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With the Sun opposing Pluto and the Moon conjunct Mercury, the ego has a mic and plans to use it. Big words come out of big heads. The ego wants what it always wants: recognition, importance, power -- maybe a little worship. But true purpose isn't self-referential. It doesn't just serve the fool behind the mouthpiece. So, before you speak, ask...Read more

Today's Leo New Moon arrives mid-tangle -- a square, four trines, a conjunction, two oppositions, all in motion. It's a cosmic pounce from every angle. Think of a cat mid-leap: limbs askew, form inscrutable, and somehow it lands with impossible grace. That's what this day asks of us -- to move instinctually and trust the choreography inside ...Read more

The first full day of Leo season brings strife between Venus and Mars -- a cosmic flare-up that calls on our lion-hearted nature. The most profound love asks for no transaction, no performance, no proof. Do you feel worthy of that kind of love? Worthiness isn't a feeling -- it's a state. Do you feel capable of offering it? Ability begins with ...Read more

As the first of his Twelve Labors, Hercules strangled the Nemean lion, a beast with skin so impenetrable he could only skin it using its own claw. Hercules then wore the hide as armor -- that classic lion-hooded look. So we enter the season of pride, when our confidence cannot be cut down except by the claw of self-criticism. Step into your ...Read more

The last day of a solar journey is a door drifting toward shut. There's still time for last entrances and swift escapes, and what steps through may surprise you. Unfinished feelings, stray thoughts, spontaneous invitations -- they rush in from the edges. As the Cancer sun winds down, intuition heightens. This is a moment for following odd ...Read more

Are you skilled in the art of reading the room? The most effective communicators never skip that step. They shape the message to fit the audience -- aware that people respond when they feel understood. When options seem disconnected from lived experience, reactions follow. Under the late Cancer sun, the wisdom is in emotional attunement -- and...Read more

We all carry an invisible burden of "to-do's" -- "I should clean out the garage," or, "I need to read that book everyone's talking about" -- that clutter our internal worlds. The weight isn't just from the task itself; it's from the self-judgment and energy leakage tied to not doing it. Use this, the weekend of this solar season, as a ...Read more

These first days of the Mercury retrograde remind us how life rarely unfolds in linear, idealized paths. Most people end up living their best stories in chapters they didn't expect. Remember there are many valid, fulfilling routes to getting to any particular destination, not just the one that culture, ego or our early fantasies locked onto.

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Curiosity mutates into rebellion, and language itself cracks open to let the future in. This transit stirs innovation in communication, media, AI and transportation -- anything that moves thought or bodies. Expect glitches, brilliance, double meanings and strange bedfellows. The revolution won't be televised; it'll be translated, reworded, ...Read more

The cosmic clouds gather around a concept that's both emotionally liberating and strategically wise: nonattachment to form. Take your dreams, for instance. They're often not about what you're chasing, rather about why you're chasing them -- the feeling and experience you're actually seeking, such as love, freedom, autonomy, respect, ...Read more

We evaluate the subject in two ways: content and form. Someone might mean well but express themselves awkwardly, poorly or without skill, so their message gets lost or misunderstood. Reconsider them. It's better than someone who says all the right things in a smooth, beautiful, strategic way, but without heart, which is a red flag of selfish ...Read more

This ethereal Pisces moon asks: What if there's more to you -- more range, more shadow, more magic, more volatility, more desire? The self is ongoing and expansive. This version of you is only one chapter. No one is fully defined by who they used to be, no matter how loved or accepted that version was. The full story is still unfolding.

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Our brains treat unresolved tasks like open browser tabs -- each consuming a little RAM that when multiplied becomes background stress, even if you're "doing nothing." The Saturn retrograde suggests a restart to help you clear the "tabs," get organized, dump the trash and maybe even close the screen for a minute for the breath you need before ...Read more

This Saturn Retrograde celebrates the relationship between discipline and problems. Problems give discipline something to shape itself around. Discipline is how we court the problem long enough to learn from it. A problem isn't a failure of discipline; it's the forge in which discipline is made. Don't wish your problems away. The problem is...Read more

It's perhaps the most brutal myth in the canon: Saturn, trying to outmaneuver a prophecy of his downfall, devours his own children -- an act that ensures exactly what he hoped to avoid. The story echoes with the consequences of trying to control the uncontrollable. "Control freak" is a bad look for gods and mortals alike -- and a habit worth ...Read more

As the moon lifts its antlered head through the trees, velvet light brushing what hasn't quite hardened yet, remember that you are still growing -- bone under softness, instinct under stillness, a shape not fully spoken. This is not the harvest. This is the dream of what might stand tall by the end of the season. Listen. Something is forming. ...Read more

We're in the beginning of a Uranus transit, the middle of a solar journey and on the cusp of the full moon. Like the deer growing new antlers -- velvety, tender and quickly branching -- life has a potent, rising energy. Something is taking shape, even if it's still soft and unfinished. What's your Buck Moon premonition? Maybe it's not a full ...Read more

Uranus takes about 84 years to journey through a sign. This is the first full day of Uranus in Gemini, kicking off a new era of communication -- stretching from the whisper between friends to the pulse of planetary networks. The last time Uranus was here, the world cracked open through war, codebreaking, suburban sprawl and the birth of ...Read more

A hundred years ago, making a sandwich required superior knife skills and the will to continue with but one more of the mountain of repetitive tasks in the invisible load of typical domestic housework. Then, on July 7, 1928, the first presliced loaf of bread was sold. Even children could make their own sandwiches. It was neater, quicker, and ....Read more

A lunar opposition to Venus crashes International Kissing Day, recalling the versatility of a kiss. It can reanimate the girl asleep for a century, turn the frog to a prince, betray the holy. A kiss can cross into risky territory, seal fate, put the power in a spell, be the heart in a ritual, or the reason for a head cold. The point is, what ...Read more