ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2, 2004 All times/dates are PDT. I've decided that I can't explain the luck cycle sufficiently in the messages below, so let's stick to doing them sign-by-sign here in the preamble. VIRGO, the 55 weeks ahead bring you luck in money. Your income can grow through work (pay raise), finding more lucrative clients, or buying/selling items. Many Virgos, during this period, will be able to place themselves on a higher plateau of earnings - a plateau that can last years, even decades. You'll own more possessions. Your memory will be sharper than usual, and rote learning will come easily. (Young Virgo children will do very well this school year.) That's the good part. The "difficult" part is that, now to July 2005, this expansion in money might come at the expense of your social life - or, more likely, your love and social commitments might prevent you from making more money. Social motives could even cause loss, if you spend to impress friends, or invest with friends, etc. DON'T mix money and friends this year ahead! However, DO let love conquer greed, let creativity conquer security. Be careful, all 2005 and the first half of 2006, to avoid selfishness in money or possessions. Bad motives can enmesh you in a sticky money trap. Wisdom and financial safety will come when you're considerate of others but not seduced by them, and when you handle money with a long-range view. Think "net worth." LIBRA, the 13 months ahead will be like a shining dawn following the quiet night of the last year. Your personality wakes up, cheerfulness and fellowship return - you'll whistle while you walk down the street! The hard work of the past year won't disappear - your load might grow even heavier, and the rewards will seem even stingier. You'll be tempted to chuck that job and hop a jet plane to exotic places - don't. If you continue to work ambitiously until July 16, 2005, you'll find the next three decades are quite easy in work and career. But if you quit, cut corners, or cheat, you'll harm your reputation and experience difficulty in employment matters for many years. So your swiftly arriving sense of freedom, camaraderie, restlessness and personal expansion might have to be reined in a bit. But where your duties permit, do travel, follow your curiosity, write, make friends, and enjoy the great variety life offers! Some very significant, honorable people could enter your life in 2005 and the first half of 2006. During this time, don't let your cheerfulness become a sort of independence. You need others even when you're at the height of your luck and power. You shine most in partnership. The seven weeks ahead boost your sex appeal powerfully - you'll attract someone. Now, is he/she THE one? Start Nothing: 6:12 p.m. to 7:57 p.m. Mon., 6:35 p.m. Wed. to 2:24 a.m. Thurs., and 9:34 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 The year ahead brings good luck in relationships, relocation, dealings with the public, agreements and opportunities. But remain gently independent "within them." Withdraw if you notice these things: 1) you have to chase a relationship, opportunity, etcetera - and chase it, and chase it; 2) delays keep occurring; 3) you feel, deep down where you hardly want to recognize it, that you might be taking advantage of someone; 4) every time you seem just about to succeed, another wrinkle arrives, needing to be solved. Until August/05, sign no realty contracts. Taurus April 20-May 20 The month ahead (and to some degree the 18 months ahead) need caution in work, service, health, machinery and similar areas. Your work will expand, but this isn't necessarily a good thing - make sure it is (a good thing) before you accept a huge job. You could get run off your feet now to mid-November! Your hopes, popularity and happiness rise nicely Sunday/Monday. But retreat to rest and contemplate Tuesday/Wednesday. Your energy, magnetism surge upward Thursday to Saturday. Chase money Saturday afternoon - you could find a "recurring source!" Gemini May 21-June 20 The six weeks ahead fire up your romantic, creative and speculative engines - so does the year ahead, to some degree. Your courage will soar; you'll dare to make moves you normally wouldn't. This can be a good or a bad thing - to ensure the good, remain social, light-hearted. In creativity, know your audience. Obsession, in love, is spelled T-R-A-P. Money and gambling are a bad mix, now through next summer. Be duteous, career-oriented Sunday/Monday. Your best self emerges Tuesday/Wednesday - popularity and joy result! Lie low, rest Thursday to Saturday noon. Cancer June 21-July 22 Settle into home, family, real estate concerns, gardening, agriculture, security, retirement, and similar pursuits now through late October. But be careful about expanding your commitment or "risk" in all these areas through June 2006. For example, be very careful about buying real estate. Good news, good feelings and prosperity might surge up to bless you in these zones, but be wary if you find yourself chasing rewards. What's accepted comes; what's chased flees. DON'T start living with anyone before November 12. Life's joys greet you Thursday to Saturday noon! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Communications are important - and successful - over the next six weeks. You could make a casual Starbucks-type friend in the month ahead, with whom you can share big ideas and small understandings. A "friendly romance" is possible also, and is actually probable in the year ahead. You might travel frequently now to autumn 2005. But these things - casual romance, travel, friendship and communications - demand a mildly cautious approach. Don't waste all your time driving around town, for instance. If in doubt, choose the large and profound over the small and casual. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Relationships offer opportunities Sunday/Monday, especially in money arenas. During the year ahead, you'll encounter many money opportunities, and you'll feel optimistic and cheerful about money (or, generally, about what you own). Good - but don't get over-optimistic, don't buy bigger than you can afford, etc. Though earnings opportunities will pop up everywhere, wise Virgos will first tend to the "bigger picture" in finances, debts and investments. Money flows swiftly to you (and perhaps from you) for the next six weeks - bank it! Everywhere I've written "money" you can also read "intimacy." Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Your energy, enthusiasm, luck, optimism, courage and talkativeness are increasing daily - and will balloon to giant proportions over the year ahead. Don't fall in love with the sound of your own voice; don't let optimism tempt you to say, "I don't need anyone." Independence is the wrong direction now to mid-2006 - co-operation, relocation, meeting new people, mingling and taking a chance on others, is the right direction. Your career remains hard and demanding to July 2005 - but if you stick with it, life will be easier for three decades! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Work becomes a burden for the seven weeks ahead. Do it, but protect your health from overwork, overheating. Don't let co-workers impose on you unfairly. But get used to a "bigger burden" - your money will be made, for the 56 weeks ahead, from assuming more duties. Government agencies, institutions, head office and management roles will be tied to your money fortune also, for the same period. Don't let these matters become the prime focus of your life, or you'll find that success actually eludes you. Beauty and pleasure bless you Sunday/Monday! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Your hopes soar during the weeks - and year - ahead. You'll be popular, optimistic, cheerful - blue skies everywhere! For the next few weeks, romance, art, creativity, pleasure become an almost daily event. You're wise if you turn what's social into a more private, one-on-one pleasure. You might meet disappointment if you try to keep everything social, light, and group-oriented - this applies right into mid-2006. Now to July 2005, DON'T gamble, speculate, nor mix money and friendship. Settle down, get your rest Sunday/Monday. Chase love, beauty, pleasure mid-week. Tackle chores Thursday/Friday. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Things start hopping on your career and business fronts Sunday - and they won't let up until at least October 2005. You face a year of expanding ambitions and relations with higher-ups - but be wise. Know that you have to take care of your foundations if you want your higher ambitions to be healthy and successful. Your family, financial security, and psychological/emotional roots will return more per minute of focus, than your ambitions. You'll get a strong hint of this during the seven weeks ahead. Temperamental VIPs could deliver the clue. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 A legal, higher-education, international travel, cultural, philosophical, religious or publishing matter could expand mightily over the year ahead. Before it grows, ask: is it a good thing, connected to good ethics/motives? And is it "coming to you" or constantly eluding your pursuing grasp? Avoid a lawsuit now to mid-2006. You would be convinced that your cause was just, and this would make you a lawyer's best income source. And, astoundingly, you'd probably lose! For you, now, wisdom's in the smaller things. Chase money Sunday/Monday. Love's around you, travel's sparked. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your energy and magnetism are high Sunday/Monday - ask favors, get things done. Hot attractions and impulsive financial commitments will be the norm now through mid-November. You can feel deep streaks of "lust" during the whole year ahead. This "lust" can be for sex, or money, or simply reflect a huge urge to change your life/lifestyle. If you're older, health concerns might balloon. All this needs wisdom and caution. Earning money will be wiser than investing. If you're "owed" (good karma) life might drop a moneybag in your lap! www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/