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The moon approaches Venus, Jupiter and Mars, greeting each in a different mood: The love goddess receives a bouquet, lucky Jupiter a challenge, and Mars the warrior a peace treaty. The stars pose the question: How far would you go to keep harmony alive? Would you trade personal gain to further the cause of peace?

ARIES (March 21-April 19). ...Read more

Though last Monday was Labor Day, astrological omens suggest the award for "Most Industrious Monday" will be handed to today. The moon, Saturn and Neptune are all in on the agenda, lending fortification to the projects and purposes we feel will progress things in a healthy direction. These Virgo sun vibes meet the warrior energy of the Aries ...Read more

The full moon in Pisces has been celebrated since the ancients for a glow that lights the fields and allows the harvest to continue into to the late hours. This Harvest Moon features an eclipse, recalling the shadows and light that color the change of seasons, both on the calendar and in our hearts. "I want to see you dance again / Because I'm...Read more

Anyone can be impressed by dream destinations and museum curations, but those who make everywhere they go feel special -- as if it were the sort of place people would plan to see -- are the ones who get the cosmic grace on this day of three trines. This is accomplished by noticing and tending to the loveliness of wherever you happen to be and ...Read more

At this point in the Virgo solar journey, there's a real opportunity to create healthy habits. We're wired to repeat behaviors that produce a quick, noticeable reward. For change to take hold, you need a payoff that's either fast or very obvious to create a feedback loop. The Virgo sun obliges, sprinkling healthy wins and good feels to cheer ...Read more

Offering lots of options is the act of help that doesn't help, the lesson that doesn't teach, the route that goes nowhere, the work of bad designers, the offering of a weak friend. Leaders keep it tight. Too many options equals stuck. People will thrive when given a clear path that doesn't split, fork or loop. Lunar strife with Pluto and Venus...Read more

When a lot of your time and energy is already being directed by outside forces such as caring for others, meeting deadlines and fulfilling obligations, it's only natural to feel compelled to rebel against your own goals or routines, just to feel like something is under your control. Who could blame you for trying to reclaim agency in ...Read more

Your environments (physical, digital, emotional) affect your behavior and performance even more than usual in the days ahead. If it's full of distractions, clutter, bad lighting, the wrong people or unhelpful systems, even the most motivated version of you will struggle. Willpower won't be enough. The Mercury transit into Virgo suggests we get...Read more

Life isn't always fair, but at least the division of labor can be -- maybe not in the world, but in a household, friend group or department? It seems like it should be doable. The Labor Day Saturn transit into empathetic Pisces reminds: If one person keeps picking up the slack, frustration builds. Take a moment to check in: Is everyone doing ...Read more

One event is time standing still. Two different events is time passing. Time is events in an order, and the order is always forward. On the day before a Saturn transit (in this case, retrograde Saturn leaving Aries the warrior for Pisces the dreamer), hope launches. "Father Time" whispers cosmic wisdom today: to understand time in the most ...Read more

Constraint often generates excellence. In many disciplines, the restriction itself is what makes the work beautiful. In this moment of Virgo Season, the rules rule. Whether the endeavor is art, sports, professional or social life, the lack of freedom will be the point. Ballet, orchestras, baseball, banking -- the beauty and skill come ...Read more

People construct an idea of us. Sometimes it's generous. Sometimes it's reductive. Always it's incomplete. Can this be helped when we are all walking around as versions of ourselves in someone else's perception? In each moment we give a mere snapshot, often outdated, simplified, and based on one interaction or season or need. Considering all ...Read more

Remember when you rushed to define a relationship or label a role, wanting a little more control and certainty in a situation? On a day like today, we remember such occurrences and laugh at our clownish scrambling. Oh, the futility and immaturity of defining the unknown. The unknown is like an awkward kin you accept and probably also embrace.....Read more

As soon as Venus pounced into Leo, she got to work on an agenda even she may not fully grasp. The realms of love, beauty and desire follow their own mysterious rules -- rules that exist well beyond the cramped walls of logic. Now, with Venus tugging at Pluto in a profound opposition, trying to make sense of love's logic is about as futile as ...Read more

What's the first thing Venus does in her Leo journey? Form a fire sign trine to Neptune -- a flame reflected in the pupil of a lion just before the hunt. Because before we get what we want, we have to want it. And before that, before we even know we want it, that's the instinct that ignites the body, flares in the belly, seeks fuel for the ...Read more

Do you hear the wild call? There are many worlds within this one, each governed by its own pulse. Even chaos has choreography. If you're the least bit curious about the raw texture of aliveness, you needn't travel far. Just show up fully to the life you've got, and the wildness in your soul will meet you there, ready to play, hunt, dazzle and ...Read more

The part of us deciding what to remember about these past few weeks is not in our control. So set the scene just right -- the lighting, the words, the brush of a hand, the smell of dinner in the air. You want them to remember it all. But memory isn't obedient. It saves what it wants. A glance, not the speech. A chair, not the kiss. You can ...Read more

The idea of originality has been debated for as long as humans have had the urge to speak. Some of history's greatest minds -- from the ancients to the avant-garde -- have argued that every "new" idea is simply a remix of something older. Originality isn't about inventing from nothing; it's about how you remix what moved you. This New Moon in ...Read more

What makes people feel grounded? Getting back to the basics -- yes, nutrition and sleep -- but also resolving inner tension. One powerful way? Asking yourself: What am I doing that goes against who I am? Virgo season begins with a new moon that clears the emotional slate and sets the tone for practical clarity. This lunation supports grounding...Read more

Cats, famously, land on their feet -- whether leaping from rooftops, chasing shadows or tumbling mid-play. Whether tossed by fate or pouncing on prey, they land. Famously. On their feet. Has life thrown you for a loop? That's what life does to the open-hearted, the wild ones, the fiercely ambitious. The moon kisses Mercury as the season of the...Read more