Week of: 2/23-3/1
By Jupiter! forgot.
I am weary; yes, my memory is tired.
Have we no wine here?
Coriolanus in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus [I.ix.90-93]
Aries : A week like this one, you feel like the odds are stacked against you, which, in strict astrological terms, isn’t too far from the truth. Mars is beginning to get close to crossing the line between you and that other sign, Pisces. And as Mars gets closer to home, you feel a certain sense of urgency, compounded by the fact that your driving ability seems to have wandered away. In other words, keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel. A lapse in your usually good attention span this week can land you in dire straits.
Taurus : This is a fine week for a good, sturdy sign like Taurus. There are innumerable details and chores, all related to work, which seem to insert themselves into your already busy schedule. It’s not like you don’t already have enough to do, but the good news is that you will finally get a chance to attend to these myriads of details which are all calling for your help and assistance. Of course, by the time the weekend gets here, you are going to feel a little bit like a certain postal worker or two, and I would really recommend that you not take any work home with you. You need the rest. Get some sleep this weekend, or, better yet, do something leisurely.
Gemini : Struggle is a good word for this week. I know you don’t like to be faced with oppositions, but it looks like you are really going to have to struggle with some of it this week. Doesn’t matter where you run to, or how you try to hide from it, that old work thing keeps popping back up. Nothing I can do about it, short of changing the orbit of certain work-related planets for you. And since I can’t change the planets, let me suggest that you not try to hide from what you are really supposed to be doing this week: it works out better for both of us.
Cancer : You are entering in the Cancer Water Zone this week. it’s a great place to be. From some of the discomfort you have been recently feeling, you quickly change into a place of peace and harmony. Well, inner peace, anyway. The world, she’s the old world yet, and everything out there is still pretty much the same, but you feel a certain tranquility this week. Reminds me, I need to ask my Cancer boss for a raise this week. Lord knows he’ll be feeling good with what it going on. In fact, a lot of you will be feeling like you have just fired up the BBQ grill with your own “inner-bubba”.
Leo : I always think about Shakespeare’s Henry the Fifth at a time like this. There’s that famous passage, from Act 3, the first scene, a cute little sonnet about charging into the face of all most certain doom, and coming out winning. Why talk about Shakespeare to a Leo this week? Well, old Harry was trying to motivate his troops against the dastardly French, and I’m stuck trying to motivate the Leo people to take some kind of action this week. It may feel like a wrong action, but I’m pretty sure, just like those plucky Englishmen in the play, you can beat the odds this week. Maybe not at a game of chance, but I’m sure your natural Leo skills will shine (and be noticed).
Virgo : So far, this week, I’ve lectured other signs about the odds in life, getting touch with their “inner Bubba” and thrown in a spurious reference to one of the Bard’s plays. This is important to the Virgo because you are feeling like the odds are against you. Take a quiet moment, reach out and communicate with your inner whatever it is that you call it, and make a thorough assessment of your place in life. Look, if you feel like the odds are overwhelming, maybe you want to retreat, just a little, and give yourself a chance to regroup. Or, if that inner voice is telling to charge ahead, then do so. You stars look okay, but you have to make the decision. I can’t do it for you. Fish or cut bait (but do something).
Libra : I sometime function as an advance warning network. Sort of like an astrological radar. And next week, not this week, but next week, you have giant romantic conflagration coming up. Therefore, take note, and get them gifts ready ahead of time. Buy the roses now. Or reserve a dozen for next week. Get those orders in early, because you’ve got nasty one coming early next week. In fact, I’ve discovered that jewelry works particularly well. Have an extra bauble on hand, shop early, as it were, and be ready for what’s coming up. Kissing and making up is the best part.
Scorpio : Every once in while, I hear from a Scorpio who claims not to be sneaky or untrusting. One of my favorite Scorpio’s suggested that she always laid all her cards on the table. Except for the trump card, of course. And this is a good week for the Scorpio trump card because you can win big, if you play what you’ve been dealt. A little strategy is useful right now, as is a poker face. But you Scorpio’s are, as a rule, good at that poker face. We can never tell what is really going on underneath that calm facade. Get ready to throw the trump this week.
Sagittarius : You archers are generally known for your innate ability to go charging into a china shop, and some how not break a thing. While that’s a wonderful quality, don’t bet on t this week. You might find yourself charging into a china shop and breaking everything. And then, you will be charging the damage on your credit card. The problem with that approach is that long after the damage has been done, there is still a little fiscal responsibility tied to the mess you made. This week, try to be careful about messes that you make. Like a credit card bill, you don’t want to paying this one off for a year or two.
Capricorn : You Capricorn’s are going to be bit touchy this week. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just you feel like you nerves are a little frayed around the edges. You are tired of someone presuming to know more than you do. “Those people who think they know it all really offend those of us who do know it all.” So be careful about how you display you “know it all” attitude this week. Yes, in fact, you do know more than the other signs right now, but, unfortunately, the other signs seem dead set against listening to your sage advice. Keep it to yourself and avoid a possible tense situation.
Aquarius : Annoying email, of the junk variety, is starting to clog your mailbox these days. Almost all of these include some scam for getting rich quick. This is alike the Texas State Lottery, a neat idea, but no one ever really wins this stuff. And, like all of those money making scams, the only people who are getting rich are the ones who the promoters. I just wonder if you should embark on any of these MLM deals, any of these ideas which claim “financial freedom in 90 days” because it looks like this stuff is too good to be true. I’ve said it before, and I’ll admonish the Aquarius group right now: too good to be true usually is.
Pisces : This coming week has two distinct and separate flavors. The first flavor is something rich and meaty (for you vegetarians, this is a metaphor, not an actual flavor). You have a chance to really get off into something that counts, something you can sink your teeth into. But like eating a large chunk of a dead cow, like juicy rare prime rib, the after effects of this tasty period is one of relative ennui. Post prandial depression sets in this weekend. No reason to worry about, just take a nice long nap.
