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LIBRA (September 23 - October 22)

Can we please get one thing straight, Libra?

You don't have to give any more in terms of your blood.

Libra? Are you hearing me?

No more blood.

Blood is not needed now, not yours, not anyone's. You, who have been working like a fiend, pleasing many masters - and I bet you've got ten unfinished jobs as you read THIS - and the guilt of a hundred more - you stop. Just stop.

I'm going to say something to you which...well...here it is.

SLOW DOWN AND SMILE. IT'S YOUR GREATEST ASSET.

If there's anything you should do this July, this is it. Especially as you work!

Remember how beautiful you are. Remember your ruling planet. Venus, of whom the ancients wrote: "She stole the wits even of the wise". She was so enchanting and full of life that "flowers grew wherever she walked."

If all else fails, remember your last month, June 2004. It was more than a little challenging, was it not? Look here.

Until Tuesday, June 29, you're still spilling the sacrificial red stuff - most probably red ink, or pieces of red tape you're snipping away. Red tape has been holding you back in your work FOREVER. You've been dying to go forward with your projects and red tape has been blocking every door you've tried to open.

Snip, snip! Cut it all away. You are cutting your way to freedom.

Past all the beaurocrats who have been saying no, no, no. Past your inner beaurocrat who has kept you in a fixed place, treading water. Working hard or drifting aimlessly, the results may have felt the same.

Your ruling planet, has been retrograde since May 17. Lovely Venus makes everything easy, lovely, light, harmonious. You may have JUST started to feel a lifting in your struggle. The beginning of a breakthrough. Some relief ahead at last.

You're psychic, Libra! Venus goes forward on Tuesday, June 29, and allows you to go forward too. Easily, lightly, and with plenty of smiles.

It better be with smiles, dear Libra, because you are about to take the increased responsibilities that go with increased success. A promotion is yours if you want it. Allow yourself to be unafraid and on your feet with clear decisions. Take what you have rightfully earned.

Taskmaster Saturn has been making you work hard - but without all the rewards. And Saturn makes EVERYONE worry. You've become a master at worry!

But now: no more blood, and don't let them see you sweat. The last of the blood, sweat and tears belongs to the end of June. After this, it's about enjoying yourself. This not only allows you to do more work, but to do it more easily and quickly.

There's a lot to do, particularly the first half of the month as your promotion increases in momentum.

You'll be traveling and falling in love this month as well. New people are entering your life. And the new Moon on Saturday July 17 brings a completely new social chapter.

By the end of July you're ready for a fun holiday. Try to put it off until after July 23. You just have too many opportunities now to go away somewhere. Bravo, Libra! Well done and well-earned.

So, as you're reading this, with a hundred jobs still to complete, I would NOT go out this weekend if I were you. Nor make social plans for Monday. You'll still be working and finishing your 1,001 jobs.

So while you're reading this and still have a million jobs to finish you'll realize that at some point you'll even miss this crazy time.

Cheer as your love planet Venus releases her power to you. Draw close again to those family and friends you've become separated from. You've been separated from everyone, including yourself, for too long. You are now saying goodbye to that time.

E-mail this horoscope to a Libra or Libra Jupiter you care about - if you want him or her to do well this July!

Your days to push the envelope: Friday June 25, Saturday June 26, and Thursday July 22.

Also the days the Moon is in the SAME SIGN as your Jupiter sign. Consult Jupiter for more on this, and on how to be successful in the world at large.

P.S. Dear Reader, Happy Summer! It is - finally - here!

Isn't it time for us to take a breather from this time of madness, of difficult personal exchanges, and of too much to bear?

How often have you been able to make a wise decision when stressed?

Research has proved that anxiety and stress inhibit the brain's ability to function. We cannot think clearly and effectively when the brain is being short ciruited with anxiety.

I'm not talking about instinctual survival-based decisions - for immediate preservation of life - I'm talking about longterm life choices. These cannot be made during crisis. We have been living in a state of crisis-simulation for almost three years now. Complete with bright kid-friendly colors telling us HOW MUCH IS RIGHT. It has become harder to THINK.

I prefer, instead of Code Yellow; Code Orange; Code Red -- Code Linen; Code Off-White; Code Putty, myself. (Thank you, Saturday Night Live.) You need to take care of yourself, dear reader. (No matter how much success you may be having.)

You, and all that is inside of you.

I would like to share with you something that has always renewed my breath - and delight! About the choices we have, if we can but choose them...our various, incredible routes...Travel with me as you read this...enjoy the journey with me.

Extracted from one of my very favorite books, Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino. (Born a Libra, and yes, LIBRO in Italian means book!). Translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

In Esmeralda, city of water, a network of canals and a network of streets span and intersect each other.

To go from one place to another you have always the choice between land and boat: and since the shortest distance between two points in Esmeralda is not a straight line but a zigzag that famifies in torturous optional routes, the ways that open to each passerby are never two, but many, and they increase further for those who alternate a stretch by boat with one in dry land.

And so Esmeralda's inhabitants are spared the boredom of following the same streets every day.

And that is not all: the network of routes is not arranged on one level, but follows instead an up-and-down course of steps, landings, cambered bridges, hanging streets.

Combining segments of the various routes, elevated or on ground level, each inhabitant can enjoy every day the pleasure of a new itinerary to reach the same places. The most fixed and calm lives in Esmeralda are spent without any repetition.

A map of Esmerelda should include, marked in different colored inks, all these routes, solid and liquid, evident and hidden.

It is more difficult to fix on the map the routes of the swallows, who cut the air over the roofs, dropping long invisible parabolas with their still wings, darting to gulp a mosquito, spiraling upward, grazing a pinnacle, dominating from every point of their airy paths all the points of the city.

Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone.

"But which is the stone that supports the bridge?" Kublai Khan asks.

"The bridge is not supported by one stone or another," Marco answers, "but by the line of the arch that they form."

Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: "Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me."

Polo answers: "Without the stones there is no arch."

Water (a city of water!) is ruled by the Moon, and this July we have TWO full Moons. The second full Moon is called a Blue Moon. A month with two full Moons, a rare event, is always a dramatic month.

Tending to your Moon - that is, your inner needs and emotions - will help you to remain calm, to stay in touch, and allow you to make clear and good decisions.

For your inner child needs, read the horoscope for your Moon sign.

For example, if you are a Sagittarius with a Taurus Moon, read the Taurus horoscope.

Consider your inner child's needs to be Taurus (you need home comfort and security. Think how a cat is if you take them out of their home. Cats are ruled by Taurus.) Even if you are a rock n roll, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants Sagittarius!

If you are a Scorpio with a Libra Moon, consider your inner child's needs to be Libra (you need love-love, harmony- harmony, beauty-beauty everywhere.) Even if you are a independent proud I-can-go-without Scorpio!

And so on.

Read my astrology book for young'uns, and you'll remember your original Moon needs as a child. Trace the cause of what makes you inexplicably nuts on any given day NOW.

Here are some excerpts.

I also recommend - of course - Linda Goodman's Sun Signs. Her sections on the Child for each Sun sign are still the best around. She wrote her books for grownups though. When I was a kid, her book was the only one available for me to read! I've had countless people tell me they wished there'd been an astrology book for them when THEY were kids.

Now there's mine, and it is the only astrology book for kids (and inner kids) in print AT ALL, and I am asking you to help me keep it in print! Otherwise, there will be NOT A ONE. (It is in its third edition from Penguin USA, thick color pages, spiral bound, beautiful illustrations, with a poster.) It is also an amazing gift. Only $10.99.

You can buy it here.

Take care of yourself.

P.P.S. For an individual reading, please go to PRIVATE READINGS.

Until next month, dear reader -

Madalyn

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