ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS FEBRUARY 12 – 18, 2012 All times/dates are PST. CANCER, you are in line for true love sometime between now and 2023. In 2012, your popularity remains high until June, especially with co-workers and service people. Groups and spontaneous gatherings are certain to bring some “light” love potentials your way, especially in March. Groups that focus on work or health matters will probably produce the most prospects. The whole year ahead promotes the social, ethical and cultural side of love, and for the first time in over a decade, the members of the opposite sex whom you meet will tend to be “wedding receptive.” A strong, beneficial mental and intellectual compatibility will fill new relationships. From June onward, you’ll be more interested in cozy intimacy than in galloping over the night club circuit, or competing for the attention of attractive strangers. A secret love might draw you from April through July. Your romantic fervour flares in September. From October onward, someone of a different age begins to slowly, deeply light your interest. LEO, until June you might be too busy chasing lucky career and business opportunities to pay much attention to love. But from June onward a celebratory mood prevails. This period boosts your popularity at both serious and frivolous gatherings – and from these a romantic prospect is certain to arise. In fact, you might have too many potential lovers, and will have to choose, perhaps between a new and a returning love. (This choice might arrive early, from April through July, though you’ll see it as “social options.”) Don’t feel bad about playing the field, as this is the perfect year to do so. At some point, perhaps this summer, but more likely October/November, you’ll decide who you belong with. September makes you very attractive, but this might trigger jealousy at home or with your other admirers. A former friend might walk right into your life and heart in December. One major note: the deception of the past 15 years is over: you can trust crucial links and loves now. VIRGO, for the past fifteen years you’ve been attracted to co-workers and service people, as love and work intertwined. But this year (until 2025) you will be attracted to a subtly new and different kind of person. You’ll meet people who are soft, evasive, and seemingly weak, but who have a vast strength that is easy to miss because it’s so soft and vast; like the atmosphere, it surrounds you. This person could send you into paroxysms of delight and puzzlement. You might or might not meet your life-mate in the years ahead, but you will meet your true love. Until July, you burn with deep sensual fires, and members of the opposite sex notice. A memorable lust-affair could result (more likely after mid-April, unless you’ve already found him/her). This can have one of two results: a divorce from your unamused spouse, or a wedding with someone destined to change your life. In both cases, consider the consequences. You draw another strongly in October: but watch for domestic friction. 2012 is a year of love’s adventures! Start Nothing: 1:09 p.m. to 2:01 p.m. Sun., 9:04 a.m. to 4:56 p.m. Tues., and 8:03 p.m. to 9:03 p.m. Thurs. Aries March 21-April 19 You are going through massive changes (2009-2023) especially in your worldly status, career and relationships. The question is: will they be beneficial changes, or otherwise? To see and follow the best future, to nudge those changes toward the beneficial, the most important thing you can do is hope, understand, and see life and people as positive. This week gives you that hope, and a road sign to successful changes/results, especially Sunday afternoon to Tuesday midday, and late Thursday night through Saturday. Watch, observe, think! Wisdom (love?) comes, Wednesday/Thursday. Taurus April 20-May 20 Keep striving, Taurus. One last big effort could push a project toward success. Tackle chores early Sunday. This eve to Tuesday morning offers challenges but also opportunities – seek the new, the fresh, be outgoing, make contacts, negotiate, find common ground. Don’t seek agreement Tuesday daytime to pre-dawn Thursday, unless you’re prepared to give everything, or to make a spiritual/psychological sacrifice. Avoid collusion, skirting the law, and gossip-inducing situations. Good investments, research Thursday. Wisdom, gentle love, travel, law, culture bless you Friday/Saturday. Gemini May 21-June 20 Start getting your affairs in order, start any crucial projects – a slow-down will occur in about one month. On the one hand, there’s friendly romance – more correctly, the hope of romance. On the other hand, a financial step, an investment (or debt program) or even a sexual link – these will “overrule” romance this week. Until 2023, remember: sex, money and lifestyle will defeat light, friendly, social romance and fun, non-binding love affairs; but heavy romance (infatuation, the world well lost” romance) will defeat all these. This remains a puzzle until October: then you’ll see. Cancer June 21-July 22 Complete any investment, financial, research, health or lifestyle projects this week, Cancer. Next week starts a month of intellectual, travel, love and cultural involvements. Meanwhile, be home, hug the kids, Sunday morning. This afternoon to Tuesday afternoon brings pleasure, beauty, romance, creative urges, and a wee winning streak. You might face a deep, subtle, almost unseen conflict between a relationship and your ambitions midweek. Honour the relationship. Tackle chores, not ambitions. Relationships confront you Friday/Saturday: embrace them – others support you, deeply! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Co-operate, negotiate, chase new horizons, opportunities. DON’T fight or oppose. Get out Sunday morning: garage sales, used items offer bargains. But return home (or sink into nature, parks, a nice restaurant) Sunday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon – you can accomplish good things, especially in plumbing, or talks about love, trust, domestic chore-splitting. Your romantic side surges Tuesday eve to Thursday eve. Chores or duties might interfere, not with romance, but with its long-term future – if so, know chores/duties will win. Tackle these, and health concerns, Friday/Saturday. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 It’s your last week of work, drudgery, and health concerns, Virgo. Soon, a month of new horizons and exciting relationships begins. Meanwhile, work hard, clear the decks for future opportunities. Buy/sell Sunday a.m. Later, through Tuesday, immerse yourself in errands, communications, short trips, and casual contacts (one of whom holds vast hidden significance) – better Monday than Tuesday. Head for home sweet home midweek. Thursday eve to Saturday, you might have to choose between romance and sex, speculation and investment, creativity and research: choose the first of each pair. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 This is your last week of romance, fine creative surges, risk-taking and winning, Libra – soon, a month of chores begins. Your energy and charisma attract attention Sunday, but much of it is muted, deep. Chase money Sunday eve to Tuesday – make purchases Monday, not Tuesday. Errands, travel, calls, paperwork and details fill Wednesday/Thursday – your luck’s good, but a recent, promising relationship or opportunity might hit a barrier of money, crime or “different sex.” Domestic matters, real estate and security flow well Friday/Saturday: avoid big relationship commitments. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Rest up Sunday. Your energy soars this p.m. to Tuesday – a good time to tackle domestic concerns. You might receive news of an upcoming pleasurable event or contact – one you know holds a romantic potential. But before that event comes, you might face, midweek, a falling out with someone who wants you to remain a partner, or with a co-worker who finds your communications unsettling. You’re in command, but be understanding. We should never alienate the defeated. Chase money, buy and sell Wednesday/Thursday. Talk, travel benefit you Friday/Saturday. Compliment, say the right thing! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 You’re enjoyably busy, Sage – talk, write, travel, perform paperwork and errands. Sunday morning supports your hopes, but retreat for a sweet rest this p.m. to Tuesday – contemplate, plan. Your energy bursts forth Tuesday eve through Thursday – tackle big things. Buy, sell, seek more money Friday/Saturday. VIPs back off, give you room. In the weeks ahead, romance (or nature’s beauty) sweetens, yet a partner or lover retreats inward – this might signal a money or possessiveness problem, or perhaps he/she is leading you into a beneficial nesting phase. Embrace slowness! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 A social whirl fills Sunday eve to Tuesday – your optimism and popularity rise, a wish might come true (about a trip, a call, mail or a contact). Invite others to an entertainment venue. Many stale or misguided things in your life are being crushed or eliminated this decade – but the one thing sure to grow is your social life. Give it a hand: passivity loses! Retreat, rest and contemplate Tuesday eve to Thursday night – all’s easy, smooth, but realize a draconian approach crushes domestic affection. Your energy and charisma soar Friday/Saturday – you’ll attract good things. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Your energy, magnetism and effectiveness continue to ride a wave of opportunity and success, Aquarius – be confident, make things happen. Good money ideas will come soon: wait until next week to put them in play. Conversations and friendly meetings lead to affection, grace and favour (but midweek’s gossip might squelch an affair). Sunday morning’s idealistic, dreamy, but get ambitious this p.m. and Monday. Friends gather Tuesday eve to Thursday night – get out, mingle, enjoy your popularity! A wish could come true. Shop, earn money and pursue sensual links Friday/Saturday. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 This is your last week of weariness, health concerns, and quietude. February 18 begins a month of high energy, success and attention. Meanwhile, plan, contemplate, be spiritual and charitable. Sunday begins with mysteries, but soon flows into a mellow, wise feeling that fills Monday and Tuesday. Be ambitious midweek – it’s a lucky time for prestige and your career, but barriers exist where money (compensation?) enters, especially between you and someone who’s been cultivating you, or a friend. Speaking of friends, your social life quickens Friday/Saturday. The future brightens! www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. /30/