Celebrity Horoscope for John Steinbeck

You might come across as being cool, aloof and dispassionate. You may even have cold hands or feet, become easily chilled and have a slow metabolism. Without a lot of work, life's fast lane is probably not for you.

TIP: Add more red coloring to your wardrobe and your environment. Add ginseng to your diet. Eat more spicy foods, especially cayenne pepper. Enjoy more moderate physical exercise early in your day. Get a home that faces south. Live in a warm, sunny environment. Use a fireplace or a wood stove. Burn candles.

Fewer than two planets in Earth signs
ABOUT GETTING GROUNDED

Because of a certain restlessness and discontent, you're not the most practical person in the world. You may even be a bit spacey. In fact, sometimes you may wonder if you are of this world. Try using a to do list to your advantage. Train yourself to do important things with the force of habit. You may be disinterested in the mundane. As long as stability alludes you, so will a complete and happy life.

TIP: Get the things of the earth into your home.

Add some live plants to your environment. Fill your home with tile, pottery, wicker, ceramics, rocks and crystals. Spend more time in the present moment. Constantly remind yourself to "be here now". Eat more solid foods such as stews, soups, cooked grains and casseroles. Get more into your body. Treat yourself to regular professional massage. Find a sport or exercise regime that you can enjoy. Walk around in your bare feet in the cool dewy grass. Work to acquire a sense of steady rhythm and endurance.

Four or more planets in Air signs
YOUR MIND IS YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET

Your mind is your most valuable asset; you could be an intellectual. The world of ideas is important to you. Intellectual companionship, seminars, books, magazines, films, and educational cassettes interest you. Feeding your mind is just as important as feeding your body. School can be the place for you.

TIP: In the words of Robert Anton Wilson, "You need to learn more about everything, including how to learn more."

People fascinate you and you tend to regard them in a detached manner. Consequently you enjoy teamwork and social interactions more than most folk. Sentimentality does not figure highly in most of your relationships.

You can excel in any field that requires negotiation skills. Sales and writing may be avenues of pursuit. You have an affinity for abstract reasoning, codes of law and ethics - you're very good at perceiving, comparing and communicating. You are much more objective than most people, and probably more liberal in your thinking.

Your weakness is not foolishness so much as it is indecisiveness. Too much thinking can result in lost opportunities. There is a time to get out of your head and make a decision. If you find that you can't sleep because your mind is racing, get up and work with your ideas. Get ideas down on paper, onto index cards, into a word processing machine or up and out into the airwaves.

Consider getting a brain machine and taking "smart drugs." Learn speed reading and typing. To avoid overstimulation, cut back on the use of artificial sweeteners and sugar. To the same end, you might take a mineral supplement and kelp tablets.

Five or more planets in Mutable signs
YOU HAVE PLENTY OF INTERESTS

You're more versatile than most people. You enjoy variety and become bored easily. You're pretty good at adapting to change and going with the flow. In fact, you'd rather go with the tide than against it. Put another way, you're accommodating and obliging. You can adjust.

You're good at getting the word out- by phone, by pen or whatever.

It's possible that you do six or seventeen dozen things at a time. You're certainly not suited for the Zen approach of one thing at a time; nevertheless, try and focus yourself more. Establish your top two priorities in each of several arenas of your life.

TIP: You'll be happier as soon as you determine exactly what it is that you want.

Fewer than two planets in Cardinal signs
BEGIN SOMETHING NEW

If you are what you do, what have you done for yourself lately? Give yourself permission to move ahead and take the next step.

The Pisces sun sign is two fish, thus, essentially, there are two of you. One fish is more kind, loving, tolerant and long-suffering than most people. The other fish can bite with shark's teeth. You don't want to hurt people, unless you are feeling righteous and need to punish the guilty.

It's fair to say that you're imaginative, a dreamer, and even mystical. You certainly seem to absorb and drink in your surroundings more than most people. You have your mood swings and can benefit from live music and dance.

TIP: Break the chains of fate and destiny.

The future can be for those who take it and those who make it. More than most people, you are a product of your beliefs as much as your disbeliefs. As Henry Ford said, "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right."

Your emotional life is intense, willful and desirous. Your gut feelings motivate you more deeply than anybody knows. Develop the courage to fathom the complex passions that lie in your subconscious.

You're often aware of people's secret motives. You wield power and sensitivity. Keep abreast of developments in the field of psychology, you're a natural.

There is a possibility you may have massive jealousy and possessiveness issues which are rooted in early childhood. You need to purge yourself of murky, stagnant emotions. Maintain a balance between how low you go and how high you rise.

TIP: Your own condemnation can hold you back. You can free yourself through forgiveness.

Probably your mother knew how to yank your chain and push your emotional buttons. She could employ subtle means of control. You are more than clever, you're shrewd and always hungry for more. Happiness may allude you until you learn to state your goals clearly and give yourself specific rewards. Savor your successes. Enjoy your plateaus.

You're strangely magnetic and alluring and are wise to mate with those who sense your moods and keep abreast of your intense desires, joys and ecstasies.

Find yourself on secret getaways and close encounters of the intimate kind. Buy a hot tub or make the most of your bathing space. You might benefit from a weekly enema.

Once you can cultivate your sexual energy you will have vast ambition, courage and executive power to draw upon. Magic will happen. You'll need it because your work is important, albeit somewhat mysterious.

You've lucked out in the sense that your mind is keen, quick, accurate and naturally prone to original thinking. Progressive, modern thoughts attract your interest. You can be a reformer, inventer and multi-media whiz kid. You will live and learn.

Friendship, social contacts and freedom matter to you. You have more than a usual appreciation for things modern and progressive. You find the concept of newness greatly appealing. For more sex appeal, get more high tech appeal.

The water can both energize and relax you. Make your bathroom a more lavish place. Install a water fountain and an aquarium in your home. You're naturally pliant. To increase your agility and love for life: swim, sail, dance, surf and do in-pool exercises.

Tolerance contributes to your prosperity. You may espouse some rather grand and progressive ideas. Bring them to life. Get involved with humanitarian causes. Join your kind of service club and social organization. You can do big things with your originality.

Once you master the science of etiquette, a great position will be yours. Find tactful ways to release unwanted burdens and joyless responsibilities. To increase your financial earnings, pay more attention to scientific achievements.

It is important that you free yourself from restrictive attitudes. Some of your beliefs are unsettling. You get a 7-year itch to figure out your philosophy of life. You're restless and love your freedom. Follow the path to enlightenment. Be prepared to travel on a moment's notice.

When it comes to the world of communications you're part of a generation that tends to have a blind spot. TIPS: Write the affirmation "It's OK for me to speak up, speak out and say what's on my mind." 7 times a day for 7 weeks. For at least 5 minutes a day for 5 weeks, concentrate your mind exclusively on the meaning of "signals".

Knowledge is your greatest power. Part of your job is to speak the unspeakable. Reorganization is the permanent condition of a vigorous mind. It is extremely important that you exert more conscious willpower over your own thoughts and speech.