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Your SmartScope for November 2009:

We want life to be easy and fun all the time. We just want to live and let live. We want to get what we want when we want it, and we don't want it to be hard. But life isn't like that.

Sometimes we have to face challenges. It's just a fact. So the best thing we can do is learn to recognize those challenges when they come along and then do the best we can with them.

The next challenge you face, try this approach: be truthful. Use your mind to figure out exactly what is going on. Decide on a plan for how you want to deal with the situation. Make sure that your plan fits with your values. And when things get tough, don't give up; that will only make it worse.

Challenges aren't always something that we want. Sometimes, though, we look back after a challenge and realize how much we've grown and how much better off we are now that it's over. We get to places we never could have if the challenge never came along.

This November, give yourself that chance to be the great and wonderful person you never would have been if you didn't take on some challenges.


About You, Cancer:

The Myth: According to Greek myth, Hercules - one of the greatest Greek heroes - had to perform twelve labors, and one of them was to fight the many-headed monster Hydra. Hera - the Queen of the Greek Gods - didn't want Hercules to win, so during the fight, she sent Cancer the crab to distract him. But Cancer was no match for Hercules, and the crab was crushed under Hercules' foot. Hera appreciated the little crab's effort, though, so she gave him a place in the sky.
Cool Fact: The stars that make up Cancer's constellation aren't very bright, so if you want find it in the sky, you have to pick the right time to look. Astronomers say that is during the month of March.
As a Cancer, you might be... loyal, loving, imaginative and moody
Careers a Cancer might like: Bank executive, gardener, chef, nurse, museum curator

Famous Female Cancer:

Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936) is an American poet whose writing involves feminism and her African American roots. In 1969 her first book of poetry, Good Times, was one of the New York Times' 10 best books of the year. Since then she has gone on to write and publish many other books, all of which have been received with high critical acclaim. She has won grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Coretta Scott King award, and an Emmy award amongst many others. She has also served on literary arts boards, taught at colleges, and has had poetry featured on television programs such as the "Today Show."

 
   
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