REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In addition to advice to the lovelorn, fashion coordinating, midlife-crisis support, and career counseling, I sometimes like to provide you with less practical help. I hope if you need nuts-and-bolts counseling this week, you'll have the sense to read a more down-to-earth horoscope. What I want to tell you more than anything else is that resurrection is your featured theme. Assume that it's somehow the answer to every question. Rejoice in the knowledge that though a part of you has died, it will soon be reborn in a fresh (though altered) guise.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you ask me, the devil doesn't exist. I just don't believe there's a big bad fallen angel who organizes evil forces to oppose God's goodness. I do, however, feel that each of us human beings harbors a little devil inside. It's the wounded, primitive part of us, the aspect of our psyche that is most ignorant and out-of-balance. Ironically, according to Carl Jung, this beast hoards and hides some of our richest potentials. If we can win it over with love and understanding, it grants us access to these treasures. Aquarius, you're in a prime position to sweet-talk your own devil.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): This week will feature brown and gray motifs, emotionally speaking. If you're under the mistaken impression that brown and gray moods are inherently blah and boring, maybe it would help to use different terms. How does "espresso and charcoal" sound? Or what about "mahogany and pearly silver"? The moral of the story: More than you could ever imagine, the precise words you use in the coming days will magically determine the shape and meaning of your experiences.