ASTRAL REFLECTIONS BY TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 25 – DECEMBER 1, 2012 All times/dates are PST. Every week, the “Start Nothing” (SN) periods that I list immediately below this preamble, tell us when we should put our creative, forward instincts on hold. Spiritual activities, rest, contemplation or routine activities are fine, but starting new projects or buying large items during these periods, will often lead to failure. The past few years have contained some unusually long SN periods, in many cases over a day in length. Two such exist this week (see below): one, starting Monday eve, lasts 24 hours; the other stretches all the way from Wednesday to Friday. These long SN periods are occurring because the major planets – the ones that influence mass movements, history, economic and societal shifts – Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, have very recently entered new signs. Of the 30 degrees a planet must travel through a sign, Saturn is only at 6 degrees SCORPIO, Uranus is at 4 degrees ARIES, Neptune at 0 (zero) degrees PISCES, and Pluto at 8 degrees CAPRICORN. At present Pluto is leaving 22 degrees (or 73 %) of Capricorn “empty” and won’t arrive at the sign’s end until 2023. Neptune presently leaves Pisces 97 % empty, and won’t “fill” it until 2025. These empty sections create the SN periods. So the long Start Nothing periods in our present decade are caused by the big planets being early in the signs. When a planet traverses a sign it “sets up” a series of influences or processes that evolve, mature and flower while the planet travels slowly from the first to the thirtieth degree of the sign. When it exits and enters the next sign, that flow of influence and process is over, and a new process starts. So Saturn to 2015, Uranus to 2018, Pluto to 2023 and Neptune to 2025, are slowly building a whole new “world current” or body of circumstances. As none of these planets are even one-third of the way through their present signs, the world-wide processes they create are still youthful or in their “starting stage.” Uranus in this new cycle started revolt – the Arab Spring; Pluto has begun a process of dissolving old hierarchies/businesses, and growing new ones; Neptune has brought Obamacare, and a new era in oceanography, pornography, spirituality, drugs, film, etc. (Note two states recently legalized recreational marijuana.) Saturn has begun to punish those who have exceeded boundaries in finance and sex (see General Petraeus in next week’s preamble). As we approach 2023/25 there will be very short SN periods – we will be constantly busy handling the processes that will be working through their mature (late in their sign) phase. Present massive unemployment reflects our long (“restful”) SN periods. Start Nothing: Before 4:18 a.m. Sun., 4:57 p.m. Mon. to 4:58 p.m. Tues., 5:04 p.m. Wed. to 5:55 a.m. Fri., and after 10:55 p.m. Sat. Aries March 21-April 19 Many barriers, disruptions and sudden new conditions have assaulted you over the last several years. The weeks ahead bring a gentle, wise view of these “assaults of fortune.” You’ll understand, you’ll see society and its ways and your place in it. You’ll see your journey thus far, and the potential forward directions. By late December you’ll be mentally and spiritually refreshed, ready to charge the ramparts of ambition once again. Meanwhile, love, travel, learning and culture fill your days. Monday ends sexual, financial delays. Protect reputation Tuesday. Home succeeds Saturday. Taurus April 20-May 20 Recent delays end Monday – you can confidently make new plans and/or start new projects. The weeks ahead emphasize depths, mysteries, intimacy, “treasures,” commitment and consequence. You might march into a more significant bonding with someone you met in late October (or someone who returned to your life in November) – this can involve love or business, friends or “your audience.” Pursue money these weeks (Wednesday important) – you face a very lucky potential here. Your energy and charisma soar early week – start something! Trips, communications hard Friday, easy Saturday. Gemini May 21-June 20 Recent delays end Monday afternoon, so step forward, start projects, or make relationship overtures (in love and business). The weeks ahead feature many meetings, new people, fresh horizons and new opportunities. You might relocate, sign or negotiate a contract (most likely, a work/service agreement) or meet a new attractive person who challenges, unsettles you, but could be your “right partner.” Rest, lie low Sunday to Tuesday eve. A financial, health or sexual matter reaches a hopeful (but lucky?) climax Tuesday. Your energy, charisma climb midweek. Good money moves Saturday. Cancer June 21-July 22 The weeks ahead feature work, though some “heart memory” of an attraction remains to relieve any drudgery. (It’s might be more than relief: a relationship could blossom into romantic intensity.) Recent delays end Monday, so you can move forward, start new projects and relationships, and give promises, especially in the zones of work, machinery, health and dependents. Your optimism, popularity and happiness rise Sunday to Tuesday. Retreat, rest midweek. Your energy and charisma move upward Friday (challenges) and Saturday (success!). Be wary of an ambitious partnership early week. Leo July 23-Aug. 22 A month of increased romance, (good) risk, lucky speculation, creativity and self-expression, pleasure and beauty has just begun. Threaded through all this pleasure will be various chores (legal, intellectual, writing chores?) and domestic demands. Don’t neglect these, as they might, oddly enough, prove supportive to your romantic, creative (etc.) interests. Avoid new starts through Tuesday afternoon. This day needs care with machinery, work, exertion. Happiness strikes midweek! Social joys, romance, popularity arrive; wishes come true. Retreat, rest and plan, Friday/Saturday. Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 The weekly accent lies on home, kids, real estate, security, sales territory, retirement, nutrition, garden/farm, basement, landscape, and your foundations in career and love. Recent delays end Monday, though indecision lingers for a week or two. By Wednesday you can start mildly significant projects in career or more significant ones in home areas, real estate, etc. Your career project might be in real estate (etc.) or you might end one job/career, to make room for a new one. If you are in a romance, the weeks ahead intensify it – and your courage. The physical side grows hot. Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Be gentle on the home front, reduce temper and impatience, until late December. A young child might be colicky. This interval will strain a weak love, marriage or business alliance. It can also bring a real estate oriented “partnership.” Monday ends November’s delays, but DON’T invest nor make a commitment before Tuesday night. Love, wisdom, travel, higher learning and culture draw you midweek – act Wednesday. Friday frustrates career initiatives; Saturday helps you succeed (in career, status, dealings with authorities). The weeks ahead emphasize travel, communications, friends. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Recent delays end Monday – but wait until Tuesday night, Wednesday to initiate any important action. Midweek favours investments, financial rearrangements, research, lifestyle changes and physical intimacy. Friday/Saturday bring a broad, gentle outlook, possible love, certainly mellowness, wisdom. You’ll meet barriers and opposite opinions Friday, sweet congress and success Saturday. This week and the next few present you with money opportunities – seek new clients and/or a pay raise, buy/sell items, and chase a sensual person. December features more talk than action at workplace. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Your energy, charisma and effectiveness will ride a year-high wave, Sage, until late December. Recent hold-backs dissolve. (Still, start nothing new – especially at work – before Tuesday night.) Early week brings health, work concerns. Chase relationships, make your claim, seize opportunities, advance toward a fresh new horizon – all Wednesday. You might start something which will have a big ending. Be diplomatic, as the lucky “other person” might be argumentative, cheeky. Take care with investments, health, secrets and sexual urges Friday – these matters succeed Saturday. Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Retreat during the weeks ahead, Cap. Rest, study, plan, rejuvenate your health, dress and eat sensibly. Be charitable, spiritual. Approach civil servants, institutions and corporate head offices – they favour you to late December. Your management and executive skills will be obvious. Sunday/Monday are romantic, but don’t start a new relationship. A major development might occur in home or real estate Sunday to Tuesday: reject cruelty. Tackle chores midweek – new or difficult ones Wednesday, routine ones Thursday. Exciting relationships irk you Friday, please you Saturday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Recent delays end Monday – but start nothing before Tuesday night. Be restful Sunday through Tuesday daytime: be at home, sleep, eat well, do domestic chores – in general, prepare yourself for imminent action. Which arrives Wednesday, as major romance, friendship, a creative surge or an adventurous or speculative streak propels you to reward. Tackle chores safely (and drive safely) Friday/Saturday. Save your harder chores for Saturday – don’t even start them Friday. The weeks ahead feature social delights, optimism, wish fulfillment, light romance – avoid belligerent people. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Recent delays end Monday, Pisces, but don’t start anything new before Tuesday night. The weeks ahead feature ambition, career, prestige relations – make a mark in the world! Now to late December, money wishes will come true. You might deal with an assertive friend (if you’re female, with a testosterone-laden male). Sunday/Monday bring errands, casual friends and communications. You can lay an excellent “floor” under your projects Wednesday, or make great strides in home, garden, with kids. What’s started this day will grow. Passion’s frustrated Friday, rewarded Saturday. www.astralreflections.com. Email: timstephens@shaw.ca. /30/