TAURUS (April 20-May 20): My Taurus friend Allie just put a new bumper sticker on her car: “I can’t remember if I’m the good twin or the evil one.” It’s almost as if she intuitively guessed one of the key themes you Bulls will soon be wrestling with: how to tell the difference between your strong, beautiful, inspiring qualities and your unripe, unlovely, and debilitating ones. It won’t be as easy as you might imagine. There are sides of your personality that are a blend of both the good and the bad, for one thing. It’s also true that your virtues sometimes mutate into vices, and vice versa. Proceed on this exploratory mission with a tough but open mind.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On a song from his multi-platinum album, *Get Rich or Die Trying,* hip-hop artist 50 Cent sings, “I’m into having sex, I ain’t into making love.” Your assignment, Taurus, is to do the opposite: Be into making love, not having sex. What? You say you already do that all the time? Well I’d like to suggest that like most of us, you still have a lot to learn about making love with your heart completely open and your mind full of innocent wonder. There’s more you could do to bestow blessings and invoke the divine presence while in your intimate embraces. Are you brave and humble enough to go to the next level? (P.S. If you don’t have a partner, work solo.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In his book *How’s Your AQ Today?,* ex-business executive Ed Rychkun says that our culture is so twisted that most bosses and leaders are jerks. In fact, it’s often necessary “to be an a**hole in order to succeed.” (The “AQ” in his title stands for “A**hole Quotient.”) I doubt that you’re an arrogant tyrant, insensitive egotist, or deceitful bully, Taurus, so I can’t imagine that you have a high AQ. That may also mean you’ve never been in a position to manipulate and exploit lots of people. According to my reading of the astrological omens, however, you need to *temporarily* experience what corrupt power is like. It will fill a gap in your education. That’s why I suggest you disguise yourself as a domineering, hyper-ambitious honcho this Halloween.

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