ARIES (March 21-April 19): Edmund Kean (1789-1833) was one of the most famous British actors of his time. But the poet Samuel Coleridge was frustrated by Keans inconsistencies. To see him act, said Coleridge, is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning. You have bursts of brilliance that you sometimes dont follow up on. Youre like a superstar who loses your concentration. Ive got a strong feeling that in 2014 you will at least partially overcome this tendency. Your word of power is consistency.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) is known as the father of nuclear physics. He was also a superb teacher. Eleven of his students won Nobel Prizes. Thats the kind of teacher or mentor I urge you to connect with in 2014, Taurus. The coming months will potentially be an optimum time for you to learn deeply, and at a rapid rate. Apprentice yourself to those who have mastered the skills and savvy you want to acquire.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your last best hope to get rich was back in 2001. From July 2025 to June 2026, the cosmos will again conspire to give you another big fat chance. But why get bogged down dreaming of the past or fantasizing about the future when opportunities to boost your prosperity are in front of you right now? Financial luck is flowing your way. Viable ideas for making money are materializing in your subconscious treasure house. The contacts that could help you build your wealth are ready to play with you. (This offer good until July 2014.)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Poet Edmond Jabès had this to say about the birth of big creative ideas: For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound. I expect that you will experience a wrenching and amazing awakening like this in 2014. The opening youve been working for will finally crack its way into your destiny. It may be one of the most pleasurable disruptions youve ever had.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming months, you will exit a confined place or shed cramped expectations or break off your commitment to a compromise that has drained you. How the escape unfolds will have to do with how thoroughly you extract the lessons that your incarceration has made available. Give a gift to the people youre leaving behind, or offer a blessing in the area where your difficult teachings have taken place.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now that you dont have to be perfect, you can be good, says a character in John Steinbecks East of Eden. Make this your rallying cry in 2014, Virgo. Free yourself of the pressure to be the polished, ultimate embodiment of everything youd ever hoped you would be. Relax into being more content with the intriguing creation you have already become.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Folk musician Nick Drake recorded his album Pink Moon in a mere four hours. It took years for anyone to appreciate his artistry, but eventually Melody Maker selected Pink Moon on its list of All Time Top 100 Albums. Heres one way I suspect your efforts will be similar in 2014: You will have the ability to get a lot done in a short time. Here are two ways your fate will be different: First, you will have a big pool of trustworthy allies to call on for help. Second, what you produce wont take nearly as long to get the appreciation it warrants.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Eierlegende Wollmilchsau is a colloquial German term for a mythical pig that lays eggs like a chicken, provides milk like a cow, supplies wool like a sheep, and ultimately becomes bacon and pork chops. Imagine a futuristic smart phone that could interpret your dreams, trim your unwanted hair, fix you a perfect cup of coffee and tell you youre beautiful in ways you actually believe. Theres no such thing, right? Not yet. But theres a chance you will find the next best thing in 2014.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): We dont accomplish our love in a single year as the flowers do, says Rainer Maria Rilke in the Duino Elegies. Do you promise to take that truth into consideration in 2014? Will you devote yourself to creating the right conditions for love to flourish? In the past, you may not have been fully able to carry out this slow-building marvel; you may not have had quite enough wise perseverance. But you do now.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1588, the ruler of Japan confiscated the swords, daggers, and spears belonging to every citizen and melted them down to make a giant Buddha statue. What if you could melt down some of your primal rage and use that energy to build your personal equivalent of a Buddha icon?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The period between last July and next June is prime time to find or create your dream job. That might mean simply upgrading your existing gig. Or it could involve you rethinking your relationship with work and going off in quest of a new way to earn a living. The goal should be clear, and you should be more disciplined, organized, and determined than ever.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Singing teaches two skills that are essential for any creative process, says Rachel Bagby, the ability to listen and the ability to be flexible and spontaneous. 2014 could potentially be a Golden Age for your creativity, a time when you benefit from exploring and enhancing your imaginative originality. Cut loose with your vocal stylings whenever you have a chance, and take a vow to propel yourself out of funky moods with the creative energy of your singing.
Homework: Send me your New Years resolutions. Go to RealAstrology.com and click on Email Rob. For extra credit, send your anti-resolutions: weird habits and vices you pledge to continue.
