Planetarium

MICHAEL LUTIN

ARIES March 21—April 19

It would not be exactly appropriate to do what you really want to do— namely, rush up to the top of the nearest building and scream out your frustration to the whole world. For one thing, it's more like you to go on pretending you're fine, singing, dancing, running onto the field in full uniform to inspire the rest of the team. Besides, with Mars stuck in your solar 12th house with Saturn until mid-April, you probably think that nobody would hear you. Raise your thinking to a higher plane. Swallow your pride. Admit you need help. Scream. Even if nobody hears you.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

It's always nice for you when Venus goes back into Taurus, as it does on April 1 this year. That's when you can put the pictures back up on the wall, unpack the dishes, and return to business as usual. This year: uh-uh. Saturn has moved into your 11th house, Pluto is just about finishing its opposition to your sign, and Uranus and Neptune have raised your consciousness. The earth has moved, and you need to find a new niche to plop yourself in and new folks to commiserate and trade war stories with. Don't snicker at support groups. Even rich people need them.

GEMINI

May 21—June 21

Pressure! It's everywhere. Even when you go out with friends for a cup of coffee, it's still there—eight million pounds per square inch of brain surface. However, if you don't freak or crack now, you will definitely earn lifetime credibility as a mature, responsible, successful adult. Remember in the original version of The Fly how the guy sticks his head in the hydraulic press and gets his wife to push the ON button? Well, with the new moon, Mars, and Saturn in your solar 10th house and squaring your sign, that's exactly how your head feels. But it's only temporary.

CANCER June 22—July 22

If you open your mind to the infinite possibilities that exist in this great universe, none of life's wicked little tricks will ever get you down. With planets clustering in your 9th house, you must find a way—through meditation, prayer, or just a snooze on a warm beach—to rise above the hustle and bustle and aggravation and visualize yourself on top of the world. Of course, if you find pleasure in it, by all means go on obsessing over the insane truckdriver who you're convinced is about to come barreling through the red light just when you're crossing at the green.

The 8th-house trip—not your best—is where you find yourself now. It's the place where dark shadows dwell, faces are covered with veils, voices remain hushed, and weird rites of passage are going on. You'd be much happier posing for the camera while sitting on a camel or laughing as you emerge, snorkel in hand, all wet and sparkling from the ocean. With Venus in your 9th house and Mars and Saturn in your 8th, try to 86 the grief-and-mouming thing and bring some sunshine into the gloom. Denying your feelings should be a snap.

VIRGO

August 23—September 22

The world has got to be coming to an end. All those prophecies must be right. Otherwise, Virgos would certainly not be coming apart at the seams the way they are at the moment. Just think of how many years you've been able to remain in control, suppress your needs, get the last word in every argument, and go on convincing yourself that while it might be great to be loved it's better to be right. Well, now is the time to say good-bye to all that. Take a crowbar to your hope chest and pray that the moths haven't already gotten to absolutely everything.

LIBRA September 23—October 23

In your life you've been accused of being lazy, and that's really unfair. It's not that you don't want to work or that you're a slob healthwise. Anybody who has ever experienced your ferocious attacks on a tiny speck of dirt would know that when you're dedicated to a task you move with the inexorable force of an army tank, albeit gussied up in lace doilies. Now that a Mars-Satum conjunction is rolling through your 6th house, you're on a campaign every bit as organized as Operation Desert Storm, so God help any bug that foolishly wanders into your line of sight.

SCORPIO

October 24—November 21

Of course you should be working more, but for some reason you are not. Something odd has come over so many Scorpios throughout the land these days. Astrologers say it is the new moon in the fifth house with a MarsSatum conjunction. In human terms, this translates as an overwhelming need for love and attention. The effects are so strong that at this moment, instead of sitting down and straightening up the horrible mess on their desk, many Scorpios prefer to be in a darkened room nursing a child or playing patty-cake. That's fine. Just don't expect to be paid for it.

SAGITTARIUS November 22—December 21

Sagittarians everywhere are asking, "What does this father thing mean? Why so many references to Dad all of a sudden? What does my life have to do with Papa every time I turn around?" Of course, those Sadges who have had the benefit of long-term therapy know the answer. In simple astrological terms, Saturn is in your 4th house. Whatever your orientation, or whatever scene you're into, the whole picture is tinted with abandonment themes and child-parent issues. If you're the least bit skeptical about that, just tear out this page and stick it on the fridge.

CAPRICORN | ^ December 22—January 19 There's a new moon in your 3rd house, the house of communication and transportation, so do a turnaround trip to either coast, make a quick movie, write a short script, help your neighbor move, look for a house, have a major brawl, pace the floor, take up smoking, give it up, yammer away into a tape recorder until the wee hours of the morning, drive along the cliff at dawn—do anything you can to find an outlet for all the mad, mad feelings of restless energy that get that mind of yours going faster than a speeding bullet. The trick is to do it while you're sober.

AQUARIUS

January 20—February 18

Loathing as you do being preached at, you certainly don't want to have to sit still and listen to anybody's sermon about how you have to get your mind off material things, because Saturn in Pisces in your 2nd house is about spiritual and not earthly values—the whole camel-through-the-eyeof-a-needle bit. At this moment in your life, though, when you are finally trying to get the money thing together, you don't need to be told that love is at the root of everything and that money can't buy it. You already know all that. Well, don't you?

PISCES

February 19—March 20

O.K., so you've snapped. The other shoe has dropped. You've been ⅞ caught dead in your tracks. You've bottomed out, and now you've got to ⅞ throw yourself into a big tub of black coffee—forget decaf—and come out F full of piss and vinegar, focused, armed, ready for action, and more or less " clean. Now that Mars and Saturn are rising above your sun, the new moon o on March 10 sets the tone for the year ahead. So starting now it's no more § Mr. Nice Guy. What has that ever gotten you except a nice one-way trip to « the back side of the eight ball? 3