ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 11 - 17, 2007 All times/dates are PST. LEO, your upcoming LUCK CYCLE, from mid-December 07 to January 4 2009, will bring piles of work_but there's gold in that pile. You can easily land a lucrative job, increase your pay scale, or otherwise swell your bank account. If you're in sales, you'll attract and keep lucrative clients, because you'll go that extra mile to serve them. It's not a lottery-winning year, but the economic gains you achieve through hard work in 2008 will merely be the first step in a long, growing financial expansion. Be careful, deliberate, plan and march steadily toward your work goals. In no other year would you be so likely to achieve them! You might receive a lot of overtime, or moonlight, balancing two jobs. The work you perform now can lead to promotions, either in 2008, or 2012. It's a "golden" year to buy tools, equipment, machinery and computers. This luck cycle can also affect your health, so guard against weight gain, especially around the hips and thighs. Protect these areas from blows, falls, etc. LEO, your upcoming KARMIC CYCLE, from December 18 2007 to August 21 2009, emphasizes the goodness, wisdom and healing qualities of relationship, and the folly of independence. When you're frustrated or seem to be the whipping boy of fate, remember that self-pity - and self-flagellation, self-criticism and vanity - are simply ways of being separate from others. This period will bring dead ends, staleness, lack of progress and frustrations if you remain adamantly independent, if you are certain your way (or idea) is better than another's. You're the most creative and romantic of all the signs, and often creativity and romance demand or entail a certain amount of ego, self-expression and self-promotion. ("Faint heart ne'er won fair lady" and all that.) That's all right - but keep a weather-eye on yourself. If you're going from self-expression to pushy, from healthy self-interest to self-insistence, take a wee inward breather, forgive yourself, and start again. Yes, forgive yourself. You might suffer bad luck, because karma is paying you back for anything bad you did in the last 17 years. If it comes, accept it as fair payment, pick yourself up, smile, and march forward. Laugh at yourself, open your arms and heart to others, and you'll do fine! You'll benefit greatly if you seek advice, relocate, deal with the public, seek fame, negotiate, sign contracts, accent diplomacy, marry or form new bonds. Go outward, from yourself. Explore. Make efforts to understand where others are coming from, their desires and needs, and why they see a situation differently than you. Several good, "blessed" people can enter your sphere in these 19 months. Start Nothing: 11:53 p.m. Mon. to 5:00 a.m. Tues, 1:19 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thurs., and 6:51 p.m. to 11:14 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 The accent continues on secrets, research, investigation, dreams, the occult, sexual intimacies and commitment, investments and large finances, lifestyle changes and consequences. November always brings a turning point for you, big or small. This time, changes are likely to be small, because your ruler, Mars, turns retrograde Thursday, bringing a winter (to late January) of thinking, mulling, and waiting. That's appropriate, because 2008 begins the biggest cycle of change in your life since the 1971 to 1983 period. Establish lucky new ground in legal, educational and travel areas Monday. Taurus April 20-May 20 Relationships continue to fascinate, challenge and offer opportunities. Be willing to see another person's point of view, since your luck will come from merging interests rather than from accenting your own. However, be careful or skeptical about a relationship and your status Sunday - protect your reputation and avoid business/financial commitments. November to April will be filled with conversations (and/or paperwork) relating to your past, your secrets, and, possibly, your dealings with government agencies. (Taxes?) You can make a good investment or financial move Monday; a sexual liaison might start. Gemini May 21-June 20 Piles of work remain to be done, so plunge in. You'll make good progress - except Sunday, when daydreaming, uncertainty, computer glitches, etc., create miscues. Rest this day. You can make great strides in a critical relationship Monday. You might meet a mate, change a mate, agree/sign a contract or fly away to a new "life base." Investments, finances, lifestyle changes, sexual lures occur Tuesday to Thursday, but in a mild way. A mellow, easy mood comes Friday/Saturday. Now through January, your dreams, wishes and plans undergo a "major review." Cancer June 21-July 22 Romantic vibes, creative surges, pleasure, beauty and speculative urges continue. Take a chance - you're on a winning streak! Your magnetism remains high, but the situations your increased attractiveness brings will give you pause for thought now through late January. That's good, because 2008 will start the longest, most significant relationship phase of your life. Contemplation prepares you, and the "love puzzles" you experience are life holding you back, life saying: "Wait, think." For "relationship" you can substitute "career opportunities." Same influences apply. Work's big, but lucky and easy Monday! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 The domestic accent continues - home, family, security, real estate, Mother Nature, and building new foundations in money and in heart - all these remain important during this smooth, easy week. Beware only Sunday, when your ideas (or your mate's ideas/behavior) could run counter to your security in the oddest, most subtle and "helplessly deceptive" ways. You could get enmeshed in an administrative, planning, government-related or similar "red tape" project anytime now to late January. No worries here - it's a "clue" about the new type of work you'll face from 2008-2024. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 You still face lots of paperwork, messaging, short trips and errands. Life's busy but easy. Take care Sunday, when misunderstandings or fuzzy thinking can sabotage your work efforts. Try resting. Seize a home, property or family opportunity Monday - life's solid and benevolent! Romance lures mid-week. Chores arise Thursday eve to Saturday. You've been ambitious and hopeful about a sexual, power, financial or investment project/situation since August. Now to late January, though you remain hopeful, various delays and puzzles make you rethink all this. That's okay: "final" success comes February-May. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Spend or make money Monday onward - NOT Sunday, when illusions and odd ideas invade this zone. You might hear from a valued friend Monday, or finally receive that important letter/package or data. Tend the home fires (be sluggish and rest) Tuesday to Thursday. You're quite ambitious August 07-May 08, but a series of career, status or business puzzles confronts you now through January. That's because your home scene, your foundations, are entering a hugely significant change. Wait until late February to launch new business or career ventures. Romance Friday/Saturday? Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Your magnetism, energy and effectiveness remain high! You might worry about your home situation (and/or money) Sunday - do nothing while uncertain. You can take good, solid strides forward in money, earnings or purchases Monday. All week (except Sunday) call in favors, make personal appearances, tackle chores/projects that need your best shot. A legal, far travel, cultural, educational, media or intellectual pursuit will go in circles now through January. This "hold up" is actually introducing a major new, beneficial two-decade trend in communications, travel and mental work. Home's best, Friday/Saturday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Continue to rest, lie low, avoid the limelight. Seek spiritual, charitable pathways. Deal with head office, administrations, government agencies and institutions. Fulfill old obligations. Take care Sunday - your energy is higher, charisma's flowing, but communications and travel are mistake prone. You can accomplish "wonders" (within reason!) Monday. Chase money Tuesday/Wednesday. Make contacts, phone, travel Friday/Saturday. Now through January, sexual and financial pursuits meet delays, especially those connected to love or a speculative prospect. That's okay - this is a "reshuffling" antecedent to a huge monetary phase arriving in 2008. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Popularity, optimism, flirtations, light romance, entertainment, wishes coming true - these fill this week, especially Tuesday to Thursday, when your charisma soars! Expect a flirty glance! Lie low Sunday - mistakes and "delusions" are rife in money, purchases, and loyalty areas. (You're tired Monday, but you can accomplish much with government, institutions, and charities. A splendid day to plan the future or hold committee/policy meetings.) Through late January, a relationship, relocation, litigation, fame, love or fight situation might be delayed or present you with many puzzles. Be patient - huge changes loom! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Continue with ambitious plans, projects. Work, employment, machinery and health will present you with certain puzzles and delays through December. That's okay; a "rearrangement" is underway; your duties are being realigned; you'll soon be admitted to the halls (or higher levels) of administration, delegation, planning and policy-making. If you're not in the work force, this minor, temporary "chaos" is leading to a more spiritual, charitable or sympathetic role for you. Soon (2008 to 2024) you'll see a bigger, broader "meaning" to your life's work. You can spy your future Monday! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your sweet, understanding mood continues. Higher learning, classics, foreign films, culture, social rituals (weddings, mitzvahs) law, far travel, media and intellectual pursuits - all go well. Career, parenting and dealings with higher ups hit fogs of misplaced trust, illusion and misdirection Sunday, but you can make solid, lucky headway in these zones Monday! You'll feel popular, optimistic mid-week. Flirtation and love mingle sweetly. But you face passion's puzzles Thursday through December - it's life's preparation for a major change in your emotional and love goals, 2008 to 2024. Rest, contemplate, Friday/Saturday. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/