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You have been put through a series of tests recently, most of which involve learning the art of sending one clear message to the world. You still have some odd ideas about who and what is powerful, and about your own power or lack thereof. You would do well to question where those ideas come from, and challenge them on the basis of their source, rather than based on their seeming content. Generally, ideas about authority are designed to make sure that you’re the one who doesn’t have it. This contradicts an obvious necessity that someone as seemingly independent as yourself might have to be the person with some actual authority over your life, and I mean on the most intimate emotional levels of your being.
Gemini (May 20-June 21)
It is fair to say that you have a plan, and that it’s an original one. Will it work? You might want to scale it down, and test it in miniature for a while. How long is a while? Until it works. You get to define works, but you now need to get from innovative theory to practical reality, and that will be a leap. Fortunately, it’s not a leap over the Grand Canyon, but rather something that can be done in a series of logical steps, with equal emphasis on both elements— logical, and steps. You are normally a pretty conscientious thinker. You are currently running the risk, at least temporarily, of throwing that to the wind. That is not a guarantee of failure. It’s certainly not a guarantee of success. However, you don’t need guarantees—you need to keep your eyes open and your mind alert to a quickly changing environment.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Planets are now accumulating on your career angle, and this is a caution not to underestimate the respect that people have for you or for the work that you do. You might be inclined to presume that people don’t give you your due only because you’re so accustomed to it. It takes a lot of awareness to change a deeply seated thought in your mind. I suggest you proceed precisely with that, and put into motion any strategies you have been brewing over the past six months. There are key elements of your plan that will work if you work them. There may be other aspects that are not worth a large investment of your energy or resources. You need to sort out which is which, and make your moves while the season is young.
Leo (July 22-August 23)
You are in a great position to think for the long run and the largest possible picture. You can project your thoughts as long as your imagination will extend. The ideas you have now may seem like they exist more on the level of hopes or theories than anything tangible. They may seem to disappear after a few weeks time, but they still count. One question the astrology presents is what to do with the opportunities you have now. The Sun is strongly aligned in such a way that things that might otherwise have no substance have, for a brief period of time, both substance and energy. You have the ability to shift your view on both one particular relationship, and also on your whole concept of relationships. A longstanding debate over “the real” versus “the ideal” may finally find some resolution.
Virgo (August 23-September 22)
You are not accustomed to being aggressive; you spend so much time attempting to figure out the true nature of reality—or making up your own version—that you could hardly have much energy left to assert your will on the physical world. You are in a different mode at the moment. The world seems to be calling you to take action, but here is a clue. You need Plan A and Plan B. While you’re at it, sketch out Plan C. In truth, the world is more like a Chinese menu than it is like a voting booth. In other words, the final result of any situation involving planning is usually a combination of ideas from many different solutions. Plan carefully, apply discipline lightly, and keep your mind flexible.
Libra (September 22-October 23)
If a friendship starts to clash with a career or professional situation, take the chance to back off from the development. What you have is a rare example of a test case— a scenario where you can play out something presumably less important for the sake of learning a lesson when something more important comes up. What differs between the first go-round and the second is that the second time, your feelings will be at stake in a deeper way, and so will those of someone you care about. At the moment, the conversation can be dismissed, chalked up to a lesson or taken in an abstract way. When a similar situation goes deeper, probably with someone else, you will probably not have that luxury.
Scorpio (October 23-November 22)
We may wonder at this late stage of history why it is so difficult for people to change, even something so flexible as one’s mind. You can ask yourself the same question. You have had different reasons at different times of history. If you ask yourself now, remember that you have some leverage in the matter: the reasons of the past don’t hold the kind of water they used to a few years ago, or even one year ago. The bottom line is that people tend to make their moves in quantum leaps, going from one point to another point seemingly without crossing the space in between. Yes, people have all kinds of talents. Your current option for change feels more like growth: a conscious integration of what you learned in the past, what you are experiencing now and what you want in the future—all in equal measure.
Sagittarius (November 22-December 22)
Over the next week or two, you may find that your values about one particular relationship, or your role in that relationship, begin to transform themselves radically. At times, it may seem like you’re letting go of everything. At other times, it may seem like you’re working within a safe boundary and on a predictable path of progress. Is it possible for both to be true at once? At this point in history, yes. The thing to remember is that relationships are dynamic. They change as the world changes, try as we may to keep them wedged into one particular corner. This is the corner you need to stay out of now: keep the lines of communication clear, express disagreements when they are small rather than waiting, and if you have to make any important decisions, come from your authentic values.
Capricorn (December 22-January 20)
You are finally in a position to talk about things that typically defy language. But here is a clue: you’ll need to use what are called “I statements.” In other words, you will need to talk about yourself, in some detail, including your plans, expectations and needs. Your chart, for what it’s worth, is telling me that you’re in a reasonably friendly environment to do this. That may not help your prevailing sense that you need to keep your feelings to yourself, that someone won’t understand, or worse, that they won’t care. These are self-trivializing values. If you open up, you will make a discovery about the companionship that surrounds you. In any other state, it will be difficult or impossible to let anyone’s love into your heart.
Aquarius (January 20-February 19)
You remain in a position, in fact or in fear, where your ideas clash with those of someone you perceive as having some power over you. Here, I can give you two suggestions—it’s important to challenge those people who seem to hold something over your head. It’s just as important to do so intelligently, and you are running the risk of having a smart plan turn into a not-so-smart expression of that plan. Focus on follow-through and make sure that you understand all of the dynamics of the situation. When you do, you’ll see that you have far more power than you thought: on many levels, not just theoretical. That is, if you keep your cool. Highly recommended.
Pisces (February 19-March 20)
Don’t fall for any kind of self-esteem crisis. Planets are gathering in your second house, which is about resources and how we feel about ourselves. This is Aries in your chart. The problem with too many Aries planets is that far from bestowing confidence, they can create a crisis of confidence. It’s like the fire gets too hot, and you run the risk of getting burned; or the sense of potential gets higher and higher, and then you discover that it’s all an illusion. Well, it’s not an illusion, and you are hot at the moment, though you need to measure your strokes. You need to dispense that energy carefully and you need, above all, to warm your own bones by that fire. And as I mentioned recently, if one path of contact to humanity seems blocked, try another one. There is a way in—of this I assure you.
Aries (March 20-April 19)
Gradually, and I do mean gradually, Mars is picking up speed in Cancer, where it has been for months. This is a difficult position for Mars, and particularly so for an Aries, but there is a deep and meaningful experience here. Mars as we are trained to experience it today is not taught to ask itself questions. This is less a property of Mars and more a property of how we treat aggression or self-assertion in our current context. The past several months have turned this around entirely; they have been a crucible of inner activity, questions about your personal security and most of all, a conscious confrontation with fear. It is not over yet. But based on what you have learned this past winter, where your insecurities are concerned, you’re in a lot better position than you’ve been in for much of your life.
Eric Francis has more to say at www.PlanetWaves.net
