GEMINI (May 21-June 20) When he was in his 50s, French painter Claude Monet finally achieved financial success. He used his new riches to buy a house and land, then hired gardeners to help him make a pond full of water lilies. For the first time in his life, he began to paint water lilies. During the next 30 years, they were his obsession and his specialty. He made them a central feature of 250 canvases, which now serve as one of his signature contributions to art history. I planted my water lilies for pleasure, he said. I cultivated them without thinking of painting them. And then suddenly, I had the revelation of the magic of my pond. I regard the imminent future as a good time for you to do something similar: Create or find a source of beauty that will stimulate your sense of wonder and fuel your passion to express yourself for a long time. Monets water garden at Giverny,
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