Horoscopes Eric Francis Coppolino
LEO
(July 22-Aug. 23)
Establishing your home space and creating an authentic sense of security for yourself have been themes of the past year. No doubt your living situation is better today than it was four seasons ago, but now the time has come to take advantage of that fact. Being settled in a space conserves energy and allows you to focus. An internal orientation helps you get clear with yourself about how you feel and where you stand with the world. These things having been accomplished, you will soon be faced with one of two things: what to do with this energy; or the sudden option for something new, different, and extraordinary. It appears, however, that through the next few perhaps long weeks, a time of soul-searching is in order, making use of your sanctuary and the peace of mind that it offers. One phase will follow the next distinctly: First the journey deeper in, then boldly out.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) How deep do psychological patterns go? Well, they seem to reach back many generations, but for a version of the story with good practical application, we can learn a lot by considering the years before we learned how to walk. We bumped into a lot of things, people, feelings, and experiences in those days. We were picked up and carried around against our will. We had a lot to say but lacked the words to say it. Think of yourself as going through a phase as a cosmic toddler. Notice, over the next few weeks, what just comes to you, what you bump into, and what you are told without having to ask. Notice what seems to pick you up and move you. Apply the metaphor to the contents of your mind. What has been coming to the surface lately, and why does it do such a good job of defying words or even coherent ideas?
LIBRA (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) Financial matters may seem overly perplexing now, but it’s an illusion. There is a complicating factor involved, and it’s entirely psychological. If you feel hindered from cultivating the resources you need, or from cleaning up old financial karma, break the situation down to the most essential facts. Emotions will deceive you now, because you’re likely to be overreacting and unconsciously dwelling on the past. Precisely what you must do is find the present, and conduct yourself in a realistic way based on your actual circumstances, your potential and resources, as they exist now. If nothing else, the planets this month will give you a fine lesson in some of the hidden ways you may feel about yourself—and how you can feel a lot better. Take things slowly, take them one step at a time, and keep an eye on the metaphors between the inner and outer worlds.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) You may feel you can do nothing right, and this may be giving you an urgent sense that you need to do something extreme. Mercury retrograde in your birth sign and a variety of other factors are creating an exaggeration effect, and you need to be aware of this. I suggest you let your mind go wherever you want, but keep count and notice whether you tend toward the negative outcomes or the positive ones. Now is the time to rewrite some of these psychological scripts on the deepest level. Rather than taking some kind of extreme action in the outer world, these are weeks where you can reach into your psyche and purge some of what has been troubling you for a long time. If you have the feeling that something is bothering you, let me give you a clue as to what it might be. You are designed for greater challenges than you’ve allowed yourself to take on in recent years. www.planetwaves.net 11/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM PLANET WAVES 149