Midnight Crystal Gazing for the New Year

(The lucky stone is only for 2004)

By TINY

GEMINI (May 22 to June 21)

2004 heralds a lot of changes - including a welcome increase in money. This year you can finally start to enjoy this new found wealth. As for your career and business trends this year, the crystal shows that your spirits are lifted with thrilling opportunities, and a positive outlook will help to clarify Geminians’ direction in the context of career and business. Regrettably legal affairs look bumpy during the early half when power struggles could turn ugly. Assert your rights through a smart lawyer. Don’t hesitate to spend time with a loved one in the family who needs some assistance. Fate provides you with a happy travel agenda which takes you far and wide where social life picks up dramatically, just in time for a happy holiday either in summer or winter. Welcome worthwhile new relationships instead of brooding over negligent old ones. Love life gives you sudden joys. A word of caution over a female’s health.

CANCER (June 22 to July 23)

New exciting developments at work and in business in January give Cancerians something very special to celebrate. Many of you have been waiting for a promotion or a boost to your worldly reputation. Rest assured. That occurs before June which will affect your working life in the most inspiring way possible. Love affairs look more prickly, however, it will be a rare crab who doesn’t snap at the opposite sex at some time in December. Curiously though an incident seems to fuel anger and disagreements at home during the later half. Bashful Cancerians are suddenly assertive now taking charge of their destinies and control over money matters. Travels and holidays are well aspected. You are climbing slowly but surely towards a distinct goal and laying the foundations for a new way of life. Trends show, you have a tendency to seek adventure, to take a gamble during the later half with the influence of Saturn, but it may not do you good.

LEO (July 24 to August 21)

This is an year to shine, get out, to publicise projects, present plans, advertise. You can make big things happen now. The greatest pitfall for Leos is self doubt. The influence of stars on your life is enormous. On the career scene fortune smiles upon you and gives you much needed sense of reality. A settled atmosphere which was lacking in your home and family is now yours. Jupiter - planet of travel, expansion and good luck rules your sign. Love and friendship are auguring well. The sobering Saturn and the unpredictable Uranus sometimes may bring sudden and dramatic effects in money and speculation matters. Distant people, and news from far-off places will give you happiness before June. Social life is lively. A word of caution over the health of a female later in the year. Absent minded Leos could mislay money, credit cards or purchases - hang on to valuables say the crystal sages with a blessing for expansion and self development which you currently need.

VIRGO (August 22 to September 21)

The new year provides happiness and achievements in your professional and business life. Timely financial assistance helps Virgos stabilise an erratic home situation between August and December. Mercury gives you the kind of environment you want in personal life. Luck in the form of a legacy, windfall or increase in your income is worth cheering too. Relationships give joy. Excellent chance for distant travels and holiday foreseen. Virgos must drop some romantic illusions which may occur in the working place; don’t settle for less than you deserve. However, you have a rare opportunity to go in for a purchase particularly a land or an apartment during the later half. Protect your health from excess of food and drink. Between June and August, devote some time to examine reasons behind confusion at work. Curiously pursuing that supposedly impossible career dream could be the most sensible course to follow.

LIBRA (September 22 to October 23)

The year 2004 provides plenty of social life, new friends stimulating enterprises in the work area. Problems in communications and transportation thankfully fade away now, and Jupiter - planet of love and expansion offers great happiness and success in the professional target. Venus promotes warmth and companionship for those who are involved in relationships. Ideally the holidays and travels should help Librans with a wind of change. Your self worth could take some hard knocks this year; surround yourself with people you trust. Your home is normally a safe haven but the early half is likely to witness domestic upheavals which will force you to make some changes and you may even decide to move to look for ways which can benefit you. A change of residence or place will do you a lot of good. Energy levels are low and you are advised to take good food to keep yourself fit. You will also participate in a lot of religious activities.

SCORPIO (October 24 to November 21)

Mars in your sign leaves you relaxed as the year starts ending a long spell of hard work. Pluto and Jupiter peep into your personal projects - or fighting to gain some career stability; you emerge from the transit with more clearly defined goals and ambitions, and a renewed passion for achieving them. Stationary Uranus could bring a change of residence. Scorpios want more space and freedom at home. Surprisingly Uranus also heralds sudden boost in your finances. Ultimately, by July, the way you earn your living will become a source of excitement and challenge. With Pluto being your well-wisher ambitions are ignited, you are fearless about going after your heart’s desire - whether that is a job, a creative goal or a relationship. Keep in mind an elder’s health to which a medical vigil is necessary. Your social life is hectic and new faces come into your life. Travels to distant places a reality.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21)

In 2004, Crystal shows that you will accomplish more than you have had for ages; take advantage of this unique time to put your life in order. Electrifying Uranus sponsors professional shifts or changes in management on the job scene - it’s a blessing in disguise for you. You will break free of old limitations. You want to change, grow, and become a whole new you! Make sure you get plenty of exercise and good nutritious food; don’t sacrifice well-being to any intense work schedule. Destiny provides you a needed break from work with relaxing holidays. Loquacious Mercury and loving Venus encourage open affection and intimate relationships with an opposite sex. Your love-life soothes away any work related upsets. Archers’ domestic life seems to show a rough going and caution with diplomacy needed to handle sensitive elders. Nevertheless this could be an exhilarating year for Sagittarians who decide to do things they have always wanted to do.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 20)

Jupiter’s entry in the sign of Capricorn enables Goats to realise heartfelt dreams. A new job or promotion, the chance to travel, the devoted attention of your partner or the thrill of a fascinating new lover could be awaiting deserving Saturn ruled Capricorns. Superiors are receptive to your ideas. Uranus brings unexpected changes in your home-life and could give you shocks and surprises pertaining to family members. Some of you may embark on new courses of study, acquire novel offbeat interests. The tempo of your daily life picks up. Happily under the influence of Uranus, romance could blossom unexpectedly in the course of everyday routine. Expect mix up and confusions in financial matters during the later half if you are in business. Pleasure is yours in sudden holidays and distant travels. Energy levels are low and health stars are faint in general. Get involved in morning walks and religious activities particularly in the later half.

AQUARIUS (January 21 to February 19)

Dashing Aquarians are advised to stay alert, but positive. The planets continue to beam brightly in romantic partnerships. Cosy domestic life gives you contentment and happiness in a big way. You are on an up-tempo cycle in your work and business area, but remember - you need patience and tact to handle tricky situations. Get-together with family and friends could be exciting but demanding. Aquarians are very generous with their friends and this year is no exception. This is a time when you can venture into long-term changes in your personal and professional life. Make hay while the Sun shines should be your policy between April and June. Travels and happy holidays can suddenly occur and give you a lot of hidden benefits. Wedding bells ring for the eligible. The good news for the year is that the psychological knots that have been blocking your life are vanishing now.

PISCES (February 20 to March 21)

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