GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 21

The stars in Gemini are telling Geminis to be patient and just cool it. If ever there were a moment to stare down the demons of sexual guilt, death anxiety, and fear of entrapment, that moment is now. Whatever you do behind closed doors is your own business, and there’s no need to put up a facade of socially acceptable but false morality. Also, during the current Jupiter-Satum conjunction there is no point in obsessing over what fate may befall you down the road. As for being trapped in a situation you can’t get out of, for the present you’ll just have to lie in the bed you’ve made. There will be a tomorrow.

CANCER JUNE 22-JULY 22

There is no way to sugarcoat the agony of separation from dear friends that often accompanies a grand conjunction in your solar 11th house. When associations that you’ve nurtured and cherished for years suddenly disintegrate, or when you hear the call of a higher purpose, what can you do but buck up and march bravely toward the new life you’ve secretly been looking forward to? Think of it this way: with all the pressure off and ties severed, you can finally turn your attention to social issues—the very ones you said you’d care about if only you had the time.

LEO JULY 23-AUG. 22

If you have spent years pouring your heart into a project, and have sincerely devoted great effort to developing your talent and honing your craft, you have a right to expect all that hard work to come to fruition. But you can’t simply sail into power when the ruler of your 5th house conjoins Saturn at the top of your astrological chart. Your revulsion at having to deal with the political machine and your dread of authority figures may be remnants of your old Oedipal struggle. To survive this you’ll have to do more than pretend you’re a wide-eyed kid fresh off the bus from Ohio. That just won’t wash.

VIRGO AUG. 23-SEPT. 22

No matter what beliefs your family held, don’t be surprised if those childhood teachings have ceased to provide the spiritual nourishment they once did. That’s only normal when your 9th house receives a powerful planetary jolt. You can either probe deeply into your family’s religious traditions and hope to come to terms with your roots or simply walk away and seek a more suitable paradigm. Whatever you choose, though, you may be asked to accept a dogma that inevitably rubs you the wrong way. So what else is new?

LIBRA SEPT. 23 - OCT. 23

Whether or not you have ever been a Beatles fan, it may interest you to know that John Lennon lived his whole life and died under the same planetary configuration you have been experiencing this spring. If there is anything meaningful and useful to be learned from that astrological parallel, it is this: the only sure way to overcome an infantile fear of abandonment and a neurotic obsession with mortality is to make sure that you are motivated at all times by an absolute devotion to creativity. Try to hold on to that thought, even if your sex life sucks.

SCORPIO OCT. 24-NOV. 21

If you’ve just gone through a painful separation, please accept the universe’s condolences. Sometimes that happens during a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Let’s hope you had the good sense to make sure that every financial detail was spelled out clearly. If, on the other hand, you’re standing at the altar about to be married and the minister asks if there is anyone present who objects to the union, raise your hand immediately. Then whip out a pre-nup and get your beloved to sign on the dotted line, right in front of the gasping guests. You’ll be glad you did.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21

Now that you’ve finally got some clout and can call the shots, the 6th-house curse of always desperately needing to be employed must be threatening your nobody-will-ever-own-me mentality. You may not think so now, but that curse will turn out to be the greatest blessing you could ever hope for, even though you never in your wildest dreams thought that you would become a slave to a lousy paycheck. So please take the following advice in the spirit in which it is given: if you’ve been living like a slob, wallowing in self-indulgent filth, get your act together before it’s too late.

CAPRICORN DEC. 22-JAN. 19

Although you think it would heal your wounds if you could just sit by a window contemplating the countryside and reading Scripture, you’d very soon get bored out of your skull. You always have to have some way to satisfy your narcissistic need to be seen, heard, and applauded. No matter how loudly you assert your disdain for the competitive rat race you once adored, with Jupiter conjoining your ruling planet you’ll never be able to resist the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd—broken heart or no broken heart.

AQUARIUS JAN.20-FEB.18

When the fire on the hearth goes out, the house grows cold. So it is with your family during the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in your 4th house. When the person who has been the core of family unity leaves for any reason, the warmth that holds together mother, father, and children tends to vanish like the last wisp of smoke up a chimney. For everything there is a season, however, and such inexorable shifts need not leave you bereft. Go ahead and take your place proudly among the generations that have preceded you, even if that means you have to let the gray show.

PISCES FEB. 19-MARCH 20

You’re restless, itchy, frazzled, whizzing around faster than the Road Runner fleeing the coyote, and vainly attempting to maintain some semblance of legitimacy. That’s to be expected when you undergo intense planetary squares between your 3rd and 12th houses. The major issue, clearly, is still communication. If you’ve got a sibling with whom you haven’t yet worked out your problems, please make one last heroic attempt to set things right and keep the relationship alive, because once the Jupiter-Satum conjunction is over, it could be bye-bye, birdie.

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19

Everybody knows that Western culture is crass, hedonistic, and way too concerned with wealth and possessions, but for the time being that, unfortunately, is the name of the game. When the ruler of your solar 9th house meets the ruler of your 10th in your 2nd, however, conflicts tend to arise as your high-minded ethics smack headlong into your hunger for material success. If you are honestly interested in the welfare of all sentient beings, you will have no problem adjusting your values and reducing your profits. If you’re too grabby, though, beware.

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20

It probably doesn’t do much to lift your spirits when loved ones pinch your cheek affectionately and tell you not to fret. Although they mean well, they can’t possibly know what it feels like to have the spiritual opportunity (read bad luck) to play the martyr in the drama of your own life, which is your situation right now. If the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at 22 degrees of Taurus gives you a Titanic-size sinking feeling that you are really and truly going down the tubes, don’t believe it for a second. In fact, you could become a very famous sacrificial lamb.

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