by Jack Fertig
April 23, 2007
Mars and Uranus are aligned in Pisces, boosting energy, but making focus and direction difficult. Accidents happen all too easily now. The big challenge is to watch your step in the present while thinking ahead.
ARIES (March 20 – April 19): Take a look at your dreams, nightmares, and odd hunches. The weirder they are, the more they offer. Use your intuition, and resist the urge to dissect them critically – rational science is wonderful, but it has its limits.
TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Your friends are about to surprise you, however unwittingly, with tests of your patience. Keep your temper, and resist urges to retaliate. Your big challenge is to look ahead and focus an eye on the big picture.
GEMINI (May 21 – June 20): Disruptions to your career make home and hearth look especially inviting. Retreat is disaster, and precipitous reactions only make things worse. Think quickly, reassess your goals, make a plan, check it with a mentor or colleague, and then take brisk action!
CANCER (June 21 – July 22): It feels like everything you know is wrong. There may be something to that. Check your premises, and welcome arguments that challenge them. Keep an open mind, and you could have a terrific epiphany.
LEO (July 23 – August 22): It's a good week for confronting profound issues of shame or grief, or for being initiated into a shamanic mystery cult. Some kinky new sex scene will suffice. Retail therapy is not an option. Do not touch that plastic!
VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): Accepting a challenge to your relationship gives you a chance to guide it in ways that will make you a better person and a better partner. Things won't go quite as you want, but embrace the change and you will be better for it.
LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Treat yourself to a good foot massage, preferably with a reflexologist. That should help you to relax so you can cope with upsets at work. Hear out your co-workers. As crazy as their ideas sound, they could, in fact, be brilliant!
SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Hanging out with friends is comfy but dull. You need a good challenge; keep it in the intellectual or artistic realm. Everyone's a bit accident-prone lately, so it's no time to take up skydiving or other extreme sports!
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Your work is less important than you think; better to focus on shake-ups at home. Disruptions that feel like an annoying distraction are more central to your personal growth than you realize.
CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Writing poems and epigrams could save you the embarrassment of having them slip out inappropriately in conversations. Accidents may have a karmic feel, and writing or talking about them can help clarify that feeling.
AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Take your hands off your wallet, and step away! What you think is missing from your life can't be bought, and new goodies won't fill the gap. Meditate on what really matters to you. An argument over priorities can help clarify the real problem.
PISCES (February 19 – March 19): You're unusually energetic, but also unfocused, speaking and acting with explosive unpredictability and potentially disastrous results. Stop, think, and channel your energy effectively, and you'll be brilliant. Focus clearly on your goal, and have a plan, even though you'll need to improvise.
