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Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice [I.ii.58]Astrological overview: Mars spends the month in Aquarius, Venus slides around from Libra and works her magic on Scorpio most of the month, and it's basically a Scorpio month, until the tail end -- just in time for the beginning of a personal favorite time: Sagittarius.
Aries [3. 21 - 4. 19]: For the longest time, my family had this Thanksgiving tradition of big meal, then a football game, with the appropriate nap in front of said game. While everyone else is napping this month, it's your turn to make that point that just didn't quite get made last month. While other people are in an apparent soporific slumber, consider making your point. You'll be surprised how understanding they are at times like this.
Taurus [4. 19 - 5.20]: "Employment" is a dirty word round here. "Paycheck," however, is not so loathed. Maybe my office manager [the cat] is the best source of useful metaphor for the month: her idea of "work" is looking cute. Or demanding food in the morning. It's her job to wake up the household [odd nomenclature for a trailer], and make sure she gets her kibble, first thing. Likewise, your task for the next month is to look cute while motivating the people around you to do what they're supposed to do.
Gemini [5.21- 6. 21]: There's a chain of used bookstores in Texas, and I must admit I like the places. The timbre of each location generally reflects the local make-up. The one close to the university offers a lot of old textbooks while one in the upscale neighborhood has a lot of hardback, first-run novels. Just such a place is a suitable refuge for your Gemini self during this month. Books are appealing, but you no sooner pick up one novel, than you're deciding it isn't quite right. Best thing about a used bookstore, is you can "check in" unused texts. The goal for the month, though, is to run dead even with what you're checking in and checking out.
Cancer [6. 22 - 7. 22]: Take the month and split it in two. Then, take the first half, and think to yourself, that you look really silly when you talk too much. The second half of the month, all that torrent of words you didn't pour out, that's not so silly. Refine your approach a little, and be prepared to deliver that torrent of words, suitably refined, corrected, spell checked, and cut down in size. Work towards being brief, and you'll thank me later -- hopefully not with one of those long diatribes.
Leo [7. 23 - 8. 23]: Don't worry, be happy! "Yeah, right," you might intone with a cynical Leo sneer. But for the next 30 days, or so, things are good, getting better. Except for one little problem. Sooner or later, Mars and the Sun make a little uncomfortable energy. But let's look at the math: 30 days in the time frame, three days of Mars/Sun bad stuff. The overwhelming number is in your favor. Better yet, this "good stuff" just keeps getting better as the month goes sliding by. Except for that three day thing. Sort of depends on the individual chart, but like I've suggested before, the numbers are more in your favor, maybe more so that you realize.
Virgo [8. 24 - 9. 22]: Remember how you felt like you were talking in a vacuum last month? Remember how you were right, but no one was listening to your sage advice? We really should compare notes about that one. Anyway, this month, folks are a little more willing to listen. The only trouble with this, however, is that you have this almost overwhelming desire to use a tired expression, "See? I told you so." Don't do it. Find some nice way to suggest that you have previously alluded to this problem and its solution. In other words, don't say, "See? I told you so." If you do choose to use that expression, and it's not met with universal approval, you can't say I didn't warn you? See? I told you so.
Libra [9. 23 - 10. 22]: I helped a Libra friend here in Shady Acres pull a motor out of an older vehicle. We tossed that block into the back of the truck and hauled it off to a machinist. And then, we completely forgot about the task at hand. Shady Acres is close enough to everything important in life, i.e., chicken fried steak, fishing, live music, and Bubba's Bait Barn, so it doesn't much matter that the Libra is now without wheels. This is a good time, though, to call up that machinist and see if he's gotten any work done. As much as I hate doing heavy lifting and stuff, it's time to put that motor back into the car, and see if it works right.
Scorpio [10. 23 - 11. 22]: Happy birthday to that one, special Scorpio [honey, you know who you are.] The rest of you? Well, I'm trying to be as nice as possible, but there's a little window of time, during the next thirty days or so, and during this one little, window, things ain't going to go smooth. Other than that? It's a good time. Good birthday parties, a somewhat less than subdued atmosphere of pleasure and raucous behavior. Enjoy. However, during that one, tiny window of irritation, the less trouble you create, the less mess you have to clean up later.
Sagittarius [11. 22 - 12. 22]: Remember last month when no one was listening to your scintillating words of wisdom? I've got this one reference manual I really like, full of Texas wit and charm, a cowboy's guide to life, so to speak. I tend to refer back to this sort of source when I need something grounded and realistic, maybe a little heavy on the common sense aspect.... That's what's important for the next month, knowing when a quick word to the wise is right. Folks are listening now. Listening to you. Don't get too heavy-handed with the wit.
Capricorn [12. 23 - 1. 18]: Dig in at home. Make yourself comfortable. You've been traveling a lot, running around quite a bit, and now is the time, especially in the first part of the month, to make yourself feel like you're at home again. Do something nice for the house. Or do something nice for yourself at home. You're getting the idea, right? Put a fresh set of batteries in the TV's remote, settle in with a nice stack of vids to watch, you know, something a little light on plot on a little heavy on entertainment value. You've earned a break.
Aquarius [1. 19 - 2. 18]: I try to get in a substantial hike every day. Exercise, as it were. Now, just last week, I was crossing a busy street, crossing with the light, the little sign was flashing "walk," I had the right away. Some crazy person in an old beater car tried to run me over, oblivious to the fact I had the right of way, or that pedestrians are people, too. Then, not ten minutes later, this happened again, a girl blowing through a yellow light, trying to shave seconds off her time to get home. Two near misses within a ten-minute time made me check my chart. The culprit? Mars. So this month? Aquarius should watch out for other, slightly more enthusiastic drivers trying to force their own rules of the road on you. Just because you're right doesn't mean you can drop your guard.
Pisces [2. 19 - 3. 20]: There's just a lot of strange energy floating around. It's like you're all worked up, but whatever it is that you're worked up over, the rest of us just don't seem to get it. That's a problem. No matter how important this particular issue is to you, it just doesn't translate well to the rest of the "non-Pisces" population. I'd suggest you slow it down before you pitch a fit. There's no reason to make problems when we just don't se things your way. I'll promise that it is important, and we'll realize you're right pretty soon. Even before the end of the month.
(c) Kramer Wetzel, 2000, 2001
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