Planetarium

Michael Lutin tells Tauruses to stay put and get real

TAURUS

APRIL 20 - M A Y 20

You must be asking yourself a hundred times an hour why in the name of Heaven you have to go on beating your poor, tired head against the same brick wall. Wouldn't it be much easier just to give up and run away to some quiet spot in the Painted Desert, where you could take a pottery class and meditate and not have to deal at all with problems concerning your career? Here's the rub, though: right now the lesson of Saturn is about coping with all those voices that could be yapping inside your brain—even in the Painted Desert. Patience!

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 21

Liberation can be a scary experience. No matter how much you long to be free of doctors, lawyers, and all the stodgy, repressive types who bring you down, the minute the fetters are off you are left with an overwhelming anxiety about the future. With Saturn in your 11th house, this queasy uncertainty is perfectly natural, but wholly unnecessary. All you really need to do is abandon your current obsession with what will become of you in the next life. Cross that bridge when you come to it.

CANCER

JUNE 22-JULY 22

If you're walking on a wire stretched between two buildings high above the city and a southerly wind is steadily gaining force, the last thing you can think about is having a quiet cup of tea with old friends. Professionally speaking, though, that's the predicament you're in right now. You've got to stay focused and balanced or you will find yourself plummeting to the ground. Under such hairy, lOth-house circumstances, it does, however, seem a bit unfair when critics and pals start shaking their fingers and saying, "Beware of hubris. We knew you when!"

LEO

2 3 - A U G . 2 2

If you've been spending the last couple of years reading great books, studying philosophy to get at the truth, and traveling the world in order to learn about other cultures, you get a gold star for making the most of the transit of the ruler of your solar 6th house through your 9th. If, however, you've been one of those unevolved Leos who wasted all that time telling ethnic jokes, indulging in gossip, lying to friends and colleagues, and dodging the law, then the moment has arrived for you to come clean and look for redemption.

VIRGO

AUG. 2 3 - S E P T . 2 2

The financial and emotional frustrations many Virgos had to bear last year could have turned the most cockeyed optimist into a bitter cynic. The lack of support was truly humiliating. The transit of Saturn should have taught you, however, that it takes only one or two people going to bat for you to make you feel like a human being again. And that it's quality of experience, not quantity, that fulfills you. Without violating your privacy, let's just say that if you learn these lessons your sex life should be on the upswing. It's about time.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 23

Whoever coined the aggravating phrase about how slow the wheels of justice grind was not kidding. He or she must have had to endure at least one transit of Saturn through the 7th house. To be sure, your sensitivity to certain potentially dangerous and aggressive people and your burden of responsibilities toward them must be causing you a major case of guilt and rage right now. Just remember that deep relationships can also be deeply rewarding, provided that you don't get furious if someone you care about doesn't care as much about you.

SCORPIO

2 4 - N O V . 2 I

It can be pretty darned painful when life cuts you down to size and reminds you that, despite all the catastrophes you've been through and all the magnificent creative tasks you've accomplished, you are still just a regular person who gets up and goes to work for a living. Sixth-house transits don't occur merely to humble you, though. Since your own choices have led you to this place, why not use this moment to streamline your operation and perfect your craft? Just tell yourself that there is nothing wrong with leading a mundane, middle-class existence.

SAGITTARIUS

N o v. 22-DEC. 21

Love hurts. It's great when it comes effortlessly, when two hearts beat as one and everything gets sealed with a Hollywood kiss. Unfortunately, in real life it's another story for Sadges when the ruler of your 2nd house is transiting your 5th. If you have kids, they have probably been acting like animals and testing you down to your very soul. If you are an artist, you've been struggling with your creativity, mainly because you disapprove of artists. No matter how bad things seem, you must create. There's no way for you to just hide in your room and eat cookies.

CAPRICORN

2 2 - J A N . I 9

The big question of the moment: Who is going to be the head of the household? In the old days, the authority figure was clearly defined; everybody agreed that father knew best, even if in reality it was mother who ran the operation. With a lunation and your planetary depositor in your solar 4th house now, all the problems with your parents and all the fears of abandonment you have ever had will reappear. You've always been such a grown-up. It must seem strange for you suddenly to start feeling like a child.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18

Your restlessness is understandable. With the ruler of your 12th house in your 3rd, your mind is extremely active. But while your brain is operating at a feverish pitch, your mobility may be somewhat impaired. The 3rd house rules communication with neighbors and siblings, and when Saturn transits that area, you can almost depend on having problems with them. So much for astrology. As fascinating as that may be, the last thing you want to hear now is somebody telling you why you feel the way you feel. At this point that could cause apoplexy.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20

Not all the members of your noble sign are the jellyfish they are cracked up to be. On the contrary: you can be unbearably controlling, mainly because you know too well how lazy and shiftless you can get if you let yourself go. It's been healthy, therefore, having to depend on other people over the last several months. Now that you are regaining control, please don't forget that while Saturn in your 2nd house helps you get the money thing together, it can also drag you down into materialism. And for Pisceans that's not a good thing.

ARIES

MARCH 21-APRIL 19

It's no surprise that you are walking around with a chip on your shoulder. Considering the humbling effects Saturn has had on you in recent months, it would seem strange if you were behaving otherwise. Even if your bid for greatness has been delayed, go right on believing that once this phase of your life is over you'll be as cocky as you ever were. For the moment, though, you are being asked to take time out from your desire to conquer the world, in order to become a deeper person. If that bores or infuriates you, you are already your old self again.

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