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No one -- not even love -- can live on love alone. Because at some point, if it is to stay alive, a relationship must be able to function inside of a normal day -- a day where there's eating, sleeping and logistics such as laundry and bill-paying. Venus moving from Leo to Virgo begins an era in which love is as love does. Perhaps the dishes or...Read more

Like the diva she is, Venus spends her final day in Leo with a hand over her heart, taking in the standing ovation from a rose-strewn stage. Before the curtain falls, take a moment to appreciate what has brought you joy, connection and creative fulfillment. Before the goddess moves on, she leaves one last reminder: Love grows where it is ...Read more

On National Peace and Love Day, Neptune begins its backward journey through the heavens. The planet of dreams turns inward, asking whether the beautiful visions we carry are fantasies to escape into or truths worth building a life around. Peace and love are easy to celebrate as concepts. Neptune retrograde asks how they hold up in practice.

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On the day before Neptune's retrograde, we're reminded how important it is to have a few oddballs in your life. Besides all the work they do challenging, entertaining and endearing themselves, they also disrupt the status quo and lend new perspective. And if the oddball is you, find the others. The kinship will encourage parts of you that don'...Read more

Aspects involving Mars and Pluto can be volcanic, but this air sign connection is more like a pressure system. The atmosphere changes first, then people adapt with new behavior. Today's breakthrough is a quiet one that drifts in through conversation, an introduction or some newsy information that changes the way everything else fits together. ...Read more

The Pisces moon squares off with Uranus and then Mars on this day of American independence, issuing a reminder to put safety first, not just in the handling of fireworks, but in the handling of an idea of a country, what it has meant, how it has changed and what it still stands for today. The invitation is to participate in the ongoing ...Read more

No need to wait until all the elements are in place -- they never will be. Because as soon as the setup is perfect for launching your project, you'll see a new possibility, the goal will change, the standard will elevate, and you'll once again be needing something. Start with what you have now. That's all anyone has ever done.

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Between the strawberry moon, the Mercury retrograde and a sign change for Mars and Jupiter, the astrological hits keep coming. Today is the rest station on the cosmic highway. Pull over! Sleep if you feel like it. The road is long, and the best travelers know when it's time to pause for a breather. You'll be glad you topped off the tank.

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From Peggy Lee's "Fever" to Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever," intense attractions have oft been described as the woozy illness that heats the body. Yesterday, Jupiter entered Leo on tiger paws, amplifying desire, confidence and appetite. How can we resist what we can't resist? Perhaps this is one of those moments when surrender requires less ...Read more

Yesterday's Strawberry Moon featured Mercury going retrograde in Cancer. This one focuses on themes of memory, family, home and emotional security. Self-inquiry helps us take advantage of the perspective this transit offers. As you repeat the same questions over the next three weeks, the answer may evolve to bring you closer to the truth.

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Ancient peoples named this moon for a brief season of ripeness, when berries could be gathered from the fields. The Strawberry Moon shines over Capricorn territory, illuminating what has matured through patience and time. This is not the dessert of luck but of ripeness. The fruit is ready because the season is right. Even Mercury's retrograde ...Read more

Mars enters the party in Gemini, and it's only a matter of time before the festivities reaches a point of critical mass. People are talking, moving, dancing and connecting. They become looser, livelier versions of themselves. It's like a reverse costume party. The guard comes down. The connection comes up. People stop performing themselves and...Read more

You are not to blame. You were only trying to solve a problem. You gave it your best shot with the knowledge, resources and ability you had at the time. Now you know what doesn't work. The bold Sagittarius moon forms lucky fire sign trines, first to Saturn, then to Venus, emboldening resilience, self-forgiveness and the willingness to try ...Read more

On a day that begins with a water sign trine and ends with a fire sign trine, insight moves from feeling into lived experience. There's a difference between understanding something intellectually and living through it. From the outside, achievement can seem like simply following steps -- technically true. But emotional realities and invisible ...Read more

No one can fully know the uncertainty you face, the pressure you're under or the emotional weather inside you. As the sun squares Neptune, the inner landscape of individual experience is worthy of focus. There are unforeseen benefits to processing and documenting your experience. Express your deeper self to let others glimpse what it's like to...Read more

The Scorpio moon puts a fine point on how attraction tends to sharpen the senses. In a state of fascination, music sounds richer, messages feel important and ordinary moments glow with strange significance. Whether or not the object of your attention remains in orbit, this experience reminds us how awake and emotionally responsive we are.

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When you're thinking of purchasing an item, you see it already in motion, out of the package, built, programmed, batteries and accessories installed, already being used well. But actually, buying a thing means unboxing it and launching into the whole process. Lunar squares to Mercury and Jupiter suggest we consider that before making the ...Read more

Until Charles Darwin suggested the wide variety of flora on Earth couldn't be possible without cross-fertilization, it was the prevalent belief that flowers fertilized themselves. The cosmic omens reiterate the point under the moon of harmonious union -- no strain of loveliness is self-perpetuating. Beauty is birthed by blend.

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The solstice opens with practical magic. A Virgo moon joins forces with Mars in Taurus, offering the energy to build, mend and tend. By evening, a Libra moon turns the atmosphere softer and stranger. Beauty, longing and relationship take center stage. Neptune adds a blurry, romantic filter. The longest day of the year illuminates the truth we ...Read more

The last day of spring carries the feeling of a held breath. Tomorrow the sun reaches its great crescendo, but today remains suspended between preparation and arrival. On this final day of the season of planting, notice what tender blossom has grown in you. Summer asks you to unfurl completely, to live it out loud.

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