A brief word from Cosmic Zink: This month is not very special to me. It's just another month, really. I have no particular ambition for the month other than enjoying lots of live music. Here's hoping that you, the gentle reader, have more of a life than me..or not.

ARIES (March 21st-April 19th): The spirituality of your favorite band transcending your mind and body through vast levels of pleasure is what's happening to you this month. Or you may just dig the way the lead singer dood looks. However deep or shallow your interest, at least it is aimed at your favorite hard-working jam band. If you start to feel that you need to be fortified with phattiness, try Soulive's fast, jazzy, fusionesque instrumentals that will make you glow with a certain..dankness.

TAURUS (April 20th-May 20th): This month is more sedate than a sloth on Valium. You've been chanting your peaceful mantra the last few weeks and it is finally paying off. You're so mellow, man. This makes it an especially good time to sit back, have a delicious Porter, and check out Uncle Sammy. U.S. will take you on a musical trip which will further your pleasure. Don't be surprised, however, if, by month's end, you're hit with a burst of energy that resembles some really strong hits kicking in. Ride the wave.

GEMINI (May 21st-June 20th): Like many of the bands in the jamband scene, you seem to be working very hard for very little recognition. You try so hard at "the daily work thing," but seem to get nowhere. Might as well take a break and see the Yonder Mountain String Band. Their fiddles and such have you twirling around wondering why you even tried to do that 9 to 5 crap, anyway. This new realization may have you flying your freak flag high. Nudity, shaving yourself bald, and excessive partying are all possibilities.so beware.

CANCER (June 21st-July 22nd): The good days this month are lightly sprinkled here and there like Reba's on Phish tour. You start the month on the right track, then realize that you like the left track better. You can't seem to spear what it is that's going on inside your head, so you decide to just go see Spearhead instead. Their high-energy show hops you up on musical goofballs. Be careful to not talk too loudly at the show since there is an older cranky guy next to you who will probably yell at you if you do.

LEO (July 23rd-August23rd): You must lay low the first part of the month. Since you are a master of the tie-dye, the best place to lay low is at the Dark Star Orchestra concert where lots of other tie-dye clad freaks will surely sway and jive together. After enjoying DSO's satisfying rendition of an actual Dead show, you turn into a lizard. Then, with your little clingy lizard feet, you climb up onto a rock and lie in the sun. Later in the month, you discover that you have incredible powers of persuasion. And you persuade everyone to join in the huge drum circle you have organized.

VIRGO (August 24th-September 23rd): An Ulu show is on your Birthday wish list.and you get it!! The vending of tasty baked goods goes particularly well this tour. You are a bit naïve, however, asking for a last name when someone asks you where he or she can find Molly. If it's the second week of tour, make sure you have some patchouli oil handy...ya never know who is gonna get super randy. If you happen to be the one who gets stanky first, see how long it takes for your friends to break down and tell you to do something about your unruly stench. He he he...

LIBRA (September 24th-October 23rd): You may find some romance this month. However, it will most likely come in the form of new found appreciation and love for a new band.like Pozzy Ghuru. Drummer Dave certainly holds down the beat for these guys who produce quite a nifty sound. You may want to tone down the jabbering, though, as people start equating you with the talkbox of Peter Frampton. "NO, I don't feel like you do, ok?!?" they yell in anguish.

SCORPIO (October 24th-November 21st): This month is KILLER. You get to see the original Meters play a show soon which makes you tingle with giddiness like a little schoolgirl. You are as sharp as a splinter flying off a flailing drum stick. You have the powers of leadership and an aura of knowledge all month long, which may cause your friends to call you "Jerry" for awhile. You take it as a compliment and sing out the best rendition of "Sugaree" you can muster. Shake it, Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22nd-December 21st): Look, man. Lay off the resin, ok? Harvest is right around the corner. Anyway, spirituality is a major factor in your life this month. That's why you find yourself at the Church of Live Music several times each week. A definite high point was the Tony Furtado show you caught. Tony wasn't singing hymns, that's for sure, but he sure can play the Hell out of that banjo. The rest of the month will have as many ups and downs as the Dead's playing from 1980-1988.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd-January 20th): Same old, same old, man. Things start very nicely, though, with a show from Ray's Music Exchange who provide a great instrumental groove for your groove-a-licious grooving pleasure. You see mostly with your elbow this month, too. While elbow sight is confusing for most, you seem to embrace it. That is why you are such a special buffalo and you never need flogging with a dry wagon. Keep in the good graces of the magic jellyfish by eating synapses.

AQUARIUS (January 21st-February 18th): Party, baby. This is a month of complete and utter pleasure. It's like being at an incredibly scenic, bucolic, uncrowded festival with bands such as the Dead, Phish, Allman Brother's, moe., String Cheese, MMW, Galactic, and ARU...and that's just the first day's line-up!!! You discover awesome new things about yourself while enjoying a show by Lake Trout. You decide that the sounds they produce are more like an awesome audio-collage than a traditional music composition, and you embrace the weirdness of it all.

PISCES (February 19th-March 20th): You have got to chill, fish-man. Your lame streak continues. All that boozin' you did on Labor Day is gonna catch up with you by mid-month. It causes lethargy so strong that you just may miss the Miracle Orchestra show on Friday night. This would be quite bummin' since you really dig the jazzy trio's take on the instrumental groove. Actually, even if you went you'd probably get too drunk, feel sick, and go home early. It's just another bad month for you any way you slice it.