What’s in your stars? Aries
20th March-20th April Being a fire sign, your energy is unlimited and you live life as if it were contained in an instant. With the giants Jupiter and Saturn in what’s known as a constructive sextile angle to your sun sign, a productive time is ahead for you. Jupiter represents progress, while Saturn brings a sense of direction – the perfect duo for your next move!
Cancer
21st June-23rd July Since neolithic times, the male has essentially been the hunter and the female the gatherer, creating two gender roles. Cancerians blend both, which is why switching parental responsibilities comes easier to them – as long as children are protected and nurtured, it doesn’t matter who oversees domestic arrangements. It’s a progressive trend to your credit – so congratulations, Cancer!
Libra
23rd September-22nd October An eclipse in November and December shows compromise is necessary as the year comes to an end. This you are good at, but in giving too much of yourself away you’ll lose out with your own needs. Don’t sacrifice these on the altar of another’s demands – fairness doesn’t mean everyone gets the same, it means everyone gets what they need.
Capricorn
21st December-20th January In astrology, planets are symbolic of life principles or forces driving the personality. Once such force in November and December is Mars in Scorpio, which focuses in your solar chart on groups of people. A social group will take up your time – you have a powerful need to belong, and for a while you’ll belong to a small but very eclectic gathering.
Taurus
20th April-21st May You’re being bombarded by challenges in your inner world as you look back at choices you’ve made. Relationships are the greatest source of security or insecurity for you; the latter may be having effects, but you’ve got great endurance. The test of good manners is to be patient with bad manners – if your finely tuned senses can stand it.
Leo
23rd July-23rd August So many old Christmas customs have been lost, such as Stir-Up Sunday at the end of November and the Festival of Candles, which were once part of working up to the big event. But a new moon in Sagittarius on 4th December presents the potential for you to help develop a new tradition introduced by a recent addition to the family.
Scorpio
23rd October-22nd November High energy in November will help prepare you for forthcoming celebrations – you might have to deal with your own inflexibility as well as another’s at some point, but it’s that time of year when emotions run high as well as expectations. On the plus side, familiar surroundings give a sense of security and reliability from an unexpected source.
Aquarius
20th January-19th February This winter, rise above your own personal interests and truly give more of yourself where it’s needed most. You are a born humanitarian, which is admirable, but in being so you sometimes overlook the individual. Pay attention not to the many but to the needs of the few in your inner circle. The personal is more important at present than the impersonal!
Gemini
21st May-21st June November will be busy, but in December a solar eclipse in your opposite sign Sagittarius and a full moon in Gemini ask you to be wise before an event. I don’t make predictions but use astrology’s time clock to help prepare for potentials. Yours is within a close relationship; it could be work or personal, but whichever it is, there will be consequences.
Virgo
23rd August-23rd September Your birth gemstone is the diamond – highly valued but containing hard edges. Symbolically, one of yours is the capacity to criticise. It isn’t always welcome, so needs a little awareness about the difference between constructive criticism and being judgmental. We’ve probably been there before, but sometimes a need exists to go there again!
Sagittarius
22nd November-21st December Christmas is coming! Did you know that a Santa Claus school in Beverly Hill trains 3,000 Santas every year, or that in the town of Santa Claus, Indiana, there’s a college offering a BSc in Santa Clausery?!? It’s fun, but tradition and culture play their part too – and Mars in Sagittarius this December activates all three in your life.
Pisces
19th February-20th March The turning of the tide brings together the old and new, and November and December hold powerful eclipses bringing waves crashing to shore, before sinking back into tranquillity as the forces settle. This sums up your emotions as one crisis hits another, ending in calm and leaving a peaceful atmosphere at Christmas, when you’ll count your blessings!
Gloria Mans studied astrology and astronomy over an intensive two-year period at the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London 27 years ago. She has since written for many publications, appeared numerous times on television and has an impressive client list. The legendary Fay Weldon calls her “magic” and BBC icon Valerie Singleton calls her “sensitive”. You can reach her at starglow@pc-q.net or via her website, www.gloriamans.com. 134 SHIRE MAGAZINE | November/December 2021
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