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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “My calling hasn’t called yet,” wrote Rennie, an Aries reader. “Please say a prayer to all the applicable gods and angels, asking them to make sure that I’m at home when it finally does.” I’ve got good news: Many Aries who have never had a hint about their calling will be able to gather important clues in 2008. Meanwhile, those of your tribe who have already found their higher purpose will be evolving it to a much deeper level. And I have unleashed a prayer to the goddess of mission plans, urging her to invite you Rams to claim the empowering joy that comes from being united with your source code.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The longest waves on the planet unfurl where the Atlantic Ocean flows into the mouth of the Amazon River. The phenomenon is called the “pororoca” (from a word meaning “tumultuous noise”) and has become a favorite challenge for surfers. In 2003, a Brazilian daredevil named Picuruta Salazar rode a single wave for 37 minutes, for almost eight miles. I’d say that’s an apt metaphor for the kind of wave you have the chance to jump on. If you choose to give it a whirl, don’t plan for a short, sweet burst of adrenaline. Be ready for a long, rollicking balancing act.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This is a favorable time to discover what has been hidden from you, to strip away disguises, and to penetrate to the real story buried by the official propaganda. You’re also likely to generate luck if you go in search of buried treasure, lost keys, and missing links. To help you, keep in mind the advice of inventor George Washington Carver: “Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.”
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Mirrors can be powerful tools and useful symbols for you in the coming days. When is the last time you gazed serenely into your own eyes for at least 10 minutes? Try it! If you’re brave, go on from there: Talk to the interesting creature. Ask questions. Give advice. Sing songs. And if you’re even braver, move on to the next project: Bring a friend or loved one to the mirror and converse with each other’s images. Speak the kinds of raw, shimmering truths that can only be revealed in a mirror.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At the Plow & Hearth stores, you can buy realistic boulders “to disguise your yard problems.” These gigantic plastic monstrosities are hollow inside and fit right over the pipes, holes, and other eyesores you want to hide. In the coming days, you might want to consider acquiring a metaphorical version of this item. There’s a big old messy place in your kingdom that seems to be getting bigger and messier. It’s high time to conceal it or clean it up.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The U.K. newspaper The Independent tells of an avid reader who consumed the collected works of D.H. Lawrence and found “not a single laugh, not a wry chuckle, not even a quiet grin in the entire po-faced oeuvre.” If that’s true, I say we put an asterisk on his books, similar to the mark that will go on the record of baseball star Barry Bonds. In D.H.’s case, the asterisk will denote his place in the literature hall of fame despite his having never expressed the second-most essential human emotion. In any case, don’t read Lawrence in the next four weeks. You need influences that encourage you to look for humor and amusement in everything you do.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 15 million years, Los Angeles will be a suburb of San Francisco. It will take that long for the slipping of the San Andreas Fault to push the southern city 400 miles north. Then people won’t have to travel far to enjoy the distinctive pleasures of two of the West Coast’s finest cultural centers. In your case, you don’t have to wait so long. I predict that two of your personal centers of gravity will combine by the end of 2008. Your divided sense of home will disappear, allowing you to feel more united than you’ve been in years.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Why does human anatomy include the appendix? For centuries, doctors have been unable to determine its purpose. Most have decided it’s a vestigial structure from an earlier stage of evolution. But recent research suggests that the appendix seems to protect and regenerate the good bacteria that live in the intestines. I predict that you’re on the verge of a metaphorically comparable discovery. Something you have always considered to be useless or irrelevant will reveal its value.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Astronomers say that the Sagittarius galaxy is being devoured by our own galaxy. I offer this scenario as a metaphor for you to put into play in the coming week. Imagine all the fun and interesting ways that you yourself could be “eaten.” Maybe you could get absorbed into an exciting social scene, integrated into an institution you love, or become part of a movement you’ve admired from afar. And maybe you could simply do what’s necessary to get yourself kissed, licked, and sucked all over.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Wind Horse is a mythical creature in Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Symbolizing vigorous life force, it embodies the quick, cleansing power of the wind and the primal vitality of the horse. I nominate this archetype as your ruling metaphor in the coming weeks. Visualize a Wind Horse accompanying you everywhere you go. See yourself riding it, feeding it, playing with it. Call on its inspiring presence to help you sweep obstacles out of the way as you attract a flow of opportunities to open your mind and heart.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This will be an excellent week to buy $50 worth of silence. And to hang around people who won’t try to manipulate you into doing anything. And to wander out into a barren wilderness — the Mars-like landscape of the crater near the summit of Maui’s Mt. Haleakala would be ideal — and howl wordless, senseless melodies to a god who may or may not exist. Do you catch my drift? You are likely to attract cosmic luck and generate useful serendipity if you can achieve a state that combines Zen Buddhism’s “beginner’s mind” with the attitude Henry Miller enjoyed when he said, “I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The stars would love to influence your future,” read a horoscope for Pisces in The Onion, “but they are powerless against your well-established patterns of behavior.” While this might sometimes be an accurate statement, it’s not now. The next three weeks will be a very favorable time for you to escape well-established patterns of behavior, especially the ones that are no damn good for you. You will also have marked success if you rebel against your habits and also against the stars’ influence. The upshot of all this good news is that you’ll be in a prime time to unleash your freest free will.
Homework: Make three predictions about your life in 2008. Tell me at RealAstrology.com; click on “Email Rob.”
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