signs

Aries (March 20-April 19) Your ruling planet Mars is slowing down to its forthcoming retrograde, and delivering you a series of messages you’d have to be sleeping to miss. These involve understanding results of your prior sexual experiences. The moment that sexuality in any form veers into the realm of power, or transactional exchange, you are outside the realm of human contact for its own sake. Your charts are calling for a review. It’s rare that underlying and usually concealed material is so readily accessible. Right now, it is.

Taurus (April 19-May 20) You seem to be rolling the dice on a matter about which you need to make a careful personal evaluation. The theme for the foreseeable future involves being of two minds about something, and tending to emphasize one at the expense of the other. Pay attention if you find yourself digging in your heels on a point of view. Notice what’s happening any time you exercise power or influence over people. There is more to life than self-preservation.

Gemini (May 20-June 21) Mars has reached a sensitive spot on its way to turning retrograde on October 30. You may be getting these flashes that you live in a far greater universe than you ever imagined. It’s as if you’ve lived in a little cottage in a forest but never went more than a mile from your home. Then one morning you wake up from a dream that you’ve been levitated one mile into the air. You’re still no further from home, though the perspective is different. It is indeed possible to forget the shift in perspective; and it’s also possible to remember. That is a conscious act.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) When you’re driving through a fog at night, turning up the high beams doesn’t usually help. Low-angled, dim light gets the job done, and that’s what to apply to your current situation. Your chart describes the perfect opportunity to navigate using an intuitive intelligence that serves you well. Many confuse intuition and paranoia, but if something is attached to a threatening kind of fear, it’s probably not true. To know where you stand with yourself, document your thoughts. Please do not trust to memory; it’s good for some things and not for others.

Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) It will help you to keep track of where the boundary of your life ends and that of other people begins. The best way to determine that edge is to notice your priorities. Whether you’re in a one-on-one or a group situation, study closely what others demonstrate is important to them. This will be reflected in their deeds more than in their words.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) You may be experiencing an energy lag and a spike in frustration. If you can relax a little, you’ll be able to use the energy lull as an opportunity to listen to yourself. As to any frustration you may be feeling: it’s becoming difficult for male and female to express themselves in natural ways. I suggest you be exactly the man or woman you want to be, and state your desires boldly.

Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) You may be having some challenges figuring out who your friends really are. Yet this is not so difficult to discern; a friend is what a friend does. See if you can purge all sense of desperation; set aside any need to exercise power, and let your strategy be “the greatest good for all concerned.” Give each conversation three tries. The discussion will either unravel the puzzle, or reveal that you cannot.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) If you find yourself pushing back against something, the chances are that it involves wanting to move past your early family structure. Usually, we carry this around like a turtle carries his shell. Study the nature of the conflicts in your life and ask yourself how many times you’ve dealt with them. The rebellious behavior of others may be someone acting on your behalf to move the story along.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) The main reason people hesitate to exercise their power is they’re afraid it might get a result; they end up feeling powerless because they give themselves no other option. In fact, you have plenty of options, though they depend on your being willing to speak, to listen to others, and to make decisions based on something other than your fears. This is about the vulnerability and contact that comes from honest exchange. There seems to be an assault being waged against sincerity -- but that’s not your war.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Of all the planets, Pluto in Capricorn is in the latest degree. This is symbolic of you heading into unfamiliar territory that’s very much at the edge of your own reality. You’ve been in this position many times, but now this process is approaching its peak and starting to resolve. Yet resolution means that you are being guided to experience a series of breakthroughs that may feel like the very ground of your mind cracking open. This is really about the old crust giving way to something both necessary and deeper.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) You are currently blessed with an opportunity to move some of your creative energy through your body, mind and soul. Start in small ways: the point is not a great accomplishment but exercising your creative will. Then there is your sexual will, which is closely related. Before you can do something, you have to know you want to, and given your current chart, you also have to say so. If and when you come up against the block, pay attention to what arises as the point of resistance.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Be bold about your financial moves, which begins with understanding and asserting your worth. You tend to underestimate yourself, whether it’s your usefulness, value, or the unique contribution you can make. You may think that only your positive emotions are attractive. Actually, what would make you appealing to those you want to connect with is that they appreciate the reality of who you are. Be right where you are at all times, and notice carefully who (and what) shows up.