This week's AstroBarry:
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21): Yet again, I return you to the horoscope from two weeks back, in which I first declared you the one who can't be stopped, due to the unprecedented pileup of planets in your sign. You're still that one, Scorpio, and I suppose the concept of 'being in power' requires very little clarification, other than last week's cue to make sure you use this special privilege toward something that matters. Now, then, I'll do my best to help by pointing out possible pitfalls that could trip you up, if you're not careful. (1) Don't neglect to consciously claim the unusual amount of authority, ardor and appeal you're currently wielding. If you don't stay aware of it, you're liable to forget the imbalance between you and the other person… and inadvertently harm them, as a bodybuilder might accidentally crush a child's hand when shaking it. (2) Don't try to hide what you're doing. Along with the increased force comes a decrease in your ability to escape detection. 'Sly' isn't so sly at the moment. (3) Don't attempt to compensate for an elusive emotional hunger by insisting on 'getting your own way' in unrelated situations. No matter how much you win, score or secure, your feelings are a wholly different case. They cannot be threatened into submission or placated with success in the material world. This is one thing your power position doesn't give you power over. (4) As I told you before, don't fool yourself into forgetting that certain power structures—the law, the corporate flow of command, the parent-child relationship—cannot be overthrown, regardless of what you've currently got going for you. Why fight against a machine that'll ultimately reduce you back down to modest size, when you can strive for more manageable victories?
As a Scorpio rising, I find my ability to be sneaky being impaired to be...disturbing.
Hah. I continue to think, "What the fuck romantic prospects are you talking about?" (or in this case, "pretty-faced possibility") in every dang horoscope. My social life has increased, yes, but it's still not in a "Ooh, look, teh hottiez" kind of way. So, gee, defining myself by my "partner" continues to be a no-go. Not that I think that is a great idea anyway.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Pick your person or people, and spend the week participating in activities or entertaining notions that nurture the connection you share. Don't sacrifice another set of too-long workdays to the higher cause, forgetting to touch both feet down in the grounding presence of your favorite relationship(s). And don't encourage yourself to take up so much emotional elbow-room that there's no free space for your partner, pal or some pretty-faced possibility to squeeze into your life. With all the personal planets crammed into your 7th house, you mustn't isolate or insist unnecessarily on independence. This is the moment in which to define yourself according to whom you hang near, swap advice and strategize with, giggle at and grope and generally adore. If you opt to adopt no companions during this time, then you're sending the universe a message: 'I have no intention to align myself in union with another. Leave me alone.' The universe tends to fulfill these intentions, too… and then you have no legitimate reason to blame your loneliness on some unlovability (a big nose, a fat stomach, an ornery personality or sexual hangup) you imagine you possess. You've got to put yourself out there if you wants friends, lovers or a lifelong spouse… and if you already 'have' what you want, you mustn't take it for granted by assuming it'll sustain without ongoing upkeep. According to the astrology, your 'right now' is all about relationships—how you behave in them, or how your behavior keeps you from them.
So, yup, my message to the universe is what this one says. So? And even if I wanted it to go the other way (and while this might change someday, in the meantime, Dad's still alive, it's National Novel No Time For Dating Month, and after that come the holidays from hell- in other words, my favorite time of the year to be single), it's not going that way.
