signs

Aries (March 20-April 19) You may feel as if a commitment in a relationship or partnership is interfering with your self-development, and for that matter, with your wider social life as well. I would agree: you seem to be in a tight spot, though you're also fully invested. Therefore, focus on taking care of what you have given yourself to, and allow the other aspects of your life to wrap themselves around this particular involvement.

Taurus (April 19-May 20) This month brings the first lunar eclipse in your birth sign in many years, the first of a series of eclipse events that will gradually shift your relationship to yourself and to others. Eclipses return to sign pairs (in this case Taurus/Scorpio) on an approximately nineyear cycle, so they are the kinds of events that mark decades. Generally, these involve events that interrupt the continuity of one's life. Things that have been the same forever can give way to transitions.

Gemini (May 20-June 21) If you want to feel better, you might consider food. We all know the world has gone gung-ho over one theoretically brand-new "disease" and experimental one drug, and is convinced this is the solution to everything. All the organic vegetable coops in the universe don't seem to be enough to remind us that food and health are intimately related, and that food and water matter more than any other variable when it comes to predicting health and wellness outcomes.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) With the Sun now moving through Scorpio, you have likely regained your sense of perspective. You need that: the wide, panoramic view, rather than the telescopic or microscopic view. This includes your view of yourself. It's essential that you see your life in its context, which is not easy, as you are at the center of your world. And what is that context? As was once said by a sage of old, "By their works, ye shall know them."

Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) Mars moving through one of the most sensitive angles of your chart is either lighting a fire under you, or setting off the fire alarm. Be cautious of the place where your own insecurities intersect with what you perceive as challenges in business and personal partnerships. Under the current astrology, it would be easy for you to feel hemmed in by rules or responsibilities you don't like.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) You are pursuing something that is moving slower than you are, so you don't need to rush. Rather, invest your thought and energy into tracking what you want, and what direction you are headed. Slow down and pay careful attention to everything and everyone around you, rather than being blinded by desire or seeming necessity. From the look of your solar charts, you must be cautious of investing yourself in a situation that seems desirable now, but which is leading toward an emotionally and mentally complicated situation.

Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) Who you are is in part the product of your past. Yet your current reality does not need to be dictated by your past—including very distant elements of family history you may have no idea are driving you. Yet discovering the various factors and forces is the theme of the next few weeks. You are in one of those astrological phases where this is a good time to remind you that nearly all of the karma you feel like you're dragging around, working out or burning as fuel is the property of your parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) It is likely that your exploration of your true being and your reasons for living will clash with your family, or what you consider your community. Therefore, be prepared for such an action, or make the choice to do nothing new or assert your desires (and the latter is unlikely). The reaction could take a diversity of forms, though the bottom line is the notion of being accepted by your perceived tribe.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) Take this opportunity to sort out your thoughts, and in particular, your business plan for the next couple of years going forward. While Jupiter is moving indirect motion through Aquarius (which ends in late December), you have the potential for an extended moment of clarity. This means access to your thoughts relatively unclouded by your emotions or confusing astral influences. The fusion of Sagittarius and Aquarius (through Jupiter) is about practical idealism.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Jupiter and your ruling planet Saturn have turned to direct motion in the financial angle of your chart. If money has not started to flow more freely, you are confident that it soon will be doing so. This, in turn, is a reflection of your deeper faith in yourself, and understanding something about the strength of your character. However, this is not about posing, or faking it till you make it. It's not about your affect but rather your psychic orientation toward yourself.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) One role of Aquarius is to bring people together. The question is, for what purpose? Your own, or something you've been told to do? For some natural and friendly experience, or to submit to the will of others? What is not written in astrology books is the two-faceted nature of your sign. In one expression, Aquarius is about individuality and freedom. In another, it is about everyone believing, thinking and doing the same thing — though this cannot happen, the effort is what matters.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) It must seem like there is quite a bit that is outside of your control, influence and awareness. Some things (and some people) have gone missing, though you might not remember till you find them accidentally. You are also under unusual pressure, though you might not be able to give it a name. It's important that you do, so that you can see the way that subtle feelings are influencing your perception of your existence, of your future, and the choices you are making now.