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In ancient Rome, Floralia was a six-day invitation to loosen up and live a little louder. People wore bright colors instead of white, scattered petals, staged playful performances and let pleasure take the lead. The typical Roman rules relaxed, centering joy as the main event. When in Taurus season! And what will happen in your world today if ...Read more

When the dinosaurs first ruled the earth, so did ferns, mosses and conifers -- lush but "matchy-matchy" -- until 100 million years later, when the first flower burst onto the scene in a color other than green. Hello, scent, attraction, systems layered into systems with beauty as both invitation and strategy. What complex beauty is blossoming ...Read more

Uranus follows Venus into Gemini, jolting social patterns awake. Expect surprise connections, unusual invitations and conversations that change your mind midsentence. Plans may shift quickly; flexibility keeps it fun. Curiosity is your compass now. Say yes more often than usual, but stay alert to what feels off. The right kind of weird leads ...Read more

Venus begins a social season of sorts in Gemini. It starts off friendly enough -- outreach to see who's game to mix and mingle, what they want, what they're about and what chemistry may come from the finding out. Keep it light, but stay curious enough to notice what actually clicks. Attraction now is less about certainty and more about ...Read more

Venus connects with Uranus before changing into her Gemini gown. Uranus is a surprising stylist who won't allow anyone to go "safe" or "dated" on his watch. This is an invigoration of taste, a daring push to personal style and a drive to do more than just show up on time. Showing up with a dazzling energy is the new aim.

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The lunar squares arriving fast and furious on Earth Day could read as red flags: straighten up or else. Or maybe they're white flags: I surrender. Love, your Earth. A conjunction to Jupiter suggests another possibility entirely: checkered flags at the start of a race. Go. Do your best. There are more laps ahead.

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Taurus season is your annual check on intake versus output. Notice what you consume: food, media, commitments, spending. Notice what you produce: work, care, results, value. Adjust until the exchange feels fair and sustainable. Taurus favors steady gains over spikes. What you repeat becomes your stability. Make it worth keeping.

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When no one is looking through a telescope, it's merely an instrument. What makes it a telescope is the eyes and mind of the astronomer. Aries alignments involving Mercury, Saturn and Mars are an excellent reminder that the one who makes your life animate is you. The scene isn't happening around or to you. It's happening because of you....Read more

Like a red carpet before an event, three significant cosmic conjunctions start the commotion early in the day for the evening solar season change. Mars and Saturn are the attention-grabbing duo just before the lights go down and the orchestra strikes up to play a prelude of Taurus season. Place the drink order, sit back, settle in and enjoy ...Read more

The hallway. The waiting room. Middle school. Purgatory. Liminal spaces feel eerie to some, while others don't mind or may even prefer the in-between to the main event. It is, after all, the anticipation that holds sweet hope, dread or a swarm of butterflies that could go either way. In the stretch between what was and what will be, we are ...Read more

Happy Haiku Day, a celebration of the Japanese poetic form typically revolving around nature, the passing of seasons and ephemeral beauty. Though the syllabic pattern of "five-seven-five" is the way many westerners learn haiku, Japanese haikus often have entirely different guidelines. Today's new moon in the last blush of Aries season whisper ...Read more

Yesterday brought four lunar conjunctions in Aries. Today only brings one, but it's more intense and enduring -- a perfect alignment of Mercury and Neptune highlighting electric sparks of communication, filled with imagination, originality, vitality and specificity. Whether they come through in presentations of media posts, stories or epic ...Read more

On a day with four lunar conjunctions to Aries planets (Mercury, Neptune, Mars and Saturn), there's much burning at once: desire, curiosity, ambition, imagination, drive and perhaps even some of the more shadowy experiences like shame, anger or envy. Embrace the messy fuel of all of it. This level of energy abundance is rare, and all can be ...Read more

Mercury's sign change advises forethought in matters of communication. At the very least, send kind thoughts out before you send yourself out. If applicable, do research about what you're getting into. Anticipate need and expectation. Have a few icebreakers or ideas in your pocket. This will set the tone for smooth, pleasant and fun ...Read more

The highly original and creatively vibrant alignment of Mars and Neptune in Aries highlights individuality. People think differently -- some in words, some in images, and some in impulses that flow to movement. Don't assume the others are thinking like you. Pause, wonder and give yourself over to curiosity before reaction.

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There's a jungle inside you -- an ecosystem that balances itself naturally and not according to rules of logic or societal norms. On this National Walk on Your Wild Side Day, Mars and Neptune align in Aries. Imagination ignites with ideas about how to bring a bit of organic, primitive excitement for the wild thing that makes your heart sing.

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Mars joining powerful luminaries in Aries brings an examination of that spark-plug emotion known as anger. While fear moves us away from danger, anger moves us toward the problem. It shows where a boundary has been crossed, strips away politeness and energizes action. Before denying or expressing anger, ask it to teach you something clear and ...Read more

The Aries energy is fully vivid with yesterday's Mars march into the sign of the ram. This point of the season is a chance for an almost dizzying momentum toward goals. The time between "I see it, I want it, I got it" is greatly shortened to the point of becoming one seamless gesture. Life is saying, "Take it." The sky is yours. The sun is ...Read more

It's an enduring image: The soldier comes home from duty to flags waving, signs held high, parades, celebration, and embrace. Today, Mars comes home to Aries. The atmosphere crackles with initiative. Wandering energy suddenly knows where it belongs. Choose a direction. The next move doesn't require perfect planning, only courage and motion.

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On a day of three lunar squares and a lunar sign change, emotional tension will need somewhere to go. Aries season can bring flashes of hotheaded energy along with a chance to sharpen your skills in conflict resolution and de-escalation. Not every spark deserves oxygen. Often the wisest move is simply not to "go there" or to leave "there" the ...Read more