ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 23 - 29, 2008 All times/dates are PST. I promised to write about some of the "good things to come" in the Pluto-in-Capricorn mini-era of 2008-24. We could list many in personal terms, for each sign. (By the way, Pluto enters Capricorn this Wednesday, November 26.) For example, this marks the end of relationship opposition, wrong-headedness and frustration for GEMINI, the end of domestic/family upheavals for VIRGO, the end of loneliness and alienation for SAGITTARIUS, and a marked abatement of pressure (to be replaced by social joys, and joy around learning, travel and weddings/love) for PISCES.. It signals a huge era of changing goals and loves for CAPRICORN, and perhaps the best shot at fame for creative or inventive accomplishments in, oh, 250 years, for CANCERS. (BTW, last week I wrote that Pluto was in 28 degrees Cancer in 1938 when World War Two started. That's correct, if we consider Hitler's annexation of a chunk of Czechoslovakia as the start - though this had no military fireworks attached. If we take the military invasion of Poland, that moves the start to 1939, when Pluto had just entered Leo, the sign of Kings. WW II eradicated or reduced to ceremonial emptiness virtually every monarchy it touched.) But in a general sense, what might go well or be improved by Pluto's Capricorn stay over the next 16-17 years? First, I suspect we'll make some huge archeological discoveries. A new type of architecture will arrive - engineers will solve old problems of lift and support. A new type of cemetery will evolve, not sure what. Economists will hunker down and at last will manage to structure economic data in ways that create more predictable models and events. Mankind's ability to predict the future (which has been growing markedly over the last century) will solidly increase. We will re-grow bones, and begin eradicating osteo, dental tooth-jaw loss, etc. The family will be reshaped and restructured, and assume a form much more durable than over the last century. (1971 to 1983, when Pluto was in the sign of marriage, LIBRA, largely destroyed the institution of marriage - remember "free love?" 2008-2024 will reconfigure and repair the family - though perhaps after some tearing down..) Many hierarchies will be established or re-established, which is unfair to many people, but also brings relative peace to everyone - and might reduce terrorist activities. By 2011 or 2012, North America might enter a period of 5 to 7 per cent growth. (Our usual "prosperity" is attached to a 3 or 4 per cent rate of growth.) It depends. Start Nothing: 9:45 a.m. to 9:54 a.m. Mon., 4:33 a.m. to 9:14 p.m. Wed., and 4:54 p.m. Fri. to 9:48 a.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Wednesday onward will slowly, utterly change your career. Major pressures for change are building - most intensely now for March 21-23 births, graduating to a 2020's peak for April 15 and later births. There will be two splendid times to create "lucky changes" for yourself - one's right now, to January 4, 2009. (So get busy!) The other occurs December 2019 to December 2020. Make changes (in career, sex and finances) Monday/Tuesday and Saturday - speak to the boss, call headhunters, plan strategic moves. An educational, travel or love project begins Thursday. Taurus April 20-May 20 Wednesday begins a 17-year era of smooth stability. There remains some anxiety about your career and status, until 2011 - but even that will dissolve. You can feel comfortable about your career anytime, by being compassionate and sympathetic. Autumn's "ambition delays" end this week, giving a green light into winter and spring - charge ahead! As if life unfurls a new scroll, your relationships, filled with mysteries the last 25 years, enter a realm of understanding, mellowness, and ease now to 2024. Meetings excite Monday/Tuesday. Don't invest Thursday/Friday. Love, Saturday! Gemini May 21-June 20 Your career, held back this past autumn, now marches forward. Relationships are slated through late December. Your social life will be the scene of opportunities. Be diplomatic, willing to join and to accent other people's desires - that way you win. You could meet an exciting new person in the two months ahead - for love, it would be better to meet January onward. Wednesday begins a long, deep, perhaps subtle journey into life's mysteries, into birth and death, intimacy and sexual clinches, finances, lifestyle choices, health, and commitments - to 2024. Cancer June 21-July 22 Mid-week does two things, perhaps unnoticeably: 1) autumn's indecision or delays (mostly) end in sexual, intimate, financial and lifestyle choices; 2) a long transformation (to 2024) begins in relationships of all kinds. The last 19 years have been filled with questionable changes, mystery and temptation connected to sex, finances, lifestyle or health. This influence lingers into 2010, but a "new dawn" is already beginning - the future holds one or two huge, very likely successful - and healthy - attractions. These are connected to romance, raising/teaching children, arts, pleasure, speculation or creativity. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 You might love someone, but the deeper side of your relationship has been "hanging fire" for awhile - e.g., financial commitments are not being made, intimate commitments elusive, lifestyle choices left to another day. This indecision ends Thursday, freeing both of you to make commitments - and, in some cases, to make or break the relationship - now to mid-2009. Midweek also begins a long period of changes at the work place. Be flexible: perhaps there is a more creative way. You might work in food/shelter (real estate) fields soon. Romance looms! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Thursday/Friday, and the entire four weeks ahead, emphasize relaxation, children, your domestic arena, real estate, security, gardening, stomach and soul. Relationship action that has been delayed since July now arrives, into the winter and spring ahead. This could be a break-up, or a resumed or exciting new affair (though probably not a long-lasting or stable one). Fresh work opportunities occur over the months ahead. On Wednesday, though subtly at first, probably unnoticeably, you begin 16 years of more creative communications, easy travel, romantic meetings and conversations. Upheavals are over! Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 The weeks ahead are filled with travel, conversations, mail, errands, and casual contacts. Many messages interchanged with your spouse, business partner(s), or from one who desires you. Wednesday begins 16 years of transformation on the home front. This won't happen every day, but will be a slow, building process. If you want to take advantage of this, do so now through January 4 - buy real estate, find a better rental home, buy furniture, renovate, etc. Think deep, "entire," and enduring, for this might - might - be your place for decades! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 If you've been trying to convince a lover to move in, the argument gets easier in the months ahead. Delays and glitches also fade in teaching/raising kids, and with home decorations, and/or a speculative real estate deal. Lie low, rest Sunday. Your charisma soars Monday-Wednesday! Wednesday begins a 16 year period during which you'll face few troubles - a friendly, easy period, and eventually, a deeply romantic one. Thursday into late December, money arrives, flows swiftly - protect your bank account from your own spending urges. Saturday shows destiny's "new look." Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Your charisma, energy, effectiveness and sex appeal soar! Your popularity and optimism rise Sunday - flirtations and social delights please you! (But take a wee rest Monday to Wednesday - it's the rest you didn't get two weeks ago.) Your energy and magnetism reach a peak Wednesday night to Friday. Wednesday brings 16 years (and Saturday brings the first step) of a new money regime. You're going to make a lot, now to 2024. If you're in the workforce, think and act on money, earnings, buy/sell opportunities and projects before January. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Delays and glitches in your money flow since late June will fade now into next summer. Plan this week, then proceed with earnings projects or buy/sell ventures December 2 and 3. Your physical and emotional batteries are running low, so get plenty of rest and "quiet time" now through late December, especially this Wednesday night to Friday. Wednesday begins a subtle, deep, significant period for you, probably the most significant of your lifetime. It lasts until 2024, and will bring new friends, new goals, and new paths to happiness. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Dreams might come true this week or the next few, Aquarius! Be social, expand your circle of contacts, show off your optimism and cheerfulness - people love you, in a friendship way! There might also be a flirtation with someone whom you always considered just a conversational acquaintance. (Perhaps Wednesday-Friday, or next week.) Be ambitious Monday/Tuesday - VIPs are measuring your "gregariousness quotient." Various glitches, affecting you (and your money flow) fade - plan to put a decisive project into action in the months ahead. Wednesday begins 16 years of relative ease. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Your career, reputation and community status are emphasized over the next four weeks (especially Thursday/Friday). Higher-ups are temperamental, so walk softly and keep your sense of humor. Life's mysteries lure you Sunday. Monday/Tuesday are wise and loving - tackle a legal, educational or travel goal. Wednesday ends 12 years of ambition's pressures, and shunts you into 16 years of socializing, new goals, expanded entertainment, and schmoozing. This influence will be imperceptible at first, but it grows and grows, even as you sleep. You might sense its first pleasurable nudge Saturday. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-261-1337. /30/