European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes sunday april 152007 sunday Horoscope Holiday take the morning slow sleep in linger Over morning Coffee when the juice of the Aries Moon hits your system youll know if s time to move the ram is a solitary Ani Mal yet he Longs for someone with whom to share his Castle Busy Ness and motion Are fulfilling in their own right but at the end of the Day sharing with loved ones is cheering Nodars birthday april focus on All the reasons you can have everything you want out of life the reasons you cant have what you want turn out to be a Crock one by one you reclaim your dreams a Windfall in May is your first Good sign Scorpio and Capricorn people Are allies your Lucky numbers Are 94 3941 and 56 Aries March 21april if s a new Day and a new Choice to feel healthy and alive instead of shutting a partnership out ask for the space to focus on your newest goals once youve started tapping the Well youre up All night sharing your ideas Taurus april 20may what you might have otherwise missed a perceptive Friend catches so your Success depends on your being Able to Converse with some one who knows that conversation at its Best is an exercise in intense listening gemini May 21june use your foresight youll make an executive decision after All youre the ceo of your life on a Side note to accomplish anything in life you need twin groupies and fans get out and meet other Gemi Nis cancer Lime 22juiy you dont have to keep up with the Joneses to keep on the up and up comparing yourself to others is futile a Quick phone Call from a family member or personal Friend is an instant pick Eup Leo july 23aug your higher self is the Best business partner youve got by asking the enlightened part of your being for advice you cant go wrong imagine what the world would be like if every one used this spoon affirmation Virgo aug 23sept the emotional reverberations youre feeling Arent All in your head take All the time you need to process the satisfaction you get from deeply listening to yourself is invaluable Libra sept 23oct if you have any tendency to lose Faith in a relationship usually right before major turning Points Check it even if youve got it a figured out youre not the Only in this Ove Story Scorpio oct 24nov if you were a Carpenter youd Nail out a really great piece of work today if you were a laundress youd get a lot of laundry done and Well not All great accomplishments Are big the Small stuff can be magnificent Sagittarius nov 22dec remember when you did ail sorts of daring kid stuff you didst think twice about throwing caution to the wind put on your rollerblade or Gogo dance to old tunes today youre Wiser about your antics but no less a kid Machic Capricorn dec a fills 22jan every House hold has a division of labor and the Challenge is not treating your family As your serfs your abode is your love nest not your fiefdom an inheritable exclusive make a list of chores and make pm Tun aquarius Ian 20feb take a sunday drive to a nearby town or museum if s not so much where you go just go think of it As a Way to let All those ideas in your mind percolate release them they1 come Back but this time better Pisces feb 13march they say time is Money you say time is precious if you could make your Money work for you so you have More of Bot what would that look like a web site or Home based business is Worth exploring forecast for the week ahead this week brings the warriors new Moon the new Moon int till tuesday but Aries arrives Early every time Aries Energy is typified by the Battle Between ego and superego a breakfast of champions but Mars in Pisces teaches us to be less herculean and More spiritual War rior in our approach to our desires in Dan Mill ans Book Way of the peaceful Warrior the main charac Ter Dan has met defeat and needs a new Way of being in the world when he meets a wily character named Socrates at a Gas station he receives playful teachings on Paradox humor and change so crates disillusion Dan Paradox reminds us that were in the mys Tery and will never know How it All ends humor keeps our touch Light and our mind from thinking it can All be figured out change is the Core of life keeping the spiritual Warrior on his toes does being a spiritual Warrior mean relinquishing our personal wants and desires resoundingly no we achieve them More gracefully during the suns final Days through Aries the Warrior in everyone is called out How does this figure into your latest life missive advice from the thousands Earrold Sage hero know thyself celebrity profiles often Hollywood leading men age with dignity while leading women get Grace and memories of youth not so for Brit Emma Thompson whose sparkling Aries vitality is matched by Youthful Venus in gemini As her Appeal in childrens movies like Nanny Mcphee at tests writing is also a Joy for Thompson she wrote the Mcphee script and starred in it with her own mum creators Syndicate woman must learn to Deal with memories of unrequited love dear Abby my husband Garth and i have been happily married for More than three years and have an infant son five years before i began dating Garth i became friends with a Man m Call Herb after a few years we grew very close Herb and i acted More like a couple than Mere friends escorting each other to parties carrying on hour Long lat night phone chats before saying goodnight finding excuses to be close and to touch and a Mutual jealousy of any potential suitors for either of us eventually i realized i had fallen in Jove with him but i didst Tell him for fear of ruining my relation ship with my Best Friend while was never certain i suspected that Herb Felt the same Way about me except for a few occasional kisses and tender moments however our relationship remained strictly platonic As the years went on i grew restless it became apparent that even if Herb did have feelings for me he would never act on them it was at this Point that Garth entered my life he was wonderful to me and i knew it would be unfair to both of us to continue the Friendship with Herb so i consciously let our Friendship slip away while i fell dear Abby in love with Garth today my life with Garth is Happy and fulfilling and i know mat he is the love of my life despite this i still miss the close relationship i had with Herb while i would never attempt to Contact Herb i feel As if i am emotionally cheat ing on Garth because Herb crosses my mind several times a Day and i feel the absence of what was my Best Friend these constant memories make me feel guilty How can i find emotional closure from my past relationship needs closure in the Midwest dear needs closure it will take time and understanding on your part that unfertilized romances such As the one you had with Herb can be hard to shake anyone who has had a relationship of the duration and Type you have described has similar feelings and these feelings can pop up when we least expect them its almost like the craving for a cigarette Long after a person has quit smoking my advice is to Stop feeling guilty about your feelings Herb was the Center of your life for a Long time and in a Way he be came imprinted in your electrical circuitry this does not mean you Are still in love with him or that you Are betraying your Hus band because Herb pops into your consciousness further More the harder you try to sup press it the More he will appear so please remind yourself every time that Herb appears Why the relationship ended he was not your Prince charming he was your learning experience on the Way to finding happiness preparing you for the Man you finally married dear Abby what is the appropriate gift to present to your boyfriends parents upon the first meeting i am visiting my boy friends parents in their Home several hours from our own and was wondering what the polite and appropriate gift would be i have never met his parents be fore this visit and in unsure what etiquette Calls for Christine in Chapel Hill no dear Christine typical gifts for the Host hostess in clude Candy assorted nuts unless an allergy to them runs in the family or Flowers and after your visit is Over a prompt hand written note detailing How much you enjoyed meeting them and thanking them for their hospitality would be the proper gesture of appreciation letters for Tifis column with your name and phone 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 relationship not Ideal time to take some control of life my Boyfriend who shows signs of narcissism and misogyny enjoys your column and no wonder As you often indirectly Side with men by making women look like jealous shrews even if you Are right maybe these women who write you need some body to be Nice to them As for my Boyfriend his mom is a lifelong nut Job which Hasto affect How he sees women it Proba Bly Doest help that i didst have very positive role models growing up either he can be a real Jerk but Hes hot sex can be great and we both enjoy going to alternative Rock venues i guess in in a thing with this piece of work As an astrologer called him maybe Hes my karmic payback for not want ing kids of course youre torn youre a woman dating a misogynist a woman hater this is like being a Black girl dating a Guy whose leisurewear is a pointy White Hood or a jewish girl with a thing for Neo nazis or better yet Elie Wiesel on a dinner Date with Eva Broun this int to say theres no love in your relation ship As your boyfriends also a narcissist probably prone to blurting out i love you so much it hurts while you gaze deep into advice goddess his eyes and he gazes Over your shoulder into the Mirror luckily youve pegged the real problem Here which is me and then theres the Moon in aquarius Mommy retrograde what looks to be a Guy flip Ping you the Bird in sat urn or maybe its karmic payback the ridiculous notion that behind the scenes of the universe theres some Cross of Buddha Santa and a tax accountant calculating who been naughty and Nice and doling out Jerk boy friends to the intentionally Barren in reality Evi Dence Points to Fate being pretty random 4yearolds sometimes die Horri Bly in car Proba Bly not because some balance Sheet showed them sneaking cake before dinner or committing a coldblooded triple murder maybe your real real problem is blaming everything Short of acid Reflux for your current Situa Tion come on you Arent with this Guy because you lacked positive role models growing up but be cause you Lack a sense of person Al responsibility now that youre grown up or at least lots of people have rough childhoods at 6 id already killed Jesus or so i was told which made me rather unpopular and about As assertive As lettuce Well into my 20s that want working so i went off and worked on until i could toss off the punch line yeah i whacked him and i got away with it too the last thing anybody writing me needs is for Meto be Nice so they can feel better about Drain ing their life into a dismal relationship Many of the life wasters Are men Many More Are women and if i had to pinpoint the single biggest misery maker in relation ships its women who see having a relationship As a substitute for having a self the runner up people Loath to admit that their relationship int exactly a hailstorm of Bliss and its time they exercised a Little control Over what they let into their lives and what they let stay granted there can be extenuating circumstances like when your partner seems unique and irreplaceable you know like one of those rare men who into sex and Rock n Roll it could be Tough Landing that again unless of course youre willing to pull on a tight shirt and spend 10 seconds in a Beer line at a Geezer show got a problem write Amy Alkon 171 pier ave no 280 Santa Monica Ca 90405 or email  copyright 2005 Amy Alkon creators Syndicate a goddess advice 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