GEMINI
(May 21-June 20)
When Paul McCartney first got the inspiration
to write the song “Yesterday,” he had the melody and rhythm but couldn’t
get a feel for what the lyrics should be. For a while, as he was
waiting for the missing words to pop into his brain, he used nonsense
stand-in phrases. The dummy version of the first line was “Scrambled
eggs, oh my dear, you have such lovely legs.” This approach could be
useful for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. As you create a fresh
approach or novel departure in your own life, you might want to show the
patience McCartney did. Be willing to keep moving ahead even though you
don’t have the full revelation quite yet.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22)
I suspect you’re going to feel a bit
constrained in the coming weeks, Cancerian—maybe even imprisoned. I
suggest you make the best of it. Rather than feeling sorry for yourself
and spiraling down into a dark night of the soul, try this: Imagine that
you’re a resourceful hermit who’s temporarily under house arrest in an
elegant chalet with all the amenities. Regard this “incarceration” as a
chance to start work on a masterpiece, or upgrade your meditation
practice, or read a book you’ve needed an excuse to lose yourself in.
Believe it or not, your “deprivation” could be one of the best things
that has happened to you in a while.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22)
I won’t be surprised if people begin to
compete for your attention. There may even be some pushing and shoving
as they jostle to get closer to you. At the very least, you can expect a
flurry of requests for your time and energy. What’s this all about?
Well, your worth seems to be rising. Either your usefulness is flat-out
increasing or else those who’ve underestimated you in the past are
finally tuning in to what they’ve been missing. So here’s my question
and concern: Will you get so seduced by what everyone asks you to give
them that you lose sight of what you really want to give them? I suspect
there will be a difference.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
I’m not saying that you should create a
superhero identity for yourself and embark on a campaign to combat
injustice. But if you’ve ever wondered whether the life of a costumed
crusader is right for you, it’s an excellent time to experiment. Your
courage will be expanding in the coming weeks. Your craving for
adventure will be strong, too. Even more importantly, your hunger to do
good deeds that reach beyond your own selfinterest will be growing.
Interested? Check out the Superhero Supply website to get yourself
operational. It’s at SuperheroSupplies.com.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
All 26 of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories
about Tarzan are set in Africa, but he never once visited that
continent. And Bram Stoker didn’t feel the need to travel to the
Transylvanian region of Romania in order to write about it in his novel
Dracula. But I don’t recommend this approach to you in the coming weeks,
Libra. If you want to cultivate something new in your life by drawing
on an exotic influence, I think you should immerse yourself in that
exotic influence, at least for a while. If you want to tap into the
inspiration available through an unfamiliar source, you need to actually
be in the presence of that unfamiliar source.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Why would you choose this bright, sunny
moment to descend into the dark places and explore the fermenting
mysteries? What renegade impulse would move you to turn away from the
predictable pleasures and easy solutions, and instead go off in quest of
more complex joys and wilder answers? Here’s what I have to say about
that: I think you long to be free of transitory wishes and fleeting
dreams for a while so that you can get back into alignment with your
deeper purposes. You need to take a break from the simple obsessions of
your grayish, pokerfaced ego, and re-attune yourself to the call of your
freaky, evergreen soul.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Sufi holy man Ibn ‘Ata Allah was speaking
about prayer when he said the following: “If you make intense
supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of
it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the
way you choose, and at the moment He desires, not the moment you
desire.” While I don’t claim to be able to perfectly decipher the will
of the divine, my astrological research suggests that you will soon get a
definitive answer to a question you’ve been asking for a long time. It
may come softly and quietly, though, and from a direction you don’t
expect, and with a nuance or two that’ll test your reflexes.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
“Is Fast Food Too Tempting?” read a headline
in The Week magazine. The accompanying article discussed whether people
have the right to blame and even sue McDonald’s and Burger King for
their health problems. In my opinion, we might as well add other
allegedly appealing poisons to the discussion. “Is heroin too tempting?”
“Is cheating on your lover or spouse too tempting?” “Is watching TV
five hours a day too tempting?” I hope you’re seeing where I’m going
with this, Capricorn. The coming weeks will be a good time to take
personal responsibility for any supposedly fun activity you’re doing
that warps your character or saps your energy. It’s prime time to end
your relationship with stuff that’s bad for you.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
“The mind loves order, the heart loves chaos,
and the gut loves action,” says my astrological colleague Antero Alli.
The ideal situation is to honor each of these needs, keeping them in a
dynamic balance. But now and then, it’s healthy to emphasize one over
the other two. According to my astrological analysis, you’re entering
one of those times when the heart’s longing for chaos should get top
priority. But if you do choose to go this way, please promise me one
thing: Do your best to tilt toward the fascinating, rejuvenating kind of
chaos and tilt away from the disorienting, demoralizing kind.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-March 20)
When people are truly dehydrated, the
impulse that tells them they’re thirsty shuts down. That’s why they may
not know they’re suffering from a lack of water. In a metaphorically
similar way, Pisces, you have been deprived so long of a certain kind of
emotional sustenance that you don’t realize what you’re missing. See if
you can find out what it is, and then make measured (non-desperate!)
plans to get a big, strong influx of it. The cosmic rhythms will be on
your side in this effort!
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
All of us have gaps in our education. You and I and everyone else alive have dank pockets of ignorance that diminish our humanity and musty pits of naivete that prevent us from seeing truths that are obvious to others. We all lack certain skills that hold us back from being more fulfilled in our chosen fields. That’s the bad news, Aries. The good news is that the gaps in your education will be up for review in the coming weeks—which means that it’ll be an excellent time to make plans to fill them. Here’s a good way to get started: Be aggressive in identifying the things that you don’t even know you don’t know.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You don’t have to answer to anybody this week, Taurus. You don’t have to defend yourself, explain yourself, or compromise yourself. I mean, you can do those things if you want to be super extra nice, but there won’t be any hell to pay if you don’t. It’s one of those rare times when you have more power than usual to shape the world in accordance with your vision of what the world should be. I’ll go so far as to say that the world needs you to be very assertive in imposing your will on the flow of events. Just one caveat: Mix a generous dose of compassion in with your authoritative actions.
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