PLANETARIUM MICHAEL LUTIN

LIBRA SEPT. 23-OCT. 23

Even the most conservative A.M.A.-approved physician would admit that the health of the mind has some effect on the health of the body. That doesn't mean you can carry on wildly and then erase all the damage by going to bed with a crystal on your forehead, but with the moon crossing the path of the sun in your solar 12th house, you do have a choice: meditation, medication, or both. Meanwhile, there is absolutely nothing to be gained by driving yourself crazy imagining worst-case scenarios that probably will never happen.

SCORPIO OCT. 24-NOV. 21

It's getting to be time to say good-bye to friends you once considered lifetime buddies. As fervently as you may wish to remain loyal to the old gang, there really isn7 any more old gang, and your next step is to pursue more personal, private, even intimate relationships. That may mean giving up the bowling team so you can spend those nights with the ones you love. They need you now. In fact, you need them more than they need you.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21

You're beginning to realize that, despite your casual attitude toward fame, you're an ambitious little go-getter after all. With powerful planetary forces operating in your solar 10th house, your position in the world has come to mean a lot to you, and you certainly don't want to throw away a job or career you've worked to build. Funny thing is, power and position can be so empty if you don't have people at home who love you, care for you, and are willing to listen to all your tales of political woe.

CAPRICORN DEC. 22-JAN. 19

You could always go back to school and get some sort of degree, but in the end it wouldn't be worth the paper it's printed on, because you won't respect it or use it. That's the usual effect of an eclipse in your solar 9th house. You think somebody somewhere must have the magic answer to the mystery you're trying to solve, so you take up with people from Tibet or Sedona or Tierra del Fuego, hoping for that Enlightening Experience. It may take you 18 months to figure out that the answer is right in front of your eyes.

AQUARIUS JAN. 20-FEB. 18

Aquarian artists beware: evil commercialists want to corrupt your purity and turn your work into crap for the masses. At least that's what you fear will happen when the sun and moon meet on the ecliptic in your solar 8th house. The truth is, you have to eat, and if you want to eat something other than peanut butter and beans, you can't lock your creations in an aesthetic chastity belt. Speaking of sex, monogamy will not only keep you safe from diseases but also provide a deepening (if occasionally boring) exercise in intimacy.

PISCES FEB. 19-MARCH 20

Be honest. Do you really need to hang on to a certain person so tightly? It's perfectly reasonable to want guidance and advice with so much going on in your solar 7th house, and you wouldn't want to be left fending for yourself and trying to survive alone a world you don't fully understand. It's just that relationships work best when both people are strong and independent, so you have to be careful not to give away all your power. If you do, you'll only end up resenting the person you need most.

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19

Didn't Jack Nicholson's character in 77/e Shining learn the hard way about what "all work and no play" does? You may think work is fulfilling you, when it is actually draining your vitality and creativity. The 6th-house event taking place in your solar chart can easily turn you into a big-time workaholic and an even biggertime health nut. You're going to find out, though, that rest, relaxation, and even prayer can restore you way more than eating organic roots and berries and submitting to the 24/7 grind ever will.

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20

Love and romance—who can live without them? And little kids? Forget it. Aren't they adorable when they squirm around in your arms? Granted, if you could show parents what their kids will be like in 15 years, you'd have a highly effective form of birth control. But attachments are everything for a Taurus, and with your heart so full of passion, you need love, whether it tortures you or not. Keep your distance and you'll save yourself a lot of aggravation.

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 21

⅛ It may not be politically correct to think so, but there is something to be said for the lifestyle of the 1950s. Families were often totally devoid of real feeling, but at least everybody's roles were clearly defined. Many Geminis are now trying madly to re-create scenes of yesteryear so they can keep a connection to all the people they once tried to run away from. Watch out, though. Is this 4th-house obsession with repairing attachments motivated by honest emotion or blind abandonment anxiety?

CANCER JUNE 22-JULY 22

Is there anything more dreary than those empty conversations you still have with people you promised to drop ages ago? You hear yourself saying the same old things over and over, and, worse, you have to listen to them droning on about nothing at all. For some strange reason—could it be a 3rd-house solar eclipse?—you pick up that phone and keep the non-conversation going, no matter how mindless it is. The only antidote to this soul-crushing boredom: have your calls forwarded to voice mail and get the heck out of your Zip Code.

LEO JULY 23 -AUG. 22

If a product doesn't make a profit, does that mean it stinks? That's the big question you're facing as Mercury, Venus, and the moon's south node meet in your 2nd house. It's hard to put a value on creativity. Just think of all the artists who struggled to pay the rent their whole lives and whose work goes for millions 100 years later. Still, that's little comfort to you in 2006, when a person's worth is so often measured in dollars and cents. Let's hope there's some truth to the old saw that when you follow your passion, the money follows.

VIRGO AUG. 23-SEPT. 22

The smartest thing you can do now is stop using your your head. head, That's not easy, given that your brain is usually busier iusier than than H a hive of bees at honey-making time, but when eclipses eclipses occur in your sign, you're supposed to quit micro-managing the entire universe, throw out all the junk you're not using anymore, dump some of the bad habits you've picked up, hook up with people who can help free you from the grip of logic, and allow emotion and instinct to take over for a while. You'll do it, kicking and screaming all the way.