Fishing Guide to the Stars starting 8.30.2012

“No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good. Like gold or emerald or purple repeating to itself, ‘No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.'”
Marcus Aurelius Meditations Book 7, Chapter 15

Virgo: I hope you’re looking forward to a good, holiday weekend. As a Virgo, you most assuredly deserve a break. “Kramer Wetzel, writing as the ‘Fishing Guide to the Stars,’ he said I get a break; therefore, I get to loaf. Just like he said.”

I spelled it all out so you could see what it looks like, in print. Whereas I think it’s valid, and even your Virgo self thinks it’s a valid line of reasoning, the line might not meet with success outside of here. It should; the break is well-deserved. Let’s turn our attention elsewhere: Mars is in Scorpio. What this means, that break? Look for some solitude. A little birthday, pre-birthday, post-birthday alone time. Solitude. Not always bad, a little peace and quiet. Piece and quiet, chance to catch up on the summer reading. Just the good stuff. Enjoy that break, even if you have to make it happen for your Virgo self.

Libra: Two words, with just two words, I can sum up the week ahead: Reality and Avoidance. Reality is what’s there. In your face, in your shoes, on the outside of your shoes, stuck in the tread of the sport sandals I had on, you get the idea, the reality thing is something that won’t go away. Starts out, right now, beginning of the horoscopes, this reality thing is in your Libra face.

Then there is avoidance. You have a great chance to avoid the reality issue. That’s where the problem is. Avoiding the issue? Doesn’t make the issue any less likely to go away. Still a problem. Still there. I tend to address this energy by fishing. A little time spent by the side of lazy creek, a river, or, most often, a man-made lake, casting, wading, waiting, sitting, standing, searching for a perfect lure, while I’m doing all that, I can think. The reality will be back before the next horoscope rolls over. Be ready. Be prepared. Have an answer. Avoidance is good, even great if I get to go fishing. Still requires an answer, later.

Scorpio: The problem is over-thinking. I can’t say that I haven’t been in a similar situation, but I can say, the last time this happened to me, I stopped. I analyzed the situation. I came up with a solution. I came up with alternative solution. Then I thought about the added levels of complexity. What started out as a small problem grew into a gargantuan series of challenges — with almost no hope.

Stop.

I skipped it all. I can give you the specifics, but at first, it was a piece of equipment, then it was a peripheral for that new equipment, then supplies, and then? The solution was only going to work about half the time. While I love me a good gadget, sometimes, the simplest answers are the best. The process is referred to as “over-thinking,” and this week? For Scorpio? No need to analyze so much. Keep it simple, Scorpio.

Sagittarius: I was watching the tip of a fishing pole. Coastal fishing, the pole itself was a “Shakespeare Ugly Stick,” with its trademark “unbreakable” tip. The way it works, the fishing pole, this kind of fishing, I have to wait until the pole is bent over, wait until the fish, speckled trout, red or black drum, wait until that critter, sometimes flounder, wait until the fish swallows the bait, and tries to spit the hook out. Waiting is the hardest part. The fish is obviously gnawing on the bait, as the pole bends a little, then the line goes slack. Wait. The pole bends a second time, just nibbling, seeing if the bait really is that tasty. The line goes slack. There’s a different version of this story, where I grab the pole and do a “bass fishing” hook-set, and the last time I did that with this fishing? Got an empty hook and some fish was well-fed. Wait. Wait until the bait does its job, wait until the hook is in, firmly, and wait. Wait until that pole bends over and the line starts to play out, the drag singing, a sure sign that there’s a fish. Wait.

Capricorn: One of the problems I frequently come across, in myself, in clients, in people? Lack of patience. Looking at the Pisces Full Moon, looking at the array of other planets, and the basic Virgo nature of the times, there’s a hint, a little more patience is required. Exercise that patience? It pays off, quite well, for Capricorn. Fail to exercise that patience? Jump to hasty conclusions, finish my sentences, get upset when there’s a line of slower moving people in front of you? There will be hell to pay. Morning coffee, I was late, and stuck, in line in front of me, an attractive, slightly older and quite befuddled woman, looking at the faux blackboard, “I just wanted, you know, like, a cup of coffee, maybe, you know, like the kind where they put an extra shot of EXPRESSO in it?” That one store, it IS NOT a Starbucks. It does bow to the S-Bux convention of Tall, Grande, Venti, and there should be a Big Gulp/Thirstbuster size. I like four shots and some non-fat milk foam. I know what I like. The lady in front of me, confused by the array of possible decision points, she temporarily froze. Capricorn: Now is not the time to bump her out of the way or pitch a fit.

Aquarius: Buddy of mine, not named ‘Bubba,’ was telling me what his current girlfriend was reading to him, about relationships. His sign and her sign, how they did — or didn’t — match up. “She said it fit me perfectly,” and if you want the book, it’s available in the book section or from Amazon, or for free online. “So she’s reading me this stuff, and I realized, it was your book. Damn, you wrote about me, right?”

As an archetype, yes. The issue isn’t about him as the target, though. It’s about making commitments. I committed material to print. That material now haunts me. Haunts him, anyway. Between the Moon and the relative motion of the Sun (in Virgo) and Venus (in Cancer), anytime I express an opnion, someone comes around and tells me I’m wrong. Or right, in that case, as the description sums up his current girlfriend and him, in a nutshell. Personally, I think they’re both nuts. Careful about what gets committed to permanent record. Print, photo, web stuff, just suggestion and some caution. Can never tell what comes back to haunt you.

Pisces: The symbol for Sagittarius, properly, is an arrow. Accepted as a simple arrow, pointing up and to the right, diagonal across the surface. Unrelated, I’ve incorporated that into my signature, sort of a flourish. Rarely use real ink any more. That arrow is derived from the bow and arrows carried by the centaur, the actual archetype for Sagittarius.

Sagittarius and Pisces shared Jupiter in early astrology.

I was looking at my own symbol, that Sagittarius Arrow, and I was looking at your chart. Laser-like focus. Tighten that broad, undifferentiated Pisces world-view. Get down to one item. One target. Use that arrow to help determine a focal point. Mars aligns in a positive way, and it strengthens, in a manner, with Uranus. Focus. One arrow. Follow that one arrow where it leads you. Stay focused. If that doesn’t work, this week, you can have more than one arrow in your quiver, but I — hold on — quiver at the thought.

Aries: I’d like you to win. I’d like you to survive, triumph and make great strides forward with ample monetary success. I was thinking about a calculated business move I made. Lady owed me for my horoscopes, didn’t pay, didn’t pay, didn’t pay, and rather than me being nasty about it, what I did was wait.

Silence was golden, in this example.

As I look at your “planet,” Mr. Mars, in Scorpio even now, what I realize is that this is a time to be silent. Not all week, not all weekend, but in that one deal, where you feel like you’ve been wronged?

Stop. Don’t lift a finger, either good or bad. There’s a process at work, and if you, my fine little Aries friend, if you give it enough time, it will work out. To your favor. I got paid back three times over. Pretty good deal from a tight lawyer type.

Taurus: When Mars is in Scorpio, like he is right now, he’s opposite from you. Last week, this week, sometime within the next few days, your extra-fine Taurus self will feel the wrath of Mars.

How you deal with that is up to you. I have suggestions.

Take that irritability and put it to work for you. Mars gives you an extra dose of energy. Instead of sleepless nights, maybe catch up on the reading you wanted to do. Too much energy at work? Walk up and down the stairs a few times, supposedly, it’s good cardio. Soul mate or cell mate not getting along well? Recreational physical activity helps relieve that stress. Many different options.

Writing me nasty notes about how wrong I am just serves to prove I was correct. I’m on your side! Find a productive use for the Mars-infused frustration.

Gemini: I was buying a few veggies in a local Farmer’s Market. Chatting with one vendor, I asked if she had a website, so I could find her next time she was at one of the local market places. She had about the best, purportedly all-natural, pesticide-free, chemical-less, non-genetic-engineered cantaloupe I’ve ever tasted.

Not a big fan of cantaloupe, I forget why I tried hers. She’s Gemini. “I don’t have a cell phone or a computer,” she said.

There was a small amount of burnished pride in that statement. I’d have to agree. Peasant dress, older woman, no makeup, but then with clear, clean skin from healthy living and healthier foods, she didn’t need it. Nor, for that matter, did she need a computer or mobile phone.

While it’s a necessity in my business, and it’s a requirement for most modern folks, someone who lives close to the land? Is it really necessary? Jupiter is about expansion, but with the Sun in Virgo? This week? Think about what you don’t need. The only problem, as I see it with her statement? No computer, no phone, no way to contact me. Or read this. Still, the message is about less, not more.

Cancer: I want you to have some fun. I want you to do something that amuses, pleases, or, in some manner, brings joy into your Cancer, Moon-Child life. It can be a big thing, like buying a new car. It can be a little thing, like BBQ with a friend. It can be anywhere between the two extremes.

I’m looking for one action that makes you smile. I’m kind of over the bad news stuff, and for once, a simple action that brings joy? Happiness, fleeting that it might be? As another example, I think I’ll wander over to local lake and drop some bait in, see what happens. As a Cancer, some kind of action will result in long-spread happiness. Just do something for yourself.

Leo: I carried my last cell phone, wait, it’s not a cell phone, it’s a digital phone, and… So, for over year, I had huge, rubbery, very protective case around my phone. Super slim, neat, tight little unit. Protected. That protection was useful as I’ve been known to drop the phone, and one time, I handed the phone — in its case — to a fishing buddy to capture a fishing moment (me poised with a fish, quelle surprise, non?) he couldn’t see the phone’s face or the buttons, and I wound up with a half-dozen images of the bottom of the boat.

Still, there was one accidental image that I kept because it was a fun picture. As the Full Moon unfurls, I’d think about that case. Worth it? To me, it certainly was. Sidewalk, brick floor, bottom of a boat, survived it all. However, that case makes my phone look fat (not phat, either.) Looking at the way it is? I’d suggest you sacrifice looks to be safe.