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This week's AstroBarry Scorpio:

Please be mindful of how upsetting the upcoming week could be for many of the folks in your life. A Mars-Uranus conjunction, like the one applying to exactitude over the weekend, is one of the most telling astro-indicators of abrupt actions, erratic energy-releases and sudden creations of chaos. Naturally, the potential unsettling effects are too numerous to name… and the Uranus factor itself only adds to the unpredictability. But you, Scorpio, are one of the folks likeliest to dodge the worst of it—if, in fact, that's a desired goal on your part—simply by staying out of everyone else's pathways to pandemonium. That doesn't necessarily mean you must keep to yourself; rather, it's about being smart enough to know when not to launch an ill-timed confrontation or dispense unsolicited suggestions. As long as you remain the star of your own show and don't require anybody else to play a certain role in the production, you're good as gold. However, if your plotline is a love story, all bets are off: It could be a smashing success or, just as easily, a stinker of mythic proportions. Why? Because other people's participation is also required, and cannot be reliably counted on to adhere to specific specifications. (If you're really hungry for the intimacy, though, the possible intertwinement may be just what you're after.) Instead of inserting yourself into the eye of others' storms, focus on your own gratification. After all, you're the lucky one with the planetary permission to act zany and weird, thanks to Mars and Uranus conjoining in your solar 5th. And you need no reason to do so, other than it's fun or because you want to. For added enjoyment, spend time playing with kids… to get into the space of pure imagination, where everything becomes a game, and to stir up your creative juices.