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It's taking a class from the mean teacher who is somehow also your favorite. It's holding the attention of those with a notorious deficit of it. It's agreeing to terrible things for reasons buried so deep in you that you can't possibly understand what they are, even as the words "yes" escape your lips. It's the quick learning that happens ...Read more

At the garage sale, rare books can be nabbed for a buck. A Picasso vase goes for a fiver. The setting that a sale occurs in may obscure the value of what's being sold there. Note that this can also happen in reverse, as it is likely to do under today's precariously aspected Venus to Mars. A valueless kiss could be valued at approximately ...Read more

Unconditional love is an appreciation of personhood "as is." The lunar trine to Mercury urges us to turn this ethic toward ourselves. Even as we work to develop ourselves in this way or that, acknowledge the one directing this work and the one doing it. Both parts of you are working together for the ultimate good of the entire being.

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The legendary song suggests Bon Jovi has been "shot through the heart, and you're to blame/Darling, you give love a bad name." In all fairness, love's blame can be difficult to lay, as it's seldom an archery situation and more often a "wrong place, wrong time" scenario. Case in point, today's triple-trine situation with two lunar arrows and a ...Read more

The lunar square to Taurus in Uranus suggests that just when you think you've paid enough, you'll be asked to give a tad extra. It recalls practices such as coercive tipping in which you're asked to tip based on a word -- "Was the service fine, good, great?" -- rather than a fair amount. Money exists in a social frame. Consider who is ...Read more

Consider the oddball in your life. You probably have more than one. And if the oddball is you, consider adding a few more to the pack, as these disrupters of the status quo are good in groups right now. There's a lunar alliance with Pluto, and the Aquarian vibes are flowing free-spirited like they do.

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Human development typically includes a stage in which leadership becomes internalized. Often the tone of this inner guidance is a resonance of the parenting a person has received from actual parents or caretakers. Whatever kind that was, the sun, Mercury and Venus in Cancer are like a call to Mary Poppins, bringing in that spoonful of sugar.

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Venus and Mercury have hung close this week like best friends at the ball. They both dance with the princely Capricorn moon in oppositions that highlight qualities like noble manners, social grace, proper signals of respect and nods to the traditions that keep power structures intact. Whether or not they should be is a topic for another day.

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A feeling of success is much more important than any tangible evidence of it. Perhaps this is because there's nothing in the material world that can really be owned, only used for a time. Maybe a feeling can't be owned either, but there's a sense of being touched on every surface of our core being as they wash over and through us this ...Read more

From the bonfires of the Celtic festival of Litha, to the vibrant midsummer holidays of Scandinavian countries, the longest day of the year has been celebrated by ancient and modern societies alike. Cancer season's sweetness needs no ripening this year. The party will start early and rage on past tomorrow's strawberry moon.

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This Juneteenth falls on the eve of the season's change and the sun's passage into the sign of patriotism and home. "Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible -- and there ...Read more

They say love is a many splendored thing, and they also say love hurts. Both statements are true, but perhaps because of the negativity bias that comes with being human, it is easier to come up with evidence for the latter statement. These early stages of Venus and Mercury in Cancer promise to be a tender balm for love's ache, which is always,...Read more

Venus and Mercury are heralds in a procession as they call for a parting of the cosmic crowd in honor of the upcoming summer solstice. All this action in Cancer, the realm of home, recalls the feeling of the heroes returning after a long, arduous journey. Whatever was won or lost doesn't matter. Returning to the open arms of home is the ...Read more

Between the change of Venus and the Libra moon, the paternal party is a charge led by the matriarchs. Venus enters Cancer like a 1950s housewife rushing home to bake a cake for father's return. Three lunar trines bode well for plans coming together with efficiency, sweetness and style. On Mercury's last day in Gemini, every move will ...Read more

Feelings don't mean anything until we decide what they mean, and even then we shouldn't automatically accept the meaning as the truth. What's more likely is that it's just where your mind landed first. Minds go to all sorts of thoughts. The Libra lunar influence suggests we don't linger on unhelpful ones. Send your mind somewhere else.

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The solar conjunction to Mercury suggests that a state of flow is achievable. When you're in a flow state, you're not thinking about how you're doing because you're completely occupied with just doing it. But if you can't quite get there, afford yourself some grace. It's normal to be self-critical but unnecessary to be critical of your self-...Read more

A lunar opposition challenges us to trust that things will work out. If you don't trust life's process, try pretending to trust it. A lot of times when things are not going well, it's because they haven't worked out yet. "Yet" is the magic word. Whatever negativity you come up with, it's OK. Just add a "yet" and throw in a "but maybe," and ...Read more

Tensions around communication and luck happen now, and there will be lessons to be learned on the topic of "enough." The amount that constitutes "enough" will vary from person to person, and the important thing is to know your own cues instead of trusting some kind of standardized portion size, or the haphazard estimations life doles out.

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A squared aspect involving Mars in the early degrees of Taurus and Pluto in Aquarius suggest that new expenses have the potential to cause tension or throw a wrench in the plans. But at least the feelings have something to teach us, likely about what we value, how much and what we're willing and not willing to do in order to have it.

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The Leo moon will give an entertaining edge to the day's events. Stay alert. If there's one thing we learn from cats, it's that danger can come in cute packages -- perils can enter purring. The lure of opportunity can be like a cute baby lion, its wildness represented in fluffy fur instead of in the ferocity of its future becoming.

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