Week of: 6/15-21 Solstice starts Sunday Evening.
This is excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune-often the surfeits of our own behavior-we make guilty of our disasters the sun, moon, and stars, as if we were the villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforc’d obedience of planetary influence, and all we are evil in, by divine thrusting on.
Edmund in Shakespeare’s King Lear (I.ii.121-9)
Aries : Things should just be rolling right along for Aries by now. There are some business decisions which are going to affect your home life, kind of like interior decorating changes which need to be made to the old trailer house. Here in a our one room shack on the lake, we’ve decided to steal a few building supplies in order to redecorate the patio. And there’s nothing quite like a few hubcap wind chimes to make a home body feel better about the place.
Taurus : Some astrologers will tell you about “Karmic Relationships” and how Saturn is the Lord of Karma, and this means that something is going to happen in that arena of your life. I think I would rather tell you that Venus is one of the “main dude” planets of Taurus, and a little bit of Planet Venus goes a long way towards making most of the Taurus folks out there happy. So this isn’t such an ominous start to a bad week or anything like that… nope, Venus is going to make most of ya’ll happy.
Gemini : I don’t know if you Gemini’s can get any more wound up than you are, but there you have it. With all the spurious planetary activity you’ve got going on, things are heating up nicely. Last of the Gemini Birthdays are going to be this week, and if you didn’t act on this impulse earlier, now is a good time to consider getting a new truck. Why would you need a new pickup truck? To tow your new boat. Imagine a nice, matched pair of new vehicles, a new bass boat, and new truck to pull that boat…. both painted your favorite Gemini color, candy apple red, no, lime metal flake green, no, pearlescent yellow, no, fluorescent orange with metal flake….
Cancer : We are entering into a most solemn and important time of the year: Cancer Birthdays. It’s all going to kick off next week, so this a week of preparation. This year it’s the big one for Bubba, I think he turns 29 or 30, I can’t seem to remember which. Only his astrologer knows for sure. Leaving the debate about Bubba’s age aside, this is a good week to plan a party for him. Or for yourself. Don’t be too upset if there are a few obstacles getting in the way of your revelries right now. This challenging problems will, simply put, go away.
Leo : What prompts the artist? What makes a soul grab the paint and stretch the black velvet onto the frame? What motivates some person to replicate these great masterpieces, the ubiquitous “Black Velvet Elvis”? That’s your question this week as you consider just what stirrings are in your soul, and do you dare try to paint a great work of art on that medium which is reserved for holy images and icons? Like other artists before you, you are going to ponder the questions about what sort of “motivation” is inherent in this work. Grab the paint set and paint by numbers this week.
Virgo : Your stomach might feel a little queasy on Monday. Did you have fajitas and migas? If you didn’t enjoy fine, traditional Tex-Mex cuisine, you might be suffering a bit. A little soda water will help you this week, something to aid the digestive tract. It’s a good week to look after your health because it looks like you’ve got a surprise invite to an unusual event coming your way, later this week. Like a chance to go on a fishing expedition. If I were in Virgo shoes, I’d go on the trip.
Libra : This is the tail end of what has been a very productive period of time for you. Of course, it doesn’t always mean that everything is going to be good, but I’ll bet that there is a lot of neat little projects that you can wrap up this week. New boots are in order right now. This can mean a new pair of rubber boots, perhaps some new waders, or a nice, dress pair of cowboy boots made from some endangered species. Shoe shopping isn’t just an everyday occurrence, you know.
Scorpio : It’s time to consider your place in the world. We all realize that a good Scorpio (as if there was ever a “bad” one) has special place in the world. And this is going to become more evident as the week gets older, you have a special place, and everyone is going to be nice to you. What’s up with this? See, Mars is in Gemini, and that’s going to affect you. Then, as the Sun gets closer to Cancer, your natural ability to be acknowledged as a leader will be observed. Happens every year, only this year, it’s going to be extra special.
Sagittarius : If you’re going through what I’m going through this week, then this is going to be one of those times when you’ll want to consider geting a special piece of software called a “Guide Doubler” because there just isn’t enough of you to go around. I know I feel that way right now. There’s a lot of disruption, sort of like you get to sit down to work, and then the phone won’t stop ringing, and then the beeper keeps beeping, and then the fax machine starts erupting. I’m beginning to think the whole “home office” idea is really over rated. Want to share your feelings on this matter? The Bubba Fax Line is always open at 512/445-2850.
Capricorn : You get another uncommon boost in the middle of the week. Or maybe at the beginning of the week. This is just another series of installments in your so-called “life” which is anything but normal right now. Enjoy the good stuff. You might want to consider that trailer house I suggested a while back because you need to be adaptable with your living space right now. There might be a big move this week. Put the wheels back on the home — one way or another, you’re going places this week.
Aquarius : What a way to start the week! Easy now, don’t beat me, I’m just delivering the message. Perhaps a fancy literary allusion to Shakeaspeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” is in order. Then again, I doubt you’re going to have time to look that one up, at least, not this week. And the messages are only going to get better as the week progresses. That much, I can promise without too much trouble. Of course, that doesn’t make Monday morning any easier. But after that, I’ll swear things are better. At least they are supposed to (get much better).
Pisces : A long time ago, in a far away place, there once was a happy Pisces who lived with harmony in her life. That order she lived with was greatly upset by the old “soul mate” routine. Of course, not everyone is ever lucky enough to find a soul mate, but your soul mate search (target acquisition) is working well. You’ve got them lined up in your cross hairs. Them? Like maybe it’s plural? Could be, given the way the Pisces can operate on some many different levels….
