PLANETARIUM MICHAEL LUTIN

FANFAIR

Pisces: Be kind to yourselves for a change

PISCES FEB. 19-MARCH 20

If you want to keep your independence, not to mention your own bank account, pay attention when a 6th-house full moon reminds you to stay healthy enough to work. Once you have that covered, you'll be free to pop into a store when the mood strikes and spring for a bauble or two. With personal planets transiting your 2nd and 3rd houses, you can afford to treat yourself once in a while, as long as you accept that Neptune in your 12th won't let you be totally selfish. You are here to serve without ego—whether you like it or not.

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19

The transit of Uranus in your solar 12th house, which began on New Year’s Eve, can throw any active, sociable Aries for a loop. You need more privacy than ever now, and you can tolerate the wackiness of crowds only so long before retreating to your refuge and slamming the door. Fortunately, the passage of Venus in Aries allows you to blow a kiss to the mirror, breeze out of the house, and party for a while. Hey, it’s nobody’s business what goes on inside your head.

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20

Hallelujah! With Mars finally leaving your solar 12th house after six long weeks, it’s a wonder you haven't devoured all 10 fingernails. Astrologers describe this transit to their clients as a perfect opportunity for spiritual growth, which usually means “Pull the covers over your head and wait for it to be over.” Now, however, the entrance of the red planet into your sign is giving you a fresh burst of self-confidence and putting you back on top and in control, which we all know is your favorite place to be.

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 21

If you insist on making yourself crazy over the money thing, nothing anyone can say will calm you down. Besides, for as long as Venus is passing through your solar 11 th house and the sun and Mercury are so close to Neptune in your 9th, you probably have no intention of cutting back, eating leftovers, or curtailing your freedom in any way. Why should you? Maybe it’s true that you have to spend money to make money, and that the way to conquer your worries about the future is by living even larger. Let’s hope so.

CANCER JUNE 22-JULY 22

Although Althoug you love to feel like you belong and you deeply need need to to! be needed, what you probably can’t abide is some jealous iealous mate m; breathing down your neck and checking up on your every move. When the asteroid Juno passes through your 7th house, however, the people who depend on you get insecure when you withdraw. Ceres in Cancer is another story. Whether you’re raising a passel of kids or guarding your single status, you are now playing the role of a parental figure and must protect your brood as fiercely as any mama bear would.

LEO JULY 23-AUG. 22

As you set out on an emotional and sexual journey to explore unknown and untouched parts of yourself, all your relationships will begin to transform in response to needs, instincts, and desires that you weren’t even aware you had. Don’t worry, though. You won’t become a total degenerate. With Mars now transiting your solar chart in a highly elevated position, you can put your energy into carving out a prosperous position. That should take care of your hotter, wetter desires.

VIRGO AUG. 23-SEPT. 22

Neptune in your solar 6th house may give you 1,001 strange little ailments to fret about. Nothing truly serious—just enough to keep you conscious of the very health issues Virgos most dread thinking about. Mars in your 9th often means that there's a foreigner in your future, but whether such a person will crop up in connection with business or pleasure, nobody can tell. Fortunately, nothing stops either your work, which is usually inspired, or your libido, which, with Venus in your 8th, seems to be making you as randy as ever.

LIBRA SEPT. 23-OCT. 23

It’s fine to want to establish yourself as a credible public figure, but never forget that you’re a Libra. While you may find personal relationships draining, you've got more on your mind than business, with the sun. Mercury, and Neptune transiting your solar 5th house, Venus in your 7th, and Mars in your 8th. In fact, no matter how many times you've been dashed against the rocks of despair, here you are again dropping your hankie, fluttering your eyelashes, and hoping.

SCORPIO OCT. 24-NOV. 2 I

Fourth-house influences have kept you busy at home, where things should be calming down a bit now that Uranus has finally completed its disruptive seven-year transit. You still have a public life to nurture, however, and luckily for you the world will keep hounding you to produce, perform, and be the selfactualizing creature you were born to be. Resist all you want, but with one of your ruling planets at the north node of your 7th house you need direction. No matter how weary you are, get out there and live.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21

You’ll be working like a beaver for the next several weeks, as the ruler of your solar 5th house crosses your 6th. That should ward off any dark thoughts and keep you functioning at a high level. When it comes to their love lives, some Sadges have been courageously enduring a spell drier than the Sahara. In fact, many members of your sign have simply shut down and turned off. The presence of Venus in your solar 5th house may bring a nice, healthy flutter to your heart again, especially if you don’t drag sex into it.

CAPRICORN DEC. 22-JAN l 9

^ The asteroids Juno and Ceres don’t get as much astrological attention as other heavenly bodies, but ™ right now both have special meaning for you. Although you’d rather be boiled in saturated fat than admit it, no matter how ferociously independent or modern you think you are, or what bizarre lifestyle you follow, there’s a very traditional husband-and-wife thing going round and round in your head. You might as well just sneak behind the barn and thumb through Bride's magazine.

AQUARIUS JAN. 20-FEB. 18

Even though your name may not be on everyone’s lips at the moment, don’t ever think you’re unlucky. With a full moon in your solar 7th house and the north node in your 4th, you have plenty of supporters who would gladly rush out into the freezing cold or driving rain just to pick you up a quart of O.J. to allay your sniffles. It’s also silly to let the shakiness and vulnerability emanating from Neptune make you worry about how you will eat in your old age. As long as you follow the path of love and creativity, your plate will be full.