favors, give directions to others, and start semi-important projects. The only thing that can impede you is a starry-eyed illusion about home, family or property, or "deep reminiscing." Chase money, but carefully, Wednesday/Thursday - don't mix friends and finances. Money's easy, successful Friday. This night into Sunday bring a clue to the "quality" of the next 15 years - be loose, flexible - agree to travel, make friends, communicate, write. These become part of your work soon. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Chase money this week and the next four. Your highest luck in this will occur before January 5. Socialize Sunday daytime - you're popular! But retreat this eve and Monday/Tuesday - you're weary, charisma's low, and you need to do some thoughtful planning. Your energy roars back Wednesday to Friday, but you could fight career/ambition headwinds Wednesday/Thursday. Save your "best moves" for Friday. This eve into Sunday brings money success - and clues about your best earnings direction for the next 15 years. The money flow begins! Bank it - don't spend. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Your energy, charisma (and sexual magnetism) effectiveness and sense of timing (and impatience!) reach new heights over the few weeks ahead. End some things, start other, important projects. Ask favors, hold interviews, contact VIPs - start! Your determination and personal power grow over the next 15 years. You get a hint of what this will bring you socially Sunday night into Tuesday. (Ponder your long-term goals.) You get another hint Friday eve to next Sunday - this time of your ability to accomplish, to enact your goals. Rest Wednesday to Friday afternoon. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Retreat, rest and contemplate for the month ahead. Planning sessions and closed door meetings, management or administrative duties might be required of you. Handle your taxes early, liaison with government, organizations and head office. Seek your spiritual side, contact psychics, therapists and advisors in any field. These things take on an added note of importance, more than most years, as your life is now setting a tone for 15 years ahead, in career and employment areas. Sunday eve through Tuesday, and Friday eve to next Sunday, contains significant hints! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Early and late week (and December 28) offer hints of your new life direction for the next 15 years - your goals and social circle will change, partly to fulfill your need for more knowledge, far travel, true love and ultimate understanding. None of us reach all this in one lifetime, but you'll come close over the next decade and a half. Your mind will shape your direction, goals and associations - not your heart. Your career and standing in the community are highlighted Wednesday-Friday - but only Friday offers unequivocal progress. www.astralreflections.com Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/