ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 1- 7, 2009 All times/dates are Pacific Standard. (The following applies to same-sex couples also. Dominant = “man.”) When a CAPRICORN woman loves a TAURUS man, she steers him to profitable ends. (Taurus has great strength, Capricorn great faith; the combo is powerful.) Sexual gratification goes without saying; here you have sunny spring (Taurus) entering yearning winter (Cap) and the results are always growth. Capricorn wants the boudoir to be dark as midnight. When the AQUARIAN woman loves a GEMINI man, she talks and talks. When they first meet, she surrounds him with questions and interest. She senses his need for variety, so she uses the many unpredictable turns of her far-out personality to keep him bewitched. This pair can lie abed for hours, like two butterflies, chatting and touching and questioning in a winged dance they’re not even particularly aware of. When a PISCES woman loves a CANCER man, she delights in flitting around his basic, domestic, ambitious, paternal drives. Cancer is driven, wants security, seizes things with a powerful grasp – and Pisces is attracted to the glow/heat his drives emanate. She surrounds him in her amorphous, misty, vast presence, gentle, ungraspable, sympathetic – just the thing for Cancer’s deep down moods. And when he’s up, she laughs with him. No matter what, Pisces understands.... More “16” lore – just watched Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” directed by Sidney Lumet. The number on the front of the train engine? 230-353 – a 16!... Between 2008 and 2011 every major planet (Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) changes signs. This portends huge sea changes in geopolitical spheres, movements of peoples, economic shifts, all the macro zones. The planet Saturn is the latest of these changes. It left VIRGO last Thursday, and now will travel through LIBRA until October 2012, with a “regression” back into Virgo April to July of 2010. This signals a three-year war between liberals and conservatives, with the liberals winning the battles but, eventually (perhaps after these three years) the conservatives winning the war. On personal planes, you Virgos are finally free of a restrictive, sobering, maturing influence – but remember this influence will return next spring to July, probably to raise something you forgot to handle or solve 2007-09. I’m out of space, so let’s look at this Saturn effect on all signs next week. Start Nothing: 5:30 a.m. to 4:45p.m. Sun., 10:05 a.m. to 8:53 p.m. Tues., 7:47 p.m.to 11:42 p.m. Thurs., and after 2:26 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 The accent lies on secrets, research, sex, large finances, lifestyle changes, subconscious urges, crucial health matters, commitments and their consequences. These line up against a growing romantic, friendship luck, or your children’s future welfare. Pick your direction – romance, friendship are stronger, more important now to June. Someone either wants to work out a problem between you, or wants to be your partner – has since mid-October – make contact Monday. Beware haste, wrong words, Sunday-Tuesday. Travel, paperwork, talk succeed mid-week. Home’s blessed Saturday! Taurus April 20-May 20 The emphasis lies on relationships. You could already, or might soon, be dealing with a potential romantic or money/purchase partner (either briefly or long-term). The “money partner” is more likely, because 2009 favours your career and business. The three years ahead will make work harder, longer, and add an international, legal or learning element to it. Your energy and charisma rise Sunday ever to Tuesday, but don’t start with an aggressive attitude. By Monday noon you’re ready to pluck a career/work plum! Chase money Wednesday/Thursday: luck accompanies you! Gemini May 21-June 20 For three years ahead, romance, creative efforts, raising children, speculative and pleasure-oriented activities grow sombre, serious. If single, you won’t charm anyone in a few hours as you did before. Loyalty (and sex) are the only love currency now, and spending it could net you a bigger commitment than you asked for! Be sure you want in; this game is for keeps. Same period, your investments grow deeply, powerfully; ditto sexual intimacy, and your ability to profit from others’ assets. Contemplate, rest before Wednesday. Mid-week, your energy surges: grab love, travel! Cancer June 21-July 22 The three years ahead bring a sober note to domestic, property and family matters. At the same time, your relationship area is being “revolutionized.” These two influences meet all November; expect definite (but sometimes unseen, at first) results. Likely good results, since you’re in a lucky romance and kid-related month! Developments could include a change of partners, the end of a relationship, the deepening of a relationship. There is no way to be on guard nor to prevent developments, but there is a way to make them productive and satisfying: love. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Communications, paperwork, driving and car ownership will be slower, a little more onerous, for three years ahead. This can conflict with your need for speed (or for deep results) on the work front. For example, high tech could demand upgrading, new skills, but you can feel slowed in your learning. Well, apply yourself! Don’t shirk this, as it will affect your employment for many years. Watch your words Sunday, especially with kids. Chase career, or an affectionate friend, Monday. Friends warm your heart (or at least your hopes!) Wednesday/Thursday. Lie low, rest Friday/Saturday. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Earnings and luxury purchases meet luck this week. Grab what you can, especially Wednesday/Thursday, because the three years ahead will make you earn every new penny (or will nudge you to spend it on new necessities). Plan to enter a practical, no-nonsense mode soon. Romance, pleasure pursuits, creative and speculative endeavours face huge and fruitful change over the decades ahead. But this month, these clash with your new money reality. Let money rule for now. Love will come. Ignore a possible insult (and lust, and investment urges) Sunday. Joy, Monday, Saturday! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 The fifteen years ahead bring major domestic growth. The three years ahead bring a sober new set of restrictions affecting your domicile. This month these two forces clash. You might change homes or property ownership soon. You might become a parent, or adopt a relative’s or loved one’s child. This week, chase money. Your wishes about relationships, a possible relocation, litigation, contract negotiations, a marriage, will not come true Sunday, but they will over the months ahead! Talk with loved ones or a scholar, foreign person, lawyer or accountant Wednesday/Thursday. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Your energy, charisma and effectiveness continue to ride a lucky wave! Start important projects, get your way, ask favours, see and be seen. Your gift of gab (sometimes missing) is in full flower. And you seem to have just passed a potential argument or career struggle. Leave domestic, real estate and security projects until after November 15th for best results. A minor upheaval, a push toward change, builds (all month); the government, an institution or large corporation conflicts with your need to travel, communicate. Adjust, adapt. Sex Thursday, love Saturday! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Continue to lie low, contemplate and plan. Your energy’s low, health uncertain, so eat, sleep and dress sensibly. You recently entered a huge, fifteen-year revolution in your earnings. This month, you enter a shorter, three-year period during which your hopes will be tied up with what you can earn, and what you possess. This sounds good, but it could cause some struggles. For example, your social life could wilt a bit as you get serious about money efforts. (Best socializing will be will oldsters or youngsters.) An exciting attraction might occur Wednesday/Thursday! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You’ve just entered a three-year period of increased ambition, and increased burdens if you’re to accomplish them. About a year ago, you also entered a powerful fifteen-year phase of self-transformation, one that will gradually re-grow your social scene, and bring some of your deepest wishes true. This month (and through August 2010) these two forces collide. The outcome is hard to predict. Most likely, competing interests and pressures will force you to choose a road that eventually leads to success and fulfillment. One hint: ambitions overrule wishes, until 2012. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Your intellectual, ethical, cultural, legal, publishing, scholastic and philosophical side will walk, rather than run, now to October 2012. In many ways, this would be a good zone to avoid for the duration, for things won’t come easily here. This week through August, this zone, though slightly slow, will overrule your “inner world” – and red tape. For example, local zoning laws might say “no” to building that retreat you envisioned. Or an ethical consideration could prevent you from indulging your fantasies. Love moves you Wednesday/Thursday. Good investments late week! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Money, power, investments, debts, secrets, lifestyle changes, sexual urges (pregnancy urges, too) – these a) go much more slowly, and “cost” more effort now to 2012, and b) will overrule your friendships, fond wishes, flirtations, “let’s party” impulses and group affiliations. Yet going that more serious route (sex, finances, power, etc.) will somehow fulfill all your wishes anyway! And your friendships and social circle are undergoing slow, massive changes also. Be careful about making extremely concrete commitments: what you want to day, you might not want tomorrow. Romance, late week! www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 905-372-8996. /30/