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Jonathan Cainer Daily Horoscope
for Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005

ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 20)
There are many ways to discover something. One way is to be told. Another way is to go looking for it. Yet another is to acknowledge missing information and wonder out loud where it went. Speaking as a veteran investigative reporter, I've seen that all three work equally well at getting closer to the truth. Today, you will discover that some important fact has gone missing; it may be in the form of a person who is unaccounted for as well. This conspicuous absence will likely set you on the path to understanding something crucial that you otherwise would have surely missed.

TAURUS (Apr 21 - May 21)
Recent developments have done their part to open certain doors to awareness, even if you're still feeling overwhelmed by all you need to get done. You need to apply some quantum thinking to this situation and find a way to view your circumstances that's much simpler than you're accustomed to. In particular, you still see yourself as trapped in the bonds of a partnership or personal situation, and cannot find an easy way out. But for what it's worth, the planets say that, far from being a hostage situation, this is set up so you do have one trump card you can play, if you really want your freedom.

GEMINI (May 22 – Jun 22)
A highly unusual turn of events developing over the next 48 hours will leave you wondering just when it was that you jumped down the Stephen Hawking rabbit hole. But stop asking metaphysical questions and start paying attention to who and what is around you, and what options you see. Your life is about to take some significant turns, and by every indication they will be substantial developments for the better. Your part in the equation is to keep your intentions clear, and specifically to not get lost in disbelief of any kind. While you're at it, forget your plans. They have nothing to do with reality.

CANCER (Jun 23 - Jul 23)
Certain decisions you've made are having an effect on people and situations you may not even realise exist - far from your awareness. But the results will somehow make themselves known to you, and may be doing so even as you read these words. The result will be to demonstrate your impact on the larger world, and on your immediate environment. This will prove that, far from being powerless over your circumstances or destiny, you actually are in a position to influence matters in a way that's good for everyone. The challenge may seem to be about harnessing a power that you don't really understand. In truth, it's simply about trusting yourself.

LEO (Jul 24 - Aug 23)
This week's continuing astrological developments, all of which verge on the surreal, may be leaving you with the feeling that you've woken up in an avant garde science fiction movie from the 1960s. If that's the case, then you're free to write the ending any way you want, making sure you include a few steamy scenes, philosophical dialog and surprise turns of the plot for good measure. Indeed, if life is a movie, it is your movie, because it's your life. It's likely to be a different life than it was yesterday and the day before, which is certain evidence that you are alive, learning and most of all, free.

VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23)
You can now give up something you don't need, and convert it to something else far more precious. The stars portray a picture of what looks like some kind of brilliant one-time trade on a financial market. But psychologically, I see an event that proves to you that a certain dark image of yourself really is a creature of the past, and while you're busy getting clear about that, you make a personal discovery that dawns on you like golden daylight itself. The resulting changes to your life will leave you wondering how you missed the obvious all these years - but why wonder, when you can simply live.

LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 23)
Yesterday's eclipse in Libra is far from over, as the planets continue to dance in their divine choreography - or rather conspiracy. Today, you will have tangible evidence of something that you have resisted or wrestled with for ages. True, it was so large you could not see it, but what unfolds this week will demonstrate that despite any lingering doubts to the contrary, your life is indeed blessed. It's also clear that anyone who has been less than kind to you will regret their actions, but don't get hung up on poetic justice. Your role is to be the bigger person, to refrain from judgment, and focus on what matters the very most. You decide.

SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 22)
For now, you need to make the most of a situation that you don't quite understand. Yet no matter how entangled you may feel, and no matter how sorely you miss the help of certain key allies, there is nothing that can stop you from making actual progress. But since you won't be aware of this fact for a month or so, when an entirely new planetary picture emerges, you must take your life from day to day and do your best to keep a positive attitude. You will have many seemingly good reasons to give up hope, and you will need to ignore them all, one by one, as a matter of discipline.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23 - Dec 21)
What appears to be a setback in a professional negotiation or personal situation is nothing of the kind. But if you interpret it as such, you risk having that interpretation stick. Therefore, since perception is so important right now, you must work with those you trust the most to keep your values and ideals clear, to focus on the most important aspects of your agenda, and to take advantage of every development that appears on the radar. Not everything is what it seems, and while the whole scenario may feel strange, there will be a long-term reward for all your substantial efforts.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
Ambition is a spiritually dangerous game, but at this point you have little choice but to trust your intentions. If you're true to the characteristics of your sign, you've never put personal gain above fairness and justice, and the current situation is offering you an opportunity to present the world an equitable deal. To pull this off, you must be politically savvy and a bit shrewd. Most people are not as intelligent as you, so you need to compensate for this. Partly that means knowing what to say and when to say it. Partly it involves knowing who you can trust and who you cannot - and acting on that information.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
There's a protective force watching and guiding your every move, and though you may not feel it directly, you can trust its presence. You are going through a series of transitions where your responsibilities are being increased, though you may not be aware of this fact right now. What you may sense is that your faith is being tested, but in truth the effects of your faith are being demonstrated. The human mind needs evidence of what is real, and you are no exception. But your true success will come when you let go of the evidence and keep your mind focused on what it clearly points to.

PISCES (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
Finally, things are beginning to make sense, but don't rush it because they have more sense to make. Given that your life has recently seemed as stable as a skateboard ride on an oil slick, you certainly have your reasons to doubt anything you see, hear or feel. But if you can look up over the edge of your doubts, you will see that you have reason to celebrate not just that you have made a mark on reality, but that it is making a mark on you. What happens next will have an unexpected side, but you will also have the clear sense that it was possible, indeed, inevitable all along.

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