TAURUS: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Imagine you're in a large room full of costumes. It's like a masquerade store at Halloween plus a storage area where a theater troupe keeps the apparel its actors wear in a wide variety of historical plays. You have free …

GEMINI: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In his tune "Empty," Ray LaMontagne sings: "I looked my demons in the eyes. Laid bare my chest and said, ‘Do your best to destroy me. I've been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.' " It's OK …

CANCER: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I know a Tibetan Buddhism devotee who got a heavy message from her teacher. He said she's made such exemplary progress in her quest for enlightenment, she's earned the ultimate reward. When she dies, she'll enter nirvana! …

LEO: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lawyer John Keogh filed an application with the Australian Patent Office for a "circular transportation facilitation device." His claim was approved. He thus became the owner of the world's first and only patent for the wheel. …

VIRGO: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It's the best week in a while to practice the art of crazy wisdom. What's that? Novelist Tom Robbins described it to Shambhala Sun: It's "a philosophical worldview that recommends swimming against the tide, cheerfully …

LIBRA: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Why should we honor those that die upon the field of battle?" asked Irish poet William Butler Yeats. "A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself." A woman may show similar bravery, of …

SCORPIO: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Historical records suggest ancient Greek philosopher Democritus went blind late in life. There are different stories about why. One account says he did it to himself, gazing too long at the sun. It was his perverse way to …

SAGITTARIUS: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Search your memory and recall a time when you pushed yourself to the limit working a task you loved. Working with extreme focus and intensity, you weren't bored or resentful about the enormous effort you made. You …

CAPRICORN: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is home to more than 3,000,000 urbanites. A few minutes' drive from the city center, there's a 45-square-mile national park teeming with wildlife. Against a backdrop of skyscrapers, rhinos and …

AQUARIUS: May 1-7 Wednesday, May 1

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A wild tiger's diet is all meat. The big cat loves to feast on deer, wild boar and other animals. The hunt is always solitary – that's why the tiger's success rate's so low. A tiger snags its prey only about five …