Lifestyle Nov. 2013 | Page 33

30 As the month gets going on the 1st and 2nd, you are having a genuine blast. You are feeling fine, you are looking cute, you are more fun than a barrel of monkeys (or so you hear). Woo-hoo! Enjoy all this frothy fun, especially since you'll be needing to take a long, hard, serious look at what is really going on, under the surface of things, in a romantic, familial or work relationship on the 3rd and 4th. By the slightly electric-stormy 9th and 10th, you could be in for some clashes! Keep your ego in check (it can be a lightning rod for attracting problems, you know). Do everything right, and you still might have a couple of tense moments at work on the 16th and 17th. Stay calm, knowing you did your best. Your deep thoughts are a fertile breeding ground for amazing insights on the 21st and 22nd. Great days envelope you in their sheer amusingness on the 23rd, 24th and 25th. Do some hardcore breathing exercises to center yourself on the 30th. Paradoxically, this will help you see things from others' points of view better. Ah, you could be so very tempted to splurge on that new kitchen appliance that not only self-bakes bread but also bakes cakes, fries donuts and has a musical alarm clock on the 1st or 2nd. Before you do, stop and think, very, very carefully. Do you ever bake bread? Doesn't the oven work perfectly well for cakes? Aren't donuts super unhealthy, and not your favorite thing, anyway? And who needs a musical alarm clock in the kitchen, of all places? Then put away the plastic and go for a swim. It will genuinely make you feel good, unlike the quick-fix of retail therapy. Your hard work is rewarded, in big and little ways, on the 7th and 8th. Don't squander your energy, your financial resources or your precious time, no matter who thinks you should, on the 13th, 14th or 15th. Work requires your full attention on the 20th. Give it all you've got. A really romantic date or two are what you need, and what you get, on the incredibly flirty 26th and 27th. Great. Delve in deep, when it comes to understanding an issue, on the 30th. Your month is off to a pretty terrific start! So what if the rain is pouring down. So what if the winds are blowing cold. So what if the leaves are losing their color and drifting grayly into the choked gutters. It all looks spectacular, to you! Yes, on the 1st and 2nd, you are in such a good mood and you are in for such good news and autumn in all its autumnal-ness is going to seem so inexplicably wonderful, that you basically just can't go wrong. Embrace this fantastic start to your month, which will be full of amazing changes and even more amazing stay-thesames! By the slightly bluesy 7th and 8th, you need to retreat and refuel. Have you considered spending the afternoon soaking in hot tubs in a traditional Korean spa? Sweating it out in a Finnish sauna? Romance is at the top of your priority list, even if you don't realize it, yet, on the 9th and 10th. By the 15th, your range of relationship a