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Carl Jung said the self is "a coincidentia oppositorum; it is therefore bright and dark and yet neither." If so, it would be impossible for a person to produce purely good or purely bad outcomes. Good, because under this sky it's hard to know if efforts are helping or harming. Check your intention. If your heart is true, maybe that's the best ...Read more

Dreaming bigger isn't so hard, but bigger isn't always better. Go sideways with your project today. What if it were a different color, a different country, if it happened at night instead of day, or at dawn instead? Include others in your brainstorms under the Capricorn moon because crusades of imagination will be bonding experiences.

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You have it all right now. Don't laugh! It probably wasn't your first thought of the day, and maybe you can think of a few things you lack. Still, what if you believed? Try it. Look around and tell yourself, "I really do have it all." What changes? This message was brought to you by the reverse psychology of Pluto retrograde.

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While it's not fair to compare your own inner world with other people's outer world, it's all any human can do, being seated, as we are, at the control center of our own psyche. Get around it today by staying focused on your own deal. A lunar conjunction to Jupiter in the sign of the archer lends luck for keeping your eyes on your own prize.

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The way it goes with seeds is they are completely absorbed in the process of becoming. There is nothing left of the seed once the plant is fully formed. It's almost as though the seed was one lifetime and the plant is an entirely different one. This Earth Day, the Taurus sun and Uranus in Taurus favor our becoming. Trust the process.

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This year features a late Easter. Biblically, the holiday relates to Passover, which is the first full moon after the vernal equinox, a date determined by the lunisolar Hebrew calendar. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. The earliest Easter can be March 22, and the latest is April 25, which will ...Read more

The sun moves into Taurus, the sign of the bull. The weeks to come will bring matters of finance into full focus as well as whetting an appetite for quality, luxury and things that appeal to our senses in the best sort of way. The weekend also brings Passover, Easter and other beautiful reasons to spend time with those we love.

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What's hidden will be revealed under the Libra full moon. What's already apparent will swell up as though the moon did a pinch-to-zoom motion to enlarge what's on the smart screen of life. Here comes the love language in large type, and, prepare yourself, because the other emotions swirling around the relationship also get supersized.

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On this day before the full moon in Libra, relationship issues are in danger of getting blown out of proportion. Walk away for a while. Problems don't need to be solved immediately or all at once. Employ distraction. One of the best kinds of distractions will be education. Learning occupies your mind so fully you'll forget what was bothering ...Read more

Communication planet Mercury marches into Aries, a station that emboldens the sign of the warrior. For some, it represents the exchange of fighting words. For others the shift highlights the creation of a creed, a formation of new rules to live by, or the negotiation of different and better agreements.

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To make an agreement that expresses expectations and imparts standards of performance may seem like a formal exchange, but in reality we make such agreements informally and naturally all of the time. The Virgo moon's opposition to Neptune helps us understand the role of expectations and our effectiveness in their conveyance.

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At the time of this writing, the self-awareness of computers and most of the animal kingdom still hovers around zero, with the exception of a handful of mirror-gazing birds, fish and the like. For better or worse, humans seem to have the lion's share of self-consciousness on the planet, which is amplified during this square of Venus and ...Read more

First the sun forms a trine to Jupiter, and then the moon does a similar auspicious triangle dance, followed by another exchange of good fortune between the moon and the sun. In short, the hits keep coming. What is it you want, then? Whether you hold your arms wide or your hands cupped or your mind open, luck will find a way to drop right in. ...Read more

Love requires sacrifice -- nothing big. In fact, usually it's so small it's barely noticeable. But small things add up. To avoid feeling resentful later, figure out how to reframe the sacrifice. Turn it into something you do for yourself, maybe for spiritual reward, or even pleasure. These profundities come via the sun's square to Pluto.

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Relationships may get tense as we interact under the square of Mercury and Jupiter. Keep in mind that while our relationships might be well balanced, they are rarely equally balanced. Someone always gives more. Also, different assets and contributions have different weights. It won't work out on paper, so figure it out by feel.

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To be the leader and then have your followers accept credit for the wins as though they did it all themselves... well, it may feel a little lonely, but it's a good sign. It's the mark of masters and no small accomplishment to have a vision that catches on, and that others take ownership of. Mercury and Jupiter square off to drive the point ...Read more

The difference between a comedy and a tragedy is where you end the story. The same goes for good and bad luck. What seems terrible in the short term could be what saves all in the end. And a candy-sweet moment could lead to the karmic equivalent to rotten teeth. Jupiter retrograde lesson number one: Don't be too quick to judge.

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No one said that bringing two sides together was going to be easy. The more complicated and intricate a thing is, the more specialized its counterpart has to be. Think about the common zipper. It took decades to develop, but once it caught on, it became the fastest way to close a gap. Similar closes are possible under the Gemini moon.

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With the moon in the sign of appetites, too often we don't know when we've hit the "enough" zone until we're too far into the "way too much" zone to turn back. Planning is prevention. Speculate and imagine what you'll be getting into. Take measures to make sure you're not overly hungry, tired or emotional going in. If you are, turn back and ...Read more

The sensual moon encourages us to seek pleasure and enjoyment in this sweet spot of the week, post-new moon and pre-Jupiter change. The waxing moon in Taurus, the sign of appetites, won't limit the appreciation to food. It encourages us to feed the need that gnaws, be it for excitement, adventure, intellectual stimulation or something else.

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