ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS APRIL 15 – 21, 2012 All times/dates are PDT. GEMINI, Neptune in Pisces from 2011 to 2026 will definitely enhance your career. You might be drawn to a new career, especially in fields of sympathy, such as social work, nursing, charity, etc. Even if you stay in your present job, you might experience a deepening of appreciation for your career, and for the higher-ups, parents and VIPs around you. (This appreciation is a great asset, for when you understand or appreciate someone, they subconsciously favour you.) Your reputation will grow. Bosses will consider promoting you. Your intuition will grow regarding ambition and career, earnings, money, possessions, and investments (debt, too). Your research abilities will rise, also. In all this, don’t expect flashes of brilliance, overnight success, or anything sudden: Neptune will imbue this entire zone of ambition with a shifting, flowing, poetic ocean of impressions, memories, hunches, quiet insights, and empathic moments, strongly boosting your ability to understand the motives, prods and worries behind another’s actions. One thing: you will be known for what you do, so don’t over-imbibe, in drink, drugs, or anything “dreamy.” Pisces people might become important figures in your ambitious climbing. You are “set for success” if your first name begins with T or Z. CANCER, Neptune in Pisces until January 2026 brings you out of the dark (1996-2011) into the light. For more than a decade, you have based your values on financial, sexual, physical and power motives. Now, a subtle but deep and vast transference occurs: more and more, you will see the things of earth (money, ambition, power, sex, etc.) as less important than spiritual, idealistic things. Not that you’ll abandon your ambitions and your love of earthly life – but you’ll see beyond these, to a greater social good, and a greater cosmic design. Your mind will wander into more mellow, wise, contemplative vistas. You’ll understand why the law works and why it is necessary; you’ll understand other cultures, and mankind generally. God makes more sense. You’ll grow more interested in foreign lands and peoples. Many of you will fly over an ocean, cruise or undertake a major sea voyage – four of these are promised, if you want them. The arts, especially video and film, will draw you. This is an excellent 15 years to join a film festival or video club. Writers and artists (especially script writers and actors) will expand their vision, and broadcasting or publishing are boosted. You could taste fame. In all intellectual pursuits, intuition will outperform logic, or be logic’s guide. If you’re researching something, try opening any book in the section/area that interests you, and there on the page you might find an answer or clue. Your inspiration will flow more successfully if you exercise it near an ocean, lake or pool-side. A wedding looms, if you’re single. Start Nothing: 3:42 p.m. to 10:38 p.m. Sun., 7:34 a.m. Tues. to 8:59 a.m. Wed., and 12:35 p.m. to 9:05 p.m. Fri. Aries March 21-April 19 You’re still in charge, Aries. Start important ventures/projects, ask favours, impress people, show up in person. Work projects finally get a green light: more intense effort will be demanded of you now to early July. You talk (sing?) like a bird this Spring: your communication faculties charm and advance you. Short trips are fun and potentially profitable. Sunday’s friendly and hopeful. Lie low, rest Monday/Tuesday. Your energy, clout and charisma soar Wednesday to Friday – demand attention, results! Chase money Saturday – only two months left in your big money luck phase. Taurus April 20-May 20 Continue to rest, lie low, contemplate and plan for the future. Connect with government, charities, spiritual organizations, agents and therapists. Thank someone who has protected your interests. You will emerge from quietude soon – partly Thursday, wholly Saturday, when your energy and charisma come roaring back. Your romantic life, held back since mid-January, also begins to flow forward. The next three months promise sensual delights, as well as strong earnings benefits. However, don’t sacrifice your “bigger life” for dollar pursuits. You spy a hopeful future early week! Gemini May 21-June 20 The month that starts Thursday will bring quietude, lowered energy, spiritual and charitable pursuits, and contacts with government or institutional agencies. Despite this, your attractiveness to others will increase, and your hopes will remain active. After long delays, matters involving your home, repairs, renovations, etc., will move forward for several months. (Still, don’t buy a home to live in – or, if you buy, don’t move in – before July 4.) A friend might express a desire to live with you. Sunday’s mellow, loving. Be ambitious Monday/Tuesday. Popularity, optimism midweek! Cancer June 21-July 22 Career and prestige concerns – and the delayed communications involving them – move forward now. But this week is your last kick at the ambition can. By Thursday to a small degree, and fully by Saturday, you enter a month of entertainment, social joys, light flirtations, popularity, optimism and wish fulfillment. But your private world, especially your domestic scene, will remain strong and pleasurable. Sunday’s mysterious, contains subconscious desires. You grow wise, mellow and loving Monday/Tuesday. Give your ambitions one last big heave Wednesday to Friday. Then, social joys! Leo July 23-Aug. 22 Legal, international, cultural, intellectual, travel and love interests receive one last boost this week. Partly by Thursday, wholly by Saturday, you enter a month of striving, ambition, prestige relations, and status concerns. Sunday might bore you, but it holds critical relationships. Your larger financial picture comes into focus Monday/Tuesday – and sexual desires rise. Both, however, might not “get far” due to missing elements. Your wisdom, gentleness and understanding rise Wednesday to Friday – though Friday also sends a gentle refusal. Be ambitious Saturday – early best. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 A sweeter, more affectionate mood recently entered your workplace and career scene. Higher-ups, parents and VIPs favour you now to mid-2013. But through August, be alert for traps issuing from self-deception, greed, or other tempting “shortcuts.” Don’t change careers/jobs before August 31. This week continues the mysteries, secrets, sexual attractions, investment and financial urges, and lifestyle changes of the past month (and of the past five, really). But a month of mellow understanding, love, culture, intellectual pursuits and travel begins, partly Thursday, fully Saturday. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Relationships remain important, but the tide of new ones ebbs. Ongoing links enter a deeper, more commitment-prone (month-long) phase, partially Thursday, wholly Saturday. Your legal, international, cultural, intellectual and media interests receive great luck now to mid-2013. But until August 30, remain alert in these areas – forgo temptations (mainly to get something for nothing) and realize selfishness leads to traps. Don’t wed or launch lawsuits before September. Relationships fill mid-late week. Deep sexual, financial urges rise up late Friday, Saturday – success looms! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Your investment, sexual and health concerns meet good luck now to mid-2013. But be cautious and self-aware in these zones before September – traps of self-deception, greed or selfishness lurk. Major investments are better left until September onward. This week holds work, but the chores will lessen, partly Thursday, much more Saturday. Rest at home Sunday. Romance, creativity and an appetite for risk, arrive Monday/Tuesday. Tackle chores Wednesday to Friday. This night and Saturday trigger a month of new horizons, relationships and opportunities – some of the best in a decade! Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 You know the saying, “the natives are restless” (forgive my lack of P.C.) – well, the bosses are restless, through June. Be aware, prevent problems, respond to orders quickly. Love might bend your gaze toward someone, but don’t marry before September. (If you’re seeking, there will be plenty of chances, into mid-2013.) Sunday’s restless. Be home, gather your brood or sink into rest, Monday/Tuesday. Wednesday to Friday give you a last sweet stab at romance. Thursday begins, and Saturday establishes, a month of hard work – get going! Present efforts clear space for new horizons. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Use this week for beauty sleep, buttressing your nutrition, enhancing financial security, and nurturing young ones, Cap. Thursday through Saturday you’ll be letting go of these concerns, as a lucky month of romance, creativity, self-expression, winning, adventure and risk begins. Realize good luck will be accompanied by more responsibility; be prepared, reject “surface fears.” Act quickly April 21/22 – start something! Gather money Sunday. Travel, talk, write, read (and rest) Monday/Tuesday. Rest even more Wednesday to Friday. Revive to embrace adventure Friday night, Saturday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Thursday starts a month of family, real estate, security, nutrition, foundational, gardening and nesting activities. Before Thursday (and even then, into May to some degree) communications, short trips, paperwork, errands and details fill your days. Now to August, your heart might be dancing with dreams of a special person. Let a romance develop slowly. You face the best romantic, creative and speculative luck in 13 years, now to mid-2013, so there’s no rush. Chase money Monday/Tuesday. Trips, errands, calls fill Wednesday to Friday. Home sweet home, Friday night, Saturday. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Sweet affection fills your home scene now to August. In addition, mid-June to mid-2013 brings a 13-year boost in luck affecting home, real estate, family, security, gardening and soul interests. I’ll be encouraging you to buy real estate – but not yet. All these are dicey propositions until September. Bide your time. Lots of activity (and talk) centers around money now into May, but Thursday begins a month of general busyness – errands, communications, travel, paperwork. (Dive into these April 21/22 – good results.) Rest up Sunday. Your energy, charisma soar Monday/Tuesday. www.astralreflections.com Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. For a reading: 604-727-3673 /30/