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Back inside her Taurean palace, bags still packed from her journeying, Venus begins making plans to upgrade, update and generally change things up in the homestead. Indeed, we are all having new ideas, inspired by what we've picked up in the last 200 or so days, and we're ready to put our money where our dream is.

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The Venusian year is 225 days, so, compared with Earth, the goddess planet stays fewer days in each sign on her annual rounds. You could say that, like any adept socialite, Venus knows how to make a fashionably late entrance, and she times her exits to leave others wanting more. Venus' return to her home of Taurus represents a happy reunion.

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In days of old, when people used to drink in bars, at the end of the night, the bartender would make a last call for alcohol. Eyes would shoot around the room to the tune of "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." Venus, on her last night in Aries, will play the role of bartender. Love's strategy, as it were, will defer to ...Read more

The first day after the new moon in Aries highlights the steps needed for goal-getting. Habits we desire are built just like our established habits were: They accumulated over time with incremental adjustments, some conscious, many a product of the environment. Hot Tip from Venus: Make it easier. Change the environment.

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The new moon in Aries is wrapped in the shiny cosmic foil of lunar sextiles, so besides the double-freshness of the first phase of the moon in the first sign of the zodiac, this moon also has the benefit of being activated by some air sign love from Saturn and Venus. Its message of joyous welcome is like a sky-written birth announcement.

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Navigating is a lot easier when you know where you are. Without that information, the map may as well be just a random pretty picture. Getting places is simple: Know where you are, determine where you want to be, and then solve for the difference. Tomorrow's new moon in Aries lends beginner's luck to anyone who's "going places."

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Babies and puppies aren't trying to be cute, but everything they do is colored by who they are. Communication is always colored by the personality delivering it. In some cases, the messenger makes all of the difference. This Pisces moon, many find themselves in casting director mode, searching for the right person to voice an idea.

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In the age of GPS, to get somewhere, you really don't have to know the way. An intuitive Pisces moon would like to add: For those who trust in mysterious guidance systems, this has always been the case. In days of old, the map was but a speculative hope; brave adventurers oriented themselves as you do now, by the stars.

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The emotional journey is a sweater that the moon wears inside out in the morning and then changes her mind about in the evening, reversing the look. That's when feelings in the environment will be easily absorbed for an outside-in effect. These tendencies come courtesy of a gregarious Aquarius lunar a.m. and a p.m. Pisces moon.

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Joy and meaning can't be bought, for many reasons. For starters, they're invisible; they come from within; they are not easily quantified; and they are always being created in the moment. Joy and meaning are movement the way a wave is movement. You can't catch a wave, only ride one. This philosophy was brought to you courtesy of the Aquarius ...Read more

When fear talks, it says, "You can do it next time." Sometimes there's a next time, sometimes not. Do everything in your power to make the deal, create the impact or find out the answer this time. A lunar alignment with Pluto brings up a strong point: Opportunities come more often to those who seize the moment.

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The Capricorn moon throws in some tension for good measure, and Easter celebrations will feature lively exchanges as people jockey for position within the power dynamics of their familiar groups. Hopefully, this texture won't pull from the heart of the celebration of miraculous rebirth and the sweetness of new life.

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A warning from Mercury, entering a willful zone: Desire limits the scope of what can be found. Once seized by desire, all we can see is that which we burn for. Though much more is present, our gaze sticks to surfaces illuminated by the stuff of our wanting. In other words, we see with the greatest clarity those scenes we need nothing from.

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Mercury brings out the profundity of Pluto today, recalling how ideas give birth to their opposite. To love brings forth the idea of unlove. Loneliness spawns a dream of company. In beauty the knowledge of ugliness; in ugliness a vision of beauty. Every state of mind holds its own redemption. Does this make it easier to accept the state you're...Read more

Among the 78 cards that make up the tarot exists a card without a number. The Fool card is either counted first or last, and, indeed, the ambiguity doesn't stop there. In some tarot card games, it is considered a wild card to be played at various values, or to excuse the player from following suit. You can use this day of fools in a similar ...Read more

The most powerful influence is that which goes almost unfelt. It's embedded in the backdrop. It's as constant as the sunrise and as integrated into a daily rhythm as the sunset. As you seek to make a change, think about building its reinforcement into your environment. What quiet dailiness might habituate you into bringing this change about?

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Venus, in the realm of individualism, calls out to Saturn, in the realm of the collective. They discuss how the whirring mind often calculates the benefits and detriments as seen in one moment by one person, while the beating heart connects with a larger picture and comes up with answers to serve in this moment and beyond.

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Mercury, the planet of communication, draws a technicolor connection to Neptune, the planet of dreams, mixing up the alchemy of magic moments and visions with much further-reaching effects. As Paul Williams wrote, "(W)ait and see/ Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection/ The lovers, the dreamers and me."

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The full moon in the sign of the scales reminds us that all things hang in a balance with other things, and every move we make affects the rest of the picture. Our gestures and conversations are creating relationships. Our life's daily efforts and arrangements represent the level of artistry we care to apply. Honor the Libra moon by applying a...Read more

The spring festival commemorating the liberation of Israelites from slavery begins at sundown on this eve of the full Libra moon. Justice, art and harmonious relationships are the qualities to swell tomorrow's lunar tide, but we are still in the realm of the Virgo lunation of logistics and good health. A Pluto alignment lends poignancy to the ...Read more