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August, 25 2008
Star Talk, August 25
by Philip Sedgwick
Star Talk, Week of August 25, 2008
Relationship energy thickens in the prevailing winds as the planets of thought/speech and need/want join the impulsiveness of Mars in Libra. The combined effect stirs concerns and focuses attention on the one to one personal relationship front. Typically, astrologers consider this to be a person to their mate, significant other or romantic interest, but Libra can also refer to any interaction in which a person goes head to head with another in a joint venture or common cause. Let's focus on the more charged axis: you and your one and only. There's increasing pressure on relationship matters: stating needs, staying happy (as well as interested and involved), sharing responsibility and ensuring the desire of both to make this an eternal bond. A few key points work to secure relationships. One, be honest and timely in communication. If something bends your nose a bit, say it as soon as you notice. Get it said, figure out solutions and go on. Two, applying an overly yielding and ultra-cooperative manner to the point of compromise erodes emotional contentment. If an issue matters; it matters. If a consideration means nothing, it doesn't matter. Three, you're both in this together. If you want it to last forever, sometimes you'll hit a speed bump. Take each others hands, give the knowing nod of "together we stand, divided we suck," and deal with life with the enthusiasm that combined, conscious effort on a bumpy day leads to smoother days ahead. And that's what it's all about.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
You of all the signs, get the greatest boost from the Libran parade fixing to commence. Don't you just love a parade? Cars drive up and down the parade route beseeching parade viewers to get up on the curb. The parade is ready to begin and the drum corps need room to maneuver. You hear the beat of the drums and feel the increasing vibration stimulating your anticipation. Moments later, the flash of colors of uniforms, drums, flags and horns steps out of the mirage as you look down the street. Here they come! It's parade time. Ah, so a check of the newspaper indicates no parade scheduled for Labor Day or before. Let's not get too literal now. This is a parade of planetary participants marching past your reviewing stand of personal relationship. First comes the planet of doing and deeds. Do your thing. Reach for what you want. It helps if the thought/word planet supports your efforts. When your instincts realize what you seek to grab, say so. Then, the main flower-adorned float appears in the realization that you've got what you want. This parade addresses monetary and professional matters, too. No matter what the application, applaud, appreciate and say thanks when you get it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 21)
Since a good solid standing Taurus does not take well to the ground shifting under those cloven hooves, getting hip to a few energy shifts now saves grunting and groaning - not the good kind - later in the week. Believe it or not, a few shifts in daily routine and protocol go a long way in preventing tension. Focus on the evening hours as a point of adjustment. Set a few rules. No phone calls that disrupt dinner (put your home number on the "Do Not Call" list) and as schedules allow, have an interactive evening meal, all members present. During dinner festivity, make it about quality food and talk about productive, successful elements of the day. Problems can be sorted after dinner and a brief digestive rest. Requests for increases in allowance, the need for a new computer and submission of personal want lists are not dinner time stuff. Maybe consider a way/time that the kids assert their needs as to not upset your digestion. With your mate, get all domestic/economic matters sorted out of earshot of the little ones and well before intending to retire. What a funny term "retire" is. After retiring, if all goes well, you and yours get to put the pedal to the passion metal and go for a spin... that is, if all daily needs sorted neatly as the evening progressed. So sort and spin.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21)
Before heading off on tangents that make your heart sing how about one final check around you to verify there's nothing important yet unattended? A simple check that reveals no pending matter permits a distraction-free focus on the creative direction that feels like a hot coin in your pocket. Now if there is a pending matter and you just can't wait to get into your thing, make a note of it and assign a time frame you can live with to defer the task and still get the deed done ahead of schedule. While these seem like simple, obvious protocols, when Mars starts pumping his juice through your creative circuitry, it might feel that you head's about ready to pop. You would also benefit from the discipline of some "grounding" exercises. You can walk. You can weed the garden (and cultivate brilliant ideas while doing so). You can get a massage. You can meditate under your favorite tree; okay good luck with that with Mars occupying the first berth at the pier. The Martian energy fires through the same circuits that inspire intimate desires. Are you tracking that yet? If not, definitely sit still in a natural setting and breathe the energy into your core. When you awaken, make your desires dawn on your mate.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
While the communication energies of late have been intense, if you feel you've been talking to a wall, stop. You've stated your case, said what needed to be said, laid out the plan and delegated tasks, yes? Good. Now should others not respond in the way you feel is spot on and respectful of your thorough communications, take action. Take action does not mean do the things that you asked others to do since it's more pleasant and easier than nagging. Take action means do what needs to be done to get any train car back on the track. Bear in mind that only one car is off the track; it's not the whole dang train. Perspective please. However, without get that vehicle restored to proper position, potential system failures gain momentum. It's like when a pot boils over on the stove. As soon as you reach to address the pot, the scent of burning garlic bread enters your nostrils just as one of the kids spills some juice and the phone rings. Address one thing at a time. Preventive and corrective actions taken, its time for you to take the hand of the family member who can enjoy adult beverages or adult play time and get down to it.
LEO (July 23-August 22)
Remember the commercial of many years ago that offered the counsel, "Never let them see you sweat?" There's benefit in applying a similar adage now, "Never let them see you fret." This agenda applies to matters in which you might be presenting ideas for the first time. Trust that your research, logical connections made and conclusions are correct. Speak with total confidence. When you ask, "What do you think?" you have no opening for criticism or judgment. At that point your query requests cooperative involvement. Allow others the space to decide to get onboard or not. A tedious review of every detail already covered not only bores you; it wastes time. Allow no fretting to be seen when in the throws of financial planning, either. If dealing with your broker, give no hints of emotional concern as you ask for facts, figures and assessments. You know how it is with people riding the percentages of the money of others. If they smell vulnerability, they circle in patterns similar to turkey vultures. Be cool. Be calm. Remember, when it comes to the outcome of your life, you and your mate are in charge of decisions.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22)
There will be no stone left unturned or no item left in a corner without the light of your conscious attention. No siree! If a matter pops up, you're on it. If a life crisis fire breaks out, you've got all sorts of extinguishers at the ready. Take an LA approach to the week. Know that your earthquake kit is good to go, batteries fresh and water current. With that assurance, there's absolutely no reason to check the ground every few minutes for tremors. As far as the people in your sphere, you'll want to shed any chicken-little types that radiate negativity with every blink of the eyes. You need crisp, clear individuals around you who have the can-do confidence when it comes to problem solving. While considering worst case scenarios, these folks know how to create prevent strategies. These people are kin folk and you can begin discussions of life venture mergers with kin folk. Include your mate's opinion in any action you ponder taking, but ultimately, the decision is yours. Adopt an attitude of celebration. Every accomplishment, no matter how small or mundane, needs an acknowledgment that feeds to the general enjoyment of life. Before you know it, everywhere you look you'll see conditions in an ever improving state.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22)
By the weekend the planets suggest you could be three times happier than you are at the start of the week. Hard to believe? That's not to say this is an automatically installed update complete with a guarantee and free of the need to reboot. You have your hands to play out; two of them in fact. It's a trifle tricky. First you have to notice what you don't like about the way communications in the household (also at work, if applicable) are going down. Refuse to play negative based put down games and refrain from gossip and speculation at all costs. Instead, offer a template for improved, more pleasant communications and lead by example of applying the template with unfailing dedication. Next, notice what you feel is missing in both the area of budget enhancements and love nest attention. Again, come up with a proposed set of fixes. What can be done to supplement income? Cutting corners and eating cheaper food are not viable options. Figure how to apply the talent and creativity in that nest of yours. Speaking of nest, why not say nothing about, but take the initiative in getting the romantic mood perfectly positioned to address all of your idealistic and mandatory intimate parameters?
SCORPIO (October 23-November 22)
You might be a little quieter than normal, causing some dismay from your significant other. Are you okay?" comes the query. Make no bones about it. You're fine and more important, we're fine. It's just time for pensive reflection. When you wander out in the yard to visit with Venus and Jupiter of an evening, you might head out without saying a word. Such drifting with your inner current can seem like exclusion to a sensitive mate. It works better if you state your interest in sky watching/sorting the meaning of life and indicating your need for privacy or not. Most likely, sitting quietly together works just as well as solitude. Make a notation that being quiet and talk free is totally cool, maybe even preferable, these days. While the kids do their homework and watch parentally approved television, enjoy each others essence. When it comes time to call it a day, the imprint of the heavens offers up a multitude of terms you can apply to the night!
SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December 22)
Teach others to tie shoes and how to pick up the laundry. Every space clearing measure helps you make space to make your mark. Your big picture help the world mark to make grows disproportionately to events you witness occurring in your personal life. There's no point seeking a connection between your invigorated altruism and your work, domestic happenings or matters with your mate. There is none. Suddenly, though, you feel like picking up the phone, writing a check or seeking involvement in some way other than just shaking your head in disbelief at the reports of the state of the world on TV. Two things, this short term surge while well-motivated and absolutely inspired, wanes in a few weeks. To prevent a false start of a huge undertaking, why not consider doing some things that are less time demanding this year and yet have some impact. Next year, as the year matures to this same point in time, you'll be in the final countdown for something bigger and far more extensive. Next year, you'll experience less fit pitching from those who lean on you more heavily than you would like them to and thus, more space to take on larger missions.
CAPRICORN (December 23-January 20)
Is it fun yet? It should be busy and time compressing, that's for sure. Have you mastered that time compression energy output thing yet? It's too easy really. When the energy appears greased to do any task, document any idea or put some turns on the wrench, do it as the energy arrives. Energy applied during the flow causes people to get things done faster than evidently possible. Energy applied when not in the flow or when slugging out three more things before turning off the computer takes longer to get going and tends to create errors. Try this simple rule of efficiency both in the mundane activity life demands and important relationship conversations. When your significant other, work colleague or familial member appears asking for a word, do not defer your response past a few minutes. The energy and issue exist when the questioning party arrives. To nip things in the bud, be bud sensitive and handle questions and demands promptly. Let's make sure your mate does not need to put in a request for more focused attention. Focused attention means not talking about ideas and work in between gasps for air when enjoying the grandness of love attention.
AQUARIUS (January 21-February 18)
Go ahead. Take on a loftier philosophical view of it all. Remember that when your signsake pontificates, the spirit does tend to drift upward and out of the body. Using your natural oblique logic you could readily conclude the best time for pontificating would be immediately following an amazing intimate interlude with your mate. You would be correcto-mundo! The Sun, which demands conscious attention to matters at hand, joins three planets and a bunch of other stuff in the sexually motivated province of your horoscope. Your agenda could easily be get down and dirty, then with your foot or ankle crossing over that of your partner let the magic of mixing your essences be your muse. Drift away into wild speculation. It doesn't have to have any practical application - yet. You might want to also note that the crusading instinct slowly intensifies in the background of your psyche. When one of the kids seems out of sorts, you might want to check the horizon for a teacher who has taken an irrational hardness on the wee one or a bully on the bus. If so, when dealing on your offspring's behalf, be clear minded and articulate. The results are far better if you are.
PISCES (February 19-March 20)
Given the wealth of planets you experience in the relationship arena, let's review the four components presently involved. First, communicate. Speak without reservation; listen without overreacting. Clarify any edge that feels too sharp to regain perspective. Second, you and yours are on the same relationship team and have the same ultimate aspiration: to be content in matters emotional and material. Put all wishes and on the table without rejecting any that seem fantastical. Three, reaffirm the commitment. That's simple really. Every day promise to be the best you can for your mate and in this relationship no matter what. Four, adopt the premise that unless you're happy - really happy - you'll not put your best food forward. If you have to go against the grain, rock the Ferris wheel car at the top of ride or make a few waves to sort out details and neutralize complaints, get on with it. With all that done, it's promising to get really, really yummy and oh so wonderfully sexy for a well intended Pisces. Isn't that what you want?
Philip Sedgwick previously wrote horoscopes and astrological pieces for the Science Fiction Channel's website, the America West Airline Magazine, Media Village.com, StarIQ.com and will be restarting a column on ConstellationMag.com next month. Also a screenwriter, he and a creative partner (and just about ready to become a first time mom), are working the television and film marketplace. His chock-full website is: www.philipsedgwick.com and he can be e-mailed at: galactic@philipsedgwick.com
