Friday, Dec. 16, 2005 Dear Readers: Instead of a blog, today I'm posting the weekly horoscope, normally posted only to the subscriber side of Planet Waves. If you'd like to receive the weekly every week -- and many other other benefits of a subscription, including access to the Parallel Worlds annual horoscope -- check out our feedback link. You can easily get to the signup area from there. Note, according to our terms of service, you are welcome to pay full fee, or you can request a discount or comp. The idea of this is to make sure everyone is included; our readers are generous enough with us that we can afford to run a business that doesn't discriminate people who can't quite afford it. For everyone who purchases a paid subscription this weekend, we'll include a six-month gift subscription for a friend. To take advantage of this, first subscribe online or by phone...then contact us from the email you've used and request the gift sub for a friend. Here is that feedback link...thank you everyone for your truly kind comments. It feels really good to read this stuff. http://planetwavesweekly.com/feedback.html We'll have more information on Parallel Worlds soon -- but you might want to check out Bridge to the Core, the 2005 annual horoscope. I am slowly getting my act together on this webspace (everyone else on the project is way ahead of me...) and we'll have something pretty special for you soon enough. http://planetwavesweekly.com/twdco99~/    e Planet Waves by Eric Francis Weekly Horoscope 589 - Dec. 16, 2005   Happy Birthday Sagittarius! (short edition!) The idea that you're developing is not going to come to fruition overnight. Indeed, it may take from three to six months to even rise above the surface of its foundations. During that time, you may be involved in the practicalities and the securing of resources, at first, more than you're involved in the actual development of the idea. But an idea there is, and resources there will be, if you will have a little faith and commit to seeing this through. Though at some points you may come to doubt the value of this concept or project, over time its value will become quite apparent and demonstrate that it was worth the time and effort.   Aries (March 20-April 19) It suddenly seems that the world is much more willing to give you what you need, desire or deserve (as you prefer to think of it). What has really happened is that your inner bank accounts, that is, your sense of your own resources and talents, have suddenly come un-frozen. In the time you've been spending less and, perhaps, earning a bit more, you've come to certain specific understandings of how your personal economy does indeed function and the extent to which this is based on your self-perception. It is remarkable how people notice you when you see yourself in a good light.   Taurus (April 19-May 20) You can, if you want, have a look at how your life can be in the future. This is rare enough; most people stand facing history, turning their backs on their own potential. For a moment, you can have as clear a vision as you like. You may be able to enter the experience and get some sense of how it feels. The vision and the feeling will both contribute to the process of making what you desire the most into something real and tangible. The most important factor is suddenly discovering your innate understanding of where you actually fit into the big picture. You will not forget so easily.   Gemini (May 20-June 21) Finally, you're able to direct your attention at the real issues, and to establish communication with a close partner or associate in ways you've long awaited. You would be wise to monitor, internally, the source of distance or discord, because if you can head it off within yourself, much more of your energy will be available for creative purposes in the world around you. The Gemini New Moon will, at least, bestow you with some ultra high-beam intuition, so there's little that will escape your perception, if you turn your sight toward it and look.   Cancer (June 21-July 22) Particular arrangements that you establish this week will have a blessed quality, and though you may want the arrangement to last permanently, it's not as transient as you think. The interval between the current breakthrough and a durable new stage of your life will take some time to arrange, but you are being granted this time to do precisely that. Certain specific negotiations, hashing out of mutual arrangements, and deciding on the extent of your commitment are all on the agenda. Take every step; leave nothing to guesswork. What you discern and arrange today will have implications tomorrow.   Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) Often the most important professional advances come through personal contacts, or within an organizational framework, you are simply favored for the strength and integrity of your character. Events this week and next are determined to prove, beyond any doubt, that you have the necessary ingredients to succeed in some unusual and direct way. Remember that the fixings for a cake don't just jump into the mixing bowl, however. You will need to put them together in the right order, and take the time to do it right -- but someone is noticing, and wants what you've got cooking.   Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) It seems that life is one constant and never-ending experience of getting in touch with your feelings. Really, it's that you have so many of them to make contact with, and it seems that your soul won't rest until you acknowledge them all. But herein is the catch: there can be no perfectionism in this exercise. There is no doing it right, there is no feeling the right way, and there is no need to drive yourself right to the edge of madness with any form of insecurity. Easier said than done; but while you're on the hunt for inner sensations, look for your actual, true and real sense of safety -- and you'll find it.   Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) Creative process always involves a confrontation with yourself, and some level of shock to your reality. This is why it's so commonly avoided, and so effectively, by so many. Paint by numbers is safe; actual painting is an encounter with blankness and the potential of uncharted meaning or inspiration. At this point, you don't really need to be inspired, you just need the experience of plunging into yourself with no real awareness of what will happen as a result. This is to say: the feeling I suggest you seek is not "creativity" per se, but rather, the sense of moving in the direction of the unknown and at least slightly daring.   Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) The complex knot of a relationship situation that seems only to have grown more tangled in recent months is suddenly coming undone. There is a boundary issue to be resolved, or perhaps many; everyone involved needs to claim their projections, beginning with yourself. There may be things you've said that you want to take back; there may be things that were said to you that you want to give back; you may, at this point, have things to say that you've held back for a long time, not feeling prepared to admit. It would seem that the time is right. But this window of communication will not stay so wide open -- unless you use it.   Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) This week, the Sun passes the Galactic Core, the heart of our island in space. This is joined by a Full Moon in your opposite sign Gemini; the Sun is conjunct Pluto. The result of all this astrology is that a full-on wave of Sagittarian energy will vibrate rocks, plants and all the critters that crawl the surface of the Earth. Not everybody is going to like it. And not everyone has to. But you have the sensitivity to rise up on the energy, to turn anger into passion, curiosity into knowledge and fear into light. Your intuition will be guiding you, but you may discover an urgent desire to write a few notes to yourself. Put them on paper, where they belong.   Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) A set of circumstances dating back to early August are rearranging themselves in your life and have offered you another opportunity to make lasting personal changes. You more than most people need to make incremental steps toward any goal, in part because you strongly favor lasting progress over temporary changes of scene. The situation that you're working out will lead to precisely that, and help you open yourself to what I can only describe as heart energy. Yes, on one level, the heart is gentle and receptive. And there are times when you need a strong push in the right direction; that seems to be about the shape of things.   Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Jonathan Cainer wrote recently that Aquarius is a much less passionate sign than Pisces. Normally I would agree -- but not, however, this week. Indeed, if astrology means anything at all, passion is in you and around you; emotional magnetism has turned itself to the on position and the result is that you're making a visit to a rather different world than the one in which you usually live. Like any altered experience of consciousness, this will have the effect of demonstrating what is possible. If you find the experience humbling, let it be because your fixed beliefs have been shaken, and another vision of life revealed to you.   Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) For quite some time, you've lived with part of your perception in a blind spot. This has at times been annoying and a source of uneasiness, and at others, has been the inspiration for needing to see so badly that you really have been able to see through a wall. Certain rare factors that are assembling in the heavens now suggest that you will be able to walk through the wall that seems to surround you. There was a time in your life when this was much easier than it typically is now, and if you follow this particular thread of experience, you'll be given a chance to reconnect with a quality of being. Don't push -- just be guided.