European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 0 5 t and stripes sunday March 25 2007 sunday Horoscope Mars and Neptune Are taking a Survey would you rather be right or harmonious would you rather do something Well or be a Genius at doing nothing what is better to have Beautiful pain or painful Beauty As in All surveys taken by planets in conjunction there Are no Correct answers but youre better for having considered the questions today birthday March youve sensed for some time that you could use More loveliness Grace and support from people and it comes this year next month brings lessons that fall under the category of How to adore yourself once there Learned you set a new tone and others naturally match the care in Lahav that you generously give yourself Libra and gemini people Are on your team Lucky numbers Are 306 1125 and 53 Aries March 21april a Loving partner is just what you need to ground you to Gether you find solutions for today strange and random problems laugh Ter makes it All better too if single a Taurus or Virgo Friend is your Anchor Taurus april 20may the people in your life May be thinking of you differently than youre thinking of them the late Mitch Hedberg said i dont have a Girlfriend but i do know a woman who would be mad at me for say ing that gemini May 21june your reasoning Powers meet your memories this afternoon youre so astute that you could finally figure out the minutiae of an event that occurred years ago aha cancer june 22july Energy comes from being in the Hub of the action go where the inspiration is thick youll know youre getting something important out of the experience when your thoughts Are so loud you cant hear your Mouth Leo july 23aug the More interest you show in a person the More interesting that person becomes it May feel like youre still getting to know someone who been in your life for years Virgo aug 23sept feeling defensive pay attention this is a valuable clue to help you unlock your psyche you May be harbouring hidden resentment being aware of it will help you release toxic stress Libra sept 23oct everything is Fine except for the sneaking suspicion that youre becoming indistinct melting into the tribal mind becoming another face in the crowd time to set yourself apart once again Shine Scorpio oct 24nov its been argued that this existence is a dream if so youre often dream ing within your dream lately in the Shower in traffic in line at the Post office and of course at night Mathis which brings the most fantastic dreams of All Sagittarius nov 22dec your wanderlust is paging you will you answer dont be surprised if following its Lead causes you to Cross Borders that require a pass port Pisces is the perfect travel companion Capricorn dec 22jan time for the Small things and the big ones handle them selves some of the habits that make you feel accomplished enriched and stronger Only take about five minutes like Reading or doing setups aquarius Jan 20feb you dont mind making sacrifices for those you love and youll be asked to do so this is your Opportunity to Shine such gifts dont come every Day so step up in your altruistic aquarian fashion Pisces feb 19march even though coattails went out of fashion two centuries ago there Are still those around you who want to ride on yours shake them off before they sap your Energy forecast for the week ahead Mars is All Man Hes testosterone and beards and deep Gruff voices hollering at boxing matches so whats he doing hanging out with an ethereal Muse like Neptune actually Neptune has classically been associated with male characteristics he was after All the greek god of the sea with a Long White Beard and Pitchfork like scepter which All seems Manly enough but lately Hes softened his ways and melted into the feminine Side of lifes balance thank goodness we women have very few luminaries on the Girty Side of the Zodiac save the Moon and Venus of course Many Modem astrologers con Sider Neptune to be a higher octave of Venus goddess of love and Beauty Neptune represents the powerful lightness of being the dream of the planet the collective unconscious and the balloon bouquet of buoyant thought this week Mars and Neptune Are sharing space in the futuristic phantasmagoria of aquarius making this the perfect week to play with your internal opposites like finding a spiritual ambition fighting for peace engaging in a silent primal scream or embarking on a journey to nowhere celebrity profiles Reese Witherspoon is not Only an Alist actress but also a business Force to be reckoned with she was the executive producer of the megabit legally blonde 2 red White blonde Aries people can wheel and Deal with the Best of pm and drive a hard bargain too look for More producing and acting combination projects from this Mother of two in the coming year creators Syndicate affair no matter How hot it becomes is still wrong dear dear Abby in married Hes married were in love and have been for eight years weve tried breaking it off several times Over the years but a Force bigger than both of us keeps bringing us Back together i never believed in soulmates or True love until we met our love is deep and unconditional our roots Are inter twined its a shame that it happened late in life but it happened nonetheless neither of us is Leav ing our spouses or family we Are both in our 50s and sometimes act like were in our 20s its magical is it wrong do we go on until something changes do we try for the 100th time to break away an affair no matter How you slice it will never be accepted in the eyes of traditional society so it will be perceived As unacceptable whats your opinion bewitched bothered and bewildered in new York yes its wrong yes youll probably go on until one or both of you gets caught and yes you May try to break away but somehow i doubt the Effort would be completely sin Cere what keeps the Torch burning is the excitement of the forbid Den legitimizing the relation ship would lower the tempera Ture because few people can sustain that level of intensity without eventually Fly he burning out Eddy your conclusion however is a valid one there is no such thing As a harmless affair what you Are doing is unacceptable and sadly when it is discovered innocent people will be Hurt dear Abby i just threw a birthday party for my 8yearold Daugh Ter and invited friends from her class All the kids were 7 or 8 years old the party was held at a gymnastics place where there were trampolines balance beams Etc my problem was one mom and dad who dropped off their 8yearold daughter when i turned around they had vanished leaving their 3yearold daughter Holly for me to take care of when the mom returned later to pick up her kids i told her that Holly had had a really Tough time she had cried constantly because she do what the older kids were doing and was quite honestly a handful the Mother offered no explanation or apology other than to shrug and say that Holly would have cried if they had tried to take her out of there Abby please advise parents of kids who have younger siblings to leave the Little ones at Home not every situation is Safe or appropriate for children of All Ages and it puts a huge responsibility on the birthday Childs parents to have to babysit rather than enjoy the festivities birthday baby Sitter Acton mass dear baby Sitter Hollys parents did not dump their Little girl on you because she would have cried if they had taken her with them they did it because they Are self entered had something they preferred to do rather than supervise their 3yearold and were too cheap to arrange for a Sitter they were Lucky that you were conscientious enough that in addition to your hosting duties you were Able to prevent their child from injuring herself i would say shame on them but they dont appear to have any letters for this column with your name and phone number should be addressed to dear Abby to Box 69440 los Angeles Ca 90069 readers can write to Abby on the internet at Universal press Syndicate dirty House Guys cleaning habits May be tied to genetics Are All Guys who Arent Gay Gross slobs so often when a Guys invited me Over after the second or third Date Ive discovered such a disgusting disaster area that i wish id worn hip High wading boots the specifics dirty wadded up towels on the floor a weeks Worth of dirty dishes in the sink decades of crud on the fixtures and a bathroom so vile that i put off using it until my bladders ready to burst do Guys simply not see this stuff do they see it and just not care and does it not occur to them that a woman might be turned off by such Sloven Liness and filth totally repulsed it int that Guys dont notice the filth it just takes them a Little longer like until the crud impedes Access to the bathroom or the jazz on the dishes evolves to the Point where it hisses at the dog now not every straight Guy is a Slob and not every Gay Guy is fastidious and sure there Are squalor dwelling Chicks out there but when a woman apologizes for her disaster area its Likely Shes telling you Shes run out of Colo coordinated kleenex and forgotten to pick up fresh Flowers because Many women cant imagine that a Man would think advice goddess differently than they do thanks in part to the toxic Mold that is Radical feminism they often take it personally when a Man invites them into what looks to be a one Petri dish decorated in a Landfill Motif the perceived insult May be Magni fied if Hes a Guy who typically looks shaved and bathed and like he picked his clothes out at a department store not out of a dumpster i mean jeez in Honor of your presence he have at least hosed the place Down the truth is As you suspected straight Guys just dont have the filth and disarray vision that women and Gay men do studies show Gay mens attention to environmental detail is similar to that of straight women but in general the female brain takes in More sensory data than does the male writes brain researcher Michael Gurian in what could he be thinking How much More visual detail does the female brain take in Well in an object recall test by York University psychologists Irwin Silverman and Marion eals women remembered the name and placement of 70 percent More items than the men did men can be obsessive about detail explains Gurian but their mental and visual attention is usually single minded and achievement oriented according to Silverman eals and other researchers a Guys tendency to let his Home become a pizza crust wilderness Refuge probably traces Back to our Hunter gatherer past mens current visual and attentional strengths correspond to what woul Dve made them successful Hunters the distance vision and mental focus needed to track and bring Home dinner instead of being eaten by what was sup posed to be dinner my German Friend Thomas can be awakened from a deep sleep by a Lone Crumb in the Middle of the counter if youre a clean Freak find a Guy like him otherwise if a Guys a Slob but a Quality Slob maybe resign your self to living alone and having him come Over to your place if you must live with him keep in mind that he probably int Leav ing a Trail of trash because Hes a bad Guy but simply because Hes a Guy to keep the peace hire a Good cleaning person hard to find but nowhere near As scarce As really great men you Click with got a problem write Amy Alkon 171 pier ave no 280 Santa Monica Ca 90405 or email copyright 2005 Amy Alkon creators Syndicate
