Jollean Schaffer

Virgo - August 23 - September 22

The 2nd or maybe the 8th or possibly any day at all is, most definitely, the first day of the rest of your life. It won’t do, from here on in, to hide behind fear that you are less (or more) than perfect. Your bitchy self-protection mechanism is irrelevant and out-dated. From here on in your world expects you to take full responsibility for your excellence. If this means more training or education or a better team to support your efforts, go and get it after the 18th. The larger world may seem to be collapsing or transforming – depending on your perspective. Most important is that you step up to the plate where you are able. That is enough. From the 17th – 21st don’t let idiot bosses ruin your day. Keep an open heart and do what you must.

Aries * March 20 - April 19

Love/relationship challenges you on the 2nd. It goes something like this - if you really love me you will buy me XXX. Maybe you can prove love with money, but not for long. Looking within from the 6th prepares you for issues that arise at the end of the month regarding perfectionism. ‘Only human’ is actually good enough. You do not have to be the hero of the world to earn your place in it. You are full of beans from the 8th – 21st. Inspiration comes easily and new projects of the heart, as well as business, present themselves. Frustration from the 23rd – 26th is only about thwarted desire. Checking your true motives clarifies all.

Taurus * April 20 - May 20

The heavy burden of responsibility weighs on you from the 2nd – 4th if you forget that change is the only constant! Support comes from totally unexpected places from the 8th – 10th and even more from the 19th – 22nd. Earth Day comes around in Taurus because Taurus is the earthiest of signs. Honour the Earth by showing gratitude for all the amazing ways you have been supported. From the 23rd – 30th chaos reigns. Look on the bright side when you remember that chaos is generally followed by a new and possibly better kind of order. Looking on the dim side of this issue leads to the bull-in-china-shop effect. The more you try to control things, the more you break.

Gemini * May 21 - June 20

Snow falls, rain happens, sun shines down on us whether we see it or not. Such is the nature of our lives. Good days or not-so-good days ... spirit always lights the way whether we are aware or not. Cosmic philosophical thoughts are allies in this up and down season of your life. Celebrate friends on the 2nd. Express love in words from the 7th – 9th and the 21st. A wild wind blows through town upsetting the balance from the 23rd – 26th. Dress for success in any case from the 27th – 30th. You triumph over all on the 29th when the sheer force of your will knocks back opposition and shows without a doubt that you are a match for any whirlwind.

Cancer * June 21 - July 21

Some days feel like miracle and wonder; other days not so much. Good or bad, it’s all in your perspective but no one doubts that we live in times of intense change. From April 6th begins a progression to strong changes occurring around the 29th. For you these changes are in your belief system. At the top of your game from the 7th – 9th ask yourself, “What for?” Where is the value here? From a place of success and positive ambition, from the 19th – 21st, consider if it makes you happy. From the 23rd – 30th use the answers to those questions to navigate the chaos of too much information and no one stepping up to say what’s right or wrong. Unless, of course, you want the job.          

Leo * July 22 - August 22

What if true loved rained down? What if real wisdom flowed from every tap? What if this world was a place you could do your best and that would be good enough? Play the what-if game with your truest love and watch your relationship transform, especially from the 8th – 21st. If you are down a quart on dreams or wisdom look for something to learn after the 17th. Passionate tangles and misunderstandings rule the way thing are from the 23rd – 26th. To disentangle you will need a strong focus and a lot of faith in the intentions of the other guy. Luckily this seems available to you from the 28th – 30th.

Virgo * August 23 - September 22

I can’t tell you how many Virgos have been turned away from the Pearly Gates because I don’t know. What I do know is that if you were turned away it would be because you were meant to go in by some other gate; maybe the Gate of Gnarly Trees or the one for True Earthlings. So stop acting as if this isn’t your planet. I’ll admit that you are under a lot of stress but come the 6th they won’t have you to criticize any more because you have had enough! In your very own, brilliantly insightful way, challenge the past, your roots, the general behaviour of humans, every chance you get. This culminates around the last four days of the month when all adversaries back down because there is just no arguing with truth. That said, I remind you that the most worthy and intimidating adversary is the one that lives inside…

Libra * Sept. 22 - Oct. 22

You are caught in the headlights of your life for the first 5 days of April. All things beautiful and gracious as well as the other stuff want your attention. Don’t to the Libra denial thing but rather take up the challenge and you’ll be amazed at how much you can change for the better or best from the 7th – 21st. Plans to improve family life as well as your mind are supported by your primary other. From the 23rd you must confront that age-old issue of the devil in the details. Glitches you never dreamed of present themselves in ways that would make you laugh if you could stand back a little. So stand back, have a good laugh and beat the devil at his own game.  

Scorpio * Oct 23 - Nov 21

Are you having fun yet? Being creative? Falling in love? If the answer is ‘no’, don’t despair. After the 6th energy begins to rise until it reaches a crescendo of self actualization by the end of the month. What does this look like for a Scorpio? The best of your Scorpio traits; intensity, perception, an unerring instinct for knowing what makes people tick is amplified through your work from the 7th – 9th, on the 19th and 21st. The more difficult aspects of your nature; suspicion, paranoia, a terrible need to control or manipulate, are fed on the 10th, 23rd – 26th and 30th. These qualities are two sides of one coin. Greatness is always shadowed by difficulty. It’s what makes you so interesting. It’s what you came here to master. Scorpio fun indeed!

Sagittarius * November 22 - December 20

Shadow dancer, dancing with your own shadows and those of others. It’s a lot to carry, no wonder you sink to the bottom sometimes. But then you come back out for the next, brilliant, enthusiastic round. Such is Life. After April 6th the undertow wants you but you bob back up with great vigour from the 7th – 9th. From the 10th you are drawn to love and relationship. Love and wisdom combine on the 21st; love, ambition and confusion combine from the 23rd – 26th. Expect a revelation that shows you how the present connects to the past on the 29th. This kind of truth will really set you free.

Daylight Savings Time starts on March 11th this year.

Pisces * February 18 - March 19

Expect the unexpected until the 7th. You could be a star in your own sky by the 16th. If the world situation gets on your nerves, turn off the radio, wear blinders when you walk by the newspaper boxes and let us know if you find a place to retreat to that isn’t this world. You are touched, like it or not, by world events sometime around the 18th. Don’t waste time telling yourself it shouldn’t be this way. Engage life as a spiritual warrior (or even a spiritual worrier…) and you’ll be amazed at what can happen. Unexpected benefits from all your labours come to you from the 22nd – 31st. Perhaps you have been talking with Heracles? You are no stranger to the 12 Labours.