""There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming."" Author Shauna Niequist wrote that. In accordance with the astrological omens, I endorse her perspective as true and useful for you. You''ve zipped through your time of fertile chaos, conjuring up fresh possibilities. When January arrives, you''ll be ready to work on stability and security. But for now, your assignment is to blossom. Halloween costume suggestions: beautiful creature hatching from an egg; strong sprout cracking out of a seed.

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PRAYER FOR YOU. An interviewer once asked me if there''s any special ritual I do before writing my weekly horoscopes. I told her that I say a prayer in which I affirm my desire to provide you with these three services: 1. that what I create will be of practical use to you; 2. that it will help you cultivate your relationship with your inner teacher; 3. that it will inspire you to tap into and use the substantial freedom you have to create the life you want.

If you ever want more inspiration generated in that same spirit -- beyond the horoscopes you''re reading here -- keep in mind that every week I also create EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES for you. They''re four-to-five-minute meditations on the current state of your destiny.