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Love has rules. But they are highly subjective. In one era, a kiss could be cause for marriage or a fair reason for execution. In another era, a kiss is given freely in a booth with a line. While the rules of love change, what endures today will be the meaning we choose to give them in the moment.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Who owns a thing? ...Read more

Lunar aspects suggest a moment of trepidation. Maybe your fear is keeping you safe. Then again, maybe it's just a bad and breakable habit. A quick gut check you can use in the moment: "Is this fear telling me something specific I can act on, or just telling me to stop?" If it has instructions, listen. If it just says "don't," give it a nod and...Read more

On a day when the sun is trined (and Mars is very much at odds) with Pluto in social Aquarius, try not to judge a whole relationship by a single slice of time. Playing the long game means you care about the arc, not just this chapter. A disagreement, a lull or even a great stretch of no contact -- none of it tells the full story. Zoom out. ...Read more

A soldier is someone who agrees to stand between danger and others, even when the outcome is uncertain. While training, discipline and the chain of command serve the mission, it's the individual commitment to a group, a protective instinct and the willingness to risk for something beyond the self that forms the heart of what we honor in ...Read more

Every story has at least two sides, two tellings, two meanings braided together. In these first days of Gemini season, the Twins highlight that dual awareness, the space where a single event can be understood from multiple angles. A sun-Neptune sextile adds prismatic color: the truth is faceted, each surface catching a different light.

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Sometimes we make plans but then, when the day arrives, feel far less inspired to follow through. It's difficult to predict the moods and interests of future-you on any given day. Predict plans that can survive regardless of mood, like a "minimum version" of the plan, a "good enough" version or a version with a sweeter reward or an easy exit. ...Read more

Here's an image for the solar conjunction in Uranus: When each individual says the same thing, it doesn't feel like group unity. It feels creepy. That's because we instinctively know that too much agreement among humans is a signal of fear, not alignment. It makes the intelligent wonder: Is disagreement and dissent being punished? Is one ...Read more

Anxiety is a product of living in a worrisome future instead of where you actually are in space and time. The wonderful thing about the "now" moment is that when you drift away from it, there are so many roads that lead back. Most of them run through the senses. Scents and tastes are an especially effective route today.

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Welcome to Gemini season, when the sun sends vibes to the lighter side. Trends, fun, witty banter and a bit of mischief will set in. There's a sense of becoming your next version, and you can as long as you protect your attention. The world will offer endless distractions dressed as opportunities. Choose inputs that feed the goal and starve ...Read more

The trine of Mercury and Pluto in Aquarius shines a prism of light on issues of morality. Some people have honor but not morality (as in honor among thieves) and others have morality without honor (as in making a show of doing the right thing or doing it only when there's a reward). If you have both, use that sense today to avoid those who ...Read more

Mars and Venus stir it up by moving into new signs on the same day. Mars takes a trip through the sign of the bull where the attainment of money and material resources follows bold action. Venus aligns the domestic realm, bringing beauty, nourishment and new ideas to the place where many feel most themselves. Success starts at home.

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Mercury in the social sign of Gemini reminds us that the need for attention is baked into the human experience. But getting attention isn't always so straightforward. Asking for it directly is like a comedian standing on stage and literally asking people to laugh -- which either doesn't work or isn't sustainable. We enter a cycle of meeting ...Read more

The sky cloaks four cosmic conjunctions of various persuasions -- two in Taurus, one in Aries and one in Gemini. What was already "a lot" becomes even more as the intensity dials up with added attention, company or money. This is no time to focus on trouble or throw money at a problem. Instead, picture exactly what you want, then tuck that ...Read more

On the surface, squirrels seem to be planners, hiding nuts for future meals. But some studies show that squirrels also forget about most of the nuts they bury. Maybe it's that combination of thinking ahead but also not giving too much focus to any individual detail that has kept the species thriving for 200 million years. Try on the vibe.

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The Sun and Mercury meet in Taurus and get as glossy as a magazine. The spread is intentional, the colors considered, the textures doing tasteful work. What you choose to include matters, and what you leave out does too. This is less about indulgence and more about refinement, the art of noticing what holds up under a longer gaze. What will ...Read more

Dorothy made the pilgrimage to present her story to the powerful wizard who could help. But he wasn't a wizard; he didn't have the powers she needed. At least the disappointment led her to learn that she could help herself. Mercury rides in on a magic bubble with the magic wand of Jupiter, pointing to the shoes that were always on our feet.

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Have you let yourself down? Maybe. But Mercury's angle to Jupiter asks you to challenge that idea. Maybe it was the wrong task for you, or perhaps it was right in theory but the reality was something entirely different. Maybe the size of the job was unmanageable or, more likely, your perspective or expectation was off. All is not lost. Work is...Read more

Like the vast stretch of silent sand before a big wave, like the birds lifting at once, like the eerie stillness before winds gather, the heavens get quiet enough to hear a pin drop into this nearly aspectless moment in the fade of Taurus season. Moments rise ungrounded, suspended in a slow-motion inhale of anticipation.

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The poet E.E. Cummings wrote, "if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have one." On this Mother's Day, the heavens feature three sextiled aspects that go down like triple sec in a maternal Grand Marnier, a cosmic cocktail of sweet, bright decadence. Pleasure, relaxation and indulgence aren't words that are typically and readily...Read more

Long ago social life was smaller. A medieval villager might interact with 20 people in a day and be related to a lot of them. But in the modern world, we move through hundreds of faces and messages in a single day. Under the socially conscious Aquarius moon, we'll be reminded that it's still the smallest circle that matters most.

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