just passing this along:
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is an excellent time to celebrate the
pleasures of emptiness … to extol the virtues of the blank slate … to
be open to endless possibilities but committed to none … to bask in the
freedom of not having to be anything, anyone, or anywhere. Are you
smart enough to need no motto to live by? Are you resourceful enough
to rely on nothing but the raw truth of the present moment? If so, you
will thrive in the coming days.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During the dialog about health care in the
U.S., certain highly relevant facts are never discussed. For example, it’s
ludicrous for right-wingers to fear that a government-run health system
would freshly infect our capitalist system with the stain of socialism. The
truth is, America has long had the biggest socialist enterprise in the
world: its sprawling military establishment, which is completely paid for by
taxpayer dollars and run by the government! Another unacknowledged
fact in the dialog about health care is this: The single smartest strategy
for financing a new health care system (as well as dramatically improving
the economy as a whole) would be to reduce military expenditures.
Americans don’t seem to realize that their monstrously huge military
empire is a case of supreme overkill: It girdles the globe in ways that are
unprecedented in the history of civilization. We have 761 military sites in
over 100 countries! I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, to illustrate
the way that a seemingly serious discussion can be thrown off course and
rendered unproductive when it ignores critical information. Please make
sure nothing like that happens in your personal sphere in the coming
weeks.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the coming weeks, your medicinal
effect and your power to incite change will be peaking simultaneously.
You may heal people by shaking their certainties or you may scare people
as you motivate them to shed their lazy approaches. You could be a
stringently benevolent force or a disruptive fixer of broken things. My only
advice for you is to work hard to stay humble. The potency of your
influence might tempt you to get full of yourself, and that would
undermine the beauty of your impact.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m embarrassed to confess that when I’m
shopping for an herbal supplement I’ve never bought before, my choice is
unduly influenced by how much I like the packaging. For example, I might
opt for the brassy orange and white bottle with bold black lettering over
the brand with the washed-out blue-green color scheme and delicate
purple font. I hope you won’t fall victim to any version of my folly,
Capricorn. It’s especially important that you make your decisions based on
a piercing analysis of the inner contents, not a superficial survey of the
outer display.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Study the following facts to derive oracular
clues about your upcoming destiny. 1) Some bacteria are inimical to
human beings, but others are friendly, like the creatures that inhabit your
intestine and help you digest the food you eat. 2) There are snakes
whose venom is poisonous in large doses but healing in small amounts. 3)
The term “demon” is derived from the ancient Greek term “daimon,”
which referred not to an evil supernatural being but to a benevolent
guardian spirit that conferred blessings on a person.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): On the website “Yahoo! Answers,” readers
pose questions that are answered by other readers who have expertise on
the subject. In a recent entry, a young woman asked, “Is there a spell to
become a mermaid that actually works?” Of the 50+ replies, most are
snarky and mean, ridiculing the asker of the question, and not a single one
gives useful information. I encourage you to offer your own insight on the
subject sometime soon. (Go to tinyurl.com/mdclt4.) You are now at the
peak of your ability to act, think, feel, love, and dream like a mythical sea
creature.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Jonathan Lee Riches is renowned for filing
numerous lawsuits in U.S courts. Some of his targets are actual living
people, like Martha Stewart, George W. Bush, and Steve Jobs. But he has
also gone after defendants like Nostradamus, Che Guevara, the Eiffel
Tower, the ex-planet Pluto, the Holy Grail, the Appalachian Trail, and the
Garden of Eden. This would be a good time for you to draw inspiration
from his example. I don’t mean that you should become a litigious fanatic,
but rather that you should seek redress and vindication from those
people, places, and things that have not had your highest interests in
mind. This could take the form of a humorous message, a compassionate
prank, or an odd gift. Remember, too, that old saying: Success is the best
revenge.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This would be an excellent time for you to
learn how to brew your own beer (tinyurl.com/zteca) or build your own
telescope (tinyurl.com/2yert5) or teach yourself how to operate a forklift
(tinyurl.com/lgoyk5). Your ability to master practical new skills is at a
peak, and your need to develop more self-reliance is more pressing than
usual. Once you raise your confidence levels, you might even move on to
more challenging tasks, like concocting your own home-made flu shot
(tinyurl.com/kmchwx) or reconfiguring the way your brain works
(tinyurl.com/lxhuap or tinyurl.com/ns5vhv).
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Novelist James Patterson has signed a deal
with a publisher to churn out 17 new books between now and the end of
2012. (By comparison, it took me six years to write my first book, nine
years to write my second, and five years for my third.) According to my
reading of the astrological omens, you Geminis will have James Patterson-
like levels of fecundity for at least the next four weeks. I suggest you
employ that good mojo to create a masterpiece or two.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): As I gaze out the window of my home office, I
see a vast wetland crossed by a creek that originates in the bay. At high
tide, the creek is as wide as a river. At low tide, it’s as narrow as a village
street. Sometimes it flows north vigorously, while at other times it surges
south with equal force. Now and then it’s perfectly still. Its hues are a
constantly mutating blend of grey, green, blue, and brown, and at
sundown and sunrise they’re joined by tinges of pink, purple, and orange.
As a Cancerian, I find this intimate spectacle to be both comforting and
invigorating. It’s a reflection of my own ever-shifting moods, a reminder
that I’m a watery creature whose fluidic changeability is natural and
healthy. What I wish for you, my fellow Crab, is that in the coming week
you will also surround yourself with prompts that help you to be at peace
with who you really are.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What exactly is a “wild goose chase,” anyway?
Does it refer to a frenetic and futile hunt for an elusive prey that’s never
caught? Or might it also mean the meandering pursuit of a tricky quarry
that after many convoluted twists and turns results in success and
generates a lot of educational fun along the way? Either definition could
apply to your wild goose chase in the next three weeks, Leo. Which one
will ultimately win out will probably depend on two things: 1. how well you
detect the false leads you get; 2. how determined you are to be amused
rather than frustrated by all the twists and turns.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your time is up, Virgo. No further stalling will
be allowed. We need your answer now: Will you or will you not take
advantage of the messy but useful offer that is on the table? Don’t ask
for an extension, because you ain’t getting one. Please take advantage of
this chance to prove that you love yourself too much to get hoodwinked
and abused by perfectionism. Be brave enough to declare your allegiance
to the perspective articulated by the mathematician Henri Poincaré:
“There are no solved problems. There are only more-or-less solved
problems.”
