Aries (March 21-April 19)
Aries author Eric G. Wilson claims, “Darker emotional states — doubt, confusion, alienation, despair — inspire a deeper and more durable experience of the sacred than contentment does.” I disagree. I know for a fact that an exquisite embrace of life’s holiness is equally possible through luminous joy and boisterous triumph and exultant breakthroughs. Propagandists of the supposed potency of misery like Wilson are stuck in a habit of mind that’s endemic to the part of civilization that’s rotting and dying. In any case, Aries, I’m pleased to tell you that in the coming weeks, you will have abundant opportunities to glide into sacred awareness on the strength of your lust for life and joie de vivre.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Will China and Russia remain stifling authoritarian states for many more decades? Will our grandchildren fear tyrannical leaders who want to impose their brutal anti-democratic ideas on everyone alive? In a related matter, do you wonder if humans will succeed in halting the destruction of the environment? Or will our descendants struggle to survive on a hot, polluted, damaged planet? Sorry I’m asking you to think about such sad realities. But now is a time when it’s personally important for you to ponder the future of the earth—and resolve to do something, in your own small ways, in loving service to that future. Meditate on the riddle from Lewis Carroll’s book “Through the Looking Glass”: “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
The genius polymath Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) contributed much treasure to science and engineering. One encyclopedia sums up his legacy: “the father of observational astronomy, modern-era classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science.” Unfortunately, many of Galileo’s ideas conflicted with the teachings of Catholicism. The church fathers hounded him for years, even arresting him and putting him on trial. The Vatican eventually apologized — but not until 1992, 350 years after Galileo died. I expect that you, too, will generate many new approaches and possibilities in the coming months, Gemini — not Galileo level, of course, but still: sufficiently unprecedented to rouse the resistance of conventional wisdom. I don’t believe you will have to wait long to be vindicated, though.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Now would be a perfect time to prove your love. How? You might begin by being nice, considerate, sensitive, sweet, and tender. Then I hope you will add sublime, scintillating touches. Maybe you will tell your beloved allies beautiful truths about themselves — revelations that make them feel deeply understood and appreciated. Maybe you will give them gifts or blessings they have wanted for a long time but never managed to get for themselves. Maybe you will serenade them with their favorite songs, or write a poem or story about them, or buy them a symbol that inspires their spiritual quest. And perhaps you will describe the ways they have changed your life for the better.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Leo naturalist and ornithologist William Henry Hudson (1841–1922) said, “I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even the hated plantain with tall stems, and dandelions with splendid flowers and fairy down, than the too-well-tended lawn.” I encourage you to adopt his attitude toward everything in your life for the next few weeks. Always opt for unruly beauty over tidy regimentation. Choose lush vitality over pruned efficiency. Blend your fate with influences that exult in creative expressiveness, genial fertility and deep feelings. (PS: Michael Pollan says, “A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.”)
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
I praise and celebrate you for your skills at helping other people access their resources and activate their potentials. I hope you are rewarded well for your gorgeous service. If you are not, please figure out how to correct the problem in the coming months. I will add two more assignments:
1. Upgrade your skills at helping yourself access your own resources and activate your potential.
2. Be forthright and straightforward in asking the people you help to help you.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
I don’t regard a solar eclipse as a bad omen. On the contrary, I believe it may purge and cleanse stale old karma. On some occasions, I have seen it flush away emotional debts and debris that have been accumulating for years. So how shall we interpret the total solar eclipse that will electrify your astrological house of intimate togetherness in the coming days? I think it’s a favorable time to be brave and daring as you upgrade your best relationships. What habits and patterns are you ready to reinvent and reconfigure? What new approaches are you willing to experiment with?
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
At your best, you Scorpios are not invasive manipulators. Rather, you are catalysts. You are instigators of transformation, resurrectors of dead energy, awakeners of numb minds. The people you influence may not be aware that they long for and draw on your influence. They may think you are somehow imposing it on them, when, in fact, you are simply being your genuine, intense self and they are reaching out to absorb your unruly healing. In the coming weeks, please keep in mind what I’ve said here.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
In my astrological opinion, it’s prime time for you to shower big wild favors on your beautiful self. Get the fun underway with a period of rigorous self-care: a physical check-up, perhaps, and visits with the dentist, therapist, hairstylist and acupuncturist. Try new healing agents. Then move on to luxurious indulgences like a massage, a psychic reading, gourmet meals, an emotionally potent movie and exciting new music. Anything else, Sagittarius? Make a list and carry out these tasks with the same verve and determination you would give to any important task.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
The coming days will be a favorable time for you to wrestle with an angel or play chess with a devil. You will have extraordinary power in any showdown or collaboration with spiritual forces. Your practical intelligence will serve you well in encounters with enigmas.
Here’s a hot tip: Never assume that any being, human or divine, is holier or wiser than you. You will have a special knack for finding compassionate solutions to address even the knottiest dilemmas.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Your featured organ of the month is your nose. This may sound beyond the scope of predictable possibilities, but I’m serious: You will make robust decisions and discriminating choices if you get your sniffer fully involved. So I advise you to favor and explore whatever smells good. Cultivate a nuanced appreciation for what aromas can reveal. If there’s a hint of a stink or an odd tang, go elsewhere. The saying “follow your nose” is especially applicable.
PS: I recommend you take steps to expose yourself to a wide array of scents that energize you and boost your mood.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
When is the best time to ask for a raise or an increase in benefits? Can astrology reveal favorable periods for being aggressive about getting more of what we want? In the system I use, the time that’s 30 to 60 days after your birthday is most likely to generate good results. Another phase is 210 to 240 days after your birthday. Keep in mind these estimates may be partly fanciful, playful and mythical. But then in my system, fanciful and playful and mythical actions have an honored place. Self-fulfilling prophecies are more likely to be fulfilled if you regard them as fun experiments rather than serious, literal rules.
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