Astrological Cookery


• General Forecast for July
• Cancer in the kitchen - Home is where the Crab is.

General Forecast
for July 2007

This month is a time ripe for beginnings. While the summer is often a time for relaxation and travel, you’ll do well to relax and let yourself dream of your ideal life, and how you can create it. Plan to travel to places that inspire you, and advance you into the scene you want to be in. The powers that be conspire to help you. Think of fun in a pragmatic way, and you’re on your way home.

Aries - Not much dramatic play, but a lot of magnetic pull. Let yourself be persuaded by the craving for completion. Pull yourself in a good direction, and the tide will sweep you home.

Taurus - You may be unknowingly working against yourself. What factors are most noticeable in your struggles? Stop and think if they aren’t self created.
Gemini- Birthday over, you may have settled into a scene of confusion. Just let it wash over you, it will all come out right in the spin-dry cycle. Sweep up the confetti- your new year is already here.

Cancer - A moment of serenity and generosity, you can settle in for a month of doing what you love best- taking care and getting things done.

Leo - There may be a sense of loss haunting you, but you need to recall that you have resources- emotional, spiritual and physical – that you have not even tapped yet. Give a roar and shake that mane, it will work out for you.

Virgo - You may be considering a trip, and if so, the education that you receive will be more that you can sum up on a postcard or an email video. Whatever comes home with you could be life changing, if you allow.

Libra - Major shakeups are on your mind or already in process. Time to leave your lover, break your lease or emigrate to Canada? Think it through, and let yourself find that point of balance. It can’t all be good. But it’s all important.

Scorpio - There is something seriously amiss that you are either unwilling to acknowledge, or just ignorant of. Look carefully, listen closely and trust your gut. Once you know what’s happening, you can handle it.
Sagittarius- Sometimes, you are sitting in the right place at just the right time. You have some very good cards in your hand- play them right, and you’ll win big.

Capricorn - There are so many small hassles going on, it may seem that just getting through the day is exhausting. Try not to take it all personally- Those people treat everyone this way, not just you- Know that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s not the oncoming train.

Aquarius - Creative and courageous, that’s you all over. Now is the moment to broadcast those qualities as long and as loud as you like.

Pisces - Watch a group of children playing, and notice how freely they exchange roles and ideas. Take that notion with you, and see what other parts you’d like to play in your own life.

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Cancer in the kitchen - Home is where
the Crab is.

If you are a person born under the sign of Cancer who does not love to cook, love to shop, love to present a fabulous meal- well, you might just be the only one. Ruled by the moon, Cancer is truly the sign of Momness. It’s about nurturing and providing, Cancer is almost the sign of the Cook, and it all comes from your love of taking care of others.

The kitchen may be a bit messy, but the aromas that come from it are delightful. You are particularly fond of the big production, grand cassoulets, palella, or jambalya might all have a spot in you repertoire. When it’s time for your birthday, celebration might be a trip to the farmer’s market and a day spent packing your homemade salsa or pickles. Your sign even rules the stomach. It just doesn’t get more symaptico than that.

Cancer’ s Country Captain
Chicken Casserole

3 pounds of chicken, cut into pieces, skin removed,
1/3 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup of vegetable oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green pepper
3 cloves of garlic, chopped fine or crushed
1/2 cup of tomato paste
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 heaping teaspoons of curry powder
2 teaspoons dried thyme or 4 sprigs of fresh
4 cups hot cooked rice, white or brown raisins, currents, chopped dried apricots, almonds

Preheat oven to 350. Blend flour, salt, and pepper in a bag, and add chicken pieces one at a time, shaking to coat.

Pour oil into a skillet and brown the chicken pieces, a few minutes on each side. Place browned chicken into a 9 x 13 baking dish.

Add onions, peppers, and garlic to the skillet, and sauté for three to five minutes.

Stir in water, tomato paste, sugar, curry and thyme. When nicely blended, pour the sauce over the chicken and bake uncovered for an hour.

Serve on a bed of rice, and top with dried fruit and almonds.

Country Captain is an old style Southern American corruption of a chicken curry, and it will keep a Cancer happy in the kitchen for more than an hour. Lots to play with, pretty to present and delicious as well. I’ll bet someone will even tell you it reminds them of home.

And that will put a smile on your face that just couldn’t be Crabbier.

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Posted: Sun - July 1, 2007 at 08:41 AM          


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