Out of Time & Space Astrology

Your Best Self Musician in association with our Best of series (and each is a member of your Sun sign).

Libra/Libra Rising* (Sep 23-Oct 22): I balance. We are. Full Moon on October 14 continues to have a potent influence from your opposite sign of Aries. I am. With other directed Venus surveying swamp lands in Scorpio, your darker desires have rarely been more important. You can no longer afford to ignore your shadow side. Courageously peer into what you’ve been suppressing. Begin with that urge to go along to get along. Venus in Scorpio means that a charm offensive will not work. Envelope an “I am” Aries approach. Trust that your best self comes through decisiveness after a moderate period of reflection on multiple perspectives. Ideals spoken with swagger sweep the attention your way. However, it is the action taken that makes the difference between being a bloviating armchair philosopher and a real person with unmet needs wanting that to change.

Your Best of Musicians are Librans John Lennon, Flea, Julie Andrews, Chubby Checkers, Dizzy Gillespie, Giuseppi Verdi.

Aries/Aries Rising* (Mar 21-Apr 19): I am. The Best of you comes in that old Popeye statement: “I yam what I yam.” Borrowed from the Old Testament, burning bushes, inter alia (Latin for ‘amongst other things’), you are what you are. But, in this 3-D reality, how can you deeply know who you are without a relational “We Are”? That’s where loving Libran lays down to give your life joyous context. Born to stir us up, get us excited about taking on challenges. Your individual spirit glows with the illumination of 1,000 points of light. Especially with fire-breathing Mars in Leo and your fifth house of joy, self-determination and creativity. To top it off, the Full Moon was giving you stones of steel and a heart of gold in Aries. At your year’s midpoint, you can equivocate for only so long before you do not feel yourself to be authentically soulful. Your best self comes through getting to the bottom, the heart of things in the moment without a rigid adherence to tradition or precedence.

Your Best of Musicians are Arians Chaka Khan, Tracy Chapman, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Diana Ross and Henry Mancini.

Scorpio/Scorpio Rising* (Oct 23-Nov 21): I desire; we have. Funny metaphysical thing about desires; they mean you do not have. They represent what drives you to want more. More of what? What do you want to possess? Your opposite and security-driven sign of Taurus possesses (redundant pun intended) a preponderance of your answers. After control, you desire soul-searing intimacy. Time builds your trust of those bonds beyond physical hooking up (again another Taurus creation). With Taurus’ guardian angel (Venus) in your sign, you have excessive magnetism. Please do not misuse. Those you want to possess have lower defenses to your altered charms. If a female scorpion, your yang hits bright and intense reds of domination. If a male scorpion, you can soothe any and all savage beasts with well-placed soft sounds. Your KC best comes in when you know your security (read: financial) demands, and yet you know the impermanence of all physical things (read: transcending Taurus). You evolve beyond your quietly rebellious ways in direct proportion to your inner security.

Your Best of Musicians are Scorpions Mahalia Jackson, Katy Perry (we share the same birthday), Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Helen Reddy, Art Garfunkel.

Now, here’s the message of your complementary sign, Taurus:

Taurus/Taurus Rising* (Apr 20-May 21): I have. Depending on where you land in the American caste (read: class) system, your values have an excellent story arc that bends toward the stable and center. Oh, well. Extending the basic egocentric message of Aries into the bounty of springtime, you can easily use your exceptional mind to keep the status quo. When bohemian raised, you’ll eschew the capitalists. When spoons have silversmiths and maids to clean them, you’ll patronize the aristocrats. Every 18-19 months, your overseeress Venus will not have any of your rigid dismissals. The last staunch examination from the Goddess of joy, delight and pleasure was October 8-November 18, 2010. Good psychological work done, if and only if you review seemingly incomprehensible decisions made a year ago. Veracity is, as veracity does … sort of like in vino veritas (in wine, there’s truth). You are best as a realistic touchstone, untouched by the capricious sway of public trends and popular culture.

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Your Best of Taurean musicians are Barbra Streisand, Janet, Angela Bofill, Bono and Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire), Bing Crosby, Nicholas Ashford. Imagine a duet with Taurus Barbra and Scorpion Mahalia. I dare you. That’s Scorpion moxie at its best.

Sagittarius/Sagittarius Rising* (Nov 22-Dec 19): I see; we think. Good morning, Afghanistan! Good morning, Vietnam! Your forward-thinking self is looking toward the movie about our 10-year-plus occupation, no? The facts versus the revelation of spiritual truths slides in as your basic unfinished business. Your best self excites your community through a healthy combo of what can be proven healthily connected to your grounded intuitive vision of what could be. Without your persuasive ability to convince the skeptical and indifferent to an expanded meaning of life, we’d still be dragging our collective knuckles, barefoot and reproductive machines. Like Leo, you keep an old flame in your mind’s eye, even if it were a fantasy (you could’ve been a contender). Whatever. The best of your love comes through intermittent doses of blunt truth and warm compassion. I see you on a trip to Paris (or Seattle).

Your Best of Sagittarian Musicians are Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra. For the dense or complacent of your tribe, these two cities are where they were buried. For the female Sagittarians, how about Maria Callas, Cassandra Wilson, Christina Aguilera, Joan Armatrading and Nicki Minaj?

Now, here’s the message of your complementary sign, Gemini:

Gemini/Gemini Rising* (May 21-Jun 20): I think. Spider webs exist almost everywhere in your want-to-be-starting-something mind. Your thoughts are on fire. Now, this can lead to more circulation in your private regions, but I make no presumptions. Your best self shows itself through mirror gazing and rapturous reflection. You can develop a mature compunction to separate yourself from identification with what thoughts float through your consciousness. Your silence with those closest to you, when borne out of vengeance, keeps you locked in a karmic cycle of both being blind (“eye for an eye” leaves both parties blind, theoretically). The integration of your soul’s needs with the reality of your physical needs makes your daily world heavenly. Not all has to be explained.

Your Best of Gemini Musicians are Prince, Bob Dylan, Patti LaBelle, Lenny Kravitz, Judy Garland, Maxwell and Tupac.

Capricorn/Capricorn Rising* (Dec 21-Jan 19): I use; we feel. You can live your life as if you were a policy maker. Policy makers, if they have integrity, may become obsessed with their reputation and poll results. The using aspect elucidates your innate pragmatism. Being born at early winter, you learn that a sharing community has a much better chance of survival. Your best self mixes the cold hard earth with a heartfelt warmth that together sees each role we are to play in our community. You know someone has to risk setting (writing) the rules. Yet, when you ignore the individual love and affection that emanates from your opposite sign of Cancer, easily you become mercenary, hierarchical and joyless. Living from the sensitive reality that no ocean refuses a river, you inspire the excellence you seek by your own example.

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Your Best of Capricorn Musicians are Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, John Legend, Giacomo Puccini, Joan Baez.

Now, here’s the message of your complementary sign, Cancer:

Cancer/Cancer Rising* (Jun 21-July 21): I feel. It’s all right, you must learn to feel just that. The best of you come through the web of feelings and instincts for connection. You yearn to return to the womb, where all your needs are magically met. This Full Moon highlighted the tenuous balance between responsibilities at work (necessities) and your private life. Your ultimate best pours out of you as you evolve to see everyone as family, no more clannish thinking based on poverty consciousness or fear. Throughout this next week, you’ll want to pay more attention to your friends, exchanging warm embraces and mutual support. If it’s frustration you feel, express it privately. Stick to the facts, because sometimes you forget how your opposing sign of Capricorn succeeds through keeping the upper lip stiff, not allowing too much feeling to direct the relationship. Might as well see yourself as a Delphi priestess and live the motto “everything in moderation” (and that includes your feelings).

Your Best of Cancer Musicians are Louis Armstrong, Phoebe Show, Ringo Starr, Gustav Mahler.

Aquarius/Aquarius Rising*(Jan 20-Feb 19): I know; we will. Your best shines through your mindsets after a spell of investigating what you do NOT know. A speck of doubt is helpful like a spoonful of sugar and swallowing bitter medicine. Please note that there will be some of us who are not ready to make the same sacrifices. This Full Moon illuminated how you must strike a chord between what you know through factual investigation and what you’ve intuited through your quick visionary mind. Sure, close mates appear more intent on having their way, but I’m confident that compromises can be reached. If not, find someplace to volunteer your extra time. Your sweetness applied personally creates a healing atmosphere, as your opposite sign of Leo knows well. It is not a weakness to show your heart instead of your mind.

Your Best of Aquarian musicians are Wolfgang Mozart, Michael MacDonald, Anthony Hamilton, Shakira, Sheryl Crow, Etta James, Anita Baker, Leontyne Price, Roberta Flack, Alice Cooper.

Now, here’s the message of your complementary sign, Leo.

Leo/Leo Rising* (July 22-Aug 22): I will. You live to show off the best parts of your nature. Your life is what Shakespeare meant when he wrote “all the world’s a stage.” And, do you know how to play a curtain call. The week’s Full Moon accentuates your basic lesson, self-centered needs and community needs. As you scramble for the middle, realize that it takes courage to be onstage, but unattached to the role you’re playing. It is the paradox of participation and earnestness while being less affected by the audience feedback. Use a page out of opposing sign Aquarius’ script: Healthy detachment from what others think of you gives you an upper hand in negotiations (and brutal self-honesty re: your motivations). Your self-respect can amount to a religion; all the planets ask is know when self-deprecative humor is needed.

Your Best of Leo Musicians are Kathleen Battle, Count Basie, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Tony Bennett.

Pisces/Pisces Rising (Feb 18-Mar 20): I believe; we analyze. For you, it’s all service. One fish can chug margaritas, but your other fish has work to do. Your best comes through a conscious willingness to still believe in miracles. A measured dose of empathy doesn’t hurt either. The Full Moon on the 14th prods you to take the lead in an area of your daily routine (work) or health that you’ve been dragging your feet. Too much procrastination leads you to confusion and anxiety. You begin to imagine the worse, and then the other fish chugs more margaritas. That’s where complementary (but opposing) Virgo serves you. Your 1,000-mile journey to wholeness, health and wealth, as Lao-Tzu said, “begins with the first step.” Put on your favorite Nike (Goddess of Victory), and get to it.

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Your Best of Pisces Musicians are Teena Marie, Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Fredric Chopin, Johnny Cash.

Now, here’s the message of your complementary sign, Virgo.

Virgo/Virgo Rising* (Aug 22-Sept 22): I analyze. Anywhere but here causes you to lose one of your best assets: discriminating thinking. Imagine you’ve been cast as Medieval Alchemist in your favorite relationship. No judging your imagination, please. The thought police have taken a hiatus along with the three fates – no spinning, no measuring and, best of all, no cutting. Your best is how you can serve with dignity. Head erect, eyes direct and arms open wide. You know how to make any and all love come down (and out). Your ruler takes a darker turn in Scorpio (October 13-November 2). Your sharp mind sharpens. Please be sure to temper your judgments with compassion. Yet, if you want to get some major research done on how to quit a habit, person or ambitiously make your way up that corporate ladder, the energy’s there for you.

Your Best of Virgo Musicians are Valerie Simpson, Amy Winehouse, Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Michael Jackson, Dinah Washington, Nile Rodgers.

*The Rising Sign a.k.a. Ascendant represents your approach to life and the mask you wear. Read that sign as well to get additional information on what’s in store this week.

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