Little Wonders

The Weekly Wonder; June 9 – June 15

Well, well, well, what have we here, my little Chickadees? Strange things afoot this week, what with Venus so close to the Sun and the two making such strong aspects to Uranus and Neptune by week’s end. First up: Venus and the Sun squaring Uranus on Thursday the 12th. Any emotions not firmly nailed to the floor are in for some serious upsets and revisions, as we’re forced to look at things from contrary points of view. This is awesome for all of you out there actively creating change and metamorphosing, but if you’re resisting any change in your life then the next week might not be so hot. Then Venus and the Sun trine Neptune causing us to rewrite our rewrites quicker than a speechwriter drafting a new version of an impending speech hours after a scandal breaks. We’ll get a sense of whether people bought those revisions by Sunday when the chips start to fall, but what with Mercury firmly in retrograde until the 19th, it probably won’t be until the Summer Solstice that we get any kind of perspective on the upsets of this coming week. Hang on to your hats, my lovelies, the road’s about to get a bit bumpy, and you may not be able to trust your backseat drivers as much as they tell you that you ought. On the other hand, if you’ve been planning a major makeover for some time, this is THE week to do it!!!! Those most affected: Gemini and Sagittarians born near the 12th of their months, like genuine Gemini twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, born June 13th, 1986, and Sagittarius Stuart Townsend, born December 15, 1972.

The Stars that You Are
Weekly Horoscopes: Remember to read for the sign on your ascendant too!

Aries
I have a friend with a really bad back who’s broke right now, but when she moved recently she paid movers to do it for her because she couldn’t stand the idea of ordering her friends around while she did nothing. Not that you’ve ever had a problem ordering your pals around, Aries, but this week you’ve got SO much to do and so little time to do it, that you might want to hire out. People working for pizza and beer will NEVER get it all done in time, and you’ve never been so aware of what that is exactly as you are now. And if you can’t pay your workers, invest in slaves! That mountain must be moved!

Taurus
You extroverted Taureans are in for some fireworks this week, as your dance card is filled and you’ve entered one of your stubborn periods, where you simply CANNOT understand why anyone would stand up to dance without learning the steps – you may be more inclined to hit people over the head than dance with them! As for you introverted Taureans, you’re just as stubborn, but a bit more gentle with it. Pull a Jo March and hide in a corner – you just may meet your best friend! Remember: he may irritate you on first impressions, but that’s why we need best friends: no one else will tell us the truth.

Gemini
I hated Scooby Doo because it drove me crazy how Shaggy and Scooby always solved the mysteries by repeating what Thelma said. But it illustrated how timing is everything. Gemini, things are crazy intense for you right now, but if you pay attention to the sudden insights you glean Thursday through Saturday about some major conflict you’ve been having you could be done with it forever. It’s time to clean house and make a fresh start in some area and suddenly you’re going to see it and it will be so obvious you’ll wonder why you didn’t see it before. Hint: “Thelma” told you, but you weren’t paying attention.

Cancer
They say that moving is the third most stressful thing that can happen to a person (after death and divorce), but not for snails! They just grow a house as big as what they need! That’s you this week, Cancer, effortlessly slipping into a new, bigger shell. This week take advantage of your ruler, the Moon, aspecting your sign Wednesday through Sunday to show off your metamorphosis, and don’t be surprised if people ask you where you got your shell. Tell ‘em you made it yourself, and they can too! Just click your sticky antennae together twice and repeat after me: There’s no place like home!

Leo
The show I dream of Jeannie, was a constant metaphor for being careful what you wish for. This week, Leo, you’re set to find out why, as you let your Jeannie out of a bottle and all Heck breaks loose! With Mars going through your sign opposing Neptune you’re set to make some pretty powerful wishes and then actually have the power to make them come true. Find your bottle by Wednesday, make a wish Thursday, and then watch the havoc you’ve wreaked all weekend long. Just remember, your wishes have power because they love you! You give them a reason to be! Now uncork that bottle!

Virgo
Wherever you fall in the political spectrum, you’ve got to admit that it’s pretty amazing that the first viable female presidential candidate ran on a platform of experience and established authority. Wow! Way to turn the tables and put a crack in the highest glass ceiling! Virgo, this week you’re set to turn the tables too, and in turning the tables, maybe turn the tables on turning the tables. With your ruler, Mercury, squaring your sign and squaring Uranus in it, it’s time to use your words to create change and turn people’s expectations upside down. In the process watch as you turn your own around, too.

Libra
Radical forgiveness is a movement based on the idea that even the most horrible acts committed by someone else are really committed for our own – or someone’s – spiritual liberation. The idea is that by forgiving your enemy, you will heal yourself from inflicted pain. Libra, if anyone can do this, it would be you this week, ‘cause this week you’ve got a chance to swap out your rose-colored glasses for rose-colored lasik and be in for some major changes as a result. Before you get your Jesus on, remember you don’t need to martyr yourself to forgive someone else! Love yourself and the rest will follow!

Scorpio
Revolution and revolt share the Latin root revolvere, meaning to rotate. Revolution used to refer only to the action of a celestial body in orbit or on its’ axis, but now it implies radical change and a shift in consciousness. But that makes me think of the three fates spinning our fates on their spinning wheel. They got blamed for a lot, but what if they were just minding their beeswax, just turning the wheel? This week, Scorpio, your wheel may seem to speed up, but imagine it hasn’t. Imagine it’s just spinning and you’re along for the ride. Ha Ha! Screw that! Get out there and push! Go on! Manifest Destiny!!

Sagittarius
Velvet Underground wrote this awesome song called I’ll be your mirror that has this one lyric which bears repeating and you’re just the one to repeat it this week, Sag, as someone in your life just might be doing this thing for you or maybe you’re doing it for someone else: “When you think the night has seen your mind, that inside you’re twisted and unkind, let me stand to show you that you are blind, please put down your hands, ‘cause I see you…” Time to give it up for someone else knowing you better than you know yourself, this week, Sag, and don’t cry over it. Odds are it’s gonna feel pretty good.

Capricorn
The infamous Butthole Surfers song Sweat Loaf sums up regret quite neatly: the funny thing about regret is that it’s better to regret something you have done than something you haven’t done. Cappy, play this song full bore in the upcoming week, since you are usually too full of self-recriminations about what you’ve not been doing to really pay attention to all the things you HAVE done. Get over yourself! And by the way, if you see your mother this weekend, be sure and tell her that just because you’re ruled by Saturn, doesn’t mean you’re ruled by Satan – although sometimes you may doubt that!

Aquarius
According to Carl Jung’s theory of projection a child is told that a certain behavior is bad and because he can’t bear to be bad, the child represses that behavior – rage, weepiness, sentimentalism. But you can’t get rid of basic human characteristics, so as the child matures he meets other people who express that disowned part of him or herself. Aquarius, this week you very well may meet one of those people in your life. The trick lies in distinguishing what it is about that person that you don’t want to be, and then be it!!! (Hint: don’t do it the way they do it – they aren’t half as cute as you!

Pisces
According to Malcolm Gladwell, tipping points are “the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable.” Gladwell has made an entire study of this phenomenon in a sociological context, and according to him, tipping points occur when certain individuals bring them about. You ought to check out his theory, Pisces, since those funny feelings you’ve got about The Way Things Ought To Be have never been stronger and you are seriously on the verge of about a kajillion breakthroughs. That tipping point is just the tip of the iceberg, and you, my dear, already know that.