ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS DECEMBER 16-22, 2007 All times/dates are PST. Pluto, in Capricorn from 2008 to 2024, will grow a new crop of careful criminals. These people won't be showy and impulsively violent as the last crop were. The police will need to adjust to much more structured, tentacled, and low profile criminal organizations. The Mafia will look like a mere forerunner of the large criminal networks on the horizon. Unfortunately, some of the organizations will be countries. SAGITTARIUS, your new LUCK CYCLE, in force from December 18 2007 to January 4 2009, emphasizes money, money and more money. You're going to make more, and you'll probably spend more. This is the year you splurge on a new car, furniture, school program - or travel tickets! Although the accent is on possessions that decline in value versus investments that accrue value - hopefully! - you could make some quite lucky investments. For instance, buying a house or apartment might be a good idea. You could have an increased income, allowing you to make larger mortgage payments. You can buy and sell almost anything during these 13 months. Your career and relations with bosses and parents enter a sober, serious zone, which will tend to stabilize your income gains. DO ask for a raise, as 2008 could place you on a permanently higher income plateau. What you achieve this year ahead is only the starting point - for the accent on increased earnings will continue for 17 years. You'll build a castle of money! But DON'T become dictatorial about money. You'll also find that "casual intimacy" is easier to achieve now through 2024 - but ask yourself if this is all you want. Governments, big corporations, institutions and large organizations will be fertile employment or contract/income venues for you. Fill out applications for grants and government-guaranteed loans. However, beware huge debts - this luck cycle could tempt you to go overboard. Your Sagittarian KARMIC cycle, from December 18/07 to August 21/09, urges you to stick to the facts, to notice details, to talk and be willing to waste a little time in the niceties of daily life, to travel locally, to be curious_This is a somewhat contradictory time, as you love world travel, big ideas, higher learning, religious and/or philosophical musing, and you usually say: "Don't bother me with mere details!" But now to August 2009, you'll lose out if you insist on embracing large, vague concepts and relying on life and "all those other people" to take care of details. For now, newspapers are better than books, short trips than long. Strictly AVOID lawsuits through August 2009. Start Nothing: 10:27 a.m. to 10:52 a.m. Mon., 11:33 a.m. to 1:38 p.m. Wed., and 10:07 p.m. Thurs. to 2:14 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 A 17-year long ambition phase begins Tuesday. You'll rise in status in 2008. (The other 16 years will be up to you - if you're alert, flexible, eagerly ambitious, you'll spiral upward! If you pout and glower, down you go!) This influence also affects your marital, community and parenting status roles. You've watched life/people like a detective for the past 25 years. Now that knowledge aids you in your career. If you want to start your own business, 2008 is the time! (Wait until late February onward.) You're impressive Monday-Wednesday! Taurus April 20-May 20 Lie low, contemplate and plan Monday to Tuesday noon - contact institutions or civil servants for information. Contemplate this: the 383 days ahead bring beautiful opportunities to wed, travel afar, succeed in higher education, in legal affairs, in media conceptualizing, religion and philosophy. This lucky trend will continue for 17 years. For the first time in a quarter century, you will experience a mellow, understanding harmony with others, especially in those areas just listed (law, far travel, etc.). Your intellect, your cultural endeavors, will succeed in a long, deep way! Gemini May 21-June 20 Tuesday begins 17 years of powerful changes. You'll be looking into the depths of life, which can bring discovery and joy, or unwise forays into unsavory places. You'll have x-ray vision. You could succeed hugely in investments. There will be temptations to skirt ethical/legal boundaries. Avoid this by self-awareness, and by actively seeking truth. Be a "warrior of goodness" - a builder, not a destroyer. In the immediate year ahead, luck suffuses this whole area, making 2008 a great year for investments and intimacy. Young couples might celebrate a pregnancy! Cancer June 21-July 22 Tuesday begins a year of huge luck in relationships, negotiations, contracts/agreements, relocation, dealing with the public, fame, business associations, and opportunities generally. (The best of these appear after February 18/08.) For success, be diplomatic and "other oriented" - discern and fulfill the desires of others, to pave your own way with gold! This trend will last an additional, slightly more demanding, 16 years. If you're flexible, eager to join, then true love, bountiful partnerships and lucky relocations will be yours. If you withdraw from others, frustration will grow. Your choice! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Sunday brings mysteries and "detective work." A mellow, understanding mood - and love - flow to you Monday to Wednesday. Chase legal, travel, intellectual, educational and cultural success. (Be cautious Monday.) Your career, reputation, community standing and parenting role meet some expansive, lucky influences Wednesday/Thursday. This is a clue for the entire year ahead, as Tuesday begins 13 months of luck and expansion in work, machinery, career, and related areas. You could hear of increased responsibilities even by Saturday. Events are up and down Saturday, but you're hopeful and happy! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Tuesday begins a year - and a 17-year phase - of romance, pleasure, self-expression, creativity, and success. You'll be riding a very long winning streak! (In a way, this is the result of your last 12 years of effort in practical and domestic arenas. You've built your foundation; now you get to dance on it!) The first year - 2008 - is one of the luckiest - you can combine your need for home joys with your desire for love, beauty and pleasure. E.g., romance brings a better home, or love brings a child. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Tuesday begins 17 potentially prosperous years involving your domestic situation, security, real estate, sales territory, and other foundational issues. The first year of this phase (best after February 18/08) will be very lucky, promising lucrative gains from agriculture, gardening, real estate, retirement, selling a business (or starting one in food/shelter areas) and similar situations. You can also profit emotionally from these, and from pregnancy, self-examination, family therapy, etc. The following 16 years will be up to you - flexibility and eagerness win, but pessimism loses in all these foundational areas. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Sunday's sweetly romantic - go out, find beauty, pleasure - or express yourself, be creative. Monday-Wednesday bring work and health issues - what seem to be problems Monday, should work into solutions by Wednesday. If you're seeking employment, a health cure, or buying machinery, venture forth Tuesday/Wednesday. Tuesday begins a year - and a 17-year phase - of increased travel, communications, curiosity and friendship. You'll talk more for two decades - but don't let yourself get buried by paperwork! Relationships offer excitement and Wednesday afternoon onward. But avoid commitments, sex, and investments Saturday before suppertime. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Spend Sunday at home or in nature - don't seek co-operation for a project. Romance, beauty, pleasure and creativity meet barriers Monday, bless you Tuesday/Wednesday. Tackle chores Wednesday/Thursday. Relationships frustrate or fool you Friday to mid-afternoon Saturday, then flow smoothly Saturday eve/night. Tuesday begins a year of huge luck in earnings, money, possessions, and this year ahead (08) is just the beginning of a 17-year money focus in your life. Not all those years will be easy or profitable, but your general direction will be toward wealth! Decide about "casual intimacy." Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 After a year (and really a decade) of "inner solitude," you'll be thrust into the limelight. Your personal luck, your charisma and effectiveness, your optimism and cheer, will surge for 12 months! Even past this, right into 2024, your magnetism will simmer like a sultry movie star, but you won't remain superficially cheerful. You'll grow soberly serious about your future, your popularity, your political and group skills, and even, perhaps, your place in history. Don't delay - now is the time (best after February 18) to start very significant projects. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Tuesday starts a benign 17-year phase for you, Aquarius. Your career planet, by late January 2008, will move into the area of government service, charitable organizations, hospitals and other institutions, red tape, head office, management, assembly lines, spirituality, warehousing, and background activities. This won't have a huge effect on your life, but it does show you where to aim your career efforts. Management positions await! During this entire 17 years, the government will be a pit bull if you cheat on your taxes, file false immigration papers, etc. Fair warning! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your charisma, energy and effectiveness are tops Sunday. Be cautious with money Monday, but proceed with "financial confidence" this night to Wednesday. Starting Tuesday, your social leanings, your popularity, optimism and plans for the future start to grow and grow! You might not notice this overnight, but you will before January's over. Some major life wishes are going to come true in 2008. The year ahead also starts a 17-year focus on social and political links. You could join a very beneficial new group anytime after Tuesday. Happiness is near! www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/