In 2011 car traffic began flowing across Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, a newly completed span that joins the city of Qingdao with the Huangdao District in China. This prodigious feat of engineering is 26.4 miles long. I nominate it to serve as your prime metaphor in the coming weeks. Picture it whenever you need a boost as you work to connect previously unlinked elements in your life. It may help inspire you to master the gritty details that'll lead to your own monumental accomplishment.

The year is half-over! You're invited to explore the big picture of your life with my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for the coming months. Normally my Expanded Audio Horoscopes cover the immediate future. But this week, I'm reporting on the themes that I think will be important for you during the second half of 2012 and beyond.

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What will be the story of your life in the second half of 2012? How can you conspire with life to create the best possible future for yourself?