PLANETARIUM

Michael Lutin tells Tauruses to kiss their kin

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20

At this very moment, you are probably trying to answer the following momentous question: Should you stay true to the path you have chosen and continue bucking an impossibly capricious system, or would it be better to chuck the whole thing and go off someplace where you can have a life? No matter what you decide, you can be grateful for the fact that you've got tremendous family support right now. Don't knock it. The blessings awaiting you at home have been sent to you by Jupiter itself. In fact, if you're up to it, a baby is rapping at the door.

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 21

Watching you laughing it up with whomever you run into on the street, no one would ever guess that you're suffering the tortures of the damned each time you go home at night and have to stare at those four bare walls. The fact is that you're perfectly fine when you're interacting with others, thanks to the direct motion of your 7th-house planetary ruler in your solar 3rd house, which supplies the caffeine-like kick you need to overcome all that gloomy death anxiety nobody wants to hear about. So, for God's sake, get out of the house and socialize!

CANCE JUNE 22-JULY 22

Maybe it's the lucky charm you carry around in your pocket, or simply the presence of Jupiter in your 2nd house, but right now you're feeling financially secure—even rich. When you look around and see what a wretched state so many people live in, you've got to be proud that you've been able to hang on to your piece of turf and that, no matter what happens, you aren't likely to miss a meal or go without nice duds. Even if Saturn is still causing you spiritual angst and guilt, keep believing that the universe is bountiful. That's another way of saying, "Be generous."

LEO JULY 23-AUG. 22

It's rare that you get a chance to be worshiped in the way you like to be worshiped, but with Jupiter now going direct in your sign, it doesn't matter who loves you and who doesn't: you're madly in love with yourself. It's not a sin to admit what a rush you get from looking in the mirror these days, but you might try giving up your grandiose notion that you can do absolutely anything you want and get away with it just because you're so strong and so adorable. Remember, even Superman had a few kryptonite moments.

VIRGO AUG. 23-SEPT. 22

Considering the sheer agony you've been suffering, not to mention the sleepless nights you've spent worrying over matters of the heart, you might find it difficult to believe that a higher power is still watching out for you and has never left your side. Chalk it up to a guardian angel, if you wish, but Jupiter's forward motion in your solar 12th house can bring you solace and release from your pain. All you have to do is allow your need for intimate, spiritual love to become as great as or greater than your fear of being attacked or abandoned.

LIBR/ SEPT. 23-OCT. 23

Your life is sure to get a thousand times better the moment you stop obsessing over your personal situation and start thinking about what you can do to benefit the group you are a part of. Your 11th house won't desert you once you quit biting your nails over all the nonsense you cannot control anyway. Although job security doesn't exist and your family life remains emotionally draining, take comfort in the knowledge that the people you've treated well (and even some you've treated like dirt) will come forward to offer their support.

SCORPIO OCT. 24-NOV. 21

And you thought you were done for. Finito. Kaput. How wrong you were. Saturn's transit through your 8th house gave you good reason to believe the end was near, but this month, as Jupiter culminates in your solar midheaven, you have the opportunity to stop gnashing your teeth long enough to show people that, in true Scorpio style, you are back from the dead for the zillionth time and ready to give the world a glimpse of stocking, or perhaps more. If it gives you pleasure, however, you may carry on gnashing your teeth a bit longer.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21

Always keep in mind that, from womb to tomb, you are a Sadge. Whether you buy into society's model of success or not, your fate is to revere the search, not the destination. Your purpose on earth is to ask questions, and the more answers you receive the more questions you will have. As your ruling planet moves forward in your solar 9th house, your spirit of adventure must become at least as strong as your nervousness about money or your fear of leaving the nest—which, by the way, is no longer the safe haven it once was.

CAPRICORN DEC. 22-JAN. 19

Chiron won't leave your sign for another year or so, but in the short term an exalted Mars can be of great help in getting you revved up again and back in control of your life. It should also begin to alleviate that aw-what-the-hell-I'm-such-a-loser attitude that has been plaguing so many Capricorns lately. As the ruler of your solar 12th house changes direction in your 8th, just dump all those silly feelings of undesirability. This is the moment to unzip your inhibitions and let it all hang out—in an appropriate fashion, naturally.

AQUARIUS JAN. 20-FEB. 18

This world is not always an easy place for Aquarians to live in. People may admire your kooky ways, but often they don't really understand you. Whenever you feel shaky and confused, find that for some strange reason your thinking is fuzzy, or become paralyzed with uncertainty over what bizarre event might occur next, it should come as a profound relief to know that Jupiter is in your 7th house and that, despite everything, there is somebody who still believes in you and hasn't been totally turned off by your maddening behavior.

PISCES FEB. 19-MARCH 20

sceans scean lazy are, and it has pleasure-addicted to be clear to even as your some harshest people critics, like to as think Jupiter Picrosses your 6th house, that you are one of the most dedicated, creative, loving servants of humanity ever to descend to earth. There is one little hitch to your glorious goodness, however: now that Uranus has entered your sign, where it will stay for the next seven years, you have no desire whatsoever to be canonized 50 years after your death. Instead, you have decided to kick some serious butt and become the Doormat That Ate the World.

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19

When a planetary paradox places you in a quandary, it can take all your Arian ingenuity to escape it. The entrance of Uranus into your solar 12th house requires you to begin a life of solitude unlike anything you have ever experienced. You don't deal with noisy crowds well anymore, and every external demand puts unbearable pressure on you. All that would be fine if your 9th-house ruler weren't in your 5th house, and if you did not still possess that irrepressible, narcissistic urge to always be out there performing like a dancing bear.