We cannot have any unmixed emotions, said poet William Butler Yeats. “There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.” I hope that’s OK with you, Taurus. In fact I hope you regard that as a peculiar blessing — as one of the half-maddening, half-inspiring perks of life on earth. The fact is, as I see it, that you are in the thick of the Season of Mixed Emotions. The more graciously you accept that — the more you invite it to hone your soul’s intelligence — the better able you’ll be to capitalize on the rich and fertile contradictions that are headed your way.
This article appears in Nov 24-30, 2010.