WED 19 AUG 09

You have wonderful intuition today, especially where it comes to hunting down bargains for your home. Don't be afraid to push a little bit for the best price. You may be invited to a party or social engagement, and it may involve a lot of "hoity toity" preparations.

One dream at a time, small hopes compounding to become great manifestations. All consuming fantasies have their place, but building possible dreams now can make the impossible one walk right in later on. Dream a little dream, for you and that special someone.

The Knight of Chalices card suggests that my power today lies in passion. Pursuing and expressing my hearts desire honors my love, passion, and beauty and is worth waiting, courting or crusading for. What I lack in external means, qualification or ability, I make up for with a true and dedicated heart. I am not a victim therefore I do not need to be rescued. I am empowered by patience or self-worth and my gift is emotional availability and devotion.

Seven of Swords You are running away from something. Hoping someone doesn't find out about something you did. Keeping people at arm's length. Lies. Theft. Avoiding your obligation and promises. Leaving a situation behind you. Desire for freedom from a situation; you're trying to sneak off. Hoping to avoid trouble. Two-faced. Dishonor. You've had enough and are ready to leave without guilt. Escape. Guile and cunning. You will find that your recent spate of generosity has some unlikely benefits. You could meet someone important to your career or financial goals as a result of your mutual membership in a club or charity. Your organizational skills have caught someone's eye. Sensible decrease of vitality; fatigue, exhaustion: these ills will originate from an excess of stress rather than from a lack of vitamins or minerals. You'll be more vulnerable than usual to a host of small ills. Kidney or bladder troubles will appear in certain natives who are predisposed to them. This astral environment will reinforce the need for many natives to reflect calmly, calculating and patiently elaborating strategies or laying down plans for the future. In this way, many things will be in embryo and will come out in a few months.

You may be simply busying yourself for the sake of being busy today. Taking on an endless string of little tasks allows you to avoid thinking about what it is you want to do with your life right now. Possibly a break from deep thought is just what you need, but sooner or later you're going to have to make some changes in your life to achieve fulfillment. The sooner you think things out the better off you will be. Chance should favor you, above all if you help it with a personal action. Whoever tries nothing will get nothing: you won't reach your objectives if you don't make the necessary efforts. You'll perhaps feel problems with your bones or vertebral column; these problems could be solved by massages, water cure or yoga. Your imagination will take a direction towards research with original realizations.