ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS JANUARY 31 – FEBRUARY 6, 2010 All times/dates are PST. I’m neutral about getting gifts, but I like contemplating them. The gift reflects the giver, and tells you a lot about their state of mind, their personality and life. When my (adult) daughter gave me a framed piece of prose about fathers, it told me what she thought fathers were and should be; it showed me, again, that she liked to idealize things in the abstract, that she liked an orderly universe, etc. I still possess a little marble Buda, about two inches high, that the son of a girl friend gave me many years ago. He bought it on a trip to Thailand or Tibet. It reminds me of him (haven’t seen him in years) but more, it is something I can turn around in my hand, it becomes not only a reflection of his travels and what he valued (religion, or native expressions, or marble or whatever) but a little living piece of him, a substitute, a simulacrum, a fetish that reflects many facets of his being as I turn it round. Now I understand what psychics do when they ask for a personal object, a key or ring and turn it round in their fingers, to read your mind and life. Perhaps this illustrates another meaning of the phrase “it’s better to give than receive” because in giving we get to communicate our being.... To answer all your emails asking when the 2010 Love Forecast comes out: I usually write it by Valentine’s Day. However, this year I’m running late. Haven’t even finished the luck forecasts yet. So let’s get on with it: VIRGO, 2010 brings you luck through relationships. I’ve repeated many times that some of the most significant relationships of your life will form in the years 2011 to 2024. If you’re single, you will meet at least one, probably four ”natural mates” during this period. 2010 is a “ramp” to these relationship heights. It might actually bring the first great prospect. But more probably, it will do two things: trigger relationships in general, bringing friendliness, cheerfulness and optimism about mingling; and 2) it might end a “half good” bond to free you for those more exciting horizons. For all Virgos, 2010 brings lucky opportunities to relocate, negotiate property (or any business) to deal with the public (in any capacity from being a store clerk to fame) to enter school or a research project. Your luck will come from relationships, so a go-it-alone approach will yield little. Diplomacy, eagerness for another to succeed – these are keys to success. Avoid competition, lawsuits and other enmities – they will balloon to massive proportions, AND your opponent will have luck (or truth!) on his side. That said, 2010 is a supremely lucky, break-through year. Seize new horizons! Start Nothing: Before 5:23 a.m. Sun., 8:17 p.m. Mon. to 5:42a.m. Tues., 1:28 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. Thurs., and 8:12 a.m. to 4:03p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Careful Sunday – someone calls your bluff but you never bluff, and that’s the problem this day (and the past week, though I missed seeing it – sorry!). That’s an extreme. For most, it’s a poor day to start any ambitious project or to seek co-operation. You might foresee that your career or worldly status is headed for change. (Good change, if you can see the “sober” opportunities in relationships.) Tackle chores Monday. The rest of the week is for relationships, flirting, friendships, optimism and happiness. Love’s blessed Wednesday p.m. Sex and business “bind” Thursday onward. Taurus April 20-May 20 Avoid legal, ethical difficulties in job areas Sunday. E.g., make sure those workers have insurance before they repair your roof. Begin no relationships. Save romantic actions for Monday daytime, when they have a better chance. Tackle chores Tuesday/Wednesday. Until late February, your career, prestige and business efforts face real success – Wednesday’s work could boost you up. Love, friendships, and opportunity-laden relationships offer lucky breakthroughs Thursday. Avoid government agencies or bureaucratic companies before March10, as matters will turn in circles here. Gemini May 21-June 20 Sunday is one of the “focal points” (they occur late 2009 to mid-2012) in a basic restructuring of your romantic and sexual outlook, your creative methods, your investments, and your health. Research and occultism become important. You might not even notice this climax: it’s never louder than a dull thud. But it has a deep, long-term effect, one you’ve probably already begun to notice. My advice: do nothing more than study these areas (sex, love, etc.) Sunday. In general, rejoice, for finally sex and romance will become one. Ditto creativity and research, pleasure and good health! Cancer June 21-July 22 Step carefully on the domestic front Sunday – disagreement or hidden resentment could arise about home, property, security, food, kids – and an important relationship. E.g., if you chase that fascinating outsider, you might destroy home and hearth. A sibling might be peripherally involved. Little echoes of this reverberate Tuesday. But the home is a healing place Wednesday, and real estate is blessed! Love and creativity have wings Thursday morning to Saturday morning. Take a risk. All week (and next) secrets, intimacy, finances and research yield rewards. Don’t ”force” earnings, collections. Leo July 23-Aug.22 Take a hint from Taurus’ message for Sunday – be cautious with work, co-worker relations, driving and communications this day. The entire week offers great opportunities, new contacts and fresh horizons in relationships, public dealings, fame, business, and contract negotiations. But it also offers litigation, enmity, challenges and opposition. The crux, choice is simple: can you get along or not? Make some money Monday. Tuesday brings an echo of Sunday’s “dull dilemma” but Wednesday offers a solution, success in the same areas (communications). Write a love note! Home’s blessed Thursday. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 There’s plenty of work, so you might as well plunge in. Though you might hardly notice it at the time, Sunday holds the centre of a vast (2009-2012) restructuring of your romantic, creative, pleasure-oriented, risk-taking (speculative) and child-raising situation, projects, approaches. Somehow, this will also affect your earnings, and who/what you possess. Though it might seem like an “imposition” by the cosmos, this is actually something to rejoice about, for it is one step toward bringing you love, peace and growth. Chase money Tuesday night to Wednesday (not earlier). Good news Thursday! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 I told you before (last autumn) that major changes were coming to your domestic situation, real estate and security concerns from 2009 to 2012 (and actually, even to 2024). This Sunday is one of the “centers” of this change. You might not see or hear it, but you will if you contemplate recent events and prospects ahead. Lie low, rest and contemplate this day and Monday: the truth is not “out there,” but within. Your energy and charisma soar Tuesday (echoes of Sunday’s theme) and Wednesday – when love, romance might arrive! (These are favoured two more weeks.) Chase money Thursday. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 You might feel hopeful Sunday, but don’t start any new projects, especially in high-tech communications. Home’s a happy place (or merely sweet) this week and next. Get plenty of rest/sleep, because February 18 will start a month and year of big, lucky lures – and hopefully you’ll have the energy to leap on them! (Lures: romance, gambles, art/creative inspirations, pleasure opportunities, etc.) Avoid starting new ambitious or career projects before March 10 – they’ll just go in circles. Good friends Monday. Lie low, rest mid-week. Your energy, charisma rise mildly Thursday to Saturday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 This week and next are not an important time, but Sunday does signal that your income methods and situation are due for a change. This is a slow, wide process that started late last year and continues all the way into 2024. It might tie you more closely to institutions or large corporations. In the short term (2009-2012) this earnings shift will also involve a change in your hopes, plans and outlook. Your future, right now, is a monetary one. Be ambitious Monday, meet VIPs. Social delights enter Tuesday/Wednesday – better Tuesday eve onward. Retreat Thursday/Friday. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Your wisdom grows Sunday/Monday. You see the big picture. That’s good, because Sunday is the center-point of a trend that is changing your status in life and your future – future position, future plans, etc. This trend lasts another 15 years, but 2010 to 2012 it primarily affects your ambitions and career/community standing (both favoured this Wednesday). The bad part is, you have to change! The good part is 1) you’re on the way up, and 2) never again will you chase a false goal. Deal with money, income and outgo, this week. Happiness, friends come Thursday to Saturday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Your ideas, the foundation of your beliefs, is slowly changing from late 2009-2012. During this phase, you might find that school and intellectual tasks are more arduous and slow than usual; that’s because you naturally think more slowly on the surface (e.g., at school) when the depths of your mind are mulling over the very basis of what/how you think. A key: the answer to your search, your new beliefs, will be reached most swiftly, directly, in spiritual, institutional, charitable, mass-production or governmental areas. Wisdom, love Wednesday. Start important projects this week. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Our depths, our subconscious are inextricably linked to our future, as they are involved in creating it much more than our conscious minds. That’s why divination works. From late 2009 to 2012, this holds markedly true for you – and your subconscious will, these few years, mould your future with a power it might never quite wield again. So it’s important to be balanced, to remain unmoved by surface pressures and motives, other’s agendas, etc. Be pure of motive, and firmly stick to your own intuition. Sunday through Wednesday highlight this message. Be restful, contemplative all week. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 416-686-5014. /30/