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This is the last chance to take advantage of the Mars transit through friendly, harmonizing, diplomatic Libra. Tomorrow begins a change of tone for the warrior planet as he puts on a face that says, "No more Mr. Nice Guy." Relationships won't get contentious, but they will develop in intensity and directness as the weeks progress.

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The lunar position to Mercury and Neptune favors a fresh take. How do you know originality when you see it? Originality is always a risk because it encompasses the unknown. Maybe it's an unknown ingredient, a secret ratio of known elements or a wildly different presentation. If you know what you're getting, then it's not a risk and it's not ...Read more

The lunar transit from Gemini to Cancer recalls the different stages of relationships and life and how each requires a unique approach. Young relationships have time to meander whimsically, explore and dance around fear to find touchpoints. Mature relationships tend to be more direct about getting to what needs doing.

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Venus and Neptune square off to remind us that incuriousness is a disorder of a narcissistic society. Sure, what we'd really like to be is understood, though this might seem like a stretch. Most people just want to know that someone is curious. This, and no less than this, is the attention humans exchange in a healthy environment.

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Home is that place you might leave but that never leaves you. The poet suggests there are ways to bring a place wherever you go. While the mountains, seas and trees are heavy, the wind is yours to carry, even without knowing exactly how. This wistfulness comes courtesy of the soulful trine of Mercury and Neptune.

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With this lunar passage through the sign of the bull, it will be difficult to control our various desires. The Taurus full moon is a hungry one. Taurus rules appetites of all kinds and is especially keen on luxury, physical comfort, material status and, of course, food. One way to navigate temptation is to get distance from it. Another is to ...Read more

In case the numeric symmetry of the day isn't magic enough, this is also a remarkable moment for Mercury, who backs across the face of the sun like a big showoff, letting earthlings in on his visage for more than five hours. Mercury has this message to impart: You can look all you want but actually seeing is another story, and a highly ...Read more

In Aries, the moon is a warrior, but what kind? As illustrated in "Game of Thrones" battle sequences, some armies are well-armed and systematic, others vicious and wild. This Aries moon dominates the emotional landscape like a motley crew of wildlings, exhibiting surprising and varied survival talents and tools to help us weather the elements....Read more

If you spend enough time with people who don't laugh, you may start to think you're not funny. Similar errors in judgment could be a takeaway from hanging out with the incurious, unkind and aesthetically oblivious. Identity matters arise this Taurus moon. Remember that the good life always involves people with the qualities we value.

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If you constantly try to get better at these three things, you'll succeed in almost any role: communicating your ideas, listening well to others and organizing your life. Even though these are baseline requirements, mastering them will lift you just as far as you can envision going. This message comes courtesy a solar trine to visionary ...Read more

Because of the placement of human eyeballs, it is impossible to see too much of oneself. Before the invention of mirrors, we saw even less. The reflection most helpful today will be spiritual. The best optical assistance you can receive will detect emotions and come from the third eye of a kindred spirit or the sensors of a loved one's heart. ...Read more

Those who know anxiety in its acute form may not be as keen to recognize its softer forms. When you procrastinate, don't promote yourself or hide in any way, consider that these could be anxiety-related behaviors. The Pisces moon offers help on the matter, especially to those who try to befriend fear instead of succumbing to it.

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With the square of Mars and Pluto will come, for many, the most daunting part of a project -- the start. So many considerations and ideas will fill the ether. Try not to be paralyzed by potential. Write it all down. You can always come back later when your eyes have been opened wide by experience. This is more of a day to squint and jump.

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The intellectual Aquarius moon would like to remind us that the stories in our heads have much more to do with our happiness than anything that's really going on. It's not hard to consciously change the story, but don't be surprised if your subconscious takes a while to catch up. New narratives have to be retold many times before they become ...Read more

A subtle strain of ambitious energy runs through this day, which is shared by the Capricorn and Aquarius moon. Consider the saying: It is better to be a good servant than a bad king. Aside from dressing and eating better, much of the king's life is difficult and cumbersome in ways that the servant never has to worry about.

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One guru suggests that everything is manifesting in record time. Another says that time is an illusion, and yet another says there's no time like the present. Regardless, the main contributor to our experience today will have little to do with the passage of time and everything to do with the feeling of moments that seemingly occur outside of ...Read more

Venus enters Sagittarius on this Hallowmas. As we celebrate the bond between the dead and the living, Venus, quite appropriately, moves into the sign of Sagittarius, the sign of other worlds. In this realm, she's a translator, a concierge and an ambassador whose work and pleasure is to assist in the communion of souls, embodied and not.

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Spiders and bats are much smaller than the screaming humans who encounter them, not so much afraid of being overcome but of being surprised. What's scarier than the actual monster? The idea that the monster will catch you off guard and powerless to its unknown agenda. Mercury retrograde reminds us how afraid we are of fear.

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As Mercury and Venus do their pas de deux in Scorpio, consider two locations -- the virtual reality of the mind and the kingdom that is the body you were born to. To be lost in thought is to be disembodied, and to be lost in motion is to leave a certain kind of thinking in the clouds. Stars favor those who seek a blend of citizenships.

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Today's scene gets confusing if you sort it with five senses. You can expect bits of information to clash, and it's hard to know what to believe. Here's an exercise to coincide with the lunar alignments in Scorpio: Close your eyes. Let your alliance drift to the gravity center of the situation. Inner knowing has its own mysterious and ...Read more