ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS FEBRUARY 21-27, 2010 All times are PST. AQUARIUS, now to late January, 2011, your luck lies in money, buying/selling, earned income, bond coupons or dividends, etc. Ask for a pay raise, increase your efforts in sales or trading areas, troll for new clients, sell old unwanted items, etc. The income level you climb to this year will tend to form a plateau for the next decade. Seek a raise in pay rather than overtime. This is a prime, lucky year to start a business, or to undertake a major expansion, acquisition or new product line. What you “birth” could pay stable, solid rewards for many years. Keep an eye on present economic conditions; they will last until 2024. Still, in money, 2010 favors you more than anyone! This luck cycle will give you a boost in memory, rote and technical learning, and sensual situations. Intimacy will come easily, without strings, but it might also lack long-term passion. Consider this before tying any knots. For the best luck in 2010, trust surface appearances – suspicion or a strong focus on research can slow down benefits, even make you miss some good opportunities. Investments might work out well this year, but the real luck resides in “daily” money, earnings. (If you were born January 19-21, this summer might bring a significant trip. It involves or creates friendships.) PISCES, a rising tide of new confidence, personal luck, ambition, success, attention, cheerfulness, and favors from VIPs swells your way all 2010! You might also travel afar this year, marry or receive a promotion at work. The most important of these is the new confidence and optimism you will feel – important for a very special reason. Since 1996 you have been pulled toward seclusion, self-questioning and doubt. You’ve seen your limitations and weak spots, you’ve felt a bit ignored by the world – even more last year than usual. But now you bounce back – not only in 2010, but for decades ahead. In 2011, you will begin a 15-year period of being truly yourself – of heightened mysticism, spirit, intuition and self-realization. It might be slightly overwhelming, as if you’re not quite in control as an indefinable wave of awareness or dreaminess fills you. You need to be cheerful, confident when this occurs. So 2010 brings you that confidence – enjoy, accomplish – start your new life! You face the most optimistic, upbeat, and lucky year since 1995. You are almost certain to succeed in any area, but especially in higher education, business, foreign travel, publishing, broadcasting, religion/philosophy, or in any cultural venue. Expect terrific results if you work in any intellectual field (student, professor, priest, writer, lawyer, etc.). Start Nothing: 4:16 a.m. to 10:47 a.m. Sun., 9:29 a.m. to 3:29 p.m.Tues., 9:48 a.m.to 5:08 p.m. Thurs., and 12:15 p.m. to 4:52 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 If you’re a combative Aries (or have waged war since October) then be careful over the weeks ahead, when karma tends to come due. Gentle or warlike, you need to conserve energy, enjoy solitude, contemplate/meditate, and turn your charitable side toward the world. Handle necessary communications and short trips Sunday to Tuesday. Get extra nap time Tuesday eve to Thursday. You could succeed enormously with a government, institutional or head office matter Wednesday. Enjoy romantic notions Thursday to Saturday. A long period of delay is almost over. Plan ahead. Taurus April 20-May 20 The month ahead features optimism, social joys, flirtations, light romance, and wish fulfillment. Deal with groups, organizations of any kind. A club or circle you join now (or anytime this year, but now is the best time) will have a major, fortunate impact on your life, perhaps for years! Plans you form now, dreams you dream, will have an uncanny way of becoming reality. In planning your short-term future, realize that a home-related matter (real estate, rent, babies, leaky roof, whatever) has ebbed, but not died – it will return in March. Chase money Monday. Romance significant Saturday night. Gemini May 21-June 20 The accent lies on career, ambitions, prestige relations, worldly status and dealings with VIPs, bosses, parents, judges, etc. (If you’re in court this year and don’t compete with the judge, you’ll win.) Yes, pressure exists – but it’s a lucky pressure this month and all 2010. Bosses, authorities like your style and output; simultaneously, opportunities now exist in the “executive suite.” Your charisma, energy and effectiveness surge Monday noon to Tuesday eve – make appearances, propose, show your skills. Don’t ruin your chances by making unreasonable salary demands late Tuesday or Thursday. Cancer June 21-July 22 A mellow, understanding mood drifts into your days. You face not only ordinary success, but lucky, expansive, potentially giant success in publishing, legal, educational, intellectual, international, cultural, far travel, insurance, statistics, broadcasting, and similar zones. In one sense, there’s no hurry, as the whole year ahead churns out this luck; but the few weeks ahead form the best starting point, so delay isn’t advised. (Do delay – until March 10 – being pragmatically ambitious about these areas or about anything.) Your energy, luck and charisma soar Wednesday – get it done! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Mysteries lie ahead – research, play detective. Proceed with financial, health, or intimate plans. Look for the dawning light rather than the passion: both will accompany you. Hopes, social friends rise Sunday afternoon to Tuesday, but take care in practical zones: not everything runs your way. Weariness steals over you mid-week: retreat, rest, avoid the public spotlight. Tremendous luck could come in financial, investment, sexual, or similar zones Wednesday: create the situation! (E.g., do invest.) Your energy and charisma Friday/Saturday, but be realistic about relationships. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Relationships fill your horizon. Be diplomatic, eager to join. You’ll meet some honorable, cheerful, generous people this month – and year. They might love the sound of their own pronouncements, but the good qualities balance that. You have a choice: co-operation or challenge, love or hate, etc. In choosing, realize these people are (now) luckier than you. Make deals involving land, home, kids, property, endings or nurturing. Plant seeds; pull out situations/people that have become weeds. Be ambitious Monday: future success awaits! Hopes, friends, flirts, social delights, wishes fulfilled mid-week! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 A pile of work faces you, Libra. Might as well trudge ahead, get it done. (Nothing else will yield much or be very lucky anyway.) Co-workers are affectionate, friendly. A co-worker romance is possible. If you’ve had a romantic January/February, it doesn’t desert you now – you’ll know by a note, a word, a flirty glance (Thursday night to Saturday?). He/she believes in the future, is ”keeping it alive.” But there’s a “quiet time” until mid-late March makes someone more assertive about their feelings. Your intellect perks up Sunday to Tuesday. Higher-ups compliment, favor you mid-week. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Romance, games, pleasure, creative and speculative urges, joys from charming kids, beauty and love – these fill your week (and year). You’re on a winning streak! You could even meet a life-mate this week or next. Don’t let heady passions get away with you Sunday to Tuesday, though, for consequences lie in grim wait. E.g., one heady night could spell pregnancy. Love’s more gentle, more “reliable” mid-week, especially Wednesday. Be ambitious Thursday night to Saturday – you could receive a significant message from “home” (or your soul). It concerns your hopes, your inner desires. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 The accent lies on home, family, security, nature, nutrition, gardening and soul. Take frequent naps: this is your natural “hibernation” phase. Soon, by March 10 onward, you will decide what to do in intellectual, educational, legal, cultural, love and far travel zones – wait until then. Meanwhile, study who and what belongs in your life and can grow with you, and who/what should be gently let go. Sunday to Tuesday highlights relationships (who/what grows or doesn’t?). A powerful financial or sexual attraction is short-term lucky mid-week, but is it beneficial long-term? Capricorn Dec.22-Jan. 19 Communications, paperwork, errands and short trips, casual acquaintances, siblings, variety and curiosity: these fill this week and the next few. In general, you’ll be handling on-going matters. New projects wait until mid-late March. Tackle chores Sunday to Tuesday. A relationship can be solved, enhanced mid-week – communication helps! Thursday eve to Saturday raises financial, intimate/sexual, lifestyle or health issues. These have dragged on all autumn/winter, but will resume forward motion mid-March onward. The same applies to a domestic or property matter. Patience! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Your luck rises in money, earnings, possessions, buying/selling, sensual contacts, memory and rote learning – these present weeks, and all year. Press ahead now, as February/March provide the seed, the “growth hormone.” March 9/10 and 13 to 15 will be prime days to launch monetary and practical projects. This week, Sunday afternoon to Tuesday forenoon spell romance, bring creative and risk-taking urges – and the happiness of thrill. Tackle chores mid-week: you’ll succeed, but remember, all 2010,don’t substitute chores for bigger things. Relationships puzzle, Thursday eve onward. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your energy, charisma, effectiveness and luck soar to a pleasing high! But you’ll only reap what you sow – charge ahead, start significant projects, gain favor, make an impression, propose courses of action, etc. Idleness earns little luck. Do delay in money, buying and selling, health, employment, machinery, repairs, renovations, hiring (especially trades people, nannies, etc.). Let these wait until March 10 onward. This week, Sunday to Tuesday morning brings domestic concerns to the fore. Romance, passion, creativity soar mid-week! But does joy sugar-coat a subtle trap? www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 461-686-5014. /30/