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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 Venus Change Takes Hold

The love planet, Venus, spends the first of many days in one of her favorite parts of the sky. The harmonious and artistic realm of Libra is home to the romantic and aesthetic energies of love. In the weeks to come, Venus concerns herself with adding beauty to our days and making small lifestyle improvements to enhance the state of the heart.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Challenge yourself to leave a situation before you respond to it. Even if you’re only walking away for five minutes, that’s enough time to come up with a better communication than you’d have reflexively. TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

There are interesting people out there you’d like to meet and equally interesting people who want to meet you. Your social efforts will pay off rather quickly now, so don’t miss the chance to mingle. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The No. 1 rule of the day: Don’t agonize. You’re creative, and to make the most of this you’ll need to make many decisions and execute them fast. Take the lessons and move on -no regrets! CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Like a real pro, you are brave without being reckless, focused but not oblivious to the competition. This attitude will carry you into an exclusive situation where you’ll meet worthy opponents. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Maybe it won’t do any good to explain yourself. Those who would understand don’t need the explanation and those who don’t only get more confused the more you talk.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). For those waiting for the one day when it will all just click in, you know better. There’s no great light switch to turn on -- not one gigantic click, but a ticker tape of small understandings you come to with daily awareness.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Those who are overly concerned with stating their personal truths are often too melodramatic for you to take seriously. Emotionally mature people put kindness, compassion and cooperation first. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You can’t tell what’s going to make other people happy. You can’t even tell what’s going to make you happy. So just do your best. When things don’t land quite right, shrug it off. And when they do, celebrate. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

The language of souls is hard for you to miss these days. As you listen past what people say out of a sense of social appropriateness, good manners or obligation, you hear the soul’s cry. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

It’s not just the supporters around you who are aware of your potential. Those who knock your confidence on purpose are also aware. You can take it as a compliment that they see you as competition. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It’s true that people have stumbled upon treasures like gold, but as for most of the better things in life, they cannot be found; they have to be assembled. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Today, while going about normal business, you’ll often be doing something very different in your head. You’ve a rich inner life. Your private world is only for you -though you may share glimpses with a trusted loved one. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 30).

It’s a year of expanding options. The next three months are especially socially active. You’re a quick study and also quite impressionable, so put yourself around good influences. You’ll win a prize in January. This will be a game-changer. The love you share will feel as legendary as the stuff of poetry and song. Virgo and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 40, 44, 20 and 13. ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS:

“I’m dating this Aquarius guy. The other day I caught him talking to himself in the mirror. He was saying: ‘You’re amazing. You stand out in the crowd people know you’re something special. You deserve the best the world has to offer.’ He didn’t know that I could hear him, and I snuck away, embarrassed about catching him in this private moment. I assumed he was rehearsing something he was going to tell me later. But he never said any of those things to me! Now I’m sort of wondering if he was just talking to himself. Is that normal? It seems not only odd but also pretty conceited. Other than this weird thing that happened, I’ve enjoyed going out with him. What do you think?”

Aquarius has a reputation for being open-minded, so it makes sense that your guy would be receptive to putting confidence-building techniques, such as mirror-talking, into practice. You should take this whole scenario as a compliment. If he feels that he needs a confidence boost in order to be his best with you, then he must think very highly of you. The important part is that he’s willing to rise to the occasion!

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Jenna Elfman will get lessons in “dharma” along with all the other people celebrating birthdays this week. The sun and Venus in Libra emphasize the natural order of the universe and the great beauty of simple cause and effect. This lovely Libran actress (born under four graceful Libran luminaries) has a record of sweetness and philanthropy, which will boomerang directly back to her.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 Solar Design

The designer says, “You can have it in any color, just as long as it’s black.” The original intent of the creator of a thing will influence the experience of using and owning it, but ultimately the creativity of others cannot be contained. In this stage of the Libran solar journey, expect mutations, mashups and remodels, some of them most delightful!

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There’s something you want to forget, but it’s not going to go away by your just willing it so. Instead, you need a replacement thought or action to gravitate toward. That will start the change. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Young children tend to react to events as though each state of things were the only way they will be forevermore. Of course, every state is temporary. Knowing this is one way to get past it with more grace. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It is foolish to make decisions based solely on logic and intellect. Feelings have real-world effects that are often more impactful than any intellectual reality. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The tendency to ruminate on an idea may very well be related to biochemistry and not in any way indicative of the actual importance, relevance or soundness of the idea. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Someone loves you deeply. Remembering this will make you feel braver, but experiencing it in real time will make you feel more powerful -- much bigger than the problem at hand. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

The internet is filled with wonders and horrors, often on the same page. Because you can’t unsee what you’ve seen, it’s more important than ever (on a wild and wide-open kind of day like today) that you virtually play it safe. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The psychic rules apply the same as the rules of the physical world do. If you lean toward things you don’t have, you’ll topple. The way to attainment is to stand straight, open your arms and invite life in. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re so creative that it’s easy for you to construct in your fantasy life a beautiful future you’d like to participate in. But instead of looking wistfully into the future, make now special by honoring all you have.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If the other person leaves, hangs up or in any way ends the interaction before you give the signals, don’t take offense -- nor should you take chase. It’s a test of your confidence. Stand strong and you’ll be impressive.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.

1). Your kindness will be repaid immediately by the feeling of goodness inside you, and then later there will be an interest payment you can use to cover future acts of generosity. A bonus in November: an award or the sale of something you’ll hardly miss. Romantic impulses send you on a journey in January. Capricorn and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 12, 30, 44 and 27. FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD: The harvest moon -- the first full moon after the sun’s crossing into Libra -- happens Oct. 5, a reminder of our interdependence and the importance of relationships. But the square of Venus and Saturn that is coming together urges us not to overvalue the importance of fitting in.

We live in a time of rapid changes for civilization -- changes that happen much faster than our biology can keep up with. We still have cave man urges and solutions in a world where many of those impulses hurt us instead of help us. One of those holdout traits from the cave days is the obsessive need to fit in and be wholly accepted by the tribe (the consequence of not fitting in being imminent death, as it was very difficult for a cave man to make it in the wild without a tribe).

As humans, we share many proclivities, preconditions and collective insanities. So when you’re going along with the prevailing culture and customary behaviors this week and you’re suddenly struck by the idea that “Hey, this makes no sense! It’s not even right!”, know that you’re in dangerous territory. But if you’re not brave about it -- if you don’t give voice to your realizations and concerns or act in a way to draw attention to or maybe even remedy the problem -- you’re missing the opportunity to contribute to the evolution of your race.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: “Tulip Fever,” the epic historical love story about the tulip craze of 17thcentury Amsterdam, is perhaps not the screen one would expect to find the likes of “Hangover” star Zach Galifianakis on (across from Dame Judi Dench, no less!), but bringing unexpected kinds of delight is just one of the many specialties of this Libra artist. Galifianakis was born when the sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus were all in Libra, the sign of art and aesthetics.

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