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Free Will Astrology
horoscopes for week of January 8, 2004

Aries (March 21-April 19)

The astrological omens say it's a favorable time for you to seek greater exposure and get yourself noticed. But there are relatively bad ways and good ways to proceed. Do not, for example, distribute nude photos of yourself over the Internet, proclaim your mad love for an unavailable genius in a full-page newspaper ad, or bust up a meeting with a screaming tirade about how brilliant your ideas are and how stupid everyone else's are. Instead, try this: Spruce up your physical appearance, stoke your charisma, improve your packaging, and hire a marketing consultant.

Want more clues? Need further insight? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Sixty-six-year-old Taurus actor Jack Nicholson is a paragon of receptivity. "I'm dying to have my mind changed," he told "Esquire" magazine. "I'm probably the only liberal who read Treason, by Ann Coulter. I like listening to everybody. This is the elixir of life." Nicholson's refreshing declaration should be your words to live by in the next couple of weeks, Taurus: It's your astrological season of expansion and experimentation. Don't just grudgingly agree to open your eyes and have your theories challenged. Learn to love the uncanny stretching sensation.

Want more clues? Need further insight? For more details about your destiny in the coming week, check out your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

I believe you should draw your inspiration this week from the British graffiti artist Bansky. He bought an unremarkable landscape painting at a flea market and glued a police "Do Not Cross" tape onto it. Then, disguised as a shuffling old man, he smuggled it into London's prestigious Tate Museum and managed to hang it on a wall, where for a while it was regarded as a legitimate work of art by visitors and staff alike. Is there some place in your life that needs a comparable touch of prankish levity, Gemini? Any overly dignified or formal environment that could use the healing touch of a gentle lampoon?

Want to hear more about the hidden factors influencing your life in the coming week? Listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

The oldest woman to have a number one pop song was Deborah Harry, born under the sign of Cancer. She conquered the UK charts with "Maria" when she was 53 years old. The world's oldest astronaut was another Crab, John Glenn, who flew on the space shuttle when he was 77. Now you, too, have a chance to make history through success in an activity that most people might regard as impossible or inappropriate for someone your age. Don't let anyone shame you into shrinking from the challenge, whether you're 25 and thinking of entering a bubble-gum blowing contest or 65 and considering the possibility of windsurfing down the Amazon River.

Life will be a gorgeous mystery in the coming week. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Leo (July 23-August 22)

I really like a lot about "Suga Suga," a song by hip-hop artist Baby Bash. The rhythm is crafty, the lead guitar line tasty, and the chorus melody infectious. I love Baby Bash's sinuous rap cadences and Franky J's gorgeous singing. The lyrics of "Suga Suga," on the other hand, are vapid and vulgar. And the video of the song is morally idiotic, depicting men leering at a succession of surgically sculpted women who dress and preen like android porn stars. Is there anything in your life that you both love and hate, as I do "Suga Suga," Leo? I'm betting the answer's an intense "yes!" What should you do about it? Try to ignore the part you're allergic to, or else abandon the entire enterprise altogether? Don't make a decision until at least February 1.

Where do you want to go in the coming week? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pope Jean Paul II has canonized 477 new saints, exceeding the total of the last 86 popes combined. His secret? Previously, candidates had to have performed three miracles, whereas now it's two at most. Other saint-makers have been inspired by the Pope's example. The Church of the Subgenius is creating an average of 2,100 new saints per year (non-Catholic variety), while the Discordians are close behind with 1,875. I'm embarrassed to say that my own faith, the Temple of Sacred Uproar and Rowdy Blessings, has been lagging far behind -- until now, that is. In honor of the miraculous feats of beauty, truth, and love that "Free Will Astrology"-reading Virgos have been pulling off lately, I hereby bestow sainthood on every one of you. You may hereafter put a "St." in front of your name.

Want more clues? Need further insight? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Accountants are experts about money that doesn't belong to them. A scholar may read the texts of mystical spiritual traditions but not be able to enter into the sublime states of consciousness described therein. Please refrain from getting into a relationship like this with the resources you need, Libra. Don't just study them; own them. Seek up-close experiential immersion, not conceptual understanding from a distance.

Want to explore the coming week even further? Dig deeper? Push harder? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Creativity comes in a wide variety of forms, from the unruly originality of an avant-garde music composer to the brilliant tactics of a four-year-old manipulating his parents into buying him more toys. The creativity you will specialize in during the coming weeks, Scorpio, is a cross between that of an engineer building a bridge over a steep gorge and a gadfly who prods two ancient enemies into sitting down to talk. It will fit the description articulated by writer William Plomer: "Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected."

Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Sagittarian Pudge Rodriguez is one of the best catchers in professional baseball. Last October, he played a major role in helping the Florida Marlins win the World Series. His contract expired at the end of the season, however, and he was insulted when the Marlins proposed a future salary of only $8 million per year, a 20 percent reduction from the $10 million he earned in 2003. He rejected the Marlins' offer, and made his services available to other teams. Though I admire his fierce pride, I urge the rest of you Sagittarians to be less demanding. If you're offered 8 million of anything -- hugs, gold stars, M&M's, dollars -- instead of the 10 million you wanted, definitely take the 8 million.

No one knows you better than you do. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Following Castro's revolution in 1959, 11-year-old Carlos Eire was exiled forever from his beloved homeland of Cuba. Raised in America, he became a Yale professor, but never lost his yearning for paradise lost. His recent memoir, Waiting for Snow in Havana, recounts his cherished memories. "In the past 38 years," he wrote, "I've seen 8,917 clouds in the shape of the island of Cuba." What's your equivalent, Capricorn? A missing treasure you're reminded of whenever you gaze upon the ripples in a lake? A fugitive dream that floats across your mind's eye as you're falling asleep? I predict you will be united with it in 2004. A crucial pointer will arrive soon. Watch the clouds.

What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Aquarius (January 20- February 18)

In a recent speech, "Boondocks" comic strip creator Aaron McGruder said that if liberals want to regain power in America, they'll have to learn to be meaner. Leftist singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco echoed the theme in an interview in "Indie Culture" magazine. "It's our job to help and inspire each other," she mused, "but I don't think that all my songs have to be about nature and children and love and hugging. There are ways of helping people by expressing anger." I almost always advise you to err on the side of compassion and kindness, Aquarius. But this is a perfect moment to take McGruder's and DiFranco's words to heart. It's crucial that you find ways to creatively and constructively channel your sacred rage at what's wrong in your world.

Got enough clues to chew on for a while? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week.

You can also hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM FORECASTS for your life in 2004.

For part 1 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "3 Weeks Ago."

For part 2 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "2 Weeks Ago."

For part 3 of my report on your destiny in 2004, click on "Last Week."

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

In hopes of helping you fully claim the rising levels of goodies and self-confidence that are now available, I urge you to sing or chant the following rant ten times a day for the next two weeks. "All I ever wanted in life was to make a difference, be worshipped like a god, conquer the universe, travel the world, meet interesting people, find the missing link, fight the good fight, live for the moment, seize each day, make a fortune, know what really matters, end world hunger, vanquish the dragon, be super popular but too cool to care, be master of my own fate, embrace my destiny, feel as much as I can feel, give too much, and love everything." (Thanks to Tatsuya Ishida at www.sinfest.net for dreaming up this set of affirmations.)

How much do you want to know about your destiny in the coming week? How far do you dare to go? For more insight into your shimmering, undulating fate, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week.