ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS MAY 20 - 26, 2007 All times/dates are PDT. CAPRICORN, a 17-year revolution is coming to your life from 2008 through 2024, a change deeper and more complete than any you've known before, a change that will align you with more happiness and joy than you've ever quite grasped before! The most intense period of this influence will depend on your birth date. Caps born December 21 or 22 will experience peak intensity in 2008 and 2009. If you were born January 19 or 20, then 2022/23 (and a bit of '24) brings your peak intensity. If you were born between these dates, count the number of days you were born after December 21, then divide this number by 2, and add it to 2008 - that will give your approximate "peak year." As implied, this change centers on your grasp of happiness, mainly because the planet causing it - and staying 17 years in your sign - rules, for you, joy, optimism and wishes-come-true. But this will manifest in various ways Anyone looking at your life from Mars during these 17 years, or even from the street corner, would say that this change is obvious in a few related departments: your social life and aspirations, who you like as a friend, what circles you walk in, these will change, deeply and wholly. (You will be particularly attracted to Scorpio friends, as well as Pisces, Taurus, and Virgo. Cancer will be a puzzle and an attraction - perhaps one too hot to remain a friendship.) That casual observer, if they could sit down for an hour's conversation with you, would also think that your goals had undergone a complete transformation. E.g., if you wanted to study law, now it's dentistry or history. Or if before you wanted to be a hermit on 1,000 acres, now you want fame and New York streets - or whatever! But these changes in social contacts, goals and joy are simply the outward manifestations of a deep inner metamorphosis. Your personality, your sense of self, will begin this journey of change in 2008. Whatever is stale in you will be plowed up and tossed aside. What has lain in seed, waiting for its chance, will now grow and bloom. Your true future arrives. Hidden talents will emerge - hidden desires, too. Your investigative, research and healing skills will surface. Your sexuality will deepen. This transformation might affect your closest relationships. You could withdraw for a while, to "feel your way" through these changes. If you're in an unhappy relationship, it could end. But these changes are, ultimately, your decision. You'll feel dominant, in charge of others, so be gentle these 17 years. The best news: this change starts in 2008 - a very lucky year - so if you can sense your future in '08, charge after it! Start Nothing: 0:46 a.m. to 0:57 a.m. Mon., 6:08 a.m. to 9:26 a.m. Wed., and 5:43 p.m. to 9:16 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 The four weeks ahead emphasize communications, short trips, siblings and casual friends, paperwork, details - and constant busyness. Your home remains sweet, family affectionate. Your own willpower and magnetism, decisiveness and ability are high, now to late June. Go forth, Aries - learn, satisfy your curiosity, ask questions - and answer them, write, accomplish intellectual projects. Sunday brings sudden news or a disruptive exchange - drive carefully. Romance, pleasure, creative surges put you on a winning streak Monday/Tuesday! Tackle work with good motives Wednesday to Thursday. Exciting meetings Friday night, Saturday! Love's possible! Taurus April 20-May 20 Money, possessions, and casual sexual urges fill the weeks ahead. Accept things at face value rather than pursue a "false mystery." Chase money, buy/sell, ask for a pay raise, seek lucrative clients. Life proceeds the way you like to live it! An abrupt message, thought or meeting occurs Sunday. Avoid money this day, and drive carefully. Home, real estate, kids, agriculture hit lucky times Monday to dawn Wednesday. Your financial intuition soars. A "hidden ally" could give you good advice. Treat romance, speculation, creative urges cautiously Wednesday to Friday. Gemini May 21-June 20 Your energy, charisma, effectiveness, sense of timing and popularity all soar through the weeks ahead. You're on a winning path! Opportunities will surround you - pick the best two or four and seize them! Seek help, ask favors, make contacts, journey to another place, get "out of yourself." Public dealings, fame, relocation, marriage, business partnerships, contracts and negotiations are favored. Your money picture looks bright, too. You could rise above all the defeats and hindrances of the past decade in a few short weeks - be courageous, and do so - act! Cancer June 21-July 22 Rest, lie low, contemplate and plan during the few weeks ahead. Your energy and charisma levels will be low. Higher-ups, parents and authorities will be impatient and temperamental, but you'll do fine if you work quietly, and preferably alone - bad time to seek attention or attempt to "rally the troops." Be spiritual, charitable; deal with shut-ins, civil servants, head office and administrative chores. You'll experience life, at least until June 5, as a sweet, mild thing. Gather money Monday to Wednesday dawn - it's lucky! Curb speech Wednesday-Friday. Home's sweet'n'sour Saturday. Leo July 23-Aug.22 Hopes, optimism, popularity, flirtations, and the possibility of breaking through to a joyous new future - these are highlighted over the weeks ahead! Remember my advice: be neither skeptical nor suspicious nor submit yourself to a regime of over-work. Take risks, seek love and adventure - only your big, innocent heart can create the path to success now! Sunday brings something abrupt and unprofitable: lie low, be mild and mellow. Your energy and charisma soar Monday to Wednesday morning - seek attention, give praise, enjoy and be productive. Treat money cautiously Wednesday-Friday. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Be ambitious now to late June. VIPs, authorities, parents and bosses are watching. Your communications to/with them are telling, precise and effective. Now through late June, you could be fired with the urge to invest. The same impulse might emerge as a desire to change your life (wholesale!) to bring a baby (son) into the world, to gain intimacy with someone sexy, to research or investigate a financial, criminal, spiritual, occult or other mystery of life. Good, go ahead - any and all of these should find a lucky conclusion! Libra Sept. 23-Oct.22 Relationships and opportunities move front and center - but they share your thoughts with another theme: culture, intellect, learning, law, philosophy, compassion, understanding, gentle love, and the desire to travel afar or deal with foreign-born people. Combine these two (relationships and any/all of the rest) and you have the path to success in the weeks ahead! E.g., relationship plus love equals marriage (though for most of you, major love comes in 2009 or 2011 onward) or learning opportunity plus travel equals Shangri-la. Wishes tend to come true Monday to Wednesday dawn! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 The month ahead holds mysteries, research and investigation, lifestyle changes, and deep commitments in financial, sexual, and similar areas. Commitments lead to consequences - and these might give you pause, or bring you to a critical decision around June 18. The same period brings hard work - climaxing with a lucky result in early June, so plunge into it! Both the work and the "commitment" are related. Those "mysteries" or deeper urges could interfere with love and ethics Sunday. Be ambitious Monday to Wednesday dawn - luck and intuition ride with you! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Relationships of all kinds - love, business, public and friendships - occupy you - luckily - for the month ahead. So do relocation, contract negotiations, agreement, co-operation, opposition, and opportunities. Love could blossom! Your 2007 luck might be tied up with a major change in your direction and domicile. The people and opportunities that confront you now might be the agents of this change. Consider their arguments and desires carefully. Your wisdom soars Monday to Wednesday dawn - you could be off to foreign shores, school or love's adventures! Be careful with your reputation Wednesday-Friday. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 The weeks ahead feature work, health, your dependent's needs, and dealings with employees or service people. Just plod along. Your home might be more tense than usual through late June, but you can use the same energy (and defuse the tension) in landscaping, repairs, renovations, etc. Others treat you nicely to June 5 - after this, luck enters your private world, intimate moments, and finances. Spouse, others are jumpy Sunday. Sexual, financial and health matters offer luck Monday/Tuesday - act! Take care with cultural, travel and legal matters Wednesday to Friday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb.18 A month of romance, creativity, self-expression, joy from children, beauty, pleasure, sports, games and speculation begins Monday! Dreams can come true this year, and May/June is one of the times most likely to prove this. Take care with electricity, money, and computers Sunday. Exciting meetings might occur Monday to Wednesday dawn. Trust your intuition, that little nudge that prompts you to speak to someone. Be cautious with investments, debt, all finances and sexual or investigative urges Wednesday to Friday. Saturday's an odd combination - "mellow aggressive." Talk could lead to flirtation. Pisces Feb.19-March 20 Home, family, real estate, Mother Nature, your soul, digestive system, ending stale situations and relationships, and nurturing worthwhile ones, contemplation, and sluggish "hibernation" - these themes fill the weeks ahead. Regenerate and refresh, Pisces - take power naps, walks in the park, etc. Money will flow swiftly to you - and through you, if you can't curtail spending. Be selfish, this time! Romance gets a wake-up call Sunday - a small alarm. Tackle chores Monday to Wednesday dawn - you'll get lots accomplished, can find employment, etc. Be cautious in relationships Wednesday-Friday: subtle incompatibilities exist. For a reading: 604-261-1337. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. www.astralrelfections.com. /30