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Your Celestial Forecast for the Week of January 29, 2012

Aries:  Since life can often be an amusement park, your ride this week is the Daemon drop at Cedar Point. Itsa little bucket shaped thing that lifts you high in the air and just leaves you dangling for a bit. Then, just as you are wishing the darn thing would stop swaying, it drops you like a stone. Folks whom you have counted on in the past may show up needing help from you. While it may seem odd giving advice to someone whom you consider older and wiser, it’s a compliment that they have turned to you. Just remember to turn off the phone every once in a while. This week is birthed with the Moon doing a spiral dance with Uranus in Aries so you are experiencing a Super Dooper Lunar High. Your Lunar Low and Highs determine your inner tides. On your monthly Lunar High you are given many many opportunities to tithe your time, energy and knowledge to others. Only by wisely managing your time can you follow through with all of your best intentions. That means that you must pace yourself and once a day, every day let your messages dump into Voice Mail while you have a nice break from it all. Add a little Rescue Remedy and you’ll have one great recipe for success J

Taurus: Jupiter is bringing a flock of new friends into you life.I That’s always a good thing. Although it may feel as though new relationships are replacing old ones. Indeed it still hurts to let go but, it’s not like you aren’t friends anymore, just because you choose different paths. Each of us is on a journey into self awareness, even if we aren’t aware of the awareness. Life lessons may choose very different paths. The laws of synchronicity guarantee that consciousness seeks the same level, just like water. Just as your interests are expanding and transforming, so is your social circle. The Universe is sending you the bestest

people to help pace you along on your way to inner vision. You are more aware than ever before of the interconnectedness of Life. Heck, you are even staying out of your own way, and thatsa big one. Rest assured that your friends from the good old days will remain connected to you.  They are dedicated enough to pick you up in that cold parking lot at 2AM when the car dies and your road service contact is disconnected. This is about You finding your own way, and anyone who really loves you will support it. Eventually your paths will cross again. For now you have a great big Medicine Walk to take. Now is your time to connect to Nature and Listen and learn

Gemini: We frail  humans learn by doing. Okay some people read all those pages of boooring directions before they open the IKEA box.  A true Gemini will scan them. Then they will grab a glue gun, turn up the lights and create something. This week you will meet formula people, the kinda folks who can’t think outside of the quadrillerratal parralellagram. Pray for them. Do not debate with them. I know it makes no sense, but people have the right not to make sense, and generally at the time that they are making the least sense, they don’t have the sense to know any better.  Fight the urge to educate people unless they are actually listening. Then, whatever they elect to do, you can celebrate their choices. Trying to reason with unreasonable people is like going out for a great French meal and ordering it in Greek, it loses a lot in translation.  There’s a lot of Mercury Neptune energy buzzing about this week, And that particular hybrid creates mucho muddied thinking. This cycle is a brief preview of what can be expected when Neptune resides in Pisces in the near future. Speak softly, maintain eye contact and step away from the crazy.

Cancer: At some point this week you will find yourself surrounded by a circle of beloveds and see some of them disagree. They will each state their perceptions and as they do each one of them will ring clear there’s that ping of truth to it. That’s when you will realize that people process the same experiences from their own personal perspective. What may have been a funny experience for one individual may seem devastating to another person. As much as this may tweak at your heartstrings, do Not go directly to your heart, itsa discipline, learn it now, you will need it for the next decade or so as Neptune transits Pisces. The alternative is to melt into a puddle of unresolved emotion goo and that’s never a good thing, When in doubt just do a small facepalm on your third eye….this is you purposefully moving the experience to your head. Once you look at a potentially stressful experience as if it were playing out on a Sony of your owney, you will be able to see even the most intricate of relationship patterns. You will be able to recognize  the truth of everyone else’s perspective as well as your own. This is how an Air Sign figgers something out. You simply take the picture and turn it a few degrees at a time. Only when you have seen every angle of an issue can you find its many truths

Leo: Your assignment for this week is to dress for a Fortune 500 level job interview every day, Initially it will make you feel wonderful, after all you do clean up very well. Plus there’s the realization that somehow somewhere ( and most likely more than once)you will find yourself front and center. Sure, you may think that you are heading out to participate in a group presentation Until you get there and everyone else steps back and looks at you. That’s when you will take a deep breath, smile at the folks and dive right into the Power Point presentation. And before you are done you will acknowledge every member of your team to the group before you make your exit, Stage Right. See that’s the thing, they always were Your team, with or without the jerseys. People believe in you, due to the fact that you can only sell a product that you would purchase for your own family. Why not take this as an acknowledgement that others respect you enough to put their work in your hands ? Fortunately, spontaneity is a non-issue in your world. Uranus is upon us and he’s visiting the Fire Signs bigtime. Remind yourself that every day can and will be Anything Can Happen Day. Hey it’ll be a fun 7 years and change. !

Virgo: First you’ll think that there’s something wrong with you since your energy vacillates so much. Then you’ll count your vitamins and take a handful. No you aren’t crazy, this is not a not love hate love affair with Life. It’s just boredom with high drama and the Queens who perform it. Isn’t it lovely that you are no longer the only voice of reason for folks who refuse to listen, that responsibility left Dodge back in November when you resigned your position as Idiot Whisperer, which by the way was and is a wise choice with Neptune heading into Pisces. You know all to well that trying to stabilize the wiggly emotions of hysterical people is a bit like nailing Jello to a wall. It can be accomplished but, only after much mess and hitting your thumb with the hammer quite a few times. This week also offers a Bonus round of Venus Mars and your energy level just isn’t. You may go from zero to 60 and back to a standstill before you get to wherever you are going. Since this is a very hot and cold cycle, you will also find it’s best not to make any permanent decisions. Choices that are made when Mars is driving, and cutting in and out of traffic, will set the bar so high, that’s it’s just not doable. Then Mars takes a nap in the back seat and Venus takes over. Venus turns soft soothing music on the radio and takes the scenic route. So when you go from driven to making butt prints on the sands of time, know that you are just fine, in fact you will get twice as much done as you usually would. It will simply be accomplished in fits and starts. Thatsa Venus Mars cha cha!

Libra: It’s time to get someone to water the plants and feed the cat. You are on an accelerated learning curve, and if you have to choose between your home life and your career, well my, dear it’s the career wins. You family will more than understand since, your are doing this for them anyway. The cat will understand as long as there is a large tub of catnip and much tuna involved.  This is a cycle filled with many hours of processing information. Yes, there will be a book in the car and one in the bathroom. You’ll be amazed at your need for study time, since your mind is so hungry for input. Saturn has left some mighty big footprints on your psyche. There was a time that you might have felt a wee bit selfish to pursue Solitary pursuits. Sure you might get to it after you had fed the family, dipped the litter pan and washed a few loads of laundry while cleaning the house. Those days are gone. This new version of You, knows that you cannot function in this world unless and until you maintain your equilibrium. You are the child of Venus and she demands rhythm, balance and harmony in all things. This is a time to be alone and apart, and the sooner you get there, the sooner you will return to the supposedly real world. Admit it now, you presently have a focus that wasn’t this well developed before Saturn showed up on your porch, for all of his bad press he  isn’t such a bad guy after all.

Scorpio: Now that everything has been tweaked and you are In harmony with the new systems that you are implementing, you are more focused on your health regimen than you have been in quite a while. You have a crystal clear awareness of the power of balance.  Plus you have that nagging voice in the back of your mind that reminds you that you have been taking your wellness for granted. If your best workout is lying on the couch and watching Zumba, now is the time to change your behavior. Three cheese pizza and diet pop do not cancel each other out. And waiting until you are so coyote stomach hungry that you eat whole bag of Fritos while you wait for your healthy diet meal to finish cooking in the microwave is not really cross training either. It’s time to get serious about taking care of your health issues and regimens. Plus there’s that balance thing. Once you have built the discipline and once your are very very good at being good, you have the wiggle room to be a teensy bit bad on occasion. As I always say, “ For 6 days a week my body is a temple, and on the 7^th  day it’s an amusement park.”

Sagittarius: This is the perfect week during which to buy a lot of gum. Then fill all of your pockets, so that you can have it on hand for easy access. There are words that are ricocheting  around your brain. Yes this is a full scale, “open mouth, insert foot, bite down gently “ blurt alert. Uranus has associations and alliances shapeshifting on you right now. And you probably know too much for your own good, Unless you are called in as an expert or a percipient witness, stay out of other people’s business. It’s probably called “other people’s business” for a really good reason. So there you are, knowing more than you are supposed to and somebody mentions something pointedly, with every intention of drawing tasty tidbits of info out of you grab that gum pack and pop a wad in your mouth, The chew verry slowly and look away pensively. Then you must dig as deeply as possible and say something positive about life and fade to black. The Karmic poo storm that is presently hitting the fan is just a flurry. Wait for the real storm front to move through, while watching from a nice distance and sipping a cup of cocoa. When everything settles you can comfort all involved and never take sides. Avoid friendly fire, it’s just as lethal as a Zombie attack, just not as dramatic.

Capricorn: Okay so you went to college, an Honour Student no less. You carried that 4 point GPA all the way to an MBA. You were born with an amazing blend of both common sense and business sense, so it stands to reason that you have excelled in your chosen field of endeavor. Ya might well say that you have more than proven yourself. When the line bogs down at the Dental Floss factory everybody looks to you. Granted, you call the Service Department, just like They could have, but well you got things taken care of, you didn’t take time to panic like the “chicken little’s” who cluck and rush about, and that’s all that matters.  Once again, this week your Contact numbers will weave miracles. Regardless of your experience and expertise this is a cycle during which it’s not what you know but rather whom….and vicey versey. Sure you may phrase your inquiry as a hypothetical question, but your associate will see right through that and give you the correct insider information that you needed so badly. It has been said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Well maybe, but a lot of knowledge will make you do a happy dance, ( Yeah it will be in your office with the door shut, but you Will do a happy dance.) The Bosses/Bosses/Boss is well aware of the excellent quality of your work. That’s why the big shots turn to you for insight. Consider this a favour returned, Now get busy, you have miracles to weave J

Aquarius: Woo Hoo ! Your need for creativity is shapeshifting, you know what that means, new toys or new uses for your old toys. Remember those days when Mum sent to  your room that looked like an aisle at a Toy Store and there was absolutely nothing to do?  Well there you are again. Granted Neptune is finally packing his bags and you may even find the TV buttons again, but he has a great parting gift for you. He has given you a swift kick in the Muse and you are about to enter a creative curve that is unlike anything you have seen before. Okay so the kids are teenagers, maybe this would be a good time to actually glue all of the photos into their baby books. Sentimental journeys are to be expected right now, and by adding a little journaling you can dump years of confusion. Just as the fog is lifting for you, the landscape seems to have shifted from the way it looked before this lengthy transit. Colours are brighter, and the edges are sharper than you recall, kinda like when Dorothy landed the house in Oz and opened the door to all of that beauty. Sure inspiration will find you in all of the oddest places, so keep a camera or a notebook on hand. No doubt, you are not in Kansas any more. Why not buy yourself the fancy box of crayons, the one with the metallic crayons in it ? Colour and music can heal you ya know….just sayin’

Pisces: You are no doubt feeling a bit like a deer in the headlights of Mars in Virgo. Now is not the time to freeze in your tracks. For your own personal safety you must Bob and Weave. One of the keys to inner peace is to choose your battles wisely. Mars has you a wee bit off center and that has you on the defensive, which is a great position for Hockey, but for every day life, not so much. Whenever you feel as though life is rushing at you, it’s okay to lock the door and have a cup of tea. If you do it right it should take at least 15 minutes, 15 calm quiet refreshing minutes. Okay Mars is a bit of a bully, but he is rather naïve about his behavior.  The real troublemakers are his Moons Phobos and Deimios, ( that’s fright and panic respectively.) Not only do they do all of the heavy lifting for him, but by the time he buzzes in to rock your world,  your behavior is directly correlated to your response to his homeys. Yes I understand that you life is pretty much redefining itself as your Ruler prepares to squat in your Guest Room for a very long time, but that’s not as scary as it sounds. With the powers of visualization and affirmation you get to choose the terms by which your life will transform. Nobody else can do this for you.  By  always choosing your battles wisely, you will discover that there isn’t all that much worth battling over. Keep it simple. Bob and weave. Live in peace.

A le semaine prochaine…..

Merci Bien mes amis !

La Madame de la Baggage d’Astral