This Month in Astrology

Focus on your home or family life continues for the first three weeks of July, dear Aries. Extra activity and energy are with you in your personal life. There can be increased family activities or more animation to your domestic world. Additional involvement with family members, more traffic through the home, reorganization or renovation and other such endeavors can figure strongly now. Even so, around the 9th, a career matter or project can come to fruition, stimulating much activity surrounding responsibilities or professional life, particularly if you've been so deeply involved in your personal life that you've had less time for responsibilities to the outside world.

There can certainly be some hectic moments at home this month. Perhaps your responsibilities to family increase or you want or need to take charge and take the lead. You are not content with only thinking about what you'd like to do; you want to be proactive and get things done. These are not lazy days of summer! It can be a great time for taking action on repairs and improvements around the home, as well as for active family involvement or organized activities and reunions with family. Underlying tensions with family can indeed emerge, and the good news is that you're more assertive and direct in your dealings and can solve problems quickly and courageously. This is not the best time for sensitivity, however. Your priority seems to be to get the job done and take care of business.

Venus spends most of the month in your communications sector -- from the 4-31 -- an excellent influence for expressing yourself through your words more charmingly. You thoroughly enjoy your personal studies or interests and daily life. Good feedback is likely to arrive now and incoming communications or news can be pleasantly motivating. Particularly around the 18th, you're learning a lot about and through others, and you're in great shape for partnering and negotiating. There can be a nice sense that you're growing and that your future looks bright. People appreciate you, so be sure to allow for opportunities to mingle. Pleasant contact, friendly exchanges, or improved relations with classmates, siblings, neighbors, a partner, or a good friend can headline in your social life. Your attitude and mindset attract positive attention your way.

Mercury in your creative sector from the 5-25 is also excellent for communication success this month. If you don't already do it, consider writing about something you love and sharing it with others. Mars, your ruler, and the Sun move into your creativity and romance sector on the 20th and 22nd, after which a New Moon occurs on the 23rd and the Sun and Mars align officially on the 26th. You can expect a power-packed few days! Sudden and compelling motivation to pursue romance, fun, pleasure, hobbies, or recreation can figure strongly now. Children also come under the rule of this sector of your chart such that the desire to procreate, if applicable, or to enjoy activities with kids can emerge now for some of you. You are particularly bold about expressing your creativity or feelings now. This can be a highly-charged and animated time. You can be impatient and impulsive, however, but preferably confident and in charge rather than reckless. Inhibitions fall away. Tune into your energy and motivation, but tune out, as much as possible, egocentric or reckless inclinations now, as the former can bring you to the finishing line a winner, and the latter can lead to regret.

One of the things that sticks out and distinguishes this month as different than others is that you're absolutely not interested in repeating the same old patterns or in being tied to lifeless routines. Dealing with long-standing problems and even childhood issues can be successful as a result -- you are no longer comfortable with your comfort zone!

Your projects, studies, and personal interests continue to gather momentum this month, dear Taurus. July can be a busy, communicative, and connected month for you, and while the focus changes to home and family life later this month, it remains an energetic period. This is largely because the Sun and Mars are traveling rather closely together throughout July, riling things up! Assorted activities, work, and errands, studies, communications, getting around the neighborhood figure strongly in the first three weeks, and not very much rest or predictability.

Aim to manage your energy so that you avoid a hectic environment. Make lists and plans so that you avoid a haphazard approach -- something that happens all too frequently when Mars moves through your solar third house as it does now until the 20th. Watch for impulsive movements and communications -- you can be quick on the trigger, and you can have so very much on your mind this month! Impatience or unexpressed anger can lead to mistakes or missteps. However, if you need the courage to push a project forward, express your ideas, or initiate a connection, this is the time for doing so.

A period of heavier expense ends, and you feel a little less weighed down by material concerns this month. In fact, Venus spends the 4-31 in your solar second house, lightening the load and reminding you of the comforts and pleasures of simple, earthy activities. July is less about making money and more about enjoying what you have. It's a good month for income, bonuses, or gifts. Attracting rather than chasing resources is most successful now. While your daily life can be hectic, there is something very comfortable and pleasant about your work and practical affairs in July. Especially around the 18th, you're likely to take particular pleasure in solving problems and making plans. The social side of working through a problem or your job is of great appeal now. Social opportunities surrounding work are possible now.

The Full Moon on the 9th is loaded, but it falls in harmony with your sign, suggesting that the discoveries and lessons of this lunation are easier on you than many others. It can be a time for awakening to true feelings about a course of study or project, which can propel you in a new direction or reinforce your commitment to a path you're already on.

Mars and the Sun move to the bottom of your solar chart on the 20th and 22nd, respectively. A New Moon occurs here on the 23rd, and the Sun and Mars finally reach alignment on the 26th. These influences point to an exceptionally busy, animated, and active time for home and family matters. The trick is to channel and manage this additional energy well and to your advantage! Irritations or long-term problems that have been brewing under the surface things are now in your face, ready for resolution. Be direct but also sensitive to others' feelings. Take charge, but if someone wants to take the lead more than you do, know when to step aside. Egos can get in the way now. You may be coming to a loved one's aid or defense, working on home improvement or repairs, or spending more time with family.

Mercury's move into your romance and creativity sector on the 26th brings more attention to fun and games, romance, and recreational pursuits - a theme that grows in August.

The desire for action and ambition surrounding business affairs, material concerns, and finances figures strongly in July, dear Gemini. You're more inclined to go after what you want, and you expect more from others as well. With Mars and the Sun's continued presence in your solar second house for the first three weeks of July (since later June), money or resources come into your life, particularly if you actively pursue them. However, they might also seep through the cracks if you're tuning into the impulsive energy of this combination in this sector of your chart.

Regardless, you have the power to make a giant leap forward with income or security in your life. Your initiative and courage enhance your earning power in direct, obvious ways. You're impatient at times now, and this may work to your advantage if you need the motivation to finally deal with a long-standing problem, but try not to take shortcuts for the most benefits now. Get-rich-quick schemes, for example, should be avoided.

Jointly-held assets and intimacy may be in sharp focus around the 9th when a Full Moon pushes you to get in touch with your true feelings about a relationship or a situation. You may need to straighten out matters of support, ownership, dependency, or debt at this time. However, your income and natural talents get top billing now. It's an excellent time for actively pursuing what you deserve. There is a stronger focus in your life on money matters, valuables, comfort levels, and security.

Fortunately, Venus spends almost all of July gracing your sign -- from July 4-31. This transit is fantastic for personal appeal and magnetism. Attention turns to your gracious qualities. Opportunities for cooperation, loving and personal gestures, and shared happiness emerge, particularly around the 18th. Creativity and romance can blossom. It's an indulgent time when you more frequently pamper yourself. You might discover new ways of having fun or opportunities to express yourself. You're turning heads in July!

The pace of your everyday life slips into high gear from the 20-22 forward. You actively seek out information and contacts now. You're bolder about expressing your ideas, or you take the lead in your projects or studies with the Sun and Mars animating your communications sector now. This can be the start of a brand new initiative, particularly after the New Moon on the 23rd. While you should certainly be on the lookout for impatient or egocentric communications, this is a good time for the confidence and courage to say what you want to say and for expressing your ideas and stating your opinion. Venus in your sign helps out on this level, as Mars in your communications sector can lead to impatient or aggressive self-expression, and Venus softens this tendency. Be more cautious than usual en route since you have a tendency to rush things. Otherwise, this can be a fabulous period for new and innovative ideas, energetic work on your studies or a personal project, and following through on a missed connection or gaining the courage to reach out to someone. Verbal conflicts are possible now, but some mindful clearing of the air may be just what you need.

July continues the personally busy theme that began in the last week of June, dear Cancer, at least for a spell. Mars and the Sun stay in your sign until the 20th and 22nd, respectively, pointing to three weeks of personal dynamism and energy. Mercury is in Cancer until the 5th, continuing a theme of speaking up more often, after which your thinking is especially practical.

From the 4-31, you can be a little more past-focused, reflective, or private about your feelings, love life, and pleasures. You may be very giving of your time and energy, caring for someone, or playing a waiting game in love. You are attracted to the hidden elements of life, finding inner beauty most magical. You appreciate some level of solitude now.

Even so, around the Full Moon on the 9th, any frustrations related to dependence on others or irritations in relationships can come to a head. Aim to purge, release, and work on letting go of negative attachments or behaviors, but be mindful as you do so, fully owning your part in any exchange or interaction. Ideally, you see exactly what you need to let go of so that you can move more freely. You could feel blocked and vetoed, but from this, the drive to improve your life emerges strongly.

The first three weeks of the month find you more assertive and active than usual, as you take less time thinking about what you want to do and more time doing it!

But there are some sweet, quiet moments, too. Particularly around the 18th, the comforts of home and family draw you in. It's a good time for casual entertaining at home, or for simply kicking back and enjoying low-key activities. Bringing an open mind and heart into your close personal relationships can bring rewards. Good feelings in or about relationships 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, but this can also be a good time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you.

In fact, as July advances, you're increasingly interested in matters related to comfort, security, money, and stability. This can be a time of enjoying the moment but also building your nest. Whatever you're building now, whether it's a business, home, or relationship, you are in a good position to pay special attention to it. You're bringing muscle to current projects, and after the 23rd, to brand-new ventures.

The last week of July can be particularly suitable for launching money-making projects, starting savings programs, or committing to developing your talents. Aim to be as self-aware as possible now to avoid letting impatience driving your decisions. Business matters can suddenly move forward or require action. You might have the courage to ask for a raise or pursue a business deal. The last week of the month is also excellent for test-taking, sharing ideas, and information gathering.

July can be an in like a lamb, out like a lion month for you, dear Leo. You begin the month with several personal planets in the sign behind yours, and two of these, Mars and the Sun, stay there until July 20th and 22nd, respectively. This points to a low-key, under the radar period for the most. There may be a lot going on behind the scenes, but you tend to be wrapping something up or keeping something under wraps!

However, by the 22nd, you're in a personally powerful, active, energetic, and effective period. The New Moon on the 23rd and Sun-Mars alignment on the 26th add more power and muscle. You're in a fabulous position to turn over a new leaf in the last week of July.

In the first three weeks of the month, you need extra time to sort things out and avoid overload or burnout. This is a natural time of year for some level of repose, and this year, you have both the Sun and Mars needing a timeout, so the need to take things easy is even more prominent than usual. It's not an ideal time for brand new beginnings, but it's beneficial for healing and peaceful activities.

While there is quite a bit of attention to your private life or inner world, you're speaking a lot more from the 5-25, and social engagements or invitations are not absent, either, from the 4th forward. In fact, friends and group associations can be highly beneficial from the 4-31. Camaraderie is important to your frame of mind and well-being now. This is also a good time for instinctively knowing when to relax and enjoy yourself -- something that is often missing from your life these days with Pluto in your work and health sector. Some particularly happy moments with friends can be enjoyed this month. As such, you tend to move in and out of a need for outside contact in July.

Around the 9th, issues surrounding work, service, or health matters reach a head. There can be a new piece of information that gets your heart racing. Pay attention to what seems to push your buttons now as these can be very revealing. This is true on some level in the first ten days of July. Aim to let go and heal, particularly if it's clear that you've been holding on too tightly to something that's been causing you so much stress that it interferes with your work-life balance.

Many times this month but particularly around the 18th, you can have some fantastic brainstorming sessions and enjoy cooperative activities. You might be bringing a past project back to life or finding ways of making something old brand new, and this can be a project or even a friendship. Your openness and generosity attract positive attention.

Energetic Mars enters your sign on the 20th, the Sun joins in on the 22nd, and both assertive, fiery bodies join forces on the 26th. In between all of this, a New Moon occurs in Leo, too. This is a power period for reinventing yourself -- you're coming on strong. You are considerably more energetic, willful, and assertive. Certainly, you may need to watch for excessive yang energy now, but with impatience kept in check, you can have an easy time going after what you want. Your confident, direct approach to the world now is winning. Solo efforts can be formidable and projects that require independence, initiative, and a pioneering spirit can benefit most now.

July continues a theme from the last week of June in which you've had a busy social life or a stronger focus on personal happiness goals, dear Virgo. Some of you have found yourselves very much in demand, and this theme continues during the first three weeks of July. This month also adds a growing theme of more attention to rest, recuperation, and downtime.

Virtually all of July (from the 4th forward), your appeal on professional or public levels is excellent. Social standing or appeal and personality can play a significant role in your bottom line, as well! Venus at the top of your solar chart enhances your reputation and may bring social opportunities through your work. Venus, besides her role as goddess of love and pleasure, is also your financial sector ruler, and there can be a peak of sorts occurring for you with money or personal comfort now. This is not as much a personally popular transit as it is a professional one, but you have other planets gunning for you personally this month. It doesn't hurt, though, to pay extra attention to your sensitivity and warmth meters in your personal relationships since the planets pushing for you are quite assertive and sometimes a little overbearing.

You might also come across as a little unavailable even when you are physically present this month since your ruler, Mercury, is in your privacy sector from the 5-25, suggesting some rumination or indecision. This influence can also point to making some personal sacrifices to help others or to working on projects behind the scenes and wrapping up certain studies or ventures.

Possible themes this month include conflicts with friends or an emphasis on leading a group. Extra energy poured into networking and connecting or initiating in your social or love life is another expression of the Sun and Mars in your solar eleventh house in the first three weeks of July. For some, there may be increased interactions with male friends. Relying on or seeking support from a friend can be a theme, although it's also possible you're the one taking on the supportive role.

Generosity with others is beneficial during this transit and especially around the 18th. You could be feeling more comfortable than usual with your position in life at this time and, by extension, others have more confidence in you. Opportunities to make more money could emerge for some of you.

From the 20-23, you have Mars and the Sun moving into your privacy sector and a New Moon occurring in this area of your solar chart. These influences can pack quite a punch, and it's all happening behind the scenes or inside you. It's an important time for getting extra rest and laying low. You're going within for answers and support more often now. It's an important time for physical and spiritual replenishment -- when others may find you a little distant at times, but they'll simply have to understand that you've earned some time to focus on your emotional needs and digest or process the events of the year behind you.

Do your best not to push yourself hard as this is a natural time of year for backing up or pulling back a little to gain some perspective and focus on physical and mental health with particular attention to the latter. Themes now and continuing into the first half of August are renewal, healing, release, and preparation for new beginnings. Even so, around the 26th especially, take the opportunity to put a long-standing problem behind you. Because the Sun and Mars align in your sector of secrets, anonymity, privacy, service to others, and endings, you might boldly pursue a secret relationship or desire, or gain the courage to end a frustrating problem, drawing upon your considerable inner strength as you do. You now have little tolerance for things you've put up with for some time. Because this house of your chart is also connected with self-undoing, be careful that you don't act too quickly on matters that may need more processing.

From the 25th, Mercury, your ruler, moves into your sign and you find your voice and feel more in charge of your life. Your opinion or know-how is in higher demand. You're making your own choices and executive decisions. You're still working behind the scenes on many levels, and you should watch for talking ahead of yourself now, but you're also in excellent shape for mental and professional pursuits.

Growing themes of social and cultural focus move into your life this month, dear Libra. With Venus in your solar ninth house most of the month (from the 4-31), you're in a great position to enjoy new, non-routine experiences, information, places, and faces in July. You have a taste for something different and exotic, particularly when it comes to love, your social life, pleasures, and pastimes now. Cultural events may satisfy more than usual and connecting with groups or like-minded people can invigorate you.

An influence on your solar chart from the 5-25 is also excellent for your social life and ability to learn and innovate. There is a great openness to new ideas and methods now. Even so, the Sun and Mars at the top of your chart until the 20-22 suggest particular attention to responsibilities, duties, management or leadership, career, public life, and reputation. Ambitious themes dominate. Your desire to win and succeed comes to the fore. You're on display or under scrutiny now, but you're also ready to take charge of the direction your life is moving. The possible downside to this is that you are more accountable than usual, but the plus side is that it's one of the stronger times of the year for reward, visibility, and recognition.

There is a nice combination or balance between work and play influences on your chart this month. Even so, personal and home life forces are not very strong -- the outside world and larger goals seem to be priorities in your life right now. In fact, partnerships and ambition can clash here and there this month, particularly around the 17th and 20th. You don't always agree with others on your life path or bigger goals and ambitions, and these themes can be stressful at these times.

Your more philosophical side comes to the fore in July, particularly around the 18th. Sharing a broader vision with others can be exciting and beneficial. A sense that you're growing and moving forward with studies and friends is motivating. Others are finding you especially attractive and magnetic. You experience high hopes and enthusiasm, and others are attracted to your unique self-expression and vision. Aim to put grudges behind you, not so much for others but for yourself. Releasing emotional weight and burdens can be invigorating now.

From the 20-22 forward, your social life picks up even more pace. There can be an increased focus on humanitarian activities and personal happiness goals. Around the 26th especially, ambitions and competitiveness in your social life can be themes. The need to lead is high but you also depend on others to reach your goals or teamwork is essential to your success. For some of you, this can be a time of taking a courageous step in your social life. Collaborations can work well, but there is a definite need for more than just talk -- you need activity and movement and say about how to achieve your goals. Alternatively, you experience a sudden rush of courage and motivation to work on an ambitious venture or ready a project for a launch. All month and especially in the last week of July, developing skills and gaining knowledge are highly favored.

From the 26th forward, be sure to look within for some answers and consider projects or attitudes that may have run their course.

An adventurous theme that began later in June continues for three weeks in July, dear Scorpio. You want to be free to explore, discover, and be spontaneous now. Leaving your options open makes sense now. It's a good time for willful actions - taking the initiative, innovating, and getting going - without too many obstacles in your path. You feel freer to assert your desires and go after what you want now. This can be a time for a change of routine, of being outside your usual comfort zones, and for doing something you usually don't do.

Venus, however, spends much of the month (the 4-31) in your intimacy sector, and this suggests that when it comes to matters of the heart and personal pleasures, you're taking things to heart or more seriously. While you're seeking more freedom in general, love matters are different! This can be a time of greater attachment, whether this is a person or a memory of a relationship, or a project you are in love with! For many of you, there can be good energy for negotiating a deal, a fairer agreement, or a loan this month. People are reaching out and offering you support in July if you need it.

There can be a pleasant feeling of being at peace with the past when Venus in your intimacy sector forms pleasing aspects to other planets, most notably on the 7th, 18th, and 29th. This can also manifest as peace with the "darker" elements of yourself and others. This is not to say that you accept poor behavior, but that you are more accepting of the idea of taking the bad with the good and seeing flaws or imperfections as beautiful. There can be a strong focus on the past, emotions, and inner desires, particularly around the 18th. Something can surface now, such as an unusual coincidence, that brings joy to your life or sets you on a healing path. Putting your trust in someone can feel invigorating. Charity, giving anonymously, volunteering, and helping others is fulfilling.

The Full Moon on the 9th can have a way of pulling up all sorts of unusual feelings and perhaps big news about travel, education, or a project. It's a time for epiphanies and getting in touch with your true feelings on a matter, or for projects turning a corner. From the 5-25, you're in a good position to plan out your goals, work, or long-term propositions. You're heard now - your words have added punch so use this energy wisely!

Mars and the Sun enter your career and reputation sector on the 20th and 22nd, respectively, and a New Moon occurs here on the 23rd. The Sun and Mars meet in this sector on the 26th, pointing to a real rush of activity and attention to your career, life path, ambition, public standing, or reputation. You're not content to simply think about or plan out these matters -- you want to take action and take charge now! This sector also rules your relationships with parents, bosses, or other authority figures. This can be a time when you're sticking up for someone or yourself, asking for a better position or raise, or taking action that requires more confidence or boldness than usual. Aim to be courageous and commanding, but watch for blind impulsiveness now. Ego issues can get in the way of perfectly good opportunities to grow and advance. This can be a very good time for tackling ambitious projects, for working tirelessly towards a project launch, or for showing a braver or bolder face to others.

An increase in contact with friends and networks figures strongly in the last few days of July. You're in particularly good shape for teamwork, clubs, collaboration, or simply enjoying time spent with acquaintances.

Relationships with loved ones continue to have extra heat or edginess to them this month, dear Sagittarius, or you can find yourself working on or pursuing certain projects with extra dedication and passion. You're in a great position to look within for answers. It's not until later in the month when you're ready to jump into action in most life departments. For the first three weeks of July, you're inclined to plan and strategize, and this is good for you right now, as there is a natural ebb and flow to astrology. You can have the courage or necessary push to handle tricky intimacy, ownership, or debt problems now.

An influence from the 4-31 is excellent for attracting helpful or happy people into your life. It's a little easier than usual to find good company. You're not only more companionable, you find it more enjoyable to have someone along for the ride, and you seek out company for things you normally do solo. The 18th is particularly suitable for cooperation, partnership, and teamwork or negotiations. Someone might turn to you as a confidante this month, and their faith in you can brighten your life. You can feel especially hopeful about friendships, partnerships, and your future in general. Others extend kindnesses to you. Group activities and associations could be avenues for fulfilling your own goals.

The Full Moon on the 9th can stir up issues of debts or support. This can also be a time of getting in touch with your feelings about a person or project. Aim to rid yourself of burdens or excess now.

Places of higher learning or around the world and the internet may hold stronger appeal from the 20-22 forward, although you'll feel this theme building earlier in the month. These could be the backdrop for interesting developments in your life, or there can be an emphasis on pulling yourself out of your usual routines and enjoying a change of scenery. You'll have the courage or the motivation to pull yourself out of your comfort zone now!

With a New Moon and a Sun-Mars connection in your sector of spirit and adventure, you are seeking out more spirited, interactive life experiences. Routines can feel more limiting than usual. You may feel the need or desire to stand up for yourself or your beliefs. Competitive activities can thrive. Some of you might enjoy a new adventure of sorts, or otherwise experience a sudden detour from the routine. There is a strong tendency towards impatience and a desire for instant gratification, so do watch for this. Also, your ego can be very present in debates, which can lead to some problems. Otherwise, you thoroughly enjoy a more active, assertive, direct, and spontaneous approach to your life. Since Saturn has been in your sign for several years, the dropping of some inhibitions now can feel particularly beautiful!

From the 26th, you become more focused on worldly matters, your career, and being heard. July is strong for sharing your ideas and gaining an audience for them in general, and these things come together more solidly as the month wraps up.

There is a strong focus on partnerships and close relationships continuing this month, dear Capricorn, and it would benefit you greatly to be creative and dynamic as well as ready to take action. While the Full Moon on the 9th brings your emotional needs and personal epiphanies to the surface, most of the first three weeks of July are about better relating. Be careful, however, because as you follow your drive to make positive changes in your life, your heart and sometimes sensitivity may be left behind.

While there can be competitive feelings and frustration if others are not always taking your plans seriously, it's an important time to work with others instead of against them, and for getting to the point of more equality, particularly when it comes to the effort put forth, in a partnership or significant friendship.

Venus spends most of the month, from the 4-31, in your work and health sector, and this can reinforce the theme of working for your relationships, but it can also help you improve the environment you work in and increase your enjoyment and appreciation of your work and routines. Relationships with people you spend time with on a daily basis or as you pursue your daily routines and health goals can be extra special now. Social opportunities might arise at the office or the gym, or even at the health food store! Your work efforts and your ability to meet responsibilities outside of work as well are especially noticeable to others around the 18th. Coming to someone's aid can lead to good feelings and energy. This is a great time for offering your services. While this is not necessarily a standout month for explicit recognition, there can be very optimistic feelings about your career or social standing. You feel more motivated the more meaning you find in what you're doing now, so use this period to discover what you love doing, and aim to do it more often!

The Full Moon in your sign on the 9th is a loaded one, possessing the power to really motivate you to make a personal change for the better. Your feelings are undeniable now! Relationship problems are unavoidable, but this also means you have the chance to handle them.

The 20-26 is a period of a dramatic shift in your focus. With the Sun and Mars moving into alignment, together these bodies stimulate courage and impulse, although sometimes recklessness as well. This activity is happening in your solar eighth house, which rules intimacy, sharing, finances shared with others or received through others, and self-empowerment and can play out in many different ways. You can experience an impulse or push to pursue these things, or there can be an argument stimulated now revolving around power dynamics. The Sun rules your intimacy sector and Mars rules your home and family sector so the impulses you experience now may be emotionally driven, internal, or relationship-focused. This can be a time for drumming up support. You can be hungry for emotional stimulation, making this a good opportunity to pour energy into or seek out a passion project or self-improvement program. This is a time when you refuse to accept the ordinary or static and strive to make long-lasting changes that empower you so that quitting a bad habit can be particularly successful now.

This month continues a theme in which work or services are in strong focus, dear Aquarius, and these things benefit from the increased dose of energy and confidence with you now. You're learning new skills, organizing, tidying, and taking care of business, and you can be especially self-motivated. This applies to health and fitness or self-care, as well. You are taking more pride in the work you do or in your ability to manage the details of your life. If you need to get back on track when it comes to managing routines or pursuing health programs, this is a stellar time to do so, as long as you don't push yourself too hard or bring too much ego into your work (the Full Moon on the 9th will help keep this in check!). Close relationships, partnering, and negotiating come into stronger focus as the month advances.

Conflicts with others this month tend to revolve around impatience as they are unlikely to be working at the same pace as you. Fortunately, Venus spends most of the month in harmony with your sign. Creative and romantic feelings blossom and pursuits thrive. Particularly around the 18th, you're appreciated by others, and you're ready to share your good feelings. It's a good time for creative communications, romance, and adventure. You'll find pleasure and social or romantic opportunities through different places and faces. Connecting with people who share similar or complementary interests to yours can figure strongly now. Freedom of movement is of particular importance to you right now, as any feeling of being tied to a place or routine can leave you feeling stifled. Relationships with others can be strengthened through sharing personal philosophies and beliefs, ideas, and interests. Love and affection are both easier to give and receive.

From the 5-25, Mercury moves into opposition with your sign, and this is another strong influence for pleasures and benefits through and with others. It's an incredible period for collaborating or simply enjoying more interaction and fun exchanges with someone special. It's not the easiest time to arrive at decisions quickly, but the reason for this is also the beauty of this transit: you are seeing things from a new perspective and considering the other side of the coin. Others have something to teach you now. This doesn't have to take the form of direct lessons. In fact, you're likely to learn more about your own feelings, tastes, and ideas through exchanges with others, which really get you thinking this month.

The Sun, the powerful leader, and Mars, the planet of action, align in your relationship sector on the 26th. This happens at the heels of a New Moon in this same sector on the 23rd, pushing you to take action, make a fresh start, or reach out of your comfort zone to make something happen. It can bring stimulation to a relationship, possibly through a partner taking the lead in your life, or your own motivation to pursue a relationship can increase sharply. Alternatively, more shared activities with others can be in strong focus now. Conflicts can certainly ensue, but getting problems out into the open helps you find the right tools to resolve them. A fresh start in the relationship department is a theme in the last week of July.

July is an active month for personal charisma and enjoyment, dear Pisces. It extends a theme that began in the latter part of June that brings you into greater touch with your need to entertain or be entertained and to create and enjoy extra play time. You could be spending time and money on entertainment, recreation, hobbies, dating, or children but should watch for taking risks or acting too impulsively now, particularly around the 2, 4-7, 15, 17, and 20. Otherwise, this is a beautiful period for approaching the world of creativity and self-expression with more boldness. You might embrace a new hobby or share your creative work with others courageously now. You could also feel that you often act a little out of character when it comes to courage this month.

Throughout July, it's important to keep in mind that you run the risk of jumping into new situations or ventures before you know what's in your heart. This was the case in June and is likely to continue in July. Before saying "yes," think about whether you truly want this for yourself - get in touch! There is a tendency to bury feelings now. A work and health or "take care of business" theme emerges quite powerfully three weeks into July. As hard as you've been going with play time, you're likely to do the same with work now.

Venus spends most of the month, from the 4-31, at the bottom of your solar chart, pointing to the need for extra pampering and a period of reminding yourself of the comforts of familiarity. Home life can improve, or you seek out quieter times. Throughout this time, but particularly around the 18th, your senses are heightened, and you feel inspired, particularly through your deeper connections, intimacy, family connections, and realizations about psychological matters. Understanding your inner motivations or those of a special person in your life can be enlightening now. Aim to let go of resentment as much as possible. Joy comes from honesty with yourself. Attracting support, if needed, comes naturally. For some, a loan or support could come through, mainly related to home or family ventures. Redecorating or making the home more comfortable and friendly can be a theme now.

The Full Moon on the 9th can bring feelings, a connection, friendship, or a project to a turning point or point of blossoming. This is a time for putting something negative behind you.

Mars and the Sun enter your sector of work, health, and routines on the 20th and 22nd, joining forces on the 26th, and a New Moon occurs in this same sector of your chart in between these events! This points to extra muscle or punch, and perhaps powerful motivation, when it comes to taking action on and improving your work, health, daily routines, habits, and self-care programs. It's an especially busy and active period for taking care of business, organizing, seeking out work or improving work, and becoming more active or proactive with your health. The Sun and Mars are powerful, action-oriented, Yang energies, and their presence in this area of your solar chart can help supply you with added energy, initiative, and courage, which are things to nurture, but you should also watch for impatience and shortness with others, or impulsive actions.

Your personal life takes top billing this month, dear Aries, but you're unlikely to be doing much lazing around. It's shaping up to be a busy and active month! June is not particularly ideal for concentration and focus, but it's potentially excellent for getting a lot of odds and ends done.

Collaborating with a partner, good friend, or sibling can be valuable around the 2-3 and 4-5. This can be a time for making plans to travel, take a course, or learn a new skill. You're feeling eager and enthusiastic about picking up useful information, boosting your knowledge, and sharpening your skills this month.

From the 4th, Mars pushes its way through your home and family sector, demanding that you get organized and active with loved ones or around the home. You're motivated to improve home life and set the record straight with family, if necessary. Home-related projects can be satisfying. With more passion, vigor, and perhaps impatience brought on by Mars in this area of your solar chart, there can be the occasional conflict or clash, but clearing the air can be satisfying, too.

On the 9th, the Sagittarius Full Moon awakens a need to get away from the routine if you've been super busy (which you have) and not always attending to your need to feed your spirit and sense of adventure. This can also bring a revelation related to travel or the law, publishing, or education, and point you in a new direction along these lines. Jupiter turns direct on the very same day, and because Jupiter rules Sagittarius and by nature is big and bold, there can be a significant turning point moment experienced related to publishing, learning, partnerships, and relationships. There can be increasing clarity in or about your relationships and relationship needs. A Venus-Mars aspect on the same day enlivens things further - you can feel quite supported and motivated or excited about a relationship or business prospect now.

The 14-16 brings tricky energy as the Sun and Saturn form their yearly opposition, reminding us of a particular responsibility or reality to face. Look for holes in your plans, if they don't reveal themselves on their own! This is a time for fixing and strengthening things before moving forward. Delays related to transportation, communications, or education can surface. Criticism may come in, but while it can irritate, it might also prompt you to tighten up your work or plans which ultimately serves you well. Neptune's retrograde also begins during these dates, and you may work on putting a regret or disappointment behind you.

The Sun and Mercury both enter your home and family sector on the same day -- the 21st -- and merge, bringing a storm of activity into your personal life. You may want to reach out to someone you love, clear the air, push a domestic project forward, or relay news now. The New Moon on the 23rd extends the theme, and a Mercury-Mars alignment on the 28th brings it even further. The last nine days of the month can be particularly busy with family and home life, working from or on the home, moves, reorganization, or a personal or emotional breakthrough. The thing to watch for the most during this time, besides impatience, is a tendency to jump ahead with decisions made from the head before your heart has had the chance to engage.

From the 6th forward, Venus in your solar second house is quite wonderful for enjoying financial or emotional increase, abundance, and comfort.

The month ahead is excellent for moving into your comfort zone in most areas of your life, dear Taurus, but frequently stepping out of it on a mental level. You're bound to learn a lot and pick up new information and interests this month. In fact, you're eager to take on new projects and come up with new and original ideas. You want to be the first to know. 

Helping you out much of the month is Venus, your ruling planet, moving through your sign from the 6th forward. This helps put you at the top of your personal game. People are drawn to your natural charm and appreciate the qualities you display most naturally.

Work, money, and business matters can get a nice little boost on the 2-3, and from the 9th, your confidence in your job or services increases.

Jupiter moves direct on the 9th at the same time as a Full Moon occurring in your Jupiter-ruled intimacy sector. These influences can point to a dramatic or big revelation about your feelings, a relationship, or a money matter. Jupiter is currently a guest in your work and health sector, and these areas of life can show some forward motion. Delays lift, confidence grows, and your sense of wellness and well-being increases. It's time to pursue your health and work goals with more enthusiasm and to improve your daily life, routines, and habits.

A Sun-Saturn opposition on the 14-15 can slow things down and present an obstacle, possibly in the form of a bank or partner, that apparently sets you back. However, your attempts to get around this or to improve and strengthen your situation can truly benefit you in the long-term, so you come out a winner anyhow. Possessiveness can be a problem to watch for in intimate relationships. Aim to be mature and conservative with money and resources now. Neptune's retrograde turn the following day may cast a fog over a friendship for the time being.

From the 6-21, Mercury in your resources sector is valuable for logical thinking applied to money, income, and valuables.

Mars is motivating you to learn, feed your curiosity, connect with others, get out and about, and get active in your neighborhood or with acquaintances from June 4th forward. On the 21st, both the Sun and Mercury move into your communications sector and then join forces, and there can be a further surge of activity and attention to these things. The New Moon on the 23rd adds fuel to the fire, and a Mercury-Mars alignment on the 28th extends this further. You're involved, mentally sharp and alert, and ready to talk things out in the final week-plus of June. You might have an overdue talk now, or something is said that helps to clear the air. News can come in that opens doors. Relations with siblings, family, classmates, and acquaintances can improve with new energy and enthusiasm invested into these relationships. You have a can-do mindset that takes you places. Be careful that you don't make all of your decisions from the head or your ego and ignore your heart in the process, but mindful decisions made now can be empowering.

Your personal presence is large until the 21st, dear Gemini, and your voice is particularly strong from the 6-21. You’re in a fabulous position for decisiveness and believability. This is a month for making a mark and leaving an impression! Even though in many ways the month is about you and your personal needs, it's quite strong for relationships, particularly with family or partners, despite some hiccups. You are taking pride in your ability to support others, and you're seen and acknowledged for this trait as well.

You're in a good position to present your creative works all month, and you're also feeling considerably more creative, motivating you to pursue hobbies and artistic expression heartily.

The 3rd is perfect for personal appeal, magnetism, and optimism with the Sun in your sign harmonizing with Jupiter in your creative sector. You're seeing and seizing opportunities. As well, Jupiter turns direct shortly after that - you're feeling it again! You're putting creative slumps behind you. Neptune's retrograde is a little different, however. You may need to slow down when it comes to a career matter.

Jupiter's direct move on the 9th supports forward movement in a romantic or creative pursuit and a sense of fun and playfulness. Creative blocks lift and you regain enthusiasm for your passions, dating, and hobbies. The Full Moon on the same day illuminates a partnership matter - you can see the light, so to speak, when it comes to a relationship's status or someone's feelings for you. Venus hiding away in your privacy sector from the 4th forward, however, points to some form of sacrifice or letting go of expectations so that you can begin fresh in love in July. So while you're moving forward in many ways, you need a little more time to process things and understand your needs better before throwing yourself into a relationship.

You may be redefining certain friendships or seeing friends in a radically different light now. This is not necessarily negative, but surprising, and can keep your mind turning around quite a bit in June. You can be particularly committed to learning new skills, studies, and personal interests this month -- putting in more effort than usual and reaping the rewards.

Mars in your sign since April 21st has not been very conciliatory. In fact, relationships may have been a little rocky. It's fine to get mad if it keeps you pushing for yourself and your individuality. From the 4th, this changes -- ego matters fall away as Mars moves out of your sign. Some of you will be actively pursuing more ways to make money or augment your income. Others may be more actively fighting for or defending your value and calling out those who don’t treat you with the respect you deserve.

Mercury into your income house from the 21st forward is good for a sharp mind as well as for thinking related to business. You have good money sense now. Negotiations are favored. The 28th is great for selling an idea or putting it into motion. There may be an argument about money or property for some of you, however.

The Cancer New Moon on the 23rd is good for taking charge of your income, personal possessions, valuables, and practical affairs. You have a lot rallying for you in the last week of the month along these lines.

Even though you're keeping a low profile for the first three weeks of June, dear Cancer, you're not shy about pursuing your desires this month. Mars has been in the background of your chart, and you've felt a little lacking, either in willpower, courage, or decisiveness. From the 4th, however, all of this changes. You know what and who you want, and you're ready to pursue your desires confidently!

You're not at your most conciliatory this month, and that's just fine at the moment. In fact, it's a superb time to assert yourself, although you might want to do so when Mars is in favorable aspect this month, not so much when it's arguing with other cosmic bodies, such as on the 24th when you're inclined to push too hard. Mars in your sign from the 4th is particularly useful for asserting your independence and individuality, especially since you might feel that others (partners especially) have often had the upper hand in recent months.

You're in excellent shape this month for boosting your income and managing your money. This is set to increase even further in July, so lay the groundwork now for new beginnings and gaining your financial footing.

Venus in Taurus this month from the 6th forward is a subtle but harmonious and helpful influence. People enjoy your company. Friendly people come into your life and acquaintances bring positive experiences. Around the 9th and 24th, particularly warm connections may be made.

Around the Full Moon on the 9th, look for answers to problems in your life through your work, health, habits, and routines. Do something to improve these things so that you don't get totally called out whenever the Moon arrives in this sector of your chart each month. It's a great time for seeing what needs to change. With Jupiter turning direct on the same day, there can be a turning point or significant forward motion in a family relationship or home or work project. A real estate or living arrangement matter can now move forward.

The 14-15 is a little trickier. There can be slowdowns or delays related to travel, educational, or legal matters. There can be moments when you feel tied down, bored, or overworked.

Mercury in your sign from the 21st is excellent for mental renewal and decisiveness as well. The Sun and Mercury come together then, and later Mercury and Mars merge, all happening in your sign. This is a favorable time to present, share, and decide. Your ideas come across well, with confidence and a spirit of freshness and innovation. You'll want to make all the decisions - executive decisions, if you will - and this can raise an eyebrow or two and perhaps upset someone, but you're raring to go now.

The Cancer New Moon on the 23rd is a high point for you, and you can ride on its waves for several weeks. It's a time for personal reinvention. Set your intentions on the New Moon but give it a bit of time before you launch a new project, enterprise, or look. Renewal, coming out of the background, getting attention, making decisions, things moving forward - these are all strong themes now. A start-up is possible with Mars here, too. This is a time for seizing the moment and making an impression.

Two big themes for you in June seem to clash, dear Leo, but surprisingly don't conflict often: you're increasingly seeking out some personal time but you're also in an excellent position to shine on professional and public levels. Somehow, your professional and personal ambitions cooperate for most of June, and you can both secure a strong position in your work and get quality time as you work on your projects independently.

On the 2-3, people are attracted to your ideas, maverick side, uniqueness, and entirely original perspective. Actually, this is frequently the case these days - it's simply in a stronger focus on these days.

Mercury in Gemini from the 6-21 is valuable for networking. Mercury performs well in this area of your chart and your connections to others strengthen. You're picking up good ideas like a sponge at this time. It's also a great period for financial or business ventures.

Time to yourself is increasingly valued this month, what with Mars moving into your privacy sector on the 4th and then both the Sun and Mercury following suit on the 21st. Mars in this house most of June suggests a more subdued "you," which is particularly excellent for artistic Leos and those needing a little break.

Even so, your public or professional image can grow in leaps and bounds with Venus at the top of your solar chart from the 6th forward. The 9th and 24th are especially strong for pleasant recognition or a boost of popularity.

The Full Moon on 9th in fellow Fire sign, Sagittarius, is a wake-up call -- a pleasant one -- to take care of your personal life after special attention to outside connections and networking. You may need to finish up a creative project and pull yourself away from a busy social life, or romance heats up and draws your attention to it.

The month ahead is one of increased opportunities to connect, learn, and succeed, dear Virgo. Although the Full Moon on the 9th is an important reminder to pay special attention to home and family, the month tends to favor outside obligations and enjoyments for the most part. It's appropriate to pour energy into long-term goals, career, networking, and education in June. There is a lot of activity in the upper hemisphere of your solar chart, suggesting the need to get things straight with your career, reputation, friendships, and education or publishing worlds. You have plenty of support for this, by the way!

Around the 5th is excellent for money or business related to the home, such as work from or on the home, real estate, and domestic-related services. Take note of your ideas now! They may need more work but they have long-term potential. 

From the 4th, you may be teaming up with others, but doing your own thing at the same time -- somehow, you are making this work. Teamwork or collaboration is beneficial for you right now but you may find yourself one step ahead of others regardless as you're super-motivated and confident. You're getting great ideas about manifesting your dreams. It's also a good time for pursuing a cherished cause. You instinctively know that persistent problems in your life require new responses and you're ready to take action. This is a month of inspiration, hard work, and new or renewed connections.

From the 6th, Venus is moving in harmony with your sign, inspiring you to seek out new interests and experiences. This transit supplies a gentle nudge to explore rather than pressure or intense restlessness so that it feels natural and smooth. You have a stronger attraction to cultural events at this time. For the most part in June, you are drawn to--or drawing in--new friendships and interests. New classes or group experiences and extra-curricular activities can figure strongly now as you're ready and willing to step a little out of your comfort zone.

Wonderful energy is with you for nurturing and advancing your professional goals all month, even if your personal life needs some extra attention from time to time. You may be thinking of side businesses or boosts to income now. Keep your ear to the ground. Certainly, with Mars in your eleventh most of the month, you're far more open than usual to experiment and innovate. 

Financial ambitions, whether these are to earn or save more and spend less, are reawakened from the 9th forward. Home-related projects reach a turning point as well. Your confidence in business, financial, and practical affairs is increasing. You are more inclined to make significant purchases and say yes to new developments on the job or with business. 

The 14-15 is a trickier time when you need to deal with the realities of limited time and energy and possible blocks to progress related to home and family obligations. Now that both rulers of your romantic relationship sectors are retrograde, some de-emphasis of your love life is appropriate.

The 21st forward is decidedly more social and interactive. It's a great time for cultivating contacts, getting involved, networking, sharing ideas and time/energy. Valuable new connections are highly likely. Mercury, the Sun, and Mars are animating your solar eleventh house, making this a high-powered time when you're making things happen, and your social life soars. Progress is made through groups, like-minded people, friends, networking, associates, and new, experimental, and innovative ideas and approaches.

The New Moon on the 23rd gives a further boost to your efforts. New visions and ideas are inspiring and light a fire under you. Conversations with friends or groups and meetings, in general, tend to be animated and valuable. Seek out new avenues to explore, check out what friends or associates are doing, and find your inspiration.

The month ahead supports learning, traveling, extracurricular activities, career, reputation, and intimate relationships, dear Libra. You’re in particularly good shape when it comes to gaining new knowledge and pushing ahead work or life path goals. You have a boost of clarity and courage on your side in June!

The 2-3 is strong for relationship activity and social, cultural, or educational opportunities. The 5th is a particularly opportune time for communications: learning, studies, connecting, commuting, and sharing your ideas.

From the 9th, your confidence lifts and your optimism gets a boost. Plans that have stalled or that you temporarily put to the side or lost interest in begin to move forward now. A turning point in a learning endeavor or personal interest may be reached around the 9th as well. This Sagittarius Full Moon can bring big news or ideas into your world that are capable of changing your direction. It can be the start of something new and exciting. You’re gaining more clarity about what you want to improve and change, and you feel more equipped and motivated to take on opportunities as they emerge.

The 14-15 requires some back-stepping, self-discipline, and maturity as a reality check is likely. If you’ve been pushing a little too hard with personal interests and projects, then you’re reminded of the limits of time and energy now. Responsibilities need attention before you can feel free enough to explore and expand your experiences. Neptune retrograde on the 16th can have the effect of putting some smaller jobs or health initiatives or goals on the back burner for the time being to make room for your bigger ambitions. 

Generally speaking, as the month advances, you’re more and more invested in your professional life, responsibilities, and image. You are ready to make things happen, and you bring more muscle as well as intelligence to your work. You are getting noticed, particularly from the 21st forward, for your efforts, skills, and voice. You’re ready to fight for what you want, although this is more likely to take the form of working hard to surpass competitors or your own personal best rather than out-and-out conflict. Benefit from the motivation and courage to go after what you want and deserve, but watch for impatience and undesired clashes with others. 

As well, your voice is strong at this time, particularly around the 21st and 28th, so use it well! Too-quick conclusions, criticisms, and observations, particularly when shared, may be cause for later regret. However, you can use your stronger presence creatively and for causes you truly want to get behind.

You’re in particularly good shape with shared resources, such as money and property, loans, and support from the 6th forward and especially around the 9th and 23rd. It’s a favorable time to ask for help if you need it.

Nurture your ambitions and go hard with your studies this month for good results. Ideas for new career or life directions can be wonderful around the 21st and the New Moon on the 23rd supplies a supportive boost towards achieving your goals.

June is a potentially beautiful month for devoting more time and energy to passion projects, learning, and extra-curricular activities, dear Scorpio. Although there is some trial and error involved, it's also a healthy month for relationships, particularly after the 6th. You're attracting people into your life who want to make your life easier. Surface harmony is not something you typically seek, but you’re also in a good position to harmonize on deeper levels, too, with some effort.

The month is, in fact, robust for self-development, feeling more powerful and in charge, and making positive lifestyle changes. There is the right balance between introspection and external focus. You’re more interested in developing skills than producing right now, although the desire for results is building. In fact, focusing on professional goals and responsibilities in the coming months can bring great rewards.

The Full Moon on the 9th happens just when Jupiter turns direct and in a sign Jupiter rules--Sagittarius. Optimism flows more naturally and is on the increase. Getting control of spending and saving, money management, and practical affairs is part of this - the more you feel in charge, the more confident you feel about the future. This can be a great time for working on your talents and developing your resources. A lot of what you do is in the background, and this suits you just fine for the time being. Jupiter's direct motion now helps you to let go of resentment and challenging problems of the past. Much of June, you're likely to feel that you're in a preparation phase.

The 14-16 brings trickier energy to our lives, and for you, it’s liable to revolve around money and/or respect! Boundaries are important to you right now, and if people keep trying to cross them, you’re ready to dig in your heels. Fears of rejection or of giving too much of yourself can emerge now. There can also be a reality check to deal with. Take a step back, but avoid alienating others in the process. Neptune’s retrograde on the 16th can have the effect of slowing down or back-burnering a creative pursuit, hobby, or dating. This is about de-emphasis, not dropping these things. It’s a natural process, and, in fact, it has its distinct benefits. Right now, you’re seeking out more depth and experience in your projects and relationships. Ambitions are building, and it’s time to nurture them.

Relationships, support, teamwork, and partnering are in particularly good shape around the 9th, 20th, and 23rd, when shared activities, a bit of romance or leisure time, and communication can enhance a bond. These dates are also good for first moves or attracting friendships or love relationships.

There is an extra dose of sharpness in your mental capacities from the 21-28. You can be quick to debate or defend an opinion or cause. Excitement and motivation to soak in information and learn new things figures strongly now. Debate can be thrilling but disruptive if you take it too personally. You want to go out of your comfort zone when it comes to learning, thinking, and doing, and the New Moon on the 23rd can help open up opportunities to do so.

There is a strong focus on relationships for you in June, dear Sagittarius, with your partnership and intimacy sectors highly activated. Even so, there are some wonderful personal revelations this month, and plans begin some forward movement. You're also regaining confidence in your effectiveness, social life, and cherished dreams and goals.

The Full Moon on the 9th is in your sign - your yearly emotional peak when you recognize your true feelings on a matter or reach an epiphany and important realization. It comes at a very interesting time -- on the very same day that Jupiter, your ruler, turns direct, and this adds to its significance. It can mark a major turning point, likely of a personal or inward nature - a moment that defines before and after. You awaken to a feeling or need that turns you in a new direction or motivates you to pursue a new goal or path. 

This is also a period for reshaping and picking up your social life as Jupiter turns direct in your social sector. From now until October, you're in fabulous shape for meeting people. It's also a great time for both inspiring others and becoming inspired. Optimism is on the increase. 

The 14-16 brings trickier energy and apparent setbacks. I use the term "apparent" deliberately because these are the types of delays that are blessings in disguise and that allow us to fix something critical before moving forward. Relationships can be complex now -- there can be some reservations about going forward with a deal or a person. This is also a time of corrective balancing if you've been particularly solicitous with others and need some personal space or time to get your bearings. Watch for an attitude of refusing to play the game so that you won't have to deal with the possibility of losing it. Slow down, draw on patience, and give people time, even if they seem to be oblivious to your problems at the moment. Neptune's retrograde on the 16th can have the effect of de-emphasizing or slowing down domestic projects and initiatives.

The 21st brings both the Sun and Mercury together and into your intimacy sector. This is a powerful push towards looking within for answers as well as for the seeking out of deeper involvement in or commitment to a project, venture, or relationship. You're not interested in the fluff at the moment - it's "go hard or go home" time, and you may very well find that some endeavors fall by the wayside as a result. 

The last week of the month is powerful for identifying your priorities and for connecting to people and projects you love. While you're excited to communicate your truth, be mindful as you do so. Also, watch for an over-stimulated intellect charging ahead and forgetting about how you might feel about all that you learn and uncover in your investigations at this time. The heart seems to be left behind right now, so tread lightly! 

Most of the month (from the 6th) is excellent for beautifying the work environment or harmonizing working relationships. It's also excellent for truly enjoying and finding pleasure in your job, daily duties, or routines, or in any services you provide for others. You're appreciated for what you do now, as well.

June features a mostly balanced focus between work and play, dear Capricorn, and any imbalances in the mix stand for quick correction. You continue to put a lot of thought and energy into dealing with your daily affairs, improving your work, and attending to your health and wellness this month. Even so, relationships are in high focus and become increasingly more relevant as the month advances. 

From the 6th, you have lovely Venus in arguably the best position of your solar chart, second only to Venus gracing your sign. This transit enhances and supports your popularity and likeability while working on smoothing over your relationships and attracting mutually beneficial friendships. Artists and lovers get extra attention and positive feedback at this time. You are abuzz with fun, playful, and flirty energy. The 9th, 20th, and 23rd are particularly good days for attracting who and what you want into your life. Opportunities to enjoy pleasurable pastimes and entertainment emerge now. It's a good time for spending time with children, writing, decorating, creating, vacationing, and enjoying hobbies.

The Full Moon on the 9th draws out your need to rest and go under the radar for a little while. Even so, Jupiter's direct motion on the same day brings a turning point as you begin revving your engines, intent on reaching your goals and ambitions. Fortunately, this is a gradual process as the Full Moon is pushing for you to correct imbalances related to overwork! 

Jupiter has been at the top of your chart encouraging you to embrace your ambitions and achieve your goals or improve your image since September. While it was retrograde from February until now, these things may have been on the back burner. Motivation returns, however, and you'll become increasingly more interested in putting yourself out there to succeed and advance. For some of you in the coming months (until October), you can get a promotion, land a major account or project, and earn recognition or awards. 

The 14-16 is a hump or slump time of the month when you're likely to see the error of your ways or face a criticism, delay, or another form of slowdown or letdown. The Sun opposes your ruler, Saturn, and Neptune reverses direction. These influences affect us all in some way, and for you, it's most likely about work, health, energy, and daily affairs. Some loss of interest in what you're doing is possible now, but as you reorient yourself, you'll be able to make adjustments that get you back on track, this time with a more solid foundation under you or more realistic expectations.

The 21st brings Mercury and the Sun together and into your partnership sector. This can come as a surprise or a rush and can point to quickly changing circumstances. In the last week or so of June, there can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship or negotiations. There can be a lot of activity related to your social life or partnerships now, and while this can be quite positive overall, Venus is out of the loop, and you may not be taking your feelings into consideration when making plans or expressing yourself. Check in with your feelings before rushing ahead. The New Moon on the 23rd can clear the way for new beginnings related to partnering.

You enjoy excellent drive for getting your daily life, routines, and work in order this month, dear Aquarius. Even though there is still quite a bit of focus on recreation and your personal life in June, the eagerness and enterprise to organize, sort out problems, get healthy, and get working are with you. Take advantage of any opportunity to advance your health and work goals. As the month progresses, you'll get even more support and enjoy increased motivation for these endeavors.

The 2-3 is perfect for personal appeal, partnership, and creative expression. Events of the 4-5 can help you feel more established with a friend or friends, group, or educational path.

The Full Moon on the 9th can bring a social matter to light, feelings for someone or a project to the surface, or a creative project to fruition. This event coincides with Jupiter turning direct after several months of retrograde motion, and this can serve as a turning point related to education, friendship, travel, or publishing. News you've been waiting for arrives, and you can finally make more informed decisions. The chance to enjoy an adventure, trip, cultural event, or brand-new, mind-opening experience can emerge now.

The 14-16 can bring a reminder of responsibility or perhaps a bubble-bursting moment that feels harsh at the moment, but that leads to bigger and better things down the road. There may be apparent criticism or a veto to your plans that requires an adjustment now. There can be the reason for a project to stall or for frustration due to delayed compensation. Get over this hump, and you're a better judge of your situation. You may need to hunker down before moving forward or enjoying a reward.

The 21st brings both the Sun and Mercury into your sector of work and health (Mars is already here). They join forces on the same day, and there can be a sense of excitement or a big rush to get things done. From the 21st, you'll get some clear opportunities to improve or move forward on a work or health-related endeavor. Seek out new or alternative health programs and work methods. Problems in these areas of your life can come to quick resolutions. There can be a quickened pace to your routines and work, and you can be filled with a sudden desire to get busy, to make a real difference, and to sort out problem areas. Focus can be on clearing away clutter or otherwise cleaning up your life in little yet significant ways. While you can get a lot done now, watch closely for a business-like insensitivity or impatience with co-workers and others with whom you share your day. Your mind might say yes to things that your heart has yet to process.

The New Moon on the 23rd heralds a new beginning or fresh approach to managing your work, health, and routines. If you need to make lifestyle change and improvements, the last week of June is excellent for doing so.

Most of the month (from the 6th forward), you're in a good position to make nice with family, improve your living conditions and home life, and make peace with yourself. A greater love of home life, even with all of your activities this month, figures strongly.

June is strong for your personal life, dear Pisces, and while there are opportunities to learn more about your ambitions and goals, you're in particularly good shape for attending to your home, family, and personal needs this month. Improvements in your relationships with family, relatives, children, and love interests figure strongly.

The first week of the month is especially fortunate for gaining support or backing for your plans. On the 9th, the Full Moon occurs at the top of your chart, pulling your attention to worldly matters, professional dealings, and responsibilities. (There will be another such call, perhaps a less pleasant one, around the 14-15.) There can be new light shed on a career matter, promotion, or culmination of a project. You can be excited to get in touch with your true feelings on a goal or ambition. You benefit from an "aha!" moment when everything seems to come together, and you see the light. 

This Full Moon happens just as Jupiter reaches its station and turns direct, and there can be quite a bit of excitement now. You enjoy increased faith in your effectiveness, particularly related to your finances and intimate relationships. A turning point may be reached, or blocks in your path are removed related to financial or emotional support, career, life path, education, and long-term goals. A Venus-Mars aspect occurs now as well, and there can be increased motivation or opportunity to pursue a personal interest, hobby, or creative activity.

The 14-16 can bring on clashes or letdowns, however, when what you want to do or your personal initiatives grate with parents, higher-ups, or responsibilities that you just can't avoid. The consequences of those things you've neglected roll in. People may seem unduly critical or unsympathetic. Plans are delayed. Ideally, events occurring now simply increase your maturity and humility. Attempts to strengthen your plans made now bring rewards down the road.

While Jupiter turns direct this month, Neptune turns retrograde, and since both planets rule your sign, you can see some forward movement and apparent slowdowns as well. While you gain confidence and strength for making deep, lasting changes and improvements, there can be the need to put a dream or plan on hold as you focus on more doable ventures.

The 21st brings a rush of energy to your romance and creativity sector. Since the 4th, Mars has been awakening your desires and encouraging you to pursue your passions. Now the Sun and Mercury rush in and join forces, stirring up strong motivations to get creative or romantic, to share your ideas, to seek out more fun and channels for self-expression, to date, and to pursue a hobby, recreational activity, or creative project more ardently. You can feel exceptionally romantic and/or confident and may be itching to express your feelings. 

In the last week of June, what with the New Moon also occurring in this same sector of your chart and Mercury and Mars meeting up here as well, there can be an overdue conversation or incoming news that opens up doors and opportunities. The thing to watch for is that you can feel pressured to say yes or to throw yourself into something before your heart is ready. Be sure to check in with your feelings, which are not as quick as your mind and will this month.

Do also watch for power-tripping in the last couple days of June and a tendency for impatient communications that come across as insensitive or cheeky. Look for chances to restart or begin fresh in a friendship, romance, or creative project.

However, you do have the added protection of Venus in your communications sector, smoothing out your interactions, virtually all month (from the 6th forward). You seem to know what to say, when. You can frame things very well now, so take advantage and write up promotional matter, creative works, overtures, and applications. Relationships with siblings, classmates, acquaintances, and neighbors can improve significantly with gentle and thoughtful attention now.

Where you felt constricted in April, you have a strong sense of liberation and forward movement in May, dear Aries. You are in particularly good shape with studies, communications, and ideas this month. Venus has now returned to your sign in direct motion. Even though you can be journeying along already-traveled ground until the middle of the month, you nevertheless feel that you are getting a second chance to get things right, and this is comforting.

People want to be around you - they like and seek out your company. From the 3rd, Mercury turns direct in your sign, reinforcing a sense that key areas of your life are no longer stuck or, at the very least, turning the corner.

Furthermore, your ruler, Mars, is working in harmony with your sign all of May, reinvigorating motivation to pursue personal interests and studies and to enjoy more movement and interaction with your neighborhood. It's an excellent time to make connections - with others and mental connections. This improves even further from the 21st when the Sun enters the picture. Until the 15th, Mercury and Mars are in mutual reception, supporting one another. Your communications, teachings, ideas, and writing go over exceptionally well, even if you can be a little hasty with them at times. Even better, you're satisfied with them.

Saturn and Uranus form an alliance once again, and projects begun towards the end of 2016 can enjoy a revival. Or, you work wholeheartedly on plans that bring both security and progress to your life. Following all the rules to the letter is not typically your cup of tea, but you also see the value of more structure and definition in your life. In fact, at this time, you’ll make the most progress by honoring some tried and true traditions, even if this seems counterintuitive. In May, getting ahead requires special attention to rules and order.

When planets move through Aries this year, they oppose Jupiter, and this is always a signal that you have to make accommodations for others even when you’re attending to personal plans. This month it’s related to love, communication, and mental space - work with others, and you'll advance more satisfyingly. 

Another emphasis in your solar chart this month involves your second house of resources. Even though you’re returning to some new starts or beginnings, this is also a great time to develop projects and focus on building and development. Life is supporting your talents, finding good use for them. You are working smartly now, finding ways to do what you need to do without impinging too much on your personal time. 

Very little is holding you back right now, so take advantage. It’s a great month for initiating, building, developing, and learning. Gathering information can be a big focus. Your powers of attraction are super as Venus spends the entire month in your sign. 

Key dates are the 9-10 when you can make exciting discoveries and come to wonderful epiphanies related to money, business, reputation, and intimate relationships. It’s a superb time to release a burden or to handle a problem that's been hanging over your head for way too long. The 11-12 is tricky as disillusionment is possible, but out of disappointment comes a new and exciting project or vision. The 16-17 is similarly tricky, but not as immediately advantageous - adjustments need to be made to your expectations, past problems may resurface in relationships, and legal or business obstacles may be part of the picture for some of you. The 24-25 can be a time for taking on an all-new attitude or plan to get your daily life in order. You shine on the 30-31 in oh so many ways, not the least of which relates to your writing, studies, or communications.

May is a month of personal power for you, dear Taurus, and this year, you'll carry forward some of this empowering energy into June as well. There is a robust and active focus on personality development, finances, work, health, and talents. On many levels, you can feel revitalized. People notice you for who you are not only what you do. You're getting ahead because of your fabulous personality more than other assets in May.

While Venus, your lovely ruling planet, spends the entire month in your privacy sector, it’s moving direct all month, and there is a sense of forward movement nonetheless. You’re still in an incubation stage when it comes to your love life and affections - there are things to process and perhaps some healing to do before you’re clear. However, if this was agonizing at times in April, it’s a much smoother process in May. Venus will enter your sign in June, and you’ll be raring to go, but for now, laying low makes sense. Sorting things out will serve you very well now. In fact, you may need to deemphasize your love life to take advantage of other opportunities.

Pay attention to serendipities in May that relate to love, health, and work. You’ll be tuned into levels that you may normally miss, and hunches can be mighty compelling now.

Partnership matters may reach a turning point around the 9-11. You’ll come into strong touch with your feelings related to a negotiation, commitment, or one-to-one relationship. The month is outstanding for doing some ruminating and digging. You might find some real gems from old projects or ideas or recover lost valuables. From the 16th, you’re speaking up more often and making executive decisions.

There is powerful energy with you for breaking down long-standing problems or blocks. You receive great cosmic support this month for efforts to sort out financial and emotional predicaments as well as putting bad habits behind you. There can be breakthroughs happening now. More stability in your career can figure strongly.

Other key dates include the 11-12 when you feel the confidence to take charge of work or money-related matters. This can be about increasing your income or levels of work satisfaction. For some, getting healthy is a passion. The 16-17 may involve the letting go of false expectations or outdated projects and dreams. A situation related to work and friendship is not mixing well now, and adjustments may be necessary. Personal freedom feels a little limited due to a close relationship or commitment. New beginnings with finances are likely after the 25th, but first you need to sort out tricky matters related to outstanding debts, support, or old commitments. The 30-31 is excellent for making travel or educational plans, legal outcomes, or publishing or idea sharing.

The first three weeks of May is typically a period of tying up loose ends and living life under the radar, dear Gemini. To some degree, it's the case this May, but you’re also living quite spiritedly! Your ruler, Mercury, ends its retrograde period on the 3rd, for one, and you begin to catch up to speed. Mars is not only in your sign all month, it’s in mutual reception with your ruler, bolstering up your energy and giving you further power to assert yourself and courage to pursue your desires. Routes to satisfaction are becoming clearer and clearer. While April had its fair share of roadblocks, May feels more energizing and supportive overall.

People tend to follow or respond positively to you as you seem to be where the action and energy are at this month! You are getting support from friends, associates, groups, or even your community. You enjoy working independently, and you can have many (or one or two fabulous) ideas for a start-up. The month is particularly supportive of your efforts to connect harmoniously with others. Areas of life that tend to fare best are friendships, partnerships, education, and financial life. Relationships can be both committed and open or both steady and exciting. You are combining progressive and traditional elements quite seamlessly now in your relationships, or you may be rewriting some of the rules for the better with friends and partners. Partnering or teaming up can be very advantageous for achieving your goals, so even though you do have a strong independent streak in May, open yourself up to the possibility of enlisting others' help or getting active with friends.

The Full Moon on the 9-10 is eye-opening and warm. While this is a time ripe for discovery and blooming, it can also be a time for keeping things under wraps, deliciously private, or simply strategic. Intimate matters, work, and health may thrive now, reaching a turning point. Surprises are likely related to platonic relationships.

The 16-17 requires some adjustments. A lack of direction or unclear responsibilities can seem to get in the way of your pursuits. Either find ways to accept ambiguities or attempt to define your goals and commitments more satisfyingly. People may be calling you out on promises or expecting far too much of you when you need some personal space. The Sun is in your sign from the 21st forward, launching your month-long personal power period. The New Moon on the 25th kickstarts new beginnings, but you may need to get over a hurdle first. Around the 28th, a significant person may seem to be blocking you. For some, it’s about circumstances getting in the way of your plans, or a sense that others, in general, are cooling off, conservative, unsympathetic, or unsupportive. The last two days of the month play more in your favor, especially related to resolving problems, getting back into the swing of things, developing new or picking up old interests, studies or other “busy work”, and a stronger feeling that you're on track.

You’ll see encouraging forward movement and clarity regarding long-term goals, career, and life direction in May, dear Cancer. Where things seemed blocked, delayed, or unclear in April, you're likely to see advances and resolutions this month. Friendships, networking, group connections, and your social life are in focus.

Despite all of this, there is much going on behind the scenes and on an emotional level as you deal with loose ends and prepare for a personal new year. Some may be taking some form of time-out or period of repose or recuperation. This is a time for considering what you want to take with you into the new solar year the begins around your birthday. This is about doing a spring cleaning in your psyche.

You receive real cosmic support for making updates rather than radically change areas of your life. Stability is important for you as a Cancer, but change is something that you need particularly on a professional or reputation/image level, and this way you can have both! Work, career, health, and partnership are areas for making important updates and adding a little more order and structure. You might begin a slow but steady lifestyle change or line of work. Work can have just the right mix of routine and gentle challenge and interest.

May is an excellent time for professional appeal or for making friends through your career or business. It's a good time for polishing up your image or bringing more personal appeal and a creative touch to your work. There can be second chances to make an impression.

Around the Full Moon on the 9-10, you are in excellent shape for excitement in your social or romantic life as feelings come into full bloom. There can be powerful epiphanies and a significant turning point in a relationship or with a project dear to your heart.

The 16-17 can be a little tricky and adjustments are necessary. Work and social life are not mixing well now. You may find yourself torn between playing it safe and seeking out a bit of adventure. Another potentially tricky time is the 28th when a Mars-Saturn challenge tends to enforce slowing down or taking a break. This is a time for making sure you don't overload. There can be a sense that others are leaning on you too much or taking the credit for your hard work, and this can reach a boiling point.

Discussions with friends or ideas generated through your networks can be truly inspiring and useful, particularly from mid-month forward. 

The last two days of May are excellent for relationship advances and practical affairs. Meaningful conversations may occur now, and a sense that you're making broad, long-lasting changes is empowering. There can be the reveal of valuable information or resources. Somebody has your back.

May can be quite excellent for broadening your horizons and branching out, dear Leo, through an expansion of your audience, travel, or studies. A personal philosophy or belief system comes into stronger focus and more clarity for some of you. Where April was bumpy, blocks clear in May. You're also in a good position to take charge of your work, manage others, take the lead, and make great strides towards your larger goals in May. You're willing to put in the legwork and just the right amount of extra effort to shine or even outshine.

You're taking a very well-rounded approach to life this month, which may very well be the key to your overall success. Activities with others keep you busy and motivated. Learning with study groups can be beneficial, or you might acquire new knowledge or gain inspiration from groups you connect with now.

There can be valuable epiphanies around the 9-10. Home and family matters assume larger importance to you now. You might discover or connect with compelling feelings about your living arrangements or family situation. This can be a wonderful time for reaching out to or spending extra time with family. It can also be a time for significant memories that help you make decisions in the present.

On the 11th and 16-17, watch for your recreational or romantic life mixing poorly with your work or reputation. Hasty communications should also be avoided. The desire to take on new projects, studies, and interests is strong, but you may need to work out matters of finances and support before going forward. Ambiguities slow you down, so look for ways to cement the details.

Saturn and Uranus harmonize again this month - this is the second of three exact aspects. This is a period for making meaningful changes in your life without entirely overturning existing structures. It's a great time for building something exciting! It's also useful for making updates, which can feel good even if the process is slow. You may find ways to combine adventuresome activities with practical accomplishment. Teaching can be useful now as it motivates you to update your skills to keep up to date.

There can be the chance to start fresh on a social level after the New Moon on the 25th, but you may need to clear some hurdles to get the ball rolling. Disagreements, blocks, or absence and distance with friends or lovers can be an issue in the last week of May. You may have been wrapped up in a relationship or a passion project recently, and tensions in a friendship or with a group can reach a head now. Make sure your responses are careful and considered and aim to reach a compromise for best results.

The last two days of the month support new interests and friendships, or a new lease on an old friendship. Your enthusiasm wins others over, and your unique qualities and perspective give your personality extra sparkle.

Mars brings extra muscle and motivation to your career, image, status, and responsibilities this month, dear Virgo. You are more ambitious than usual and quite focused on accomplishment. You're not in any mood to be told what to do, preferring to lead the way yourself in May. Mars and your ruler, Mercury, are in mutual reception until mid-month, and Mercury turns direct on the 3rd, making the 4-15 quite excellent for getting things done. You're certainly standing out, and while this is a special power period, it's the case in a general sense for the entirety of May.

Even so, a lot is going on under the hood this month with your intimate life and/or with money matters and support. Where there was much waiting around, delays, backtracking with these issues in April, doors are opening to you in May. The chances of smoothing over a disagreement or attracting the support you need are high.

The 9-10 is fantastic for opening up the lines of communication or for making connections, reaching out, putting the word out, and making your ideas known. Mind you, there can be a rush to get something done and a harried pace, but this can also be an exciting time for discovering a passion or new interest.

On the 16-17, try not to rush decisions related to friends, projects, and money. This is a time for slowing down if you've been pushing too hard, or for navigating speed bumps, likely related to family matters and partnerships.

A Saturn-Uranus aspect is strong this month and is quite excellent for making significant updates and changes that don't feel destabilizing. You'll feel this mostly with family, finances (debts), and in your intimate relationships. This can be an improved time for children or creative projects as well. A relationship that is both stable and exciting may figure strongly for some of you. Making conditions work for you with loved ones may involve accepting non-traditional setups with new rules, for example. Steady changes to update your home can be in focus.

After the New Moon on the 25th, you get the opportunity to start fresh with your image or career, but you may need to get past an obstacle first. Around the 28th, family matters or responsibilities compete with your ambitions to succeed. Indeed this interferes with the pace you prefer to keep with your work or projects, but you may need to slow down before you move ahead. The 30-31 brings lovely support for your ideas, learning, travel, and career aspirations.

Where you may have felt stuck, in limbo, or delayed in April, dear Libra, more clarity arrives in May. This month is strong for a sense that you’re getting back on track. Relationships smooth over. Your stellar ability to compromise, negotiate, and bring balance to your life is back up to par, and then some! Relationships, finances, passion, intimacy, education, and adventure make up the larger themes of May and are areas of increased focus and opportunity. Learning and exploring with a partner or good buddy can be very beneficial now. Meeting people through your personal interests, studies, or travels is gratifying.

Even so, in many ways this is a month for doing some soul-searching, digging, and investigating. You may be doing a lot of observing and planning, and you're inclined to pour quite a bit of energy into engrossing projects and interests.

On the 9-10, you’re in particularly good shape for making financial discoveries and adjustments. This is a time for recognizing your worth or value and seeking out your rightful share. A conversation or news arrives now that nudges you towards these epiphanies. A business deal or project might come to full bloom now.

All month, you’re looking to break out of the mold or routine in various ways through what you learn and where you go. You're more courageous and motivated to try new things.

The 11th and the 16-17 can be tricky to navigate but will work to your advantage if you slow down, reconsider, and make adjustments. Be particularly mindful of your communications (you may come off as insensitive or uninterested) and watch for poor decisions resulting from restlessness on these dates. If your daily affairs are out of whack (and with Neptune a long-time guest in your sector of work and routines, this is quite likely), you may be suffering now as your situation prevents you from grabbing opportunities. Make it a priority to tidy up your life so that this doesn't keep happening.

Coming into stronger power this month is a Saturn-Uranus influence that began in December, and that will lift this coming November, supporting improvements and updates. Areas of your life that benefit from new rules or constructive changes include your relationships, home life, projects, and studies. Alternative relationships, routines, courses of study, or living arrangements and setups that have been difficult to integrate into your life in the past now may work well for you with new rules. There can be an excellent balance of tradition and innovation.

The last week of the month has its highs and its lows, but you come out a winner. You may be dealing with a frustrating responsibility or delays and breakdowns with communication or transportation, and this prevents you from getting where you want to go, either literally or figuratively (or both!). Some of you can be bogged down by mundane activities, the correction of errors, errands, chores, and other responsibilities that you hadn’t anticipated or put out of your mind. If you’ve been neglecting problem areas, they may demand your attention now. Travel or educational plans may be delayed. Try not to stress over differences of opinion or bumps in the road. Once over this hump, you’ll be in prime shape for enjoying the opportunities of the 30-31 related to education, publishing, connecting, and traveling. You’re excited about expanding a business, relationship -- or your mind and experiences.

Where there were delays, confusion, and irritations in April, you’ll enjoy forward movement, corrected courses, and clarifications in May, dear Scorpio. For you, areas most affected by slowdowns have been relationships, work, routines, and health. Clarity comes to these areas of life in May, and perhaps some second chances to work things out. May not only eases you forward, it also features some very supportive influences for your practical affairs and partnerships.

After the first week of the month, you’re in particularly good shape for sorting out your duties, organizing your personal and work space, and researching your options.

The 9-10 can be an especially illuminating period when projects come to bloom, and you come into touch with your true feelings on a matter. What you’ve been brushing to the side can no longer be ignored! This can be a magical time for relationships but also for self-discovery. Your intuitive “feelers” are on double duty.

May can also be a significant money month, not necessarily for windfalls but for getting good deals or gaining support more effortlessly. You don’t shy away from dealing with imbalances of power or from tricky, taboo topics this month, and you’re ready to take charge in your intimate life.

Try to treat the 11th and 16-17 as times for making adjustments instead of pushing your plans forward. You might feel that delays encountered now break your momentum, but they don’t need to - in fact, corrections you make now can save you time in the long run. You’re in demand, but you also need time to yourself and don’t always feel prepared (Jupiter in your solar twelfth house can have this effect). Second-guessing plans or a significant other — and possibly even yourself — can figure strongly now, but consider this a test of strength. Take a break from the action to rethink a few things.

Fortunately, a Saturn-Uranus influence with you since December comes into strong power this month. You can benefit from updating and improving finances, work, health, studies, and home life. Changes that have been difficult to integrate into your life in recent years might now appear highly workable. Make new rules so that you can get alternative approaches to work, living conditions, or health working for you. You might enjoy more freedoms in your daily routine by making structural changes or a more stable income figures strongly now. Work can be both interesting and profitable.

Conversations that left you living with question marks or that led nowhere may be revisited this month, with the blanks filling in. The lines of communication open with a significant other or good buddy. You’re in particularly good light on the job, at the gym, or other activities related to your daily routines and health pursuits, leading to social or romantic opportunities, or simply more pleasure in your everyday life.

The last week of the month includes a New Moon in your intimacy and sharing sector, prompting the urge or need to start fresh. It also presents a challenge or block to your desires. Money and ownership matters can be at the root of conflicts. This can extend to non-material ownership, such as possessiveness or carelessness in relationships. A middle ground or compromise should be sought for both internal and interpersonal conflicts. The last two days of the month are particularly ripe for making exciting lifestyle changes and feeling very much on top of things.

You move beyond the blocks and delays of April, dear Sagittarius, and enjoy special attention, relationships, and improved routines in May. Problems straighten out and answers or news you've been waiting for arrive. Mars charges through your partnership sector, bringing relationships and interactions with others to life, while charming Venus spends the month in your romance and creativity sector. This is one of the most relationship-focused periods of the year. It's a time for making connections, meeting people, and becoming more active with friends, partners, and lovers. Conversations that left you stumped in April can start to make sense this month. Projects or endeavors related to work or health that stalled are now picked back up or picking up pace. 

The 4-15 when Mercury is direct and in mutual reception with Mars is quite excellent for setting things straight and building your relationships, whether these are love or business connections.

The 9-11 is a time for exciting interactions, personal appeal, and pleasant events, but also an unexpected moment of truth and a need to rest, reflect, and otherwise pull yourself together. This is not about getting clear or reliable answers from the outside but about clear, intuitive flashes and realizations within you. You can discover how you actually feel about someone or something, and it may be hard to explain what brought you to your conclusions. Your instincts and intuition are working overtime now. This is a time for recognizing your need to pay attention to mental and physical health. 

Take things slowly around the 11th and 16-17. This year's Jupiter-Neptune influence peaks now and can be disorienting at times, largely because you have troubles integrating your social life and family life, or satisfying your need for safety and your need to experiment. Decisions may be weak or painful to make due to lack of confidence and a feeling of being out of step. Avoid letting problems get you down and work on fixing things and making adjustments. Problems encountered now can break your momentum, but you're sure to build it up again once over these humps, this time more wisely or confidently.

A helpful influence in your life since December picks up power now and helps you to see areas of life that can use an update. You have more faith that your efforts are counting for something and responsibilities can be more satisfying and enjoyable as a result. You're able to work hard and play hard now, or simply enjoy a healthier balance between work and play. If you've had troubles adapting to certain elements of your life that have been unreliable, inconsistent, or unconventional, particularly related to children, time off, or romance, you're now finding ways to make these things work for you. Laying down some new rules may be at the core of this. 

While the New Moon on the 25th clears the path for new beginnings or a fresh approach to partnerships, you'll need to work through a block before you honestly feel you can begin anew. Saturn in your sign opposes Mars on the 28th, leading to a standoff or bringing a frustrating matter to a head. If someone's been too pushy with you or bringing chaos to your life, you'll want to do something about it now. Draw boundaries, but make an effort to compromise if need be. It's too easy to overreact or make a point when meeting someone halfway (if they deserve it!) is your best bet. The last two days of May are gorgeous for relationship and creative excitement and insights into money and work.

The month ahead is one of diverse themes, dear Capricorn, but perhaps most importantly, you’ll feel that you’re moving forward in May. This comes as a relief after the rather stuck, "in limbo" feel of April. May is a month of more clarity in your home life or with living conditions and arrangements, as well as your romantic life. There is a strong focus on both work and play this month. Recreation, romance, creativity, hobbies, and children can be sources of more pride nd involvement with these areas of life increases.

Mars rips through your sector of work and health all month, revving you up and motivating you to take care of business. This influence also brings more muscle to your health and wellness or self-care programs - if you’ve been putting off going for a check-up or slowing down on fitness, this is a time for getting back into action. You want to take charge. At times, the need to initiate, lead, and work independently can stir up competition or conflict with others, so do what you can to either tone things down a little or prepare yourself for a battle or two, depending on which you prefer!

The 9-10 can bring sudden or unexpected social activity and epiphanies. You may be liberated from a household responsibility, for example, or a friend appears almost out of nowhere wanting your company or help. Alternatively, this can be a time for discovering your feelings about a friendship or project. You’ve been quite preoccupied with your personal life and work these days, and now you're being pulled out of your routine, nudging you towards a better balance. The Full Moon now is a reminder that giving back is rewarding.

The 11th, 16-17, and 28th are more challenging dates that require you to muster up patience. You've been experiencing increased desires or prompts to communicate, connect more spontaneously and openly, and share your ideas, but there are times such as these where insecurity can undermine this. Do what you can to deal with possible fears of leaving yourself vulnerable. Toughening up on this level takes time and steady mini-challenges wherein you challenge yourself to face your fears on a small scale.

However, one of the year’s star influences peaks this month and involves your ruler, Saturn, which gets fantastic support from Uranus. You first met this aspect in December, and it will continue to back you up until November. This is a time for updates, steady progress, and improvements - changes that don’t destabilize you, in other words. There can be opportunities to make an alternative setup work, perhaps related to your home life as Uranus is a long-time guest in your home and family sector. Living conditions and family relationships improve with more steadiness and security, yet still manage to maintain a spirit of openness and progress. Money and health matters can also improve. Here is a chance to put structures or new rules into place that don’t entirely impinge upon your freedom In fact, with some buckling down, you'll better enjoy your free time.

The New Moon on the 25th brings power to your work and health sector (even more so) and encourages you to improve your habits and begin fresh with your routines. However, it occurs close to a Mars-Saturn opposition, exact on the 28th, and you’ll likely have to buckle down and make some compromises before you start brand new endeavors and strive towards your resolutions. Where you’ve been overdoing or pushing too hard, you now need to draw up limits and follow some rules. This aspect occurs along your health and service axis in the background of your chart. Aspects that are in the foreground are generally considered more challenging because of their in-your-face nature. However, background aspects such as this one can involve some suffering in silence, which can be just as if not more frustrating! Allow yourself the right to relax. While the world seems to be demanding a lot of work from you, and your own competitive or ambitious feelings can be at play as well, you need to slow things down before moving forward.

The 30-31 presents opportunities to get back into the game, ideally this time, well-rested! While work certainly benefits, this can also be a time for an edge in your romantic or personal life.

Where there were delays or extended periods of limbo in April, dear Aquarius, blocks lift in May (April showers bring May flowers?). Slowdowns for you primarily revolved around communications, transportation, house and home, love, and money. May is vibrant with themes, and while it promises some ups and downs, energy flows more smoothly than April overall. 

You are in a strong position for improving — and enjoying — your home life and family relationships. A fair part of you needs to recoup, regenerate, and decompress this month. However, you are also craving special attention, fun and games, romance, or hobbies and recreation. You want to shine! Mars moving through the sector of your chart ruling all of these things, and the Sun joining along from the 21st, ensures a lively, animated, energized period — at least some of the time. Ideally, you’re able to rest hard and play hard. If not, you’ll find time for these things, and your heart is certainly tied up here in May. (June and July will be more work-oriented). This is a fabulous time for pouring energies into a passion project or heartfelt pursuits, and a romance or getaway for some.

The 9-10 is an eye-opening period. You can make some exciting discoveries now, but you’re also likely to be called to action if you’ve been too heavily engrossed in your personal life. The Full (Flower) Moon occurring at the top of your solar chart plays a big role in this — you may be called to task, or simply required to fill a responsibility or take the lead now. It may be a time of a promotion, culmination or the turning point of a project, recognition, a new title, status change, or award. This is tied into exciting news or discoveries about your studies and personal interests.

Periods to hold back, reconsider, and slow down include the 11th, 16-17, and 28th. Your desire for new experiences, adventure, and intellectual excitement, while sometimes on the back burner, is always with you on some level this year, but it can clash with your security needs at these times. Challenges in your social life or responsibilities to friends and groups can also compete your increased need for down time or personal time. 

An influence involving your traditional and modern planetary rulers, Saturn and Uranus, that's been with you since late last year comes into stronger power in May. This influence has your back until November, and it supports your efforts to make workable updates and improvements to your life, particularly related to communications, studies, friendships, long-term goals, and personal initiative and image. You're coming across particularly well now. Your life feels a little more stable but not boring, either. You're able to work with the best of both the traditional and unconventional worlds. It's a great time for learning, sharing ideas, teamwork, and group connections. Increased enjoyment of your duties or work is likely now, and for some of you, this is because you're making a living from your hobbies or ventures that you love.

The New Moon on the 25th is an energizing, empowering one. However, it requires you to follow some rules or handle problem areas and excesses before you get the chance to begin fresh creatively and/or romantically. If you've been going a little too hard in the areas of recreation, personal interests, your love life, and leisure time, then you may need to tone things down, include others, or follow some rules. Once again, pacing yourself is necessary, and it requires patience. The 30-31 opens up excellent opportunities for sharing your creative work, romantic communications, or advances in your projects and hobbies.

Most of the slowdowns or confusing moments in April are behind you now, dear Pisces, as May promises you slow but steady forward motion. Clarifications and advances related to finances, business, studies, communications, and transportation figure strongly now. These things improve, flow naturally, and pick up momentum this month. Ideally, you've come into touch with what and who you value, and you're now ready to apply what you've learned. As a result, you're picking and choosing your projects more mindfully.

Mars charges through your home and family sector all month, and the Sun joins along from the 21st forward. This is action-oriented energy applied to your personal life. You're likely to get in touch with buried resentments that can frustrate you enough to make changes. You get the chance to work on or in the home. You may be defending, rallying for, or motivating family now. Your home life or inner life can be animated, colorful, and busy.

You can also be knee deep in studies, personal interests, writing, speaking, errand-running, and connecting this month. You can be very influential or persuasive in your communications, guidance, or teachings.

The 9-10 is a time for making epiphanies and personal discoveries, as well as for releasing and connecting with feelings that were previously held at bay or pushed down deep. Even though any Full Moon can feel heavy or draining, it can also be a time of release, liberation, announcements, and projects reaching a turning point. For you, there may be a culmination of studies, published works, or the need for travel or freedom to discover and explore things beyond your routine.

The 16-17 can require patience and foresight. Self-doubt is temporary and can have the useful function of slowing you down, potentially giving you the chance to see where you can make some changes or adjustments that will ultimately work very much in your favor. As much as you may seek an escape route right now, know that it will subtract from your confidence and energy levels. Responsibilities weigh heavily on you as they seem to pop up at the worst time. However, applying yourself now benefits you later.

A supportive influence that's been with you since December gains power this month, and it's helping you improve your work, image, reputation, self-esteem, and finances. You may be able to stabilize your work or income without sacrificing your freedom and independence. It's a good time for some Pisces to make a real go of self-employment, and for others to find more enjoyable ways to make a living. Alternative means of making money or doing business can work now with additional structure and more self-discipline.

The last week of the month brings a New Moon and the chance for a new beginning, with a few strings attached! You may need to pull out of yourself or your personal life and come up for air now. Responsibilities need your attention before you can really throw yourself into personal projects and ventures. This is a time for taming impulsiveness just enough to bring things into better balance. The 30-31 is excellent for personal influence and a competitive edge, as well as creative ways to improve your finances, security, and home life.

Focus on your home or family life continues for the first three weeks of July, dear Aries. Extra activity and energy are with you in your personal life. There can be increased family activities or more animation to your domestic world. Additional involvement with family members, more traffic through the home, reorganization or renovation and other such endeavors can figure strongly now. Even so, around the 9th, a career matter or project can come to fruition, stimulating much activity surrounding responsibilities or professional life, particularly if you've been so deeply involved in your personal life that you've had less time for responsibilities to the outside world.

There can certainly be some hectic moments at home this month. Perhaps your responsibilities to family increase or you want or need to take charge and take the lead. You are not content with only thinking about what you'd like to do; you want to be proactive and get things done. These are not lazy days of summer! It can be a great time for taking action on repairs and improvements around the home, as well as for active family involvement or organized activities and reunions with family. Underlying tensions with family can indeed emerge, and the good news is that you're more assertive and direct in your dealings and can solve problems quickly and courageously. This is not the best time for sensitivity, however. Your priority seems to be to get the job done and take care of business.

Venus spends most of the month in your communications sector -- from the 4-31 -- an excellent influence for expressing yourself through your words more charmingly. You thoroughly enjoy your personal studies or interests and daily life. Good feedback is likely to arrive now and incoming communications or news can be pleasantly motivating. Particularly around the 18th, you're learning a lot about and through others, and you're in great shape for partnering and negotiating. There can be a nice sense that you're growing and that your future looks bright. People appreciate you, so be sure to allow for opportunities to mingle. Pleasant contact, friendly exchanges, or improved relations with classmates, siblings, neighbors, a partner, or a good friend can headline in your social life. Your attitude and mindset attract positive attention your way.

Mercury in your creative sector from the 5-25 is also excellent for communication success this month. If you don't already do it, consider writing about something you love and sharing it with others. Mars, your ruler, and the Sun move into your creativity and romance sector on the 20th and 22nd, after which a New Moon occurs on the 23rd and the Sun and Mars align officially on the 26th. You can expect a power-packed few days! Sudden and compelling motivation to pursue romance, fun, pleasure, hobbies, or recreation can figure strongly now. Children also come under the rule of this sector of your chart such that the desire to procreate, if applicable, or to enjoy activities with kids can emerge now for some of you. You are particularly bold about expressing your creativity or feelings now. This can be a highly-charged and animated time. You can be impatient and impulsive, however, but preferably confident and in charge rather than reckless. Inhibitions fall away. Tune into your energy and motivation, but tune out, as much as possible, egocentric or reckless inclinations now, as the former can bring you to the finishing line a winner, and the latter can lead to regret.

One of the things that sticks out and distinguishes this month as different than others is that you're absolutely not interested in repeating the same old patterns or in being tied to lifeless routines. Dealing with long-standing problems and even childhood issues can be successful as a result -- you are no longer comfortable with your comfort zone!

Your projects, studies, and personal interests continue to gather momentum this month, dear Taurus. July can be a busy, communicative, and connected month for you, and while the focus changes to home and family life later this month, it remains an energetic period. This is largely because the Sun and Mars are traveling rather closely together throughout July, riling things up! Assorted activities, work, and errands, studies, communications, getting around the neighborhood figure strongly in the first three weeks, and not very much rest or predictability.

Aim to manage your energy so that you avoid a hectic environment. Make lists and plans so that you avoid a haphazard approach -- something that happens all too frequently when Mars moves through your solar third house as it does now until the 20th. Watch for impulsive movements and communications -- you can be quick on the trigger, and you can have so very much on your mind this month! Impatience or unexpressed anger can lead to mistakes or missteps. However, if you need the courage to push a project forward, express your ideas, or initiate a connection, this is the time for doing so.

A period of heavier expense ends, and you feel a little less weighed down by material concerns this month. In fact, Venus spends the 4-31 in your solar second house, lightening the load and reminding you of the comforts and pleasures of simple, earthy activities. July is less about making money and more about enjoying what you have. It's a good month for income, bonuses, or gifts. Attracting rather than chasing resources is most successful now. While your daily life can be hectic, there is something very comfortable and pleasant about your work and practical affairs in July. Especially around the 18th, you're likely to take particular pleasure in solving problems and making plans. The social side of working through a problem or your job is of great appeal now. Social opportunities surrounding work are possible now.

The Full Moon on the 9th is loaded, but it falls in harmony with your sign, suggesting that the discoveries and lessons of this lunation are easier on you than many others. It can be a time for awakening to true feelings about a course of study or project, which can propel you in a new direction or reinforce your commitment to a path you're already on.

Mars and the Sun move to the bottom of your solar chart on the 20th and 22nd, respectively. A New Moon occurs here on the 23rd, and the Sun and Mars finally reach alignment on the 26th. These influences point to an exceptionally busy, animated, and active time for home and family matters. The trick is to channel and manage this additional energy well and to your advantage! Irritations or long-term problems that have been brewing under the surface things are now in your face, ready for resolution. Be direct but also sensitive to others' feelings. Take charge, but if someone wants to take the lead more than you do, know when to step aside. Egos can get in the way now. You may be coming to a loved one's aid or defense, working on home improvement or repairs, or spending more time with family.

Mercury's move into your romance and creativity sector on the 26th brings more attention to fun and games, romance, and recreational pursuits - a theme that grows in August.

The desire for action and ambition surrounding business affairs, material concerns, and finances figures strongly in July, dear Gemini. You're more inclined to go after what you want, and you expect more from others as well. With Mars and the Sun's continued presence in your solar second house for the first three weeks of July (since later June), money or resources come into your life, particularly if you actively pursue them. However, they might also seep through the cracks if you're tuning into the impulsive energy of this combination in this sector of your chart.

Regardless, you have the power to make a giant leap forward with income or security in your life. Your initiative and courage enhance your earning power in direct, obvious ways. You're impatient at times now, and this may work to your advantage if you need the motivation to finally deal with a long-standing problem, but try not to take shortcuts for the most benefits now. Get-rich-quick schemes, for example, should be avoided.

Jointly-held assets and intimacy may be in sharp focus around the 9th when a Full Moon pushes you to get in touch with your true feelings about a relationship or a situation. You may need to straighten out matters of support, ownership, dependency, or debt at this time. However, your income and natural talents get top billing now. It's an excellent time for actively pursuing what you deserve. There is a stronger focus in your life on money matters, valuables, comfort levels, and security.

Fortunately, Venus spends almost all of July gracing your sign -- from July 4-31. This transit is fantastic for personal appeal and magnetism. Attention turns to your gracious qualities. Opportunities for cooperation, loving and personal gestures, and shared happiness emerge, particularly around the 18th. Creativity and romance can blossom. It's an indulgent time when you more frequently pamper yourself. You might discover new ways of having fun or opportunities to express yourself. You're turning heads in July!

The pace of your everyday life slips into high gear from the 20-22 forward. You actively seek out information and contacts now. You're bolder about expressing your ideas, or you take the lead in your projects or studies with the Sun and Mars animating your communications sector now. This can be the start of a brand new initiative, particularly after the New Moon on the 23rd. While you should certainly be on the lookout for impatient or egocentric communications, this is a good time for the confidence and courage to say what you want to say and for expressing your ideas and stating your opinion. Venus in your sign helps out on this level, as Mars in your communications sector can lead to impatient or aggressive self-expression, and Venus softens this tendency. Be more cautious than usual en route since you have a tendency to rush things. Otherwise, this can be a fabulous period for new and innovative ideas, energetic work on your studies or a personal project, and following through on a missed connection or gaining the courage to reach out to someone. Verbal conflicts are possible now, but some mindful clearing of the air may be just what you need.

July continues the personally busy theme that began in the last week of June, dear Cancer, at least for a spell. Mars and the Sun stay in your sign until the 20th and 22nd, respectively, pointing to three weeks of personal dynamism and energy. Mercury is in Cancer until the 5th, continuing a theme of speaking up more often, after which your thinking is especially practical.

From the 4-31, you can be a little more past-focused, reflective, or private about your feelings, love life, and pleasures. You may be very giving of your time and energy, caring for someone, or playing a waiting game in love. You are attracted to the hidden elements of life, finding inner beauty most magical. You appreciate some level of solitude now.

Even so, around the Full Moon on the 9th, any frustrations related to dependence on others or irritations in relationships can come to a head. Aim to purge, release, and work on letting go of negative attachments or behaviors, but be mindful as you do so, fully owning your part in any exchange or interaction. Ideally, you see exactly what you need to let go of so that you can move more freely. You could feel blocked and vetoed, but from this, the drive to improve your life emerges strongly.

The first three weeks of the month find you more assertive and active than usual, as you take less time thinking about what you want to do and more time doing it!

But there are some sweet, quiet moments, too. Particularly around the 18th, the comforts of home and family draw you in. It's a good time for casual entertaining at home, or for simply kicking back and enjoying low-key activities. Bringing an open mind and heart into your close personal relationships can bring rewards. Good feelings in or about relationships 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, but this can also be a good time for learning more about yourself, your heart, and the people closest to you.

In fact, as July advances, you're increasingly interested in matters related to comfort, security, money, and stability. This can be a time of enjoying the moment but also building your nest. Whatever you're building now, whether it's a business, home, or relationship, you are in a good position to pay special attention to it. You're bringing muscle to current projects, and after the 23rd, to brand-new ventures.

The last week of July can be particularly suitable for launching money-making projects, starting savings programs, or committing to developing your talents. Aim to be as self-aware as possible now to avoid letting impatience driving your decisions. Business matters can suddenly move forward or require action. You might have the courage to ask for a raise or pursue a business deal. The last week of the month is also excellent for test-taking, sharing ideas, and information gathering.

July can be an in like a lamb, out like a lion month for you, dear Leo. You begin the month with several personal planets in the sign behind yours, and two of these, Mars and the Sun, stay there until July 20th and 22nd, respectively. This points to a low-key, under the radar period for the most. There may be a lot going on behind the scenes, but you tend to be wrapping something up or keeping something under wraps!

However, by the 22nd, you're in a personally powerful, active, energetic, and effective period. The New Moon on the 23rd and Sun-Mars alignment on the 26th add more power and muscle. You're in a fabulous position to turn over a new leaf in the last week of July.

In the first three weeks of the month, you need extra time to sort things out and avoid overload or burnout. This is a natural time of year for some level of repose, and this year, you have both the Sun and Mars needing a timeout, so the need to take things easy is even more prominent than usual. It's not an ideal time for brand new beginnings, but it's beneficial for healing and peaceful activities.

While there is quite a bit of attention to your private life or inner world, you're speaking a lot more from the 5-25, and social engagements or invitations are not absent, either, from the 4th forward. In fact, friends and group associations can be highly beneficial from the 4-31. Camaraderie is important to your frame of mind and well-being now. This is also a good time for instinctively knowing when to relax and enjoy yourself -- something that is often missing from your life these days with Pluto in your work and health sector. Some particularly happy moments with friends can be enjoyed this month. As such, you tend to move in and out of a need for outside contact in July.

Around the 9th, issues surrounding work, service, or health matters reach a head. There can be a new piece of information that gets your heart racing. Pay attention to what seems to push your buttons now as these can be very revealing. This is true on some level in the first ten days of July. Aim to let go and heal, particularly if it's clear that you've been holding on too tightly to something that's been causing you so much stress that it interferes with your work-life balance.

Many times this month but particularly around the 18th, you can have some fantastic brainstorming sessions and enjoy cooperative activities. You might be bringing a past project back to life or finding ways of making something old brand new, and this can be a project or even a friendship. Your openness and generosity attract positive attention.

Energetic Mars enters your sign on the 20th, the Sun joins in on the 22nd, and both assertive, fiery bodies join forces on the 26th. In between all of this, a New Moon occurs in Leo, too. This is a power period for reinventing yourself -- you're coming on strong. You are considerably more energetic, willful, and assertive. Certainly, you may need to watch for excessive yang energy now, but with impatience kept in check, you can have an easy time going after what you want. Your confident, direct approach to the world now is winning. Solo efforts can be formidable and projects that require independence, initiative, and a pioneering spirit can benefit most now.

July continues a theme from the last week of June in which you've had a busy social life or a stronger focus on personal happiness goals, dear Virgo. Some of you have found yourselves very much in demand, and this theme continues during the first three weeks of July. This month also adds a growing theme of more attention to rest, recuperation, and downtime.

Virtually all of July (from the 4th forward), your appeal on professional or public levels is excellent. Social standing or appeal and personality can play a significant role in your bottom line, as well! Venus at the top of your solar chart enhances your reputation and may bring social opportunities through your work. Venus, besides her role as goddess of love and pleasure, is also your financial sector ruler, and there can be a peak of sorts occurring for you with money or personal comfort now. This is not as much a personally popular transit as it is a professional one, but you have other planets gunning for you personally this month. It doesn't hurt, though, to pay extra attention to your sensitivity and warmth meters in your personal relationships since the planets pushing for you are quite assertive and sometimes a little overbearing.

You might also come across as a little unavailable even when you are physically present this month since your ruler, Mercury, is in your privacy sector from the 5-25, suggesting some rumination or indecision. This influence can also point to making some personal sacrifices to help others or to working on projects behind the scenes and wrapping up certain studies or ventures.

Possible themes this month include conflicts with friends or an emphasis on leading a group. Extra energy poured into networking and connecting or initiating in your social or love life is another expression of the Sun and Mars in your solar eleventh house in the first three weeks of July. For some, there may be increased interactions with male friends. Relying on or seeking support from a friend can be a theme, although it's also possible you're the one taking on the supportive role.

Generosity with others is beneficial during this transit and especially around the 18th. You could be feeling more comfortable than usual with your position in life at this time and, by extension, others have more confidence in you. Opportunities to make more money could emerge for some of you.

From the 20-23, you have Mars and the Sun moving into your privacy sector and a New Moon occurring in this area of your solar chart. These influences can pack quite a punch, and it's all happening behind the scenes or inside you. It's an important time for getting extra rest and laying low. You're going within for answers and support more often now. It's an important time for physical and spiritual replenishment -- when others may find you a little distant at times, but they'll simply have to understand that you've earned some time to focus on your emotional needs and digest or process the events of the year behind you.

Do your best not to push yourself hard as this is a natural time of year for backing up or pulling back a little to gain some perspective and focus on physical and mental health with particular attention to the latter. Themes now and continuing into the first half of August are renewal, healing, release, and preparation for new beginnings. Even so, around the 26th especially, take the opportunity to put a long-standing problem behind you. Because the Sun and Mars align in your sector of secrets, anonymity, privacy, service to others, and endings, you might boldly pursue a secret relationship or desire, or gain the courage to end a frustrating problem, drawing upon your considerable inner strength as you do. You now have little tolerance for things you've put up with for some time. Because this house of your chart is also connected with self-undoing, be careful that you don't act too quickly on matters that may need more processing.

From the 25th, Mercury, your ruler, moves into your sign and you find your voice and feel more in charge of your life. Your opinion or know-how is in higher demand. You're making your own choices and executive decisions. You're still working behind the scenes on many levels, and you should watch for talking ahead of yourself now, but you're also in excellent shape for mental and professional pursuits.

Growing themes of social and cultural focus move into your life this month, dear Libra. With Venus in your solar ninth house most of the month (from the 4-31), you're in a great position to enjoy new, non-routine experiences, information, places, and faces in July. You have a taste for something different and exotic, particularly when it comes to love, your social life, pleasures, and pastimes now. Cultural events may satisfy more than usual and connecting with groups or like-minded people can invigorate you.

An influence on your solar chart from the 5-25 is also excellent for your social life and ability to learn and innovate. There is a great openness to new ideas and methods now. Even so, the Sun and Mars at the top of your chart until the 20-22 suggest particular attention to responsibilities, duties, management or leadership, career, public life, and reputation. Ambitious themes dominate. Your desire to win and succeed comes to the fore. You're on display or under scrutiny now, but you're also ready to take charge of the direction your life is moving. The possible downside to this is that you are more accountable than usual, but the plus side is that it's one of the stronger times of the year for reward, visibility, and recognition.

There is a nice combination or balance between work and play influences on your chart this month. Even so, personal and home life forces are not very strong -- the outside world and larger goals seem to be priorities in your life right now. In fact, partnerships and ambition can clash here and there this month, particularly around the 17th and 20th. You don't always agree with others on your life path or bigger goals and ambitions, and these themes can be stressful at these times.

Your more philosophical side comes to the fore in July, particularly around the 18th. Sharing a broader vision with others can be exciting and beneficial. A sense that you're growing and moving forward with studies and friends is motivating. Others are finding you especially attractive and magnetic. You experience high hopes and enthusiasm, and others are attracted to your unique self-expression and vision. Aim to put grudges behind you, not so much for others but for yourself. Releasing emotional weight and burdens can be invigorating now.

From the 20-22 forward, your social life picks up even more pace. There can be an increased focus on humanitarian activities and personal happiness goals. Around the 26th especially, ambitions and competitiveness in your social life can be themes. The need to lead is high but you also depend on others to reach your goals or teamwork is essential to your success. For some of you, this can be a time of taking a courageous step in your social life. Collaborations can work well, but there is a definite need for more than just talk -- you need activity and movement and say about how to achieve your goals. Alternatively, you experience a sudden rush of courage and motivation to work on an ambitious venture or ready a project for a launch. All month and especially in the last week of July, developing skills and gaining knowledge are highly favored.

From the 26th forward, be sure to look within for some answers and consider projects or attitudes that may have run their course.

An adventurous theme that began later in June continues for three weeks in July, dear Scorpio. You want to be free to explore, discover, and be spontaneous now. Leaving your options open makes sense now. It's a good time for willful actions - taking the initiative, innovating, and getting going - without too many obstacles in your path. You feel freer to assert your desires and go after what you want now. This can be a time for a change of routine, of being outside your usual comfort zones, and for doing something you usually don't do.

Venus, however, spends much of the month (the 4-31) in your intimacy sector, and this suggests that when it comes to matters of the heart and personal pleasures, you're taking things to heart or more seriously. While you're seeking more freedom in general, love matters are different! This can be a time of greater attachment, whether this is a person or a memory of a relationship, or a project you are in love with! For many of you, there can be good energy for negotiating a deal, a fairer agreement, or a loan this month. People are reaching out and offering you support in July if you need it.

There can be a pleasant feeling of being at peace with the past when Venus in your intimacy sector forms pleasing aspects to other planets, most notably on the 7th, 18th, and 29th. This can also manifest as peace with the "darker" elements of yourself and others. This is not to say that you accept poor behavior, but that you are more accepting of the idea of taking the bad with the good and seeing flaws or imperfections as beautiful. There can be a strong focus on the past, emotions, and inner desires, particularly around the 18th. Something can surface now, such as an unusual coincidence, that brings joy to your life or sets you on a healing path. Putting your trust in someone can feel invigorating. Charity, giving anonymously, volunteering, and helping others is fulfilling.

The Full Moon on the 9th can have a way of pulling up all sorts of unusual feelings and perhaps big news about travel, education, or a project. It's a time for epiphanies and getting in touch with your true feelings on a matter, or for projects turning a corner. From the 5-25, you're in a good position to plan out your goals, work, or long-term propositions. You're heard now - your words have added punch so use this energy wisely!

Mars and the Sun enter your career and reputation sector on the 20th and 22nd, respectively, and a New Moon occurs here on the 23rd. The Sun and Mars meet in this sector on the 26th, pointing to a real rush of activity and attention to your career, life path, ambition, public standing, or reputation. You're not content to simply think about or plan out these matters -- you want to take action and take charge now! This sector also rules your relationships with parents, bosses, or other authority figures. This can be a time when you're sticking up for someone or yourself, asking for a better position or raise, or taking action that requires more confidence or boldness than usual. Aim to be courageous and commanding, but watch for blind impulsiveness now. Ego issues can get in the way of perfectly good opportunities to grow and advance. This can be a very good time for tackling ambitious projects, for working tirelessly towards a project launch, or for showing a braver or bolder face to others.

An increase in contact with friends and networks figures strongly in the last few days of July. You're in particularly good shape for teamwork, clubs, collaboration, or simply enjoying time spent with acquaintances.

Relationships with loved ones continue to have extra heat or edginess to them this month, dear Sagittarius, or you can find yourself working on or pursuing certain projects with extra dedication and passion. You're in a great position to look within for answers. It's not until later in the month when you're ready to jump into action in most life departments. For the first three weeks of July, you're inclined to plan and strategize, and this is good for you right now, as there is a natural ebb and flow to astrology. You can have the courage or necessary push to handle tricky intimacy, ownership, or debt problems now.

An influence from the 4-31 is excellent for attracting helpful or happy people into your life. It's a little easier than usual to find good company. You're not only more companionable, you find it more enjoyable to have someone along for the ride, and you seek out company for things you normally do solo. The 18th is particularly suitable for cooperation, partnership, and teamwork or negotiations. Someone might turn to you as a confidante this month, and their faith in you can brighten your life. You can feel especially hopeful about friendships, partnerships, and your future in general. Others extend kindnesses to you. Group activities and associations could be avenues for fulfilling your own goals.

The Full Moon on the 9th can stir up issues of debts or support. This can also be a time of getting in touch with your feelings about a person or project. Aim to rid yourself of burdens or excess now.

Places of higher learning or around the world and the internet may hold stronger appeal from the 20-22 forward, although you'll feel this theme building earlier in the month. These could be the backdrop for interesting developments in your life, or there can be an emphasis on pulling yourself out of your usual routines and enjoying a change of scenery. You'll have the courage or the motivation to pull yourself out of your comfort zone now!

With a New Moon and a Sun-Mars connection in your sector of spirit and adventure, you are seeking out more spirited, interactive life experiences. Routines can feel more limiting than usual. You may feel the need or desire to stand up for yourself or your beliefs. Competitive activities can thrive. Some of you might enjoy a new adventure of sorts, or otherwise experience a sudden detour from the routine. There is a strong tendency towards impatience and a desire for instant gratification, so do watch for this. Also, your ego can be very present in debates, which can lead to some problems. Otherwise, you thoroughly enjoy a more active, assertive, direct, and spontaneous approach to your life. Since Saturn has been in your sign for several years, the dropping of some inhibitions now can feel particularly beautiful!

From the 26th, you become more focused on worldly matters, your career, and being heard. July is strong for sharing your ideas and gaining an audience for them in general, and these things come together more solidly as the month wraps up.

There is a strong focus on partnerships and close relationships continuing this month, dear Capricorn, and it would benefit you greatly to be creative and dynamic as well as ready to take action. While the Full Moon on the 9th brings your emotional needs and personal epiphanies to the surface, most of the first three weeks of July are about better relating. Be careful, however, because as you follow your drive to make positive changes in your life, your heart and sometimes sensitivity may be left behind.

While there can be competitive feelings and frustration if others are not always taking your plans seriously, it's an important time to work with others instead of against them, and for getting to the point of more equality, particularly when it comes to the effort put forth, in a partnership or significant friendship.

Venus spends most of the month, from the 4-31, in your work and health sector, and this can reinforce the theme of working for your relationships, but it can also help you improve the environment you work in and increase your enjoyment and appreciation of your work and routines. Relationships with people you spend time with on a daily basis or as you pursue your daily routines and health goals can be extra special now. Social opportunities might arise at the office or the gym, or even at the health food store! Your work efforts and your ability to meet responsibilities outside of work as well are especially noticeable to others around the 18th. Coming to someone's aid can lead to good feelings and energy. This is a great time for offering your services. While this is not necessarily a standout month for explicit recognition, there can be very optimistic feelings about your career or social standing. You feel more motivated the more meaning you find in what you're doing now, so use this period to discover what you love doing, and aim to do it more often!

The Full Moon in your sign on the 9th is a loaded one, possessing the power to really motivate you to make a personal change for the better. Your feelings are undeniable now! Relationship problems are unavoidable, but this also means you have the chance to handle them.

The 20-26 is a period of a dramatic shift in your focus. With the Sun and Mars moving into alignment, together these bodies stimulate courage and impulse, although sometimes recklessness as well. This activity is happening in your solar eighth house, which rules intimacy, sharing, finances shared with others or received through others, and self-empowerment and can play out in many different ways. You can experience an impulse or push to pursue these things, or there can be an argument stimulated now revolving around power dynamics. The Sun rules your intimacy sector and Mars rules your home and family sector so the impulses you experience now may be emotionally driven, internal, or relationship-focused. This can be a time for drumming up support. You can be hungry for emotional stimulation, making this a good opportunity to pour energy into or seek out a passion project or self-improvement program. This is a time when you refuse to accept the ordinary or static and strive to make long-lasting changes that empower you so that quitting a bad habit can be particularly successful now.

This month continues a theme in which work or services are in strong focus, dear Aquarius, and these things benefit from the increased dose of energy and confidence with you now. You're learning new skills, organizing, tidying, and taking care of business, and you can be especially self-motivated. This applies to health and fitness or self-care, as well. You are taking more pride in the work you do or in your ability to manage the details of your life. If you need to get back on track when it comes to managing routines or pursuing health programs, this is a stellar time to do so, as long as you don't push yourself too hard or bring too much ego into your work (the Full Moon on the 9th will help keep this in check!). Close relationships, partnering, and negotiating come into stronger focus as the month advances.

Conflicts with others this month tend to revolve around impatience as they are unlikely to be working at the same pace as you. Fortunately, Venus spends most of the month in harmony with your sign. Creative and romantic feelings blossom and pursuits thrive. Particularly around the 18th, you're appreciated by others, and you're ready to share your good feelings. It's a good time for creative communications, romance, and adventure. You'll find pleasure and social or romantic opportunities through different places and faces. Connecting with people who share similar or complementary interests to yours can figure strongly now. Freedom of movement is of particular importance to you right now, as any feeling of being tied to a place or routine can leave you feeling stifled. Relationships with others can be strengthened through sharing personal philosophies and beliefs, ideas, and interests. Love and affection are both easier to give and receive.

From the 5-25, Mercury moves into opposition with your sign, and this is another strong influence for pleasures and benefits through and with others. It's an incredible period for collaborating or simply enjoying more interaction and fun exchanges with someone special. It's not the easiest time to arrive at decisions quickly, but the reason for this is also the beauty of this transit: you are seeing things from a new perspective and considering the other side of the coin. Others have something to teach you now. This doesn't have to take the form of direct lessons. In fact, you're likely to learn more about your own feelings, tastes, and ideas through exchanges with others, which really get you thinking this month.

The Sun, the powerful leader, and Mars, the planet of action, align in your relationship sector on the 26th. This happens at the heels of a New Moon in this same sector on the 23rd, pushing you to take action, make a fresh start, or reach out of your comfort zone to make something happen. It can bring stimulation to a relationship, possibly through a partner taking the lead in your life, or your own motivation to pursue a relationship can increase sharply. Alternatively, more shared activities with others can be in strong focus now. Conflicts can certainly ensue, but getting problems out into the open helps you find the right tools to resolve them. A fresh start in the relationship department is a theme in the last week of July.

July is an active month for personal charisma and enjoyment, dear Pisces. It extends a theme that began in the latter part of June that brings you into greater touch with your need to entertain or be entertained and to create and enjoy extra play time. You could be spending time and money on entertainment, recreation, hobbies, dating, or children but should watch for taking risks or acting too impulsively now, particularly around the 2, 4-7, 15, 17, and 20. Otherwise, this is a beautiful period for approaching the world of creativity and self-expression with more boldness. You might embrace a new hobby or share your creative work with others courageously now. You could also feel that you often act a little out of character when it comes to courage this month.

Throughout July, it's important to keep in mind that you run the risk of jumping into new situations or ventures before you know what's in your heart. This was the case in June and is likely to continue in July. Before saying "yes," think about whether you truly want this for yourself - get in touch! There is a tendency to bury feelings now. A work and health or "take care of business" theme emerges quite powerfully three weeks into July. As hard as you've been going with play time, you're likely to do the same with work now.

Venus spends most of the month, from the 4-31, at the bottom of your solar chart, pointing to the need for extra pampering and a period of reminding yourself of the comforts of familiarity. Home life can improve, or you seek out quieter times. Throughout this time, but particularly around the 18th, your senses are heightened, and you feel inspired, particularly through your deeper connections, intimacy, family connections, and realizations about psychological matters. Understanding your inner motivations or those of a special person in your life can be enlightening now. Aim to let go of resentment as much as possible. Joy comes from honesty with yourself. Attracting support, if needed, comes naturally. For some, a loan or support could come through, mainly related to home or family ventures. Redecorating or making the home more comfortable and friendly can be a theme now.

The Full Moon on the 9th can bring feelings, a connection, friendship, or a project to a turning point or point of blossoming. This is a time for putting something negative behind you.

Mars and the Sun enter your sector of work, health, and routines on the 20th and 22nd, joining forces on the 26th, and a New Moon occurs in this same sector of your chart in between these events! This points to extra muscle or punch, and perhaps powerful motivation, when it comes to taking action on and improving your work, health, daily routines, habits, and self-care programs. It's an especially busy and active period for taking care of business, organizing, seeking out work or improving work, and becoming more active or proactive with your health. The Sun and Mars are powerful, action-oriented, Yang energies, and their presence in this area of your solar chart can help supply you with added energy, initiative, and courage, which are things to nurture, but you should also watch for impatience and shortness with others, or impulsive actions.

Your personal life takes top billing this month, dear Aries, but you're unlikely to be doing much lazing around. It's shaping up to be a busy and active month! June is not particularly ideal for concentration and focus, but it's potentially excellent for getting a lot of odds and ends done.

Collaborating with a partner, good friend, or sibling can be valuable around the 2-3 and 4-5. This can be a time for making plans to travel, take a course, or learn a new skill. You're feeling eager and enthusiastic about picking up useful information, boosting your knowledge, and sharpening your skills this month.

From the 4th, Mars pushes its way through your home and family sector, demanding that you get organized and active with loved ones or around the home. You're motivated to improve home life and set the record straight with family, if necessary. Home-related projects can be satisfying. With more passion, vigor, and perhaps impatience brought on by Mars in this area of your solar chart, there can be the occasional conflict or clash, but clearing the air can be satisfying, too.

On the 9th, the Sagittarius Full Moon awakens a need to get away from the routine if you've been super busy (which you have) and not always attending to your need to feed your spirit and sense of adventure. This can also bring a revelation related to travel or the law, publishing, or education, and point you in a new direction along these lines. Jupiter turns direct on the very same day, and because Jupiter rules Sagittarius and by nature is big and bold, there can be a significant turning point moment experienced related to publishing, learning, partnerships, and relationships. There can be increasing clarity in or about your relationships and relationship needs. A Venus-Mars aspect on the same day enlivens things further - you can feel quite supported and motivated or excited about a relationship or business prospect now.

The 14-16 brings tricky energy as the Sun and Saturn form their yearly opposition, reminding us of a particular responsibility or reality to face. Look for holes in your plans, if they don't reveal themselves on their own! This is a time for fixing and strengthening things before moving forward. Delays related to transportation, communications, or education can surface. Criticism may come in, but while it can irritate, it might also prompt you to tighten up your work or plans which ultimately serves you well. Neptune's retrograde also begins during these dates, and you may work on putting a regret or disappointment behind you.

The Sun and Mercury both enter your home and family sector on the same day -- the 21st -- and merge, bringing a storm of activity into your personal life. You may want to reach out to someone you love, clear the air, push a domestic project forward, or relay news now. The New Moon on the 23rd extends the theme, and a Mercury-Mars alignment on the 28th brings it even further. The last nine days of the month can be particularly busy with family and home life, working from or on the home, moves, reorganization, or a personal or emotional breakthrough. The thing to watch for the most during this time, besides impatience, is a tendency to jump ahead with decisions made from the head before your heart has had the chance to engage.

From the 6th forward, Venus in your solar second house is quite wonderful for enjoying financial or emotional increase, abundance, and comfort.

The month ahead is excellent for moving into your comfort zone in most areas of your life, dear Taurus, but frequently stepping out of it on a mental level. You're bound to learn a lot and pick up new information and interests this month. In fact, you're eager to take on new projects and come up with new and original ideas. You want to be the first to know. 

Helping you out much of the month is Venus, your ruling planet, moving through your sign from the 6th forward. This helps put you at the top of your personal game. People are drawn to your natural charm and appreciate the qualities you display most naturally.

Work, money, and business matters can get a nice little boost on the 2-3, and from the 9th, your confidence in your job or services increases.

Jupiter moves direct on the 9th at the same time as a Full Moon occurring in your Jupiter-ruled intimacy sector. These influences can point to a dramatic or big revelation about your feelings, a relationship, or a money matter. Jupiter is currently a guest in your work and health sector, and these areas of life can show some forward motion. Delays lift, confidence grows, and your sense of wellness and well-being increases. It's time to pursue your health and work goals with more enthusiasm and to improve your daily life, routines, and habits.

A Sun-Saturn opposition on the 14-15 can slow things down and present an obstacle, possibly in the form of a bank or partner, that apparently sets you back. However, your attempts to get around this or to improve and strengthen your situation can truly benefit you in the long-term, so you come out a winner anyhow. Possessiveness can be a problem to watch for in intimate relationships. Aim to be mature and conservative with money and resources now. Neptune's retrograde turn the following day may cast a fog over a friendship for the time being.

From the 6-21, Mercury in your resources sector is valuable for logical thinking applied to money, income, and valuables.

Mars is motivating you to learn, feed your curiosity, connect with others, get out and about, and get active in your neighborhood or with acquaintances from June 4th forward. On the 21st, both the Sun and Mercury move into your communications sector and then join forces, and there can be a further surge of activity and attention to these things. The New Moon on the 23rd adds fuel to the fire, and a Mercury-Mars alignment on the 28th extends this further. You're involved, mentally sharp and alert, and ready to talk things out in the final week-plus of June. You might have an overdue talk now, or something is said that helps to clear the air. News can come in that opens doors. Relations with siblings, family, classmates, and acquaintances can improve with new energy and enthusiasm invested into these relationships. You have a can-do mindset that takes you places. Be careful that you don't make all of your decisions from the head or your ego and ignore your heart in the process, but mindful decisions made now can be empowering.

Your personal presence is large until the 21st, dear Gemini, and your voice is particularly strong from the 6-21. You’re in a fabulous position for decisiveness and believability. This is a month for making a mark and leaving an impression! Even though in many ways the month is about you and your personal needs, it's quite strong for relationships, particularly with family or partners, despite some hiccups. You are taking pride in your ability to support others, and you're seen and acknowledged for this trait as well.

You're in a good position to present your creative works all month, and you're also feeling considerably more creative, motivating you to pursue hobbies and artistic expression heartily.

The 3rd is perfect for personal appeal, magnetism, and optimism with the Sun in your sign harmonizing with Jupiter in your creative sector. You're seeing and seizing opportunities. As well, Jupiter turns direct shortly after that - you're feeling it again! You're putting creative slumps behind you. Neptune's retrograde is a little different, however. You may need to slow down when it comes to a career matter.

Jupiter's direct move on the 9th supports forward movement in a romantic or creative pursuit and a sense of fun and playfulness. Creative blocks lift and you regain enthusiasm for your passions, dating, and hobbies. The Full Moon on the same day illuminates a partnership matter - you can see the light, so to speak, when it comes to a relationship's status or someone's feelings for you. Venus hiding away in your privacy sector from the 4th forward, however, points to some form of sacrifice or letting go of expectations so that you can begin fresh in love in July. So while you're moving forward in many ways, you need a little more time to process things and understand your needs better before throwing yourself into a relationship.

You may be redefining certain friendships or seeing friends in a radically different light now. This is not necessarily negative, but surprising, and can keep your mind turning around quite a bit in June. You can be particularly committed to learning new skills, studies, and personal interests this month -- putting in more effort than usual and reaping the rewards.

Mars in your sign since April 21st has not been very conciliatory. In fact, relationships may have been a little rocky. It's fine to get mad if it keeps you pushing for yourself and your individuality. From the 4th, this changes -- ego matters fall away as Mars moves out of your sign. Some of you will be actively pursuing more ways to make money or augment your income. Others may be more actively fighting for or defending your value and calling out those who don’t treat you with the respect you deserve.

Mercury into your income house from the 21st forward is good for a sharp mind as well as for thinking related to business. You have good money sense now. Negotiations are favored. The 28th is great for selling an idea or putting it into motion. There may be an argument about money or property for some of you, however.

The Cancer New Moon on the 23rd is good for taking charge of your income, personal possessions, valuables, and practical affairs. You have a lot rallying for you in the last week of the month along these lines.

Even though you're keeping a low profile for the first three weeks of June, dear Cancer, you're not shy about pursuing your desires this month. Mars has been in the background of your chart, and you've felt a little lacking, either in willpower, courage, or decisiveness. From the 4th, however, all of this changes. You know what and who you want, and you're ready to pursue your desires confidently!

You're not at your most conciliatory this month, and that's just fine at the moment. In fact, it's a superb time to assert yourself, although you might want to do so when Mars is in favorable aspect this month, not so much when it's arguing with other cosmic bodies, such as on the 24th when you're inclined to push too hard. Mars in your sign from the 4th is particularly useful for asserting your independence and individuality, especially since you might feel that others (partners especially) have often had the upper hand in recent months.

You're in excellent shape this month for boosting your income and managing your money. This is set to increase even further in July, so lay the groundwork now for new beginnings and gaining your financial footing.

Venus in Taurus this month from the 6th forward is a subtle but harmonious and helpful influence. People enjoy your company. Friendly people come into your life and acquaintances bring positive experiences. Around the 9th and 24th, particularly warm connections may be made.

Around the Full Moon on the 9th, look for answers to problems in your life through your work, health, habits, and routines. Do something to improve these things so that you don't get totally called out whenever the Moon arrives in this sector of your chart each month. It's a great time for seeing what needs to change. With Jupiter turning direct on the same day, there can be a turning point or significant forward motion in a family relationship or home or work project. A real estate or living arrangement matter can now move forward.

The 14-15 is a little trickier. There can be slowdowns or delays related to travel, educational, or legal matters. There can be moments when you feel tied down, bored, or overworked.

Mercury in your sign from the 21st is excellent for mental renewal and decisiveness as well. The Sun and Mercury come together then, and later Mercury and Mars merge, all happening in your sign. This is a favorable time to present, share, and decide. Your ideas come across well, with confidence and a spirit of freshness and innovation. You'll want to make all the decisions - executive decisions, if you will - and this can raise an eyebrow or two and perhaps upset someone, but you're raring to go now.

The Cancer New Moon on the 23rd is a high point for you, and you can ride on its waves for several weeks. It's a time for personal reinvention. Set your intentions on the New Moon but give it a bit of time before you launch a new project, enterprise, or look. Renewal, coming out of the background, getting attention, making decisions, things moving forward - these are all strong themes now. A start-up is possible with Mars here, too. This is a time for seizing the moment and making an impression.

Two big themes for you in June seem to clash, dear Leo, but surprisingly don't conflict often: you're increasingly seeking out some personal time but you're also in an excellent position to shine on professional and public levels. Somehow, your professional and personal ambitions cooperate for most of June, and you can both secure a strong position in your work and get quality time as you work on your projects independently.

On the 2-3, people are attracted to your ideas, maverick side, uniqueness, and entirely original perspective. Actually, this is frequently the case these days - it's simply in a stronger focus on these days.

Mercury in Gemini from the 6-21 is valuable for networking. Mercury performs well in this area of your chart and your connections to others strengthen. You're picking up good ideas like a sponge at this time. It's also a great period for financial or business ventures.

Time to yourself is increasingly valued this month, what with Mars moving into your privacy sector on the 4th and then both the Sun and Mercury following suit on the 21st. Mars in this house most of June suggests a more subdued "you," which is particularly excellent for artistic Leos and those needing a little break.

Even so, your public or professional image can grow in leaps and bounds with Venus at the top of your solar chart from the 6th forward. The 9th and 24th are especially strong for pleasant recognition or a boost of popularity.

The Full Moon on 9th in fellow Fire sign, Sagittarius, is a wake-up call -- a pleasant one -- to take care of your personal life after special attention to outside connections and networking. You may need to finish up a creative project and pull yourself away from a busy social life, or romance heats up and draws your attention to it.

The month ahead is one of increased opportunities to connect, learn, and succeed, dear Virgo. Although the Full Moon on the 9th is an important reminder to pay special attention to home and family, the month tends to favor outside obligations and enjoyments for the most part. It's appropriate to pour energy into long-term goals, career, networking, and education in June. There is a lot of activity in the upper hemisphere of your solar chart, suggesting the need to get things straight with your career, reputation, friendships, and education or publishing worlds. You have plenty of support for this, by the way!

Around the 5th is excellent for money or business related to the home, such as work from or on the home, real estate, and domestic-related services. Take note of your ideas now! They may need more work but they have long-term potential. 

From the 4th, you may be teaming up with others, but doing your own thing at the same time -- somehow, you are making this work. Teamwork or collaboration is beneficial for you right now but you may find yourself one step ahead of others regardless as you're super-motivated and confident. You're getting great ideas about manifesting your dreams. It's also a good time for pursuing a cherished cause. You instinctively know that persistent problems in your life require new responses and you're ready to take action. This is a month of inspiration, hard work, and new or renewed connections.

From the 6th, Venus is moving in harmony with your sign, inspiring you to seek out new interests and experiences. This transit supplies a gentle nudge to explore rather than pressure or intense restlessness so that it feels natural and smooth. You have a stronger attraction to cultural events at this time. For the most part in June, you are drawn to--or drawing in--new friendships and interests. New classes or group experiences and extra-curricular activities can figure strongly now as you're ready and willing to step a little out of your comfort zone.

Wonderful energy is with you for nurturing and advancing your professional goals all month, even if your personal life needs some extra attention from time to time. You may be thinking of side businesses or boosts to income now. Keep your ear to the ground. Certainly, with Mars in your eleventh most of the month, you're far more open than usual to experiment and innovate. 

Financial ambitions, whether these are to earn or save more and spend less, are reawakened from the 9th forward. Home-related projects reach a turning point as well. Your confidence in business, financial, and practical affairs is increasing. You are more inclined to make significant purchases and say yes to new developments on the job or with business. 

The 14-15 is a trickier time when you need to deal with the realities of limited time and energy and possible blocks to progress related to home and family obligations. Now that both rulers of your romantic relationship sectors are retrograde, some de-emphasis of your love life is appropriate.

The 21st forward is decidedly more social and interactive. It's a great time for cultivating contacts, getting involved, networking, sharing ideas and time/energy. Valuable new connections are highly likely. Mercury, the Sun, and Mars are animating your solar eleventh house, making this a high-powered time when you're making things happen, and your social life soars. Progress is made through groups, like-minded people, friends, networking, associates, and new, experimental, and innovative ideas and approaches.

The New Moon on the 23rd gives a further boost to your efforts. New visions and ideas are inspiring and light a fire under you. Conversations with friends or groups and meetings, in general, tend to be animated and valuable. Seek out new avenues to explore, check out what friends or associates are doing, and find your inspiration.

The month ahead supports learning, traveling, extracurricular activities, career, reputation, and intimate relationships, dear Libra. You’re in particularly good shape when it comes to gaining new knowledge and pushing ahead work or life path goals. You have a boost of clarity and courage on your side in June!

The 2-3 is strong for relationship activity and social, cultural, or educational opportunities. The 5th is a particularly opportune time for communications: learning, studies, connecting, commuting, and sharing your ideas.

From the 9th, your confidence lifts and your optimism gets a boost. Plans that have stalled or that you temporarily put to the side or lost interest in begin to move forward now. A turning point in a learning endeavor or personal interest may be reached around the 9th as well. This Sagittarius Full Moon can bring big news or ideas into your world that are capable of changing your direction. It can be the start of something new and exciting. You’re gaining more clarity about what you want to improve and change, and you feel more equipped and motivated to take on opportunities as they emerge.

The 14-15 requires some back-stepping, self-discipline, and maturity as a reality check is likely. If you’ve been pushing a little too hard with personal interests and projects, then you’re reminded of the limits of time and energy now. Responsibilities need attention before you can feel free enough to explore and expand your experiences. Neptune retrograde on the 16th can have the effect of putting some smaller jobs or health initiatives or goals on the back burner for the time being to make room for your bigger ambitions. 

Generally speaking, as the month advances, you’re more and more invested in your professional life, responsibilities, and image. You are ready to make things happen, and you bring more muscle as well as intelligence to your work. You are getting noticed, particularly from the 21st forward, for your efforts, skills, and voice. You’re ready to fight for what you want, although this is more likely to take the form of working hard to surpass competitors or your own personal best rather than out-and-out conflict. Benefit from the motivation and courage to go after what you want and deserve, but watch for impatience and undesired clashes with others. 

As well, your voice is strong at this time, particularly around the 21st and 28th, so use it well! Too-quick conclusions, criticisms, and observations, particularly when shared, may be cause for later regret. However, you can use your stronger presence creatively and for causes you truly want to get behind.

You’re in particularly good shape with shared resources, such as money and property, loans, and support from the 6th forward and especially around the 9th and 23rd. It’s a favorable time to ask for help if you need it.

Nurture your ambitions and go hard with your studies this month for good results. Ideas for new career or life directions can be wonderful around the 21st and the New Moon on the 23rd supplies a supportive boost towards achieving your goals.

June is a potentially beautiful month for devoting more time and energy to passion projects, learning, and extra-curricular activities, dear Scorpio. Although there is some trial and error involved, it's also a healthy month for relationships, particularly after the 6th. You're attracting people into your life who want to make your life easier. Surface harmony is not something you typically seek, but you’re also in a good position to harmonize on deeper levels, too, with some effort.

The month is, in fact, robust for self-development, feeling more powerful and in charge, and making positive lifestyle changes. There is the right balance between introspection and external focus. You’re more interested in developing skills than producing right now, although the desire for results is building. In fact, focusing on professional goals and responsibilities in the coming months can bring great rewards.

The Full Moon on the 9th happens just when Jupiter turns direct and in a sign Jupiter rules--Sagittarius. Optimism flows more naturally and is on the increase. Getting control of spending and saving, money management, and practical affairs is part of this - the more you feel in charge, the more confident you feel about the future. This can be a great time for working on your talents and developing your resources. A lot of what you do is in the background, and this suits you just fine for the time being. Jupiter's direct motion now helps you to let go of resentment and challenging problems of the past. Much of June, you're likely to feel that you're in a preparation phase.

The 14-16 brings trickier energy to our lives, and for you, it’s liable to revolve around money and/or respect! Boundaries are important to you right now, and if people keep trying to cross them, you’re ready to dig in your heels. Fears of rejection or of giving too much of yourself can emerge now. There can also be a reality check to deal with. Take a step back, but avoid alienating others in the process. Neptune’s retrograde on the 16th can have the effect of slowing down or back-burnering a creative pursuit, hobby, or dating. This is about de-emphasis, not dropping these things. It’s a natural process, and, in fact, it has its distinct benefits. Right now, you’re seeking out more depth and experience in your projects and relationships. Ambitions are building, and it’s time to nurture them.

Relationships, support, teamwork, and partnering are in particularly good shape around the 9th, 20th, and 23rd, when shared activities, a bit of romance or leisure time, and communication can enhance a bond. These dates are also good for first moves or attracting friendships or love relationships.

There is an extra dose of sharpness in your mental capacities from the 21-28. You can be quick to debate or defend an opinion or cause. Excitement and motivation to soak in information and learn new things figures strongly now. Debate can be thrilling but disruptive if you take it too personally. You want to go out of your comfort zone when it comes to learning, thinking, and doing, and the New Moon on the 23rd can help open up opportunities to do so.

There is a strong focus on relationships for you in June, dear Sagittarius, with your partnership and intimacy sectors highly activated. Even so, there are some wonderful personal revelations this month, and plans begin some forward movement. You're also regaining confidence in your effectiveness, social life, and cherished dreams and goals.

The Full Moon on the 9th is in your sign - your yearly emotional peak when you recognize your true feelings on a matter or reach an epiphany and important realization. It comes at a very interesting time -- on the very same day that Jupiter, your ruler, turns direct, and this adds to its significance. It can mark a major turning point, likely of a personal or inward nature - a moment that defines before and after. You awaken to a feeling or need that turns you in a new direction or motivates you to pursue a new goal or path. 

This is also a period for reshaping and picking up your social life as Jupiter turns direct in your social sector. From now until October, you're in fabulous shape for meeting people. It's also a great time for both inspiring others and becoming inspired. Optimism is on the increase. 

The 14-16 brings trickier energy and apparent setbacks. I use the term "apparent" deliberately because these are the types of delays that are blessings in disguise and that allow us to fix something critical before moving forward. Relationships can be complex now -- there can be some reservations about going forward with a deal or a person. This is also a time of corrective balancing if you've been particularly solicitous with others and need some personal space or time to get your bearings. Watch for an attitude of refusing to play the game so that you won't have to deal with the possibility of losing it. Slow down, draw on patience, and give people time, even if they seem to be oblivious to your problems at the moment. Neptune's retrograde on the 16th can have the effect of de-emphasizing or slowing down domestic projects and initiatives.

The 21st brings both the Sun and Mercury together and into your intimacy sector. This is a powerful push towards looking within for answers as well as for the seeking out of deeper involvement in or commitment to a project, venture, or relationship. You're not interested in the fluff at the moment - it's "go hard or go home" time, and you may very well find that some endeavors fall by the wayside as a result. 

The last week of the month is powerful for identifying your priorities and for connecting to people and projects you love. While you're excited to communicate your truth, be mindful as you do so. Also, watch for an over-stimulated intellect charging ahead and forgetting about how you might feel about all that you learn and uncover in your investigations at this time. The heart seems to be left behind right now, so tread lightly! 

Most of the month (from the 6th) is excellent for beautifying the work environment or harmonizing working relationships. It's also excellent for truly enjoying and finding pleasure in your job, daily duties, or routines, or in any services you provide for others. You're appreciated for what you do now, as well.

June features a mostly balanced focus between work and play, dear Capricorn, and any imbalances in the mix stand for quick correction. You continue to put a lot of thought and energy into dealing with your daily affairs, improving your work, and attending to your health and wellness this month. Even so, relationships are in high focus and become increasingly more relevant as the month advances. 

From the 6th, you have lovely Venus in arguably the best position of your solar chart, second only to Venus gracing your sign. This transit enhances and supports your popularity and likeability while working on smoothing over your relationships and attracting mutually beneficial friendships. Artists and lovers get extra attention and positive feedback at this time. You are abuzz with fun, playful, and flirty energy. The 9th, 20th, and 23rd are particularly good days for attracting who and what you want into your life. Opportunities to enjoy pleasurable pastimes and entertainment emerge now. It's a good time for spending time with children, writing, decorating, creating, vacationing, and enjoying hobbies.

The Full Moon on the 9th draws out your need to rest and go under the radar for a little while. Even so, Jupiter's direct motion on the same day brings a turning point as you begin revving your engines, intent on reaching your goals and ambitions. Fortunately, this is a gradual process as the Full Moon is pushing for you to correct imbalances related to overwork! 

Jupiter has been at the top of your chart encouraging you to embrace your ambitions and achieve your goals or improve your image since September. While it was retrograde from February until now, these things may have been on the back burner. Motivation returns, however, and you'll become increasingly more interested in putting yourself out there to succeed and advance. For some of you in the coming months (until October), you can get a promotion, land a major account or project, and earn recognition or awards. 

The 14-16 is a hump or slump time of the month when you're likely to see the error of your ways or face a criticism, delay, or another form of slowdown or letdown. The Sun opposes your ruler, Saturn, and Neptune reverses direction. These influences affect us all in some way, and for you, it's most likely about work, health, energy, and daily affairs. Some loss of interest in what you're doing is possible now, but as you reorient yourself, you'll be able to make adjustments that get you back on track, this time with a more solid foundation under you or more realistic expectations.

The 21st brings Mercury and the Sun together and into your partnership sector. This can come as a surprise or a rush and can point to quickly changing circumstances. In the last week or so of June, there can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship or negotiations. There can be a lot of activity related to your social life or partnerships now, and while this can be quite positive overall, Venus is out of the loop, and you may not be taking your feelings into consideration when making plans or expressing yourself. Check in with your feelings before rushing ahead. The New Moon on the 23rd can clear the way for new beginnings related to partnering.

You enjoy excellent drive for getting your daily life, routines, and work in order this month, dear Aquarius. Even though there is still quite a bit of focus on recreation and your personal life in June, the eagerness and enterprise to organize, sort out problems, get healthy, and get working are with you. Take advantage of any opportunity to advance your health and work goals. As the month progresses, you'll get even more support and enjoy increased motivation for these endeavors.

The 2-3 is perfect for personal appeal, partnership, and creative expression. Events of the 4-5 can help you feel more established with a friend or friends, group, or educational path.

The Full Moon on the 9th can bring a social matter to light, feelings for someone or a project to the surface, or a creative project to fruition. This event coincides with Jupiter turning direct after several months of retrograde motion, and this can serve as a turning point related to education, friendship, travel, or publishing. News you've been waiting for arrives, and you can finally make more informed decisions. The chance to enjoy an adventure, trip, cultural event, or brand-new, mind-opening experience can emerge now.

The 14-16 can bring a reminder of responsibility or perhaps a bubble-bursting moment that feels harsh at the moment, but that leads to bigger and better things down the road. There may be apparent criticism or a veto to your plans that requires an adjustment now. There can be the reason for a project to stall or for frustration due to delayed compensation. Get over this hump, and you're a better judge of your situation. You may need to hunker down before moving forward or enjoying a reward.

The 21st brings both the Sun and Mercury into your sector of work and health (Mars is already here). They join forces on the same day, and there can be a sense of excitement or a big rush to get things done. From the 21st, you'll get some clear opportunities to improve or move forward on a work or health-related endeavor. Seek out new or alternative health programs and work methods. Problems in these areas of your life can come to quick resolutions. There can be a quickened pace to your routines and work, and you can be filled with a sudden desire to get busy, to make a real difference, and to sort out problem areas. Focus can be on clearing away clutter or otherwise cleaning up your life in little yet significant ways. While you can get a lot done now, watch closely for a business-like insensitivity or impatience with co-workers and others with whom you share your day. Your mind might say yes to things that your heart has yet to process.

The New Moon on the 23rd heralds a new beginning or fresh approach to managing your work, health, and routines. If you need to make lifestyle change and improvements, the last week of June is excellent for doing so.

Most of the month (from the 6th forward), you're in a good position to make nice with family, improve your living conditions and home life, and make peace with yourself. A greater love of home life, even with all of your activities this month, figures strongly.

June is strong for your personal life, dear Pisces, and while there are opportunities to learn more about your ambitions and goals, you're in particularly good shape for attending to your home, family, and personal needs this month. Improvements in your relationships with family, relatives, children, and love interests figure strongly.

The first week of the month is especially fortunate for gaining support or backing for your plans. On the 9th, the Full Moon occurs at the top of your chart, pulling your attention to worldly matters, professional dealings, and responsibilities. (There will be another such call, perhaps a less pleasant one, around the 14-15.) There can be new light shed on a career matter, promotion, or culmination of a project. You can be excited to get in touch with your true feelings on a goal or ambition. You benefit from an "aha!" moment when everything seems to come together, and you see the light. 

This Full Moon happens just as Jupiter reaches its station and turns direct, and there can be quite a bit of excitement now. You enjoy increased faith in your effectiveness, particularly related to your finances and intimate relationships. A turning point may be reached, or blocks in your path are removed related to financial or emotional support, career, life path, education, and long-term goals. A Venus-Mars aspect occurs now as well, and there can be increased motivation or opportunity to pursue a personal interest, hobby, or creative activity.

The 14-16 can bring on clashes or letdowns, however, when what you want to do or your personal initiatives grate with parents, higher-ups, or responsibilities that you just can't avoid. The consequences of those things you've neglected roll in. People may seem unduly critical or unsympathetic. Plans are delayed. Ideally, events occurring now simply increase your maturity and humility. Attempts to strengthen your plans made now bring rewards down the road.

While Jupiter turns direct this month, Neptune turns retrograde, and since both planets rule your sign, you can see some forward movement and apparent slowdowns as well. While you gain confidence and strength for making deep, lasting changes and improvements, there can be the need to put a dream or plan on hold as you focus on more doable ventures.

The 21st brings a rush of energy to your romance and creativity sector. Since the 4th, Mars has been awakening your desires and encouraging you to pursue your passions. Now the Sun and Mercury rush in and join forces, stirring up strong motivations to get creative or romantic, to share your ideas, to seek out more fun and channels for self-expression, to date, and to pursue a hobby, recreational activity, or creative project more ardently. You can feel exceptionally romantic and/or confident and may be itching to express your feelings. 

In the last week of June, what with the New Moon also occurring in this same sector of your chart and Mercury and Mars meeting up here as well, there can be an overdue conversation or incoming news that opens up doors and opportunities. The thing to watch for is that you can feel pressured to say yes or to throw yourself into something before your heart is ready. Be sure to check in with your feelings, which are not as quick as your mind and will this month.

Do also watch for power-tripping in the last couple days of June and a tendency for impatient communications that come across as insensitive or cheeky. Look for chances to restart or begin fresh in a friendship, romance, or creative project.

However, you do have the added protection of Venus in your communications sector, smoothing out your interactions, virtually all month (from the 6th forward). You seem to know what to say, when. You can frame things very well now, so take advantage and write up promotional matter, creative works, overtures, and applications. Relationships with siblings, classmates, acquaintances, and neighbors can improve significantly with gentle and thoughtful attention now.

Where you felt constricted in April, you have a strong sense of liberation and forward movement in May, dear Aries. You are in particularly good shape with studies, communications, and ideas this month. Venus has now returned to your sign in direct motion. Even though you can be journeying along already-traveled ground until the middle of the month, you nevertheless feel that you are getting a second chance to get things right, and this is comforting.

People want to be around you - they like and seek out your company. From the 3rd, Mercury turns direct in your sign, reinforcing a sense that key areas of your life are no longer stuck or, at the very least, turning the corner.

Furthermore, your ruler, Mars, is working in harmony with your sign all of May, reinvigorating motivation to pursue personal interests and studies and to enjoy more movement and interaction with your neighborhood. It's an excellent time to make connections - with others and mental connections. This improves even further from the 21st when the Sun enters the picture. Until the 15th, Mercury and Mars are in mutual reception, supporting one another. Your communications, teachings, ideas, and writing go over exceptionally well, even if you can be a little hasty with them at times. Even better, you're satisfied with them.

Saturn and Uranus form an alliance once again, and projects begun towards the end of 2016 can enjoy a revival. Or, you work wholeheartedly on plans that bring both security and progress to your life. Following all the rules to the letter is not typically your cup of tea, but you also see the value of more structure and definition in your life. In fact, at this time, you’ll make the most progress by honoring some tried and true traditions, even if this seems counterintuitive. In May, getting ahead requires special attention to rules and order.

When planets move through Aries this year, they oppose Jupiter, and this is always a signal that you have to make accommodations for others even when you’re attending to personal plans. This month it’s related to love, communication, and mental space - work with others, and you'll advance more satisfyingly. 

Another emphasis in your solar chart this month involves your second house of resources. Even though you’re returning to some new starts or beginnings, this is also a great time to develop projects and focus on building and development. Life is supporting your talents, finding good use for them. You are working smartly now, finding ways to do what you need to do without impinging too much on your personal time. 

Very little is holding you back right now, so take advantage. It’s a great month for initiating, building, developing, and learning. Gathering information can be a big focus. Your powers of attraction are super as Venus spends the entire month in your sign. 

Key dates are the 9-10 when you can make exciting discoveries and come to wonderful epiphanies related to money, business, reputation, and intimate relationships. It’s a superb time to release a burden or to handle a problem that's been hanging over your head for way too long. The 11-12 is tricky as disillusionment is possible, but out of disappointment comes a new and exciting project or vision. The 16-17 is similarly tricky, but not as immediately advantageous - adjustments need to be made to your expectations, past problems may resurface in relationships, and legal or business obstacles may be part of the picture for some of you. The 24-25 can be a time for taking on an all-new attitude or plan to get your daily life in order. You shine on the 30-31 in oh so many ways, not the least of which relates to your writing, studies, or communications.

May is a month of personal power for you, dear Taurus, and this year, you'll carry forward some of this empowering energy into June as well. There is a robust and active focus on personality development, finances, work, health, and talents. On many levels, you can feel revitalized. People notice you for who you are not only what you do. You're getting ahead because of your fabulous personality more than other assets in May.

While Venus, your lovely ruling planet, spends the entire month in your privacy sector, it’s moving direct all month, and there is a sense of forward movement nonetheless. You’re still in an incubation stage when it comes to your love life and affections - there are things to process and perhaps some healing to do before you’re clear. However, if this was agonizing at times in April, it’s a much smoother process in May. Venus will enter your sign in June, and you’ll be raring to go, but for now, laying low makes sense. Sorting things out will serve you very well now. In fact, you may need to deemphasize your love life to take advantage of other opportunities.

Pay attention to serendipities in May that relate to love, health, and work. You’ll be tuned into levels that you may normally miss, and hunches can be mighty compelling now.

Partnership matters may reach a turning point around the 9-11. You’ll come into strong touch with your feelings related to a negotiation, commitment, or one-to-one relationship. The month is outstanding for doing some ruminating and digging. You might find some real gems from old projects or ideas or recover lost valuables. From the 16th, you’re speaking up more often and making executive decisions.

There is powerful energy with you for breaking down long-standing problems or blocks. You receive great cosmic support this month for efforts to sort out financial and emotional predicaments as well as putting bad habits behind you. There can be breakthroughs happening now. More stability in your career can figure strongly.

Other key dates include the 11-12 when you feel the confidence to take charge of work or money-related matters. This can be about increasing your income or levels of work satisfaction. For some, getting healthy is a passion. The 16-17 may involve the letting go of false expectations or outdated projects and dreams. A situation related to work and friendship is not mixing well now, and adjustments may be necessary. Personal freedom feels a little limited due to a close relationship or commitment. New beginnings with finances are likely after the 25th, but first you need to sort out tricky matters related to outstanding debts, support, or old commitments. The 30-31 is excellent for making travel or educational plans, legal outcomes, or publishing or idea sharing.

The first three weeks of May is typically a period of tying up loose ends and living life under the radar, dear Gemini. To some degree, it's the case this May, but you’re also living quite spiritedly! Your ruler, Mercury, ends its retrograde period on the 3rd, for one, and you begin to catch up to speed. Mars is not only in your sign all month, it’s in mutual reception with your ruler, bolstering up your energy and giving you further power to assert yourself and courage to pursue your desires. Routes to satisfaction are becoming clearer and clearer. While April had its fair share of roadblocks, May feels more energizing and supportive overall.

People tend to follow or respond positively to you as you seem to be where the action and energy are at this month! You are getting support from friends, associates, groups, or even your community. You enjoy working independently, and you can have many (or one or two fabulous) ideas for a start-up. The month is particularly supportive of your efforts to connect harmoniously with others. Areas of life that tend to fare best are friendships, partnerships, education, and financial life. Relationships can be both committed and open or both steady and exciting. You are combining progressive and traditional elements quite seamlessly now in your relationships, or you may be rewriting some of the rules for the better with friends and partners. Partnering or teaming up can be very advantageous for achieving your goals, so even though you do have a strong independent streak in May, open yourself up to the possibility of enlisting others' help or getting active with friends.

The Full Moon on the 9-10 is eye-opening and warm. While this is a time ripe for discovery and blooming, it can also be a time for keeping things under wraps, deliciously private, or simply strategic. Intimate matters, work, and health may thrive now, reaching a turning point. Surprises are likely related to platonic relationships.

The 16-17 requires some adjustments. A lack of direction or unclear responsibilities can seem to get in the way of your pursuits. Either find ways to accept ambiguities or attempt to define your goals and commitments more satisfyingly. People may be calling you out on promises or expecting far too much of you when you need some personal space. The Sun is in your sign from the 21st forward, launching your month-long personal power period. The New Moon on the 25th kickstarts new beginnings, but you may need to get over a hurdle first. Around the 28th, a significant person may seem to be blocking you. For some, it’s about circumstances getting in the way of your plans, or a sense that others, in general, are cooling off, conservative, unsympathetic, or unsupportive. The last two days of the month play more in your favor, especially related to resolving problems, getting back into the swing of things, developing new or picking up old interests, studies or other “busy work”, and a stronger feeling that you're on track.

You’ll see encouraging forward movement and clarity regarding long-term goals, career, and life direction in May, dear Cancer. Where things seemed blocked, delayed, or unclear in April, you're likely to see advances and resolutions this month. Friendships, networking, group connections, and your social life are in focus.

Despite all of this, there is much going on behind the scenes and on an emotional level as you deal with loose ends and prepare for a personal new year. Some may be taking some form of time-out or period of repose or recuperation. This is a time for considering what you want to take with you into the new solar year the begins around your birthday. This is about doing a spring cleaning in your psyche.

You receive real cosmic support for making updates rather than radically change areas of your life. Stability is important for you as a Cancer, but change is something that you need particularly on a professional or reputation/image level, and this way you can have both! Work, career, health, and partnership are areas for making important updates and adding a little more order and structure. You might begin a slow but steady lifestyle change or line of work. Work can have just the right mix of routine and gentle challenge and interest.

May is an excellent time for professional appeal or for making friends through your career or business. It's a good time for polishing up your image or bringing more personal appeal and a creative touch to your work. There can be second chances to make an impression.

Around the Full Moon on the 9-10, you are in excellent shape for excitement in your social or romantic life as feelings come into full bloom. There can be powerful epiphanies and a significant turning point in a relationship or with a project dear to your heart.

The 16-17 can be a little tricky and adjustments are necessary. Work and social life are not mixing well now. You may find yourself torn between playing it safe and seeking out a bit of adventure. Another potentially tricky time is the 28th when a Mars-Saturn challenge tends to enforce slowing down or taking a break. This is a time for making sure you don't overload. There can be a sense that others are leaning on you too much or taking the credit for your hard work, and this can reach a boiling point.

Discussions with friends or ideas generated through your networks can be truly inspiring and useful, particularly from mid-month forward. 

The last two days of May are excellent for relationship advances and practical affairs. Meaningful conversations may occur now, and a sense that you're making broad, long-lasting changes is empowering. There can be the reveal of valuable information or resources. Somebody has your back.

May can be quite excellent for broadening your horizons and branching out, dear Leo, through an expansion of your audience, travel, or studies. A personal philosophy or belief system comes into stronger focus and more clarity for some of you. Where April was bumpy, blocks clear in May. You're also in a good position to take charge of your work, manage others, take the lead, and make great strides towards your larger goals in May. You're willing to put in the legwork and just the right amount of extra effort to shine or even outshine.

You're taking a very well-rounded approach to life this month, which may very well be the key to your overall success. Activities with others keep you busy and motivated. Learning with study groups can be beneficial, or you might acquire new knowledge or gain inspiration from groups you connect with now.

There can be valuable epiphanies around the 9-10. Home and family matters assume larger importance to you now. You might discover or connect with compelling feelings about your living arrangements or family situation. This can be a wonderful time for reaching out to or spending extra time with family. It can also be a time for significant memories that help you make decisions in the present.

On the 11th and 16-17, watch for your recreational or romantic life mixing poorly with your work or reputation. Hasty communications should also be avoided. The desire to take on new projects, studies, and interests is strong, but you may need to work out matters of finances and support before going forward. Ambiguities slow you down, so look for ways to cement the details.

Saturn and Uranus harmonize again this month - this is the second of three exact aspects. This is a period for making meaningful changes in your life without entirely overturning existing structures. It's a great time for building something exciting! It's also useful for making updates, which can feel good even if the process is slow. You may find ways to combine adventuresome activities with practical accomplishment. Teaching can be useful now as it motivates you to update your skills to keep up to date.

There can be the chance to start fresh on a social level after the New Moon on the 25th, but you may need to clear some hurdles to get the ball rolling. Disagreements, blocks, or absence and distance with friends or lovers can be an issue in the last week of May. You may have been wrapped up in a relationship or a passion project recently, and tensions in a friendship or with a group can reach a head now. Make sure your responses are careful and considered and aim to reach a compromise for best results.

The last two days of the month support new interests and friendships, or a new lease on an old friendship. Your enthusiasm wins others over, and your unique qualities and perspective give your personality extra sparkle.

Mars brings extra muscle and motivation to your career, image, status, and responsibilities this month, dear Virgo. You are more ambitious than usual and quite focused on accomplishment. You're not in any mood to be told what to do, preferring to lead the way yourself in May. Mars and your ruler, Mercury, are in mutual reception until mid-month, and Mercury turns direct on the 3rd, making the 4-15 quite excellent for getting things done. You're certainly standing out, and while this is a special power period, it's the case in a general sense for the entirety of May.

Even so, a lot is going on under the hood this month with your intimate life and/or with money matters and support. Where there was much waiting around, delays, backtracking with these issues in April, doors are opening to you in May. The chances of smoothing over a disagreement or attracting the support you need are high.

The 9-10 is fantastic for opening up the lines of communication or for making connections, reaching out, putting the word out, and making your ideas known. Mind you, there can be a rush to get something done and a harried pace, but this can also be an exciting time for discovering a passion or new interest.

On the 16-17, try not to rush decisions related to friends, projects, and money. This is a time for slowing down if you've been pushing too hard, or for navigating speed bumps, likely related to family matters and partnerships.

A Saturn-Uranus aspect is strong this month and is quite excellent for making significant updates and changes that don't feel destabilizing. You'll feel this mostly with family, finances (debts), and in your intimate relationships. This can be an improved time for children or creative projects as well. A relationship that is both stable and exciting may figure strongly for some of you. Making conditions work for you with loved ones may involve accepting non-traditional setups with new rules, for example. Steady changes to update your home can be in focus.

After the New Moon on the 25th, you get the opportunity to start fresh with your image or career, but you may need to get past an obstacle first. Around the 28th, family matters or responsibilities compete with your ambitions to succeed. Indeed this interferes with the pace you prefer to keep with your work or projects, but you may need to slow down before you move ahead. The 30-31 brings lovely support for your ideas, learning, travel, and career aspirations.

Where you may have felt stuck, in limbo, or delayed in April, dear Libra, more clarity arrives in May. This month is strong for a sense that you’re getting back on track. Relationships smooth over. Your stellar ability to compromise, negotiate, and bring balance to your life is back up to par, and then some! Relationships, finances, passion, intimacy, education, and adventure make up the larger themes of May and are areas of increased focus and opportunity. Learning and exploring with a partner or good buddy can be very beneficial now. Meeting people through your personal interests, studies, or travels is gratifying.

Even so, in many ways this is a month for doing some soul-searching, digging, and investigating. You may be doing a lot of observing and planning, and you're inclined to pour quite a bit of energy into engrossing projects and interests.

On the 9-10, you’re in particularly good shape for making financial discoveries and adjustments. This is a time for recognizing your worth or value and seeking out your rightful share. A conversation or news arrives now that nudges you towards these epiphanies. A business deal or project might come to full bloom now.

All month, you’re looking to break out of the mold or routine in various ways through what you learn and where you go. You're more courageous and motivated to try new things.

The 11th and the 16-17 can be tricky to navigate but will work to your advantage if you slow down, reconsider, and make adjustments. Be particularly mindful of your communications (you may come off as insensitive or uninterested) and watch for poor decisions resulting from restlessness on these dates. If your daily affairs are out of whack (and with Neptune a long-time guest in your sector of work and routines, this is quite likely), you may be suffering now as your situation prevents you from grabbing opportunities. Make it a priority to tidy up your life so that this doesn't keep happening.

Coming into stronger power this month is a Saturn-Uranus influence that began in December, and that will lift this coming November, supporting improvements and updates. Areas of your life that benefit from new rules or constructive changes include your relationships, home life, projects, and studies. Alternative relationships, routines, courses of study, or living arrangements and setups that have been difficult to integrate into your life in the past now may work well for you with new rules. There can be an excellent balance of tradition and innovation.

The last week of the month has its highs and its lows, but you come out a winner. You may be dealing with a frustrating responsibility or delays and breakdowns with communication or transportation, and this prevents you from getting where you want to go, either literally or figuratively (or both!). Some of you can be bogged down by mundane activities, the correction of errors, errands, chores, and other responsibilities that you hadn’t anticipated or put out of your mind. If you’ve been neglecting problem areas, they may demand your attention now. Travel or educational plans may be delayed. Try not to stress over differences of opinion or bumps in the road. Once over this hump, you’ll be in prime shape for enjoying the opportunities of the 30-31 related to education, publishing, connecting, and traveling. You’re excited about expanding a business, relationship -- or your mind and experiences.

Where there were delays, confusion, and irritations in April, you’ll enjoy forward movement, corrected courses, and clarifications in May, dear Scorpio. For you, areas most affected by slowdowns have been relationships, work, routines, and health. Clarity comes to these areas of life in May, and perhaps some second chances to work things out. May not only eases you forward, it also features some very supportive influences for your practical affairs and partnerships.

After the first week of the month, you’re in particularly good shape for sorting out your duties, organizing your personal and work space, and researching your options.

The 9-10 can be an especially illuminating period when projects come to bloom, and you come into touch with your true feelings on a matter. What you’ve been brushing to the side can no longer be ignored! This can be a magical time for relationships but also for self-discovery. Your intuitive “feelers” are on double duty.

May can also be a significant money month, not necessarily for windfalls but for getting good deals or gaining support more effortlessly. You don’t shy away from dealing with imbalances of power or from tricky, taboo topics this month, and you’re ready to take charge in your intimate life.

Try to treat the 11th and 16-17 as times for making adjustments instead of pushing your plans forward. You might feel that delays encountered now break your momentum, but they don’t need to - in fact, corrections you make now can save you time in the long run. You’re in demand, but you also need time to yourself and don’t always feel prepared (Jupiter in your solar twelfth house can have this effect). Second-guessing plans or a significant other — and possibly even yourself — can figure strongly now, but consider this a test of strength. Take a break from the action to rethink a few things.

Fortunately, a Saturn-Uranus influence with you since December comes into strong power this month. You can benefit from updating and improving finances, work, health, studies, and home life. Changes that have been difficult to integrate into your life in recent years might now appear highly workable. Make new rules so that you can get alternative approaches to work, living conditions, or health working for you. You might enjoy more freedoms in your daily routine by making structural changes or a more stable income figures strongly now. Work can be both interesting and profitable.

Conversations that left you living with question marks or that led nowhere may be revisited this month, with the blanks filling in. The lines of communication open with a significant other or good buddy. You’re in particularly good light on the job, at the gym, or other activities related to your daily routines and health pursuits, leading to social or romantic opportunities, or simply more pleasure in your everyday life.

The last week of the month includes a New Moon in your intimacy and sharing sector, prompting the urge or need to start fresh. It also presents a challenge or block to your desires. Money and ownership matters can be at the root of conflicts. This can extend to non-material ownership, such as possessiveness or carelessness in relationships. A middle ground or compromise should be sought for both internal and interpersonal conflicts. The last two days of the month are particularly ripe for making exciting lifestyle changes and feeling very much on top of things.

You move beyond the blocks and delays of April, dear Sagittarius, and enjoy special attention, relationships, and improved routines in May. Problems straighten out and answers or news you've been waiting for arrive. Mars charges through your partnership sector, bringing relationships and interactions with others to life, while charming Venus spends the month in your romance and creativity sector. This is one of the most relationship-focused periods of the year. It's a time for making connections, meeting people, and becoming more active with friends, partners, and lovers. Conversations that left you stumped in April can start to make sense this month. Projects or endeavors related to work or health that stalled are now picked back up or picking up pace. 

The 4-15 when Mercury is direct and in mutual reception with Mars is quite excellent for setting things straight and building your relationships, whether these are love or business connections.

The 9-11 is a time for exciting interactions, personal appeal, and pleasant events, but also an unexpected moment of truth and a need to rest, reflect, and otherwise pull yourself together. This is not about getting clear or reliable answers from the outside but about clear, intuitive flashes and realizations within you. You can discover how you actually feel about someone or something, and it may be hard to explain what brought you to your conclusions. Your instincts and intuition are working overtime now. This is a time for recognizing your need to pay attention to mental and physical health. 

Take things slowly around the 11th and 16-17. This year's Jupiter-Neptune influence peaks now and can be disorienting at times, largely because you have troubles integrating your social life and family life, or satisfying your need for safety and your need to experiment. Decisions may be weak or painful to make due to lack of confidence and a feeling of being out of step. Avoid letting problems get you down and work on fixing things and making adjustments. Problems encountered now can break your momentum, but you're sure to build it up again once over these humps, this time more wisely or confidently.

A helpful influence in your life since December picks up power now and helps you to see areas of life that can use an update. You have more faith that your efforts are counting for something and responsibilities can be more satisfying and enjoyable as a result. You're able to work hard and play hard now, or simply enjoy a healthier balance between work and play. If you've had troubles adapting to certain elements of your life that have been unreliable, inconsistent, or unconventional, particularly related to children, time off, or romance, you're now finding ways to make these things work for you. Laying down some new rules may be at the core of this. 

While the New Moon on the 25th clears the path for new beginnings or a fresh approach to partnerships, you'll need to work through a block before you honestly feel you can begin anew. Saturn in your sign opposes Mars on the 28th, leading to a standoff or bringing a frustrating matter to a head. If someone's been too pushy with you or bringing chaos to your life, you'll want to do something about it now. Draw boundaries, but make an effort to compromise if need be. It's too easy to overreact or make a point when meeting someone halfway (if they deserve it!) is your best bet. The last two days of May are gorgeous for relationship and creative excitement and insights into money and work.

The month ahead is one of diverse themes, dear Capricorn, but perhaps most importantly, you’ll feel that you’re moving forward in May. This comes as a relief after the rather stuck, "in limbo" feel of April. May is a month of more clarity in your home life or with living conditions and arrangements, as well as your romantic life. There is a strong focus on both work and play this month. Recreation, romance, creativity, hobbies, and children can be sources of more pride nd involvement with these areas of life increases.

Mars rips through your sector of work and health all month, revving you up and motivating you to take care of business. This influence also brings more muscle to your health and wellness or self-care programs - if you’ve been putting off going for a check-up or slowing down on fitness, this is a time for getting back into action. You want to take charge. At times, the need to initiate, lead, and work independently can stir up competition or conflict with others, so do what you can to either tone things down a little or prepare yourself for a battle or two, depending on which you prefer!

The 9-10 can bring sudden or unexpected social activity and epiphanies. You may be liberated from a household responsibility, for example, or a friend appears almost out of nowhere wanting your company or help. Alternatively, this can be a time for discovering your feelings about a friendship or project. You’ve been quite preoccupied with your personal life and work these days, and now you're being pulled out of your routine, nudging you towards a better balance. The Full Moon now is a reminder that giving back is rewarding.

The 11th, 16-17, and 28th are more challenging dates that require you to muster up patience. You've been experiencing increased desires or prompts to communicate, connect more spontaneously and openly, and share your ideas, but there are times such as these where insecurity can undermine this. Do what you can to deal with possible fears of leaving yourself vulnerable. Toughening up on this level takes time and steady mini-challenges wherein you challenge yourself to face your fears on a small scale.

However, one of the year’s star influences peaks this month and involves your ruler, Saturn, which gets fantastic support from Uranus. You first met this aspect in December, and it will continue to back you up until November. This is a time for updates, steady progress, and improvements - changes that don’t destabilize you, in other words. There can be opportunities to make an alternative setup work, perhaps related to your home life as Uranus is a long-time guest in your home and family sector. Living conditions and family relationships improve with more steadiness and security, yet still manage to maintain a spirit of openness and progress. Money and health matters can also improve. Here is a chance to put structures or new rules into place that don’t entirely impinge upon your freedom In fact, with some buckling down, you'll better enjoy your free time.

The New Moon on the 25th brings power to your work and health sector (even more so) and encourages you to improve your habits and begin fresh with your routines. However, it occurs close to a Mars-Saturn opposition, exact on the 28th, and you’ll likely have to buckle down and make some compromises before you start brand new endeavors and strive towards your resolutions. Where you’ve been overdoing or pushing too hard, you now need to draw up limits and follow some rules. This aspect occurs along your health and service axis in the background of your chart. Aspects that are in the foreground are generally considered more challenging because of their in-your-face nature. However, background aspects such as this one can involve some suffering in silence, which can be just as if not more frustrating! Allow yourself the right to relax. While the world seems to be demanding a lot of work from you, and your own competitive or ambitious feelings can be at play as well, you need to slow things down before moving forward.

The 30-31 presents opportunities to get back into the game, ideally this time, well-rested! While work certainly benefits, this can also be a time for an edge in your romantic or personal life.

Where there were delays or extended periods of limbo in April, dear Aquarius, blocks lift in May (April showers bring May flowers?). Slowdowns for you primarily revolved around communications, transportation, house and home, love, and money. May is vibrant with themes, and while it promises some ups and downs, energy flows more smoothly than April overall. 

You are in a strong position for improving — and enjoying — your home life and family relationships. A fair part of you needs to recoup, regenerate, and decompress this month. However, you are also craving special attention, fun and games, romance, or hobbies and recreation. You want to shine! Mars moving through the sector of your chart ruling all of these things, and the Sun joining along from the 21st, ensures a lively, animated, energized period — at least some of the time. Ideally, you’re able to rest hard and play hard. If not, you’ll find time for these things, and your heart is certainly tied up here in May. (June and July will be more work-oriented). This is a fabulous time for pouring energies into a passion project or heartfelt pursuits, and a romance or getaway for some.

The 9-10 is an eye-opening period. You can make some exciting discoveries now, but you’re also likely to be called to action if you’ve been too heavily engrossed in your personal life. The Full (Flower) Moon occurring at the top of your solar chart plays a big role in this — you may be called to task, or simply required to fill a responsibility or take the lead now. It may be a time of a promotion, culmination or the turning point of a project, recognition, a new title, status change, or award. This is tied into exciting news or discoveries about your studies and personal interests.

Periods to hold back, reconsider, and slow down include the 11th, 16-17, and 28th. Your desire for new experiences, adventure, and intellectual excitement, while sometimes on the back burner, is always with you on some level this year, but it can clash with your security needs at these times. Challenges in your social life or responsibilities to friends and groups can also compete your increased need for down time or personal time. 

An influence involving your traditional and modern planetary rulers, Saturn and Uranus, that's been with you since late last year comes into stronger power in May. This influence has your back until November, and it supports your efforts to make workable updates and improvements to your life, particularly related to communications, studies, friendships, long-term goals, and personal initiative and image. You're coming across particularly well now. Your life feels a little more stable but not boring, either. You're able to work with the best of both the traditional and unconventional worlds. It's a great time for learning, sharing ideas, teamwork, and group connections. Increased enjoyment of your duties or work is likely now, and for some of you, this is because you're making a living from your hobbies or ventures that you love.

The New Moon on the 25th is an energizing, empowering one. However, it requires you to follow some rules or handle problem areas and excesses before you get the chance to begin fresh creatively and/or romantically. If you've been going a little too hard in the areas of recreation, personal interests, your love life, and leisure time, then you may need to tone things down, include others, or follow some rules. Once again, pacing yourself is necessary, and it requires patience. The 30-31 opens up excellent opportunities for sharing your creative work, romantic communications, or advances in your projects and hobbies.

Most of the slowdowns or confusing moments in April are behind you now, dear Pisces, as May promises you slow but steady forward motion. Clarifications and advances related to finances, business, studies, communications, and transportation figure strongly now. These things improve, flow naturally, and pick up momentum this month. Ideally, you've come into touch with what and who you value, and you're now ready to apply what you've learned. As a result, you're picking and choosing your projects more mindfully.

Mars charges through your home and family sector all month, and the Sun joins along from the 21st forward. This is action-oriented energy applied to your personal life. You're likely to get in touch with buried resentments that can frustrate you enough to make changes. You get the chance to work on or in the home. You may be defending, rallying for, or motivating family now. Your home life or inner life can be animated, colorful, and busy.

You can also be knee deep in studies, personal interests, writing, speaking, errand-running, and connecting this month. You can be very influential or persuasive in your communications, guidance, or teachings.

The 9-10 is a time for making epiphanies and personal discoveries, as well as for releasing and connecting with feelings that were previously held at bay or pushed down deep. Even though any Full Moon can feel heavy or draining, it can also be a time of release, liberation, announcements, and projects reaching a turning point. For you, there may be a culmination of studies, published works, or the need for travel or freedom to discover and explore things beyond your routine.

The 16-17 can require patience and foresight. Self-doubt is temporary and can have the useful function of slowing you down, potentially giving you the chance to see where you can make some changes or adjustments that will ultimately work very much in your favor. As much as you may seek an escape route right now, know that it will subtract from your confidence and energy levels. Responsibilities weigh heavily on you as they seem to pop up at the worst time. However, applying yourself now benefits you later.

A supportive influence that's been with you since December gains power this month, and it's helping you improve your work, image, reputation, self-esteem, and finances. You may be able to stabilize your work or income without sacrificing your freedom and independence. It's a good time for some Pisces to make a real go of self-employment, and for others to find more enjoyable ways to make a living. Alternative means of making money or doing business can work now with additional structure and more self-discipline.

The last week of the month brings a New Moon and the chance for a new beginning, with a few strings attached! You may need to pull out of yourself or your personal life and come up for air now. Responsibilities need your attention before you can really throw yourself into personal projects and ventures. This is a time for taming impulsiveness just enough to bring things into better balance. The 30-31 is excellent for personal influence and a competitive edge, as well as creative ways to improve your finances, security, and home life.