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Week Ahead Stars for Sunday, September 16th BIRTHDAY SUNDAY: Mercury links to both Jupiter and Pluto on your birthday this year, which suggests you will soon be deeply involved in matters of the utmost seriousness.

Miriam Toews heard the rumours going around in the Mennonite community before the story broke. Between 2005 and 2009, more than 130 Mennonite women in an isolated Bolivian community were repeatedly drugged with a sedative and raped in their homes.

BIRTHDAY SATURDAY: How you interact with people on a group or social level is going to be of the utmost importance over the coming 12 months. You need to make a conscious decision to view everyone you meet as your spiritual equal.

Friday, September 14th BIRTHDAY FRIDAY: You are determined to prove your creative worth, which is good, but there is a risk that what you create over the coming year will be seen by some people as a challenge to their beliefs.

What: Rifflandia featuring Jessie Reyez, Daniel Caesar, Current Swell, Lights, Bishop Briggs, and more Where: Various venues, including Royal Athletic Park, Phillips Backyard and Capital Ballroom When: Thursday through Sunday Tickets: $44.50-$299.

What: Invocations: Video Projections About Place and Time Where: Various locations, including Emily Carr House, the Chinese Cemetery and FLUX Gallery (821 Fort St.) When: Sept. 13 through Sept.

IN CONCERT What: The Journeymen — A Tribute to Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana Where: Elements Casino, 1708 Island Hwy. When: Sunday, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7) Tickets: $47.50 at ticketmaster.

BIRTHDAY THURSDAY: Someone older and wiser will make a big impression on you over the coming year, to the extent that you may consider changing your life in drastic ways.

BIRTHDAY WEDNESDAY: You will find it remarkably easy to get friends and family members to do your bidding over the coming 12 months. For some strange reason all they want to do is to please you, so you might as well please them too and let it happen.