ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS APRIL 3 - 9, 2005 All times/dates are Pacific Daylight. (Daylight time starts April 3.) Just as a reminder, start no major projects, nor buy anything important, before April 12. A note for you SAGITTARIANS who have emailed to ask why I missed writing a preamble on Pluto in your sign - I started with Sagittarius, about two, three months ago. (To find old columns, go to "Archives" on my web site.) Now, PISCES again: Pluto spends the entire 1995 to 2008 period in a deep, broad-based drive to transform your career direction, ambitions, parental role, and community status, Pisces (e.g., famous/infamous, married/single). The pressures of change might have forced you, especially in the last two years, to recognize certain flaws or shortcomings in your nature. (For example, many Pisces are indecisive and shy about promoting their own interests; many Piscean parents are too flexible for their children's good, etc. But don't forget that your failings are almost always your virtues, too. Your indecision means you see many elements that others can't. Being a push-over in family discipline also means your aren't a dictator - a fact your kids will remember and appreciate long into their adulthood!) Last year (2004) lucky Jupiter, the planet that is "controlling" Pluto and offering you the good side of Pluto's changes, held out several opportunities connected with change: a chance to marry "up" or divorce, or a cheerful business opportunity, or a chance to relocate to a status neighborhood. In 2005, Jupiter gets a little tipsy, he offers luck and dead-ends, and life gets very complicated. Still, your finances should improve, and this is a major year to - not to change your lifestyle on your own initiative, but to let it "evolve." Follow the river of events - if it takes you across the country, or into the intimate embrace of someone, go! In 2006, Jupiter offers knowledge. For the first time, you'll start to really understand what Pluto has been doing to you - you'll see it is good, you'll start to feel at peace about it. You might enter school, travel internationally, sign important documents, publish, broadcast, or be involved in a legal affair. (Remember last week's column.) In 2007, Pluto and Jupiter travel together through your career sector. The biggest changes in your status, career and reputation could come now - life-transforming changes. Be optimistic - they should be good ones! 2008 wraps up 14 years of change - this year offers you a new future, a new social circle, new hopes and goals - you'll see far, and you'll like what you see! Start Nothing: 4:32 p.m. Mon. to 1:45 a.m. Tues., 7:03 p.m. Wed. to 4:28 a.m. Thurs., and 10:59 p.m. Fri. to 8:50 a.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Your energy, pizzazz, and charisma soar this week - let the world see your talents! Social delights, wish fulfillment, flirtations, optimism and popularity fill Sunday/Monday. Make a wish. Meet someone special. But retreat, rest, and think things over Tuesday/Wednesday. You can make headway with government, head office, institutions and red tape. Your energy surges back Thursday/Friday - you'll win every battle but the home-front one. Be duteous toward your family, but don't be "imprisoned" by their needs. You could find the road to recognition or fame! Beware "star-crossed" love - be healthy! Taurus April 20-May 20 Continue to lie low, to contemplate and recuperate, especially as this week ends (Thursday/Friday). Your spiritual, emotional and physical selves need peace and quiet. Be charitable. Your bosses and parents are snappish, impatient. Something is going awry for them. Step lightly; show gentle humor. Despite this caution, your career looks lucky Sunday/Monday! You might be called into closed-door discussions anytime this month, or asked to head a management, policy or investigative project. Avoid starting major tasks before April 12. Emotional relief, good feelings arrive mid-week. You perk up Saturday. Gemini May 21-June 20 Wish fulfillment imbues your days. Luck surrounds run-ins with old acquaintances, lovers, and co-workers before April 12, new ones after that. Many things that happen will bring a smile to your face, though you might forget that once you yearned for exactly this feeling. You recently (late February, early March) felt that you were a bit deserted by the world - you can see now that you haven't been! All month, but especially this Sunday/Monday, love, intellectual, far travel, philosophical, ritual, media and legal matters go well - but avoid lawsuits! Cancer June 21-July 22 Show yourself to good advantage in front of VIPs, parents and higher-ups - but let this be personality stuff, for projects and tasks will tend to go awry at critical junctures (e.g., just when you're showing them off). Don't be impulsive about investments, debts, sexual liaisons, lifestyle changes or your health, especially Sunday/Monday. These zones have great luck these two days - if you leave them alone! If you push them, you could affect your status in complicated ways. Your wise, mellow side emerges Tuesday/Wednesday. Your career's lucky Thursday, not Friday. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Don't start legal, educational, far-travel, intellectual, wedding or media projects this week (nor before April 12). They seem to go well, but could meet major hidden, administrative or governmental obstacles by late week. Love hovers in the air, especially Sunday/Monday, when unexpected and exciting meetings occur! You're lucky in love, relationships, relocation concerns, litigation, permissions/permits, media, contracts and dealings with the public these two days - but DON'T launch new projects. Collect rewards, bask in possibilities - and praise someone! Life's mysterious side emerges Tuesday/Wednesday - so could lust or financial realities. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Avoid new sexual, financial, lifestyle, or health situations/projects before April 12. (They will meet their Armageddon by Thursday/Friday - though when it happens, you might think it's a wee glitch at first.) Your work and health go well Sunday/Monday - you might make more money, or earn a long-overdue pay raise! But don't push these matters, either, or, by an indirect series of events, you'll foul up more major things (your health, net worth, or big lifestyle plans). Exciting personal and business meetings arise Tuesday/Wednesday, but re-read the first sentence above. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Don't start new relationships, contracts, negotiations, litigation, relocation nor public-contact ventures. Promise nothing; believe no promises. Many minds will change in the few weeks ahead. All these areas - relationships, agreements, etc., hold bright promise, but that shine will tarnish by Thursday/Friday, as a parent, higher-up, or authority in some form nixes your prospects. Take this in good humor (you shouldn'ta been there anyway.) Romance, creativity, speculation, beauty and pleasure soar luckily Sunday/Monday - but don't push these into unknown territory, or you'll cause glitches. Embrace what is! To work mid-week. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 The reasons why I've warned you away from new work projects, new tools, software and machinery these past few weeks, should become apparent by Thursday/Friday. Remain cautious about these areas through April 11. Many benefits can come from former or ongoing employment situations, tasks, tools - stick with these. A health problem might need fixing. You grow "heated" on the home front all April. This week, you receive a shot of luck at home, in real estate, retirement, security, family or similar areas Sunday/Monday! Romance, pleasure pay a "wee" visit Tuesday/Wednesday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Romantic moments pop up in various places this week. Still, you shouldn't start any new love affairs - stick with "old faithful" or dawdle with a former flame. Thursday/Friday (especially Friday) are superbly romantic, yet if a new affair is begun now, something will be wrong with the "deeper areas" - sex or finance. You can apply the same general advice to creative, speculative and teaching involvements. You're charming, seductive - and hasty, dismissive - with communications, travel, and friends this week. Sunday/Monday and Thursday bring luck in reaching out - adventure waits! Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You might feel a powerful recurring urge to end a relationship, job, or other situation. Delay action until April 12, so you'll clearly see the consequences of such action - and your road ahead. That urge might be replaced by a foundational plan to re-establish yourself, to widen your base of support, to be even stronger in this job, situation or relationship. Wait, also (9 more days) on retirement, family, real estate, gardening/agriculture, reno and construction projects. Thursday/Friday nudge you to start early - don't. Your money luck surges Sunday/Monday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Your charm, energy and magnetism soar Sunday/Monday - you'll attract special people! Use these two days to push projects through, to gain adherents for a change of course, or simply to enjoy good friends and a good life - but don't start new projects before April 12. Money surprises Tuesday, could "fight you" Wednesday. (Don't mix money and friends mid-week.) Communications, long and short trips, details, reports are a mixed bag Thursday/Friday. You could hear from long-lost contacts. Someone might flirt. Keep one eye on underlying realities of health and/or duties. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Don't buy anything important, nor start new income projects before April 12. Until then, collect on old bills, pay old debts. This is a nice, easy week. Retreat, rest and contemplate Sunday/Monday. People will leave you in peace - complete red tape, management, government, institutional, charitable or spiritual tasks. Visit a psychic or counselor. Your energy and charisma return Tuesday/Wednesday - Wednesday night might give you a clue to the "forces" you're dealing with in career/ambition zones this decade. Money's lucky Thursday/Friday, if you don't mix it with romance or "gambles." www.astralreflections.com email: timstephens@shaw.ca For a reading with Tim: 604-261-1337. /30/