ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS JULY 3 – 9, 2011 All times/dates are PDT. PISCES, June 4, 2011 to mid-June 2012, brings a twelve-month wave of details, missives and emails, short trips, reports, meetings and casual friendships. It’s a very busy but not especially important year. You’ll experience a hectic pace without pressure – an odd but pleasant combination. As your entire life-approach is changing now to 2025 (we could almost say your personality is being renewed, shiny, hopeful and intuitive) no year is really unimportant. Follow your curiosity in 2011-2012, for it can lead you to information or insights that will be valuable from June 2012 to July 2013, when your new life will gain a major, fortunate new foundation. For example, your travels during 2011/12 could bring you to a place where you will live – a fortunate, healing, secure place – in 2012/13. (This new place could be in a foreign country, for international themes are also significant and life-changing for more than a decade ahead.) However, don’t buy real estate or decide where you’ll live, now through August 2012. Use the time until then for exploration, fact-finding and discussion. Your siblings or a casual acquaintance could be a source of luck, So could telephone calls, newspapers, magazines, the internet – anything that brings you information. At work, though, beware of being buried under an avalanche of details, data and time-wasting chores. Your career is quite favoured until late summer of 2012, so handle a whirlwind of details and communications wisely: they’re your tool. ….The media (especially in Canada) has been wringing its hands over the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver, the nation’s darling city. What most ignored (though one brave journalist at least mentioned it, in passing) is that Vancouver, since the 1980’s, has become two worlds, of the extremely rich and the struggling poor. The city itself is a wealth ghetto, with the working poor pushed out to ever-farther dormitories in Surrey, Langley, Aldergrove, Abbotsford, and other areas. It has become a city ruled by lawyers, doctors, accountants and business entrepreneurs who have turned their children’s generation into minimum-wage slaves. The wealthy make their privileged kids serve six months in a restaurant or hotel kitchen, then haul them out and plant them in their $ 500 an hour world. It doesn’t really occur to them (because they don’t want it to) that for the rest of the youthful population there is no escape from these minimum wage jobs. These are the youth who rioted. Astrologically, Vancouver is an Aries city, with (probably) Mars rising in Virgo. This is a masculine, warlike city. In the 2020’s this will become very apparent. Start Nothing: 9:26 a.m. Sun. to 6:15 p.m. Mon., 5:19 p.m. Tues. to 8:54 p.m. Wed., and 11:29 p.m. Thurs. to 11:31 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 The accent lies on home, family, real estate, security, garden, nutrition – and ending stale situations. This whole area flows sweetly, even luckily, most of July. One of the situations you end might be a relationship which you once felt defined your life. Despite all this “down home” and “ending” stuff, the weeks ahead are unexpectedly romantic – but the romance is casual, friendly rather than explosive. (The eleven months ahead bring easy sensual links.) Tackle chores Monday/Tuesday. Relationships bloom with significance Wednesday night to Friday: one ends, one starts? Taurus April 20-May 20 The emphasis lies on communications, errands, paperwork, reports, news, details, casual acquaintances, siblings and “everyday busyness.” Money flows swiftly to you and away from you all month – be smart, bank it; avoid spending or you could end up poorer. A major (wrong) temptation to spend could occur around July 20-24 – careful! For fourteen months (August 30, 2012) investing, paying down debt, dealing with “net worth” is a lot luckier than spending – think “us,” not “me.” Home-related discussions fill July – they’re a road to future pleasure! Downplay differences Friday. Gemini May 21-June 20 The main accent’s on money, possessions, sensual attraction, memory, rote learning and surface appearances. These flow quite luckily all July (especially Monday morning) but run into some surprises and barriers Thursday/Friday – avoid shopping these two days. Especially avoid high-tech stuff, don’t finalize investments, and DON’T push for sensual/sexual intimacy. You feel more active, restless, curious, communicative this month – a short trip (or two) could take you to friends, to optimism and hope – go! Romance appeals but isn’t easy Wednesday night to Friday. Step cautiously. Cancer June 21-July 22 It’s a jumbled week, Cancer, careening between great luck and unexpected rebuffs. Your energy, charisma and effectiveness are at a yearly high, so you can easily handle all this. Your career or ambitions demand behind-scenes agreements or research (or government liaisons) all month. Midweek (especially Wednesday) you could find just the right data or “note” to bring about co-operation from another. But forget about co-operation Thursday/Friday. Your career, VIPs and parents act unpredictably now to 2019, favouring you Monday, impeding you Thursday. Ah, well. Romance Saturday! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Lie low, rest and recuperate. Contemplate and plan. Be charitable, spiritual, deal with government agencies. All these bring peace, affection and good fortune. Your hopes rise all July about a legal, educational, international, cultural/social or love matter. Good, but be “mild” in this – if you push it or depend on it too heavily, you could weave a subtle trap for yourself (or simply face disappointment) especially around July 22. Despite your weariness, social matters arise, and you find a new talkativeness, humour – good! Be cheerful but cautious in dealing with a boss Tuesday. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Your hopes rise, as fun, flirtations, entertainment, popularity and social delights flow around you! You’ll meet (now and for 15 years) fascinating, alluring, elusive and puzzling people. You can let this drive you to distraction, or you can fall in love – “perfect partners” are here! But don’t fall for an alcoholic, drug addict, hopeless dreamer, con artist, porn star or anyone with OCD. These types are easy to spot. (And a con artist will find you invulnerable if you’re – paradoxically – unselfish.) All July, don’t get steamed about, pushy in, nor invest in, your career. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Be ambitious, Libra. Your career and prestige relations are blessed with graciousness and good luck all July. This week is packed with planetary aspects both good and obstructive; most of these operate in communications, daily events, and other “light” zones. In a broad way, Sunday/Monday are easy, Thursday/Friday are difficult (a career choice) and the rest are mixed. Take care with legal, international and educational matters: these grow intense all month, and are double-edged. You could find great agreement, or trip on angry hassles. A light touch works best. Popularity grows! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 The emphasis lies on discovery of reasons, of the “why” – and on international travel, love, cultural rituals, society’s raison d’etre, education, publishing, law, abstract thought. It’s a gentle, peaceful time – though this week has so many jumbled and surprising events that the peace might only be within you. I mentioned love – that’s a big theme for the fifteen years ahead. One of your favourite signs, Cancer, is in true love territory, also – and might approach you Saturday. Popularity, hope fill Tuesday/Wednesday. Lie low Thursday/Friday. You shine with charisma Saturday! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Mysteries arise all week, but in most instances these are light or social mysteries, such as a phone number w/o a memory, gossip, a “why’d he do that?” A more significant wonder – or choice – might arise Friday/Saturday, about money, an investment, inheritance, or a spiritual, health or government situation. If you’re not sure what action to take these two days, just stand back and observe: plans will form soon. Earlier, Sunday/Monday are gentle, wise. Be ambitious Tuesday/Wednesday. Hope arrives, Thursday. All July, relationships intensify: love’s good, fighting’s hard. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 The accent lies on relationships, relocation, opportunities, opposition, contracts, negotiations, and dealing with the public. This week is jumbled; misunderstandings can arise. Still, others treat you with affection and grace. Be sure to return the favour Friday, when you might be a little self-involved or stubborn. Ferret out secrets Sunday/Monday – you’ll like what you learn. Wisdom, understanding, gentle love visit midweek. Avoid arguments Tuesday morning. Be ambitious Thursday, but realize unpredictable elements at home might undermine career ”timing.” Hopes soar Saturday! Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Tackle chores all week – but practice safety. Your romantic courage grows all July. This might spur you to approach someone Sunday/Monday or Wednesday night to Friday. Go, have fun, but accept that experience is its own reward. Success could come, initially, in the pursuit of intimacy (or investments) Monday-Wednesday, but make sure all ethical or legal factors are in place. Ultimately, you might decide this week was better spent on work! A deep insight, secret, ally – or help from an agency – can bring splendid luck on real estate or family fronts. Be ambitious Saturday. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Romance fills this week, and some stunning moments can a) bring a locking of eyes that amazes you, or b) a certainty that true love exists or c) both. But true love’s course doesn’t run smoothly this week, so be prepared to jump between intrigue/elation and frustration. By Friday, you’ll experience a deep, subtle knowledge that love is either dawning, or is, in this case, part of the past’s trash pile. All July, beware your temper, especially at home. A friend’s words could point to wish fulfillment midweek! Saturday’s gentle, wise. Don’t move into a new home before August 3. www.astralreflections.com. 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