October 12, 2001

The moon dancing through Leo spreads a generous mood. Our attention moves from material wealth to lucrative ideas, lighthearted conversation and creative imagination. By nightfall, the Virgo moon will boost everyone’s energy by giving us hope that we can do better than we’ve ever done. Seeing friends succeed is what truly motivates us.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll experience instant rapport with new people, so don’t worry about how you’re being received. Having lunch with the gang, eating dinner with old friends, attending meeting and having brainstorming sessions brings good luck.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your enthusiasm at work earns you a spot in a bit project. Spend as much time at home as you can, because family will be a source of understanding and security. Don’t defer a payment; take care of it immediately.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Strengthen commitments, and take a responsibility of ownership. Tend to plumbing and other home repairs. Ask tough questions; you’ll get the answers right away. Tonight, your restless feet seek adventure, and you’ll find it, too.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Big shots are expecting you to chime in in a discussion at work, so don’t be shy. Assert your creative imagination. Last-minute financial maneuvers make a big differences – stay on your toes! Others recognize your mental strength.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Financial partnership, fundraising programs and popularity through employee associations are emphasized. If you can admit your fears to someone close, you’ll make amazing progress toward overcoming them.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (October 12). You take on plenty of responsibilities and handle them beautifully this year. De to this ultra-responsible mode, your life gets better in ways you couldn’t have imagined last year. New babies are due next April. Couples take trips together in November. Singles will reveal their intentions in May. Tantalizing love is possibly with a Leo. Your lucky numbers are: 31, 40, 25, 37 and 4.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Try to be patient with an indecisive loved one. Psychic pressure only compounds a problem. A misunderstanding is cleared up just in time to party tonight. Everything seems better when an exciting Sagittarius is around.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Making a visit to a financial adviser is favored. In the afternoon, you can help unhappy friends, but don’t fall into their emotional traps. If you’ve been waiting for someone to go to the next level, he or she will tonight.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Stop defending those who won’t take responsibility for their actions. A bit of glamour adds to your popularity this afternoon. You may just need to escape from it all, but make sure your absence harms neither you nor anyone else.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t try it, do it! In terms of your finances, assess where or when you are spending foolishly. Don’t take back a decision. People who work in retail, especially those who work on commission, have tremendous luck.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you know what you want (like you do today), almost any path you choose to take will lead it. Conference calls are lucky this afternoon. Leaving early from work won’t look good on your record.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Make inquiries; employment doors will swing open wide. Get out and circulate! Bring new people into your life, and renew old contacts. An ex-mate just might call to say, "What’s new?" This should be interesting.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Caution: An associate is more manipulative than you realize. Don’t get sucked into a losing streak. You’ll win a big prize for participating in a company event. Love will catch you by surprise this evening – the setting is exotic.

WEEKEND LOVE FORECAST: Under the Virgo moon, love has a persistent, thoughtful nature. Virgo is in an alert placement for the emotional moon, and it lends us a heightened sense of awareness. Singles are looking for someone they can trust. How a person performs on the job becomes a criteria for judging his or her character, and many singles are looking in the workplace for potential partners. Those who have made deep commitments in the past are particularly attractive, even if those commitments didn’t exactly work out in the end. Single dads with young children are absolute date magnets. Tonight and Saturday, everyone is feeling less creative about dating. Fight the urge to be critical – remind yourself that nobody is perfect, not even you. People meeting each other for the first time on Saturday may not get a very clear picture of anyone’s full potential. Sunday, as the moon moves toward Libra, things tend to lighten up. We should stop trying to prove ourselves and start communicating freely. Believe in your partner’s ability to grow.

COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Taurus and Scorpio could find themselves in a quandary this weekend, but this is nothing to fret about. The highs and lows of this encounter serve to strengthen love bonds and forge deeper emotional ties. Taurus is feeling courageous Saturday night and could put Scorpio in a spin. Confessions of love will be made on Sunday. They will find themselves on cloud nine for a long time.

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Copyright 2001 Joyce Jillson