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Leo moon opposing Pluto turns up the emotional intensity. The aspect is an invite to ponder your emotional style. Do you welcome the feeling and move through, dance around it, keep it in a Ziploc bag in the refrigerator until you have a moment to get to it, medicate it, burn through it with exercise, talk, dance or cry it out? And how is that ...Read more

Who needs a roadmap to happiness? That's what your senses, instincts and intuition is for. Anyway, if you had a map, you'd be looking down at it, following the dot on a screen or a paper instead of experiencing all you can see with your face to the sunny horizon. Neptune offers luck to experiments. Try a little of this, a little of that, and ...Read more

Count on the inexperienced to tend toward exaggerated estimations of their own abilities. When guessing how much work is needed, they will go the other direction and imagine minimized efforts. It's not always a bad thing. The journey to greatness often starts with some kind of delusion. Embrace the innocence that doesn't know what it can and ...Read more

In the sunset days of Aries Season, there are many things that could shore up the distance between you and the prize on the horizon. Time and work are minimum requirements, boosted by add-ons like luck, talent, team and more. An aspect to Neptune challenges us to see the potential in gifts and flaws alike. Whatever you're working with, lean ...Read more

One is an event. Two starts a pattern. The social Gemini moon illuminates patterns of human behavior. Automatic reactions are signs of character. Motivations, moves and manipulations also come to light. Understanding people's reasons and patterns makes us better predictors of behavior, which increases personal power and effectiveness.

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The sun and Mercury conjunction highlights the intersection of passion and commerce. When you enjoy your work, compensation may feel secondary, but it's still essential for anything called "work." Without compensation the effort is correctly categorized as "charity," "leisure" or "penance" as the case may be. Life balance depends on accurate ...Read more

Even though we know that life is about the journey, sometimes we still really want to get to a certain destination as soon as possible. It's a good indicator that something could be better -- perhaps the transportation, our choice of travel companions or the road conditions. The Mars/Saturn conjunction points to the change that could improve ...Read more

Clutter is camouflage. It prevents focus on any particular thing. Whatever you drop into blank space will get all the attention. Both states can be useful, depending on the effect you're going for. If you're trying to stop yourself from ruminating on one thing, introduce distractions. To focus deeply on one thing, eliminate them.

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In Hindu mythology, the demon Rahu swallowed the sun. In Norse mythology, it was wolves. The ancients feared eclipses and tried to scare them away with fire and noise. Now we chase eclipses and celebrate them. Whether you're in a place to view the eclipse or not, this Totality, occurring in the first sign of the zodiac, represents a complete ...Read more

Millions will travel to tomorrow's total solar eclipse in Aries, making "The Totality" the biggest travel event of the year. The lunar conjunction to Venus is a love note to the event, and those who are already headed to romantic commitment could be moved to lock it down on bended knee. In general, today is for making preparations of heart and...Read more

Two lunar conjunctions follow up the Venus change bringing consecutive breakthroughs, first theoretical then physical. Our perception of situations changes while the facts of the circumstance are still the same. But seeing things differently makes them different, and the changes soon manifest on a material level.

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You don't need everyone to be happy with your plan; you only need one person to be happy with it, the one who made it. Even that person should be given grace in doubt and the freedom to make adjustments along the way without the hassle of judgment. In short, give yourself everything you need, including tools, supplies, love and leeway.

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Lady Venus has bowed at the altars of empathy. She has lingered with sweet friends at the church social until the janitor turned off the lights. She danced with her squad until the bartender hollered the last call. Alas, the group fun is over. Venus will cross into independent Aries where she'll be asked to funnel all that love and energy back...Read more

Attraction, like all mysteries, exists in particular lighting -- never total illumination. Our pursuit is magnetized by clues and questions alike. The last day of Venus in Pisces features a conjunction to Neptune to highlight our fantasies and projections. There are things we will never know about our beloved. Why not imagine the best?

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On the first full day of the Mercury retrograde, the Capricorn moon does a security check on our systems, looking for weak spots and praising sturdiness wherever it is found. Jupiter, Charon, Uranus and Mercury all get a once-over, and the cosmically aligned will echo the sentiment with best practices. Back up the hard drive, refresh your ...Read more

In the mystical card deck known as the tarot, there is a card named "The Fool" featuring a plucky youth carrying his belongings on a stick over his shoulder. The blithe spirit has a blossom in one hand, and his head is tilted up to the sun. It's not an advisable head angle for today, considering the turn of Mercury. The Mercury retrograde ...Read more

Say what you need to say now when the message is more likely to fall gracefully on the ears of your intended. Tomorrow, Mercury goes retrograde on the day of fools, and it will be trickier to figure out the right words, tone and timing. Furthermore, this is a better day for commerce, so get your shopping out of the way before tomorrow.

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Vulnerability lives in the gap between how we want to appear and how we really feel. The desire to present a certain image signals that we do not trust the others to love us the way we are. But to bond while pretending to be someone else raises the question: Who is doing the bonding? Where vulnerability is present, so is the opportunity to ...Read more

Habits can form on purpose or on accident. Repetition makes it so. The lunar trine to Neptune followed by a challenging aspect to Mars highlights the actions we put on replay in the hours and days to come. Since each recurrence strengthens neural pathways, making the next round easier, make sure you're doing something you would welcome as a ...Read more

It takes energy to shore up discrepancies. When you feel one thing but must act in some other way, it creates a gap. To shore up those gaps and present one cohesive personality is the very definition of emotional labor. This is why people you can't be yourself around are so draining. Ask yourself: What energy is being expended to shore up a ...Read more