Out of Time & Space Astrology

Libra/Libra Rising* (Sep 23-Oct 22): The strictly business Saturn etches his perfectionist ways in your sign until next October. Growing up takes time, and it brings growing pains. In America, we have been working on a new social order since November, 2008, when the face of ultimate power in some folks’ mind changed. The color of the face is different; the underlying system has not. Where’s Libran Gandhi when you need him?Your personal authority has been under scrutiny for the last couple of years. You are being called to stick to your principles, no matter what others expect from you. Examine the gender roles you saw in early childhood. Enact another way to be in your closest relationships. If you’ve been telling folks where it’s at too much, take a chill pill and just BE. If you’ve been passively observing, but disturbed by folk’s behaviors, SPEAK UP (hello, Wall Street Protesters). In essence, be less responsible for another’s feelings, but know your intention behind all communication.

Scorpio/Scorpio Rising* (Oct 23-Nov 21): After those around you cease with the drama and criticism, you can get down to the work of loving each other dearly, completely and blessedly. You have amazing powers of speech and persuasion.Your feelings deepen (as if that’s possible?). The ever clever Venus turns herself into stark fall colors from October 8 through November 2 in your sign. Why wear pink when burgundy will do? Why hold back an earlier heartbreak story because you’re afraid to show your wounds? Attractive Venus wants extreme art, savory food and no-holds barred-sex (after you’ve been tested for emotional durability, her Scorpio self abhors cowards). Take no insight for granted. Heighten your awareness of what messages others are sending. No manipulations (if that’s possible). When in doubt, choose joy. You can be melancholy and introspective at another time.

Sagittarius/Sagittarius Rising* (Nov 22-Dec 19): Want to impress someone?Dancing will do it. Even if you have horrible coordination. Demonstrating joy through movement opens even the tightest of hearts. It is the taking of action that will bring support to you. You cannot rest on your past successes and continue to believe there will be folks waiting with baited breath. It’s an arrogance born out of insecurity, not real confidence. Just forget how you look. Concentrate on how you feel while moving. Those who’ve got your back will be receptive to what you’re wanting to share. After all, your major ruler is in Taurus, giving you storage rooms fully stocked by the nine muses. Inspiration abounds; you’ve simply got to get out of your way. Ego is good for identification purposes only (and getting you in front of us shaking your groove thing). Anything else afterwards is real soul, yours.

Capricorn/Capricorn Rising* (Dec 21-Jan 19): Imagine that a destructive force meets deep within your subconscious mind. In physics phrasing, it’d be the “irresistible force meeting the immovable object. “As Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the first Batman said of Gotham City, “This town needs an enema. “Your inner world needs one, too.Or is it now called a colonic? Everything’s gotten too heavy. How can your agile mountain-goat self have a balanced climb if she’s carrying too much within herself? The harder part is trusting that the destructively irresistible force is benign. Ain’t nothing that’s the real thing is going to be destroyed. What leaves no longer serves an evolutionary purpose in your life. Lightening your load doesn’t mean you’re going to be flaky and shallow. It’s helpful to make your own way, regardless of what those who allegedly have authority tell you.

Aquarius/Aquarius Rising*(Jan 20-Feb 19): You appear to be learning a new language. It is a manner of speaking about yourself and others through the use of “we” and “common good. “For every feel-good sports movie, the star player has to learn their value to the teamwork.(There’s no “I” in team!) The haughty, anti-social, ball keeper stories have been overdone. What about those who have to be convinced of their gifts and talents? Your new language can be internally played out. Start to monitor your thoughts regarding what you believe you do not do well. There are those on your various “teams” who see your value. End any neurotic self-depreciation. This sort of negative inner talk is as destructive to you as the other extreme of “self-appointed loner. “Both roles harm teams. Beyond the use of sports’ metaphors, the teams I’m referring to include co-workers, mates, friends, anyplace where an ego looks to be guided by something higher or more ideal.

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Pisces/Pisces Rising (Feb 18-Mar 20): Imagine that your health-care soldiers are on a purification alert. This is your time to make a difference in how you make sweet love to yourself. Keep your feelings above your belt (even if your pants sag). Like your opposite sign of Virgo, the balance between body and soul remains an important fulcrum, a lifelong challenge, as it were. To support your overall physical condition is realizing just how much your soul plays a major role. Soul, at least as I define it, is our witness. Our soul testifies to our feelings, actions and thoughts. Its major goal is to incite our evolution. You need the soldier, a.k.a. “solid ones” to give you that confidence regarding where you feel the weakest. Your soldier supports your soul, giving you lots of protection while you meditate on what you fear could be imbalanced within your body. Onward Soul Soldiers is a campy twist of a religious song to inspire you (to the healing power of laughter).

Aries/Aries Rising* (Mar 21-Apr 19): When you feel you are unable to take action or make your mark, you look backward to your successes. The problem with this spin-around stance to protect yourself is that it can come off as insensitive to those who are in the same foxhole as you. Your life cannot be a series of pioneering firsts, no matter what you tell yourself. Now, here’s the complex part: This doesn’t mean you’re supposed to cease acting as if your life cannot be a hall of fame of “firsts.” As long as you don’t get delusional about fact-driven history, you’ll be fine. An example of delusion is those who scream, “I want my country back!” or “No universal health care. Hands off my Medicare!” Facts that do not square with the feelings cause friends to not return phone calls, texts or emails. Outbursts backed by solid awareness of real actions you’ve made, comrade, keep the authentic folks singing your praises.

Taurus/Taurus Rising* (Apr 20-May 21): Earthy pun intended, be not the one to cast the first stone. You have a practical logic that magically guards you. Unless you’ve lost all contact with your self-worth, innately you know your value. Rarely do you mistake what someone owns for whom they are internally. However, when your sense of self has been constantly questioned or berated by a family member, form (and money/status) trumps the character’s content. That’s when you begin to throw your rigidly constructed rocks of judgment. This cement can be projected in the form of catty-like behavior or put-downs, no matter which gender you have at present. It is imperative that you take the higherroad. The more you use your empathy muscles, the less you’ll even want to throw stones. And, everyone is happily accepted, including you.

Gemini/Gemini Rising* (May 21-Jun 20): As the only flexible air (mental) sign, you can start anything in your mind and call it taking action. Thinking and planning are usually precursors to acting. However, you can easily get bogged down in your head and nervously do nothing. So, start nothing (or no one) that you cannot finish. Release those obsessive thoughts of how you believe everything’s going to go, even before you’ve begun. These thinking patterns are obstacles to your full satisfaction. The Moon (instincts) and Mercury (thinking) conspire to open your mind to accepting your heart’s desire. Take a page from The Wizard of Oz, and merge the scarecrow and the lion. Remember the adage “fortune favors the bold.”

>p>Cancer/Cancer Rising* (Jun 21-July 21): Letting go is rarely easy for you. In these exceptionally beautiful fall days, Libra time of year vexes you. When you want to be uplifting and inspiring, you must deal with the darker aspects of life. Empty nests and endings of all kinds plague your experiences. All loss isfollowed by gains. The tricky paradox is, you cannot attach too much meaning to your overactive imagination (unless you’re a writer or you’re keeping a journal). You may not believe it right now, but you’re evolving into a wonderful person who can handle almost anything in front of you. Make sure you get results for any effort expended, be that money, recognition or support from others.

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Leo/Leo Rising* (July 22-Aug 22): Your curious mind sits at the fulcrum of a seesaw. You’re going back and forth within yourself about some past squabble. So what if you didn’t show your best self? Most of us are entirely more forgiving of you than you are of yourself. The biggest secret for you is, who are you? That big ol’ mystery of where do thoughts come from? Was it nature or nurture? How much of both have constructed the mysterious being you’ve become? Once you answer the mystery, then you have a secret. You can tell anyone the secrets of your personality and soul, of course. And that past melee? The more you display your brash and confident self, the more we’ll follow you anywhere. Depressed? Cease brooding and exercise your body, challenge that stuck mind hovering over the abyss of perfection. Where did you learn that you were not enough? Another mystery, eh?Turn it into a known secret, then release it.

Virgo/Virgo Rising* (Aug 22-Sept 22): What or who thrills you? What or who gives you undeniable chills that you cannot deny, ala John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in Grease? After Sandy loses her repressed self, she inspires the musical ditty “You’re the One That I Want.” It is entirely too easy for you to suffer a number of slight harmful repressions like small paper cuts visible to no one, but felt intensely by you. If you must lie, know why and do not lie to yourself. Own up to your secret passions. Realize where you can be entirely too judgmental. Chills and thrills happen to remind you of the importance (and imperfection) of the physical body. You are an earth (physical) sign, which means your proverbial “beast of burden” has to be fed, yoked and walked. Cease marking time playing to everyone else’s stuck-up tune. Accept the one that you want, beginning with yourself.

*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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