¡Feliz Año Nuevo and Feliz Cumpleaños CAPRICORN!

The 1st and the 27th of the month are your best days for success with reaching long-term goals and mastering difficult steps. Whether in the dead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere or the dead of summer in the Southern Parts, you will feel the perfect temperature within as your heart beats the full ritmo of life and you feel in tune and in step with all the music around you.

AQUARIUS

Your work is to free yourself up from heavy feelings of resentment and jealousy. This is not very typical of your sign, but very true to the Argentine temperament. Do you notice how many Porteños wear those little bracelets or anklets of red string? That is to ward off the evil eyes you are sending. A glance from you could trip even the most accomplished dancer. There's a better use for all that energy and you must find it! Best days for good karma - 2nd and 29th!

PISCES

On the 4th and the 31st, your fancy footwork will attract lots of attention and in general these are the days you can trust your feet to begin leading you down the right path for the whole year. An opportunity for a love affair presents itself on the 13th, but it will be disappointing if you are looking for a permanent partner. That kind of commitment is still a few months away. Best to enjoy your freedom while you can and change partners often in dance, business, and love!

ARIES

Fame and fortune await you and you are as excited and ambitious as a young tango couple opening an act on the Esquina de Carlos Gardel or the Calle Florida. You plunge right ahead and try your luck regardless of the venue, because you know that there are no small parts, only small dancers. You are anxious to be a pioneer and tango where no one has dared tango before. Be prepared to shine on the 6th and the 15th.

TAURUS

Buttons are safer than zippers on the dancefloor and you will soon find out why. The zip is fast and furious whereas the button takes time. You prefer the slow moves and these calculated steps are going to lead you toward discovering a goldmine in both your vertical and horizontal tangos. Best days to score great dances and more are on the 8th and the 19th. Just remember to zip the lip and keep your goings on outside the milongas a secret.

GEMINI

What a mess your evil twin has made of things. That's right - blame it on the other. Couldn't possibly be you that did anything wrong. Oh no. Not sweet, gentle, gracious, turn on a dime you. Face the facts; you are as unpredictable as the djs at the alternative milongas. You've been spinning some really crazy shit and your partner refuses to dance to it. If you want your "stairway to heaven" try acting more like an angel. Days you can do no (more) wrong - the 10th and the 21st.

CANCER

A fitting tango name would be Dolores but this month you'll feel more like a Dorothy. If you feel any dolor (pain) simply click your heels three times with an embellishment and change partners. Best days to take advantage of the magical Oz effect and get rid of munchkins stepping on your toes are the 13th and 23rd. Before long you will be dreamily whispering "There's no place like home." And you'll find that home sweet home right in the arms of your very favorite partner.

LEO

Saturn, that dirty old milonguero is still hovering in your sign and bumping you on the dancefloor. If you were in Buenos Aires, you would kick him in the head. However, this is not advisable unless you want to end up with some broken bones of your own. Avoid conflicts on the dancefloor at all costs and treat your elders with respect (whether or not they deserve it.) Best day is the 15th when you'll be able to strut your stuff without any interference.

VIRGO

You are enjoying the most wonderful tanda of your life. It almost seems too good to be true. And you are suspicious and just waiting for the 'other shoe to drop'. Hate to disappoint you, critical and faultfinding Virgo, but there will be no cortina to interrupt this set. Relax and go with the flow. This situation is for keeps. You will realize that by the 18th and count your blessings.

Libra

Trouble with buying or selling or renting a home is getting you down. This situation seems worse than being stuck in a bad tango tanda. At least you know with that scenario, you'll only be stuck for nine minutes or so. But this real estate business seems to go on forever. What's even worse, you've used up all your vacation time and there really is no more escape. Relax. Hold out for what you really want (and do the same on the dancefloor). Solutions and contracts will appear after the 20th.

SCORPIO

How do you feel about your next-door neighbors with the goat bleating in their back yard? Are you happy because they bring you fresh feta every Saturday, or do they make you nervous because you suspect they are Satan worshippers? For good or evil, the fact is, that some strange fellows now surround you. They sit beside you in the milongas and test your sense of reality. Are they saints or malevos? It's hard to tell but on the 23rd, you'll form a sensual bond or rather bondage because this interesting connection will extend way past the tango hour.

SAGITTARIUS

Most likely you will feel stuck in your tango progress and realize that you have a lot of work ahead. This will seem frustrating and you'll feel like giving up. I would tell you to hang in there except that the world outside of the milonga offers you much more immediate gratification. Take advantage on the 25th. Drop the tango fever this month and join the real world. Your reward will be very satisfying and the prosperity that will come your way can be used for another journey to Buenos Aires, where you are sure to get your tango fill.

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  January Issue 2006