 Aries (March 20-April 19) How do you handle resistance? I'm not just referring to obstacles outside of yourself like other people, brick walls, or authority figures (although any or all of them could come into play) but also your own inner experience of resistance. What is it like when you want so badly to do something yet you are also completely terrified? What do you do? Do you go through the fear and act anyway? Or do you skulk away and tell yourself that you didn't really want to do that anyway? Depending on how you deal with resistance, and there will be plenty of it this week in one form or another, will determine your sense of worth. Take things slow and methodically. If you get too wrapped up in the power struggle there is a chance you will say things you wish you didn't; if you manage it well, you will have an even stronger foundation from which to build.  Taurus (April 19-May 20) Things have been happening pretty fast lately and if you haven't covered all your bases--hell, even if you did--you may have missed something important along the way. That is the perfect recipe for you to face some challenges getting things done this week as what was missed, you will find, was noticed by someone important. This energy can appear in your business or personal realtionships regardless, it will involve another person. Furthermore, the dynamic will be the same: someone will stand in your way and force you look deeply at your actions and it may feel as though you are being prevented from success. You may be reminded through this experience of a parent figure (or it could be a parent figure) and this will cause a reflection and re-evaluation of values and priorites.  Gemini (May 20-June 21) Life is short.You have a keen sense of that and along with it a sense of wanting to do, be, and enjoy whatever you can, whenever you can, and most importantly--NOW. The question is: Have you acted on those impulses? If so, how did it go over wth friends and loved one's? If not, how have you dealt with what I imagine in a torrent of frustration? Whichever is the case, the astrology around you suggests the possibility to speak in ways that will cause harm to others and if that has happened then it is time for amends. You will need to find a way to communicate your needs, your right even, to be free to experience all that you perceive possible. The trick will be doing it with the compassin and care for those who will be affected by your assertion for experience.  Cancer (June 21-July 22) It may be difficult for you to articulate how you are feeling as the week begins and that will set a tone for the week. You are highly sensitive to impressions--you can see the deeper meaning in their motives for just about anything from picking out a melon to the words spoken to a child. Others may sense this about you and ask you a lot of questions and this may drive you nuts because, like I said in the beginning, your having trouble expressing what your feeling. Compounding matters may be an over-indulged sense of duty you feel to the one's closest to you. Not to worry, by week's end you'll remember that thing you really need to question is whether you lived up to your own ideals, and if not, there's always next week.  Leo (July 22-August 23) You have entered an short, intense period of opportunity to put to the test new found ideas of autonomy. It's important to work with/apply a new philosophy for a lot of reasons, not least of which is the impact it has on family and loved ones. People like the routine and familiar, to be sure of what to expect and any amount of change or uncertainty is a challenge to an assumed order. If you start acting in some new and independent way this would be cause for fear to parents, children, siblings or other family members. I mention this because it has been my experience that when I have forced my beliefs on others without compassion or imaging how it might impact them, I have caused unnecessary discord and this has never helped in the process of growth and evolution.  Virgo (August 23-September 22) Your mind has been very busy with high ideas of law, religion, politics, or metaphysics and you have been engrossed in intense discussions about the same. At the same time you are beginning a process of dissolving old ways of relating to other's--you may be experiencing disillusionment in this area of life. Are you avoiding the difficult task of self-reflection? Are you avoiding the deeper meaning behind all law? It would be wise for you to reality check your suppositions before you take a strong stance on something this week. Your mental charge is intense but you need to express your ideas with gentleness. That is the key. Be gentle with words and deeds and pause before speaking. If not you run the risk of alienating those that matter most and dealing with the blowback.  Libra (September 22-Octoner 23) There's a real challenge right now with resources, namely ownership of them. It feels like there's something you want to hold on to for some sort of long term committment or sense of security but you are running into interference. You are in a long term period of change that can be upsetting to those around you. You simply require more freedom to explore relationships that have not been available to you before and that is causing static relationships to be unacceptable. Having said all that, the season of Beltane, Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, has you all wound up and obsessed with sex. You are feeling extremely driven by sexual energy that has few boundaries. The thing is, there's really no right or wrong with this, it's all in the situation and how it's managed.  Scorpio (October 23-November 22) It's difficult to be in this stage of chrysalis but its impossible to avoid. You must do what any expecting mother would: take good care of everything you consume. This includes not only your food and beverage, but also ideas and people. This week marks an important building period in the midwifing process of a new you, and as in any project there may be roadblocks. Someone in your life is not sharing the same experience and they may force there way into your plans. You will need to compromise a bit of your structure to allow for harmonious relations. In order to pass through this encounter gracefully you will need to remember the bigger picture and not get wrapped up in what should be a passing struggle.  Sagittarius (November 22-December 22) You seem to be working out some internal dynamics relating to fears that you can't quite articulate. Even so, you know they are just below the surface and affect in a major way your self-esteem. Since nothing happens in a vacuum (internally or externally), this may set off a chain of events if you are not able to keep to your boundaries. The challenge will be doing that while continuing to engage with a multitude of people and personalities. Knowing it is half the battle and you need that edge because you are in a position to spiritually cleanse some toxic thought patterns. If you earnestly attempt to reach a place of depth and honesty with yourself, you will be well on your way to a healthy frame of mind, body, and spirit that will spill over into all of your relationships.  Capricorn (December 22-January 20) You're dealing with a lot of memories from childhood and this is making you rethink a lot of things about home. Assumptions about who you are and what you believe are in question and this is creating a restriction on your ability to feel loved. You simply don't want to be defined as you have been in the past yet you don't have a clear path to articulating a new characterization. In a lot of ways you are willing to dismiss the idea of being defined at all: if nothing else you see the fallacy of contextualizing a facade. The funny thing is (or not) that at the same time you find yourself swimming in opportunities to engage with others both socially and intimately. This is where you are to meet these challenges and develop more questions. Forget the answers, you still need more questions first.  Aquarius (January 20-February 19) There is a lot of paradox in your chart and depending on how well you deal with opposition will be the measure of comfort for the week. The paradox will be around nothing less than your conception of the world at large: big things like how to raise children, how to run governments, what is the best course of career, what is the nature of authority. The astrology suggests the paradox exists in the way you were raised and conditioned through family, society, and religion vs. your own personal experience and new conceptions. This makes your value set a little clouded and unsettling. Where you once felt firmly grounded with integrity around your values, you now are not so sure. I think it would be wise to stay open and flexible this week rather than take a firm stand.  Pisces (February 19-March 20)
You will have plenty of opportunities to understand the nature of your anxiety this week. Yes, opportunities--I think you will be able to use your anxiety as a roadmarker or atlas as you navigate the social corridors this week. I think there is a necessary building of emotional security around a set of principles that you are high on and this will not go over well with everyone you encounter. You'll know it as as it happens because the anxiety is a strong connection of body and mind--the mind knows the uncertainty and the body responds in no uncertain terms. The key will be to bring the third of that trinity--Spirit--into the equation. I think anxiety can enable one to reach to that deeper place and deeper meaning behind and beyond every moment.
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 Aries (March 20-April 19)
Not that you're normally one to run with the pack, but lately you've been feeling a powerful desire to individuate, and it's possible that you may even have set intentions around this recently: to know, feel, and act as you are and as you want in relation to who you are at an innermost level. Anytime that intentions are set, ready and prepared, there is at some point a proving ground. This is the rubber meets the road time...it could be as simple (or not) as an intention to eat well and someone hands you a hot fudge sundae: that's your crisis in action. This week you will need to draw on all your resources to work through these types of challenges. The good news is you will think sharply and clearly articulate whatever it is you need and for the first time is a while you may feel your feet solidly on the ground.  Taurus (April 19-May 20)
It's been a while since you felt in your element but you have some time ahead of you to feel quite grounded. This will not go unnoticed and there is a strong possibility people will remark on how at ease you seem. Considering the stress you've been under for the past couple of weeks a few night's out on the town are well deserved, just be careful not to overdue in the booze/substance department. You are feeling every bit the beauty that you are and that is deservedly so. It's easy to let the one's you love the most fall to the side when you have a lot of drive and incentive to fulfill creative projects. Make sure you take the time to let someone you know you love them.  Gemini (May 20-June 21)
With all the recent news, and unfortunately most of it is bad, your intellect and curiosity, which is always so acute, may be feeling like a burden. It looks like you've already been on a consciousness expansion quest: seeking out an ultimate truth to live by (religion? political ideology? spiritual path?), so with all this new data input you may be maxing out. It's also possible that with all this new vision and seeking that you're neglecting old past wounds that are seeking recognition and healing. It would be wise to step back from the news, books, videos, or whatever other vehicle of information you've been using and retreat...however that may look: a trip to the hot springs, hiking in the forests, meditation, running the streets? This will help you integrate well the things that you've learned.  Cancer (June 21-July 22)
You are feeling some radical empowerment to speak your truth and this may be igniting things in personal relationships. This may be a surprise as you usually have a unique sense of how to make others feel comfortable and part of that is a gentle approach and voice. This is different though, there is a force and energy that you are not normally comfortable expressing however, you know you must. Like a lioness leaping to protect her cub, you are feeling quite protective and reactive about your needs and the needs of others. This energy extends beyond social or family relations to other sentient beings, non-ordinary reality existence, and strongly to Mother Earth. By weeks end you may be blinded by this feeling and have no choice but to surrender.  Leo (July 22-August 23)
There's a lot going on the periphery so it's a good time to use what wilderness trackers call, owl vision: to see in all directions without moving. This is a good metaphor for your week as events may be all around and outside of you. Your natural energy to be the center of attention will cause some friction if you do not take an objective view of your life and the events that transpire. If you do step back, you will have a major epiphany about the way you are understood by others. The realization may be challenging or enlightening depending on how you operate in the social/political world or your career. Whatever the insight is, take note, it's important and could frame the way you build your career/reputation.  Virgo (August 23-September 22)
You've had a tendency to give yourself away in relationships lately because of a lack of clarity around ownership. It seems that you have decided that since you don't have a clear, concise idea of who owns what, that the best course of action is to allow your other to operate without hindrance. While you may be cool on the outside with this I imagine there is a stewing under the surface and you know you can't contain this frustration. Do what you do best: step by step analyze what you do know in some constructive way (journaling, organizing, discussing), and then communicate your needs. You have every right to your freedom and you have no reason to own someone else's challenges. This is always the slippery slope in relationships that many must navigate.  Libra (September 22-Octoner 23)
This week you will begin to develop a new truth about valuing your independence and self-realization within your relationships. The past month's turbulence is waning and you're now able to speak, just beware of the tendency you will have to say too much and be defensive. You do not have to defend yourself nor are you responsible for other's autonomy. Freedom is inherent and the only thing that might make you feel otherwise is that internal drive to be fair and loved. The lesson here is that overindulgence in attempting to build emotional security for another is a loss of your own sense of purpose. Since developing a new paradigm is a process rather than an event, this will take some time. Be sure to be lovingly detached in discussions about shared possessions.  Scorpio (October 23-November 22)
This week will begin a process of insights into what it means to build relationships. You will notice events, conversations, and interactions that encourage reflection. These will happen so that you may realize some outdated, crystallized reactions to people that no longer fit who you are (or who you are trying to be). It's not always easy to be in a process like this as it brings dynamic to the surface that may be challenging for both you and your partner. If you work with this energy though, with compassion, empathy, and patience, with yourself and others, it can also be a very exciting process. Essentially you are building a new and improved "you" for the world to see and you having everything you need for the project.  Sagittarius (November 22-December 22)
There are some very positive revisions happening in your relationships this week but it will take some serious focus and refinement to understand all your options. It will take all that attention because you are aware of so many possibilities and feel a strong sense of freedom in your self expression. You want to express yourself as freely as possible and yet you know that may not jive with social conventions. You will have the opportunity to purge old structures, communicate creative, sexual needs, and expand your understanding of relationships if you work with this energy. The trick will be to conceive of a step by step, methodical plan that you can align with your own integrity and learn a way to communicate them effectively. |
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