February 19 through 25 , 2012

BORN THIS WEEK   Kurt Cobain  February 20, 1967

To mark the Aquarius-Pisces cusp, we offer this up for your consideration: Just as John the Baptist (the Waterbearer) makes way for Jesus, so too does the sign of Aquarius (the Waterbearer) make way for Pisces whose opposite facing fish are the totems of the great sea-goddess of love, Aphrodite, and her son, Eros. They took fish form to escape danger, tied to each other other by an umbilical cord. Now, Aphrodite was also called Mari, thus she is Mary—Mary’s della robbia blue gown fringed in white is the sea fringed with foam. Eros is love—Jesus is love. Get it? And Pisces men, drawing on this archetype, are wicked Christ-y. A Pisces mess of messiahs includes George Harrison, Peter Fonda, Lord Byron, Roger Daltry, Victor Garber, Jon Bon Jovi, Lou Reed, James Taylor, Albert Einstein, L. Ron Hubbard, Steve Jobs, Jack Kerouac and Kurt Cobain. Recalls his band’s Nevermind cover art of the floating baby, and their last, entitled In Utero. The transition from Aquarius to Pisces is likened to the Revelation that leads to reaching Nirvana.

"Pisces men are wicked Christ-y."

Aries

You no like second-bananadom. In situations where you’ve felt like an accessory, you now take your full place and power. Mercury opposing Mars sees old wounds of self-doubt healing with nary a scar. And a slew of planets in Pisces makes you empathetic in the extreme. You’re a living example of the adage: So long as one of us is oppressed, nobody is free. Your steely gaze is focused on Truth. Those who can’t look you in the eye must have something to hide. Use your righteous energy to finish every good fight.

Taurus

Allow yourself to bask in the, shall we say, afterglow of scored achievements, taking a breather from attacking new goals. Venus detaching from Pluto urges you to exercise versatility muscles. You’d be the first to admit you cling to desired expectations, not remaining flexible enough. So here’s your chance to be the wizard of whatevs. By taking setbacks and snafus in stride, you show active faith that better outcomes are imminent. With the New Moon, Tuesday, comes a luxe brass-ring offer. Grab it, at your leisure.

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Gemini

In a spirit of surrender, you let your guard down and have a few guileless laughs. You’re free from the compulsion that every move you make must have a financial or professional  pay off.  All thanks to a stellium of planets in Pisces. This week brings reunions, likely with childhood cronies. Reminiscing is healthy. It puts you in touch with your innocent goals and essential desires. By Wednesday, a Moon-Mercury conjunct needs proof you esteem yourself highly. So exhibit less social climbing and increased presence of mind.

Cancer

With a slew of planets in Pisces you’re a micro-manager run amok, administering to every detail, organizing all you survey into a system of überfunctionality. Just be easy on poor, less efficient souls. Minions in your midst can be overly sensitive. Even usually unflappable colleagues can unravel under your microscope. Better to channel tinkering into helping intimates with inner conflicts. Here you’re a source of solace, not stress. The New Moon, Tuesday, intensifies your own need for intimacy to a near desperation.

Leo

Expanding your grey matter is now priority one. With more fusion of Mercury (the thinker) and Chiron (the healer), you’re urged to give your reptilian brain a break—you’ve got hoarding down cold—letting your higher mind trip out on existential searches for a sustainable belief system. This entails culture exposure and something called books. Claustrophobic sensations don’t stem from being smothered in relationships, but from a narrowing in the space between your ears. Act on impulses to further education or travel.

Virgo

Mercury opposing Mars challenges you to be magnanimous in dealings. So drop your guard along with moldering grudges. You have hatchets to bury dating back to Y2K. What you mightn’t realize is that broken bonds still take up emotional energy that should be allotted for thriving relationships. Thursday, a Uranus-Moon mash-up offers the role of a lifetime: Bigger person. It’s a part you can play to a great many. And, you hear that? It’s the sound of squeaky clean karma. Note: others’ forgiveness is not in your control.

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Libra

Venus is extricating herself from Pluto to be blissfully unbeholden, likewise waving a soothing wand over you, instilling calm and a totally bearable lightness of being. You can detach from drama, kicking into observer mode. People buzz around you in top speed, while you go in slow motion. At least this is our visualization for you. It works like a wee spell for decelerating time. It also functions as a love potion to attract individuals desiring self-contained mates or, even, dates. The New Moon, Tuesday, eases cash flow.

Scorpio

They say, to be great is to be misunderstood, but what do they know. Sometimes people talk shite. And they need to be set straight and gingerly brushed out of the way of that greatness. With ruler Pluto letting go of Venus’s rose-colored grip, you can feel good about addressing any bad vibes you sense, between friends especially. Signs show you only have half the story regarding past conflicts, and that you must hear both sides. On domestic issues where you’ve remained mute, it’s time to speak or forever hold a grudge.

Sagittarius

Signs show being of service tops your agenda, while you are further from servitude than ever. With a planetary party in Pisces, you contribute to the well being of others on all metaphysical levels. Mainly by extricating yourself from co-dependent dynamics with them. Examine, too, the subtle ways you’re self-destructive. And though textbooks say you’re all about adventure, you’ve been stuck in a routine (read: rut) and must branch out and embrace new activities and ideologies. The Sagittarians, they are a-changing.

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Capricorn

Tension mounts. And past traumas and tribulations come home to roost for one reason only: So you can finally release them. Pluto will break free from Venus, removing blocks to much-needed catharsis. Resist anesthetizing feelings. You should be nearly speaking in tongues to voice emotions that have eaten at you for eons.  Authority issues come to the fore, as you tell tyrannical overlords where to get off. But temper temper. Calmly define boundaries not to be crossed. You only lose crucial debates when you lose your Cap cool.

Aquarius

Your life path becomes clearer as Uranus is free from restraint. And is it ever: You have a fresh sense of direction and a newly liberated spirit to follow it. Planet moves ease your daily grind and facilitate solo pursuits you’ve kept on a shelf. Even in partnerships, autonomy furthers common goals. Your professional identity is more clearly defined, to yourself and others. As a rule, now, you’re sanctioned to choose luxury avenues over budget ones in marketing your wares. Expect dual elevation in social and career status.

Pisces

All feels heightened with your sign packed with planets, meaning you’re at the height of your powers, too. You have a bring-it-on attitude such that even this current crunch time feels like a working holiday. You metamorphose, seemingly overnight, from most- to least-stressed individual on the astrological block. Expression of talents is fast-tracked as are creative inroads you make in your career. A Mars-Mercury opposition inspires multiple sparks of genius. Move quickly on your big ideas. They have legs and wings.

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February 12 through 18, 2012

BORN THIS WEEK: Joseph Gordon-Levitt  ( February 17, 1981)

In Greek mythology, the male Waterbearer is Ganymede, a beautiful boy love-object whose appeal was so surpassing that the macho chief god Zeus couldn’t resist swooping down, in the form of an eagle, to get at that booty. Like all fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) the Waterbearer magnetizes people to him; and he projects a youthfulness and accessibility, in keeping with his archetype. People always say that Aquarians are “out there”; and indeed they are often beyond being labeled or pigeon holed. Aquarian men, regardless of their sexual orientation, are generally accepting of pointed attention from admirers of any gender, and whether in their work as artists or in life, or both, they find power in letting others consider them rather up for grabs. It’s one way that astrology’s little guru amasses so many followers. Oh, hi Ashton. A list of desirably uncategorical Aquarian men includes James Dean, Neal Cassady, Paul Newman, Billie Joe Armstrong, Barry Diller (at least DVF thinks so), Elijah Wood, Darren Aronofsky, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Wagner, Abraham Lincoln, Kutch and this week’s embraceable birthday boy Joseph Gordon-Levitt whose mysterious skin has captured many an imagination.

"Aquarian men, regardless of their sexual orientation...find power in letting others consider them up for grabs. "

Aries

Seeming at the mercy of others’ whims, if not their slings and arrows, you’re building spiritual muscle as a gaggle of planets gather in Pisces. Not only can you take the proverbial it, you don’t have to dish it out as much. This sets you apart from those who can’t as easily transcend more fraught situations and environments. You now silently assume positions of leadership, oh so subtly giving lame-o’s the heave ho. And that’s just on the home front. Professional detractors fumble and fall away as new disciples flock.

Taurus

With Venus conjunct Uranus, you are bombarded with information now as plans change, rearrange, and caveats and amendments abound. This inspires vulnerability, making you feel fenced in by circumstance, urging you to cultivate freedom from within, which, by gum, is a mechanism you’ve long needed to develop. To boot, you are challenged to redefine your idea of fun and pleasure seeking. Nature imparts more thrills than social scenes. Where you once kowtowed to air-suckers of scenes, you now make your own.

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Gemini

Life is now in the details. Not easy to remember with Mercury lost in a stellium of other planets, cooking up bigger plans and successes than you’ve enjoyed to date. This also fritzes communication with loved ones who may tag you too big for your jeggings. What heaven life will be if you pay closer attention to intimates, keeping a tighter rein on finances—resist the urge to utter “it’s on me”—at this moment when your career star is rising (and what hell if caution’s thrown to the wind, and relationships, under the bus).

Cancer

No more suffering fools. The Moon Saturn mash-up now ensures you’re given proper respect, and that puffed-up pests are put in their place. So what if you come across as selfish—why doubt your own generosity just because you don’t flaunt it? You’re not that needy. Still, Venus conjunct Uranus demands tangible tribute as proof that your powers of attraction are at their peak. (You accept PayPal.) In love, you’re ultra serious. Those seeking your commitment sigh relief. Those skirting the topic get a metaphoric pink slip.

Leo

With the Sun conjunct Neptune the world is your oyster. But don’t rest on your pearls of wisdom. It’s time to string them together into a single belief system. You can change tack later, but, for now, be exacting in your moral code. There are big decisions, and possible exits, to make, on principle. And you have no energy to spare on helping others navigate their own ethical paths. Especially those running perpendicular with your own. At a crossroads with a family member, you can kick them to the curb for and circle back later.

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Virgo

A stellium of planets in Pisces bids you examine areas of life where you cut yourself excess slack. You must strive for innovation in your career, where running with others’ ideas has only gotten you so far. Pluto’s transformative energy is aimed at your love life, wherein you must think less about the receipt of affection and feel your way toward expressing it more, without measure. If you find this too great a challenge, you may be barking up the wrong relationship tree. Is your love object even aware of your feelings?

Libra

You’re provided wiggle room with deadlines now, but beware of wasting the grace. The Moon conjunct Saturn prescribes positioning your nose close to the grindstone, as the week hurls huge monkey wrenches into the mix. Let’s see how your Libran grace works under fire. It’s not just us watching: There are bigwigs eyeing you for a plum opportunity. If you can just be yourself, even in the spotlight, you meet with surpassing success. Don’t let flattery lure you into stagnant cul de sacs. Destiny lies in the direction of your desire.

Scorpio

With Venus squaring Pluto you adjust to heavy issues in the midst of unmitigated joy. It’s hard internal work, but you’re being alchemically altered, made of tougher stuff than you were this time last year. And for all the struggle, you will admit, you wouldn’t revert to old marshmallow ways. Come Friday, Venus releases Uranus from her grip signaling a return to big easy trappings.  Just remember how bad for you some good things can be. In fact,  you may be ready to kick silly destructive habits you’ve held onto since teen age.

Sagittarius

Although you usually mask your scene-making with a dose of mystique, that’s too much work now with an unaspected Mars in your sector of public image. This lets the air out of all the ways and means you take, or present, yourself too seriously. And it lets the seams show on your wheeling and dealing. But some healthy deconstruction doesn’t hurt you a bit. Indeed, it hits home the fact you have nothing to hide. Your personal style, too, is a bit undone. Funny how people find that supersexy, and trip over themselves to say so.

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Capricorn

Venus squaring Pluto in Capricorn means you’re challenged this week to let internal transformation—unearthing the essence within—be a simple and pleasurable process. You’re poised to project farthest-reaching goals into the ether, imagining no limitations. Remove the word but and all n’t contractions from your vocabulary. Cash flow is not a consideration at this stage. Just get a fix on your dreams, the more impossible the better. Now is about letting highest aspirations fly so they can land and take root in the future.

Aquarius

From cleaning out real and metaphorical closets to automating your digs to futuristic proportions, you modernize as you minimize. Venus letting go its hold on Uranus is rocking your creative life. A once vague interest becomes a solid new platform from which to stretch artistic muscles and reach for starry achievement. Taken together, efficient simplicity in your personal life boldly animates your professional world with radical moves, resonant ideas and widening appeal. We call dibs on a piece of new work.

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Pisces

With a storm of major planets gathering in Pisces, you should zero in on areas where you lack necessary knowledge or expertise to make yourself indispensable. This is key in both career and philanthropic endeavors. Mercury facilitates daily routines you dread; as flirtation becomes a daily requirement. Creative work calls for isolation. But Mercury compensates by playing PR agent, altering your image to repackage you as an accessible, wo/man of the people. Which you are as much as is any martyr heralded by the hoipoloi.

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February 5th through 11th, 2012

BORN THIS WEEK   Laura Dern (February 10, 1967)

Aquarius, and the Eleventh House it rules, represents evolutionary energy, which people of this sun-sign personify. Last week, we rattled off a list of avant-gardist men. This week, we are looking at Aquarians who are both ahead of the curve and eligible for a gym membership at Curves. A list of big-headed break-through Waterbearer babes who rewrote the rules includes Rosa Parks, Virginia Woolf, Yoko Ono, Ida Lupino, Colette, Ayn Rand, Betty Friedan, Susan B. Anthony, Gertrude Stein, Germaine Greer, Helen Gurley Brown and Corazon Aquino. If male Waterbearers are all John the Baptists, lost in their revelations, then Aquarius women, like Salome, are revelations themselves. Not to say that this far-out sign doesn’t boast its share of bubble-heads or smart ladies who know how to play so—Carol Channing, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor, Paris Hilton, Vanna White, Portia DeRossi, Heather Graham, Emma Bunton, Jennifer Aniston, and Tina Louise,  to name a slew. And Laura Dern’s beyond genius, compassionate space-cadet character on “Enlightened” packs a one-two punch that constitutes the kind of Aquarian typecasting we applaud.

Aries

Introspection is in order to address certain excesses, making strides to temper them. With Venus conjunct Uranus you first stick to the story that “hell is others”, convinced that isolation is the salve for stresses. But by Tuesday, the Full Moon gets you thinking that perhaps the distress call is coming from inside the house. Unlike similar realizations in the past, this a-ha moment doesn’t inspire dread but enthusiasm. You are so ready to spill your guts, creatively, instead of drinks or metaphorical milk you finally stop crying over.

Taurus

Though your ability to realize singular goals is to be applauded, Venus entering Aries urges you to take others’ input more seriously. It would be refreshing to hear friends say you’re a good listener. And playing second fiddle, or co-starring on a work project, is not only a preferred paradigm for making bank and winning praise: It provides opportunity to explore the benefits of a B-type personality—a slower pulse, more books and movies, fewer incarcerations. Also expect a new wave of tenderness to hit home, emotionally.

Gemini

In business, you have renewed appreciation for those below and above you on ye olde  ladder of success. And you’ve no time for bs, whether encountering or shoveling it. Saturn retrograde by Tuesday says you’ve lessons to learn. Mad creative skills require development—complacency becomes a killer. Also, don’t worry about bringing others along for the ride toward success. Intentionally or not, they can sandbag it. Venus square Pluto by Saturday urges healthy detachment from siblings and other strangers.

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Cancer

The Moon opposing Pluto causes your mind to wander and alight on serious alterations you must make to your life. Moving house is an instinct worth pursuing, as is cementing or redefining your career role. Here, it seems you do the work, but don’t have the perks that go along with it. Wait to verbalize thoughts until Venus enters Aries, Wednesday, when you speak with authority and distinction, and it’s near impossible to refuse you. Relationship imbalances also come to light. Power must be equalized or shut down.

Leo

With the Leo Full Moon this week, you’re all intuition, taking situations in like a sponge, biding your time and weighing all options. You reveal nothing, nor should you; while others can’t help but confess secrets to you. Still, you mustn’t jump to conclusions, as appearances are deceiving. You know if someone’s hiding something, but can miss the mark as to why. Expect the best, financially, but prepare for the worst. Doing so heads off stress at the pass. In love, you can now better articulate feelings you’ve been stewing.

Virgo

You are now wont to indulge harmless interests—some may call them vices—that have pursued you since childhood. Competition is one such drug you cannot resist. But Venus conjunct Uranus highlights your subversive moves and illustrates how not playing fair equals a lack of faith in natural abundance. A vision of the universe as a barren landscape is a self-fulfilling prophecy. While fortune smiles on those who give and thus embody the notion that there is more than enough bounty to go around. No more being a sore winner!

Libra

With Saturn retrograde in your sign it’s actually a good time to get to the bottom of nagging mind-body issues. Just as you manifest mental unrest, you can rid yourself of much of it through visualizing aches and pains lifting, evaporating or dematerializing. Areas of weakness can be strengthen by the I-magi-nation, sewing up so-called damage with ethereal golden threads. Try it. In the seen world, the Full Leo Moon, Tuesday,  puts you at the head of a group of motivated indies, or sets you on a solo path they will follow.

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Scorpio

Uranus conjuncts Venus in the part of your chart that governs both artistry and love. Observe how creativity peaks just as things heat up, romantically.  And how amorous you become when courtship with the muses is going strong. The key to success in either arena, now, entails keeping a foothold in innocence. Don’t give in to the knee-jerk notion that sex sells, or that you need to rush things in a new relationship. An existing bond also benefits from revisiting guileless pleasures like hand-holding or doing it in an elevator.

Sagittarius

The Saturn-Jupiter opposition blends your need for excitement and routine into ritualized experiences that empower you. You no longer don’t need rebel against tradition, nor have insane expectations that those with institutionalized behavior will suddenly show latent humanity. If anything, you watch with bemused detachment as interpersonal dramedy unfolds on the career front, wistful, but so grateful, that you’re not the cockeyed optimist of yore. You’re too busy scoring maverick success in spite of mediocrity.

Capricorn

Making career strides, you inspire confidence and more than a bit of envy. Stop and smell the milestones before mentally grabbing at what’s next.  By the same token, don’t hock your house to fund a self-celebration. Saturn retrograde by Tuesday is designed to keep you middle-grounded. Highs are just as dicey as lows when it comes to emotional life. External circumstance should have no real bearing on the weather within—which is mostly sunny with a chance of precipitation, that is to say, a speeding up of your efforts.

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Aquarius

Senses are working overtime—a remedy for living too much in your head. Now is about indulging your body. You may even be too rigid with exercise and in need of delighting appetites. Uranus conjunct Venus calls for new expressions that run counter to the must-do/must-have loop in your brain. Leave open-ended hours for venturing forth and seeing what happens. Just say yes to anything on offer that provides natural stimulation. And embrace your inner Luddite, when possible, unplugging any gadget invented after 1972.

Pisces

The Full Moon on Tuesday spotlights the fact that others invested hope in your wild promises and expect you to deliver. Your challenge is to not just follow through, but to do so without martyr routines or mildly bitching about it. What you think about other people is none of their business. Telegraphing your thoughts and emotions doesn’t have the desired effect of expressing a sense of importance. It makes you seem needy and a bit neurotic, if anything. Being true to your word magnetizes that much more fortune to you.

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By Starsky + Cox

January 29 through February 4 2012

BORN THIS WEEK Philip Glass, January 31, 1937

With an astrological pedigree that includes Copernicus, Galileo, Darwin, Dickens, Edison and Jules Verne, it is safe to say that Aquarian men are in the business of pushing the envelope and going where no man has gone before in their fields. Charles Lindbergh did it in the air, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron did it on the field (and got candy bars for their efforts), James Joyce ultra did it in print, Chekhov did it on the stage, James Dean did it on the screen, Jackson Pollock did it on canvas, and Philip Glass does it with music. In counterpoint to the old-guard of Saturn-ruled Capricorn, Aquarius is primarily ruled by Uranus and represents the vanguard, creating new forms that diverge from the traditional, tried and true.

"At first, Aquarians can be seen as weird or freaky—John the Baptists, the Waterbearer, can be alone in the wilderness of their convictions until others ultimately accept and applaud."

Aries

Freedom of expression is in the stars as Mercury cuts loose of Mars. This provides the impetus to convey feelings creatively, while faculties to do so may need developing. The point is you feel your full potential for artistic manifestation via inhibition in doing so. Now’s time to get you over this hump. Don’t think. Just grab some paint or clay or a blowtorch or, better yet, unlikely materials for artistic manifestation, and go to town. Even if your art is commerce, you need this kind of release. Hobbies can become jobbies.

Taurus

You loom large, exuding unabashed confidence and signature superiority. A sudden switch may see you in charge of those who previously bossed you, while people working for you may need to be reminded of the fact. Still, the Taurus Moon conjunct Jupiter, Monday, means you can only really wield power by putting personal vendettas aside. Rivals become vassals who do your bidding in exchange for championing their causes. Sustaining authority entails delegating responsibility, empowering those in your keep.

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Gemini

Supernatural forces swirl around you, like so many fairies, which isn’t lost on you air sprites of the zodiac. Mercury breaks its T-square to Saturn and Jupiter, breathing life into goodly intentions, particularly those aimed at helping community efforts. You’re guided away from so-called influential people to whose nasty antics you turned a blind eye. Give credit and affection to supporters you’ve underappreciated. Be mindful of money, Thursday, when Mercury trine Gemini Moon can let it slip through your fingers.

Cancer

With the Moon conjunct Jupiter, opposing Saturn, you’re intolerant of puffery, popping situations full of hot air with your pointed remarks. You’re particularly suspicious of people plopping you in an ivory tower. Significant others will be targets of probes should they employ extra politesse. You clock overcompensation a mile away. And you won’t be talked out of trusting your instincts. Right? Neptune in Pisces (for about 13 years) from Friday insists you’d sooner take a powder, now,  than live any longer in a fool’s paradise.

Leo

Purging nasty habits, kicking wellness routines into high gear, the Sun conjunct Mercury illuminates which circumstances in your life most need correcting. Seek synthesis of love and desire in a single relationship and steer clear of pity partiers, acknowledging the fact you’ve been one of them. Try to invest your nutritive nature in arenas where it can do the most good, for you and others in your sphere. Emotional turmoil of the past has wrought pearls of wisdom in you, which you’re now hard-pressed not to cast before swine.

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Virgo

Snafus in plans are blessings in disguise that keep you from multi-tasking your way to a complete neuron burnout. With Jupiter trining Pluto, tensions within a large group or organization now come to a head. Do not hesitate to close a door. Whatever you’re doing: If it feels like work, it’s probably not working. Yours should be a path of little resistance. Time to focus on solo ambitions? Uh, yeah. You’re meant integrate joy and work so you don’t get to a point where you overindulge in fun to escape. That becomes a trap in itself.

Libra

As Neptune digs into Pisces for the next 13 years, you divine a new order emerging. Taking short cuts is passé and blatant honesty is the new black. Expect a shakedown on the work front by week’s end, and prepare to be an open book. You may go out on a limb socially. And there’s nothing wrong with running with a faster crowd, so long as it’s going somewhere. Hobnob with more mover-shakers, if only to see that being one entails more rest than rambunction, more wheatgrass than wine, more hard work than hubris.

Scorpio

Jupiter trine Pluto portends a gestation period, promising deliverance from outmoded thoughts. Give lingering endeavors your all to bring them to completion by mid week. Then clear the decks, and your desk, for drafting new ideas. You’re readying for a directorial role. Leading others has never been a burning motivation, but it is a necessary formation to achieve desired goals. A few ideas you put into the ether now get a green light. It takes a village to manifest them. And some village people to make them fierce.

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Sagittarius

After trying to please clamoring coworkers, clients and cronies, the focus is back on you. Mercury releases Jupiter from a T-square, suffusing you with imagination. A relief for those with an artist’s soul who’ve been looking through bookkeeping eyes. There is a return to innocence as you experience unfettered feelings you can sustain. This requires refusing to fill every free moment, moving, instead from one to the next. It may also entail hosting a Jacks tournament, hitting a roller rink, or rereading A Wrinkle in Time.

Capricorn

It’s easy to say you’ve let healthy routines slip. But what metaphorical muscle have you built of late? Signs show a lot. As Neptune returns to Pisces, you too feel an urge to relive more relaxed, perhaps rebellious, even radical past ways. That’s your choice. But we don’t think you’ve brought your A-game this past year just so you could regress at this, a tipping, point. Remember: you’ve become a radiant, self-realized being to please nobody but yourself.  So you only let yourself down by dropping the proverbial ball. Don’t do it.

Aquarius

Networking is key to career moves, yet you’re tempted to keep hiding yourself away. Mercury conjunct Sun in Aquarius should snap you out of seclusion, facilitating the realization that: including intimates in your dealings doesn’t dilute the energy of your plans. Others don’t grasp the fact you haven’t exactly been alone, but, rather, in the kind company of strangers. But you can now step into the light with all your activities, fueled by the confidence that some champions for your causes are much closer than you think.

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Pisces

With ruler Neptune returning home to Pisces, where it lodges for about 13 years, you are more empathetic than usual, and without the pesky fear of becoming unduly entangled in alliances with others. Your compassion for people has always been sincere, but, being burned time and again by the aura vampires of the planet, you’ve been keeping new characters at bay. But now you’re free to bond with fresh faces who see you for who you truly are, a psychically attuned friend and mentor requiring a cushion of personal space.

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January 22-28, 2012

BORN THIS WEEK Ellen DeGeneres (January 26, 1958)

Aquarius women often look like Tweety Bird, with their beaming lightbulb heads gleaming, lit, as they are, from within. Heather Graham, Christina Ricci, Mena Suvari, Mischa Barton, Jennifer Aniston, Oprah, Florence Henderson—Waterbearing women of all ages are eternally youthful. The mythological female cupbearer was Hebe, goddess of youth, who married the mortal Heracles (Hercules), elevating him to god status. We see her in the character Stella (Star), in A Streetcar Named Desire, wedded as she is to the animalistic Stanley. In Tarot, The Star card depicts the lady waterbearer. A star befits the fixed-air status of Aquarius. Air symbolizes ideas and so fixed-air equals Truth. Another descending goddess is Iris, goddess of the rainbow, a symbol of diversity, the principle expressed by the sign’s ruler Uranus—Iris brought godlike understanding, truths, to mankind, traveling down along her rainbow. Salome’s dance of the seven veils, for each color of the rainbow, invites divine communion, with the waterbear John the Baptist. But he lost his head. In life, Aquarius women are like these descending goddesses, bringing elevating thoughts and ideas to the masses. Little wonder the big O and Ellen DeGeneres are the key purveyors of mass communication in our culture. They will not, however, subscribe to patriarchal rule. They are prime movers, in and out of relationships.

"In life, Aquarius women are like these descending goddesses, bringing elevating thoughts and ideas to the masses."

Aries

Redemption is yours now. And there’s truth to that darkness before the dawn jazz, so hang in there. With the New Moon on Monday, you receive forgiveness from friends who claim you’ve been fairweatherish and reprieves from work wardens who’ve found you whining. But the big boost comes on Friday when Mercury enters Aquarius. This singles you you out for a promotion, award or some perk. Just don’t turn your nose up at what appears to be a lateral move. It is technically on the diagonal of an steep upward spiral.

Taurus

A sure way to see plans fall through, now, is to push for their happening. The Sun and Moon square Jupiter and Saturn causes shifts in status between you and significants. Embrace your authority in partnerships without necessarily wielding it. Let colleagues make power plays but resist giving in to competitive urges. You gain through concession and asking little in return. Taurus narcissism is an asset and works best when you master emotions. In this way you magnetize desired outcomes, and a certain someone, to you.

Gemini

With the Sun in conjunct with ruler Mercury, you possess extra insight into mass consciousness. Projects that require tapping into the zeitgeist get a cosmic green light. But individual connections can get short shrift. Best to let loved ones know in advance that you will be emotionally M.I.A.. The last thing you need is a pointed seminar on the  shortcomings of today’s Gemini. You also now reclaim parts of your being put on a shelf.  Old plans may be dusty, or talents a bit rusty, but you revisit them to delight and success.

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Cancer

Despite differences with coworkers and/or close family members, you must function as a united front. It’s the only way to ward off hostile takeovers, rampaging relatives, or other barbarians at the gate. The New Moon, Monday, may bring confusion and accusations, to which your response must be: “We’ll talk about it next week.” By then, whatever the “thingy” is will have blown over. Mercury trine Mars creates a lovely atmosphere for Moonchillens come Saturday: It cues a solo excursion to reacquaint with your(new)self.

Leo

Expect smooth sailing for any literal reconstruction or repair. And that goes double for ideological new designs-for-living. Creativity bleeds into your domestic sector, opening the door on imaginative modes of habitation. Mars grinding to retrograde, by Wednesday,  focuses you inward. Where you dabbled in spiritual disciplines, you now ardently devote to them. Metaphysical workouts seem plain old practical. They reinforce your belief that life is sweetest when you’re still and meditative. Others applaud flipping your off switch.

Virgo

Certain victory is yours, as a long-pursued goal is achieved. Just remember, this is a single step in a series of triumphs you must achieve. So don’t rest on laurels, but redouble efforts, especially until Wednesday with Mars retrograde. You’re not much of a gambler. Good thing as it’s best to employ restraint and impose limits on indulging your need for Lady Luck to smile on you. If a fortune is truly yours to make, it can only be had on the noblest of terms. A mate or would-be date is trying to get through, so open a channel.

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Libra

With Venus largely unaspected this week you might feel unloved, pointing a finger at this friend or that who doesn’t feel enough for you. But self-exam. Is this defensive stance keeping affection at bay? And what love are you actually giving? The Saturn-Sun square may call you on the carpet. Do yourself a favor and stop keeping tabs on who does what for whom in your personal bonds. Give of yourself freely. Or don’t. Maybe you’re not as warm and fuzzy as you feel you are. Or maybe you need new objects of loving attention.

Scorpio

Your subtle brand of persuasion tempers pushiness with aplomb, brute force with benevolence. More than anyone, you feel freedom in Mars retrograde by Wednesday.  It slows experience down for you, providing more control: your favorite thing.  Those you’re seeking to sway scarcely notice crawling into the palm your hand. That said, you must be a harder nut than ever with principles. Muster extra backbone to slap down bullies. They’ll tremble, mumble apologies and even thank you with an “I needed that.”

Sagittarius

Keep expectations low in family dealings. The New Moon, Monday sees feelings frayed if worn on your sleeve. Cut emotional losses with the dysfunctional; and be thankful you work daily for increased serenity. You do that, right? Well expect a pop quiz on the subject. and remember: people disappoint only if you let them. Meanwhile, check out all the smiling faces offering healthy love and support. Do they not deserve attention more than the dementors? Earthly delights impart less a thrill as you wax ascetic by weekend.

Capricorn

With the New Moon, you take up more real and metaphoric space. After a week of juggling and adapting to shifting social and professional sands, you are back at the helm biz-wise, in the headlines, buzz-wise. The Sun mediating the opposition of Jupiter and Saturn leads to understanding that your biggest, splashiest dreams are the ones destined for success. As a result, you’ll weed out buds who try to tone you down, while going on the make for other people’s money to invest in those light bulbs flashing in your brain.

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Aquarius

It’s important to remember that the extra work you’re churning out is a result of your asking the universe for more such opportunities.  With the Sun sextiling Uranus, prepare ye the way of global success for an original idea of which you must be visibly proud. Humility is actually a liability. You must act as-if you already have all that you need— cash to burn, the ultimate pad, packed Vuitton luggage—as reality has every intention of catching up with your convictions, though they be imagined. There’s magic in that word!

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Pisces

Compassion is tantamount to tough love. Remember that, as you’re on the receiving end of it now. You may labor under the misapprehension you’re the gods’ gift to the universe. You are, in fact, one of twelve. And though you are to be praised for the sacrifices you make, particularly for those less fortunate, being messianic can be an excuse for being, well, plain old messy. So clean up your own act before spiffing up others’. And don’t insult the cosmic intelligence by claiming you’re undone as a result of giving too much.

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Week of January 15 through 21

BORN THIS WEEK Betty White (January 17, 1922)

Capricorn is ruled by Saturn (Greek: Cronus), named for the Titan god of the Golden Age, whose lady wife was called Rhea (she took Goat form). These Titans archetypally “live” in the sun-sign Capricorn people of this world. Just as they energize any part of our individual birthcharts where Capricorn and Saturn fall. It’s all about energy. And Capricorn people are the “greats” of the zodiac, which is why the Titans are the “grand” mothers and fathers in mythology. Capricorns may appear serious, reserved or retiring, but they employ the element of surprise. Saturn is old-father Time, which is always on Capricorn’s side. They are the tortoise to our hare. Surprise, they won! They are the sleeper successes who transcend the milieus in which they live and operate. Betty White embodied a happy homemaker from whom one wouldn’t expect lewd remarks, as well as a seeming simp who always had the last wise word. Capricorn is the sign of the greats in other ways too. Mohammed Ali is the “Greatest Of All Time” (spells goat). Elvis is the eternal king. Martin Luther King, Jr. took us all to the mountain from whence we still perceive his big picture perspective. George Burns was the eternal god-father of comedy. And, at 90 years young, we have our very own grand mother who’d goose you as soon as zing you.  Nobody does it all—caring, comedy, life—better than Betty.

"Saturn is old-father Time, which is always on Capricorn's side. They are the tortoise to our hare. Surprise, they won! "

Aries

Being bored takes nerve. With Uranus unaspected by other bodies, there’s no excuse to not get yours in motion. And don’t pawn off laziness as ennui. Let’s get to the root of it: Fear. Of failure and success.  This may be a familiar tune. But the fact you can’t hide this now is the real news! You have a rare opportunity to be comforted and advised. Fear again. You’re always there for others, but letting them deliver pep talks and life lessons frightens you. Or do you just feel you’re the only one qualified to offer such guidance?

Taurus

Probe situations for hidden agendas and would-be caveats. Venus conjunct Neptune spells opportunity for change and growth wrapped in a wee bit of mystery or confusion. Don’t let that stop you. Consider it a lesson in exploring the intricacies of circumstance you often glaze over. And it’s a good time to turn your investigative gaze inward, too, getting to the source of, and gaining control over, reactive impulses. When the Sun enters Aquarius, Friday, you feel that anger is an energy you can channel constructively.

Gemini

Mercury conjunct Pluto allows you to get to the bottom of issues, and you feel all is starting to move in the right direction. But that checklist of requirements for happiness you tote around in your brain? Especially the part comprised of a partner’s to-do’s? It must be ritually buried. For you, if/then thinking is a trap. So, find happiness in accepting the way things are, instead of relegating it to some future characterized by having X many ducks in a row.  And avoid quacky self-help lit—listen to your gut. Oh, and us.

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Cancer

With the Sun trine Mars not only is your libido tweaked, but your entire psyche is rebooted. Deep-seated issues and weighted secrets don’t inspire their typical fear. Pluto conjunct Mercury, named for the god-conductor of souls, allows you to journey into your own underworld, to face such truths you dreaded would undo you. What you emerge with are stories, however you choose to express them. Because you can go so deep you more confidently dwell on the surface where life seems less chaotic and rather more rhythmic.

Leo

Artistry is yours. And we don’t mean painting deer herds by number or crocheting plant holders. Though, now you could elevate such creations to museum worthiness. Venus conjunct Neptune means transcending the material or ordinary becomes the focus. In a sense, all is art, or artifice. You shape circumstance to your liking, with freer license and fuller authority.  Even the great masters among you have been in micromanagement mode, keeping it all together. But you’re ready to color outside the proverbial lines.

Virgo

Seeds of fortune are sprinkled in your path, but you might miss them less you stay tuned. With Saturn opposing Jupiter, you may label chance nuggets of information “worthless”. But keep an open mind to what’s on offer to you now; and by the time Mercury detaches from Pluto, Wednesday you can realize the full potential of what at first seems like vague opportunities with strings attached. Meanwhile, give kudos to those cooking up their own recipes for success. It reflects poorly on you to pooh-pooh golden eggs you didn’t hatch.

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Libra

Sibling(-esque) relationships play a key role now, so seek to forge deeper ties with actual sisses and bros, and to deepen the familial affection of friendships. The tricky bit is in romance, and it’s a recurring theme: Beware of turning a potential affair into a cozy slice of camaraderie, devoid of all mystique. Or a marriage into a business deal. Venus conjunct Neptune and Chiron, the planetoid of healing, urges you to remain aspirational in love and stop projecting familiar dynamics from your upbringing onto intimate bonds.

Scorpio

You’re materially minded for starters, but money is now a bit of an obsession. As Pluto conjunct Mercury highlights shared resources, you are poised to have your purse filled by patrons or invest yourself in others’ projects, confident of major pay off. But be diligent in your research—don’t just take what others bring to the table.  You’re now brilliant at group collaborations, not typically a strong suit. And may be put in charge of those you revere as heroes or mentors, which is emotionally twisty, but you handle it with grace.

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Sagittarius

In deciding between the road less taken and the path of least resistance, Saturn opposing Jupiter bids you consider the paradox in each. Uncharted territory mightn’t be the jungle you imagine, while well trodden paths could be pitted by others’ notions, putting wear and tear on your singular motivations. We’re saying take the first one, you got that right? When Mercury is free of Pluto, Wednesday, it will bring an emotional breakthrough. This is the best time to recommit yourself to practices engaging your higher mind or third eye.

Capricorn

Where you felt you had few choices, you now have more than you can shake a stick at. This could apply to career, your address, social circles or an educational direction. Knowing you,  right now, it’s likely be all of the above. The Sun T-squaring Saturn and Jupiter says you can parlay daily shake-ups in routine into sustainable life experience. All you have to do is embrace and move through so-called setbacks, not avoid or reject them. If you hear yourself complain, then you’re not letting the magic grow from the manure.

Aquarius

You are ready to rub your elbows raw. You needn’t even explain to fair-weather friends that it’s cosmically all about finding your true tribe, not social climbing, as they are wont to label it. Uranus in free-float gives you devil-may-care license and easy entree into whatever enclave you desire. And, yes, take a leadership role on a committee or for an event, especially as regards education reform or a similar means of empowering through knowledge. But if you give into shirking your responsibility, your reputation will suffer.

Pisces

An intuitive of the first order, you’re extra tapping into cultural rumblings now, with Venus conjunct ruler Neptune. Fantastic for those in the business of gauging trends and/or wishing to sell high what they sense will soon dip in value. Venus’ also makes you amorous—that’s an understatement—but you may experience a disconnect between liberated ideas on sex and relationships and the emotional capacity to realize them. So seek the synthesis of your evolving consciousness and your old-fashioned conscience.

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January 8-14 2012

BORN THIS WEEK Mary J. Blige ( January 11, 1971)

Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, ol’ Father Time. It is the planet of endurance, preservation, resource and posterity, signifying certain time-less-ness. Capricorn is the cardinal-earth sign, symbolized by a mountain, an emblem of eternity. And women of the sign can be as iconic and aspirational as the Mata Horn (meaning: mother-mountain) itself. Paragons of style, especially, personifying the heights of fashionability, with nary a trace of trying to achieve it: They are, in fact, inimitable, be they insouciant supermodels like Kate Moss, Helena Christensen or Christy Turlington; or literal or figurative royalty like Kate Middleton, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Michelle Obama or Carla Bruni; accidental trendsetters like Mary J. Blige, Sienna Miller, Diane Keaton, Zooey Deschanel or Faye Dunaway; or veritable mountains of industry like Helena Rubenstein or Elizabeth Arden.

"Capricorn is the cardinal-earth sign, symbolized by a mountain, an emblem of eternity. And women of the sign can be as iconic and aspirational as the Mata Horn (meaning: mother-mountain) itself. "

Aries

With Venus conjunct Neptune, all eyes are suddenly on you, of late, the proverbial wo/man behind the curtain: The true story of your life requires honest telling, but as Aries can be legends in their own mind, you are who you imagine yourself to be. And a tad of fabrication is condoned: There is higher truth in the revision. And a soupcon of fabulosity goes along way to amp your public image. When Mercury cuts its ties with Jupiter and Uranus, Friday the 13th, you can score valuable real estate, whether real or metaphoric.

Taurus

The slate is being wiped clean of relationship issues. With the Full Moon, Monday, you’re prepared to move on, in, or out of, an existing bond. Meanwhile, resist the urge to mop the floor with an errant partner. And avoid rushing deals, as facts and figures need time to solidify. Restraint is your mantra at work. Trouble stems from forgetting this. There is much power in letting things slide—not that you can’t take notes of others’ shady behavior for later. Act as if most antics are beneath you and very soon they will be.

Gemini

You’re off the hook. And we’re not just employing vernacular here. You are saved from a grilling, goading or grounding for recent selfish actions, as would-be accusers turn a blind eye. For now. The Full Moon, Monday, begins a period of transparency. This will especially expose Gemini’s penchant for duplicity. So be forthright, for nobody will let you slide from this point on. We understand your scrappy street-wise methodology, but you must transcend it if you want your pie in the sky, not just scraps others throw you.

Cancer

With the Cancer Full Moon, Monday, you might feel emotionally left out to dry. The weekend may have brought bickering, surfacing age-old frustrations. About six months back, when dealing with such circumstance, you made a pact to put solo freedom first. So here, again: that crossroads. Now you’re mad as poop and not going to take it anymore. Creative work, self-expression, must be front-loaded. If it means retreating to a cabin in the woods, so be it.  And don’t play the blame game—nobody has stopped you but you.

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Leo

All new things surround you. With Venus conjunct Neptune, you’re nearly pathologically putting the past behind you. Elimination is your watchword, whether scanning and chucking boxes of memorabilia or relationships hinged on nostalgia. And you take up technology’s offer to streamline and simplify your life. Junk drawers don’t exist in the future. Aesthetically, too, steel and concrete no longer seem cold and impersonal, but promise order and calm. All this room is being made for your reemerging spiritual self.

Virgo

Is this thing on? You’re urged to be the voice of a community project, or otherwise communicate a collective agenda to a great many. But you have trepidation. Closer inspection reveals it’s due to your ego, which is hungry for kudos. Mercury now cuts its ties to Uranus and Mars, pushing you beyond hubris into humility. The upshot? You garner the most praise when you least require it. But you may still wear rose-colored glasses in relationships. Playing patron to a paramour? Or dallying with a dilettante?

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Libra

Feeling flush can be its own reward. Monday, Mercury entering Capricorn inspires the urge to splurge. But acting on impulse can cause regretful backlash. Satisfaction comes from banking new resources and using what you have. There’s something so chic about shoveling snow in your 90s John Bartlett monk coat or driving to market in your now vintage LeSabre. Hyperbole aside: Waste in your life needs addressing. So as Jupiter opposes Saturn, take inventory of excess, maybe donating any surplus to benefit others.

Scorpio

Physical complaints flare up or ease according to your emotional and/or psychological state. Pluto conjunct Mercury bids you to still your mind and avoid people and situations that rile. This ushers in a spate of putting well being first. Pushing yourself to the limit helped you survive—no longer doing so is how you now thrive. Mercury in Capricorn gives you the requisite discipline to let life unfold without manipulating it to achieve desired outcomes. Thus hanging back, you make more room, for love or money, or both.

Sagittarius

Yours is a an ever unfolding artistic and commercial vision. But trends can run counter to the pictures in your head. Jupiter opposing Saturn makes you feel a bit like yesterday’s mashed potatoes; but seize this moment to fall under the radar and hatch new secret dreams. Venus conjunct Neptune prescribes brainstorming something you bemoan being in short supply. So take full advantage, digging deeper into your aesthetic or ideology, expanding it to come up with new, signature “products” people can next buy into.

Capricorn

You’re on. And those who’ve labeled you the sultan/ess of subtlety are in for a surprise. Mercury in Capricorn gives expression to creative thoughts, so keep your voice-activated memo device handy. Saturn trines Neptune, sustaining emanations born from your imagination. If you can clear the decks to do nothing but creative work now do so. Cut loose, act up, or sow wild oats. All the time you spend being your signature reserved self is for moments like this when you can afford to unleash with loving and artistic abandon.

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Aquarius

Paper-pushing routines fall away, replaced by an unpredictable regularity of creative output and increased financial flow. Pencil-in play dates and frivolous outings on the lines in your calendar recently reserved for Orwellian tasks. The Full Cancer Moon, Monday, resets relationships, keeping codependence in check. Now is time to mind your own business, exclusively, With Venus conjunct Neptune, you pick up a neglected course of study and, potentially, soar with it. A hint: It has something to do with history.

Pisces

You want to build on past successes, which are a result of tried and true methods. Yet, an evolutionary element is needed to keep professional work from becoming stale.  Neptune conjunct Venus prescribes taking no short cuts, employing forgotten methodologies to give projects a distinctive, hands-on feel. Socializing has become mechanized, too, punctuated by the same string of annual shindigs. You’re being cosmically nudged in a direction that requires more personal interest and investment in a circle of intimates.

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December 25-31 2011

BORN THIS WEEK Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936)

The opposite of a bimbo, Capricorn woman demands to be taken seriously. Whether projecting a regal image, or adopting a studious Marian-the-Librarian air, she can come across as haughty in public no matter how naughty she is in private. Even as sex-symbols, Capricorns aren’t toys but powerful figures who, often quite literally, wear the pants. A list of Capricorn women includes many a fashionable drag king from Annie Lennox to Marlene Dietrich to Diane Keaton to Sissy Spacek to Marianne Faithful to Patti Smith to Paula Poundstone to our resplendent birthday girl Mary Tyler Moore who, despite her good-wifey image on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” fought the network suits to be able to wear her signature Capri pants as only an iconic Capricorn woman can. Hats off to her.

" Even as sex-symbols, Capricorns aren't toys but powerful figures who, often quite literally, wear the pants."

Aries

You gotta be cruel to be kind to save yourself and, ultimately, others any undue pain. The thrill of cutting some people loose notwithstanding, Jupiter direct, on Christmas, signifies that suffering so-called fools served its purposes. So before your karmic give-and-take meter strains in the wrong direction, give credit and compensation owed for advantages you took of those you’re prepping for the discard pile. Otherwise, the Sun square Uranus now says: the revenge of so-called nerds can be surprisingly swift and terrible.

Taurus

Venus squaring Jupiter direct now says to deflect attention. If someone brags about a project, smile, nod and don’t one-up them. You could send notes or gifts to those who’ve been there for you in the past—some of whom you’d promised pay-backs you’ve yet to deliver? Venus unaspected for the rest of the week asks you to balance your will with your want. In short, be smart: If you want to endear yourself to people or entities for personal gain then bend your will to satisfying their needs, as fatuous as you feel they are.

Gemini

With Mercury square Mars, you must strive for quiet composure, employing few words and meeting myriad obligations with decisive calm. Divining a middle ground in all things, you can mediate opposing factions and keep a temperate head. Not to mention partaking of untold pleasures without overindulging. You’ve had it with the emotional extremes of the recent past. Especially in relationships, you’re not so all or nothing. Mates are relieved to not have expectations for your every happiness heaped on them.

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Cancer

There are benefits to entering a blue period. Underlying melancholy should motivate you to reunite with old chums and to revisit creative projects you may’ve prematurely put out to pasture. This rings true Monday, especially, when the Moon conjuncts Uranus. You can’t turn back time, but you can pick up the pieces. In so doing, you discover: you bring so much more to the table now then when you first made a go at ideas you shelved. A virtual poster child for fresh starts, you prove it’s never too late for timeless inspirations.

Leo

You’re bopping along, minding your own beeswax, when bam, you see an existing situation, one central to your life, for what it really is: not what it seemed for so long. With lovely Venus unaspected, illusions of those you’ve plopped onto pedestals shatter. Never mind the fact you experience one ah-a moment after another, thanks to Pluto now conjunct the Sun. Taken together, you’re on a quest to stamp out shady dealings, sending a crystal clear message: You’re an upright citizen who won’t let lofty principles slide.

Virgo

Reality seems to blur as you experience a spate of synchronic, even mystical moments. This so-called “strange phenomena” isn’t so odd, really. In fact, once you get used to it, you may come to view it as symptomatic of underlying Truth: that life is miraculous, after all. It all starts with Mercury and Mars, both unaspected, until they square off this week. Life then has the quality of unfolding to your specifications. To harness this power for momentous good, repeat this mantra: I accept what is—I’m open to something better.

Libra

You may long for emotional rescue, and a financial lifeline thrown in for good measure. Venus orbiting untethered amps your need for belonging; but resist the urge to statically cling to the nearest warm body. When it comes to love and money, it is best to employ the law of attraction. But this is not the only cosmic law at work now. Mercury is a facilitator, urging you to clearly communicate needs so that you bring desired, not just any old, people and situations to you. Look in the mirror and tell yourself what you want.

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Scorpio

Uncharted territory beckons as you quest for new adventure. The cosmos expands your horizons, coaxing you out of the bondage of so-called security. The Moon T-squaring Jupiter and Saturn, on Monday, tells us big plans are, perhaps invisibly, underway and unfolding in a easy way. Don’t give in to knee-jerk fears of the unknown. They portray the shadow-side of the active faith you possess. Keep looking to the bright side. That’s where you’ll find the next clues you seek on this treasure hunt called your life. Passport handy?

Sagittarius

You’re a magnet for goodness, attracting funds and support for those in need, turning situations golden with innovative ideas and abiding optimism. Yes, you’re reading the Sagittarius horoscope. Why? Does it sound too optimistic, even for you? Well weighty Saturn opposing your sanguine ruler Jupiter can have that effect. But it also structures your generous spirit so to create real mechanisms by which you direct assistance from haves to have-nots. And there’s an added twist: You truly want no credit for your actions.

Capricorn

With a number of creative career directions to take, you’re cautious making any move at all. But, in truth, all roads lead to where you want to go. The Christmas Capricorn Moon trines Mars, and as you step back from thoughts of work, intuition kicks in, and by Tuesday you’re clear exactly how to proceed. Here’s some advice: Make your skills, services or goods reassuringly expensive to insure you are sufficiently valued. Let those who can’t afford you live with that fact. You can’t sell yourself long enough for our taste.

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Aquarius

We typically warn against spreading yourself too thin, but now the old adage—the more you have to do the more you can do—rings truer than true. What felt like a hectic agenda last week morphs into a groovy multi-tasking dynamic that carries you through to New Year. Instead of trying to conserve energy to do it all, Jupiter direct says to give your all to it all. There is no law that says you can’t break records, win awards, score major deals, and achieve certain enlightenment, all in one week. In fact, this is exactly how it happens.

Pisces

They say life is sweet, but we’ve always wondered: compared to what? One thing’s certain: Simple pleasures are highlighted now as Jupiter goes direct in Taurus, making default thinking enthusiastic. Creative interests and hobbies beckon, as working on them allows your mind to wander and gently alight on new goals and dreams emerging from the mist. The Pisces Moon conjuncts Uranus, Friday, turning dull routines into rituals that empower and sanctify your experience. That is, if they’re meant to remain part of the mix.

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December 18-24 2011

BORN THIS WEEK Ryan Seacrest (December 24, 1974)

Leisure suits these old souls. The granddaddies of the zodiac, Cap men are throwbacks to a golden era. Part fancypants part fuddyduddy, they are old-school, retiring, a bit superior with nothing to prove. And they can rock a cardigan and loafers like nobody’s business. Ruled by Saturn, named for the Titan god of the golden age, Cap men do act a bit like deposed royalty, at once affected and disaffected. They can be both saturnine—suffering from often secret bouts of melancholy—and saturnian—juiced by an overactive libido.  Capricorn rules the astrological 10th house of public image; and the face Capricorns show to the world isn’t always the one they reveal in private. Maybe not in this picture, but in many, at a glance, Mr. Seacrest looks a lot like Ricky Martin, both born the same day. Other Cap dandies include John Legend, Cary Grant, Jude Law, Jared Leto, Skeet Ulrich, Danny Kaye, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Orlando Bloom, Matt Lauer, Bradley Cooper and, lest we forget, Charles Nelson Reilly. We see a resemblance there, too, Seacrest.

"Capricorn rules the astrological 10th house of public image; and the face Capricorns show to the world isn't always the one they reveal in private. "

Aries

Forge what others claim are your weaknesses into strongest assets. With the Libra Moon opposing Uranus in Aries, so-called skeletons in your closet become the bones of a business plan, bestselling novel or globally embraced belief system. An unaspected Mars now makes you likewise unbeholden and unpredictable, which has detractors shaking in their Marc Jacobs boots. Without you so much as your lifting a pinky, envious others with dishonorable intent are exposed by seemingly supernatural forces. You’re welcome.

Taurus

Solo ambition puts strain on shared resources, courtesy of a Moon-Saturn mash-up. This eases by Tuesday, but only after a showdown of sorts. You may commit to living on the job, or out of a suitcase. Or you’ll tell the universe that you need a place you can truly call home. By the New Moon Saturday, you’ll start to realize a new creative dream all your own. This invites higher powers to rally behind your not so quixotic quests. (Don’t mention it). Some may lament you’re out of reach, but you’re just where you should be.

Gemini

You enjoy a little limbo now, but we don’t want to know how low you can go. Mercury square Neptune portends a seismic shift from feeling at sea to being galvanized with purpose. By mid-week you have less downtime than ever in recent memory. Not that you’ll notice, as new projects and big breaks energize you to a level you haven’t known since the days of jumping out of bed for morning cartoons. You’re as open as a child, too. The New Moon, Saturday, inspires making amends not excuses to those you’re ducking.

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Cancer

Nobody in your intimate circle can say you’re not a giver. But as the Scorpio Moon teams with Saturn, by Tuesday, you’ll self examine on that score. Are intentions purely altruistic and not designed to inspire begging and scraping? Or to provide you power to taketh your support away? Self-aggrandizement via others’ dependence on you is a poor substitute for a sense of personal accomplishment. The fact is you may be over-delegating. Some assistance is good. Too much robs you of direct experiences you’ll later wish you had.

Leo

Typically smooth in exacting plans, you’re tagged now as overtly aggressive. But, with your ruler Sun now trine Jupiter, you realize that the “secret” law of attraction only gets you so far. Now you must reach out and grab. And let it be a lesson for some: not to push their luck with you. Those who fail to learn this aren’t so lucky. Now is about owning the professional or public status you’ve gained over the past year. And undue worry that all the strides you have made can be ripped away would be a purely self-fulfilling prophecy.

Virgo

With Mercury completing its trine to Uranus, you’re emboldened to try new things. But you must take proper look-sees before leaping into the uncharted. Especially situations involving new groups or organizations. As passionate as you are, you’re easily discouraged. Negotiate increased self-confidence against a need to keep things cool and humble. A rogue Mars prods you out of ruts, including the trap of judging circumstance too quickly or harshly. Be patient with yourself, especially, taking time to warm to people and places.

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Libra

Venus entering Aquarius promises visceral release and increased accessibility. Take stock of how you’ve overcome victimization this year, and how trials have enabled you to become one of the happier signs on the planet. Sit with all associated emotions, and then shake them out. We are entering a period of expanding your mind. For now, take up more space, seek greater goals and opportunities and immerse yourself in heady studies you’ve only ever flirted with. Particularly those designed to further open your third eye.

Scorpio

You seem your usual snazzy self, positively spinning setbacks that would have derailed anyone else. It’s your formula for clearing obstacles and overcoming disappointment. The Moon-Saturn conjunct now shows how self-restraint is your bff. But there’s a childlike quaver in your voice. And though the wind has gone out of your sails a bit, vulnerability draws others to you. Expect to be praised and comforted, regaled and cherished, restored to full height as a righteous dude/tte, and sunk to the depths of some delish debauch.

Sagittarius

When it comes to family, you’ve dedicated compartments of time and energy to keep interaction with them contained. And it has worked brilliantly. But the Sun trining ruler Jupiter says that close relatives may blur the comfortable lines of engagement you’ve drawn. By Thursday, the Sagittarian Moon conjuncts Mercury, indicating a need to further limit your involvement in any upcoming famfests. A sibling or other green-eyed rival is trouble. Best not to share tales of success with those who say you rub their nose in them.

Capricorn

The Moon fusing with Saturn preoccupies you with making a mark on the world. This mustn’t take precedence over pinpointing what you plan to make that mark with. Get thee to your workshop, laboratory, drawing board or whatever best describes your hub of would-be productivity. Pluto is unaspected in your sign, by Tuesday, thrusting you into a social swirl. Instead of thinly veiling or understating irons you now have on the fire, state wishes boldly. This plants a seed in the minds of others who may champion your efforts.

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Aquarius

A romantic bond may be becoming too biz-like, while you single Waterbiotches get too used to tables for one. In some ways it’s good that you mainly prefer your own company. But Venus entering your sign this week will not let you avoid lingering fears of intimacy. Suddenly you prize quirks in (would they’d be?) significant others that previously put you off. While the part of your brain monitoring your own self-perfectionism, too, relaxes. By the time of the New Moon, on Saturday, you’ll sense the freedom inherent in belonging.

Pisces

We close our eyes and see you at a loom, weaving threads of art and commerce into the fabric of daily life. Meanwhile, most of you kick the corporate habit, go free-lance, or hang out an eponymous shingle. You must trust that making such a break is a step toward future, greater, abundance, despite temporary freezes on spending. With the Scorpio Moon trining Neptune, Tuesday, you get a taste of the inner strength that will serve and sustain you in the year ahead. Savoring it now hastens flavoring everything with it later.

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