This Month in Astrology – Archive May to November 2016

Relationships, sharing time with others, and learning are favored in many ways all month, dear Aries, but the positive benefits are pronounced from the 1-12. There is incredible cooperation between your relationship and spirit sectors during this period, making it an excellent time for collaboration, particularly with a partner. It can also be a good period for PR, publishing, legal matters, learning, and sharing ideas. Being generous with your optimism, time, and energy will help maximize the benefits of this energy. For some of you, there can be love connections with people far away.

Mars in Aquarius has been a particularly productive and positive influence for you since Uranus entered your sign in 2010-2011 and is active from November 9th to December 18th. This is a time when your innovative and enterprising qualities are in full play and perhaps acknowledged by others. Take advantage of Jupiter's involvement on November 30th to December 1st for brilliant ideas and new enterprises. There is courage to pursue something you've never tried before.

You're ready to branch out and try new things from the 9th forward and will stop at nothing to pursue a cause you deem worthy. Debates can become exciting - sometimes too much so - but the important thing is that you're feeling passionate about learning, sharing, and expanding your knowledge and interests. There is quite a bit of experimentation going on in your life this month. But while you're looking to mix things up in many of life's departments, your approach to love and pleasure is likely to be a little more serious and reserved from the 11th forward. In fact, you can find much to love about your work and may feel particularly excited about setting goals for yourself and reaching or surpassing them. This desire only builds in the coming weeks, peaking in December and January, and you're getting a pleasant taste of it now. Love is a little more weighty now. You're thinking about the practical side of your interactions and seeking out relationships that are mutually beneficial. Your approach is less scattered and more deliberate. Partnering up with someone for business is not out of the question now. The 25-26 can be most excellent for promoting yourself or your work, and perhaps for such a pairing. However, there is some danger of overdoing and overreaching now as Jupiter and Pluto form a challenging aspect. Keep this in mind and your expectations in check, and you'll do just fine.

You value your independence, but you're finding ways to enjoy and benefit from some level of collaboration with others. Friendships can be in good stead this month. The freer you are to do your own thing in your relationships, the better.

Despite the excitement of new enterprises and the spirit of innovation this month, you are in a good position for learning your next move through observation. Draw on patience and employ strategy in your business affairs especially. The New Moon on October 30th gave you a shot in the arm for making positive lifestyle changes, and this energy is with you for much of November, so take advantage. 

This is a big relationship month for you, dear Taurus. Even if your relationship situation remains virtually the same on the surface of things, this is a time for revelations and contemplations about your needs and wants, intimacy, and whether or not you're growing and evolving through and with significant others in your life. The New Moon on October 30th launched a cycle that serves to motivate you throughout November to improve relationships or to seek out a lasting bond with someone.

You're also getting super serious about your work or your major long-term goals. One of the most active periods of the year for goal chasing begins from the 9th forward and lasts well into December. Luckily, your drive matches your ambition, and this peaks towards the end of November. Opportunities to advance and truly get somewhere are likely now and into next month. Your enterprising spirit is through the roof - you are not so content with doing the same old, same old, as comforting as that may be.

Until the 12th, you're in an exceptional position to improve working conditions and health or nutrition. Research can be fruitful. 

Venus' move into your adventure sector on the 12th is a big deal because Venus is your sign's ruler. The areas of life ruled by the house in which Venus transits take on more importance in your life. Venus did well in your intimacy sector, but now you're ready to chase your needs and desires rather than only contemplate them. This influence helps you get along well with others. While your professional interests are in strong force, Venus here gives you an extra edge on a personal level. You might thoroughly enjoy long-distance exchanges and new or renewed studies and personal interests.

The Full Moon on the 14th is in your sign, but it's a little scattered in its influence. You can come to significant personal epiphanies and realizations now, although it might take some time to sort out your strong feelings or to integrate them into your life in useful ways. 

Work you've done in the past benefits you this month and the next, or you are cruising along primarily because you are drawing upon your knowledge and you're shining for it. Ambitions are pressing from the second week of November forward -- mostly pleasantly so. Mars at the top of your chart does very well this month - it gets into few and only minor skirmishes, and is in mutual reception with innovative Uranus. This translates to an easier time pursuing your goals with few obstacles standing in your way. There should be some caution with urges to buck authority, but all in all, this is a good time for striving to improve your performance, meeting or exceeding your goals, and proving your leadership qualities.

There can be some tension or difficult decisions, with Jupiter and Pluto pitting work and travel or familiarity and adventure against one another. The danger with this aspect is overdoing - thinking that you can take on everything you want to do and also manage everything you need to do. If you act confidently yet moderately, however, you'll do quite well for yourself.

Throughout November, there is planetary representation in your partnership sector, dear Gemini, and relationships are in high focus. Until the 12th particularly, you have divine energy with you to enjoy, enhance, or begin a relationship. The two Benefics, Venus and Jupiter, are cooperating with one another and supporting your creative pursuits, negotiations, relationships, romance, contracts, mergers, children, hobbies, and partnerships. At the same time, your mind is on work and practical matters, getting fit (or fitter!), and taking care of important details.

Beyond the 12th, you're still interested in developing your connections, but you are becoming more focused and exclusive, and aiming to bond on deeper levels, not only on the surface of matters. Intimacy reaches tense but exciting levels on the 24-25. The trick will be to avoid going over the top with this. Relationships continue to be in stronger than usual focus all month, but there is something a little magical about the period until the 12th. Aim to take full advantage of opportunities to mingle, connect, share, and enjoy others' company. It's a great time for dating, entertainment, and hobbies.

From the 9th, a beautiful theme emerges that follows you well into December, benefiting your friendships, studies, and networking, and also supporting legal and travel matters. People are drawn to your innovative ideas and progressive methods now. Teaming up for learning and studying, or even traveling, can be in the picture and quite favorable.

Health, physical wellness, fitness, and nutrition are bigger topics than usual this month. In fact, the New Moon at the end of October launched an important cycle for beginning anew in these areas if you can benefit from doing so. Returning to past resolutions may be in focus now, or you may be excited about new programs and enhancements. Getting healthy can be fun and motivating, touching all areas of your life in positive ways. This is a good time for connecting with people who can help you on this path, particularly on the 2nd and 6th.

Work and services can also be a major theme in November, and the focus is on improvement. You are taking more interest and pride in your work. You might thoroughly enjoy doing some form of research and analysis, making lists, and gathering information that helps you get a handle on your daily affairs. Some of you will be taking on new work projects or responsibilities now.

If you are in need of a fresh start of sorts when it comes to a partnership, look to the weeks following the New Moon on the 29th. However, be certain that you're building upon realities rather than wishful thinking or false promises. Certainly, you'll be willing to put in the necessary work.

November can be an especially expressive, creative month for you, dear Cancer, but you're also in a strong position for making lifestyle changes, improving your habits, and finding more meaning and happiness in your work.

There is a happy theme that connects your home and family sector with your work and health sector in positive ways, running until the 12th. There can be positive developments on the domestic front -- it's an excellent time for connecting with family and doing something productive together. You may be enjoying your work and home life more than usual, and combining it in satisfying ways, such as by working from home or putting better systems in place that improve your ability to do so. You'll find family members more cooperative, in general.

Mars in your partnership and then intimacy sectors this month can certainly heat up and animate your closest relationships. While there can be some difficulties with an overbearing or controlling partner to deal with for some of you, this is a good time to make changes and put some of the building tension to rest. This period favors confronting problems head-on with direct and assertive Mars involved. From the 9th forward, you're in a particularly good position to observe and strategize your next moves. With Uranus in Aries a long-term guest in your career and reputation sector, you've been doing a lot of feeling things out in the career department, not always acting deliberately or with forethought. Mars' special relationship (mutual reception) with Uranus and its placement in your perceptive and strategic solar eighth house can help you to make considered plans and moves.

Your intimate life is guaranteed to heat up this month, and this will continue well into December. Venus moves into your partnership zone on the 12th, and this certainly helps to smooth over your interactions. You'll find much to enjoy about your relationships. It's a particularly smooth move as Venus serves to replace Mars here, entering this sector only a few days after Mars has left it. However, with intense Pluto a long-term guest in your partnership sector, there is always something serious or heavy to deal with, even when happier, lighter planets are transiting this area of your chart. This is likely to occur around the 24-25 when problem areas are magnified. If you've been dealing with control issues in a relationship, they're liable to surface then. You have a lot of work to do in the months ahead along these lines, so don't put pressure on yourself to resolve everything immediately, but certainly take some steps towards that goal.

Around the Full Moon on the 14th, there may be some drama in your social life, but once the dust has settled, you'll be in an "eyes wide open" state that allows for better decision-making. This is a time for confronting feelings and problems.

Work and the practical side of life take on increasing importance as November advances, although they're active areas all month. This a brilliant time for list making, getting organized, and taking care of business. The focus should be on improving your daily life and habits, and you'll have plenty of opportunities and motivation to do so. You may be tempted to take on a little too much, however, after the New Moon on the 29th, but if you can tame this tendency, you'll be in great shape for getting your life into better working order.

A strong domestic theme continues this month, dear Leo. The New Moon on October 30th encouraged a homebody streak and will color most of November. You'll want to improve living conditions and enjoy life at home or with family now. However, there are also powerful relationship and communication themes to the month that deserve special attention.

There is planetary representation in your sector of romance and creativity all month, making this a great time for exploring creative pursuits or hobbies, enjoying romance and recreation, and sharing your creations with others. The period from the 1-12 is particularly strong for all of these things. There can be playful or flirtatious communications, creative writing, and intellectual games enjoyed now. Discussions with children or a lover open up. Artistic talents are in focus. While there can be quite a bit of frivolity now, this may very well be precisely what you need at this point in your life!

The Taurus Full Moon on the 14th illuminates a career or reputation matter. This is a time for seeing your goals more clearly, or for reaping the rewards of hard work you've done in the past. If you've been focused too heavily on your personal life, this might also serve as a wake-up call to pay more attention to your responsibilities to the outside world! Recognition for your talents and skills can act as a pleasant motivator to perform at your best. Around the same time, Venus moves into your work and health sector, and you'll be deriving more pleasure from your work. However, this can reach a near-obsessive level around the 24-25, competing with your equally compelling desire to learn and pursue your personal interests. The danger here is thinking that you can manage it all without compromise. Try not to burn yourself out.

From the 9th, partnerships heat up. This is a time for facing conflicts head-on. Passions rise, but so do tempers! There is more assertiveness in your relationships now. Issues that have been buried or working under the surface now emerge for handling. While these matters should be addressed, focusing some of this excess energy on shared activities can be helpful for taking the pressure off from time to time. Considering Mars' special relationship (mutual reception) with Uranus in your sector of adventure and spirit this month and well into December, this might involve travel, new experiences and activities, or learning new subjects with someone special.

With Neptune a long-term guest in your solar eighth house, there is little that's clear about shared finances and intimacy in recent years, but with Neptune's direct move on the 19th after a period of retrograde, you'll feel somewhat less stuck or in the dark along these lines. Neptune does align with the Moon's South Node in this sector, however, and you'd be wise to watch for the tendency to gloss over important details regarding debts, support, and the sharing of money and resources.

The New Moon on the 29th can rekindle or cement your commitment to enjoying yourself and exploring romance or creative avenues. It's important to watch that you don't put yourself into debt or ignore other commitments in the process. If you keep things moderate, this is a wonderful time for personal enjoyment and discovery.

A theme of learning and busy-ness in November suits you very well, dear Virgo. The New Moon on October 30th occurred in your sector of communications, motivating you to turn over a new leaf. This cycle colors most of November and awakens a desire to learn new things, update current projects, and pursue your personal interests. There is a scattered feel to this area of your chart, but the New Moon's connection with Neptune encourages a creative, spontaneous flow to your work and projects that adds to the enjoyment. You are communicating with special style and flair. Although you may be exceptionally busy, this doesn't always feel chaotic. However, if you've been a little too focused on personal interests at this time, the Full Moon on the 14th will serve as a healthy reminder to aim for a better balance. You may need to pull yourself out of your books and projects and get out and about from time to time in order to set things right.

Your sector of family and home is activated all month so that a domestic theme weaves its way through November. The period from the 1-12 is particularly favorable for developments at home or with family. At this time, a mutual reception between Venus and Jupiter encourages warmth and cooperation on the home front, as well as work or business in the home or related to real estate and domesticity. You may be investing more resources into the household and bringing more harmony, beauty, and comfort into your home life.

Venus enters your solar fifth house on the 12th, shortly after Mars leaves it. This serves to soften your approach to your children or a love interest. From November 12-December 7, you're in an especially charming cycle. You don't need to do much to attract romantic interest, although you can certainly take advantage of the positive vibes by mingling instead of hiding out! There can be a special enjoyment of creative projects, hobbies, and recreation now. This is excellent for you, but it can reach near-obsessive levels around the 24-25. Watch for going overboard with money and pleasure-seeking now. Tensions in or about love can also surface at this time, particularly if you are putting all your eggs in one basket. Aim for moderation now. Neptune's alignment with the South Node also warns of falling back or depending too much on others, and particularly a partner. This is a time for embracing your independence, whether or not you're partnered up. More good things will happen in your life if you're creating your own happiness rather than waiting around for others to bring happiness to you.

From the 9th and well into December, you are in an excellent position for attention to work and health, however, which can benefit you greatly. This is one of the best periods of the year for making positive, healthy lifestyle changes. Mars and Uranus are in a special relationship (mutual reception) at this time, and there can be an exciting spirit of innovation and progress regarding self-improvement, health programs, and work development.

November is an important month for taking charge of your money and resources as well as the practical side of your life, dear Libra. Even so, it's also a brilliant time for diversifying, sharing, and connecting with others. You're in excellent shape for communicating your ideas and plans with a distinctive flair. You're attracting quite a bit of attention for your unique perspective.

Your ruler, Venus, forms a special relationship (mutual reception) with Jupiter in your sign from the 1-12, and this can bring many blessings to you. Although this isn't the best time for consistency or focus, it's a great period for learning, teaching, and connecting with others in happy, supportive ways. You'll find that others follow your lead and go along with your plans without too much ado. Your words are particularly appealing and charming. Your input and intelligence are sought and more fully acknowledged and appreciated. It's a strong time for presenting or publishing your ideas. You can have many projects going at once, but you're likely to enjoy this extra busy-ness.

You also benefit from a Mars-Uranus boost to your relationship sectors from the 9th forward. Mars and Uranus are also in a special relationship, and while Mars can be a little too brusque or impatient at times, it's cooperating well with other planets this month. Desires are strong but realizable now. Relationships have a lively quality to them, and you're likely to get the feeling that you're headed in the right direction both romantically and creatively. You are courageous about seeking out what you want in your relationships, and this confidence is attractive.

Venus moves into your home and family sector on the 12th, just days after Mars leaves this area of your chart. You'll begin to see a marked improvement in your relationships with family and increased harmony in your home life with these shifts. You can take particular pleasure in domestic activities during this period, but do watch for this going a little too far around the 24-25. There is a tendency now to think that you can have it all or do it all when compromise serves you much better.

The New Moon on the 29th has similar themes, but the subject is different. This is a time for new beginnings with a communications project or course of study, and the weeks following this New Moon are great for enjoying your personal interests. However, there is a tendency to overcommit and then feel overwhelmed. Tame this, and you'll be in an excellent place. One of the major keys to enjoyment in November is moderation.

The period from the last week of October to three weeks into November is typically "your time," dear Scorpio, when the Sun returns to your sign, and you begin a new solar cycle. This is a time for shining! While there may be some things you're putting behind you, you're looking forward now. You're more noticeable and even more magnetic than usual. 

This year, the New Moon that occurred on the 30th was particularly supportive, particularly of your ability to express yourself and appeal to your "audience." This theme sticks with you at least until the 29th of November, and in many ways all year, particularly if you were born between October 25th to November 4th. It would behoove you to seek out opportunities to showcase or present your ideas and creations. Artists can be in a special position, but all Scorpios can benefit. Romantic life can sizzle. Although this time of year is best for developing the self, some romantic attention can certainly be a fun distraction.

There is also a very happy money and family or home life theme in your life in November. Something is happening in your money sector at every point this month, but the best period for building a nice feeling of security or for enjoying the fruits of your labor is until the 12th. Many of you will be investing in or putting money into improvements of the home. Most family businesses can thrive now.

Another excellent theme this month runs from the 9th forward, and then well into December. It also involves home and family and increased feelings of safety and security, but it also pulls in work and health matters. Some of you may be focusing on, developing, or starting a home office.

Improving your work and services can be fun, exciting, and productive as well, benefiting you for years to come, although other life departments are competing for your attention. A difficult theme entering your life this month is manageable and ultimately rewarding but can introduce some challenges. This theme runs until August of next year and involves your ruler, ambitious, intense Pluto, in a tense aspect with Jupiter. You can feel a little haunted by past mistakes, worry, and fear during this period. You can also feel a strong desire to produce, but it's imperative that you keep things at least somewhat moderate or else life will become far too chaotic to get anything substantial done.

Venus in your communications sector from the 12th forward brings more warmth and charm to your conversations, speeches, and writing engagements, and perhaps love into your life through connections made online, in the neighborhood, through the pursuit of your studies, and even on the phone. You're in love with learning, personal interests, and sharing your ideas in November, although this is sometimes at the expense of your work and health. While it's hard to do with Venus and Pluto converging in the last week of November, you may need to slow down a little just to make right in other areas of life! Make an effort to fill your work and health responsibilities as well as your responsibility to yourself and your emotional health, and you'll be in great shape. Certainly, you have significant powers of communication on your side in November.

Your social life should be in good shape this month, dear Sagittarius. Your sign is well-represented all month, and while you're technically in a period of relative slumber until the Sun enters Sagittarius on the 21st, you're certainly attracting positive attention. Until the 12th, you have excellent planetary support for personal appeal, friendships, networking, team efforts, group associations, hearty health, beauty, body ego, and style. Others thoroughly enjoy your company and want to be around you. Your dreams and plans are received well.

There is a wonderful theme emerging from November 9th forward (until December 18th) that involves communications, learning, connecting, and commuting. Mars spends time in your communications sector every two years or so, and in recent years, it's in mutual reception with Uranus, a long-term guest in your romance and creativity sector. Additionally, Mars is in a mostly happy relationship with other planets this month, not to mention with your own sign. What does this mean for you? While you can be a little rushed at times, you are communicating with extraordinary magnetism and sizzle, saying what's on your mind and enjoying the responses you stimulate, and learning things at a rapid pace. This transit benefits your creative projects, dating life, and relationship with children as well. There can be innovative new projects. You are anxious to put your ideas into action. People are enjoying your conversation, writing, and creations. Intellectual games can be exciting and are favored, and hobbies are satisfying now. You are more courageous with your ideas and art, and you're ready to share them. The lines of communication open with love interests, children, and friends.

The more challenging themes in November involve impracticality and perhaps some laziness when it comes to paying attention to important details. You might also be going a little too hard in your social life or going overboard in a business or with spending, to the detriment of other areas of your life. Watch carefully for obsessive attention to certain pursuits. While it can be tough to do right now, aim for moderation. A deadline or important responsibility can need your immediate attention around the Full Moon on the 14th. The 24-25 is tricky, but you'll be in great shape if you avoid launching a project too soon or spending too much. The tendency is to invest too much of your energy and resources into new beginnings before doing the necessary research.

The Sun moves into your sign on the 21st, launching an important month for turning over a new leaf. The New Moon in your sign on the 29th is good for new plans, but the tendency is to overlook details, so watch for false starts or committing to impractical ventures. You're shining brightly in your communications most of November, so take advantage! While a little rocky, the last week of November is about opening your heart to a new year and perhaps a new image, attitude, or look to go along with it.

All month, you benefit from work behind the scenes and rest or moments for reflection and repose, dear Capricorn. However, you're in excellent shape for these things in particular until the 12th. You may be doing quite a bit of work in relative solitude, or you complete a project and is ready to make its debut. Attempts to bring more spiritual rewards and imagination to your career and your long-term goals are successful now. Love is quiet and perhaps involves some level of sacrifice or increased privacy.

From the 12th forward, however, you enjoy Venus as a welcome guest in your sign. This is a yearly event that serves to boost your appeal and bring positive attention your way. This comes shortly after Mars has spent time in your sign, and because Mars can be a little gruff and unpolished, this further emphasizes the soft appeal of Venus. There is considerably more gentleness in your approach, and your diplomatic qualities are highlighted. You can attract what and who you want quite easily with this transit. Venus meets Pluto in your sign on the 24-25, and while this can supercharge the benefits of this transit, it comes at a time when Jupiter is challenging Pluto - the first of three such transits that span now until August 2017, pointing to possible excesses and immoderation. While it can be beneficial to pay attention to your image and reputation, resist the urge to overdo maneuvering these things. Work on self-control instead. Finding a balance between attention to your personal and professional lives is necessary now for optimum success.

There is also an exciting theme this month that positively links money matters with home and family. From the 9th and well into December, you can be working hard at improving your home life, and the money, energy, and resources you invest into your family and home can be well worth it. It can also be a good time for making important purchases or investing in property. This is an opportune period for improving a business and pursuing profits or increased income. You may be working at home or on the home with great success. You are interested in building for the future.

The 2nd and 6th are strong days for networking and meeting with people who can help you achieve your goals. The Full Moon on the 14th brings feelings to light quite dramatically. This is a playful, expressive, and creative time. Romantic relationships get a boost. The New Moon on the 29th brings your strong attention to rest, repose, and healing, launching an important period of looking for answers within.

Friendship is in high focus all month, dear Aquarius, but is especially favorable until the 12th. Venus and Jupiter are in a special relationship during this period, linking your sector of friendship and wish fulfillment positively with your sector of higher learning and spirit. This is a wonderful time for networking, connecting, traveling, learning, and publishing. It's also favorable for a financial boost. Friendships may be made with people far away. Teamwork can go particularly well.

Mars moving into your sign on the 9th can feel like a nice rush, although it can overstimulate you at times, particularly if you don't have a goal to work towards. However, Mars is in great shape now and is in a special relationship with your ruler, Uranus. This is a potentially brilliant period for pursuing your plans and dreams, communications, learning, and reaching out to others. You can be excited about your projects and personal interests, and making happy connections through these things. Even though your independence is in strong force, you're fully enjoying connecting with others, learning, and sharing here and there. Opportunities to learn, teach, share, travel, or publish are emerging now.

With so much going on socially, you may think there's little room for career matters. However, the New Moon that occurred on October 30th powered up your career or life path goals and may have dropped an opportunity or new responsibility into your lap. This is a professionally busy time, and your life is full. You may need to do some juggling now, but you're up to the task! Look for opportunities to connect with people who help you achieve your goals or who support your ambitions and make you feel better about your performance and capabilities, particularly on the 2nd and 6th.

You are especially valued for your unique vision and perspective, gaining new friendships through this highlight. When Venus enters your privacy sector on the 12th, however, there can be times when you crave and seek out some form of retreat. It's good for you now, and it also helps you sort through your feelings, preparing you for a more visible, active time for expressing your feelings when Venus transits Aquarius (from December 7th to January 2nd).

Even so, love can be a little complicated later this month. A lot is going on below the surface, and there can be times when you're not always aware of how your feelings are affecting your actions. This can lead to quite a bit of restlessness and uncertainty. There can be tremendous urges to experience new things, but a part of you that only wants to hide away. 

The Full Moon on the 14th illuminates a family matter. You may need to pay particular attention to your domestic life or family relationships at this time. There can be a scurry of activity on the home front. The New Moon on the 29th can motivate you to start a new project, join a group, or reach out to an old friend.

There is activity in your career, reputation, and responsibility sector throughout November, dear Pisces, and this benefits your professional or public life. However, the period from the 1-12 is particularly favorable for your image as well as support from others to pursue your goals. There can be a turnaround in a reputation matter after a period of misunderstanding. Brand new beginnings and projects related to business and finances are best left for the weeks following the New Moon on November 29th, but your efforts to connect with others and to seek out advice can be very fruitful now. 

Seeking out new studies or advancing current ones can be very successful this month. The 2nd and 6th are good for networking and gaining new insight or advantages through your friendships and teamwork. There can be lively exchanges of ideas and beliefs. You're in the position to learn a lot from your dealings with acquaintances. The Full Moon on the 14th ironically brings you back down to earth if you've been focusing too heavily on outside interests and neglecting your daily affairs. It's important to get on top of errands and paperwork in order to bring a better balance to your life now.

From the 9th, there is a pleasing exchange between Mars and Uranus. There is a definite move towards behind the scenes activities and less decisiveness now, but you can be quite busy and actively working on new and innovative business ideas. You might also get the chance to work through some annoying personal problems. While there can be problems getting to the root of irritation or anger with Mars' transit through your solar twelfth house, you can find much to enjoy as you attempt to understand your inner workings now. There can be wonderful "aha!" moments. Your actions in the real world may not seem as effective or they could go unnoticed, but self-knowledge helps you a lot and prepares you for the exciting transit of Mars through your sign from December 18th to January 27th. It's also a time for rediscovering the joys of doing things simply for the intrinsic rewards. This can also be a good time for recycling old ideas into innovative new ones, and for discovering your talents and perhaps even resources that you never knew you had.

Venus in your friendship sector boosts your popularity and increases enjoyment of your social life, and is in particularly good shape from the 19-21. You can thoroughly enjoy contributing and sharing now. Even so, Neptune's alignment with the South Node this month may point to some tendency to isolate yourself when you're experiencing problems. Watch for maintaining your more superficial connections and avoiding intimacy in your deeper relationships. This can alienate special people in your life, and might even lead to estrangement, so be careful with this tendency. While you can have no problem connecting with acquaintances, classmates, and so forth, you may be shutting out people closest to you on some level. You can make a million excuses to yourself for not reaching out, but even if you need some independence, you can keep up communications to let important people in your life know that you still care about them. Fortunately, Neptune turns direct on the 19th, and this helps bring you out of your protective shell. You'll also find that people begin to understand you better as you become clearer within yourself. You might also discover new and improved ways of presenting yourself to others. Little tweaks and adjustments can go a long way towards more rewarding relationships.

October is a gentler month for you, dear Aries. A major focus this month is your relationships, companionability, and intimacy. Even so, it's one of your more ambitious months of the year. Your competitive, enterprising nature comes to the fore, and you readily throw yourself into pursuing your goals. This can be a time of increased activity in your career, but you may also feel a strong desire to take the lead and act independently. In your personal life, however, you're in an entirely different frame of mind. Collaboration and cooperation are in focus.

You bring more energy and innovation to your working life this month. You're self-motivated and prefer not to answer to others. Working independently and at your own pace makes the most sense now if you manage it. You may be arousing opposition or generating competition. You may want to make it clear that you're most interested in besting yourself than beating out the competition. You have more courage to get something off the ground, and you're up for a challenge. You're keeping things fresh and stimulating your creativity by making small changes. This is a time when you don't accept stagnation, so take advantage.

The year ahead is strong for connecting with partners, counseling, advising, and getting legal help. This month, you get a big taste of this energy. The 4-5 is particularly strong for useful advice and the power of teaming up and combining your talents with someone. You might benefit from keeping someone's confidence around the 10-11, or you may receive recognition for work you've done in the past. Healing activities are in focus.

The 15-16 can be tricky. The Sun's annual opposition to Uranus, currently in your sign, occurs around the time of a Full Moon in your sign. This tends to highlight your needs for both partnership and independence and the disruptions in your life that occur as a result of this inner conflict. You may need to find the right balance, which is not easy. Innovate rather than react. Surprising events and emotions are quite likely now.

There can be a clearer window into a financial or intimate matter around the 26-27 and a chance to take charge and start fresh on your findings after the 30th. The 29th highlights decisions related to relationships, money, publishing, and higher education and seeing these things from a particularly practical perspective.

You're particularly motivated to do a good job this month, dear Taurus, and you might thoroughly enjoy helping out others. You're more conscientious as a result and take pride in solving problems, acquiring or honing skills, and taking care of business. Even so, you're also quite committed to exploring beyond your routines in October, and if opportunities don't naturally arise to do so, you'll create them!

This is a great month for picking up new practical skills, finding new work, or throwing more of yourself into your current job. It's also a fine time for improving your daily habits and health. You're eager now, and it shows. Others appreciate your efforts. A pleasant or helpful connection may be made on the job or while fulfilling your health goals and daily routines. The 15-16, however, can be a little disruptive on the work front. You could be feeling that you are at the mercy of others' schedules, unreliability, or rebellion. There could be something from your past that re-emerges, and a personal truth coming to light. You may very well discover what you've been missing in your life, and this sets you on a path towards is discovery. However, be cautious about following sudden impulses.

October is very strong for getting others into your corner. You're diplomatic and accommodating. For many of you, it's quite easy to find a companion for even the smallest of activities. You might often find yourself in the position of peacemaker or mediator. These traits are especially prominent until the 18th.

You are more attached than usual to your opinions, beliefs, traditions, and ideas this month. This can certainly contribute to some problems in your relationships, as you may create a stir from time to time. However, you may very well need the courage to assert yourself. There is good energy with you for pursuing new interests. Competitive activities can be attractive now.

Relationships come into stronger focus in the latter part of the month. The need for companionship might increase now. There can be more seriousness in your relationships, and perhaps some jealousies to deal with. Being realistic about your financial situation is necessary around the 29th. Knowing where you stand is empowering; avoiding problems only serves to undermine you. A loan might come through, but whatever does emerge now comes with increased responsibility. The New Moon on the 30th helps you start fresh in a partnership or brings a new relationship into your life.

This is a potentially active relationship month, dear Gemini. You're very focused on connecting on all sorts of levels and quite successful at it. You're also quite willing to take care of others. You're expressive this month - very happy to be the center of attention - but you're also very accommodating and perfectly willing to let someone special take center stage as well. 

Good experiences on the job are likely this month. You are finding new ways to get along with others, and people are valuing your services. A relationship-oriented aspect occurs on the 10-11, when your ruler, Mercury, aligns with your partnership ruler, Jupiter, in your sector of romance and play! This is an opportunity period for getting closer to someone. Enjoying art, play, entertainment, and leisure activities can be rewarding now. This is a good time to get your feelings out into the open. Even so, Venus moves through your sector of work, health, and service at this time (until the 18th), and you have your eye on improvements surroundings these themes. Confidence builds after the 18th, and you draw people in more readily. They also have your full attention now. 

Communications of all kinds are emphasized, but especially those involving creative contacts, children, and romantic interests, and they are generally favorable. It's also a good time for self-promotion efforts, particularly through your creativity and clever ideas.

While there is much focus on getting along with others in October, you find it very easy to throw yourself into your own special projects and interests. It's difficult to find you in a state of boredom this month. Research and analysis can be fruitful and enjoyable. You are inclined to want to investigate matters. You might find yourself drawn to push the usual boundaries, which can be profound in healthy ways but could lead you down the wrong path if you're not mindful of your limits. The tendency is to push yourself too far now. Keep this in check, and it's all good.

The 15-16 can point to startling revelations, discoveries, and feelings surrounding your social and romantic life. These will get you thinking and possibly moving towards positive change, even if at first there can be a little chaos. There's a wildcard factor active now as Uranus is at its closest approach to the earth at the time of a Full Moon. It's an inventive and creative time but might also feel like a whirlwind.

The last week of the month is particularly strong for ideas and plans surrounding work and health. There can be a significant realization of responsibility, or a sense of joy in committing to someone or something, around the 29th. This occurs at the time of a Balsamic Moon, however. Realizations no less important, but the need to finalize an important matter at a later date arises. 

Family and home life are in larger focus for you this month, dear Cancer. The domestic side of you is in swing, but you're also expressing some interest in branching out and taking a few personal risks. You can bring special creativity and warmth to your personal life in October.

There can be a competitive feel to your partnerships as Mars moves in opposition to your sign all month, and you may be putting more energy into your relationships than usual. Watch for a tendency to instigate or rile up a significant other, or to treat a partner as a rival. There can be a tendency for you or a partner to be touchy or for arguments to emerge seemingly out of nowhere. You're at your best when you work with someone towards a common goal. The best way to use this energy to your advantage is to allow others to inspire and motivate you. Team up and take action so that excess energy is turned outwards. This can be a passionate, revealing time.

Helping you out is Venus in harmony with your sign until the 18th. This position does wonders for your personal appeal. Relationships can be formed or enhanced on the 5th.

The 10-11 is an opportunity period for family relationships, good news about home or real estate, improved living arrangements, and personal magnetism. Creativity soars and relationships may reach a whole new level. New long-term endeavors might get their start now.

Disruptions and surprises around the 15-16 tend to have to do with your career, home life, reputation, or long-term goals. There can be sudden revelations and decisions. While this may lead to better conditions, do watch for a tendency to break all the rules without thinking of the consequences.  Stay open and flexible, and try to take changes of plans in stride.

Improved working conditions are possible from the 18th forward. You might thoroughly enjoy the work you do or the services you provide. You get along well with the people with whom you share your day. There can be increased respect for your work and efforts. The Sun's move into your romance and creativity sector on the 23rd is quickly followed by Mercury the next day. Your social life is busy and active. Leisure time is particularly satisfying.

You can be super-motivated this month to reach health and work goals, dear Leo. You'll stop at nothing to improve on past performance. You tend to want to set your own pace and goals, and you thrive on the small challenges you create for yourself now. You'll do best if you pursue your goals in a structured or organized manner. 

You're particularly interested in efficiency and innovative methods and can be impatient with frivolities while Mars visits your solar sixth house - all month and then until November 9th. A potential problem is pushing yourself too hard, as you are not always aware of the long hours you put in. Challenge yourself but don't stress yourself out for best results now. There is a fine line between determination and obsession.

This is also a time for thoroughly enjoying the comforts of home and the familiarity of family and loved ones with Venus in your solar fourth house until the 18th, after which you're open to getting out and about, showing off a little, and taking more personal risks.

You can discover powerful new programs or methods for improving your health or work this month through research and word of mouth, particularly around the 10-11 and 14th. This is also a good time for reaching out to others, sharing ideas, writing, and scoping out various prospects and ideas. Your ideas or work may gain some recognition now. Putting your feelers out makes a lot of sense this month. There can be some disruptions or surprises on the 15-16 surrounding matters of travel, publishing, and studies. You could come to a sudden awareness of a new perspective on a project. If plans change suddenly, try to remain as flexible and open-minded as possible, as changes can lead to improvements or discoveries that you might not have made otherwise. However, try not to make decisions blindly now.

Not long after Venus moves into your creative, expressive solar fifth house on the 18th, the Sun and Mercury transit your domestic solar fourth on the 23rd and 24th. There can be wonderful discoveries and realizations about your home, family, or living arrangements in the last week of October. The desire to reach out to someone you love is big. There can be a meaningful conversation or news that makes you quite hopeful about a family situation, or that serves to motivate you to push forward with domestic plans. 

You are likely to devote a lot of your energy to creative works, a romantic pursuit, or hobby this month, dear Virgo. There can be a competitive feel to your relationships now. Your ambition is stimulated, and you're playing to win! Even your more casual pursuits tend to have an edge to them in October. This can be a favorable time for competitive sports or games and increased physical activity. 

The month is strong for gaining your footing, building your resources, and developing your talents. There can be competing energies between the drive for security and a need to put yourself out there. For the most part, however, you can make this work. You have the power of words and a charming manner on your side with Venus in your communications sector until the 18th. As well, there is a fuller appreciation for your surroundings and personal environment and increased contentment as a result. You might choose to write out your wishes or feelings with great success during this period. Small gestures and reaching out to others can be especially rewarding. The 10-11 is an opportunity period for finances, gifts, bonuses, family relationships, recognition for your work or natural talents, and stellar money-making or project ideas with long-term appeal and profitability. 

Planets are moving beyond your sign, and Mercury is the last to do so on the 7th. This feels comfortable. While a congregation of planets in your sign is useful for personal initiatives, you often fare better when the focus is on your projects, loved ones, and work. There is also a pleasant feeling of moving forward, slowly but surely, this month.

The 15-16 can stimulate sudden decisions and epiphanies, as well as the need to liberate yourself of certain obligations and burdens. This period could stir up old financial or relationship problems. The tendency now is to react quickly, but you might want to get in touch with your heart's desire before taking action.

Home life improves from the 18th forward, although it's not without its fair share of responsibilities. There can be progress made on the home front, and if you are working at or on the home, you are more interested in applying yourself to something that will have value over the long-term. Work done now can be especially fruitful down the road, although brand new beginnings are best saved until after the New Moon on the 30th. Focus on identifying priorities in the days leading up to this lunation. As well, there can be valuable insight or ideas surfacing on the 26-27 about projects, interests, and studies that help clear the path for new beginnings.

The month ahead is a strong yet gentle one for you, dear Libra. You're in the driver's seat. Yes, this is true in a general sense, but with the Sun in your sign until the 23rd, you're feeling super confident and changes made now seem to have visible, quick results. The biggest area of passion and possible upheaval this month is likely to involve your private world, family life, and home matters. You're ambitious about these things now, desiring to make deep changes that will last. There can also be bigger emotions felt at home than elsewhere - tempers may be prominent. The trick is to avoid impatience and impulsiveness. Strategize for best results. You may want to rule the roost now, and this can be successful as long as you're a gentle leader! 

While you'll be pursuing personal interests and craving more independence this month - and you're quite successful on these fronts - this can also be an important time for house cleaning of some variety. This can be either (or both) on figurative and literal levels. Home renovations or small improvements are possible now. You're looking for more efficiency and functionality. Acknowledging and resolving problems with family or people you live with can be in focus. Look for the root of issues instead of seeking out cosmetic fixes. There may be bigger demands on your time and energy on the domestic front.

From the 7th, you can be far more sociable, communicative, and clear in your decisions. The tendency to focus (and perhaps dwell) on the past lifts. You are forward-looking and while you tend to enjoy collaboration by nature, you're in the mood or position to make executive decisions from the 7-24.

The 10-11 is wonderful for communications and opportunities to learn, teach, and advance. Family, work, and health matters can get a nice boost. Your personal appeal is strong. It's a superb time to make a presentation or ask for what you want. You're given the benefit of the doubt. While the nature of a Full Moon is emotional, the Full Moon on the 16th is good for seeking out harmony. Getting there may involve some ups and downs. Until the 18th, you're attracting attention as well as support, gifts, and company. 

There is sweetness to your approach from the 18th forward. The last week of the month finds you seeking out predictability, comfort, and security. The culmination of a financial or business project, or new opportunities revolving around personal income, can be in focus on the 27-28, launching one of the best periods of the year for money matters. A good idea can blossom now.

October begins quietly and picks up pace as it progresses for you, dear Scorpio. All month, however, at least one major player is in your sign, so you are never without special attention and initiative, but until October 23rd, there is a withdrawn quality to your personality. This is all good - it's a natural time of the solar cycle for you to reflect and move a little more slowly than usual. This allows you to catch up emotionally with recent events and circumstances. 

With Mars in your communications zone all month long, you are certainly not idle. In fact, you might often be meditating in motion. You can also feel especially passionate and ambitious about your projects, contacts, ideas, and studies. There can be a significant intellectual competition. You're mentally wired, and you want to put ideas into action. You might feel impatient with idle chatter or with others' slower pace or minds, making it imperative that you find ways to move at your own pace or work independently. You need something for yourself right now - as much as you like people, you have your limits! The inner entrepreneur can emerge this month. With the Sun's position in your privacy sector and Mars in your communications sector, you may be giving off a "leave me alone" energy. While you do prize time to yourself now, it might be a good idea to let key people in your life know that it's not about them. Helping you along in this respect is Venus in Scorpio in your sign until the 18th. Your image improves, people love your sense of style, and a partner can be entirely on your side.

The 10-11 is one of the better opportunity periods of the month, and for you, this is about new information about a previous mystery, creative insights, and personal punch. Your appeal is high, and people thoroughly enjoy your art, craft, or ideas. Other opportunity days include the creative and romantic 1st, the persuasive 5th, and the passionate (although extreme) 18-19. The 15-16 can bring difficult situations to a head related to work or perhaps more aptly, overwork. 

From the 18th forward, you are attracting the good things in life. It's a good time to get comfortable with the world of the five senses. The 23rd forward is even more powerful with the Sun "emerging" in your solar chart and a personal new year begins. The 27-28 is powerful for personal impact. Your need to be heard is significant, and you can pretty much count on others listening. Finally, a New Moon occurs in your sign on the 30th, and personal new beginnings are favored.

There is a social theme to the month ahead, dear Sagittarius, but your practical affairs are in good shape as well. Career matters fly along rather smoothly. Ambitions to improve your standing, security, and comfort levels are increasing.

Your ambitious and enterprising qualities can fuel motivation and determination this month, in fact. You are capable of quite a bit of work if you can foresee an improved financial position or a more secure state of being. While some of you may find yourself in the position to defend your values, possessions, or money, this energy might also translate in more positive terms - you could be working exceptionally hard at making your life better. Watch for possessiveness, but build your resources now. 

The 10-11 is excellent for learning something valuable, making a friend, thinking in big terms, expanding a project or business, and making long-range plans. You're likely to feel in an exceptionally generous and possibly philosophical mood. It's a good time for making connections through networking or group associations. Negotiations should go very well. Purchases for family or the home that enhance the enjoyment of domestic life can figure strongly now.

Your love life and feeling nature are likely on the private side until the 18th. You may be looking back rather than enjoying the present or looking forward to the future on romantic levels. You might often find yourself in the position of supporter, helper, and confidante. The 15-16, however, can bring surprising, revealing, or startling feelings to the surface or events to your life. There could be a sudden decision to break out on your own, away from a friend, or into a new relationship. A rush of unavoidable feelings can prompt a complete turnaround.

From the 18th, Venus in your sign enhances your image and acts to showcase your more lovable qualities. It's a time for attracting positive attention. From the 23rd, life is a little quieter as you find more time to slip into the background to enjoy private moments and times for rest and reflection. The 26-27 can see an idea or plan blossom. You might gain insight into an old issue, and this pushes you forward. New opportunities can emerge that turn your attention behind the scenes. The 29th is a time for seeing your capabilities clearly. There could also be a major revelation about your finances, a love relationship, or friendship. 

You can be quite headstrong and independent this month, dear Capricorn. Your ambitions are stimulated. While you have a strong sense of the rules, the enterprising side of your nature emerges powerfully this month, and you could find that you're challenging traditions and attracted to shortcuts.

You are at your best when employing strategies, but with Mars in your sign all month, you can be impatient with too much talk or long-drawn-out explanations. You'd rather get things done and deal with the details after the fact. As long as you are determined to make the most of this period, it's a great time for standing up for yourself and for new initiatives that require action and courage more than plans and deliberation. You can't force confidence - confidence builds as self-mastery skills increase. This is why truly confident moves have fantastic results now and rash or pushy moves seem to have consequences.

Taking away some of the edge of Mars in Capricorn is the transit of Venus through your social sector until the 18th. You naturally gain approval from others now. You're independent this month, but you are wise enough to value the group and cherished friends' input. Diplomacy has its distinct benefits. Your style, gentleness, and artistry are particularly attractive to others during this cycle. The 10-11 is especially favorable for friends, teams, groups, networking, communications, and business income. There can be good news or connections made that advance your career or goals. There can be recognition for your performance or accomplishments.

The 15-16 can stimulate unexpected events or surprising feelings in your personal life. Home and family matters may reach a turning point. Venus in your soul sector from the 18th forward points to a private period for your love life or affections. It can also lead to benefits from working behind the scenes or special enjoyment of solitude and times for extra rest and healing. You may be seeing a relationship in a new light, perhaps through a more spiritual lens.

From the 26-27 forward, you're in an excellent position to work with a business plan or new idea and run with it. The 29th is good for practical grounding. Personal responsibilities become clear, and your stronger understanding of where you stand makes planning all the better. This is a fabulous time to rid yourself of something that has been weighing you down.

October holds the potential for a nice balance between work and play, dear Aquarius. While in many ways you're open to exploring, expanding, and experiencing new things, you have a lot of "work" to do on the inside. You can be very contemplative this month. You'll benefit greatly from actively seeking out ways to heal and de-stress. 

This can be a period when you don't jump to assert yourself, as you first consider how this might impact others' lives and your own. There can be some bottling up of anger or desires. There may very well be a solid reason for working behind the scenes now. As well, this can be a good month for cleaning up the past in order to begin anew later (Mars will transit your sign from November 9-December 19). Parts of you are on a symbolic retreat, and this is good for you. If you've been overdoing things, you can really feel it now. 

Venus works some of its magic on your reputation and/or career and relationships with elders, bosses, parents, and teachers this month until the 18th. This is a solid time for a better image, support or sponsorship from a higher-upper, more enjoyment of your professional life and responsibilities, and true confidence in your performance.

The 10-11 is a beautiful time for learning or expanding a project, as well as activities related to promotion, publishing, education, communications, the law, and travel. There may be an opportunity for an experience that you've never had before, particularly related to studies. New ideas flow well. This can also be an almost magical time for financial and business matters.

The 15-16 can be disruptive but revealing as the Sun opposes your ruler, Uranus, and Uranus energy is particularly strong and potent. It's a time for seeing yourself better through relationships with others and the world as a whole. Changes of plans can lead to new discoveries, perspectives, and insight that truly improve your life, so don't dig in your heels too much. There can be an epiphany or moment of truth that can be a little uncomfortable but ultimately relieving. Be slightly more vigilant when it comes to communicating and commuting. 

From the 18th, your social life gets a nice boost. Friends and acquaintances are more likely to appreciate and value you. From the 23rd, you're in a more ambitious phase of the year, and this continues into November. The last week of the month is powerful for revelations about professional and life-path goals. Ideas bloom. The 29th brings clarity about a friendship or long-term goal. You have an easier time putting something behind you now. Social or romantic opportunities may be found through associates, group associations, friends, and networking. A question of accountability or commitment involving a friend or business goal can be in focus. The New Moon on the 30th gives you a boost to pursue your ambitions.

You can be very active with friends and groups this month, dear Pisces, but you're also easily absorbed in your private life, ideally finding the right balance between the two. You might find that you achieve the most or are the most motivated through your involvement with a group or team. You may be more active with friends and associates, perhaps actively working towards a cherished cause or dream. 

This is also a time when you're not particularly content with simply dreaming, wishing, and hoping for better circumstances. You'll want to take solid action towards realizing your goals and making improvements. There can be strong focus on new technology in October. You're inventive and drawn to endeavors that are progressive and unique.

This is also a potentially strengthening month for close relationships. You're clearer about who you care about and who has your back. Venus moves in harmony with your sign until the 18th, boosting your personal appeal. It also has the effect of stimulating your taste for the exotic. You might thoroughly enjoy cultural activities, studies, debates, and sharing your ideas with others. You are in an unusually good position to soothe and help others to heal around the 10-11. This can be a good time for taking in a show, throwing yourself into a creative project and sharing time with others. Sharing your feelings or intimate matters can be fun and rewarding. You might open up a topic that is usually taboo or left unspoken. Healthy, frank discussions boost your relationships.

The 15-16 can bring surprises with money and relationships. Ownership, sharing, power, and money matters can be at the root of challenges or the need to make changes becomes evident. Look for ways to innovate, update, and improve for best results. Accept that change is inevitable and understand that being proactive about it is in your best interests.

From the 18th forward, professional relationships can improve, and so can your reputation or image. Someone who's in the position to help further your goals, promote you, or help you find a direction or calling can take special interest in you. Express your faith in yourself now for best results. The last week of the month stimulates your adventurous side. Even so, this can also be a time of increased professional responsibilities. 

September can be a busy month for you, dear Aries. This is often a month of adjustments for you with the Sun in your solar sixth house of work, health, and habits. This year, you have a Solar Eclipse and retrograde Mercury complicating matters, which can point to some redoing, reorganizing, and extra details to take care of before you can feel that you're truly done and ready to move forward. Be as patient as possible and work at getting things right. Entirely new endeavors may be on the horizon, but for now, you'll be in a better place if you focus on projects already in motion. In fact, you might find some gems from the past that you can now approach in a new way. The recycling of projects and ideas can be extraordinarily successful now. Look for critical new insight or information that pushes your work projects or health ahead on the 20-23. 

Jupiter moves into your partnership sector on the 9th, where it will transit for over a year. The year ahead can be a powerful time for meeting a new partner, developing a relationship, coming to beneficial agreements with others, benefiting from counseling, and for partnering up with someone to accomplish a major goal. Someone coming into your life during this period can be significant. You might often enjoy the feeling that you have someone on your side during this cycle, and you're likely to get a sweet taste of this energy this month, particularly on the 25-26. 

It's important to pay particular attention to your work and chores this month, but if you're overdoing this and failing to take care of your need for downtime, you'll get a reminder around the 16th. 

The last week of September stimulates more intense feelings, desires, and attachments, mostly of the pleasant variety, and a stronger focus on relationships and work goals. Mars moving to the top of your solar chart stimulates your ambitions. Career goals are in focus, but this can also be about other lofty objectives that involve your general life path. This motivation builds throughout October as well. 

The sector of your chart that rules creativity, romance, entertainment, self-expression, and pleasure receives special attention this month, dear Taurus. While a Solar Eclipse here inspires new beginnings and fresh starts in these areas of life, Mercury's retrograde in the same sector, active until the 22nd, turns your attention to the past. In order to clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Romantic relationships can be a little complicated, or you may be focused on a past connection. Those projects or relationships that have been holding you back from expressing your true, creative self may come under scrutiny.

Jupiter moves into your solar sixth house on the 9th, where it will transit for the coming thirteen months. While its influence on your playful solar fifth in the past year was a little more exciting and glamorous, this new cycle can be rewarding indeed. You can be motivated to improve your health, daily habits, work, and routines. You are likely to find more joy and satisfaction from your work, and if you're looking for new work, this is a very employable time! There will be plenty of opportunities to improve and enhance your life going forward, but you're also likely to get a nice preview of this useful energy this month, particularly around the 25-26. Increased faith and optimism can help you heal, and you can find new meaning in the work you do.

The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th can bring feelings for a friend to bloom and perhaps some drama to your social life. The 20-23 can be another pivotal period this month when new information or insight surfaces that can open doors for you on creative and romantic levels. A relationship can blossom. Venus entering your partnership sector on the 23rd can serve to further enhance and improve companionability and popularity.

The last week of the month is also strong for travel opportunities, and blocks can lift with publishing, legal, or educational matters. Mars moves into favorable relationship with your sign on the 27th - another excellent influence that boosts your confidence and courage.

There can be some important renovations and improvements in your home or with family relationships this month, dear Gemini. You have a chance to begin anew, and this might involve some reorganizing or even relocation. There may be some backtracking over old problems and conversations, and perhaps even contracts and negotiations. Preexisting problems can blow up, but are likely to blow over by the 20-23 when you gain important insight that helps clear the path for new beginnings. A career matter or responsibility can loom around the 16th, but this can also be a time for gaining some recognition for your hard work. The drive to improve your home life can also motivate you to work harder or perhaps to pursue a promotion or better position.

One of the big headlines of the month is Jupiter's move into the sign of Libra. This is an especially happy influence for you, and fortunately, it's not a fleeting one. Lasting for over a year, this transit encourages you to come out of your shell and enjoy yourself more thoroughly. Perhaps you meet someone who motivates you to pursue fun pastimes, you take up a new hobby, or a romance figures strongly. Whatever does open up for you, you're ready to play, share, and enjoy yourself. Creatively, this is an active period as well, and on the 25-26, you're likely to experience a satisfying preview of this Jupiter transit that will stick with you for thirteen months. You might suddenly get in touch with a desire or discover a new interest that can be the focus of your attention for some time into the future.

The 20-23 is an interesting period when you gain valuable insight into a personal or domestic matter. Research brings rewards or secrets emerge that give you an edge or lead to a feeling of relief. A person in your life is likely to come around to your point of view. The last week of September is busy, and areas of interest evolve. You're more confident and ready to enjoy yourself. A work or financial matter unblocks. Mars moves out of your partnership zone, taking some of the direct pressure off you and a partnership. The New Moon on the 30th is celebratory.

September is important for sorting out problems and making practical adjustments that will benefit you for years to come, dear Cancer, particularly related to your studies, learning, transportation, communications, and daily affairs. You are more sharply aware of flaws, and while overdoing this focus on problem areas is certainly not good for you, in moderation, this can be a powerful time for fixing problems largely because they're bothering you enough to prompt action! The 20-23 is particularly strong for seeing projects and relationships in a new way. Insight gained now can be pivotal. You're in a better position to see which projects are truly viable and worth your effort.

Besides eclipses that keep you on your toes dealing with deadlines, a major headline of the month is Jupiter's move into the sign of Libra on the 9th. This sign change happens approximately every year, and it points to a new theme of upgrades and enhancements in particular areas of life ruled by the sector it's transiting. For you, home, family, and personal life are the primary focus in the year ahead, starting this month. This is a time for improving your bonds with loved ones and enhancing or expanding the home. Living arrangements and conditions can improve. 

On the 16th, a Lunar Eclipse opens up desires to learn or experience new things. This can be a compelling discovery. The travel bug can bite now for some of you, and for others, the desire to take courses or reach out to make contact with new people can emerge. Tastes are a little more exotic now, although you may need to stick around for a while longer in order to get through your current responsibilities.

Venus moves into your romance and creativity sector on the 23rd, where she will stay until mid-October. This is only one influence that changes the flavor of the month in the last week. Other influences affect your partnerships and close relationships most - Pluto turns direct and Mars enters your partnership sector. Certainly, the last week of the month is relationship-oriented, and the news is positive! Some of the pressure that Mars has placed on your work and daily life eases now.

The month ahead brings a strong focus on your practical affairs, dear Leo. Money and business matters need some serious sorting, but efforts put forth now can lead to brave new beginnings down the road and benefits to match. You are learning about your attachments and earning potential, and insights on the 20-23 can be pivotal. Until then, you are encouraged to look forward but also to take care of unfinished business. Around the Lunar Eclipse on the 16th, you are opening your eyes to dependencies, matters of support and sharing, and financial realities. There may be a shuffling of money sources occurring now and in the coming weeks.

The big headline of the month is Jupiter's move into the sign of Libra. This moves Jupiter into easy aspect with your sign and into your communications sector for over a year. You are likely to become quite busy making connections, teaching, learning, and sharing ideas during this period. As September progresses, you'll feel more of this kind of energy. There can be plenty of errands to run, paperwork to deal with, and emails to send. New ways to communicate, learn, and move about can open up. There can be a new computer or phone, new wheels, and some of you can find new platforms or channels for connecting. You can be especially busy locally. There can be a real tendency to want to "do it all", forgetting your limits in terms of time and energy, but your enthusiasm for learning new things and taking on new projects can be incredible now. Later this month and in the coming year, good energy is with you for sharing your ideas, writing, pursuing a cause, and joining a cause, generally speaking. The energies of the 25-26 can illuminate or stimulate a new interest or project.

Even with Mercury retrograde until the 22nd, you can be quite charming with your words as Venus moves through your communications sector until the 23rd. The last week of September can point to some turning inward as you seek out a little more comfort, intimacy, and private time. Even so, the busy pace of your life is unlikely to let up just yet, largely due to Mars' energetic move into your work and health sector on the 27th, followed by a New Moon in your communications sector on the 30th. You have a lot on your plate now!

You begin the month with a Solar Eclipse in your sign, dear Virgo, helping to clear the path for new personal beginnings. You'll have to look back before going forward, however, with Mercury retrograde in your sign until the 22nd, but this can eventually bring hefty rewards. Patience is necessary! Take care of unfinished business so that you can begin anew with far less baggage.

By the 9th, Jupiter will have left your sign where it visited for thirteen months. However, as Jupiter leaves your sign, it enters your resources sector where it will stay for over a year. This begins a theme of excellent lessons and benefits revolving around money, earnings, possessions, and your personal talents. It's a superb time for building on existing resources, a business, or project and enjoying the rewards of your past efforts. While this transit will take some time to unfold and develop, you'll certainly enjoy a nice preview of its influence around the 25-26 when the Sun aligns with Jupiter. It can be a time of elevated confidence in yourself to manifest your desires. Your generosity increases.

The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th brings a personal project or relationship to bloom. Personal epiphanies and revelations about relationships are possible now. The 20-23 is a powerful few days for better understanding a matter from the past - new information emerges, and you're better off for it! This could have to do with health, romance, or a creative project, and it can fill you with determination and confidence.

The last week of September is strong for attracting who and what you want through your communications. On the 27th, a long-awaited Mars transit of your romance and creativity sector gets the ball rolling on these matters - you're far more confident about pursuing your desires now. The last day of the month features a New Moon and a potential new beginning on a financial level.

There can be much focus on the past, emotional issues, and your inner world in September, dear Libra, but you're building towards a far more active and involved phase as September progresses. For one, you have Venus in your sign until the 23rd, and while you are keeping to yourself in many ways, this has no effect on your personal appeal. In fact, others are drawn to you more than usual. You are the desired one right now! You may not be entirely ready to act on feelings yet, but you're certainly attracting others to you. 

For another, you have Jupiter entering Libra on the 9th. While two eclipses this month can shake up your worlds of work and downtime, the biggest headline is Jupiter's move into your sign. This celebrated transit will unfold over the next thirteen months, but certainly by the 25-26 when the Sun and Jupiter align, you'll be feeling some of the benefits in September. Ideas for future ventures can be golden. Confidence increases and you seek out more freedom now and in the coming year. You may be exposed to interesting ideas and gain new and exciting interests. You're not afraid to explore, and little holds you back from enjoying life on multiple levels. In truth, you are making your own opportunities by putting more faith in yourself and your capabilities.

The 20-26 can bring you personal attention, but it can also be a time of remarkable new insights into your emotional life, family, or the past. While this can be subtle, it can also be life-changing in the sense that now you feel more equipped to move forward. The last week of September is also strong for money and gifts, as well as active for family and domestic life. The New Moon on the 30th is in your sign, pointing to a grand new beginning. This is a time of more personal presence and power, and it's a theme that continues into October.

September is an important month for taking care of unfinished business, dear Scorpio, mainly revolving around friends, groups, and causes. As the month progresses, it's a powerful time for healing, relaxing, and getting in touch with your inner world.

Jupiter moves into your solar twelfth house on the 9th, where it will transit for thirteen months. It's a quiet period for Jupiter, but it's certainly not without its benefits. You'll get a preview of its energy in large doses around the 25-26 when past good deeds can bring in rewards. In many ways, the year ahead involves an important inner spiritual search as you establish a deeper connection with, and faith in, your intuition. You're coming to a better relationship with yourself from the inside out. Your sympathetic nature deepens, and you can thoroughly enjoy helping others. An untapped resource can be discovered and benefits come from behind the scenes.

There can be hurdles to clear this month, most likely concerning earning power or income, but taking care of problem areas will benefit you for years to come, so do the ground work. Your social life can be up and down this month. At times, you might question others' allegiance. The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th can bring love feelings to bloom or a romantic relationship to a turning point.

The last week of September is considerably easier. For one, Venus spends its first of three weeks in your sign, boosting your appeal. A special someone is catering to your needs and interests. People tend to want to be around you and help you out, and your personal appeal skyrockets. For another, your ruler, Pluto, turns direct and you feel a lot clearer about your direction and personal goals. A project that was put on hold can now move forward. The 20-23 is a time for wowing others with your findings, insight, and wisdom. Those who have been second-guessing you can completely come around. Finally, on the 27th, Mars enters your communications sector and helps to renew your interest in various exciting projects. Enthusiasm for learning and sharing builds. 

September can be a month of ups and downs regarding career and reputation matters, dear Sagittarius, but also definite improvements to these things, or at least foreseeable ones! You may need to return to an old project or redo and refine something that you thought was complete. Some of you may need to go back to the same old conversations or problems. However, this apparent backtracking can lead to significant refinements and the strengthening of areas that were once on shaky ground. Ultimately, you're in a much stronger position going forward. 

Career or life path goals can require exacting and particular attention but can also serve to excite you about your future. Be patient this month for best results! 

Jupiter moves into your friends and dreams sector on the 9th and will visit this pleasant house of your solar chart for over a year. Ideally, you've accomplished some pretty big goals and now have more freedom to pursue goals that are less about performance and more about enjoyment. Jupiter loosens you up in this way. As your ruler, you're certainly aware of the beneficial traits of this freedom-loving, generous planet. However, because Saturn has been visiting your sign, you may not always feel so carefree, and this Jupiter transit will help remind you of the need to enjoy yourself more often. You'll be pouring more energy into, and deriving plenty of benefits from, friendships, networking, personal causes, and community or group associations in the coming year. 

The eclipses this month remind you once again of the sensitive balance between career and home life, as well as attention to reputation or protocol versus attention to personal goals and family. Love is a little more private and perhaps complicated in the last week of the month. The 20-23 can bring significant insight into money and career matters - this can be critical for success. Money matters that were previously stuck or stalling can clear up from the 26th forward. You'll be pursuing both pleasure and a fatter bank account from the 27th forward and into October.

September can be a month of some backtracking and delays that allow you to refine and improve your projects, dear Capricorn. However, it's an important month for getting to a much better place mentally. Redoing work that you thought was complete or returning to old material or conversations and problems can make you feel a little stuck at times this month, but you're making substantial progress. 

For those Capricorns working on projects for publishing, this can be a busy and important time for refinements. The temptation may be to release a work or complete a project or study before you're entirely ready, but it's important to exercise patience. 

Jupiter moves to the top of your solar chart on the 9th, and will transit your career and reputation sector for over a year. This beneficial influence will unfold over thirteen months, but you'll see it kickstarted this month, particularly around the 25-26. This is a time for getting some pleasing feedback and recognition for the work you do, or for the effort you've made towards important goals. More importantly, it's a time when you feel prouder of your accomplishments, which motivates you to shoot a little higher. You might find yourself in a position to manage others, or there could be a promotion or more enjoyable work and goals during this pivotal transit. 

The 20-23 can bring out new information and insights that change your approach to your work and projects. You have a distinct edge now. Friendships improve and thrive starting in the last week of September. Finally, Mars moves into your sign on the 27th. This has been a long time coming, as Mars has spent an unusually long time in the sign behind yours, and you've been on the fence about many things. Energy and motivation levels may have suffered, but now you're picking up your socks and getting things done. This transit can be problematic at times, largely due to impatience or impulsiveness, but is powerful for personal confidence, and will be with you until November 9th.

September can be a month of transformations and renovations, dear Aquarius, mostly on an emotional level. You're returning to old problems with a different attitude, taking care of unfinished business, and making refinements to projects that are not quite complete. In the process, you may very well find some gems from the past. Dependencies can be a big issue now - the desire to feel more independent and empowered can be strong, and you're now taking the steps necessary to make these changes. 

Jupiter moves into Libra and favorable position to your sign on the 9th, launching a thirteen-month transit that naturally encourages you to explore and expand your interests. It's an excellent influence for taking courses and for studies and interests, in general. Happy connections and friendships might be made through studies, travel, and other non-routine affairs. Those who've interrupted their education may return to courses now with great success and renewed confidence. You're likely to be more easygoing when it comes to everyday life, as you find it easier to rise above small problems and put things into perspective during this cycle.

Money matters can reach a head around the 16th. There can be revelations or realizations revolving around finances, valuables, or values. The 20-23 can bring about a revelation or news that improves your understanding of a difficult problem. After a sense that you're stuck, you begin to feel that you can truly get ahead. The 25-26 is favorable for teaching, learning, connecting, and promoting. On the 27th, Mars enters your solar twelfth house, however, launching a cycle in which you're a little less energetic as your priorities shuffle around, or a project ends.

There is a strong focus on relationships this month, dear Pisces, and while new beginnings are on the horizon, some backtracking is likely now. It's a time of going over old problems, conversations, and negotiations. Mercury's retrograde until the 22nd points to a period when others may not always come through for you in the usual ways.

Jupiter moves into your solar eighth house on the 9th, and this launches a thirteen-month cycle that's superb for financial improvements and your intimate life. This transit unfolds over the course of a year and a month, but you may be enjoying a preview of this theme now, particularly around the 25-26. Increased benefits can come through others now and in the coming year. A partner's income could increase, or you might team up with others to work towards an important goal. Career advancements are also possible now. 

Changes are necessary in a romantic relationship or with children this month. You are reorganizing these areas of life and taking charge. Those of you in creative lines of work might land a new project that is demanding but fulfilling. The 20-23 is strong for valuable insight into a relationship. There can be an "aha" moment that is significant and propels you forward. The ability to see what may have been tripping you up in the past is truly helpful. Sharing ideas can be very fruitful now, and friends can have valuable input. An understanding with someone close to you can be a beautiful form of release and relief. 

The last week of September is good for personal appeal. A friendship may resume, or a reconnection with an old friend can happen now. Love relationships can have an exotic flavor, or you might find love while exploring new ideas, activities, and places. Some of the recent pressures on work and performance tone down. You may become more active with your community, friends, or causes.

Early August is strong for love relationships, flirtations, and your social life, dear Aries. In general, you're in good spirits. The two principal reasons for this positive outlook are the New Moon enlivening your creative sector on the 2nd, and Mars moving into your adventure sector, also on the 2nd.

While work demands more than the usual attention in the month ahead, August brings great energy for breaking out of routines and enjoying yourself more fully. New adventures and experiences can suddenly seem desirable after many months of being quite content following simple routines close to home. Many recent pressures tend to ease for you this month, and this frees you up to explore recreational
activities. Creativity is stimulated, and some of you could be picking up a new hobby or breathing new life into an old one.

On the 23-24, Mars aligns with Saturn, and you'd be wise to focus on practical concerns, a game plan, or strategy. You might decide that something has run its course and needs to be left behind. There could be a need to get serious about an educational, publishing, or legal matter for some of you. If you've been pushing yourself too hard, you'll recognize the need to pace yourself now.

Work and health matters grab your attention increasingly as the month progresses. This has been the case to some degree all year with Jupiter in your solar sixth house. You're coming to the end of this fortunate transit, and you should take full advantage of the opportunities presented to you this month, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. You might discover a new health program or you could come up with excellent ideas about a new work project. Some of you may be reviving old projects now with renewed enthusiasm. There can be some exaggeration or excess present on the job or with co-workers. Even so, good humor helps you to heal and more thoroughly enjoy the work you do.

August is likely to bring stronger energy for connecting with a partner, dear Taurus, and perhaps some drama to your personal life. Financial matters, mainly revolving around shared resources or debts, might also heat up in the coming month. 

Good energy is with you for redecorating your home or entertaining from home, and in general, peace and comfort with your family. The New Moon on the 2nd brings the energy and motivation necessary to start fresh. It's time for a domestic makeover. At the same time, Mars moves into your intimacy sector, turning your attention to the hidden elements of your life. While your emotional life is a little more complicated, you're also braver and more confident on a personal level.

While there is quite a bit of introspective energy with you in August, there is also radiant energy with you for creative and romantic pursuits. You are looking especially good these days, particularly on the 21-22 and 27-29, and might even be the object of desire. You may be tempted to turn up the charm, but aim instead for sincerity, as it will be appreciated most. Good energy is with you for expanding your personal horizons through creative endeavors. Love can be magical, and your powers of attraction run high. As well, a Full Moon on the 18th turns your attention to responsibilities and career.

In August, you are more communicative and sociable, dear Gemini, with Mars moving into your partnership zone and a New Moon occurring in your communications sector, both happening on the 2nd but influencing you for weeks. The desire to express yourself and share your experiences with others is powerful this month.

With Mars in your health and work sector for much of 2016, you may have been wrestling with all sorts of small but irritating problems. While the pace of your life is unlikely to slow down significantly this month, you are focusing less on technical challenges and more on the people in your life. There can be times in August when you feel others are in the driver's seat. However, this can be managed if you experience the need to reclaim some personal power. It may be that you need a bit of a break from being in charge.

Another important theme this month involves growth and warmth in your personal life and with family and close loved ones. Nice opportunities can arise to bond with those closest to your heart. This can also be a time for buying a special or unique item for the home, or when money comes through. You may be finding peace with your past in a meaningful way. Jupiter is on its last leg of its transit of your home and family sector, and with its connections to inner planets on the 21-22 and 27-29 this month, you might decide to jump on opportunities to improve your domestic life. Opportunities for love and friendship may emerge close to home.

There is a wonderful practical focus for you in August, dear Cancer. You can get your life into order in fundamental ways. First, Mars moves into your work sector, firing up your desire to take care of your daily affairs and work. You may be gung-ho about a new health program or a work idea/project. Next, a New Moon occurs in your resources sector, motivating you to take charge of your financial affairs.

Mars spent an unusual length of time in your sector of romance and creativity sector and now moves into your solar sixth house, which is related to work and health. This means the rockier and exciting elements of your romantic life are about to settle down, and work heats up in its stead. While pressures are on, you may welcome this change of pace. You feel more passion and vigor for taking care of business.

Even so, you are also in good shape on a social level this month. You can enjoy wonderful conversations this month. Jupiter is spending its last weeks in a year-long cycle in your communications sector, and Mercury and Venus align with Jupiter on the 21-22 and 27-29, opening up doors for you to take advantage of the benefits of this transit. It's an excellent time to exchange ideas, learn new things, and connect with others. You might hear something of great use to you, or that boosts your understanding. It's a good month for those things that connect you to information and people, such as new or improved cars, bikes, phones, or computers and devices, and for education as well.

The month ahead favors new beginnings, creative endeavors, and making considered changes. While we're not entirely free of inner planets' retrograde activity, dear Leo, you certainly see some gradual forward movement in August. Creative projects and romantic relationships gain some speed, and stalled or unfinished projects may resume now. 

The New Moon on the 2nd is all about you and is supported by Saturn, putting you in a practical and positive frame of mind. The month is strong for personal triumphs, small yet significant changes, and financial boosts. You may be feeling back on track when it comes to dating, hobbies, or creative pursuits.

Mars moves into a compatible sign on the 2nd after spending quite some time in challenging aspect to your sign. This can be a charming, hopeful, and optimistic period, lasting until September 27th. You're ardent in your pursuit of what and who you want during this cycle. 

The Full Moon/near Lunar Eclipse on the 18th can bring unacknowledged feelings to the surface. There can be a turning point or announcement in a relationship now.

Jupiter is on its last leg of its journey through your solar second house, and aligns with Mercury and Venus this month, presenting opportunities to make the most of this beneficial transit. Look for ways to improve your feelings of comfort, security, and abundance. An income boost is possible now, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. 

August brings very sweet energy into your life, dear Virgo, with two planets, Venus and Jupiter, that have earned the title "Benefic" in your sign and coming into alignment. Mercury is also in your sign for an extended stay, and the Sun moves into Virgo on the 22nd. As such, there is a major focus on your personality this month. Your finer and more appealing qualities are emphasized. Yes, your ruler, Mercury, will retrograde on the 30th in your sign, but ideally, you have learned how to handle this rather frequent occurrence, and it certainly affords you a little more time to explore your inner world. 

As well, some important influences are urging you to rest, recoup, and relax this month. The New Moon on the 2nd is one such reminder - you may need to take care of loose ends now. Working behind the scenes benefits you. On the same day, Mars moves into your home and family sector, so that while you're likely to get some social attention and even admiration, a good part of you is a little "hard to get" now. It's a necessary, healing phase. The rest and privacy you need are yours, although there may be plenty of stimulating dramas playing out around you. 

The Sun in your sign gives you more power and courage from the 22nd forward. Home life becomes more animated and family life demands more of your time this month. 

Jupiter is on its last leg of its journey through your sign, which lasts until September 9th. The 21-22 and 27-29 can bring sweet rewards and perhaps some recognition for all of the work or charity you've been doing quietly behind the scenes. Your personality shines. People see your value. This is a winning time for attracting others to you through your unique self-expression and vision, as well as for putting past grudges behind you. 

There is good energy for making solid, long-lasting connections and friendships this month, dear Libra. Even so, a lot of your focus in August is turned to the past. There is no shortage of invitations and things to do - it is more about your ability to pick and choose. Secrets and whispers delight in the month ahead, and you may willingly make a few sacrifices to be with a special someone or simply to spend more time alone and/or away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Aim to forgive yourself for past mistakes and learn from them. 

Mars moves into your communications sector on the 2nd, where it will stay until the last week of September. You may be revisiting projects begun in March or April. It's a good time for getting back into old studies or personal interests, and for beginning new projects. There is more passion and excitement in learning now.

Your sense of community is strong, and emotional satisfaction can come through your interactions with, or support of, friends and associates this month. Responsibilities to others may be in focus, but they are pleasant and rewarding. If you need to start fresh with a friend, August is strong for doing so.

There can be wonderful opportunities for healing, growing, and coming together with others this month. The 21-22 and 27-29 are good for these things. Some of you could be reconnecting with old friends or lovers now. Something may surface that brings much joy to your life. You might perform a generous act behind the scenes or anonymously.

You've spent a lot of time discovering your passions, exploring your assertiveness, entertaining your independent streak, and in full touch with your desire nature, dear Scorpio, with Mars in your sign for an extended stay. On August 2nd, however, Mars moves forward, and while in many ways you've benefited from Mars' visit of your sign as you scoped out the playing field, it's time to settle in and focus on building and developing.

You're still interested in defending your rights, of course, but August is likely to bring a less competitive energy into your life, and you're bound to appreciate the change of pace. Professional interests and ambitions are still going strong, but your personal life is considerably more chill than it has been. There is also the need to work cooperatively within the framework of a group with quite a bit of activity happening in your solar eleventh house. Work matters are solid in August and your drive to improve them even further is strong. 

You may be seeking out ways to earn more or develop your talents this month. You may need to tame urges to spend too much, however. In all likelihood, you'll be coming out ahead in the finances department, or you'll be putting in the groundwork for future increases in income.

The 21-22 and 27-29 are brilliant for your social life. You're appreciated and enjoyed. People are drawn to your optimism and generosity of spirit. Others might extend kindnesses to you now, and some of you can enjoy new friendships. These are also active, positive days for networking, sharing, and promoting.

People in your life have been growing accustomed to a more withdrawn and even serious quality to you recently, dear Sagittarius, with Saturn turning direct in your sign and Mars in your privacy sector. Mars moved into your sign in March, but then turned retrograde and retreated.

However, Mars moves into your sign on August 2nd, and while you continue to assert your independence, you're inclined to do so a little more loudly. You're also more forthright and ready to take action. At first, it may seem a little raw, but as you get the hang of Mars energy, you're likely to wear it well. A decidedly more confident and assertive side will emerge. Mars will align with Saturn and form a square with Neptune this month, so it won't be completely smooth, but you're now in a more energetic, confident cycle. 

The New Moon on the 2nd is another fantastic boost for your spirit. You may be making a new commitment to learning and studies. Some of you could be promoting or publishing your work. 

You're also in a strong position in public or professional settings this month. The 21-22 and 27-29 can present opportunities for some recognition, a meeting of minds with someone in authority, an important sale, or another type of boost. You can be feeling quite optimistic about your career or social standing. A relationship announcement may occur now.

The 23-24 can require you to get serious about a personal matter. If you've been pushing too hard, you'll come to the realization that you need to pace yourself now. It's important to have a strong sense of what you can and cannot do, not by lowering your standards, but through self-honesty and realism.

There is a quiet theme with you in August, dear Capricorn, with a New Moon occurring in your intimacy sector on the 2nd, and Mars moving into your privacy sector on the same day. Love is private, intimate, and passionate in the month ahead, so be sure to share yourself with bravery.

Despite this introspective focus, key planets are encouraging you to explore new ideas and experiences. Jupiter is on the last leg of its journey through your sector of adventure, learning, and spirit. This is a fortunate transit that serves to open your mind and open doors to you for promotion, publishing, travel, and education. For some, a legal outcome leads to more freedom or an opportunity emerges to explore an adventure that you've only dreamt of in the past. Freedom of movement is of particular importance to you right now, as any feeling of being tied to a set place or routine can leave you feeling stifled. 

Mercury and Venus align with Jupiter and with one another in August, and nice opportunities can emerge as a result. There may be awards and rewards, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. You might especially benefit from word of mouth or positive reviews. Take every opportunity to brush up on skills and boost your knowledge during this period. This can also be a good time for meeting a special friend, possibly through new interests, studies, travels, or adventures.

Relationship matters are moving forward this month, dear Aquarius. Your social life may have been on the dull side in recent months, and while the withdrawal or lack has not been a terrible experience for you, the liveliness that August's energies bring to friendships may be quite welcome. Watch, however, for the drama level to rise too high.

If you need a fresh start in an important friendship or partnership, the week following the New Moon on the 2nd is excellent for beginning anew. This can also be a time when a relationship reaches a whole new level or a new relationship is born.

The Full Moon on the 18th is just shy of a Lunar Eclipse and occurs in your sign. It's excellent for making discoveries about your true feelings. 

The 23-24 can involve a reality check of sorts in a friendship, group association, or regarding a long-term goal. You may need to lay down the law or put on the brakes temporarily before moving ahead.

With Jupiter on the last leg of its journey through your solar eighth house, you may want to take full advantage of its alignments with Mercury and Venus this month on the 21-22 and 27-29. This is a time for facing fears and breaking through taboos. It may be an opportune time for receiving support or getting help. You can experience a real sense of joy through intimacy with someone special, or experience an emotional breakthrough of your own. A partner may receive a financial boost.

Work and a sense of mission are in sharp focus this month, dear Pisces. Two strong influences begin on August 2nd: a New Moon brings a charge of energy to your sector of work, health, and habits, and you're in a powerful position for fresh new starts in these areas of life; and Mars moves into your career sector, firing up ambitions.

Your needs and desires might often seem eclipsed by those of a partner in the month ahead, but for the most part, this is a pleasant, rewarding experience. Alternatively, your personal needs and plans are on the backburner for now. This is a natural process, and it's better not to fight it. Honor the important people in your life and play a supportive role. In fact, there can be mutual benefits involved. You can derive much joy from feeling part of a partnership now, if applicable. The 21-22 and 27-29 are excellent for moving forward in a friendship or relationship. If you need to forgive and forget, this is a great time to do so. 

Ambitions are sure to charge up this month as Mars returns to your career and reputation sector. Mars was here in March to May, but then turned retrograde and retreated into your solar ninth house - until now. Some plans and projects that have their origins in March and April may need some revisiting now. You gradually build up momentum and more wholeheartedly pursue your career and life path goals. A conservative approach in business is necessary around the 23-24 - you'll need to slow down if you've been trying to push something too fast. Even so, you're coming up with some very practical and workable long-term life strategies and plans now.

September can be a busy month for you, dear Aries. This is often a month of adjustments for you with the Sun in your solar sixth house of work, health, and habits. This year, you have a Solar Eclipse and retrograde Mercury complicating matters, which can point to some redoing, reorganizing, and extra details to take care of before you can feel that you're truly done and ready to move forward. Be as patient as possible and work at getting things right. Entirely new endeavors may be on the horizon, but for now, you'll be in a better place if you focus on projects already in motion. In fact, you might find some gems from the past that you can now approach in a new way. The recycling of projects and ideas can be extraordinarily successful now. Look for critical new insight or information that pushes your work projects or health ahead on the 20-23. 

Jupiter moves into your partnership sector on the 9th, where it will transit for over a year. The year ahead can be a powerful time for meeting a new partner, developing a relationship, coming to beneficial agreements with others, benefiting from counseling, and for partnering up with someone to accomplish a major goal. Someone coming into your life during this period can be significant. You might often enjoy the feeling that you have someone on your side during this cycle, and you're likely to get a sweet taste of this energy this month, particularly on the 25-26. 

It's important to pay particular attention to your work and chores this month, but if you're overdoing this and failing to take care of your need for downtime, you'll get a reminder around the 16th. 

The last week of September stimulates more intense feelings, desires, and attachments, mostly of the pleasant variety, and a stronger focus on relationships and work goals. Mars moving to the top of your solar chart stimulates your ambitions. Career goals are in focus, but this can also be about other lofty objectives that involve your general life path. This motivation builds throughout October as well. 

The sector of your chart that rules creativity, romance, entertainment, self-expression, and pleasure receives special attention this month, dear Taurus. While a Solar Eclipse here inspires new beginnings and fresh starts in these areas of life, Mercury's retrograde in the same sector, active until the 22nd, turns your attention to the past. In order to clear the way for a fresh start, you may need to take care of some unfinished business. Projects might be on hold until you finish up some important details. Romantic relationships can be a little complicated, or you may be focused on a past connection. Those projects or relationships that have been holding you back from expressing your true, creative self may come under scrutiny.

Jupiter moves into your solar sixth house on the 9th, where it will transit for the coming thirteen months. While its influence on your playful solar fifth in the past year was a little more exciting and glamorous, this new cycle can be rewarding indeed. You can be motivated to improve your health, daily habits, work, and routines. You are likely to find more joy and satisfaction from your work, and if you're looking for new work, this is a very employable time! There will be plenty of opportunities to improve and enhance your life going forward, but you're also likely to get a nice preview of this useful energy this month, particularly around the 25-26. Increased faith and optimism can help you heal, and you can find new meaning in the work you do.

The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th can bring feelings for a friend to bloom and perhaps some drama to your social life. The 20-23 can be another pivotal period this month when new information or insight surfaces that can open doors for you on creative and romantic levels. A relationship can blossom. Venus entering your partnership sector on the 23rd can serve to further enhance and improve companionability and popularity.

The last week of the month is also strong for travel opportunities, and blocks can lift with publishing, legal, or educational matters. Mars moves into favorable relationship with your sign on the 27th - another excellent influence that boosts your confidence and courage.

There can be some important renovations and improvements in your home or with family relationships this month, dear Gemini. You have a chance to begin anew, and this might involve some reorganizing or even relocation. There may be some backtracking over old problems and conversations, and perhaps even contracts and negotiations. Preexisting problems can blow up, but are likely to blow over by the 20-23 when you gain important insight that helps clear the path for new beginnings. A career matter or responsibility can loom around the 16th, but this can also be a time for gaining some recognition for your hard work. The drive to improve your home life can also motivate you to work harder or perhaps to pursue a promotion or better position.

One of the big headlines of the month is Jupiter's move into the sign of Libra. This is an especially happy influence for you, and fortunately, it's not a fleeting one. Lasting for over a year, this transit encourages you to come out of your shell and enjoy yourself more thoroughly. Perhaps you meet someone who motivates you to pursue fun pastimes, you take up a new hobby, or a romance figures strongly. Whatever does open up for you, you're ready to play, share, and enjoy yourself. Creatively, this is an active period as well, and on the 25-26, you're likely to experience a satisfying preview of this Jupiter transit that will stick with you for thirteen months. You might suddenly get in touch with a desire or discover a new interest that can be the focus of your attention for some time into the future.

The 20-23 is an interesting period when you gain valuable insight into a personal or domestic matter. Research brings rewards or secrets emerge that give you an edge or lead to a feeling of relief. A person in your life is likely to come around to your point of view. The last week of September is busy, and areas of interest evolve. You're more confident and ready to enjoy yourself. A work or financial matter unblocks. Mars moves out of your partnership zone, taking some of the direct pressure off you and a partnership. The New Moon on the 30th is celebratory.

September is important for sorting out problems and making practical adjustments that will benefit you for years to come, dear Cancer, particularly related to your studies, learning, transportation, communications, and daily affairs. You are more sharply aware of flaws, and while overdoing this focus on problem areas is certainly not good for you, in moderation, this can be a powerful time for fixing problems largely because they're bothering you enough to prompt action! The 20-23 is particularly strong for seeing projects and relationships in a new way. Insight gained now can be pivotal. You're in a better position to see which projects are truly viable and worth your effort.

Besides eclipses that keep you on your toes dealing with deadlines, a major headline of the month is Jupiter's move into the sign of Libra on the 9th. This sign change happens approximately every year, and it points to a new theme of upgrades and enhancements in particular areas of life ruled by the sector it's transiting. For you, home, family, and personal life are the primary focus in the year ahead, starting this month. This is a time for improving your bonds with loved ones and enhancing or expanding the home. Living arrangements and conditions can improve. 

On the 16th, a Lunar Eclipse opens up desires to learn or experience new things. This can be a compelling discovery. The travel bug can bite now for some of you, and for others, the desire to take courses or reach out to make contact with new people can emerge. Tastes are a little more exotic now, although you may need to stick around for a while longer in order to get through your current responsibilities.

Venus moves into your romance and creativity sector on the 23rd, where she will stay until mid-October. This is only one influence that changes the flavor of the month in the last week. Other influences affect your partnerships and close relationships most - Pluto turns direct and Mars enters your partnership sector. Certainly, the last week of the month is relationship-oriented, and the news is positive! Some of the pressure that Mars has placed on your work and daily life eases now.

The month ahead brings a strong focus on your practical affairs, dear Leo. Money and business matters need some serious sorting, but efforts put forth now can lead to brave new beginnings down the road and benefits to match. You are learning about your attachments and earning potential, and insights on the 20-23 can be pivotal. Until then, you are encouraged to look forward but also to take care of unfinished business. Around the Lunar Eclipse on the 16th, you are opening your eyes to dependencies, matters of support and sharing, and financial realities. There may be a shuffling of money sources occurring now and in the coming weeks.

The big headline of the month is Jupiter's move into the sign of Libra. This moves Jupiter into easy aspect with your sign and into your communications sector for over a year. You are likely to become quite busy making connections, teaching, learning, and sharing ideas during this period. As September progresses, you'll feel more of this kind of energy. There can be plenty of errands to run, paperwork to deal with, and emails to send. New ways to communicate, learn, and move about can open up. There can be a new computer or phone, new wheels, and some of you can find new platforms or channels for connecting. You can be especially busy locally. There can be a real tendency to want to "do it all", forgetting your limits in terms of time and energy, but your enthusiasm for learning new things and taking on new projects can be incredible now. Later this month and in the coming year, good energy is with you for sharing your ideas, writing, pursuing a cause, and joining a cause, generally speaking. The energies of the 25-26 can illuminate or stimulate a new interest or project.

Even with Mercury retrograde until the 22nd, you can be quite charming with your words as Venus moves through your communications sector until the 23rd. The last week of September can point to some turning inward as you seek out a little more comfort, intimacy, and private time. Even so, the busy pace of your life is unlikely to let up just yet, largely due to Mars' energetic move into your work and health sector on the 27th, followed by a New Moon in your communications sector on the 30th. You have a lot on your plate now!

You begin the month with a Solar Eclipse in your sign, dear Virgo, helping to clear the path for new personal beginnings. You'll have to look back before going forward, however, with Mercury retrograde in your sign until the 22nd, but this can eventually bring hefty rewards. Patience is necessary! Take care of unfinished business so that you can begin anew with far less baggage.

By the 9th, Jupiter will have left your sign where it visited for thirteen months. However, as Jupiter leaves your sign, it enters your resources sector where it will stay for over a year. This begins a theme of excellent lessons and benefits revolving around money, earnings, possessions, and your personal talents. It's a superb time for building on existing resources, a business, or project and enjoying the rewards of your past efforts. While this transit will take some time to unfold and develop, you'll certainly enjoy a nice preview of its influence around the 25-26 when the Sun aligns with Jupiter. It can be a time of elevated confidence in yourself to manifest your desires. Your generosity increases.

The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th brings a personal project or relationship to bloom. Personal epiphanies and revelations about relationships are possible now. The 20-23 is a powerful few days for better understanding a matter from the past - new information emerges, and you're better off for it! This could have to do with health, romance, or a creative project, and it can fill you with determination and confidence.

The last week of September is strong for attracting who and what you want through your communications. On the 27th, a long-awaited Mars transit of your romance and creativity sector gets the ball rolling on these matters - you're far more confident about pursuing your desires now. The last day of the month features a New Moon and a potential new beginning on a financial level.

There can be much focus on the past, emotional issues, and your inner world in September, dear Libra, but you're building towards a far more active and involved phase as September progresses. For one, you have Venus in your sign until the 23rd, and while you are keeping to yourself in many ways, this has no effect on your personal appeal. In fact, others are drawn to you more than usual. You are the desired one right now! You may not be entirely ready to act on feelings yet, but you're certainly attracting others to you. 

For another, you have Jupiter entering Libra on the 9th. While two eclipses this month can shake up your worlds of work and downtime, the biggest headline is Jupiter's move into your sign. This celebrated transit will unfold over the next thirteen months, but certainly by the 25-26 when the Sun and Jupiter align, you'll be feeling some of the benefits in September. Ideas for future ventures can be golden. Confidence increases and you seek out more freedom now and in the coming year. You may be exposed to interesting ideas and gain new and exciting interests. You're not afraid to explore, and little holds you back from enjoying life on multiple levels. In truth, you are making your own opportunities by putting more faith in yourself and your capabilities.

The 20-26 can bring you personal attention, but it can also be a time of remarkable new insights into your emotional life, family, or the past. While this can be subtle, it can also be life-changing in the sense that now you feel more equipped to move forward. The last week of September is also strong for money and gifts, as well as active for family and domestic life. The New Moon on the 30th is in your sign, pointing to a grand new beginning. This is a time of more personal presence and power, and it's a theme that continues into October.

September is an important month for taking care of unfinished business, dear Scorpio, mainly revolving around friends, groups, and causes. As the month progresses, it's a powerful time for healing, relaxing, and getting in touch with your inner world.

Jupiter moves into your solar twelfth house on the 9th, where it will transit for thirteen months. It's a quiet period for Jupiter, but it's certainly not without its benefits. You'll get a preview of its energy in large doses around the 25-26 when past good deeds can bring in rewards. In many ways, the year ahead involves an important inner spiritual search as you establish a deeper connection with, and faith in, your intuition. You're coming to a better relationship with yourself from the inside out. Your sympathetic nature deepens, and you can thoroughly enjoy helping others. An untapped resource can be discovered and benefits come from behind the scenes.

There can be hurdles to clear this month, most likely concerning earning power or income, but taking care of problem areas will benefit you for years to come, so do the ground work. Your social life can be up and down this month. At times, you might question others' allegiance. The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th can bring love feelings to bloom or a romantic relationship to a turning point.

The last week of September is considerably easier. For one, Venus spends its first of three weeks in your sign, boosting your appeal. A special someone is catering to your needs and interests. People tend to want to be around you and help you out, and your personal appeal skyrockets. For another, your ruler, Pluto, turns direct and you feel a lot clearer about your direction and personal goals. A project that was put on hold can now move forward. The 20-23 is a time for wowing others with your findings, insight, and wisdom. Those who have been second-guessing you can completely come around. Finally, on the 27th, Mars enters your communications sector and helps to renew your interest in various exciting projects. Enthusiasm for learning and sharing builds. 

September can be a month of ups and downs regarding career and reputation matters, dear Sagittarius, but also definite improvements to these things, or at least foreseeable ones! You may need to return to an old project or redo and refine something that you thought was complete. Some of you may need to go back to the same old conversations or problems. However, this apparent backtracking can lead to significant refinements and the strengthening of areas that were once on shaky ground. Ultimately, you're in a much stronger position going forward. 

Career or life path goals can require exacting and particular attention but can also serve to excite you about your future. Be patient this month for best results! 

Jupiter moves into your friends and dreams sector on the 9th and will visit this pleasant house of your solar chart for over a year. Ideally, you've accomplished some pretty big goals and now have more freedom to pursue goals that are less about performance and more about enjoyment. Jupiter loosens you up in this way. As your ruler, you're certainly aware of the beneficial traits of this freedom-loving, generous planet. However, because Saturn has been visiting your sign, you may not always feel so carefree, and this Jupiter transit will help remind you of the need to enjoy yourself more often. You'll be pouring more energy into, and deriving plenty of benefits from, friendships, networking, personal causes, and community or group associations in the coming year. 

The eclipses this month remind you once again of the sensitive balance between career and home life, as well as attention to reputation or protocol versus attention to personal goals and family. Love is a little more private and perhaps complicated in the last week of the month. The 20-23 can bring significant insight into money and career matters - this can be critical for success. Money matters that were previously stuck or stalling can clear up from the 26th forward. You'll be pursuing both pleasure and a fatter bank account from the 27th forward and into October.

September can be a month of some backtracking and delays that allow you to refine and improve your projects, dear Capricorn. However, it's an important month for getting to a much better place mentally. Redoing work that you thought was complete or returning to old material or conversations and problems can make you feel a little stuck at times this month, but you're making substantial progress. 

For those Capricorns working on projects for publishing, this can be a busy and important time for refinements. The temptation may be to release a work or complete a project or study before you're entirely ready, but it's important to exercise patience. 

Jupiter moves to the top of your solar chart on the 9th, and will transit your career and reputation sector for over a year. This beneficial influence will unfold over thirteen months, but you'll see it kickstarted this month, particularly around the 25-26. This is a time for getting some pleasing feedback and recognition for the work you do, or for the effort you've made towards important goals. More importantly, it's a time when you feel prouder of your accomplishments, which motivates you to shoot a little higher. You might find yourself in a position to manage others, or there could be a promotion or more enjoyable work and goals during this pivotal transit. 

The 20-23 can bring out new information and insights that change your approach to your work and projects. You have a distinct edge now. Friendships improve and thrive starting in the last week of September. Finally, Mars moves into your sign on the 27th. This has been a long time coming, as Mars has spent an unusually long time in the sign behind yours, and you've been on the fence about many things. Energy and motivation levels may have suffered, but now you're picking up your socks and getting things done. This transit can be problematic at times, largely due to impatience or impulsiveness, but is powerful for personal confidence, and will be with you until November 9th.

September can be a month of transformations and renovations, dear Aquarius, mostly on an emotional level. You're returning to old problems with a different attitude, taking care of unfinished business, and making refinements to projects that are not quite complete. In the process, you may very well find some gems from the past. Dependencies can be a big issue now - the desire to feel more independent and empowered can be strong, and you're now taking the steps necessary to make these changes. 

Jupiter moves into Libra and favorable position to your sign on the 9th, launching a thirteen-month transit that naturally encourages you to explore and expand your interests. It's an excellent influence for taking courses and for studies and interests, in general. Happy connections and friendships might be made through studies, travel, and other non-routine affairs. Those who've interrupted their education may return to courses now with great success and renewed confidence. You're likely to be more easygoing when it comes to everyday life, as you find it easier to rise above small problems and put things into perspective during this cycle.

Money matters can reach a head around the 16th. There can be revelations or realizations revolving around finances, valuables, or values. The 20-23 can bring about a revelation or news that improves your understanding of a difficult problem. After a sense that you're stuck, you begin to feel that you can truly get ahead. The 25-26 is favorable for teaching, learning, connecting, and promoting. On the 27th, Mars enters your solar twelfth house, however, launching a cycle in which you're a little less energetic as your priorities shuffle around, or a project ends.

There is a strong focus on relationships this month, dear Pisces, and while new beginnings are on the horizon, some backtracking is likely now. It's a time of going over old problems, conversations, and negotiations. Mercury's retrograde until the 22nd points to a period when others may not always come through for you in the usual ways.

Jupiter moves into your solar eighth house on the 9th, and this launches a thirteen-month cycle that's superb for financial improvements and your intimate life. This transit unfolds over the course of a year and a month, but you may be enjoying a preview of this theme now, particularly around the 25-26. Increased benefits can come through others now and in the coming year. A partner's income could increase, or you might team up with others to work towards an important goal. Career advancements are also possible now. 

Changes are necessary in a romantic relationship or with children this month. You are reorganizing these areas of life and taking charge. Those of you in creative lines of work might land a new project that is demanding but fulfilling. The 20-23 is strong for valuable insight into a relationship. There can be an "aha" moment that is significant and propels you forward. The ability to see what may have been tripping you up in the past is truly helpful. Sharing ideas can be very fruitful now, and friends can have valuable input. An understanding with someone close to you can be a beautiful form of release and relief. 

The last week of September is good for personal appeal. A friendship may resume, or a reconnection with an old friend can happen now. Love relationships can have an exotic flavor, or you might find love while exploring new ideas, activities, and places. Some of the recent pressures on work and performance tone down. You may become more active with your community, friends, or causes.

Early August is strong for love relationships, flirtations, and your social life, dear Aries. In general, you're in good spirits. The two principal reasons for this positive outlook are the New Moon enlivening your creative sector on the 2nd, and Mars moving into your adventure sector, also on the 2nd.

While work demands more than the usual attention in the month ahead, August brings great energy for breaking out of routines and enjoying yourself more fully. New adventures and experiences can suddenly seem desirable after many months of being quite content following simple routines close to home. Many recent pressures tend to ease for you this month, and this frees you up to explore recreational
activities. Creativity is stimulated, and some of you could be picking up a new hobby or breathing new life into an old one.

On the 23-24, Mars aligns with Saturn, and you'd be wise to focus on practical concerns, a game plan, or strategy. You might decide that something has run its course and needs to be left behind. There could be a need to get serious about an educational, publishing, or legal matter for some of you. If you've been pushing yourself too hard, you'll recognize the need to pace yourself now.

Work and health matters grab your attention increasingly as the month progresses. This has been the case to some degree all year with Jupiter in your solar sixth house. You're coming to the end of this fortunate transit, and you should take full advantage of the opportunities presented to you this month, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. You might discover a new health program or you could come up with excellent ideas about a new work project. Some of you may be reviving old projects now with renewed enthusiasm. There can be some exaggeration or excess present on the job or with co-workers. Even so, good humor helps you to heal and more thoroughly enjoy the work you do.

August is likely to bring stronger energy for connecting with a partner, dear Taurus, and perhaps some drama to your personal life. Financial matters, mainly revolving around shared resources or debts, might also heat up in the coming month. 

Good energy is with you for redecorating your home or entertaining from home, and in general, peace and comfort with your family. The New Moon on the 2nd brings the energy and motivation necessary to start fresh. It's time for a domestic makeover. At the same time, Mars moves into your intimacy sector, turning your attention to the hidden elements of your life. While your emotional life is a little more complicated, you're also braver and more confident on a personal level.

While there is quite a bit of introspective energy with you in August, there is also radiant energy with you for creative and romantic pursuits. You are looking especially good these days, particularly on the 21-22 and 27-29, and might even be the object of desire. You may be tempted to turn up the charm, but aim instead for sincerity, as it will be appreciated most. Good energy is with you for expanding your personal horizons through creative endeavors. Love can be magical, and your powers of attraction run high. As well, a Full Moon on the 18th turns your attention to responsibilities and career.

In August, you are more communicative and sociable, dear Gemini, with Mars moving into your partnership zone and a New Moon occurring in your communications sector, both happening on the 2nd but influencing you for weeks. The desire to express yourself and share your experiences with others is powerful this month.

With Mars in your health and work sector for much of 2016, you may have been wrestling with all sorts of small but irritating problems. While the pace of your life is unlikely to slow down significantly this month, you are focusing less on technical challenges and more on the people in your life. There can be times in August when you feel others are in the driver's seat. However, this can be managed if you experience the need to reclaim some personal power. It may be that you need a bit of a break from being in charge.

Another important theme this month involves growth and warmth in your personal life and with family and close loved ones. Nice opportunities can arise to bond with those closest to your heart. This can also be a time for buying a special or unique item for the home, or when money comes through. You may be finding peace with your past in a meaningful way. Jupiter is on its last leg of its transit of your home and family sector, and with its connections to inner planets on the 21-22 and 27-29 this month, you might decide to jump on opportunities to improve your domestic life. Opportunities for love and friendship may emerge close to home.

There is a wonderful practical focus for you in August, dear Cancer. You can get your life into order in fundamental ways. First, Mars moves into your work sector, firing up your desire to take care of your daily affairs and work. You may be gung-ho about a new health program or a work idea/project. Next, a New Moon occurs in your resources sector, motivating you to take charge of your financial affairs.

Mars spent an unusual length of time in your sector of romance and creativity sector and now moves into your solar sixth house, which is related to work and health. This means the rockier and exciting elements of your romantic life are about to settle down, and work heats up in its stead. While pressures are on, you may welcome this change of pace. You feel more passion and vigor for taking care of business.

Even so, you are also in good shape on a social level this month. You can enjoy wonderful conversations this month. Jupiter is spending its last weeks in a year-long cycle in your communications sector, and Mercury and Venus align with Jupiter on the 21-22 and 27-29, opening up doors for you to take advantage of the benefits of this transit. It's an excellent time to exchange ideas, learn new things, and connect with others. You might hear something of great use to you, or that boosts your understanding. It's a good month for those things that connect you to information and people, such as new or improved cars, bikes, phones, or computers and devices, and for education as well.

The month ahead favors new beginnings, creative endeavors, and making considered changes. While we're not entirely free of inner planets' retrograde activity, dear Leo, you certainly see some gradual forward movement in August. Creative projects and romantic relationships gain some speed, and stalled or unfinished projects may resume now. 

The New Moon on the 2nd is all about you and is supported by Saturn, putting you in a practical and positive frame of mind. The month is strong for personal triumphs, small yet significant changes, and financial boosts. You may be feeling back on track when it comes to dating, hobbies, or creative pursuits.

Mars moves into a compatible sign on the 2nd after spending quite some time in challenging aspect to your sign. This can be a charming, hopeful, and optimistic period, lasting until September 27th. You're ardent in your pursuit of what and who you want during this cycle. 

The Full Moon/near Lunar Eclipse on the 18th can bring unacknowledged feelings to the surface. There can be a turning point or announcement in a relationship now.

Jupiter is on its last leg of its journey through your solar second house, and aligns with Mercury and Venus this month, presenting opportunities to make the most of this beneficial transit. Look for ways to improve your feelings of comfort, security, and abundance. An income boost is possible now, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. 

August brings very sweet energy into your life, dear Virgo, with two planets, Venus and Jupiter, that have earned the title "Benefic" in your sign and coming into alignment. Mercury is also in your sign for an extended stay, and the Sun moves into Virgo on the 22nd. As such, there is a major focus on your personality this month. Your finer and more appealing qualities are emphasized. Yes, your ruler, Mercury, will retrograde on the 30th in your sign, but ideally, you have learned how to handle this rather frequent occurrence, and it certainly affords you a little more time to explore your inner world. 

As well, some important influences are urging you to rest, recoup, and relax this month. The New Moon on the 2nd is one such reminder - you may need to take care of loose ends now. Working behind the scenes benefits you. On the same day, Mars moves into your home and family sector, so that while you're likely to get some social attention and even admiration, a good part of you is a little "hard to get" now. It's a necessary, healing phase. The rest and privacy you need are yours, although there may be plenty of stimulating dramas playing out around you. 

The Sun in your sign gives you more power and courage from the 22nd forward. Home life becomes more animated and family life demands more of your time this month. 

Jupiter is on its last leg of its journey through your sign, which lasts until September 9th. The 21-22 and 27-29 can bring sweet rewards and perhaps some recognition for all of the work or charity you've been doing quietly behind the scenes. Your personality shines. People see your value. This is a winning time for attracting others to you through your unique self-expression and vision, as well as for putting past grudges behind you. 

There is good energy for making solid, long-lasting connections and friendships this month, dear Libra. Even so, a lot of your focus in August is turned to the past. There is no shortage of invitations and things to do - it is more about your ability to pick and choose. Secrets and whispers delight in the month ahead, and you may willingly make a few sacrifices to be with a special someone or simply to spend more time alone and/or away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Aim to forgive yourself for past mistakes and learn from them. 

Mars moves into your communications sector on the 2nd, where it will stay until the last week of September. You may be revisiting projects begun in March or April. It's a good time for getting back into old studies or personal interests, and for beginning new projects. There is more passion and excitement in learning now.

Your sense of community is strong, and emotional satisfaction can come through your interactions with, or support of, friends and associates this month. Responsibilities to others may be in focus, but they are pleasant and rewarding. If you need to start fresh with a friend, August is strong for doing so.

There can be wonderful opportunities for healing, growing, and coming together with others this month. The 21-22 and 27-29 are good for these things. Some of you could be reconnecting with old friends or lovers now. Something may surface that brings much joy to your life. You might perform a generous act behind the scenes or anonymously.

You've spent a lot of time discovering your passions, exploring your assertiveness, entertaining your independent streak, and in full touch with your desire nature, dear Scorpio, with Mars in your sign for an extended stay. On August 2nd, however, Mars moves forward, and while in many ways you've benefited from Mars' visit of your sign as you scoped out the playing field, it's time to settle in and focus on building and developing.

You're still interested in defending your rights, of course, but August is likely to bring a less competitive energy into your life, and you're bound to appreciate the change of pace. Professional interests and ambitions are still going strong, but your personal life is considerably more chill than it has been. There is also the need to work cooperatively within the framework of a group with quite a bit of activity happening in your solar eleventh house. Work matters are solid in August and your drive to improve them even further is strong. 

You may be seeking out ways to earn more or develop your talents this month. You may need to tame urges to spend too much, however. In all likelihood, you'll be coming out ahead in the finances department, or you'll be putting in the groundwork for future increases in income.

The 21-22 and 27-29 are brilliant for your social life. You're appreciated and enjoyed. People are drawn to your optimism and generosity of spirit. Others might extend kindnesses to you now, and some of you can enjoy new friendships. These are also active, positive days for networking, sharing, and promoting.

People in your life have been growing accustomed to a more withdrawn and even serious quality to you recently, dear Sagittarius, with Saturn turning direct in your sign and Mars in your privacy sector. Mars moved into your sign in March, but then turned retrograde and retreated.

However, Mars moves into your sign on August 2nd, and while you continue to assert your independence, you're inclined to do so a little more loudly. You're also more forthright and ready to take action. At first, it may seem a little raw, but as you get the hang of Mars energy, you're likely to wear it well. A decidedly more confident and assertive side will emerge. Mars will align with Saturn and form a square with Neptune this month, so it won't be completely smooth, but you're now in a more energetic, confident cycle. 

The New Moon on the 2nd is another fantastic boost for your spirit. You may be making a new commitment to learning and studies. Some of you could be promoting or publishing your work. 

You're also in a strong position in public or professional settings this month. The 21-22 and 27-29 can present opportunities for some recognition, a meeting of minds with someone in authority, an important sale, or another type of boost. You can be feeling quite optimistic about your career or social standing. A relationship announcement may occur now.

The 23-24 can require you to get serious about a personal matter. If you've been pushing too hard, you'll come to the realization that you need to pace yourself now. It's important to have a strong sense of what you can and cannot do, not by lowering your standards, but through self-honesty and realism.

There is a quiet theme with you in August, dear Capricorn, with a New Moon occurring in your intimacy sector on the 2nd, and Mars moving into your privacy sector on the same day. Love is private, intimate, and passionate in the month ahead, so be sure to share yourself with bravery.

Despite this introspective focus, key planets are encouraging you to explore new ideas and experiences. Jupiter is on the last leg of its journey through your sector of adventure, learning, and spirit. This is a fortunate transit that serves to open your mind and open doors to you for promotion, publishing, travel, and education. For some, a legal outcome leads to more freedom or an opportunity emerges to explore an adventure that you've only dreamt of in the past. Freedom of movement is of particular importance to you right now, as any feeling of being tied to a set place or routine can leave you feeling stifled. 

Mercury and Venus align with Jupiter and with one another in August, and nice opportunities can emerge as a result. There may be awards and rewards, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. You might especially benefit from word of mouth or positive reviews. Take every opportunity to brush up on skills and boost your knowledge during this period. This can also be a good time for meeting a special friend, possibly through new interests, studies, travels, or adventures.

Relationship matters are moving forward this month, dear Aquarius. Your social life may have been on the dull side in recent months, and while the withdrawal or lack has not been a terrible experience for you, the liveliness that August's energies bring to friendships may be quite welcome. Watch, however, for the drama level to rise too high.

If you need a fresh start in an important friendship or partnership, the week following the New Moon on the 2nd is excellent for beginning anew. This can also be a time when a relationship reaches a whole new level or a new relationship is born.

The Full Moon on the 18th is just shy of a Lunar Eclipse and occurs in your sign. It's excellent for making discoveries about your true feelings. 

The 23-24 can involve a reality check of sorts in a friendship, group association, or regarding a long-term goal. You may need to lay down the law or put on the brakes temporarily before moving ahead.

With Jupiter on the last leg of its journey through your solar eighth house, you may want to take full advantage of its alignments with Mercury and Venus this month on the 21-22 and 27-29. This is a time for facing fears and breaking through taboos. It may be an opportune time for receiving support or getting help. You can experience a real sense of joy through intimacy with someone special, or experience an emotional breakthrough of your own. A partner may receive a financial boost.

Work and a sense of mission are in sharp focus this month, dear Pisces. Two strong influences begin on August 2nd: a New Moon brings a charge of energy to your sector of work, health, and habits, and you're in a powerful position for fresh new starts in these areas of life; and Mars moves into your career sector, firing up ambitions.

Your needs and desires might often seem eclipsed by those of a partner in the month ahead, but for the most part, this is a pleasant, rewarding experience. Alternatively, your personal needs and plans are on the backburner for now. This is a natural process, and it's better not to fight it. Honor the important people in your life and play a supportive role. In fact, there can be mutual benefits involved. You can derive much joy from feeling part of a partnership now, if applicable. The 21-22 and 27-29 are excellent for moving forward in a friendship or relationship. If you need to forgive and forget, this is a great time to do so. 

Ambitions are sure to charge up this month as Mars returns to your career and reputation sector. Mars was here in March to May, but then turned retrograde and retreated into your solar ninth house - until now. Some plans and projects that have their origins in March and April may need some revisiting now. You gradually build up momentum and more wholeheartedly pursue your career and life path goals. A conservative approach in business is necessary around the 23-24 - you'll need to slow down if you've been trying to push something too fast. Even so, you're coming up with some very practical and workable long-term life strategies and plans now.

Early August is strong for love relationships, flirtations, and your social life, dear Aries. In general, you're in good spirits. The two principal reasons for this positive outlook are the New Moon enlivening your creative sector on the 2nd, and Mars moving into your adventure sector, also on the 2nd.

While work demands more than the usual attention in the month ahead, August brings great energy for breaking out of routines and enjoying yourself more fully. New adventures and experiences can suddenly seem desirable after many months of being quite content following simple routines close to home. Many recent pressures tend to ease for you this month, and this frees you up to explore recreational
activities. Creativity is stimulated, and some of you could be picking up a new hobby or breathing new life into an old one.

On the 23-24, Mars aligns with Saturn, and you'd be wise to focus on practical concerns, a game plan, or strategy. You might decide that something has run its course and needs to be left behind. There could be a need to get serious about an educational, publishing, or legal matter for some of you. If you've been pushing yourself too hard, you'll recognize the need to pace yourself now.

Work and health matters grab your attention increasingly as the month progresses. This has been the case to some degree all year with Jupiter in your solar sixth house. You're coming to the end of this fortunate transit, and you should take full advantage of the opportunities presented to you this month, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. You might discover a new health program or you could come up with excellent ideas about a new work project. Some of you may be reviving old projects now with renewed enthusiasm. There can be some exaggeration or excess present on the job or with co-workers. Even so, good humor helps you to heal and more thoroughly enjoy the work you do.

August is likely to bring stronger energy for connecting with a partner, dear Taurus, and perhaps some drama to your personal life. Financial matters, mainly revolving around shared resources or debts, might also heat up in the coming month. 

Good energy is with you for redecorating your home or entertaining from home, and in general, peace and comfort with your family. The New Moon on the 2nd brings the energy and motivation necessary to start fresh. It's time for a domestic makeover. At the same time, Mars moves into your intimacy sector, turning your attention to the hidden elements of your life. While your emotional life is a little more complicated, you're also braver and more confident on a personal level.

While there is quite a bit of introspective energy with you in August, there is also radiant energy with you for creative and romantic pursuits. You are looking especially good these days, particularly on the 21-22 and 27-29, and might even be the object of desire. You may be tempted to turn up the charm, but aim instead for sincerity, as it will be appreciated most. Good energy is with you for expanding your personal horizons through creative endeavors. Love can be magical, and your powers of attraction run high. As well, a Full Moon on the 18th turns your attention to responsibilities and career.

In August, you are more communicative and sociable, dear Gemini, with Mars moving into your partnership zone and a New Moon occurring in your communications sector, both happening on the 2nd but influencing you for weeks. The desire to express yourself and share your experiences with others is powerful this month.

With Mars in your health and work sector for much of 2016, you may have been wrestling with all sorts of small but irritating problems. While the pace of your life is unlikely to slow down significantly this month, you are focusing less on technical challenges and more on the people in your life. There can be times in August when you feel others are in the driver's seat. However, this can be managed if you experience the need to reclaim some personal power. It may be that you need a bit of a break from being in charge.

Another important theme this month involves growth and warmth in your personal life and with family and close loved ones. Nice opportunities can arise to bond with those closest to your heart. This can also be a time for buying a special or unique item for the home, or when money comes through. You may be finding peace with your past in a meaningful way. Jupiter is on its last leg of its transit of your home and family sector, and with its connections to inner planets on the 21-22 and 27-29 this month, you might decide to jump on opportunities to improve your domestic life. Opportunities for love and friendship may emerge close to home.

There is a wonderful practical focus for you in August, dear Cancer. You can get your life into order in fundamental ways. First, Mars moves into your work sector, firing up your desire to take care of your daily affairs and work. You may be gung-ho about a new health program or a work idea/project. Next, a New Moon occurs in your resources sector, motivating you to take charge of your financial affairs.

Mars spent an unusual length of time in your sector of romance and creativity sector and now moves into your solar sixth house, which is related to work and health. This means the rockier and exciting elements of your romantic life are about to settle down, and work heats up in its stead. While pressures are on, you may welcome this change of pace. You feel more passion and vigor for taking care of business.

Even so, you are also in good shape on a social level this month. You can enjoy wonderful conversations this month. Jupiter is spending its last weeks in a year-long cycle in your communications sector, and Mercury and Venus align with Jupiter on the 21-22 and 27-29, opening up doors for you to take advantage of the benefits of this transit. It's an excellent time to exchange ideas, learn new things, and connect with others. You might hear something of great use to you, or that boosts your understanding. It's a good month for those things that connect you to information and people, such as new or improved cars, bikes, phones, or computers and devices, and for education as well.

The month ahead favors new beginnings, creative endeavors, and making considered changes. While we're not entirely free of inner planets' retrograde activity, dear Leo, you certainly see some gradual forward movement in August. Creative projects and romantic relationships gain some speed, and stalled or unfinished projects may resume now. 

The New Moon on the 2nd is all about you and is supported by Saturn, putting you in a practical and positive frame of mind. The month is strong for personal triumphs, small yet significant changes, and financial boosts. You may be feeling back on track when it comes to dating, hobbies, or creative pursuits.

Mars moves into a compatible sign on the 2nd after spending quite some time in challenging aspect to your sign. This can be a charming, hopeful, and optimistic period, lasting until September 27th. You're ardent in your pursuit of what and who you want during this cycle. 

The Full Moon/near Lunar Eclipse on the 18th can bring unacknowledged feelings to the surface. There can be a turning point or announcement in a relationship now.

Jupiter is on its last leg of its journey through your solar second house, and aligns with Mercury and Venus this month, presenting opportunities to make the most of this beneficial transit. Look for ways to improve your feelings of comfort, security, and abundance. An income boost is possible now, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. 

August brings very sweet energy into your life, dear Virgo, with two planets, Venus and Jupiter, that have earned the title "Benefic" in your sign and coming into alignment. Mercury is also in your sign for an extended stay, and the Sun moves into Virgo on the 22nd. As such, there is a major focus on your personality this month. Your finer and more appealing qualities are emphasized. Yes, your ruler, Mercury, will retrograde on the 30th in your sign, but ideally, you have learned how to handle this rather frequent occurrence, and it certainly affords you a little more time to explore your inner world. 

As well, some important influences are urging you to rest, recoup, and relax this month. The New Moon on the 2nd is one such reminder - you may need to take care of loose ends now. Working behind the scenes benefits you. On the same day, Mars moves into your home and family sector, so that while you're likely to get some social attention and even admiration, a good part of you is a little "hard to get" now. It's a necessary, healing phase. The rest and privacy you need are yours, although there may be plenty of stimulating dramas playing out around you. 

The Sun in your sign gives you more power and courage from the 22nd forward. Home life becomes more animated and family life demands more of your time this month. 

Jupiter is on its last leg of its journey through your sign, which lasts until September 9th. The 21-22 and 27-29 can bring sweet rewards and perhaps some recognition for all of the work or charity you've been doing quietly behind the scenes. Your personality shines. People see your value. This is a winning time for attracting others to you through your unique self-expression and vision, as well as for putting past grudges behind you. 

There is good energy for making solid, long-lasting connections and friendships this month, dear Libra. Even so, a lot of your focus in August is turned to the past. There is no shortage of invitations and things to do - it is more about your ability to pick and choose. Secrets and whispers delight in the month ahead, and you may willingly make a few sacrifices to be with a special someone or simply to spend more time alone and/or away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Aim to forgive yourself for past mistakes and learn from them. 

Mars moves into your communications sector on the 2nd, where it will stay until the last week of September. You may be revisiting projects begun in March or April. It's a good time for getting back into old studies or personal interests, and for beginning new projects. There is more passion and excitement in learning now.

Your sense of community is strong, and emotional satisfaction can come through your interactions with, or support of, friends and associates this month. Responsibilities to others may be in focus, but they are pleasant and rewarding. If you need to start fresh with a friend, August is strong for doing so.

There can be wonderful opportunities for healing, growing, and coming together with others this month. The 21-22 and 27-29 are good for these things. Some of you could be reconnecting with old friends or lovers now. Something may surface that brings much joy to your life. You might perform a generous act behind the scenes or anonymously.

You've spent a lot of time discovering your passions, exploring your assertiveness, entertaining your independent streak, and in full touch with your desire nature, dear Scorpio, with Mars in your sign for an extended stay. On August 2nd, however, Mars moves forward, and while in many ways you've benefited from Mars' visit of your sign as you scoped out the playing field, it's time to settle in and focus on building and developing.

You're still interested in defending your rights, of course, but August is likely to bring a less competitive energy into your life, and you're bound to appreciate the change of pace. Professional interests and ambitions are still going strong, but your personal life is considerably more chill than it has been. There is also the need to work cooperatively within the framework of a group with quite a bit of activity happening in your solar eleventh house. Work matters are solid in August and your drive to improve them even further is strong. 

You may be seeking out ways to earn more or develop your talents this month. You may need to tame urges to spend too much, however. In all likelihood, you'll be coming out ahead in the finances department, or you'll be putting in the groundwork for future increases in income.

The 21-22 and 27-29 are brilliant for your social life. You're appreciated and enjoyed. People are drawn to your optimism and generosity of spirit. Others might extend kindnesses to you now, and some of you can enjoy new friendships. These are also active, positive days for networking, sharing, and promoting.

People in your life have been growing accustomed to a more withdrawn and even serious quality to you recently, dear Sagittarius, with Saturn turning direct in your sign and Mars in your privacy sector. Mars moved into your sign in March, but then turned retrograde and retreated.

However, Mars moves into your sign on August 2nd, and while you continue to assert your independence, you're inclined to do so a little more loudly. You're also more forthright and ready to take action. At first, it may seem a little raw, but as you get the hang of Mars energy, you're likely to wear it well. A decidedly more confident and assertive side will emerge. Mars will align with Saturn and form a square with Neptune this month, so it won't be completely smooth, but you're now in a more energetic, confident cycle. 

The New Moon on the 2nd is another fantastic boost for your spirit. You may be making a new commitment to learning and studies. Some of you could be promoting or publishing your work. 

You're also in a strong position in public or professional settings this month. The 21-22 and 27-29 can present opportunities for some recognition, a meeting of minds with someone in authority, an important sale, or another type of boost. You can be feeling quite optimistic about your career or social standing. A relationship announcement may occur now.

The 23-24 can require you to get serious about a personal matter. If you've been pushing too hard, you'll come to the realization that you need to pace yourself now. It's important to have a strong sense of what you can and cannot do, not by lowering your standards, but through self-honesty and realism.

There is a quiet theme with you in August, dear Capricorn, with a New Moon occurring in your intimacy sector on the 2nd, and Mars moving into your privacy sector on the same day. Love is private, intimate, and passionate in the month ahead, so be sure to share yourself with bravery.

Despite this introspective focus, key planets are encouraging you to explore new ideas and experiences. Jupiter is on the last leg of its journey through your sector of adventure, learning, and spirit. This is a fortunate transit that serves to open your mind and open doors to you for promotion, publishing, travel, and education. For some, a legal outcome leads to more freedom or an opportunity emerges to explore an adventure that you've only dreamt of in the past. Freedom of movement is of particular importance to you right now, as any feeling of being tied to a set place or routine can leave you feeling stifled. 

Mercury and Venus align with Jupiter and with one another in August, and nice opportunities can emerge as a result. There may be awards and rewards, particularly around the 21-22 and 27-29. You might especially benefit from word of mouth or positive reviews. Take every opportunity to brush up on skills and boost your knowledge during this period. This can also be a good time for meeting a special friend, possibly through new interests, studies, travels, or adventures.

Relationship matters are moving forward this month, dear Aquarius. Your social life may have been on the dull side in recent months, and while the withdrawal or lack has not been a terrible experience for you, the liveliness that August's energies bring to friendships may be quite welcome. Watch, however, for the drama level to rise too high.

If you need a fresh start in an important friendship or partnership, the week following the New Moon on the 2nd is excellent for beginning anew. This can also be a time when a relationship reaches a whole new level or a new relationship is born.

The Full Moon on the 18th is just shy of a Lunar Eclipse and occurs in your sign. It's excellent for making discoveries about your true feelings. 

The 23-24 can involve a reality check of sorts in a friendship, group association, or regarding a long-term goal. You may need to lay down the law or put on the brakes temporarily before moving ahead.

With Jupiter on the last leg of its journey through your solar eighth house, you may want to take full advantage of its alignments with Mercury and Venus this month on the 21-22 and 27-29. This is a time for facing fears and breaking through taboos. It may be an opportune time for receiving support or getting help. You can experience a real sense of joy through intimacy with someone special, or experience an emotional breakthrough of your own. A partner may receive a financial boost.

Work and a sense of mission are in sharp focus this month, dear Pisces. Two strong influences begin on August 2nd: a New Moon brings a charge of energy to your sector of work, health, and habits, and you're in a powerful position for fresh new starts in these areas of life; and Mars moves into your career sector, firing up ambitions.

Your needs and desires might often seem eclipsed by those of a partner in the month ahead, but for the most part, this is a pleasant, rewarding experience. Alternatively, your personal needs and plans are on the backburner for now. This is a natural process, and it's better not to fight it. Honor the important people in your life and play a supportive role. In fact, there can be mutual benefits involved. You can derive much joy from feeling part of a partnership now, if applicable. The 21-22 and 27-29 are excellent for moving forward in a friendship or relationship. If you need to forgive and forget, this is a great time to do so. 

Ambitions are sure to charge up this month as Mars returns to your career and reputation sector. Mars was here in March to May, but then turned retrograde and retreated into your solar ninth house - until now. Some plans and projects that have their origins in March and April may need some revisiting now. You gradually build up momentum and more wholeheartedly pursue your career and life path goals. A conservative approach in business is necessary around the 23-24 - you'll need to slow down if you've been trying to push something too fast. Even so, you're coming up with some very practical and workable long-term life strategies and plans now.

This time of year generally brings a bigger focus on home and family life for you, dear Aries, as the Sun moves through your solar fourth house until the third week of July. This year, Venus and Mercury are here as well (until the 12th and 14th, respectively), and you're likely to feel especially domestic. It's a time for making memories with family and special people in your life. It's certainly a more introspective time for you, and your ruler, Mars, in your solar eighth house all month reinforces this theme even further. Even so, as July progresses, you'll focus more and more on ways to have fun, break out of routine, and express yourself in special ways.

New insights, ideas, and plans emerge on the 4-6 related to your personal or domestic life. You are taking more pride in your home and/or family, and it shows. It's a strong time for talking through problems with people you love, or those you live with. You might arrive at an interesting and useful view of your personal history. You're less concerned with public approval or meeting societal expectations this month, and this can be very strengthening - you need this now. You are more interested in making creative changes in your personal world. Career and responsibilities do need some attention, of course, and they're likely to emerge around the 6-7 and 19th. Your know-how can be in demand, particularly around the 18-20.

There can be good news or more clarity in your financial life this month. Work moves along more smoothly. Energy levels increase. For some of you, your intimate life is also picking up speed, or you have a stronger sense of who you want, and what you want from your relationships.

As the month advances, you emerge from your shell. More and more, you are working with what inspires you and gives you energy. This is a wonderful month for rebuilding your strength and confidence. It's a charming, attractive period for you, particularly from the 26-31, although also a potentially impulsive time as well. Watch for speaking before thinking on the 29th in particular. Surprises are in store, and they're pointing you in new directions. New hobbies, creative outlets, and love interests are possible now. This is a time for making pleasant connections.

The first half of July is especially strong for communicating, learning, and collaborating, dear Taurus. The fog over a relationship is lifting, and increased clarity about where you stand with others is empowering. You can begin the month quite busy and in demand, but mostly pleasantly so. You may be dealing with more than the usual emails, texts, paperwork, phone calls, and errands. It's not always easy to concentrate, but you're keeping busy and mentally stimulated now.

The 4-6 can be a great time for birthing ideas, especially revolving around information systems, communications, and learning. You could begin fresh or doors can open to you related to connecting and commuting - a new way of communicating or transportation can emerge now. Relationships with siblings, classmates, friends, and even neighbors can improve.
Opportunities arise to get out and about and in contact with interesting people. While you can enjoy this in many ways, as July advances, you'll begin craving a more focused and slower pace. Home and family are a stronger focus. Increased pride in your domestic life can stimulate you to make pleasant changes and improvements. Love can be found very close to home, perhaps even in the neighborhood.

Matters concerning higher learning, travel, or legal affairs can reach a head or turning point around the Full Moon on the 19th. This is also a great time for solid progress with a home, real estate, or financial matter. An unexpected opportunity for travel may present itself, or new opportunities to further your education could arise. The people that you meet tend to stir you into new ways of thinking. You can take an idea to the bank or a project comes to a satisfying conclusion.

You may be turning to a partner to take the lead this month, or you are attracted to especially confident people. Relationship ups and downs are possible, but you can also feel more involved and in the know, which is a good place to be. Changes in your family dynamic or home life are necessary, and may be a long time coming. Watch for temper tantrums or communicating impulsively around the 29th, but be sure to embrace change, progress, and improvement from the 26-31.

Inspired business ideas, new interests, and increased motivation to take care of health and work are themes this month, dear Gemini. You have a strong need to settle in, address comfort and security issues, and enjoy the more predictable side of your life in the first half of July. A desire to build your "nest" is with you, and opportunities to do so abound. While finances are subject to ups and downs, you're nevertheless likely to come out ahead. There is more pride in what you own and what you make, so that it's a good period for thinking about ways to improve your business and/or home life, for asking for a raise, and for taking care of valuables. Patience is a real virtue now.

The 4-6 is especially strong for insight into money and business matters, as well as for wiping the slate clean and moving forward with a new and improved plan or budget. This is also a strong month for improved motivation for pursuing work and health goals. Blocks lift and projects are moving ahead. 

Venus, Mercury, and the Sun move into your communications sector on the 12th, 14th, and 22nd, respectively, gradually stimulating a need to branch out. More transportation options might open up, and for some, you enjoy, or create, more free time to get out and about. Relationships with siblings, acquaintances, classmates and neighbors improve and can be a source of happiness. There can be more success with studies or new interests that inspire you. Opportunities to find love may very well come through schools, your own neighborhood, the phone, or online with your ruler, Mercury, and Venus, the planet of love and your romance ruler, aligning in your solar third house. 

Even so, competitive or independent activities are generally favored over cooperative ones this month. Work can be demanding but also motivating. Conflicts with co-workers may arise, but if you tame impatience and attempt to work independently at your own pace, their likelihood decreases. The 26-31 is strong for making friends and enjoying new experiences and interests. However, watch for impulsive communications on the 29th.

This is a month for moving your personal projects and interests ahead, dear Cancer. You can pretty much count on increased vitality and personal appeal. While you may have been making everyone else in your life happy lately, now it feels quite natural and necessary to take care of your own needs. Clashes in values or conflicts over money may be issues in July, but money matters improve overall. It's a strong month for making an investment or for clearing some debt.

July is an important period for personal influence, goal-setting, and finances. The New Moon on the 4th launches a period of increased personal power and charisma. You are bolder than usual and motivated to pursue what you want, and to prove your value as well. There may be job offers and opportunities, and some of you could be receiving significant gifts or bonuses. Generally speaking, things are playing in your favor. 

The 5-6 can bring a great idea to fruition. Illumination of an important idea or plan can come now. You're in a solid position for setting a new goal or for beginning a new project, as well as for presenting an idea. 

This is a strong period for educational matters, communications, learning, and publishing. People are not only hearing you, they're "getting" you, making it easier to express yourself without the need for many disclaimers. Word of mouth can be helpful in your professional life.

Romantic and creative energy runs quite high in July, and while this can be fun and exciting, this heightened energy can also serve to frustrate you at times, especially around the 3rd, 13th, and 29th. Conflicts or stand-offs with others can occur during these periods. However, most of the month you are more likely to make this energy work for you, and particularly on the 6th, 10th, and 16-17. 

Be cool around the 19th, when emotions can be wacky and relationship drama is likely. Surprises are in store in a close relationship. You might also reach a turning point in a partnership, and a decision about whether to make it official and merge your resources can be a pressing matter for some. You may be tempted to indulge yourself with a big purchase.

The energy of the 26-27 can stimulate a financial breakthrough. Opportunities to advance business and financial goals can arise now. You might also be asserting your independence in surprising ways - if others have been confining or criticizing you, this can be a time when you defend yourself and demand fairer treatment. This is a powerful time for discovering new business ideas or improved methods of getting things done.

The first couple of weeks of July tend to be quiet for you, dear Leo, at least on the surface of things. Try to treat this period as a time for gathering your energies and for closing important projects and endeavors - even a relationship for some of you.

You can be rather withdrawn until mid-month as you prepare for a new astrological year and build up your energy reserves. Personal charisma runs high, however, and love matters are strong. A relationship may benefit from some anonymity or time spent under the radar now. Your private life is especially animated in July. There are some loose ends to tie this month. Those endeavors, and possibly relationships, that are private or behind the scenes tend to figure strongly and thrive. The 5-6 is excellent for research of a financial or business strategy - it may be something that you've come up with in the past, but now deserves special attention. People from your past could be involved now. Someone could confide in you, a secret might emerge, or you can have an epiphany about a past event or relationship. Your romantic life becomes considerably more straightforward after the 12th, or at least your wants and desires from romance are less complicated. 

Family life can also be quite lively. Living arrangements and conditions can be clearer. You may need to watch what you say around the 13th and 29th. You should also guard against hasty or impatient actions, which can make you more accident-prone. Your mental energies are quickened from the 14-31 while Mercury is in your sign, favoring any task that involves getting your point across effectively! 

As July progresses, it can be as if you are awakening from a slumber with planets, one by one, emerging from your privacy sector and moving into your sign. By the 14th, Mercury and Venus are in your sign, and others are really taking note. You're speaking up more often and can find yourself in demand. This is a fabulous period for charm and attractiveness. The 22nd brings the Sun into your sign, and the four weeks following that date are strong for new resolutions, an updated image, and personal power.

The 26-31 is a strong period for you, but it can also be an emotional and impulsive time. Try not to overdo it! You can be rebellious, innovative, and progressive. Publishing, promotion, education, and travel are especially favored.

July is strong for feeling a comfortable level of forward movement, dear Virgo. Conversations open up this month, and you stand to either make a new connection that lasts in the long term, or to enhance the bond of an existing one. Projects begin to gain some momentum. Your social life is lively and seems to go your way for the most part. While the desire to be with friends is strong this month, however, be careful that you don't over-commit in the process, as you're likely to feel the weight of your obligations later in July if you do. Be helpful and involved, but avoid the tendency to forget your own needs in the process.

The New Moon on the 4th can bring new energy to friendships and long-term goals. This is a time for feeling personally hopeful and emotionally satisfied. Friendships might be renewed or revitalized. This is a good time to join groups or associations that interest you, but be careful not to overdo it, as later this month, you're in need of extra privacy and rest. Venus, Mercury, and the Sun begin to drop out of sight - into your privacy sector - on the 12th, 14th, and 22nd, respectively. Take extra time to process and digest recent events in your relationships, with projects, and in your career. Get extra rest and treat any slow-downs as a sign that you may need more time to recoup or reconsider. You are beginning a period best used for emotional renewal, tying up loose ends, and laying low. The better you do this, the more prepared you will be for planetary activity in your sign in August and September.

Increased clarity about a love affair or creative matter can come around the Full Moon on the 19th, when buried feelings for someone are acknowledged for some of you. 

Jupiter is now in its final leg of its journey through your sign (it finishes its transit in September), so take advantage of any opportunities that this happy planet provides you. The 1-2 and 7-10 are particularly strong for attracting both people and positive circumstances into your life. July is also good for bringing more organization and structure to your home life. Living life under the radar in the second half of the month can seem a little slow on the surface of things, but can also give you some extra breathing room for important self-discovery as well as much-needed rest and relaxation.

Your ambitions are stimulated this month, dear Libra, but you also enjoy contributing to a team or group effort, where you can also shine. Your support is rewarded, as others can come to your aid or inform you of an opportunity for personal advancement. With your strong involvement with friends, associates, and career, you will need to find a balance when it comes to attention to family, who will remind you of this around the Full Moon on the 19th.

The first half of the month is particularly strong for streamlining your routines, rewarding research, and high motivation levels for work and health. The New Moon on the 4th brings fresh energy for career and reputation matters.

July is also a month when inspiration comes suddenly, and you could pick up new, and possibly radically different, interests or goals at this time. Others continue to take notice of you more than usual, and it's time to show them what you can do. Your performance is noticed. Look for distinct opportunities to advance your career interests or improve your social standing in the first half of the month. Some of you will enjoy increased recognition, an award, or even a promotion.

"Happiness" goals slowly but surely replace professional ones this month as Venus, Mercury, and the Sun move into your solar eleventh house on the 12th, 14th, and 22nd, respectively. The 26-31 is very strong for your social life. There can be surprising happenings with friends or acquaintances and possibly a love relationship. Unexpected meetings or changes that point you in a new direction can occur now. Love requires emotional space and acceptance, and some of you could find love through or with friends. Networking can be in focus. Don't hide yourself away at this time, but also be wary of overdoing your pursuit of pleasure.

There can be real rewards this month from helping others, volunteering, and other forms of service. Spirituality is strong and your innate compassion is highlighted. Money matters improve and even thrive, but do watch for impulsive spending.

Recognition and possibly increased remuneration for your work is very possible this month. It's a time to shine your light. Be humble, but don't hide your abilities. Physical and mental healing are also in focus. In just a couple of months, Jupiter, the planet of growth and expansion (and what some might consider luck) will enter your sign for a year-long stay. Choose this month and the next to become clear what it is you'd like to change, seek, and conquer. 

The month begins spiritedly, dear Scorpio. Mars is now moving direct in your sign, and while it's still moving relatively slowly, it's picking up speed. Your independence and freedom are especially important to you in July, and your desire nature is very powerful. You're much clearer about what you want and personal projects are moving forward. You may need to tone it down a little, but if you use this period well, you'll have all the courage necessary to make your dreams happen. Your energy levels run high -- sometimes too high --and your pioneering instincts are strong. 

This is a time when you are more experimental, spontaneous, and adventurous than usual, and your need to "get away from it all" is strong. While you can be especially enthused with education or absorbed in special interests in the first half of the month, you might feel somewhat bogged down with responsibilities as the month progresses, so be careful not to take on more than you can handle. 

The month becomes more goal-oriented as it progresses with Venus, Mercury, and the Sun moving to the top of your solar chart on the 12th, 14th, and 22nd. Developments in your career are mostly favorable, although they can sometimes clash with your strong need for independence and spontaneity. You experience more motivation to realize your business goals and might form alliances that further your professional goals. Around the Full Moon on the 19th, you can be especially busy and enjoy good news or contact with an old friend.

You have a bigger desire to define your relationships from the 12th forward, or to come to a deeper commitment. Your relationship status is a little more public or noticeable now. You are selling yourself in your career - it's a time of more charm and influence, particularly around the 16th and 19-20. Business or money opportunities can emerge in the last week of the month. There can be recognition of your talents and skills.

The first half of the month is rather introspective, dear Sagittarius, and quite valuable for picking up on things you might normally miss. You can get very special insight into an intimate relationship and/or your own intimate needs, particularly on the 6th, 10th, and 16th. Your perceptions are especially keen. You might also begin to look at long-term financial plans from a new and improved perspective from the 5-6.

You have all of the necessary tools at your disposal to make important changes to your spending and borrowing habits this month, particularly in the week following the New Moon on the 4th. It's in fact a great time for devising plans and strategies, researching, studying a topic in more depth, and finding solutions to long-standing problems. There can be lovely support for career projects and goals. Finances deserve special attention, particularly shared money and property as well as loans and support payments. A refund, bonus, or loan may come through, or there can be an income boost for a partner.

Opportunities to break out of your normal routine abound and inspire as the month advances. An outward focus and more outgoing feelings are experienced as Venus, Mercury, and the Sun move into your solar ninth house, on the 12th, 14th, and 22nd, respectively. Brush up on skills, study, and learn while your mind is a learning sponge. Energetically speaking, the month picks up pace. You're likely to find the spirit and motivation to embark on unusual or different adventures. Even so, Mars spends the entire month in your privacy sector. While Mars is no longer retrograde, you're still in a hatching stage - taking solid action on important matters should probably wait until after Mars moves into your sign on August 2nd.

Love might be found, or enhanced, through experiences and ventures far beyond the usual routine from the 12-14 forward. Even so, affectionate feelings can be complicated this month, particularly if you focus too intensely on problem areas. The second half of the month is a generally good time to schedule a vacation, if possible, or to leave your weekends free for mini-getaways. Educational, publishing, or travel opportunities can present themselves. The 26-31 is a strong period for creativity, love, communication, travel, and making connections.

Relationship matters figure strongly this month, dear Capricorn. Any lingering frustrations with a partner or concerning relationships can reach a head around the Full Moon on the 19th, but ultimately you're turning over a new leaf and seeing nice improvements to your interactions this month.

Stimulating friendships and group activities, as well as increasing energy, are featured in July. Not only do you seem to need the energies and support of others, they are more dependent on you as well. Do your best to promote mutually beneficial relationships. You have plenty of cosmic support for getting relationships back on track. New insights come, particularly from the 4-6 with a New Moon in your partnership sector and a Sun-Mercury alignment there as well. This is a time for seeing relationships from a new angle. There can be much in the way of counseling, advice, negotiations, and business agreements going on now. Others may be looking for a commitment from you this month.

With Mars moving slowly but now direct, goals are becoming clearer and there's a general sense that you can move towards them more straightforwardly. Jupiter is generally supportive this month, and this helps to lift your spirits and keep your mind focused on those things that are most important to you. 

As the month advances, it becomes more and more favorable for emotional and material support, taking out loans, and refinancing. You might connect intimately with someone seemingly out of the blue, or there can be an unanticipated financial matter to manage. This is also a favorable period for sharing some of your deeper feelings with a trusted person in your life. July is a good time for repairing your relationships and for reminders of your need for closeness or companionship. The 26-31 is strong for talking about your needs - others are responsive and the usual barriers seem to drop. This can be an especially persuasive, charming month. While you may have been sticking to yourself more than usual in the past months, you now have plenty of opportunities to make right with important people in your life.

The month ahead is strong for more clarity and direction, dear Aquarius, particularly regarding career and life path goals. You're also in a very strong position to pick up, resume, or step up health improvement programs. Work, health, and routine matters absorb much of your attention and time in the first half of the month, and you can be quite productive. The 4-6 is strong for fresh new beginnings on these fronts, as well as for gaining important insight into a work or health issue. 

Doing your best work and taking pride in what you do are a focus for you now. Be careful that you don't take on more than your share. Frustration can come to a head around the 19th, when the need for some quiet time can become apparent. This is unlikely to be a dramatic discovery - in fact, it can be quite heartening and pleasant. Bodies in your work and health sector reach out to, as well as gain support from, Jupiter and Mars. This points to increased motivation, sense of purpose, and ambition for taking care of your daily life. You could be digging up interesting information now, and research of all kinds can be very beneficial. Organizing the little things will go a long way towards a stronger sense of accomplishment. You can work longer hours than usual, or push harder in health and fitness routines. Career matters or relationships with those in authority are stimulating although sometimes rocky.

Venus, Mercury, and the Sun move into your partnership sector one by one, on the 12th, 14th, and 22nd respectively, and your attention shifts from producing and tidying to companionship and togetherness. More and more, you seek out feedback and company. This begins one of the better periods of the year for partnering. Admirers are never short in supply. Certainly by the last week of the month, there is quite a commotion in your partnership sector. It's a powerful period for your relationships, and spontaneity is important. Others bring surprises into your life. Be open to new ideas and stimulation, but experiment wisely and creatively. The 26-31 can be powerful for attracting or enhancing a close relationship, and for livening up your life with new ideas, feelings, and events.

There can be many opportunities to enjoy and express yourself in creative ways this month, dear Pisces. Entertainment, hobbies, good times, and perhaps some romance in the first half of July. You are likely to find nice outlets for self-expression now, particularly through unusual, adventurous, educational, and creative activities. You have many interests. Projects surrounding publishing and learning can move ahead this month. Energy levels are increasing and creative abilities are in great form. You have a taste for the exotic, adventurous, and perhaps speculative. Conversations are more productive now, providing answers to problems that may have previously divided you with Mars no longer retrograde and slowly but surely picking up speed. There can be an epiphany about, or new insight into, a romantic or creative matter around the 4-6. Conversations or information surfacing now can be pivotal. Much of July, you are especially companionable. You're open to new experiences and enjoy exchanging ideas with others.

Venus, Mercury, and then the Sun move into your work and health sector on the 12th, 14th, and 22nd, respectively, and your focus gradually shifts to taking better care of your daily life, body, and work output. If your regular routine is less than satisfactory, this is a great time to begin to make changes, although the first week of August will be even better for lifestyle makeovers. Lay down the groundwork now. Good ideas and new methods can motivate you, particularly around the 26-31, although you'll also need to battle some restlessness and perhaps impulsive moves. Sudden events or opportunities can push you in the right direction in your work or with health endeavors. Be open and willing to make necessary changes, but avoid overly hasty or rebellious actions.

You might find that people are increasingly more receptive to your ideas, beliefs, and opinions this month. Transportation, commuting, or travel problems may begin to iron out. Mars in your solar ninth house all month is mostly helpful and motivating, but at times it can stimulate some impatience or a feeling that the grass is greener somewhere else. Tame or feed your need for stimulation and experimentation in moderation, and you're in good shape.

This is a busy, connected time for you, dear Aries, and you're likely to be doing some juggling. Assorted work and errands figure strongly, with little in the form of rest or predictability. However, you can accomplish much, particularly if you take the time to add up all of the little jobs you put behind you. Orderliness is something to strive for, particularly as Saturn challenges Neptune this month. Your ruler, Mars, remains retrograde until the 29th, so managing your time and establishing priorities is especially important. Family matters come into stronger focus as the month advances. There can be movement and opportunity in your career in the last few days of June. Business should subtly improve, and financial obstacles may fall to the side. 

Venus and the Sun travel closely together in your communications sector in the first half of June, and this points to happier conversations and personal appeal through what you write and say, particularly on the 6th and 11-12. 

Neptune turns retrograde on the 13th and then squares Saturn on the 17th. You would probably be better off delaying important decision-making for a time when you're clearer about what you want, and instead focusing on doable, realizable goals. During the retrograde Neptune cycle that lasts until November, you have the opportunity to come to some level of peace about a disappointment from the past. For now, however, it's important to work on tidying your affairs. There may be adjustments required to plans involving publishing, travel, legal matters, or education. Mental and emotional health should improve as you put attitudes that no longer serve you well behind you. 

Venus, the Sun, and Mercury move into your family and home sector on the 17th, 20th, and 29th respectively, and Mars turns direct in your intimacy sector on the 29th. These influences tend to shift your overall focus to your emotional life and finding more emotional satisfaction and replenishment through your closest relationships and touching base with your inner needs. It's a time for some self-nurture and establishing yourself. 

Good energy is also with you for work, habits, and health. You may be connecting with people and information that encourage growth and improvement in these areas. For some, it's about connecting with a good caregiver, for example. You could be doing more specialized work, or could find that you’re in especially big demand and work increases or improves. As well, getting your daily schedules, routines, and health programs into shape is a focus, and can contribute to your growth, professionally and personally. Financial complexities begin to unravel this month after the 29th. Dealings with a partner and with financial institutions become more straightforward after a feeling of treading water. You'll have more energy and direction about these things in the coming weeks.

There is a stronger desire to establish yourself and to build and develop projects this month, dear Taurus. Later June brings circumstances that motivate you to reach out, connect, learn, and share. Until then, ambition surrounding business affairs, material concerns, and finances can be stimulated, although there can be some complications with shared resources, intimacy, and friendship matters. There is a stronger focus on personal possessions and valuables, sensual comforts and pleasures, financial security, and money matters, and with Venus traveling closely with the Sun, good energy for attracting support, gifts, and bonuses, particularly around the 6th. 

Neptune's retrograde on the 13th can point to confusing or ambiguous situations surrounding friends or dreams/goals, and a Saturn-Neptune influence peaking on the 17th suggests a need to face reality. There can be a push from the universe pointing you in the direction of reassessing your goals and paying more attention to, or taking better care of, your spiritual needs, while also balancing your need to manage practical affairs and responsibilities. Friendships can eventually resume with renewed faith, with refinements and adjustments. There could be difficulties balancing friendship and your intimate life for some of you. There can be a temptation to escape the pressures of a partnership through connection with a friend, but be careful not to idealize people at the expense of other relationships. Some of you may be dealing with addictive behaviors, difficulties with a friend, or disillusionment about a long-term goal that no longer seems quite as feasible or supported. Take things one step at a time and know that there is a solution to any problem you encounter now – be patient and open to new ideas.

There can be nice developments on romantic and creative levels later in June. An epiphany about your feelings or final word on a financial matter can emerge around the 20th. Venus, the Sun, and Mercury move into your communications sector on the 17th, 20th, and 29th, respectively. You are more inclined to make connections, branch out, and reach out, and this conveniently comes around the time that Mars turns direct in your relationship sector, improving your confidence in a relationship or with others in general. Good energy is with you for expanding your personal horizons through creative endeavors or romantic relationships now. You are commanding more attention in a positive way, and you are approaching your life with more confidence and self-assurance. Opportunities to travel, learn, teach, and connect are likely to emerge. 

Mars moves retrograde in opposition to your sign until the 29th, when it turns direct. Dealing with others in a straightforward manner may have been challenging, but from the 29th forward, relationship dynamics smooth over and problems can be dealt with more directly. 

The month puts a strong focus on your personality and on fresh starts, dear Gemini. Attention is coming your way. Mars remains retrograde for most of June, however, making it less than ideal for pushing all-new projects ahead, but this doesn't mean you can't enjoy the energy boost provided by the Sun in your sign until the 20th, Venus until the 17th, and Mercury from the 12-29. These positions also boost your ability to attract what and who you want into your life, and the means or confidence to talk things out.

The Sun and Venus, in fact, travel rather closely to one another most of the month and in your sign. This is a wonderful influence for your powers of attraction, pride, and confidence.

The first week of June, however, is a little tricky. The New Moon in your sign occurs on the 4th, and this is a good influence for giving you a sense of a personal reboot - a chance to start fresh. However, the lunation is tied into a configuration that can play with your expectations, which demand some readjustment. You may be swinging from positive to negative thinking now, particularly related to partnerships, home and family life, and career. Disappointments are possible, but the good news is that you seem to remain in charge, even if life is pulling you in all sorts of directions.   

Planetary shifts on the 13th point to a changing relationship to career and responsibilities. You could be doing some questioning of your career/life path or reputation issues. The design here is for you to check in with your goals to see if any refinements need to be made so that you can strengthen them, ultimately. You are constantly evolving so that periodic checkpoints are important. What feels like a lack of direction is temporary and can actually work in your favor as you learn about your true ambitions and goals. The trick is to incorporate your emotional and spiritual goals into material or practical ones in order to round things out.

A recurring Saturn-Neptune challenge perfects on the 17th, and there can be more of this kind of energy - this is about rearranging and reorienting thins. You could find that others are more demanding or strict with you these days. Strains on a relationship can occur as the result of your struggle with finding a life path or defining your career, or uncertainties in relationships can affect your motivation levels in the material world. 

The second half of the month is rather strong for money matters. Some of you could have much success with artistic or spiritual fields now.

The 20th can bring a project to a head or a relationship to full bloom. A turning point can be reached now. The last week of the month is exciting. Solutions related to house and home and/or family can present themselves now. Money you've been waiting for, particularly related to home or real estate, might come through. You can get support or backing now. Mars' direct turn on the 29th points to slow but sure progress in partnerships and with work and health endeavors in the coming weeks. In fact, the summer is excellent for second chances in these areas.

June is an important month for getting the rest and time for reflection you need, dear Cancer, especially as life will pick up pace as the month advances. It's not an ideal time for pushing projects ahead, but it's strong for processing and digesting recent experiences and, ultimately, getting a better sense of your needs and desires.

When Neptune turns retrograde on the 13th and in surrounding days, you can experience unusual emotions and desires, and this can lead to some indecision, or a feeling that you're suddenly without a real direction. A mini crisis of faith in a belief system, and for some of you an educational path, can occur this week, but while it can be confusing at first, it can also help you to realign yourself with goals or beliefs that truly reflect your current needs. A disappointment is possible, but it can lead to a better situation overall if you use it as a learning experience.

You're also reminded, particularly around the 17th, of the need to tidy up your daily affairs and put better programs in place for taking care of your health and wellness. You may need to put some of your bigger dreams on hold as you attend to practical affairs, but try not to lose your faith in the process. Surrendering yourself to the unknown and getting the work that’s in front of you done – taking things step by step and day by day – can get you into a positive place. The Full Moon on the 20th can help motivate you to clean up a work or health-related problem.

Venus enters your sign on the 17th, and until July 11th, you're in an especially positive light. People are drawn to you, and around the 26-29, even a little mesmerized by you! It's a nice period for personal appeal. The Sun moves into your sign on the 20th as well, launching your yearly, month-long cycle of visibility and personal power. You're in charge and starting anew, particularly after the New Moon on July 4th, but this is building in June.

While early in the month friendships may be a source of confusion, as June progresses, there can be wonderful opportunities emerging through or about friends. News, communications, and information can open, bringing on a new perspective and connecting you to others in new ways. Your views toward love and commitment can transform. This is a strong period for learning, sharing, and relating.

The 29th brings Mercury into your sign, increasing reasoning and communicating skills, as well as Mars into direct motion in your romance and creativity sector. You'll begin to see forward movement with creative pursuits, in your dating life, and in your career, and you'll have many weeks before you to get back on track in these areas.

There is strong focus on your social life, friendships, and happiness goals and aspirations this month, dear Leo. Love, communication, learning, and pleasure are also strong themes as your ruler, the Sun, travels closely to Venus most of June. For some, this can mean a strong connection to an old or new friend. While the first few days of June can bring some ups and downs related to your relationships and money matters, you're in a good position to make changes and adjustments that will ultimately improve the viability of your goals and projects as well as the quality of your relationships. You have loads of charm, particularly with associates and networks, and you'll do well to mingle.

Neptune's retrograde turn on the 13th may be felt as deflating initially, particularly in terms of your faith in a relationship or financial project. There might also be some confusion over ownership matters or shared finances. These experiences may in fact prompt a review of, or checking in with, goals and dreams. Slowing down makes sense. A Saturn-Neptune square on the 17th was first with you in November, and will occur again in a few months before separating. For some, there could be a creative block or the facing of a financial reality that make it difficult to pursue a particular project or possibly even a relationship. There may also be some confusion over property and possessions, shared resources, or business. Keep in mind that adjustments made now will free up space for more meaningful and realizable goals, projects, and connections to enter your life.

The 20th brings a Full Moon and a nice opportunity to follow your heart or finalize a creative project. This is also a time when good news or helpful connections can figure strongly, particularly related to money, gifts, bonuses, or personal talents. The Sun moves into your privacy sector at this time, launching a cycle in which you are inclined to review and reflect about recent events, feelings, goals, and endeavors.

The latter part of June is also strong for pursuing health, financial, and work goals. Opportunities to heal the body and mind can emerge, and so can chances to make good use of your natural talents in work and projects, perhaps monetizing a hobby at this time. Mars turns direct on the 29th after several weeks of retrograde motion, and you'll enjoy more clarity about home and family matters over the coming weeks. A project might pick up pace, reach a turning point, or resume now.

Your career, social standing, and life path goals are in stronger focus than usual this month, dear Virgo, and while you can be quite goal-oriented and interested in performance, there are also nice opportunities to socialize, mingle, and enjoy yourself in June. Some of these can happen through work or business dealings, and certainly you are in good shape in terms of popularity in your professional dealings now, but as the month advances, it's more about friendships, networks, and group settings.

Neptune's retrograde turn on the 13th is an annual event that has, in recent years, been occurring in your partnership sector. An important relationship, past or present, can be on your mind now, and over the coming months, you're likely to do some ruminating as you begin to look at a relationship or your relationship needs in general in new ways. There can be some confusion about partnerships now. Give people space, and give yourself time before coming to important conclusions. Positively, you may get to a point where you come to terms, or peace, with a past disappointment during this retrograde cycle.

Saturn forms a square with Neptune on the 17th, echoing events or circumstances that may have occurred or began last November. This influence presents a challenge to bring more structure to your life in areas that are weakening your resolve and faith. Flaws in a dream related to partnerships may reveal themselves now, or you may be questioning whether, with all of the things you need to do, you are getting what you need on a spiritual or emotional level from a partner or relationship. The unreliability or absence of a partner could be discouraging at a time when you would benefit from spiritual support the most. Demands from people in your life can be draining your energy, and you’ll need to work out a plan that helps you to better divide your attention between self-care and attention to others. Take things step by step, day by day, and trust that you’ll get to all that you need to do in good time. Wrestling with expectations is very likely this month, but getting them to reasonable levels can be empowering.

The 20th can bring a project to completion or a matter related to family and home life to a turning point. You're also in a good position to meet people who help boost your confidence or encourage you to reach your potential. 

Venus' move into your friendship sector on the 17th, and the Sun following suit on the 20th, indicates a shift towards more enjoyment of life through connections with others and the nurturing of long-term dreams and aspirations. You begin to feel less pressured to perform and produce, and more accepted and supported by others. 

The final Jupiter-Pluto trine in a set occurs on the 26th and points to nice personal opportunities in the second half of June. Confidence and focus increase and improve, as well as your power of persuasion. While this period is more about you and your personality, romantic expression might also reach new heights. This is a good time for boosting your appeal and improving your image, as well as for picking up or renewing a satisfying hobby.

Your desire for new and interesting experiences, mind expansion, and activities that take you away from your routine is strong this month, dear Libra. It's an excellent time for revision and building skills, particularly when it comes to true interests and self-directed learning. Your attitude is more forward-looking, and as June advances, your ambition and motivation increases as well. By the end of the month, you can be especially interested in getting ahead in business and other practical areas of life. Your ruler, Venus moves along closely with the Sun most of June, and this also helps to light your way. It can also point to more support from friends and networks. 

Neptune's retrograde turn on the 13th, however, can point to certain work matters going on the shelf for now, or coming up for review. Problem areas may be exaggerated temporarily mid-month with a Saturn-Neptune square also coming into sharper focus and drawing your attention to what may be missing in your life. You will likely need to deal with some shifting of schedules, daily routines, or work. Issues that have to do with health, energy levels, or uncertainty with work may surface. Aim to organize and simplify as much as possible. Look for areas of life that are suffering from neglect, clutter, waste, or disorganization. Spend extra time working out routines that truly work for you, and that make some space for activities focused on improving health and well-being. It can be difficult to juggle all that you want to accomplish, particularly if you’re feeling discouraged about a particular dream or goal that requires adjustments, but focusing on the essentials step by step will get you to a better place.

Three weeks into June, you are in a strong position to set goals and to connect with people and situations that truly help you get where you want to go. You may be finishing up the details of a major learning endeavor or project around the Full Moon on the 20th. Venus moving to the top of your chart helps your reputation or status and enhances your relationship with parents, bosses, or superiors. 

The last week of June finds you more motivated to take care of business and to pursue your goals. Finances, family and home matters, and personal development are high up on your list, and largely in good shape now. There may be more support from or for family and home affairs. You could also be experiencing more emotional bravery, finding it easier to face your feelings and your past, and this can be empowering. A Venus-Neptune connection is strong for finances and resources, and Mars turning direct on the 29th can point to a turnaround in financial and business-related areas. A partnership may also resume or gain more clarity and purpose, and these things are only set to improve in the weeks ahead.

There is a strong theme of introspection and strategy this month, dear Scorpio, that begins shifting as June advances. By the end of June, you'll be readying yourself to take on almost anything! June begins with a strong need for inner change, transformation, and self-mastery. Increasingly through June, your focus turns outward, but the inner work you do is powerful. The first few days of the month can find you rather indecisive and conflicted, largely revolving around money and resources on a mundane level and matters of ownership, respect, and trust on an emotional level. It's a time for observing and processing rather than taking new action, and this theme is echoed by retrograde Mars in your sign until the 29th.

Neptune turns retrograde for over five months on the 13th, and shortly after this station, Saturn and Neptune meet in a square. Attachments can be confusing now. There can be some challenges related to your faith in a creative project or relationship temporarily. Trust that ultimately you'll be in a stronger position after you do some sorting through what is realistic and what may only be wishful thinking. It'a time for identifying and then working towards dreams and goals that are realizable. There may be a dilemma that revolves around money, resources, recreation, children, or dating/romance. If you’ve been spending too much on entertainment or romance, you’ll feel the pinch during this period and will need to take some steps to cut back. There may be a strong reminder or awareness of an addiction, oversight, overindulgence, or neglect in some area of your life that now requires a reality check and some buckling down so that it doesn’t drag you down. Look for ways to reduce and eliminate waste, particularly in spending. 

The Full Moon in the last degree of Sagittarius on the 20th at the same time that Jupiter and the North Node align can bring a pleasing end or turning point to a financial matter and support/recognition from a friend or group. Venus moves into a position of harmony with your sign on the 17th, and then the Sun follows suit on the 20th and Mercury on the 29th while Mars turns direct in your sign. These point to increased confidence and a stronger sense of effectiveness. It's a good time for pursuing new interests and studies, for reaching out to others and sharing ideas, and for travel or other forms of adventure-taking. You may be putting more faith in people in your life, relationships, and life itself.

The final Jupiter-Pluto trine occurs in the last week of June and gives you a lovely boost, particularly on practical levels but also faith in yourself. You may have been experiencing a stronger need for more meaning and purpose, or personal influence, with friends, networks, or groups. This is a wonderful time for making those connections, communicating, building ideas, and sharing. You are also developing a stronger belief in your future and what you have to offer others. You might happily take the lead or become the expert that others turn to. Mars turns direct in your sign on the 29th, and in the weeks following, you'll be building your resolve and pushing personal plans and projects forward. Energy and motivation levels increase as plans of action seem more straightforward.

The month ahead continues a strong focus on relationships and connections that began towards the end of May, dear Sagittarius. The first week of June can stimulate some struggle with decisions, perceptions, and expectations, but the New Moon on the 4th can bring energy for a fresh start. Resistance, competitive feeling, and problem areas continue to require some work, but you begin to sense that you can get past them. Still, June is very much a transition month for you. It's a time for developing strategies and making adjustments rather than pushing ahead with all-new endeavors. 

Neptune turns retrograde in your home and family sector on the 13th and then forms a square with Saturn on the 17th, pointing to emerging issues that require some restructuring. If your home life and relationships with family are askew, it can be very hard to get other areas of life into order, and you're now encouraged to sort things out. Your home is your base, and it's important to treat it as such – work on it first and see other areas of your life blossom by extension. Avoiding issues will keep you in a rut, so resolve to make changes and to grow with and through them. You'll be deciding which plans, dreams, and goals are truly realizable, and this gives you the chance to direct your energies constructively. For some of you, establishing boundaries with people who frequently overstep them may be necessary. You may need to deal with inconsistencies, neglect, or bad habits from the past in order to improve your life in the long term. A Jupiter-Pluto trine later this month can help you to hone in on what you want the most.

Venus, the Sun, and Mercury move into your intimacy sector on the 17th, 20th, and 29th respectively. Your focus on the hidden, deeper elements of your life strengthens. It's a good time for looking within for answers, and also for gaining the support of others if needed. You experienced a Full Moon early in your sign last month, and this month, another one occurs, this time in the last degree of Sagittarius. This is a powerful time for coming into touch with buried feelings, needs, and desires.

Your ruler, Jupiter, forms its final trine with Pluto in a set in the last week of June, and you get a nice boost of confidence and verve. This is a time of increased ambition and confidence in your natural talents. Whether it's about work or an important goal, you're more focused on getting results, yet also patient enough to take enough time to achieve them. Some of you could be transforming and growing relationships with parents or bosses. This is generally a good period for money, as you are more resourceful. 

Personal energy levels remain on the low side this month, but your outlook improves as the month advances. It's easier to turn to others, if needed, as they tend to be there for you. From the 29th forward, once Mars has turned direct, you are less inclined to hold onto resentments and while further inner work is necessary, it's clearer what exactly that is now. Mars will continue to stay in the background, directing your attention behind the scenes, for a while longer, but when Mars does re-enter your sign on August 2nd, you'll be raring to go.

This is a strong month for increasing efficiency, getting organized, improving health, and harmonizing/connecting with others, dear Capricorn. Aim to solve problems, make adjustments, reorganize, and deal with practical details for best results in the first few weeks of June, and for generally getting a handle on the "little things" that make your life run more smoothly. This process is not without its challenges, but will be rewarding. 

Neptune is retrograde from the 13th forward (until November), and around the time of its station, a Saturn-Neptune square perfects. If you experience a disappointment around this time, it's likely to spur you towards better understanding of your dreams and expectations. Now is a time for working towards small, realizable goals. Challenges related to studies, a personal interest, a transportation or communications matter, or a relative can be in focus now. Soon enough you will be able to more clearly see the fantasies and dreams that serve you well, and those that may need to be refined or thrown out. You will eventually get to a place where your goals are a more authentic reflection of  you. Bringing more structure to your daily life or to a project that is already underway can be important and empowering now. Working on something step by step is important if you can’t yet envision where you’re headed exactly, as this way, things will fall into place as you go along. Keeping up with your communications and making connections may be more challenging. While it’s important to stay connected with people you care about, you also need to set some boundaries, gently, if you need more space.

The Full Moon on the 20th is good for finalizing a project or for reaching a turning point. For some, this is about realizing the need to feed your spirit. You may need to take some time for yourself so that you can bring your renewed self back to your work and self-care programs. There can be good news related to higher learning, travel, or publishing now, and you can connect with the right people and information to feel that you're heading somewhere you want to go. Venus moves into your partnership sector on the 17th, and then the Sun arrives here on the 20th and Mercury on the 29th. This stimulates stronger interest in, and reliance on, your relationships. It's a great time for counseling and partnering up to get things done.

The final Jupiter-Pluto trine in a set occurs on the 26th, engaging your ambitions and confidence. You may be reaching more people, building a following, teaching or guiding others, and sharing important ideas. Travel and educational opportunities may be part of the picture. 

Friendships and romance begin to straighten out from the 29th when Mars turns direct in your sector of happiness goals and friendships. This comes after a period of possible confusion of boundaries or emotional complications. You're learning who is truly in your corner, and your own desires and affections become clearer. Your social circle is considerably warmer towards you going forward. 

There is strong focus in June on your social and romantic life, creative endeavors, friendships, hobbies, and the need for more satisfying outlets for expressing yourself, dear Aquarius. With the Sun and Venus moving close to one another in your sector of creativity and pleasure in the first half of the month, you're in a strong position for personal appeal. Something totally goes your way, and you may find new or renewed ways to express your playful side or to release tension in pleasurable ways. There are some challenges related to expectations, particularly in the first few days of June and from the 14-17, but you're on top of these, making adjustments and finding your way. The 11-13, while confusing on practical levels, can be strong for powers of attraction and relationships.

Neptune turns retrograde on the 13th and then forms a square with Saturn on the 17th. This is a time for rethinking and introspection, particularly regarding financial and social goals. Indecisiveness can sometimes serve us quite well, as it can lead to holding off decisions or conclusions that need more time and strategy. Keep an eye out for inconsistencies, especially surrounding practical affairs and finances, as these can be skewed by wishful thinking or a feeling of temporary deflation. Efforts to tidy up your finances or to bring more structure to the training and development of your skills can be especially useful now. Friends or group affiliations may seem more demanding of your time and energy, or for some, there can be a lull in your social schedule these days. Friendships or causes can drain you at times if you are giving too much while ignoring your own needs. With finances, focus on identifying areas of waste or neglect. Protect your resources and aim to bring dreams down to earth.

Venus, the Sun, and Mercury move into your sector of work, routine, and habits on the 17th, 20th, and 29th, respectively. This points to a shift of focus to taking better care of your daily affairs and health. Mars' direct turn in your career sector on the 29th suggests a pleasant turnaround regarding confidence in your future, goals, business, career, and practical affairs. Where you're headed becomes clearer.

Jupiter's final trine to Pluto in a set that began last Fall occurs in the last week of June, and this is an empowering influence on emotional levels. The desire not only to get to the bottom of any emotional issues or problems in your life but also to move past those problems that have crippled you in the past is strong now. This can be a time for resolving long-standing problems and finding more courage to go after what you want and need on a soul level. Support, financial or otherwise, is more readily available to you. Career matters can improve, whether this has to do with conditions or attitudes towards work and your larger goals. You are working more on your own terms, and Mars' direct motion at the top of your solar chart on the 29th further supports this. It becomes easier to get straight answers from bosses and co-workers, and from yourself about your own goals and ambitions. There is a stronger sense of direction andmore time spent on moving things forward as you move into July.

There is a large focus on family and home matters this month, dear Pisces. Your nesting instinct is keen and your instincts to rest up and improve your sense of security and safety are important ones. Romantic, creative, and expressive energy increases later in the month, when you feel readier to share yourself, your feelings, and your ideas with others. 

Challenges involving your ruler, Neptune, suggests some wrestling with personal goals, clarity, and expectations this month. Neptune turns retrograde on the 13th, and is retrograde for about five months. This is an annual cycle that is strong for getting some much-needed introspection. Its station occurs shortly before Saturn and Neptune form a square on the 17th, and there can be some feeling of being sapped or drained temporarily before you find ways to redirect your energies. This is the way of the cosmos turning your attention to problem areas – things you've been missing or overlooking, and likely that have to do with your spiritual, soul needs. There is a need to balance attention to your responsibilities and obligations with your personal plans and need for imaginative activities. As you sort this out, aim to take special care of your health and body, as demands on your time and responsibilities to others can take their toll on you. There can be some issues raised surrounding freedom, independence, reputation, and life path. You may be called upon to get organized or to become more goal-oriented, and it can be difficult knowing when to stand your ground and when to accept current conditions. 

Venus, the Sun, and Mercury move into harmony with your sign on the 17th, 20th, and 29th, respectively. As well, Mars, also moving in harmony with Pisces, turns direct on the 29th, further boosting and supporting energy and confidence levels. Obstacles seem to clear away as June advances. Less effort is spent on getting others to understand, see, and support you and your ideas. There can be an epiphany experienced surrounding home and career.

The Jupiter-Pluto influence that began last Fall forms on the 26th for the final time in this set. This reinforces strong connections with friends and/or a partner. Relationships can prosper, transform, and grow in meaningful, although not always easy, ways, and mutually beneficial partnerships may be formed. The direct turn of Mars on the 29th can point to a turning point or forward movement for studies, projects, publishing efforts, personal finances, legal affairs, or travel. Pressure eases as people respond more warmly to your ideas and opinions, and transportation or commuting problems experienced in recent weeks are ironed out. 

The month ahead is an excellent one for getting your bearings, dear Aries. You are encouraged to slow down, work things out, draw on patience, and build and develop - and the sooner you accept this kind of pace, the better the rewards!

With so much retrograde activity these days, Jupiter's direct motion on the 9th can feel especially good. Motivation for work and health programs increases. Projects that had stalled or were left behind might now resume, pick up speed, or turn a corner. The next several months are excellent for benefits from work, services, and health. For now, you're easing forward.

Overall this should be a calmer, less visible month for you, and it does you some good. There can be a stronger focus on personal finances, personal possessions, resources, and business. You are exploring different ways of building your sense of value and worthiness. Money issues or sources of income may change and there can be some reshuffling to do. Ultimately, you could be finding ways to increase your income or your earning potential.

You can be more productive than usual this month, particularly if you focus your energies on works in progress. Save big launches for later, but work at editing and revising - it can lead to great things. You might enjoy recognition for past work, and you can quite effectively work on or revive old projects that are likely to have long-term appeal and profitability. There can be important discoveries. You might experience renewed interest in a work project or a health and wellness program. For some of you, social and romantic opportunities may be found through business or work.

The Sun enters your communications sector on the 20th, and Venus follows suit on the 24th. This brings a busier, more connected theme to your life. The 21-22 can be complicated. Your ruler, Mars, is retrograde all month. It is only during its retrograde periods that Mars forms its opposition to the Sun, every two years or so. This happens on the 22nd, when Mercury stations and just after a Full Moon occurs. The temptation may be to push to have your way, when in fact this is an opportune moment to take the time to feel, learn about, and understand your desires and drives. Frustration can center on intellectual planes this time around, so watch for speaking prematurely or making too much of something said. Make safety an important priority, as impatience can lead to errors in judgment.

On the 26th, Jupiter and Saturn form their final square in a set that began last summer, and this serves as a reminder to pay attention to rules and limits. Think in terms of priorities and look for ways to cut back and simplify your life. Mars moves back into your solar eighth house on the 27th, where it will spend its final month in retrograde motion. There may be the need to revisit financial matters, issues of support, and debts. Ambiguity with finances, particularly debts and shared money or resources, could dominate now, or financial affairs require a second look. An old relationship that ended poorly may occupy your thoughts, or an old lover may return. There can be magnification of unexplored desires. This is a time for exploring anger and assertion over deeply buried matters, and finding better tools for managing your life on an emotional level.

This is a powerful month for you, dear Taurus. There is strong focus on your personality and your personal plans, and support for these is forthcoming. Granted, Mercury is retrograde in your sign and Mars is retrograde as well - the latter being a fairly infrequent occurrence that can slow things down. Navigating the waters can be a little tricky, but you have plenty of help from Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, and Chiron. In fact, there are some rather magical influences with you in May, particularly in the first half of the month.

Opportunities for cooperation, loving and personal gestures, and shared happiness emerge particularly on the 2-3, 10th, and 13th. Creative matters can blossom. Energy is so easy right now that you might even be feeling a little lazy. It's an indulgent time, and a time for sharing and opening yourself up to others. You might find that new avenues open up to you for exploring different ways of having fun. You are likely to feel as if the busy pace of your life is letting up and you can more easily tend to more pleasant matters.

The New Moon on the 6th is in your sign and frames you wonderfully. It's strong for personal reinvention, making a positive impact, friendships, education, and relationships with extended family. There can be a strong attraction to cultural events and exotic places or activities that take you to new places or that expand your mind.

Jupiter's direct motion on the 9th is very welcome as it ushers in a sense of hope and feelings of optimism, particularly about a creative project or romantic relationship. Going forward and in the next several months, you're likely to see some exciting forward movement in love, creative pursuits, recreation, hobbies, relationships with children, and self-expression. Your spirit to enjoy life is building, even if it's not the time to push forward plans.

The Sun, Mercury, and Venus in your sign will take turns harmonizing with Pluto in May, and these influences strengthen your resolve, help you to gain support, and offer up opportunities related to travel, education, publishing, and legal matters. Your personal belief system continues to deepen. This is a powerful time for reworking and refining old methods and procedures. Your patience with others will go a long way towards enhancing your connections. Your powers of attraction are even stronger than usual.

The second half of the month is a little more discordant than the first, but nevertheless brings opportunities to sort out matters related to intimacy and finances. The Full Moon on the 21st aligns with retrograde Mars and can awaken a need to reorganize your finances, or stir up feelings about a past relationship. Mercury turns direct in your sign on the 22nd, and this can point to turnarounds with your personal plans. Even so, a Sun-Mars opposition occurring now can force a confrontation or it can put the spotlight on opposing forces related to money, possessions, debts, and ownership. Try not to feel threatened by others' assertion of their desires. Aim to take a lesson from any issues that become inflamed now.

Jupiter and Saturn form their last square on the 26th, and you may be attempting to sort out your relationships and commitments. Whether or not to make changes or to stick with traditional or familiar patterns can be an issue now. Fears of closeness or intimacy, or the demands of money owed/due, can challenge you. You may want to expand but excesses in other areas of your life need to be tamed. For some of you, there can be challenges in relationships, where the level of intimacy can be an issue or dilemma. The trick to handling this energy well is to look for areas of your life that can be simplified or strengthened and work on those, one step at a time. You'll end up in an improved frame of mind.

Retrograde Mars moves into your partnership sector for the last month of its retrograde period starting on the 27th. This stimulates a need to reorganize your energy with regards to people and partnerships. You could be re-assessing the ways in which you approach relationships, as well as what it is you want from your connections. Looking to the past in order to improve the present and your future is what this is about. The last week of May brings stronger attention to money matters, personal possessions, and issues of comfort and security. You're likely to feel in a stronger position in terms of outlook and knowledge on the 30th.

There continues to be a strong focus on the past, healing, processing, and digesting this month, dear Gemini. There is very little pressure to venture out, although you're not one to keep still for too long.

Planetary shifts this month turn your attention back to home and family. There can be renewed relationships, and projects around the home can resume, from the 9th forward. Motivation to make happy changes in your domestic life increases now and in the next several months.

In the meantime, you have a lot of inner work to do, and you have plenty of help in this regard! In fact, this can be a month of big emotional breakthroughs. The 1, 2, 10, 13, and 30 are particularly strong for making improvements, gaining new insights, and strengthening your resolve. You are bringing fresh energy and an open mind and heart to past problems and to your personal relationships. Family is more cooperative or home life is shaping up in pleasing ways. Good feelings in a partnership, or about relationships in general, can figure strongly now. There can be some tendency to indulge and possibly go over the top when it comes to spending, comfort foods, expressing affection, and pleasures. This is a time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you. If you have resisted taking time for reflection or dealing with the past, the New Moon on the 6th will prompt you to take charge.

The second half of the month is trickier than the first, but quite manageable. The Sun enters your sign on the 20th, kicking off a month-long cycle in which personal influence is strong and personal plans are on the front burner. The Full Moon on the 21st, however, is a quick reminder of others' needs and perhaps a rather abrupt one, as it aligns with retrograde Mars and the relatively rare Sun-Mars opposition occurs on the 22nd, pitting will and against desire. You may need to take a look at the hard issues in a partnership so that you can later take action to make some important changes.

The final Jupiter-Saturn square in a set that began last summer occurs on the 26th, and you can feel some pressures if you've been overly dependent or reclusive - you'll need to reach a better state of balance. There may be tensions in a partnership, and stubbornness can be a real problem, even if you know that peace is more easily achieved by letting go of the desire to be right. Problems may run more deeply, and that could be why tensions are mounting. Clashes between a partner and home life or family are possible. You have all the needed emotional tools at your disposal to work through differences, however, and you might find that this is simply about recognizing your limits.

Mars leaves your partnership sector and dips back into your work and health sector for the final month of its retrograde on the 27th. There may be hidden treasure to be found in old programs, methods, and work projects. However, if you decide to revive something now, it's best to come at it in new ways rather than repeating past mistakes. This portion of the Mars retrograde cycle emphasizes practical and work matters. How you organize your time is in question now.

This is a strong month for your social life, dear Cancer, even if there are some complications to deal with. Relationships in general are in focus, and for the most part, people are helpful and supportive of you.

There are plenty of wonderful spots this month, although they seem to be concentrated in the first half of May. There are many opportunities for good conversations particularly about past matters, resolving problems, forgiving, connecting, and giving others the benefit of the doubt. There are also treasures to be found in old projects, studies, and interests. Old friendships might be revisited. Travel plans may need some time to come together, but can be in strong focus. Rethinking some details of recent plans can work to your benefit in the long run. Partnerships are supportive and there can be good energy for legal and educational matters. Special dates for such opportunities are the 1-3, 9-10, 12-13, and 30th. The New Moon on the 6th can herald new beginnings related to friends, group associations, and important ideas and dreams. Your appetite for pleasure is also very strong in the first half of the month. Control this while still enjoying yourself, and life is good.

From the 9th forward, motivation to pursue personal interests or studies increases, and this will get even better in the next several months. Work and health matters can turn a corner as well, although there may be some hurdles to get over around the 21-22.

Your generosity and openness tend to attract friends and positive attention in general. While friends can enter or leave your life now, you're in a better position to learn who is truly on your side. There can be an increase in your personal influence in groups, with friends, and with a partner. You might especially enjoy coming to someone's aid. An overdue conversation might occur, and relationships can subtly improve. You may return to old or abandoned dreams and plans with new excitement.

The second half of the month is trickier than the first, but manageable. The 21-22 brings sudden awareness of something that's not working in the world of your work, daily routines, or health, or the need to make adjustments and meet deadlines. The 26th finds the final perfection of a Jupiter-Saturn square that serves as an important reminder of the limits of time and energy. If you have taken on too many personal projects or interests, you could find that this impacts your attention to responsibilities or professional goals. Look for ways to divide your attention in a more balanced way, even if this means cutting back on certain activities. Otherwise, the activities that you enjoy most can eventually feel burdensome. Frustrations aside, this is a good time for structuring and simplifying your life in key ways.

Mars moves back into your romance and creativity sector on the 27th for the final month of its retrograde cycle, after which it will turn direct and spend even more time in this part of your solar chart. This can be a time for rediscovering old passions. There may be some delays in a creative project or even a romance, possibly due to setbacks, indecision, or stalling. However, you'll have plenty of time for sorting out your desires, needs, and goals in the coming months.

There is strong focus on your life direction, career, and/or reputation this month, dear Leo. You could be mulling over some major decisions about where you're headed. There is at least one planet and often several bodies in your career sector in May.

There are beautiful aspects connecting cosmic bodies in your career and life path sector with your sectors of support and backing, work, health, routines, research, and finances, setting up important opportunities to improve your life, particularly in these areas. You'll also more easily find satisfying channels for expressing yourself and pursuing your goals. Past projects or goals may deserve, or require, a second look. There are treasures to be found in the past, but you'll likely need to approach them in new ways in order to really get them off the ground this time around. This can be a strong time for recognition of work you've done in the past. Health matters can benefit from some research, and old approaches might be revived now.

From the 9th forward, business and financial matters can turn a corner. Interest and motivation are renewed in certain projects and endeavors, and you feel more confident about pursuing your interests.

The second half of the month is a little trickier, but can also be a call to action. A Full Moon occurs on the 21st, and it aligns with retrograde Mars. The Sun and Mars oppose one another on the 22nd and Mercury stations direct. This can bring a social or romantic issue to emotional heights. A matter from your past can emerge and frustrate you, but can be very revealing, and you might begin to figure out the root of recent aggravations. Tensions now can come from pushing something that shouldn't be accelerated. Matters can be inflamed now, but this brings them strongly to your attention.

The Sun moving into your solar eleventh house on the 20th brings new energy into your life that pulls your attention to happiness goals, friendships, and networking. Venus moves into this same sector on the 24th, stimulating more joy and pleasure in reaching out and making connections.

The final perfection of a Jupiter-Saturn square that first occurred last summer happens on the 26th, and simplifying or leaning up your projects, working harder, improving self-discipline, cutting out some of your more frivolous activities, or putting better schedules and structures into place may be necessary. This can also be about balancing practical application and experimentation, as you can be excited about learning new things but this can eat a lot of your time and you also need to put food on the table. The good news is that events occurring now tend to point you in the direction of a more simplified, streamlined, and improved way of life.

Mars moves back into your sector of home and family on the 27th, where it will spend its last month of retrograde motion. You may be reviewing your living situation or conditions. Old family issues or household projects may be revisited.

There can be a strong focus on learning, sharing ideas, publishing, and venturing out beyond your usual bounds in May, dear Virgo. While Mercury, your ruler, is retrograde until the 22nd, and Mars is as well (all month), you have many reasons to be hopeful and frequently enjoy moments when your spirits are lifted.

The first half of May is excellent for editing and revising, returning to old interests and studies, work on projects you aim to publish, creative works, and partnerships. You may be revisiting old relationships, perhaps only in the mind, and ideally learning from past regrets. You may regain confidence in old plans, ideas, and projects now - there are treasures to be found in works-in-progress that you may have left behind. However, to make them work in the future, you need to approach them in new ways. Some special days for opportunities in these areas are the 2-3, 9-10, 12-13, and 30th. The New Moon on the 6th ushers in good energy for recommitting to plans and projects, as well as for new resolutions to explore, grow, and expand beyond the regular experiences of your life. This is a good time for exploring new adventures or perspectives with a partner and people you care about. Romantic possibilities may come from a person who is of a very different background than you around the 12-13, or from a long-lost friend. There can be a financial boost or gift.

You are more visible than usual with the Sun in your solar tenth house from the 20th forward. A Full Moon occurs on the 21st, aligning with retrograde Mars, which opposes the Sun exactly the next day just when Mercury stations direct - a complicated mix of energies! Challenging family or home life issues could emerge now. Pay close attention to any emotional "slush", anger, or resentment that surfaces now, as you might better understand some of the tension that has recently been with you. The good news is that whatever emerges now is in full view and this begins the process of working things through.

If you've been overdoing certain personal freedoms to the detriment of other life departments, the Jupiter-Saturn square the peaks on the 26th will remind you of the need to strike a balance. This is an important time for getting your home and family life in order. Plans that were too ambitious may need some reworking. Look for ways to simplify your life, as the work you do now on streamlining and restructuring can benefit you for years to come. This influence first came into influence last summer and is now ending.

From May 27th, Mars spends its last month in retrograde in your communications sector. Some of the pressure you've been feeling on the domestic scene releases, and you turn your attention to courses, studies, and interests that may need special attention. Challenges with self-expression, pushing/selling your ideas, or with neighbors and siblings may occur for some of you. However, this is a strong period for fixing problem areas and revising work you did in the past. Positive educational, work, or travel news may be forthcoming around the 30th, when your voice is stronger than usual and others may recognize you as an authority on a subject. You are moving towards a career and life path yearly peak of sorts in the last week of May.

You continue to be drawn to your inner world this month, dear Libra, and to making inner changes that have strong impact on your life. You are tuned in to the deeper issues and looking beyond the surface of matters for answers. We are encouraged to slow down and possibly back up in some areas of life this month with Mars retrograde all month and Mercury until the 22nd. You may tune in to this pace faster than most with the help of the concentration of planetary energy in your succedent and cadent houses, as you're naturally inclined to adjust, build, and observe in May.

There is plenty of planetary support for your ruminations and discoveries, particularly in the first half of the month. Things, ideas, and people tend to surface from your past and draw your attention back to projects and endeavors that might benefit from a new perspective. There can be a healing process going on now - you are building your inner faith. Charity, giving/donating anonymously, volunteering, and helping others without expectation of reward can be especially fulfilling as well. Self-improvement endeavors are highly favored, and you may be striking up conversations about private or personal matters, purging, and unburdening.

This is also an excellent time for researching, editing, or otherwise going over business, health, and financial matters. There may be a need to redo or revise finances and pay stronger attention to what's owed. Financial support matters may need sorting. You are likely to feel especially motivated to do things that you've been letting slide. The trick now is to avoid pushing things that need some more time. Brand-new endeavors may not get off the ground, but work in progress can benefit greatly from your attention now.

Jupiter turns direct after several months of retrograde motion on the 9th, and this can feel quite refreshing. There can be a rekindling of interest in studies or other communications projects. You are nevertheless in a development stage as Jupiter finishes up in your privacy sector until September, when this happy planet enters your own sign. The need for some privacy and down time is natural now as you prepare for more outgoing and visible times. Jupiter's direct motion can help you let go of resentment and difficult problems of the past.

The 21-22 can be tricky with the Sun and retrograde Mars in opposition at the time of a Full Moon and Mercury at its direct station. Disorder in your daily affairs, as well as with communications and transportation, can be disruptive now. Watch for impatience that can lead you to trip over yourself. Minor issues can be the trigger, but major issues may be at the root. Consciously try to slow down and to tame your desires, which can seem very immediate and urgent now, but may not seem as important later on.

While time spent behind the scenes has been encouraged and beneficial, the Jupiter-Saturn square in the last week of May reminds you that too much time spent in this manner will cause you to miss out in other areas of life. Look for ways to better balance your life. While your tendency is to play a supportive role to others and this is mostly without incident, you can feel the need to draw the line as you become aware of the limits on your time and energy. The key now is to simplify as much as possible.

From May 27th, Mars spends its last month of retrograde motion in your sector of money and resources, and this points to further need to focus on sorting out your finances. Money and security matters require some revising and reorganizing. This period involves coming to a greater understanding of how the way you manage your resources impacts your confidence.

A major focus this month is your relationships, dear Scorpio, and it's an important one. Sorting out problems and enjoying special moments with people in your life are satisfying activities in their own right, but can affect many different life departments as well. Mercury is retrograde until the 22nd in your partnership sector, and Mars is retrograde all month, so there can be some complications and challenges to overcome, but overall, this is a strong time for exploring feelings and attitudes. The New Moon on the 6th tends to get the ball rolling, but most of the first half of May is strong for re-defining relationships and relationship needs.

Jupiter's direct motion on the 9th contributes to hopefulness about your connections as well as long-term plans. Essentially, it's bringing your social life to life! This will be more obvious in coming months, but for now, you're finding more joy in connecting. More and more, group activities and associations reveal themselves as avenues for fulfilling your own goals. Jupiter turns direct at the same time that Mercury forms its inferior conjunction the Sun in your partnership zone, pointing to a whole new perspective of one-on-one relationships.

Love is gracious at this time, and special dates for building faith include the 2-3, 9-10, 12-13, and 30th. Some of you might reconnect with an old friend or partner, or reach a new understanding of a past relationship. Increased clarity comes not only from willingness to learn from others but also helping them to express themselves. Willingness to let someone else take the stage opens up new levels in personal relationships right now, which have a chance to grow. Editing and revising work are strongly favored this month as well.

The 21-22 is a trickier period of May that can bring revelations and possible conflicts to the foreground. Money matters can be a big theme now. There can be a tug of war going on with someone or within yourself over money, possessions, and matters of control. Whatever emerges now can force a needed change.

In the last week of May, do a reality check with money and resources before putting more of these things into your projects. Rules and limits can need some attention. This is a time for dealing with recent excesses with activities that have taken you away from your practical responsibilities too often. Simplifying your life should be the focus for best results.

From May 27th, Mars spends the last month of its retrograde in your sign. The usual channels for asserting yourself, pursuing your desires, and expressing anger are not available or seem blocked or inappropriate now. Until you find new ones, you could feel a little frustrated. Watch that you don't allow unacknowledged or buried desires drive your behavior. You may not be as quick to take action. Examine the ways anger has helped or impaired your life so that you can find better ways of managing it. Focusing on review, editing, and digesting rather than new initiatives is your best bet now, and may very well lead to better results down the road. Slow down, rethink, and regroup.

The month ahead is a strong one for making important adjustments, getting your daily routines and self-care problems into order, and doing editing or revision in your work, dear Sagittarius. You have plenty of support for these activities, thankfully. Attempting to push ahead new initiatives is not advised for now.

This is a time for handling details that may have been missed in the past, reorganizing, clearing up clutter, and attempting to bring more or better structure to your daily life. The New Moon on the 6th motivates you to take charge of your health, self-care initiatives, and work, although much of the month is strong for these things, particularly the first half. If you've been holding on too tightly to a difficult work situation or job, then the matter may come to a head.

With Jupiter's direct motion from the 9th, you are easing back into a power period for work, recognition, and promotion that lasts until September. Professional and reputation matters gain more clarity. Although it can take a bit of time to get back on track, you are likely to see gradual improvements in these areas. Motivation to pursue a particular course or path, and possibly a business venture, increases in the coming months. Because Jupiter is your ruler, as it begins its slow but sure movement in direct motion, your own confidence and faith build. You become clearer about what you want and by extension, the signals you give off to others are more effective. As well, Jupiter forms some happy aspects this month. You are solving problems or rising above them when it comes to practical matters. You are especially open to new insights and understanding, and you might also lend a sensitive ear to other people's problems. You could feel especially reinforced and uplifted when you discover someone who truly understands your perspective. A sense of inner joy and peace can be with you, which quietly yet effectively boosts your personal magnetism. Stronger conviction is with you as you discover more meaning in what you are doing. You can make significant headway in business or other projects already in progress.

A tricky period of the month occurs on the 21-22 when the Full Moon aligns with retrograde Mars in your sign. There can be difficulties keeping your cool, and you may be feeling blocked. You can discover strong feelings and desires now that urge you to make changes. Avoid pushing matters, but pay attention to the emotional slush that emerges.

Your ruler also makes a difficult aspect with Saturn in the last week of May. This has come up before, but now forms for the last time for some time. If you've been taking on too much, you'll feel it now. Even exciting projects, if overdone, can become overwhelming and burdensome if they're overdone. Some of you could be wrestling with problems being seen and heard the way you want on a personal level - you could feel that people are looking to you for what you are able to do for them rather than concerning themselves with your personal needs. Personal responsibilities or self-restrictions can be challenging, affecting your growth in the outside world or career. A business or pursuit may need adjustments and some restructuring in order to better meet the demands of reality. Look for ways to simplify your life and draw some boundaries if you feel others are overstepping them.

On May 27th, retrograde Mars leaves your sign and enters Scorpio, where it will transit for the final month of its retrograde. Once direct, Mars will work its way back through Scorpio until early August, when it re-enters your sign. Now and until June 29th, you'll be reassessing your approach to your spiritual and emotional worlds and how you go about satisfying these needs. While some obsession with private matters or concerns about the past may need attention, this is a time for better understanding your more complicated, buried drives and desires.

This is a strong month for exploring creative urges, dear Capricorn, and for sharing your affection, joy, and experiences with others. Reconnecting with old passions and hobbies can be in strong focus.

Romantic inclinations are highlighted this month, and take-charge energy is with you from the 6th, although you're in good shape for pursuing playful and celebratory activities much of May, and especially in the first half. If you've been holding on too tightly to people or projects that have been keeping you from expressing your true self, you'll be feeling the restriction and looking for ways to make changes. Expressing yourself creatively is in focus. With Mercury retrograde until the 22nd, you may not always get the words right, but you're bound to find different channels for expressing yourself, and creative mediums seem your best bet. This is a time for patience - working on building lasting connections and projects is highly favored. Brand-new endeavors may not get off the ground.

With the Sun, Mercury, and Venus connecting wonderfully to Pluto in your sign, there are plenty of ways to get your message across. Others see you as especially unique and valuable. This is a good time for rediscovering old interests and possibly even old romances or friendships, and for reviving or editing creative and publishing projects, particularly on the 2-3 and 8-10. Some freedom of movement is especially important to you right now, as any feeling of being tied to a particular place or routine can leave you feeling stifled. Teaching and learning are favored.

From the 9th forward, Jupiter in your solar ninth house is direct after several months of retrograde motion. This can point to increasing motivation to pursue your studies, travels, and interests. You may be wanting to develop skills. Matters related to publishing, higher education, law, and travel can turn a corner, and are in strong favor once again until September.

The 20th brings the Sun into your work and health sector, stimulating more attention to the functional side of your life. The 21-22 can be tricky with a Full Moon occurring in alignment with retrograde Mars. This pushes trouble areas to the foreground for handling. Desires and feelings are intense now. Restlessness with your current routines can be stimulated. Focus on doing your best instead of allowing a lack of direction interfere with productivity. In time, direction and purpose will be revealed. Tame impatience, which can lead to messy situations.

On the 26th, Jupiter forms a final square to Saturn, your ruler, sending a reminder to tame excesses. If you've lined up too many potential projects or if you're faced with too many choices, you could reach a point of feeling overwhelmed.

From the 27th, Mars spends its final month of retrograde motion in your solar eleventh house, stirring up friendships, group associations, and long-term goals. Some of you could be dealing with frustrations and buried anger with friends. Ambiguity in these areas of life may lead you to reassess these matters. There may be frustration with goals or dreams not manifesting soon enough, when in fact this retrograde period is strong for making important edits to your plans. Certain projects may need further attention before pushing them forward. Some of you could be reconnecting with old friendships, groups, dreams, and plans.

There is powerful focus on home, family, and personal matters this month, dear Aquarius. This is a time for rediscovering old projects, reorganizing the home, and dealing with past problems in new, empowering ways. This is about your own support system and the support you give to others. There can be vivid memories and important discoveries. You may be facing up to a neglected area of your life that now seems quite important to revisit - and you have much to gain in the process.

Particularly in the first half of May, there can be good opportunities to expand, strengthen, and enhance family relationships, and on some level, you may very well find peace with your past. There can be some intense emotions in the process, but they lead to growth and satisfaction. There are treasures to be found in the past - you could be finding lost items, uncovering untapped resources, and remembering things that have long been forgotten. Financial matters are in strong shape as well, although with Mercury retrograde in the financial sign of Taurus until the 22nd, you are probably better off working on projects already in progress. You could gain new insight into business, financial, and other practical matters or advice about same. There can be purging, healing moments as you share things that you kept to yourself. You may be connecting more deeply with a partner, or gaining new understanding of an important person in your life.

An important change occurs on the 9th when Jupiter turns direct. Gradually, you'll see improvements or forward motion with your intimate life or finances. You're more confident about dealing with tricky emotions or complicated problems. Personal charisma increases. This can be a good time for leaving a bad habit behind. While friendships are also set to move forward, you're likely to deal with problem areas later this month first.

There can be joys experienced through an intimate relationship or with more honesty with yourself. It can be easier to attract support if needed. A loan or support could come through. There can be a fresh approach taken to money matters or resources, and you could be finding ways to make more of what you have. Some of you may revive an old friendship.

The Sun moves into a creative, romantic, and playful sector of your chart on the 20th, where it will awaken your feelings and desire to share - an influence that lasts a month. Venus will move into the same sector on the 24th, and this is great news for personal attraction.

The 21-22 is tricky for all of us, and for you, this can bring some drama to your social life. Unrest with friends and lovers may be pushed to the surface, but you'll be in a better position to understand what and who you want once the impatience of the moment passes.

A Jupiter-Saturn influence that has had an on-and-off influence on our lives since last summer perfects for the last time on the 26th. Intimate relationships or increased need for privacy or exclusiveness can be impacting friendships and goals, and this is the time for cutting back, simplifying, and coming to a better balance. For some, financial excesses require some attention. From May 27th, retrograde Mars moves back into your career and reputation sector where it will spend the last month of its retrograde. There can be some second-guessing or reassessing of your goals now, and part of the process can involve taking a second look at old goals, projects, and plans.

There are wonderful aspects made from your communications sector to planets in your sign this month, dear Pisces. So, while a retrograde Mercury may lead to some misunderstandings, you're nevertheless expressing yourself with special flair. If you focus on slowing yourself down, this can be a very rewarding month. You may be turning to past projects and interests rather than embarking on all-new endeavors, but there is a lot of good energy with you for devotion and dedication. It's a great time for editing, revising, and reviving. You can have much success with designing, writing, and teaching as well.

There can be discoveries of different ways to connect, whether this is about communicating or commuting, perhaps because current ones are not working well. You might rediscover old interests or revisit past studies with success. Personal influence and powers of persuasion are especially strong. Ideas shared with friends or in group settings can be healing and helpful. You can find yourself in the position of guide or coach, and doing very well at it. There can be the strengthening of a friendship or a group involvement. While there can be some problems with misunderstandings as Mercury retrogrades until the 22nd and Mars does so all month, your concern and care can help strengthen close relationships.

Jupiter turns direct in your partnership sector on the 9th, and as your co-ruler, this helps build your faith and optimism. You're in a better position to see the benefits of partnering going forward, or there could be more helpful, happy, or pleasing people coming (back) into your life. Even with increased family focus starting near the end of May, your social life is set to increase. Moods are lifted. Career matters can also begin more forward momentum. There will be a few matters to iron out before everything is running up to par again (the 21-22 could bring a problem to a head), but you are certainly feeling more hopeful and spirited. You can find much joy in feeling part of a partnership or close friendship, There can be a nice spirit of forgiveness.

The Sun moves into your home and family sector on the 20th, and then Venus begins its transit of the same house on the 24th. You are moving towards a strong period for enjoying and improving family and home life. The 21-22 is tricky, but eye-opening. A Full Moon occurs and aligns with an opposition between the Sun and retrograde Mars. Both events promote new awareness, and both in initially disruptive or dramatic ways! Be cautious when it comes to mixing personal and professional arenas. Misunderstandings can be plenty, and you'll want to avoid "bad press". Impatience won't move things forward if they're not ready to go in that direction, so take some time before making needed changes.

On the 26th, the final Jupiter-Saturn square in a set occurs, stimulating tensions revolving around long-term ambitions, goals, career, and partnerships. You can get yourself all wound up about others' expectations of you - you can be frustrated with critical observations and limits imposed by others, particularly related to performance and responsibilities. It can be difficult to find balance in your life right now with people pulling you in different directions, but every effort should be made towards simplifying things so that you can get as close to balance as possible.

From May 27th, Mars moves back into your solar ninth house, and will spend its final month of retrograde motion in this area of your chart. You may be dealing with waning energy or enthusiasm levels until you recognize that it's about redirecting these things to the right channels. Legal or publishing matters can require a second look. Watch that you don't focus too much on the frustrations of differing belief systems and opinions. Look for old studies, interests, and passions that may spark a new interest, but be sure to approach them in fresh ways so that they aren't left unfinished this time around.