84 posts tagged “weekly horoscope”
"For the last several months, every time I sit down to write this column I am perplexed about what to write. I have the format down: Identify the themes, describe how they play out, and then offer up practical advice about how to handle the news. Or, as a good friend once said, "Ralfee's column: First paragraph — life sucks; second paragraph, life sucks; and so forth until the end, which reads, 'Here's what you can do about it. And be nice.'
Okay, on to the weekly horoscopes...
TAURUS External uncertainty could trigger internal angst, especially if you're looking for guarantees about your future. Rather than worry, stay present. If you show up in integrity, the future will take care of itself.
SCORPIO You can call your current situation a crisis of faith or you can consider it an opportunity to shift out of old mental patterns and into a new mindset. This is a no-brainer: Give up what doesn't work.
Also, this week's Psychic Dream:
TAURUS
If you get your ass in gear and delve into your rough inner currents, you will not only be rewarded with a more crystalline sense of self, but also the foundation for taking your relationships to the next level. Know who you are so you don't misrepresent yourself, then be clear so you don't have to backtrack.
SCORPIO
It's anxiety versus TLC in Scorpio-Ville, and my money is on the tender lovin' care. Your knee-jerk reactions to the unknown are in high gear this week, and you need to nurture them into submission. Instead of bullying yourself when the going gets rough, shower kindness and patience on your fraidy parts. It'll help.
Taurus (April 19- May 20)
You're entering mysterious territory that may at once feel dreamy, lonely, fulfilling and empty. You may be wondering how one cluster of experience can have so many different properties. Let go of any doubt that there's something off within your own perception -- this is indeed a strange dimension you're at the edges of, and you're not going to come out the same person. What will mainly be challenged is your notion of stability, which on most days tends to be wound up a little too tight to do you much good. You'll feel better, learn more and be more productive if you allow yourself to be a different person every day and perhaps from hour to hour: with a changeable concept of what you want and need, of what hurts you, and what will heal your soul. Or simply, a mutable concept of who you really are inside.Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 22)
Move carefully through the relationship territory of the next week or two. A partner may seem more willing to experiment, to dare or to be thrown wide open than you are. This may be unsettling, particularly if you are in the mood to be cautious, to weigh every emotion and to doubt your right to feel passion. If you're not fully conscious (which is an abundant possibility), the differences between you and others could result in an actual fracture or split. You can help by maintaining your flexibility, and knowing when you're reacting instead of responding (that is easy -- reactions are fast and responses are more gradual). Take the opportunity to follow instead of lead.
Taurus: Do you have a subconscious urge to escape the constraints of your customary behavior? Have you ever wished you could be someone else for a while? If so, this is your lucky week, Taurus. The cosmos is granting you a temporary exemption from acting and feeling like your same old self. From now until July 2, you have permission to walk like, talk like, think like, and even make love like a Pisces or Virgo or Gemini -- or any sign, for that matter, except Scorpio or Aquarius. You might enjoy checking out my horoscopes for the other signs, and following the advice that sounds most fun.
Oh, suuuuuuuuure, rule out my top picks for other signs to be!...Okay, fine, Leo or Libra sounds good.
I am amused at Aries this week though:
Maybe that one instead?Aries: Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt used to be skeptical about the power of prayer. But his wife Heidi, herself a devout believer, urged him to keep his mind open. Then, as an experiment, Spencer asked God to help him and Heidi get a double date with teen pop star Miley Cyrus and her boyfriend, despite the fact that neither of them even knew Cyrus. Apparently God heard and responded, because not too long after that, the hoped-for double date did indeed come to pass. I'm telling you this, Aries, because I think you're entering a phase when you, like Pratt, will have extra luck in making idiosyncratic wishes come true. If I were you, though, I'd focus on more profound idiosyncratic wishes than the kind Pratt pined for.
Leo: What scares you or perturbs you in the coming week could, by August, become what fuels you. What makes you feel unsettled and out of sorts could turn out to be good medicine. But of course you're under no obligation to submit yourself to this experimental sequence, Leo. The fact is, you could probably run away from the discomfort and get immediate relief. Unfortunately, taking that approach would deprive you of the benefits that will almost certainly come from enduring the discomfort for a while. My preference is that you be brave and far-seeing.
Virgo: There's a better than even chance that you're about to embark on a Summer of Love. To improve your odds even more, meditate on the following questions. 1. What qualities do you look for in a lover that you would benefit from developing more fully in yourself? 2. What do you think are your two biggest delusions about the way love works? 3. Is there anything you can do to make yourself more lovable? 4. Is there anything you can do to be more loving? 5. Are you willing to deal with the fact that any intimate relationship worth pursuing will inevitably evoke the most negative aspects of both partners -- and require both partners to heal their oldest wounds?
Libra: You are entering a phase when you'll have more power than usual to influence people. Your charisma will be waxing and the light in your eyes will be growing more intense, making it more likely that your point of view will be heard and appreciated. Your powers of persuasion will be increasing, as well, and you'll have extra understanding about how to motivate people and get them to work together effectively. So let me ask you the most important question: What exactly do you want to accomplish with your enhanced clout?
Sagittarius: A guy I barely know critiqued me at a party recently. "You haven't suffered enough to feel intense passion," he said. "Your life has been too happy, too easy." I didn't want to get into a debate about whether my life has been too happy and easy, so in my reply I didn't mention my divorce or the time I was shot or the grueling poverty I endured for 18 years. "So you're saying," I told him, "that suffering is the only way you can acquire passion? I don't agree. Have you ever raised a child? Have you ever been in love with someone who incited you to make radical changes in your life? Have you ever worked on a creation for many years and then submitted it to be judged by thousands of people? I have." I'm letting you know about this, Sagittarius, because I predict you'll soon be offered an experience like those I named -- adventures that have the potential to build intense passion without requiring you to suffer.
Maybe that one?
Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 22)
The planets seem to be playing an odd game with you. You keep seeing yourself in someone else, then you morph into them, then you morph back — as if you’re having both sides of the relationship yourself. (Note to Taureans, this may apply to you as well, and I suggest that Scorpios check in with the Taurus entry.) There is an often-described mirror effect in relationships, and it’s going to be having some decidedly unusual effects this month. They all involve not just your ideas about relationships (which, in our society, are usually based on too much unfounded theory and not enough action) but also your concepts of sex and of gender. You not only contain your opposite, you are your opposite. I suggest you work with any question of relationship as an inner phenomenon as well as an outer one. You can start with the most pressing questions that have affected your relationships over as long back as you’ve noticed the pattern. How would anything you’re experiencing in relationship to another person, particularly where sex is involved, translate to an inner emotional or psychological dynamic? There is more to this question than you may imagine, particularly as you aspire to the Holy Grail of sex: experiencing it as a spiritual phenomenon that draws all people to one common ground. Not two people: all people.
Astro-Barry:
Stop and ask yourself: How would your most level-headed (or is that 'intellectually self-righteous'?) pal express the sentiments that, were they to impulsively roll off your tongue with little holding-back, might severely sting the person you'd direct them toward? Consider your communicative options as if you were a 'socially evolved' Libran or Aquarian, someone who'd rather engineer the perfect explanation or retort—to gain the upper hand in the drawn-out battle of smarts—than tell somebody exactly how they really feel, creating psychological fallout that can't be contained by the right words once the red button has been pressed. You're a master at pushing the red button, Scorpio. You may even have invented it. But for right now, it pays (in longer-term dividends) for you to circumvent the small conflicts, especially if there are third- or fourth-parties who'll also be affected by you two having it out. At the end of the entire to-do, there will only be one enormous victory worth claiming… and it requires you to demonstrate holistic, uncompromising ethics over the course of every twist and turn, in order for you to truly earn the winnings. In other words, don't go for the cheap shot (though the person who deserves to be put in his/her place will virtually set you up to take it). Instead, gather the evidence as if you'll later need it to calmly lay out your case in front of a jury of your peers.
Well, too bad I didn't see this yesterday, 'cause that's how the day went. When asked what I wanted to do (which was clearly the opposite of what everyone else wanted, all effing day), I said I didn't want to do the suggested activity, and then got nothing but crap for not keeping my mouth shut all day. Not to mention ridiculed and told to "get over it." Which I will be hearing about for the rest of the week now too.
Too bad I can't think of a darned "out of the ordinary" thing to do this week. This is a dull week (well, most of June is) in this town, so it's not like I can toddle off to a show or fair or something.
It’s like this: cosmic conditions in your love life indicate that you are ripe and ready for some change. A few thrills and chills are in order. This means that, in order to avoid growing tired and restless, you need to do something out-of-the ordinary this week. Maybe that involves you and your lover hanging out with friends instead of cocooning in your own little world. Basically, whatever your usual pattern is, give it a rest. Or — conversely — you can stick to your usual routine and wonder why you feel like exploding every time you open your mouth.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): All three personal planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars) are in your sign throughout most of the week. Bask in the comfort of an astro-vibe that's totally playin' your tune, Taurus. The only area in which I wouldn't push your luck, my dear, is in the career zone, where Mercury's muddling square to Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron in your 10th means that the broader forces at work are likely to misunderstand your motivations, should you make too bold a proposition, having been rightfully emboldened by the newfound confidence and energy levels the Taurus-placed planets have bestowed upon you. The same proposition made next week would not suffer from this same handicap, and therefore holding up on professional proposals 'til then will greatly increase the possibility they will pay off in legitimate gains (even possibly financial ones). Take career out of the mix, however, and you're pretty much good to go in terms of running the show how you'd like to see it go, in almost any other zone of your life. Make the moves romantically. Pull the house back into order. Get the squabbling family members or friends back on the same track. Overall, though, the main strain I see coursing through your week: Returning everything to where you believe it should be, as far as you have any control over the matter.
Okay, that work thing just scares me. I can only hope that nobody drops any unexpected meetings on me this week that force me to have to speak up now or never. Unfortunately, this might happen. Crap.
April 20-May 20
Be daring! Find the line between surviving and thriving, and then see if you can move it. If you push yourself, you can make changes that'll lay the foundation for higher standards and expectations of yourself. It's good work, so get to it!
SCORPIO
Oct. 23-Nov. 21
The good news is that something stagnant in your life is getting unstuck. The bad news is that you've got to surrender your formidable willfulness in order to get what you want. You have to balance giving up a little of this for more of that, and it's a tricky business. Break through old patterns for best results.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21): It's been many weeks since I laid down a work-plan for you, courtesy of an active 6th house in your solar chart making April and May excellent months for accomplishing a loaded slate of to-dos. Well, Scorpio, you've probably forgotten all about that by now… and with good reason, considering that your relationship life (whether romantic, friend or professional in nature) has begun lighting up, pulling your attention toward issues and activities you can share with another person. Here's hoping you did get a lot done when the doing was favored, since I expect your mind to be elsewhere—namely, on a certain person who maybe began pulling your attention away a few weeks back, but who's now taking on a much more central role in your day-to-day existence. The good news I have: I cannot come up with any compelling reason why you shouldn't explore who this person is, what you have to offer each other, and where this all could be going. Just be aware, however, that even subtly unassuming steps made toward this relationship can't help but make unspoken statements of a certain greater magnitude. (In other words, everything seems loaded.) If none of this relationship hullaballoo is speaking to you, alas, then the astro-action could play out in a different way: through other people (and one in particular) getting in your path and under your skin, no matter which direction you turn. In that case, be careful with how you set out to 'put an end to it'. Again, supposedly subtle motions will speak volumes, possibly even creating adversaries out of harmlessly annoying individuals.
Huh?
I dunno, if there was someone in real life, this would be a cool horoscope.
Sorta related: this month's Astrology Zone:
As the month begins, you appear to be working closely with one particular person who holds important keys to your future. This person may be your spouse or person you are engaged to, an established live-in partner, or a business partner, investor, agent, publicist, or other business expert you've hired. The seventh house, which is so lit up for you now, rules all serious, contractual relationships, including marriage.
As a Scorpio you are never quite comfortable working in a completely collaborative mode. You prefer to have final control over the course of events, but that is not always possible or even desirable under all circumstances. Conditions now will require you relinquish a portion of your power for awhile, but actually, that may not be so bad! It appears that by working in tandem with another, you will actually benefit. Let me explain why.
Your chart at the start of June shows that Mars, your secondary ruler, is touring your seventh house of collaborative ventures. If the first house represents all that is "you," then the seventh house, found directly opposite the first house on the horoscope wheel, is "thou" - the other person sitting across from you at the table who has as much to gain, or lose, as you do in any venture you do jointly. In marriage, it is the person holding your hand as you venture forth on the road of life.
Having such a powerful and energetic planet in this house is a big deal, and you haven't seen your ruler in this house in two years. Yet Mars is not alone here, as Venus is there too, making your collaborative effort exceptionally smooth and sweet. My goodness, it may even be downright joyful.
It is very rare to see Venus orbiting so close to Mars - Venus loves being with Mars, but alas, this rarely happens, as each planet is usually busy on assignment in different parts of your chart. Now, they are working together, so you may be amazed at how "in sync" you and your partner will be this month.
Venus is also associated with money, so if your alliance is for business, you should do well with this partner - this person is looking out for your interests.
scorpio (Oct. 24th-Nov. 22nd)
You’re gonna fuck it up this week.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "This week is the preliminary kick-off to a time you've been patiently(?) awaiting for a good couple months or so, Taurus. You're due to emerge from this badly-needed holding pattern, in which things seemed more like they happened to you rather than you having made much of anything happen. But that's all about to change, starting at the end of the week… with the dual-events of (1) Mercury returning to direct motion in your sign and (2) Mars moving into Taurus. In other words, as the overall pace of collective life in general begins to slow down to reasonable levels, the crazed individuals all around you will finally get the chance to notice you've been (quietly?) sitting on some rather insightful realizations, holding off on sharing until you were more secure in 'em (and they got all that impulsive bullshit out of their systems). Feel free to put your notions into motion again, with the knowledge that, by the time Venus (your ruling goddess) lands in Taurus at the end of next week, you'll already be seeing some results. And from June 6 to June 13, all three personal planets—Mercury, Venus and Mars—will be in Taurus country. Oh, yeah! At last, the vibe that'll be permeating every last inch of our immediate existence will be right up your alley. Why not emit an early self-satisfying chuckle now, giddy from the awareness that soon it'll be other people's turn to feel totally out of their element… and your turn to rule the roost?"
Hm, yeah...I'll be waiting for the end of the week for that, but won't be holding my breath.
