Pisces, The Fish February 19 to March 20 Modality: Mutable Element: Water Ruler: Neptune Keywords: Sensitive, sympathetic, selfless, sensitive, imaginative, intuitive, idealistic, secretive As a Pisces you are sensitive and compassionate, always looking to help those in need; you must be cautious that you don't always sacrifice yourself and your needs to those of others. You are creative and use your talents each day (whether or not you are aware of it). You appear to the world to be serene, but this face hides fluctuating moods. Try meditation or music, and avoid brooding, to help even your moods. You enjoy a select group of friends, few in number but close to your heart.

This weekend's New Moon in Aquarius occurs on February 13, 2010 (9:51pm Eastern/February 14 at 2:51am GMT). Teamwork, anyone? All New Moons signify a time of beginnings, to plant things and ideas that will grow during the rest of the Moon's cycle. For Aquarius, a fixed air sign that represents a collectiveness (of ideas, of people, of humanity, etc.), this means that this New Moon is a great sign to plant the beginnings of those ideas and projects that will help your family (or state, or nation, or world, or humanity, etc.) to prosper in the coming month. This Aquarius New Moon is also conjoined with the healing energy of Chiron. Use this healing power when thinking of ways to begin

I've written in past about the recent rise in popularity of "fortune-telling" services among Americans as our economy has taken a nosedive. These services, whether getting a tarot reading, and astrology chart, or even visiting a psychic or medium, can be costly. And it seems the Italians may have outdone us on this one: a report from the European Consumers Association shows that our Baltic friends now spend £5 billion per year on fortune tellers and astrological services. Just as more Americans have begun to look toward the metaphysical for answers during times of economic uncertainty, it seems the Italians—now facing their worst recession since the Second World War—are looking

Every year, I receive an email from my mother, who (God bless her heart) loves to forward on chain letters and random, unsubstantiated claims. This particular email always focuses on how, on August 27, Mars will come closer to Earth than it has in thousands of years and will be the size of the full moon in the night sky. This particular email is a remnant of the one sent around to celebrate the actual occurrence, when, on August 27, 2003, Mars came within 35 million miles of Earth (which happens only once every 60,000 years) and appeared 6 times larger and 85 times brighter than it normally does. The reference in the email to Mars appearing to be the size of the full moon was intended