Horoscope for the week of August 26, 1998

Your Horoscope

By Lloyd Schumner Sr.
Retired Machinist and A.A.P.B-Certified Astrologer

August 26, 1998 | Issue 34•04

Aries March 21 - April 19

You will take a major step forward in your personal growth this week when you stop worrying about what others think of you and tell the jury what really happened to Mother.

Taurus April 20 - May 20

After years of talks, representatives of the Presley estate grudgingly agree to unauthorize your Elvis biography.

Gemini May 21 - June 21

Your T-shirt company will be sued into oblivion this week by a manufacturer of sex-machine solar panels.

Cancer June 22 - July 22

A mistake in your horoscope last week has resulted in your missing a chance at lifelong love, prosperity and happiness. The stars apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Leo July 23 - August 22

A group of powerful Republican lobbyists will finally win their long legal battle to have you renamed the Ronald Reagan Memorial Leo.

Virgo August 23 - September 22

Your doctor will break the news to you that you have the health of a 95-year-old Lebanese woman. This is good news, however, as you are a 117-year-old Lebanese woman.

Libra September 23 - October 23

You will fail to secure a patent on your hydraulic little-old-lady compactor, as it closely resembles an existing AT&T design from 1987.

Scorpio October 24 - November 21

A demonstration involving Euclidean geometry, observed cause-and-effect relationships and Newtonian physics will disprove your assertion that "The Bible is the ultimate authority."

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21

You will make romantic history this week when your love for your spouse dies of a massive heroin overdose.

Capricorn December 22 - January 19

A grammar expert informs you that you have been misusing the word "hopefully" for years. The word you should have been using is "hopelessly."

Aquarius January 20 - February 18

Your relatives will be forced to bury you in a piano case this week, though you are neither obese nor dead.

Pisces February 19 - March 20

Your life will go on as usual for seven more largely uneventful days.

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