POSTED // Aug 6,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) Do you get aroused from squeezing balloons until they explode? Do you quiver with delight as you watch popcorn pop? Have you ever been patient enough to stand in front of a ripe flower bud for hours to witness its slow explosion...

POSTED // Jul 29,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) Work can be hazardous for the actors who portray cartoon and fairy tale characters at Disney theme parks. The U.S. Health and Safety Administration reports that one-third of them have suffered on-the-job injuries. A prime cause...

POSTED // Jul 23,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) Anna Renalda Hyatt, a reader from Colorado, bragged to me about her prowess. “My capacity for expressing love far surpasses that of anyone I have ever met,” she wrote. “I am a Sublime Genius of Love, a Master...

POSTED // Jul 16,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) After studying your astrological omens for the upcoming weeks, I got really excited. There was so much I wanted to tell you. I popped a chunk of organic, fair-trade, cruelty-free, espresso-tinctured chocolate in my mouth and...

POSTED // Jul 9,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) “The only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for it,” says author Christiane Northrup. “If you think you’re stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It’s...

POSTED // Jun 25,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) Welcome to Part 2 of your outlook for the second half of 2008, Aries. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the challenges you were given near the end of last year. I’m hoping that by now you’re...

POSTED // Jun 18,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) We’re halfway through 2008. It’s a perfect moment to take inventory of how well you’re capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities. So let me ask you, Aries: Are you working your ass off in order...

POSTED // Jun 11,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Successful representations of reality become more important than the reality they represent,” writes W. Daniel Hillis at The World Question Center (TinyURL.com/ywth3). Examples: paper money supersedes gold; a...

POSTED // Jun 4,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) Since authoring the book Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, Penelope Trunk has written a blog that offers further advice. Recently she wrote about a subject I’d love for you to think about: mentors. You’re...

POSTED // May 28,2008 - ARIES (March 21-April 19) Ernest Hemingway said that his best work was a very short story consisting of six words: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Alan Moore’s brief masterpiece of fiction is, I think, just as good: “Machine....