ASTRAL REFLCTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS DECEMBER 12 - 18, 2010 All times/dates are PST. TAURUS, from January 22 to June 4, 2011, your luck will be tied to background matters, to government agencies, corporate head offices, institutions (e.g., hospitals) to charitable organizations, spas and retreats. If you work in one of these areas, or in health fields, a promotion is possible. For the best luck, rest deeply, rejuvenate, be charitable and spiritual, contemplate, visit psychics, counsellors, and therapists. This is a great year to cast out old demons and bogeymen, to fulfill old obligations (so you'll be free for your big luck year that starts in June 2011) and to reacquaint yourself with your soul. You might not feel hugely popular this first half of 2011, but security, real estate, family, investment and similar concerns will grow with a healthy, quiet providence. You can combine these lucky trends. For example, take a rest, visit a spa and then invest in it - or purchase a vacation, retreat or retirement property. Protect your health against expanded weight (hips, thighs) and too much protein. This is not a good five months to seek attention, engage in contests, demand results, to leap into the romantic fray or try to outshine a rival. Where glitz, glamour, charisma and wooing a crowd are concerned, wait for a better time. In legal, educational, far travel and cultural affairs, use this period for study and preparation for a lucky late 2011, early 2012 success. Research will yield huge rewards. GEMINI, January 22 to June 4, 2011 brings a significant new friend - or many. Your popularity will soar - an 8-year popularity boost starts now, wiping out 14 years of relative solitude. You'll receive invitations, and could issue a few. Accept overtures quickly and happily - this is not a time for caution or suspicion! Join groups, clubs, organizations. A new social circle can boost your luck for at least six years, bringing cheerful bonds, optimism, and fresh horizons. Wishes come true in areas of marriage, partnership, relocation, negotiations, agreements and contracts - and "fame." You'll succeed in publishing, education, law, far travel, and broadcasting/media. This is a superb time to dream up a new future - wishes made now will tend to come true - now or in 2012/13. You might meet love, even true love, at school, in a group or while travelling - probably during a discussion about travel, a cultural event or intellectual interest. If you're attached, you and your mate become "party central." DON'T patiently wait in the wings for anyone now. Jump on opportunities quickly. If you're indecisive or procrastinate, the bus of bounty could whoosh right on by you. If in doubt, leap, approach, contact, say yes: Impulse wins, caution loses! Start Nothing: 4:38 p.m. to 11:14 p.m. Mon., 3:41 a.m. to 10:49 a.m. Thurs., and 1:36 p.m. to 7:37 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Start nothing new before December 30. Protect ongoing projects from mistakes and delays. Reprise projects and relationships from the past, especially in career. (Apropos career, higher-ups, parents and VIPs are testy all month, so be diplomatic, eager, honest. Take criticism good-naturedly.) This is an enjoyable, mellow week. Love might visit you in person, or merely in your thoughts. A particular kind of stress, medical condition or abrupt surprise in relationships that has dogged you for seven years occurs again Friday/Saturday - for the LAST time this lifetime! Grab success Wednesday! Taurus April 20-May 20 Life's mysteries continue. Research will turn up nuggets, give you insights. Usually this is a good time for investments, intimate commitments, lifestyle changes and health cures/diagnosis. However, you should avoid anything new in these. Re-diagnosis of an old condition, or grabbing an investment that passed you by formerly, anything attached to the past in this way, can be a good opportunity. But start nothing brand new before December 30. Double-check all facts, figures. Avoid all legal hassles and foreign travel until mid-January. Others treat you with affection all month. Gemini May 21-June 20 Relationships predominate. New meetings, new opportunities and new horizons confront you, but everything new is flawed, if you meet it before December 30. If career/business opportunities return from the past, then they qualify as "valid" - but former (and new) relationships face pretty gigantic problems. For example, anyone you met in 2010 - and to some degree since 2003 - will always try to dominate you. Patience is best, especially since truly compatible people will appear very soon, in 2011. Be ambitious Monday. Happiness and poor luck Tuesday; happiness and good luck Wednesday! Cancer June 21-July 22 Tackle chores, but make sure directions are clear, pieces are not missing, etc. Don't start major tasks or projects before December 30. This is a work month, and a health period, so dress for the season, eat well and get your sleep. Relationships intensify all month. Sweet romantic feelings and ambition/lust mingle. An ex might appear. (This is short, perhaps gone by next week). Overall, this week's smooth. The only possible major problem might appear Saturday - drive carefully, protect sensitive equipment (e.g., computers) be safe around electricity. Gentle, wise love Sunday/Monday. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Many ideas/impulses might come to start anew Sunday/Monday, especially in intimate, sexual, financial, investment, relationship and lifestyle areas. Let these stew until late December - they are deep, valid new directions, but they need subconscious gestation. Meanwhile, avoid starting anything new (even forming plans) before December 30.Tuesday's barriers might show you why. Your romantic mood continues - and it might get a gratifying answer Wednesday! Show bosses how reliable and energetic you can be Thursday to Saturday. That last night, happiness, social delights float toward you! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 The emphasis continues on home, property, security, kids, gardening, soul, stomach, nutrition. This is your usual hibernation period, and since new starts are ill-advised before December 30, this would be a great time to get sluggish and slow. You'll be tempted to end some associations now, but you might regret it later, so wait until after December 29. Communications are affectionate and gracious, travel brings beauty and peace, despite any glitches. Your romantic side simmers, surfacing as excitement Sunday/Monday, meeting obstacles Tuesday, finding gentle wisdom Thursday/Friday. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Start nothing new before December 30. Stick with the ongoing, or reprise the past. Paradoxically, many new little projects or tasks seem to begin during a work-oriented Sunday/Monday. Well, keep it small (doing dishes okay; buying a new dishwasher not). Fuse old things into the new, especially at home. Relationships strain your goodwill Tuesday, but reward you nicely Wednesday. Mysteries, temptations, finances, gossip draw you Thursday to Saturday: there's success in these, but it might all end with a sudden split, tension or event. Hmm. Travel all week. Satisfy your curiosity! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Stick with ongoing projects and relationships, Scorpio - reject the new before December 30. This is a splendid time to remember old friends, family - buy cards for those you haven't in the past, buy little mementoes, etc. (Xmas shopping is okay, because it's a repetition for most of us; but avoid big items. Purchase those after December 30.) We all fall in love eventually: your big event is likely 2011 onward, but it might be now. Sunday/Monday tease your romantic side. Still, don't confuse sensuality with affection. Work, midweek. Exciting meetings, Thursday onward. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 All 2010 features endings and new beginnings. These hit two peaks: last March, and this Sunday/Monday. But how does that fit in with a period (December 10 to 29) in which you should not be starting anything? Further, at least five "starts" are indicated now. The present "start nothing" period is naturally nostalgic, so it might be bringing things from the past, lingering tendrils, frayed ends, and asking you to fuse them together into a new beginning - or to restart something old. This might occur on a sub-conscious or conscious level. Love meets obstacles Tuesday, green lights Wednesday! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Start nothing new before December 30, Cap. You might hear from old acquaintances Sunday/Monday, or get the urge to write/call them. Do so, results will be fine. Follow your curiosity these two days. Explore unfamiliar neighbourhoods, figuratively perhaps. Life stops you short Tuesday - it wants you to rest. That's better than losing your temper. Secrets, security quests succeed Wednesday. Though it's a week of rest, privacy and contemplation, romantic desires/moods steal over you Thursday to Saturday. Romance's sister, Creativity, might be a better date. Practice safety late week. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Your mood remains upbeat, your popularity's strong, hopes buoy your steps, and life offers parties, entertainment, light flirtation. But don't start any major projects or relationships before December 30. A money situation or puzzle - perhaps with roots in last March - begins to gel, and a subtle but significant new path, new direction, begins to form. Odd that it takes place in a "backward-biased" period, but this seems more oriented toward healing the old than forming the new. Focus on this Sunday/Monday. Midweek's active: have a list. Steer toward home, family Thursday onward. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your energy and charisma surge upward Sunday/Monday. Trends are hitting "deep notes" or significant turning points, in career, worldly status, relations with governments or large companies, institutions, and in social life. Take a minute to contemplate your life, your path. In general, you should not start anything new, especially in relationships, before December 30. But life might be starting some things for you; and if you can't trust life, what can you trust? Go with the flow. Money has problems Tuesday, successes Wednesday. Be curious but safe Thursday onward. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 416-686-5014. /30/