ASTRAL REFLECTIONS JULY 27 - AUGUST 2, 2003 BY TIM STEPHENS All times/dates are Pacific Daylight Time. ALL SIGNS: The few weeks ahead (to August 27) form a climax in our present luck cycle. This is one of the most fortunate times in years to begin, to act, to seize opportunity. I've outlined your particular "luck zone" in your Sun-sign message below. This Monday eve to Wednesday dawn (PDT) is one of the best "start times" within this lucky phase. Though I've filled this column with cautions the last few months, let's focus now on the luck. Don't over-complicate - charge ahead! ...I forgot to mention one thing about your # 1 and # 2 signs (your own Sun sign and the sign immediately after yours). The chances for either of these "combinations" to succeed escalates immensely if the other person was born in YOUR OWN YEAR OF BIRTH AND 23 to 25, 27-29, or 32 to 34 days after you (or in the same year and 23 to 25, 27-29, or 32-34 days before you, as we'll see in your # 12 relationships). These "days apart at birth" links can be extended almost infinitely to other parts of the year and to other years. But the links are too complex to pursue in this column. Let's return to our Sun-sign relationships. Again, the method is easy: take any newspaper horoscope, label your own sign as # 1, then the next sign down # 2, and so on, until you've labeled the sign just before you # 12. (E.g., Gemini's # 12 is Taurus.) Your # 4 sign represents both your own security and those you want to nurture and protect. It rules survival, food and shelter. In love and mating, you can find # 4 strangely haunting and compelling, for here you are meeting the raw power of life, the hugeness and mystery of nature, without all the social overlays and subtleties. Here the maternal instinct flowers, as do all parenting urges. Mixing these powerful urges with romantic or spousal love can provide a potent emotional brew. In addition, your # 4 sign will usually support you, provide a good home, and make you feel secure. However, these relationships tend toward friction and tension in love. We subconsciously dominate our # 4, probably because this area is so tied in with our past childhood, our survival and our subconscious. It's an area of intimate vulnerability, so we try to control this partner. But this eventually instills rebellion in # 4. However, a # 1- # 4 link can last a long time, and if you do reach a mature, accommodating, loving stance with your # 4, it will have come from the kind of deep struggles that create a solid mutual respect and admiration. # 1 - # 4 is the natural parent-child relationship. In business, you will tend to be the boss in a #1 - # 4 relationship. Pick a # 4 as your realtor, grocer, nanny or for home-related trades people. Start Nothing: 12:25 p.m. to 1:17 p.m. Mon., 8:46 a.m. to 7:27 p.m. Wed., and 2:01 a.m. to 11:48 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 Now to late August, pursue romance or a creative, artistic, pleasure, child-oriented, teaching or speculative project. (Travel, publishing and scholarship are also blessed, as a path or "link.") It's the best time in a quarter century to begin such matters (though you've already met the "lucky link"). The eventual lucky result will be far larger than is now apparent - so don't hold back, don't "lose faith" - plunge in, especially this Monday afternoon to Wednesday dawn! You'll know the truth by your joy! Rest, plan, prepare Sunday to Monday noon. (93) Taurus April 20-May 20 The five weeks ahead offer you the best time in years to increase your security in some way. Buy real estate (or sell it). Heal your family or yourself. Build a kitchen, have a child, prepare your children's future, landscape or renovate, get back to the land, start a pension or retirement plan, invest for security down the road. There are many examples: pick one, and charge ahead! Investment, research, a sexual or intimate commitment, a big change, all "help your luck." Best time: Tuesday p.m. to Wednesday dawn. (PDT.) (94) Gemini May 21-June 20 Now to August 27 promotes your luck in communications, news, writing, internet, travel, distribution, office systems, details, paperwork, curiosity, and casual friends or contacts - all things you're "expert" in. Pick one or two of these, and charge ahead to begin or further a successful project/relationship. You've probably already "met" this project/person, contemplated him/her/it during the last few weeks. But a "big beginning" is the lucky key now: plunge in, start - especially Monday eve to Wednesday dawn. Relationships, relocation, contracts, marriage, fame or public dealings form a "lucky path." Go! (93) Cancer June 21-July 22 The five weeks ahead offer you a great chance (best in years!) to "cash in" or ensure future profits - to sell something, to obtain or seek a pay raise, to enter a more lucrative field or position within your field, to gain new business or new clients - or to purchase something which will enhance your life or help you earn more. Focus on beginning rather than ending. (Though your luckiest idea has been around for a week or two.) Work, service, dependants, health or machinery form a lucky link. (93) Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Your personal luck soars now through late August, Leo. This is the best luck in many years - probably since the 1970's. You might not feel lucky yet. But the majority of your present luck is in beginnings - what you start now through August 26 can grow to yield a "massive treasure" - in love, romance, pleasure, creativity, art, speculation, or the joy of children. Travel, legalities or "fame" might be involved. You'll feel chipper, energetic, especially Monday eve to Wednesday dawn. People will notice you. This is your signal. Go! (93) Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Your luck with spiritual, governmental, institutional, charitable and similar matters reaches a quarter-century peak now through late August. This includes red tape, obligations, shut-ins and older family members, secrets, skeletons, healing, therapy, God, meditation, psychic connections. A "secondary" luck also affects your retirement, security, family, children, real estate, etc. Pick any combination of the foregoing that "feels right" and then chase it, build something in it, take a step. For example, you could apply for a government grant, or buy a retirement home and find it grows in value. (93) Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 You might have already, in the last eleven months, joined a new social group or club, made new friends, started a "friendship romance," or made your bid for public acclaim - or simply chased a major, heart-felt wish. But only now do the best and most "future potent" of these arrive - so join yet another social group, make more contacts, redouble your efforts. The emphasis is on new beginnings - future results will be bigger than present results! The "best idea" has already "wafted in" during the last two weeks. Go! (93) Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 You've faced luck - and some false starts - in career, prestige, parenting and "VIP relations" zones for the past eleven months. Now through late August, a gigantic luck enters these areas. This luck's potency lies in its ability to help you begin a successful venture. Take even a small step down a new road. This road can lead to huge, fortunate results, in money and status, for the decade or two ahead. An idea or "news" that occurred since mid-July contains a profitable clue. Go, Monday eve to Wednesday dawn! (93) Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 The best luck since the 1970's comes to you now through late August, in a particular area. I urge you to pursue it. Forget doubts, indecisions, what your kids, parents, boss or spouse wants. (Actually, your spouse or lover will probably agree - and might already have suggested it a week or two ago.) That area? It's wide: distant travel, wedding, law, education, publishing, media, philosophy, religion, insurance, statistics, science, advertising, profound thoughts, foreign cultures and people. Pick two or three and launch yourself! (Especially Monday eve to Wednesday dawn.) (93) Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 A lot of Caps have called me lately, upset that their lives are "unstable." The thing is, instability is your greatest ally now through August 26. More correctly, change (rather than instability) is the doorway to huge new results, profits and a whole, wide future. Your actions over the next five weeks can utterly change your life for the better. So don't hesitate: follow your gut feelings and hunches. Here's what's lucky: investments, lifestyle changes, sexual commitments, mortgages/debt, health diagnoses, research, secrets, intimacy, occultism, the subconscious, dreams. Act now! (93) Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 One of the greatest opportunities of your life confronts you now through late August. It has been "in embryo" for eleven months, but might have only caught your attention in the last week or two. This opportunity might or might not lead to immediate "lucky results" - but those will assuredly be forthcoming, if you act now. (After August 26, obstacles grow.) This opportunity is: to relocate, marry, litigate, seek fame, sign a contract, form a partnership, or generally to seize the day. This is NOT a career opportunity. Go! (93) Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your work load can grow immensely now through late August. Don't regard this as slavery, but as a stepping stone to more income and/or a higher position - for it is very likely to lead to both. Your present efforts/ventures can take from a week to as long as four years to blossom into solid results, but blossom they will, as long as you proceed now with good will, honesty and ambition. July 28 (eve) to 30 (dawn) and August 6/7 are great times to begin work or seek employment. (93) www.astralreflections.com. E-mail: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: (1) 604-261-1337. /30/