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Crushes aren't age-bound; they're psychological and physiological responses to admiration, longing, idealization and more. Even mature individuals are still human, with tender hearts and nervous systems wired for attraction, novelty and fantasy. The difference is that mature people often have a stronger filter; they may not act on these ...Read more

What is a story? So many think they are telling one when in fact it has none of the elements: a character in their usual state, a disruption that changes everything, a struggle to adapt and a resolution -- even if it's unresolved. Mercury's shift today invites you to think like a storyteller. What's the shake-up? What's your response? How will...Read more

The new moon in Cancer is the ideal mother. She wants us to succeed even though she knows that success might mean we'll fly far. She wants to give us everything but doesn't because it's the limits that form our character. In this moment of the moon's blessing, what would you nurture in yourself if you were her? "We are born of love; love is ...Read more

The lunar activity in the sign of nurturing bodes well for improvements that stick. We really do learn something from each and every interaction. Some of the lessons are obvious in the moment, and others won't be revealed to us for years, if they ever are. But all teachings are absorbed in some way. Experience is our constant coach and won't ...Read more

The cosmic squares to Mars and Neptune ratchet up the tension, but a fortuitous situation with Jupiter suggests "all's well that ends well" (which also happens to be history's most spoilerific Shakespearean play title!). The omens are auspicious for those outcomes teetering precariously in the balance. It is said that the difference between ...Read more

The sun may be in Cancer, but the heat is in Taurus today with two lunar conjunctions activating emotion around the material world -- our possessions, needs, wants, cravings and their accompanying visceral sensations. First, it's Venus, then Uranus that emphasizes the wild wisdom that can come from acknowledging desirous impulses even if we ...Read more

When something is free, people often assume it's limitless or low-value, even if it's excellent. It applies to more than goods. Putting a price -- monetary or otherwise -- on your time, energy, attention and emotional labor attracts those who actually value what you offer. Boundaries are a form of pricing. And when you set them, you invite ...Read more

The future never arrives, but it doesn't abandon us completely. Motion. Motion! All motion is a kind of falling into the unknown. All motion leans toward an idea that is unsecured. You are trusting a trajectory that hasn't proven itself yet. You are moving toward a state that hasn't solidified. All this risk, this hope. It's beautiful.

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You are joy and sorrow. Confidence and fear. Logic and chaos. No need to simplify yourself to be consistent or to be acceptable. Live in the tension of the "coincidentia oppositorum." Be kind and angry; strong and needy. You can be confident and uncertain. You don't have to exile one side to keep the other. The contradictions are not a flaw; ...Read more

Between the lunacy of the lunar aspects and the heavy tension hanging on the Jupiter-Neptune square, we need the kindness that compounds. To bring someone water before they ask, to say the tender thing, the minor fix, the major laugh ... Gestures that lower stress and lighten the mood ripple out with gentle but ever-wider impact to significant...Read more

This reality is one of contrast. We know we are awake because we've been asleep. We know we are attracted because we've been repelled. We know vitality because we've also known exhaustion. The Mars transit through Virgo will emphasize integration in the name of health. Our power grows when we accept both sides of life's contrasts.

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Yesterday brought tension. Today brings trines. A brief, intentional reflection is called for. Look back, not to dwell but to gather insight. Remember how you've navigated problems similar to the ones that come up today. Recall what you've learned and how far you've come. And trust that your best decisions, growth and experiences are still ...Read more

What do challenge, competition, status and strategy have to do with a day that honors fathers? Everything. Two squared aspects provide the paternal scaffolding in the astral backdrop, highlighting the quiet pressure many fathers feel to provide, protect and perform. Fatherhood isn't just a role -- it's a dynamic tension. The love shows up in ...Read more

On this day when the moon aligns with Pluto and then squares Venus, life is like organizing a closet. You build and build and just as something starts to feel orderly, you also have to watch out for the weight of it all. Otherwise, the shelves collapse. Don't just stack; assess. The goal isn't perfection; it's sustainability. That way, what ...Read more

Once upon a Norse Myth, Loki, the trickster god, crashed a feast where 12 other gods were feasting, which caused such chaos and disaster that the number 13 became unlucky forever after. But not to Taylor Swift, who was born on the 13th, turned 13 on Friday the 13th and, along with legions of others, claims 13 as her lucky number. What about ...Read more

Creativity has its place -- but not everywhere. Don't burn your brilliance solving already-solved problems. Whatever you're trying to do -- build a habit, launch a project, handle a relationship -- someone else has done it. Chaotic lunar antics (including squares, a trine and an opposition) call for a strategy of efficiency. Use the roadmap. ...Read more

The universe is expanding at somewhere shy of 50 miles a second, and we're moving right along with it -- the sun, the moon, and you, as much a part of the expansion as any element in the universe. And yet, with all the commotion, somehow there's still only one moment, and that moment is always now. The Strawberry Moon offers "now" at peak ...Read more

Between two planets in the early degrees of the sign of domesticity and tomorrow's full moon in Sagittarius, there's a sense of getting into position at a race's starting line. There may be stillness, but it's not settled. Our spirits are taut with anticipation like a rubber band stretched full of potential energy, ready for the pop of the ...Read more

Lucky Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, likes to spend about a year in a sign and takes almost 12 years to make a complete orbit around the sun. Today's sign change from outgoing Gemini to homey Cancer is a bit like a parent calling the children in for a family dinner. It's a call to wash up and nourish ourselves, as well as ...Read more

Mercury gives Jupiter a lucky handshake, then leads the way to Cancer with Jupiter hot on the trail. These cosmic omens of good fortune align word and deed, walk and talk. Life is so much simpler when we can trust ourselves and others to say as we do and do as we say. The easiest way to accomplish it, of course, is truth, integrity and follow-...Read more