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What do challenge, competition, status and strategy have to do with a day that honors fathers? Everything. Two squared aspects provide the paternal scaffolding in the astral backdrop, highlighting the quiet pressure many fathers feel to provide, protect and perform. Fatherhood isn't just a role -- it's a dynamic tension. The love shows up in ...Read more

On this day when the moon aligns with Pluto and then squares Venus, life is like organizing a closet. You build and build and just as something starts to feel orderly, you also have to watch out for the weight of it all. Otherwise, the shelves collapse. Don't just stack; assess. The goal isn't perfection; it's sustainability. That way, what ...Read more

Once upon a Norse Myth, Loki, the trickster god, crashed a feast where 12 other gods were feasting, which caused such chaos and disaster that the number 13 became unlucky forever after. But not to Taylor Swift, who was born on the 13th, turned 13 on Friday the 13th and, along with legions of others, claims 13 as her lucky number. What about ...Read more

Creativity has its place -- but not everywhere. Don't burn your brilliance solving already-solved problems. Whatever you're trying to do -- build a habit, launch a project, handle a relationship -- someone else has done it. Chaotic lunar antics (including squares, a trine and an opposition) call for a strategy of efficiency. Use the roadmap. ...Read more

The universe is expanding at somewhere shy of 50 miles a second, and we're moving right along with it -- the sun, the moon, and you, as much a part of the expansion as any element in the universe. And yet, with all the commotion, somehow there's still only one moment, and that moment is always now. The Strawberry Moon offers "now" at peak ...Read more

Between two planets in the early degrees of the sign of domesticity and tomorrow's full moon in Sagittarius, there's a sense of getting into position at a race's starting line. There may be stillness, but it's not settled. Our spirits are taut with anticipation like a rubber band stretched full of potential energy, ready for the pop of the ...Read more

Lucky Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, likes to spend about a year in a sign and takes almost 12 years to make a complete orbit around the sun. Today's sign change from outgoing Gemini to homey Cancer is a bit like a parent calling the children in for a family dinner. It's a call to wash up and nourish ourselves, as well as ...Read more

Mercury gives Jupiter a lucky handshake, then leads the way to Cancer with Jupiter hot on the trail. These cosmic omens of good fortune align word and deed, walk and talk. Life is so much simpler when we can trust ourselves and others to say as we do and do as we say. The easiest way to accomplish it, of course, is truth, integrity and follow-...Read more

Reframing the past is the theme of this lunar square to Pluto. It's not about denying what happened, but realizing the way we tell the story can shape how we feel and how we move forward. Just remember, no one's story is set in stone. The same facts can yield a more empowering narrative by adjusting the lens until the past supports who we're ...Read more

Nancy Drew solved cases across 56 books. Sherlock Holmes, 56 short stories. And as the moon moves into Scorpio, the sign of mystery, many of us are just getting started with the thrilling clues. Know that the world holds just as many solutions as it does mysteries, and keep going. The pattern will reveal itself in time.

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Our relationship with destiny isn't fixed; it's something we help create, and our words help lay the track. We'll respect the power of narrative at this verbose time of the sun and moon in talkative air signs. The stories we tell ourselves and others about the past and future will echo through the day. Language shapes reality. Speak with hope ...Read more

A mindset of openness and receptivity is encouraged under Libra's lunar watch. Go forward in confidence without demanding certainty -- let curiosity lead rather than assumption or control. Walk with wonder, not expectations. Stay loose. Stay open. Trust that what comes will fit the shape you've made to meet it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If ...Read more

The moon and Mercury are at odds, challenging our focus. Do the big things first, the things that matter, because there might not be time for much else. Of course, to prioritize effectively you must know what's important and not just important to one person, even if that person is you. No, effectiveness is recognizing what will be important to...Read more

The social Gemini sun and nurturing Virgo moon invite us to approach life with an open heart -- reaching out with genuine joy, interest and curiosity. The world often responds in kind. Fortune favors those who create an atmosphere where others feel seen and welcomed. Good things happen for those who bring their own good energy instead of ...Read more

A passionate lunar trine to Venus reminds us that truth isn't just about what happened -- it's about how people experienced what happened. By hearing different perspectives, we gather more than just facts. We learn of motivations, complex feelings, choices and reactions. Listening widely helps us understand deeply.

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The Leo lunar influence highlights how we absorb identity through stories. The books (and films, shows, songs) we love shape us -- not through effort, but by osmosis. We internalize the language, values and emotional textures of characters we admire and become, in part, what we consume.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). It will be meaningful to show...Read more

It's a perfectly Gemini day with the solar conjunction to Mercury and two kinds of moons -- the first suggesting relationship tension, the latter bringing lucky trines of auspicious timing and fortuitous dreams. As ever with Gemini, dualities dance: logic and magic, restlessness and insight, curiosity and connection. No need to choose a side; ...Read more

When we anticipate, we're not just waiting but imagining; shaping mental scenarios, running emotional simulations, and building out future possibilities. That's active, generative work. That's storytelling. The solar alignment to Mercury gives anticipation in all its energetic glory. Dreams are cast, versions of the future are painted, ...Read more

The lunar conjunction with Jupiter is an attitude invigorator and an invitation to shake off rigidness and pessimism in favor of mental flexibility and a youthful openness to possibilities. The problem-solving will be at once fun and strategic, and will involve thinking creatively, questioning assumptions and exploring novel options.

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The trine of Mercury and profound Pluto reminds us that there's meaning in even our most baffling moves. We act from inner logic, which can have roots deep in our consciousness. What seems irrational may be the soul working something out in secret. Understanding comes in its own time. The heart speaks in metaphor, and the spirit communicates ...Read more