PLANETARIUM

Michael Lutin advises Scorpios to have no more quickies

SCORPIO OCT. 24-NOV. 21

As fetching as you must feel now, with Venus stopped smack in the middle of Scorpio, there's a little 8th-house matter you should examine without a minute's delay. Everyone knows that when your appetite gets whetted you can be more focused than the Terminator and quicker to strike than a Venus flytrap. With Saturn about to go retrograde in the house of passion, however, you need to learn that hooking people for the sake of hooking them is a pretty hollow pursuit and that giving pleasure can be far more fulfilling than getting it. Sex is not just about control.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21

If only your head were not attached to your body, you could float through life thinking great thoughts without ever being pestered by the the desire for physical sensations. Even Sadges have to cope with their basic urges, however, which usually involves maintaining contact with other human beings who can help you fulfill your needs. If there is a relationship that has been driving you batty lately because you can't decide whether you're totally into it or totally out of it, you'll just have to think enough great thoughts to carry you through a sticky situation.

CAPRICORN DEC. 22-JAN 19

Even if you've had it up to the eyeballs with the grind and you're beginning to feel like just another prisoner on the chain gang known as the workforce, don't give in and quit. When your planetary ruler appears to stop its motion through your solar 6th house, it's natural to want to march right into the corner office and tell your boss to hire another grunt to perform mindless tasks. Instead, stick with it and perfect your craft. After all, it shouldn't be news to you that life isn't glamorous. Weren't you born with a boring to-do list clutched in your tiny fist?

AQUARIUS JAN. 20-FEB. 18

Just when you have finally persuaded yourself that your heart has totally healed, fate steps in to twist that arrow once again and reremind you that you are much more than a cool, nothing-gets-to-me Aquarian. The culmination of Venus, together with a 5th-house Saturn, will make it clear that your humanity remains intact and that you are just as vulnerable to love and hurt as the rest of us. Don't get hysterical, though. With Neptune resuming its slow crawl through your sign, there's a chance you can be as oblivious as ever.

PISCES FEB. 19-MARCH 20

Because your path is and always has been a spiritual one, the vicissitudes of what most people consider normal life on earth are bound to cause you all kinds of trouble at work, at home, and in every other area that demands consistent drive and unflagging pragmatism. As Neptune begins to move forward once again through your solar 12th house, try to keep your higher mission in mind and ignore those old childish feelings of insecurity and abandonment, which can only draw you farther into a morass from which you will ultimately have to escape.

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19

Don't allow yourself to be wounded by the violent gyrations tions of of desire or your whole communication system could shut t down down just when you most need to keep the lines open. That's easier said than done, however, and when you do get stung, it may not help to hear that the planet of love has temporarily gone retrograde in your 8th house. Whether you're in a deep and committed relationship or merely trying to make contact in a smoky bar at two A.M., there are moments when you have to be tough enough not to take rejection personally. Yeah, right.

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20

Although it may seem absolutely insane for you to entrust your emotional or financial future to another person, what else can you do when Venus hovers on your western horizon as the beautiful and seductive evening star? You need oodles of faith in the universe to remain at peace with your partner of choice, especially since your solar 2nd house is telling you in no uncertain terms that a kiss on the hand may be quite Continental, but it isn't going to help you one damned bit when it comes to paying the rental on your humble flat.

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 21

Whether or not loved ones think you are crying wolf, ask for help now. If you want to resolve some serious personal issues, this is the moment when you must shut down, turn inward, and take a good long look at your own behavior. It may be narcissistic, but it's also a matter of survival. It's not only your sanity that hinges on your ability to stay grounded, but your health as well. As the ruler of your 8th house begins a five-month retrograde in the last degrees of Gemini, hang a sign around your neck that says, PARDON MY APPEARANCE, l'M REMODELING.

CANCER JUNE 22-JULY 22

Socially appropriate? That's an unlikely term for your conduct these days, days, when ' Venus is moving backward in your solar 5th house. This is one of those phases when you're likely to arrive at a restaurant and bump into an old lover at the most embarrassing moment. Indeed, the whole subject of relationships is a touchy one, because when the ruler of your 7th house gets buried deep in your solar 12th your best bet is to throw yourself into the arms of a supreme being and try not to get too deeply enmeshed in human affairs. Ha!

LEO JULY 23-AUG. 22

You said you wanted to start being more adventurous in your personal life and explore new parts of yourself, so you should be happy— that's exactly what you are doing. The final retrograde of Saturn may make you jittery, however, since you feel as though you don't fit in anywhere and still cannot for the life of you figure out what your next move should be. You'll bite fewer fingernails and end up a thousand times less angst-ridden if you set aside any notion that you can be at the top of the heap and work only parttime. You can't.

VIRGO AUG. 23-SEPT. 22

Thanks to a crisp, Vulcan-like rational mind ruled by Mercury, you can be as cold as ice when you have to be. You're adaptable, though, and know how to pour on the sugar and melted butter when the situation calls for it. You have to make an extra effort now to be both decisive and diplomatic and to maintain your communication skills if you hope to stand up to intransigent authorities. Provided you can take a few hits, the period between now and the end of February could make you a star. But it could also break your heart. Play fair, even if it hurts. It may.

LIBRA SEPT. 23-OCT. 23

When people haul out the old it's-not-the-money-it's-the-principle cliche, you can be sure that they are squabbling over money. Your case is somewhat complicated by the fact that your ruling planet is going retrograde in your solar 2nd house at a time when you are experiencing serious planetary aggravation in your 9th. Stock-market headaches, cash-flow glitches, and the familiar neurotic fears of poverty notwithstanding, your principles actually are at stake. Now you have to decide whether going commercial means that you have to ditch your high-minded ideals.

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