June continues many of the transformational themes that were brought in by the previous month’s strong Pluto flavor, as it stationed in the first degree of Aquarius. This is especially so for the first two and a half weeks of June, as we remain in the completion of the lunation cycle stemming from the May 19th grand cross New Moon that heavily featured Pluto. This was an extremely potent juncture, and we are still under its spell as June begins, including the rather intense lunation that is represented by the June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon, which features Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune, along with Pluto, for an amazing stew of astrological influences. Then, the second half of June is initiated by another quite interesting lunation on June 17th, the late GeminiNew Moon which features, again, Neptune and Pluto. We can see some of the uncertainty and tension reflected in recent headlines where the fundamental question has arisen of whether the political divisions in this country, intractable as they are, might be in such disarray as to sabotage the world economy by allowing a default on the servicing of the U.S. debt. This is, of course, an unthinkable disaster that has never before been allowed to happen. In our individual lives as well we might feel the pressure of transformational change taking place within us. In many cases, if not all, this is a necessary evolution, accompanied by the uncertainty of how this metamorphosis will eventually unfold.
One thing to mention as June gets underway is that the lunation cycle of the May 19th New Moon that is still playing out until the weekend of the 17th is quite an powerful one, with an extremely close grand cross in the initiating configuration from last mid-month that featured Jupiter, Pluto, Mars and the new Nature planet Haumea, with additionally Mars trine Neptune supported by the Sun and Moon. With Jupiter newly in Taurus, and conjunct the Lunar North Node on June 1st, there is a fated sense to the transformational happenings during this rather intense monthly cycle. The pleasures and the appreciation of the physical earth are very present to us now, along with the sense of connection to Nature’s bounty and the acts that feel down deep inside us like the right thing to do, including truth-telling. This sense of right action derives from concepts of natural law that are furthered by strong Haumea. We have seen a focus lately in the political headlines, from this and also other countries, on trying to tell the truth about things, and the unfortunate consequences that may derive from failing to do so. Mars opposite Pluto in the prior mid-May New Moon also has the tendency to bring forth extreme emotions, so that, as the June month begins to unfold, there is that tendency to counter as well.
This month, on the weekend of June 3rd, the SagittariusFull Moon finds Venus in the final degrees of Cancer opposite the Pluto energy for dynamic metamorphosis – just where Mars was in the May 19th New Moon that began the cycle. Pluto with Venus indicates the possibility for relationship transformation to come front and center in our lives, and the fact that Venus is also closely trine Neptune implies a spiritual mandate that accompanies this change, which might also be altered by flights of fancy or idealizations. Self-deception is a possibility that can be avoided by discernment and by probing the depths of our intuitional understanding for the true true.
Then, the following weekend, on the afternoon or evening of the 10th, the Last Quarter Moon at 19 degrees of Gemini and Pisces, with Mercury also ingressing into Gemini the next day, features deep introspection and also confronting inner wounding, perhaps by means of intellectual analysis. Chiron, the Wounded Healer, is located at precisely 19 degrees of Aries, and is therefore triggered by this lunar phase, which Rudhyar called a “crisis of consciousness.”
The GeminiNew Moon of June 17th squares Neptune in Pisces, just as Neptune is getting ready to station to retrograde motion, making this a Neptunian month as much as it is a Plutonian one. Haumea and Pluto are again featured so that the themes of transformation and adherence to natural law that were a large part of the previous cycle are continued into this one, with fresh start for those areas of life represented by mental Gemini, and also for wherever Gemini happens to land in the chart of each individual.
As the June month draws to its close, the First Quarter Moon of early Monday morning, the 26th, features also a Mars-Uranus square that is worth mentioning on two distinct and separate grounds, innovation and the potential for accidents to occur. Both are classic interpretations for Mars-Uranus signatures and both will likely be present in some form or other in particular situations. For the first of these, it is vitally important to stay open to possibility , and for the second, discernment is required.
As we navigate the ups and downs of this difficult and yet rewarding month, we do well to remember that everything that happens to us has a reason in terms of our future growth. Dylan has the line: “helpless as a rich man’s child,” and, indeed, the times of easy living do not have lessons for us or build character the way that the hard times actually do. When we think about the direction that the culture is heading we must also recognize that what is needed, and badly, is not less consciousness but rather more. So with this background in mind, let us keep striving and hold out our vision for, if not the best possible world, at least the best world that is humanly possible.
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Transformation of your life direction is in the air for you, Aries, in a good way, ever since your recent birthday, aided and abetted by last month’s potent New Moon. Your values, both hidden below the level of consciousness and more overt, are a huge part of this, and are the subject of your deepest thoughts and meditations. Important partners in your life may well provide guidance to help you more fully understand the way your own moral compass underlies your evolving future plans; your agreements there are of an elevated significance for you in this consequential month of forward motion. Resources, including financial ones, are at your service in this quest of yours that takes you, however, far beyond material gains. One thing is certain, this is a month of change. The answers you seek are far-reaching so that carrying on as you have been in the recent past is not really an option. Your dreams and intuitional stirrings are vital for you now, and might just be the perfect set of clues to flesh out where you are heading, and where your Higher Self and Spirit itself are asking you to go.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
The recent late TaurusNew Moon that took place last mid-month in your sector of values, finances, and resources has signaled that the time may have come to put the pedal to the metal regarding change that you have long been contemplating. If so, the perfect time to take action on some part of this metamorphosis might be in the current month. A new developmental period awaits, regarding the material layer of reality and your principles and values that inform it. As June begins we might note as well that Mercury is out of its retrograde shadow, having traversed the Taurus sign all the way back to the 15-degree mark where it began its retrograde journey in late April. Your mind is clear and hopefully refreshed and thus ready for new decisions concerning your future. You may now have more clarity about your values and a strategy for your finances moving forward.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon takes place in your higher mind, travel, and philosophy sector, and suggests your expansive pursuits may be assets themselves. This lunation illuminates the value of fiery inspiration to get you moving forward. You may want to notice what skills, concepts, or connections excite you because you can likely leverage these creatively in your financial sector. Across your cerebral axis, this Full Moon may also reveal a pattern of perception regarding deeply rooted beliefs about money that you may want to release. The Full Moon is also toned by the Mercury-Uranus conjunction in Taurus, which may offer original solutions to practical problems. With Jupiter growing things in your financial house for the next year, pay attention to any flashes of entrepreneurial insight or unexpected opportunities; the unconventional may prove lucrative. You might also consider the security of your assets before this date, particularly regarding online transactions.
On June 5th, Venus enters Leo, joining your ruling planet Mars there, in your sector of self-expression, joy, and children, and in opposition to transformative Pluto. With both of the cosmic lovers now in Leo, this makes it a particularly potent time to express your unique gifts and explore your desires, with a reminder that forging a unique path in life is an inherently creative act. The opposition with Pluto suggests relationship transformation, conceivably a passionate or volatile romance, perhaps a new or changing connection with any children you may have, or an artistic reawakening that is connected to transformations in your social environment or dreams for the future. You may also meet powerful benefactors or mentors that can help you manifest creative goals.
June 11th sees retrograde Pluto crossing the threshold back into Capricorn, your vocation and public reputation sector; announcing the path to the future might require a detour through the past. You could consider what you need to release or complete, including past projects, skills you need to develop, or an attachment to beliefs about success or prestige that no longer serve you. There could be a degree of instability surrounding career and leadership positions reflected in the slow culmination of Pluto's cycle here. Although in flux, your expertise and experience remain valuable resources to meet the demands of a stage yet to come. The power of accepting the changes in your vocational reality is further supported by Mercury's trine to Pluto as well as Venus's square to Jupiter across your financial and creative houses, suggesting you possess commitment, resources, and good fortune right now to manifest a new vision. You may also want to be conscious of excess and overspending around this time.
The GeminiNew Moon on June 17th shifts the focus to your communication and local environment sector. This lunation opens a new cycle of learning or creative communication endeavors, networking, and getting to the details of emerging goals. Consider harnessing Mercury's mental agility and connection to all things mercantile by talking about your business plans or skills you are cultivating—you may find allies or receive insight within your familiar environment. Lean into the sextile between Mercury and Venus in Leo and enjoy a day of lively conversation and fun with a romantic interest, friend, or children. The New Moon is toned by action in your subconscious sphere, with Saturn's station retrograde and the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune in Pisces. Their combined influence may evoke feelings of anxiety or disillusionment, perhaps arising from a sense that your current reality is so far from your ambitions for the future. This transit asks you to prioritize your mental and emotional health and channel Neptune's visionary qualities to supplement your rational intelligence with the intuitive.
The Sun moves into Cancer at the solstice on June 21st, shining its light on the roots of your chart. For the next month, themes concerning the home, real estate, family, and how you nourish yourself could become prominent.
A fixed sign square between your ruling planet Mars and Uranus occurs on June 24th to the 26th across your creativity and resources sectors, in the context of the Moon’s first quarter. This may possibly raise issues around creative or financial autonomy. Be aware as well that this transit can be unpredictable and could trigger explosive anger or accidents. If you can avoid impulsive reactivity, today may yield significant artistic or financial breakthroughs. The LibraFirst Quarter Moon in your relationships sector suggests this tension could also be related to a clash of values with your romantic or business partners.
Neptune joins the procession of current retrograde planets on the final day of the month, calling your attention back to more subtle dimensions of your psyche. Be it artistic, spiritual, or psychological, the emphasis in your Pisces domain reflects your soul's need for the numinous along with the necessity and creative potential of solitude.
On June 30th, Mercury conjoins the Sun in Cancer, possibly revealing information or inspiration to do with home and roots. This transit may facilitate communication by helping you express the wisdom of your heart into words. Supportive aspects from Saturn and Jupiter in the days surrounding this conjunction suggest that resources may have become available for you to create a sanctuary space in your home, invest in real estate, prioritize spiritual or artistic growth, or that it may be time to monetize a skill you have been working on being the scenes. The end of this month has a redemptive quality that may leave you more inspired, connected, and engaged with the subtle dimensions of your process moving forward, and, indeed, yourself.
This is an entirely transformationally intense month for you, Taurus, especially with the recent New Moon in your sign adding to the forward momentum. This involves your career and vocational life to a large degree, where you might be discovering new initiatives amidst your ongoing challenges or even an entirely new professional direction awaiting your leap of faith. You are fundamentally optimistic in this timing, very nearly to a fault, so that some energy might need to be spent in reigning in your over-arching enthusiasm. After the lengthy introspective period of the last five weeks or more, you are ready to let your arrow fly! The SagittariusFull Moon of the 3rd is a time of great fecundity and change, so that to resist what is being thrust upon you would be futile. Go with the flow – or the torrent – would be the best advice that you can get. If you sense that it is an inner mandate that is driving you, you are correct in that assumption, so that you do well to trust in and yield to your intuition. As pioneer sage Davey Crockett was reputed to have advised, “be sure you’re right, then go ahead.”
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
Last month's New Moon in your sign took place in your first sector of identity, vitality, and personal ambitions, the effects of which reverberated across core aspects of your life concerning your roots and family, relationships, and vocation. In the New Moon as well, beneficial Jupiter had just entered your sign of Taurus, and was in aspect with transformational Pluto, and with Mars, and also with Haumea, the new 21st century Nature planet that was only recently discovered. This mightily affects you in the areas of career – as alluded to above – and as well the unconscious part of yourself that exists below the surface layers. Transits since April have centered both your body and personal ambition as the site of revolution, and you may be undergoing considerable growth and creative reorganization. June offers emerging coherence, aided by Mercury escaping its retrograde shadow, indicating you may now have more clarity about your needs and a strategy for moving forward.
On June 1st, Jupiter joins the Lunar North Node in Taurus offering redemptive optimism or reformation, after the potentially quite significant upheaval or even confusion represented by the month just past. You may feel that you can now embody the shift that is occurring. This transit's insatiable quality may illuminate how you choose to nourish yourself, from food to what you bring into your consciousness. Consider the seeds you are planting to harness Jupiter's expansion as a way toward your most authentic growth.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon takes place in your sector of intimacy and shared resources and may illuminate the material and relational reality you are operating within. This lunation encourages listening to your body — you may receive a clear yes or no, which can help you make intuitive choices when you feel unsure. Mercury joining Uranus in Taurus could help you identify more resources available to you than you had previously recognized. This could include how the structures you feel bound by, including the limits of your own body, can lead to an innovative path unique to you. As Uranus and Mercury are connected to the nervous system, consider grounding your body with nourishing foods and reducing caffeine around this date.
Your ruling planet, Venus, enters Leo on June 5, joining Mars in this sign, already there. Venus is perhaps helpful in soothing discord caused by the presence of warrior god Mars lodged in your home and family sector. Upon entry into Leo, Venus also opposes Pluto in your sector of career and aspiration, and may clarify something you desire or reveal that you feel pulled in two directions by your role in your family vs. professional tasks and ambitions. The dark riches of Pluto often manifest as the gifts of endings. Something essential about how you show up in the world is transforming —This transit may leave you feeling vulnerable because it feels so visible, and yet there is also power in surrendering to change and accepting the reality you now occupy. This configuration also indicates that you may be working on something creative within your home that will have a powerful effect on your public standing or career.
June 11th sees retrograde Pluto return to Capricorn, your sector of higher education and distant travels, reminding you that the path to the future might have to take you back through the past. It may be a time to consider what you need closure on – perhaps an old belief, an unfinished project, or skills you need to develop further. Mercury's trine to Pluto additionally suggests you may reconsider travel plans, return to school, or deepen a spiritual path with renewed personal commitment. Although the square aspect between Venus and Jupiter the same day indicates that emerging values or personal priorities may disrupt peace in your family, honoring your needs will likely also nourish your home life.
The GeminiNew Moon on June 17th shifts the focus to your sphere of personal assets and values, asking what you need to provide for yourself now and in the future. The lunation welcomes thinking, talking, and planning about what you want to grow. Mercury's sextile from Gemini to Venus in Leo supports playful curiosity within the home, including lively conversation and fun. You may be reflecting on how you have been nurtured in your own life and recognizing your creative capacity to cultivate more love and joy within your home or to reimagine what stability, home, and family mean to you.
This New Moon is modulated by action in your sector of community and higher aspirations, goals, and plans, with Saturn's station retrograde in Pisces and the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune there as well. Their combined influence may evoke a longing for community or perhaps also uncertainty about long-term goals. This transit can perhaps bring up social anxiety that may not be grounded in reality or is related to past experiences of ostracization. You will want to pay attention to feelings that arise, as they will help you clarify your values around friendship, collaboration, and collective goals.
The Sun moves into Cancer on June 21st, shining its light on your sector of communication, learning, and local environment. Supportive aspects between Cancer and Pisces the following week indicate that you may be building new friendships in your local environment or through new learning pursuits.
The volatile fixed sign square between Mars and Uranus that occurs on June 24th to the 26th takes place across your home and identity sectors, and in the context of the potentially tension-producing First Quarter Moon. This can perhaps manifest as an urgent need to emancipate yourself from your domestic responsibilities or an explosive battle of egos. If you are feeling the pressure, consider taking time out before this date to tune in to your body and needs, which may help avoid physical manifestations through illness or accident. This transit offers breakthroughs via a tremendous surge of energy and courage—channel it into creative work or to perhaps free yourself from patterns of avoidance regarding truths that may threaten the stability you have created.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer on June 30th brings vitality to your local environment sector of communication and learning, perhaps presaging the announcement of good news or a lively day full of curiosity and correspondence. The month winds up with some things resolved, and with many things likely left unanswered, so that time will tell. Supportive aspects from Mercury and the Sun in Cancer to your sectors of community and personal ambition indicate that in expressing yourself or following your curiosity, you might find authentic connection and a broader community to support you in your emerging evolution.
This is your month, Gemini, whenever your birthday falls, because it is now the golden period of the Sun fully engaged in your sign. Recent weeks since the May 19th New Moon have largely been an introspective time of preparation for the moment of this month’s flowering. You will find the June 3rd Full Moon of partnership interaction especially favorable for getting in touch with your own inner mandate that promises success on many levels. Not the least of your satisfactions will likely be your intuitional certitude of the alignment between internal principle and the way that you are showing up in the world. You are going for a covenant between inner and outer, and beginning to recognize that your actions must match your own unique idea of what is right in order for the deed to be fully accomplished. This is independent of consensus thought forms. When you wake on the morning of Sunday the 11th to find your ruler, Mercury, newly entered into your sign, and a favorable Moon, it will represent the clincher in your ongoing revolution of values, philosophy and worldview that is underway within you and that signals your next major evolutionary stage.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
Last month's TaurusNew Moon from May 19th took place in your twelfth sector of hidden matters and inner work, reiterating that the way out continues to be the way in. Recent new commitments to cultivating your inner landscape continue to evolve into June, now supported by Mercury escaping its retrograde shadow after travelling all last month through the hidden corners of your psyche. As the month progresses, you may continue to find profound enjoyment in solitude and depth practices: connecting to your higher self, creativity, or guides that show up in ways you did not consciously know were possible.
On June 1st, Jupiter conjoin the Lunar North Node in Taurus, corresponding to your sector of dream work and unconscious process. The insatiable quality of this transit has a focalizing function that may help you realign with inner purpose following the confusion of the retrograde period and emphasis in your sphere of self-transcendence. While the way forward may still be unfolding, the beginning of the month offers a sense of faith in life and of being in dialogue with your evolving dreams for yourself.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon occurs in your sphere of partnership and relationships of all kinds, illuminating a tension between your rational mind and the intuitive within you. Your opposite sign being ruled by Jupiter in Taurus, you are again reminded that as far as relationship, your highly developed cerebral functions won't do the only work here. The relational nature of the Sun in Gemini opposite the Moon in the place of Other asks you to be quiet and listen; there is a beautiful simplicity in the wisdom of intimate partnership, the intelligence of the body, the natural world, and the hidden layer of your mind that is mythic. These transmissions may provide a more accurate sense of your reality than pure rationality can or perhaps free you from analysis paralysis. Only you can take this journey inward, although you may harness the optimism of your allies to help you on the path.
This Full Moon is also toned by the conjunction of your ruling planet, Mercury, with Uranus. This combination offers the revelatory capacity of being less identified with your mind and the perceived extent of your knowledge. Your angels might conspire with you now to be a channel for dispatches from other worlds and you may harvest an extra spark of originality for any creative work to do with the arts or writing that you have been working on behind the scenes.
On June 5th, Venus joins Mars in the sign of Leo in your communication sector. The charismatic cosmic lovers infuse their confidence into your urge to express your unique message. While you may receive recognition or feel a sense of pride in what you have to say, Venus' simultaneous opposition with Pluto in your sector of higher mind warns of a shadow side to the applause you seek. The interaction between Venus and Pluto suggests transforming the aesthetic or communicative moment, a standoff between outward expansion and inward yearning leading to greater personal meaning, which, if integrated, could transform the way you think or communicate.
Pluto retrogrades backward into Capricorn early morning on June 11th, returning to the familiar territory of your sector of personal transformation and intimacy, where he has been living these past 15 years. The dark riches promised by Pluto in Capricorn suggest you can alchemize recent intellectual, psychological, or spiritual metamorphosis to make powerful changes that are grounded in reality. Mercury then makes a trine to Pluto while crossing your ascendent to wield its full might in your sector of character and identity. This tap on the shoulder from the lord of the underworld offers that, like Mercury the psychopomp, you come through this while possessing the dexterity to span worlds and share profound messages of the depths with a sensibility that resonates with others.
The movement of Mercury into your sign is revitalizing – and a social shift of emphasis – following a significantly introspective period. The exact square between Venus in Leo and Jupiter in Taurus simultaneously reiterates a dynamic tension between the expressive and relational parts of yourself that you feel appreciated for and your depths. You may feel the call to drop into that secret work of the soul. Should you allow space for both of these antithetical energies, their dialogue suggests a fertile and fulfilling creative period.
The New Moon in your sign takes place on June 17th as your sphere of identity and persona welcomes inspired new projects. There may be learning endeavors that allow you to share your voice with a wider audience, supported by a trine between Mercury and Venus in Leo. This lunation is modulated by action in your vocational sector, with Saturn's station retrograde earlier on this same day plus the Sun and Moon in square to Neptune. Both transiting aspects reflect a factor of hesitation, illusion, or inner reflection in the realm of your professional life and the need to assess the practical realities of your vision there. It's likely some things you once believed to be true do not hold any longer. While you have the ability to learn and deliver on many different vocational opportunities, not every one of these is necessarily right for you.
On June 21st, the Sun moves into Cancer, shining its light on your personal finances and values, indicating that new projects or learning endeavors started at this time may generate income. Also this same day, Chiron, Mercury, and Mars form a minor grand trine across your sectors of community, identity, and mind or communication, opening a supportive and dynamic space to engage around self-assertion or sharing your message with the world. You might also need to work through fear or hesitation in these areas.
The LibraFirst Quarter Moon in your sector of personal creativity taking place on the 26th suggests that the friction between the Sun and Moon, and as well the accompanying Mars-Uranus square could carry tension, or be harmonized creatively, with potent results.
On June 30th, Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer offers brief revelation or an infusion of excitement into your ability to capitalize on your gifts, including your empathic and emotional intelligence. All in all, the June month has represented a series of mostly constructive changes in attitude and in your sense of resolution to act on your beliefs. Your steps toward a more authentic sense of self have left their mark on you and may be further followed up as the summer proceeds to unfold.
This is another interesting and intense month, Cancer, signaling transformational change. The recent late TaurusNew Moon from May 19th indicated an ongoing metamorphosis in the way that you see your future unfolding, and your societal contribution rising to meet the challenge of your internal values in juxtaposition with your outer world activities. There may well be movement in some way in the direction that inner intuition prompts you to take. This also involves important partners as a significant focus, including issues of relationship intimacy to include deep diving within your own psyche to achieve greater intimacy with yourself as well. Your friendships and your group affiliations have likely been the subject of a good deal of reflections in recent weeks, with the potent passage of Mercury in retrograde motion through that sector of your solar chart, a period that has now finally ended. You are therefore ready to move forward in new ways with social connections that you favor. All in all this is a time of the unification of inner emotion, instinctual feelings of right action, and outer service action, coupled with a vital emphasis on allowing necessary changes in habitual behaviors and attitude to transpire in your life.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
Last month's TaurusNew Moon from May 19th took place in your sector of friends, community, and higher aspirations, the effects of which continue to play out in the first half of June as you navigate simultaneous needs for autonomy and belonging. The massively transformational effects of Pluto were featured in this lunation, continuing into the current month. Mercury escaping its retrograde shadow indicates an increased understanding of the relational ecosystem you exist within and your evolving individual values. This month supports the continued exploration of authentic connection, meaning, and future aspirations as you expand your horizons outward.
On June 1st, Jupiter joins the Lunar North Node in Taurus in your social sector. While the insatiable quality of this transit could suggest a night of Dionysian revelry, it speaks to social cohesion more broadly, ushering in a deeper sense of connection with others.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon occurs in your sector of health, service, and daily schedule, highlighting the importance of mental and physical wellbeing. This lunation invites you to consider how outdated social habits or daily patterns may restrict you from pursuing larger life dreams. The influence of Mercury's conjunction with Uranus in Taurus in this New Moon may also reveal the conditioning of your environment and culture, perhaps allowing you to care less about what others think or manifesting as an urge to disrupt oppressive systems through activism. This transit suggests sparks of connectivity and friendship – you may feel the call to harness creative synergy for collective goals and collaboration.
Venus enters Leo on June 5th, joining Mars already there, in your sector of personal values and assets, possibly corresponding to an lusciously extravagant spike in spending as you delight in the finer things in life and share your generosity with those you love. The magnetism of the cosmic lovers might infuse confidence into your business dealings and skill set. Venus's opposition with Pluto upon entry into Leo might clarify something you yearn for or lay bare issues like financial autonomy in partnerships, inheritance, or debt. Consider looking honestly at where you expend money, energy, attention, and time and how well this aligns with your broader values. This transit can potentially bring up your shadows related to women, sexuality and gender expression, or appearance, be that to do with your own experiences or the standards you hold for others. It may also suggest volatile power dynamics within intimate relationships or summon past situations of disempowerment. Pluto in your personal transformation sector offers evolution within intimacy, and also may involve working through deep psychological matters or the legacy of your family and cultural lineage.
Pluto returns to Capricorn, your partnership sector, on June 11th, possibly requiring you to eventually release some part of your patterns with this area so that you can move unburdened into the future. This transit could signal a change or end within certain partnerships. Mercury's trine to Pluto from its final minute of Taurus, combined with the simultaneous square between Venus and Jupiter, suggests a dynamic social period. While your resources might be somewhat depleted, you will likely enjoy yourself and make beneficial alliances.
The GeminiNew Moon on June 17th shifts the focus to the unseen realms of dreams, shadows, and the subconscious. This New Moon in your twelfth sector of unconscious process and inner work asks you to prioritize mental and spiritual health by listening to yourself with the same openness and empathy as you would a close friend. You win when you can go beyond rationality and embrace solitude for self-reflection. Stream-of-consciousness journaling may be helpful for processing emotions or connecting to your intuition. Mercury's sextile to Venus in Leo supports any behind-the-scenes creative projects or learning endeavors related to writing or communication – which could likely be productive for you or even generate income.
This GeminiNew Moon is modulated by action in your sector of higher mind, education, foreign travel, and spirituality, with Saturn's station retrograde in Pisces the same day and the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune there. The Pisces influence may indicate inertia—perhaps a sense that you don't know where you are going in this world or a feeling of yearning for greater meaning. It may be wise to avoid intoxicants around this lunation and instead spend time dreaming, or near a body of water, or escaping into a book or a film. Saturn's retrograde encourages a reassessment of how experiences in your past have formed your foundational belief system that may be dictating your current reality. Over the next few years, you may be called to prioritize spiritual, philosophical, or intellectual exploration to update your own systems of meaning.
The Sun's ingress into your sign on June 21st invites you to center personal health and happiness as it moves through your sector of identity, vitality, and appearance. Supportive aspects to Saturn in Pisces the following week encourage reconnecting to neglected dreams and facing any fears that may prevent action.
The fixed sign square between Mars and Uranus that occurs on June 24th to the 26th takes place across your personal assets and community sectors, and in the context of the Moon’s first quarter. This may raise charged topics related to autonomy or material security, or clashes of values you feel compelled to fight for. Mercury's ingress into your sign, today as well, indicates the tension may feel highly personal, so be mindful of reacting from an unconstructive defensive space. The LibraFirst Quarter Moon in your sphere of home and family also suggests a conflict that could feel threatening to your safety or bring up unresolved familial wounding. While this transit might incite confrontations or accidents, so beware, try to approach conflict with curiosity and harness its qualities of courageous liberation. This might have the effect of loosening outdated social identities or ties that compromise your values.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in your sign on June 30th could offer a jolt of insight, optimism, and clarity about your life and its purpose. Supportive aspects from Mercury and the Sun in Cancer to your higher mind and social sectors indicate that you may soon encounter allies to join you on a journey, actual or metaphysical, of learning, travel, or the spiritual. June has been a time of exploration and mental expansion, and this continues into the following month. Neptune's retrograde station in your higher mind sector today could also underline the need to put your faith in something higher, perhaps through studying astrology or another wisdom system to help connect to a wider cosmic matrix of belonging.
There is a lot going on for you this month, Leo, due in part to the very potent New Moon from the middle of last month. Your feeling of your place in the world is energized and your vocational aspirations as well. Your creativity is sizzling, and your professional choices are many and varied, all exciting. Over previous weeks you have been questioning certain factors of your career situation, and now you are in more of a mode of full speed ahead. There is also a boost in early June in the matter of your relationships; and this takes place against the backdrop of through-going transformation as well, due to Pluto’s highlighted presence in this sector. This could be in regard to an existing friendship, or relationship, or a new one, and you could also recognize that aspects of your partnership dynamic are in need of a change, and, furthermore, that denial is only a temporary option. With the TaurusNew Moon of the 17th, you find tons of energy for planning and concocting visions for the future, and yet with food for thought concerning the spiritual dimension of everything that is going on in the midst of another intense monthly cycle.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
The recent late TaurusNew Moon from May 19th was a potent lunation, especially for members of your sign. You were pulled in several different directions at once, including your sense of your very identity. That partnership in your life has also been a moving target from even before that time has likely been made manifest; and the recent New Moon has perhaps made it even more evident. Career and professional life are also up for you at this time, with the caveat that inner considerations are vitally important in getting you to where you in the big picture really need to go.
June continues the process, and begins to offer liberation from the frustrating impasse of the fixed sign emphasis in the recent month, which spoke loudly for the angular sections of your chart. A similar focus on achievement and professional life continues this month, and while you might not know exactly where it's all heading, you're becoming more aware of what's not working. Mercury, only emerging from its Taurus retrograde shadow on June 1st, might be sounding the cosmic gong this month to start addressing any career insight or realignment. Questions like these have likely been the focus of much internal churning. Jupiter also joins the lunar North Node in Taurus on this day, infusing optimism into any emerging aspirations in this vocational sector.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon occurs in your sphere of creativity and self-expression, a culmination of the TaurusNew Moon from May 19 that shared a similarly powerful evolutionary backlog to the previous eclipse season. Freedom, it offers, arises through creative inspiration and joy. Pay attention now to any uplifting downloads or unexpected opportunities; with Jupiter blessing your sphere of reputation and career, innovative approaches will likely prove fruitful. While some of your deeply held beliefs and values concerning identity, career, and relationships could be under significant renovation, the inexhaustible possibilities of a new frontier yet offer themselves. Mercury's conjunction with Uranus in Taurus appearing in this Full Moon configuration tones it, reiterating the emancipatory potential of moving beyond your own orthodoxy.
Venus enters your sign of Leo on June 5th, joining already travelling Mars there, harmonizing the impulsive zeal of the warrior within you recently on a crusade for what you stand for. With the cosmic lovers both located in your first sector of character and appearance, you're particularly magnetic this month, with fun, romance, and laughter on the agenda. Upon her entry into Leo, Venus forms an opposition with Pluto in your sector of intimate relationships suggesting you have powerful inner or material resources at your disposal right now and that harnessing your unique charisma will likely pay off in your career sector. Be it relational power dynamics, an aesthetic metamorphosis, or the shadows of what you value, emerging themes of Plutonian darkness should not come as a surprise – Pluto has been featured heavily in the significant transits of recent months.
Pluto returns to Capricorn, representing the familiar territory of your daily routine, health, and service on June 11th, where it will remain till early next year. While this retrograde back into Capricorn may temporarily alleviate pressure from your axis of self and other, the emphasis on relational dynamics will continue to play out in the spheres of intimacy and community. In the winged messenger’s final minute of Taurus, Mercury's trine to Pluto combined with the square between Venus and Jupiter, indicates that influential interpersonal relationships may significantly benefit your career. This transit suggests the personal acclaim you are seeking might require arduous behind-the-scenes work, and the values informing your professional ambitions will be tested. While frustrating to your dynamic enthusiasm, should you stay true to your internal compass, the steady growth of Jupiter in Taurus and the patience of Pluto in Capricorn will ground authentic aspirations into something that is enduring and generative.
The cerebral GeminiNew Moon on June 17th shifts the focus to your sector of community, friendship, and professional networks, as well as your contributions to the collective wellbeing. The expansive paradigm shift that was offered by the SagittariusFull Moon two weeks back may feel closer at hand at this lunation, with its ruler Mercury now also in this social sphere of your chart. This New Moon welcomes the sharing of ideas, play, and youthful curiosity, with Mercury's sextile to Venus in Leo supporting flirtatious new connections and a feeling of effervescence.
However, the lunation is modulated by Saturn's station retrograde in Pisces this same day, along with the Sun and Moon in square to Neptune, located along with Saturn in your shared resources and intimacy sector. Saturn's pragmatism could mitigate the deceptive or overly idealistic qualities of the Neptune square, but their combined influence could indicate a current of anxiety, loneliness, or disillusionment. The Pisces emphasis in this New Moon that conditions the last two weeks of the month calls for a review of energetic and material exchange regarding your social, community, and vocational responsibilities. Hard aspects between Gemini and Pisces could translate as a tension between your collective ideals and the realities of such commitments. Obligations do seem to restrict freedom, and yet the choice to commit promotes it. Saturn's retrograde through your intimacy sector calls for a realistic survey of the ways you are bound to others with this in mind. It may be time to review shared assets or investments, start paying off debt, or look over work contracts.
The Sun moves into Cancer on June 21st, shining its light on more subtle dimensions of your psyche. What may arise is less conscious need for belonging and safety while seeing how yearnings for closeness may undermine your autonomy. Supportive aspects between Cancer and Pisces in the last few days of the month also encourage esoteric study, working with a mentor, or spending time in solitude to connect to the intuitive wellspring of your deep feeling, dreams, and the transpersonal.
On June 26th, the LibraFirst Quarter Moon in your sector of curiosity, communication, and learning suggests that diplomatic exchange could move a situation forward, with the potential for rapid clarification on what you desire or breakthroughs regarding your outer world objectives. A fixed sign square between Mars and Uranus from June 24th to the 26th is meanwhile taking place across your spheres of your identity and work in the world, a tension that could spark new ideas, and that may feel highly personal. With impulsive Mars fired up in your sign, and in connection to unpredictable Trickster Uranus, you also might need to be conscious of reckless behavior that could lead to accidents or ego-driven battles.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer on June 30th in your sector of unconscious process may offer revelation or insight concerning family, ancestry, or individuals you share deep emotional bonds with. Meanwhile, Neptune's retrograde station in your house of intimacy and transformation this same day brings greater awareness to a deeper perspective on all that you have inside, and asks that you include this in the sum total of your experience. This awareness also suggests that offering the same ferocious compassion you have for others to yourself can be beneficial for you. The entire process of the June month has been helping you to more fully integrate a deeper understanding of those hidden aspects of yourself that are seated in your unconscious.
This is another month of through-going metamorphosis, Virgo, along with accompanying deep reflection. Mercury, your ruler, is past its retrograde shadow and about to cross into your career sector so that you are likely feeling a definite shift in the energy. Other indications, though, still highlight your introspective side, as you navigate the transformational extremes of highlighted Pluto in your sector of health and habitual behaviors. This indicates that there are aspects of your daily life that are inevitably morphing in the direction of what you might come to regard as your greatest authenticity. The recipe for dealing with Pluto is to recognize that the universe has your back, in spite of any and all evidence to the contrary, and simply to go with your fated flow. Change is after all the essence of Nature, and of life itself. Idealized conceptions regarding your personal relationships might be somewhat confusing and also in need of adjustment. Your values are also in flux at this time, and signaling to you the siren call of the unknown prospect for personal and practical philosophy that is on its way. Your vision of your pathway forward and what is yet to come must therefore need to be reviewed with an eye to their ultimate significance for your future evolutionary stage, as yet unborn.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
The effects of the recent TaurusNew Moon from May 19th in your sector of intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual expansion echo for you throughout the first half of June as you continue to explore who you are in the world and what you stand for. You are assisted in this by your ruling planet Mercury emerging from its retrograde shadow, so that June could offer greater clarity about what is truly meaningful to you. This understanding might ripple out into your relationships, public roles, and wider social connections as the month unfolds.
Jupiter in conjunction with the Lunar North Node in Taurus on June 1st also brings a sense of coherence and renewed hope after a period of confusion and realignment. You may feel that the disparate pieces of your life could actually be fused together so that what you do with your time and energy might more greatly align with your values.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon asks you to call on your instinctual wisdom as a guidance system in your continued search for knowledge and truth. This lunation represents another notch in your belt of meaningful evolutionary change that currently encircles you. It welcomes you to home and loved ones in a different way and may call on you to learn more about your cultural heritage. Your outer world actual or philosophical explorations not only nourish you internally but could also be stirring exciting new professional possibilities, perhaps including education or travel abroad.
Opportunities or ideas may arise unexpectedly due to Mercury's conjunction with Uranus in this Full Moon, encouraging experimentation and offering breakthroughs in research, writing, or understanding. Even in your open-mindedness, you might still possess biases that can blind you to what can actually serve you and emerge as your truth. As new insights emerge, this transit invites you to update your convictions and embrace learning outside of established traditions and structure – you are in a dialogue with life right now, and anyone or anything can be your teacher.
On June 5th, Venus enters Leo, joining Mars there, shifting your search for meaning inward to more subtle realms of the psyche. You may embrace solitude and the transcendent creative energy on offer by prioritizing personal creative work or exploring spiritual or psychological depth. It will repay you to pay attention to dreams that could be particularly vivid, perhaps keeping a journal by your bed. Most importantly perhaps, you can have fun with this transit – crank up the music and let loose.
Venus' concurrent opposition to Pluto in your sixth sector of work and health routines could see old concerns regarding physical or body image resurface. This transit prompts reflection on how you allocate your time and energy to others, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing space for your well-being and personal process. By mindfully observing yourself in unconscious mechanical acts or habitual routines, you may unearth old patterns or coping mechanisms. Perhaps it is a little easier now to look at those parts of yourself with brave compassion and let certain things go. Transformation of relationships and your values or standards is present also, and in your life generally.
On June 11th, Pluto in retrograde motion crosses the threshold back into Capricorn, shifting his transformational focus to your sector of self-expression and joy; and this is possibly relieving some issues with your daily workload. Simultaneously, Mercury, your ruler, enters Gemini and your career sector shining an important light on your work in outer world arenas. Regardless of your modes of expression, you have access to tremendous creative power right now, amplified also by Venus' square to Jupiter across your sectors of inner and outer presence. While time alone may feel like a luxury, this transit does support indulging your senses solo or beautifying your private space.
Mercury’s square to Saturn in Pisces on June 15th indicates it may be time to harness the mental agility of Gemini and your work persona to dialogue with intimate or professional partners. It's likely that significant changes in commitments have occurred since early March, with some being initiated or strengthened while others ended. It will further your process to take an active approach in your partnerships by clarifying what you want to build together and work to understand each other's intentions, capacities, and needs, especially where these concern also career matters.
The June 17th GeminiNew Moon begins a fresh cycle in your public image and career domain. This next developmental phase could bring about recognition or new opportunities to utilize your communication and creative abilities as well as your capacity to connect with others. The New Moon contains a trine between Mercury in your career sector with Venus in Leo, and this reflects an ongoing process of aligning your work in the world with your internal values or passions. This New Moon invites manifestation through communicating and clarifying your dreams, so be courageous and try saying them out loud. The influence of Saturn's simultaneous station retrograde in Pisces and the Sun and Moon in square to Neptune may add a current of anxiety or seriousness surrounding your relationships. There could be profound karmic lessons to meet through partnership over the coming two years of Saturn in your opposite sign, possibly through recognizing boundaries and the need for establishing sovereignty within relationships.
On June 21st, the Sun's entry into your eleventh sector of friends, community, and higher aspirations again calls on your to express your vision – and there are allies who can help you get there.
The square between Mars and Uranus on June 24th to the 26th in the context of the Moon’s first quarter is a bit dicey, and could increase the potential for accidents to occur. Philosophically, this transit also continues your internal conversation between outer and inner expansion, maybe even with the explosive quality of an ecstatic experience or an ideological war. Even if you are triggered, try to remain curious; this transit offers the revelatory possibility of embodying a new insight or sudden release from an old pattern or belief. Look after your nervous system and channel any excess energy into personal creative work or a brisk hike alone in the woods.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer on June 30th brings additional vitality to your community sector. Saying yes to invitations will likely allow you to make connections that feel enlivening. That these two planets in conjunction are simultaneously sextile to Jupiter and trine Saturn suggests you are seriously invested in this; you could meet kindred spirits and collaborators through learning, travel, or spiritual pursuits.
Also this last day of June, Neptune's retrograde station emphasizes your need for a romantic or spiritual connection with your partner that transcends the ordinary. While considering sacrifice and projection within your relationships remains important, supportive aspects from Mercury and the Sun in Cancer to your sectors of the higher mind and intimate relationships indicate flow between your close partnerships and wider community. Including your partner in social activities, collective projects, and outer-world explorations may strengthen your bonds.
This is another month of transformational impact, Libra, when you are entering into another stage of your ongoing developmental evolution. over these past five weeks you have been asking yourself questions, perhaps confined to the deeper layers of your psyche, about relationship and intimacy, and you are now taking a new step forward based on the internal revelations of the past few weeks. Partnership agreements are part of this as well. Relationship is a changing landscape for you right now, and includes new takes on old situations where something must be let go, and other patterns augmented. With the SagittariusFull Moon of June 3rd, corresponding to your sector of curiosity and learning, you may find yourself articulating more of what your deep principles and true values are all about, which, in these fractious times, might also connect to environmental concerns or ideas about social activism. You have lately been exploring your connection to Nature and to elements of natural law, and the New Moon of the 17th might bring all this more directly home for you, as you mature in the metamorphosis of your worldview and bring in further dimensions of your goals for a more vibrant future.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
The effects of the recent May 19th TaurusNew Moon in your personal transformation and intimacy sector reverberate into the first half of June as you explore the energetic and material give and take of life. Your creativity, sense of identity, and community involvement are all in a state of flux this month, following the huge Pluto emphasis of this recent lunation. Mercury finally escaping its retrograde shadow as June begins also indicates you have more clarity about what you want to give and receive in your deeply merged relationships. While change may have been thrust on you, June also has a sense of freedom through endings as you continue to navigate the ways you are bound to others and yet also to your own developmental process and your psychological depths.
On June 1st, Jupiter joins the Lunar North Node in Taurus bringing a redemptive sense of faith in life and its inherent generosity. As you navigate a period of profound personal and relational transformation, you may feel that you don't have to shoulder everything alone and can embrace the support and gifts of those around you.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon in your communication and local environment sector indicates your world is expanding again. This lunation highlights the meaning you find in the familiar and the joy you take in the unfamiliar and that both are spaces of learning for you right now. You may also recognize how your local environment and the people you share it with impact your well-being. Shifts within your eighth sector have likely freed up emotional, energetic, or material resources, possibly quite suddenly, after a long period of feeling stuck. This sudden shift is indicated by Mercury's conjunction with Uranus in Taurus, which suggests your perspective is also changing and that you want to voice this within relationships. This lunation welcomes expansive conversations about exciting new dreams, travel plans, and friendships you now have the resources to invest in.
Your ruling planet, Venus, enters Leo on June 5th, joining Mars there, corresponding to your sector of friends, community, and higher aspirations. Put on a fabulous outfit; this is likely a fun and flirtatious time when you feel seen and appreciated by your social circle. The cosmic lovers infuse confidence into your connections with others and a sense of inspired synergy that supports collaborations and leadership opportunities. Venus' concurrent opposition with Pluto located in your sector of self-expression and joy suggests you are in the process of significant metamorphosis, which includes changing how you want to be seen and express yourself in the world. This transit highlights your creative potency, which may be fueled by your inner explorations, and is now manifesting as a physical, aesthetic, or artistic transformation.
On June 11th, Pluto returns to Capricorn, your sector of your home, family, and your psychological roots. This ingress may prompt a reexamination of past patterns and structural conditions within your family and ancestry. While it may be painful, deep foundational shifts are possible. You may also be experiencing major domestic changes regarding cohabitation, home renovations, or a move. Mercury enters Gemini the same morning, and in its trine to Pluto encourages you to express your needs and assert boundaries regarding things you will no longer tolerate, even if it temporarily disrupts the peace.
Also on the 10th and the 11th, the square between Venus in Leo and Jupiter in Taurus reiterates the power of articulation. You possess the creative energy to build a life you want to live – sharing your ideas will likely attract allies or benefactors who want to join forces.
The June 17th New Moon in your sphere of outer world exploration opens a new cycle of learning and curiosity, with perhaps a sense of rebirth after a period of uncertainty or feeling stuck. A same-degree sextile between Mercury in Gemini and Venus in Leo supports connecting with kindred spirits and collaborators through new learning, travel, or spiritual pursuits. The New Moon is modulated by action in your sector of health, service, and daily schedule, with Saturn's station retrograde and the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune in Pisces. Both transits reflect a need to clarify what and in whom you want to invest your energy and call on you to prioritize habits that support health. This may also prompt conversations regarding responsibilities, care, and boundaries with those in your daily life.
The Sun moves into Cancer on June 21st, shining its light on your vocational sector. Your hard work and adjustments in your daily routine may now yield growth or a sense of excitement about your professional goals. You might also feel a sense of belonging amongst your colleagues or, in the absence of this, note that camaraderie and connection are a priority in the future.
On June 26th, the First Quarter Moon in your sign therefore falls in your identity, vitality, and independence sector, suggesting that a process will enhance your sense of agency and be palpable. The fixed sign square between Mars and Uranus in this quarter Moon continues the conversation between your community sector and that of deeply merged relationships. This combination carries a powerful energy that can spark intense physical connections or trigger instinctual responses related to trust, autonomy, or past intimacy wounds. This lunation has a quality of liberation through severing outdated patterns of relating to others or release from painful ties to the past.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer on June 30th brings revelation and excitement to your public image and professional aspirations. It's an opportune time to share ambitious ideas or potentially receive recognition and rewards for your expertise. Neptune's retrograde station this same day prompts caution around idealistic workload expectations and the need for continued clarification around shared responsibilities. However, supportive aspects between the Sun and Mercury to Saturn and Jupiter in the days surrounding the conjunction indicate you have resources at your disposal, allies who want to invest in your vision, and the work ethic to get there.
This is yet another month of transformation from the inside out, Scorpio. This includes issues with your career or public persona and, in particular, concerns of home and family. The June astrology implies that, in a time of partnership focus, you are also reaching for an uneasy balance point between your public and your private life. It may be said that your inner life has now a huge role to play in how you see your future unfolding during this current monthly cycle. Your values, the way you see the world around you, your relationships and your work in the world are all potentially in transition. There also could be unfinished business in terms of what is brewing deep inside you, in which you feel that you must make changes in either your dwelling space or your family setting, or perhaps with regard to your family of origin. Sometimes inner wounds from the past can lurk without conscious recognition until unexpected events bring them out; if this is your story, it is always best to look more closely into such issues for the hidden gold to be mined in this way, from within.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
June offers a moment to breathe following last month's powerful lunations across your axis of self and other, combined with an emphasis on your home and professional sectors. The effects of the mid-May TaurusNew Moon in your relationship sector continue to play out during the first half of the month, with transformational Pluto having been prominent in this potent lunation. You may find that matters of identity, career, partnership, and your home and family are all up for you over the course of this extraordinary thirty-day lunation cycle.
On June 1st, Jupiter in Taurus conjuncts the Lunar North Node, which brings your opposite sign, corresponding to your relationship sector, even more strongly into the picture of what is going for you this month. Mercury also escaping its retrograde shadow as the month begins indicates emerging clarity for you in this area; this as you continue a major process of growth through change. This may include an emerging understanding of the world itself as an inherently relational plane. In loosening the bonds of past emotional patterns, you might make progress, inviting broader shifts in the way that you experience it.
The Jupiter-ruled SagittariusFull Moon on June 3rd occurs in your sphere of personal assets and values, suggesting that practical solutions to recent uncertainty in your partnership sector must include honest conversations about money and possessions, including the importance of social generosity and using your resources to facilitate more freedom and adventure. With Jupiter's expansive presence in your partnership sector for the next year, and ruling your financial one, relationships with shared values could provide a fertile foundation for material abundance. Mercury's conjunction with Uranus in Taurus in this lunation encourages experimental approaches to shared material realities, perhaps through new business or investment plans or expanding your understanding of the resources and skills you have access to. This transit may bring unexpected gains to you via a partnership or enable emotional catharsis by helping you to break mental patterns of mistrust and scarcity.
On June 5th, Venus enters Leo, joining Mars already there, corresponding to your career sector, potentially offering a soothing influence to recent tensions in the workplace. This transit suggests recognition in your field or calling or at least your excitement about it. While you may not seek the spotlight, a part of you may crave recognition and take pride in your expertise. It could be a good time to reflect on your evolving professional desires, which will likely be a topic of considerable emphasis over the next four months.
Upon entry into Leo, Venus opposes Pluto in your home and family sector suggesting that pressure in your domestic sphere could interact with your larger ambitions, reflecting deeper shifts in your identity. There could be a significant shift in the works for you of a in terms of a physical or an aesthetic metamorphosis. This transit may also bring up past wounding experiences related to shadows around the feminine or perhaps your sexuality.
Pluto returns to Capricorn, representing your sphere of communication, learning, and local environment, on June 11th, indicating that the path forward requires further shedding of the past—centering your mind as the site of the metamorphosis. Mercury's trine to Pluto, both in culminating degrees of earth signs, suggests that the deep connection and stabilizing presence of partnership can usher in new perspectives, offering healing through deep conversations within close relationships or a trusted therapist or healer. This transit may aid in releasing pent-up trauma or baggage from the past. You may be in the mood to question your judgment and skepticism of others, possibly reflecting on fixations or grudges with a new awareness that you can change your experience by changing your mental orientation. The square aspect between Venus and Jupiter indicates that while you may feel stretched between the professional and relational spheres of your life, both feel generative and inspire you.
The GeminiNew Moon on June 17th extends your focus on relationality to the sphere of intimacy and reciprocity, asking what you want to share and what you want to receive. Perhaps the partnerships you are deepening require the merging of finances, and you are in a budgeting process to figure out how to sustain your shared needs. Mercury's sextile from Gemini to Venus in Leo indicates there may be a flow of income from your work to support shared endeavors or that a transformation in your psychology or outlook may facilitate growth and confidence in your career.
The New Moon is additionally modulated by action in your sector of self-expression, children, and joy, with Saturn's station retrograde in Pisces and the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune in this sign. As long ago as March, this sector of your chart was a significant place of growth, which may come with a current of anxiety or a disorienting lack of clarity. You are being called to get serious about something here, which may be your creative practice, any children you may have, or committing to the pursuit of joy. This could involve considering your relationship to pleasure, intimacy, and desire or issues related to trust and boundaries.
The Sun moves into Cancer at the solstice on June 21st, shining its light on your foreign travel, higher education, and spirituality sector that will also be a focus for the coming July month.
The fixed sign square between Mars and Uranus that occurs on June 24th to the 26th takes place across your vocation and relationship sectors, in the context of the Moons first quarter, a tension that could manifest as an explosive battle with a colleague, an urgent need for freedom in your relationship, or an accident or sudden change in circumstances. The LibraFirst Quarter Moon takes place on the 26th in your sector of dreams, shadows, and the subconscious, and suggests this conflict may activate something buried deep in your psyche. You might be able to harness the courageous liberating quality of this transit to take professional risks or engage in further depth work within your unconscious parts.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer on June 30th might offer a jolt of optimism or insight into your philosophical affairs, as this corresponds to your sector of higher mind, education, and distant travels. Supportive aspects from Mercury and the Sun in Cancer to Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter in your creativity and partnership sectors support dialogue within relationships centering on topics of spirituality or philosophy, which likely spark joy and deepen your bonds.
Neptune's retrograde station in your fifth sector of self-expression, joy, and children might call you back to more subtle dimensions of yourself. It may be helpful to be open and present with yourself about what brings you joy and inspiration around this time, which may involve nurturing a spiritual practice to connect with a more profound sense of trust in a larger cosmic order.
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This is another month of transformational change coming down, Sagittarius, and of profound shifts in consciousness and your developing worldview. Your creative self-expression is also something of a moving target right now, as you absorb ideas arriving by a form of intuition and deep process. You succeed to the extent that you are able – without reservation – to turn to a form of inner guidance. Communication is key, both with others, and within yourself, as you follow the bread crumb clues to the site of your own inner wisdom. The recent late TaurusNew Moon from last month was a powerful juncture, and this month’s Full Moon in your sign, taking place on June 3rd, is another. Inner wounding might come up. Perceptions of health and well-being along with day-to-day habitual behaviors are an important area, along with issues of self and other, and your relationship dynamic itself. Two weeks later, when the New Moon comes along in your opposite sign, this may signal a fresh perspective on partnership in your life. You could be seeing many things with new eyes, including how what you do – and the way you proceed to do it – affects your life direction and your vital ongoing spiritual evolution.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
The evolutionary effects of the recent May 19th TaurusNew Moon continue to reverberate through the first two weeks of June in your sixth sector of health, service, and daily schedule, which has been the focus for you of significant introspection since the latter part of April. The New Moon also featured a grand cross that lit up both transformational Pluto and also Jupiter, your ruler, newly entered into that same sixth sector. The transformational impact of this powerful lunation cannot be underestimated, and affects your communications and learning, along with the habitual flow of the day-to-day elements of your life. The June month continues the implementation and refinement of work and health routines that support your freedom by easing the labor of life's responsibilities and any unconscious habits that are ready to be discarded.
On June 1st, Jupiter, your ruling planet, conjoins the Lunar North Node in Taurus, helping to infuse faith back into your vision for a life that is meaningful to you. This is an extremely meaningful transiting aspect for all you Sagittarius folks indicating a vibrant month. The recent emphasis in this sector of your chart from last month revealed a simple truth that day-to-day tasks and obligations are the building blocks of life. When you are inspired here, you are highly productive. Jupiter's recent ingress into this sector boosts your physical health and cultivation of enjoyment along with finding meaning in the mundane.
The June 3rd Full Moon in your sign provides a lived perspective on plans cast two weeks back at the time of the TaurusNew Moon, while embodying practical adjustments to be made there, in your service sector (or waiting on them). The Full Moon lunation lights up your relational axis, calling attention to how your schedule affects both your own physical well-being and happiness and those you share your life with. Issues of self and other are likely to emerge for further healing.
The Full Moon is toned by Mercury joining Uranus, offering relief from built-up tension in this Taurus sector of your chart and new intellectual possibilities or insights. The conjunction supports experimentation, suggesting you might subvert existing structures through unconventional approaches to life management and health, including utilizing new technologies to alleviate your workload. This Full Moon has breakthrough potential if you have been working diligently on a creative project to do with learning, writing, or sharing your voice.
June 5th sees Venus enter Leo, joining Mars there, corresponding to your sector of the higher mind education, and travel. Their combined influence infuses your intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual pursuits with an inspired enthusiasm. Your ability to make a mark on your environment welcomes learning and teaching opportunities of all kinds: perhaps you may meet an international romantic interest, plan a consciousness-raising adventure, find a spiritual mentor, or receive academic recognition. Venus' concurrent opposition to Pluto in your communication sector indicates that you have a powerful mind and communicative capacity at your disposal and that plans may undergo further changes.
On June 11th, Pluto crosses back retrograde over the threshold into Capricorn, your sector of personal wealth and resources, suggesting a renewed transformational focus on this area of your life. Mercury, leaving the sign of its resent retrograde, simultaneously ingresses into Gemini trining Pluto. While your financial realities or attitudes might remain in flux, a replay of the process of the past decade when Pluto has been residing there, Mercury's trine to Pluto suggests that creative projects, including your intellectual, communicative, or relational gifts, could be profitable resources if properly prioritized.
Venus' square to Jupiter across the realms of higher mind expansion and work routines, also active from the 10th to the 11th, indicates that your involvement in learning institutions may demand significant energy right now. Your attitude regarding your self-image or your planning or community involvement might partake of higher mind activities or adjustments in worldview. Teacher and the preacher of the zodiac, as you are, the planetary tension of this alignment suggests momentary breakthrough for an opening now in the way of finding an audience for you to share your wisdom with. Inspiration from outer world quests may infuse your daily life with greater meaning and nourish your creative tasks.
The June 17th GeminiNew Moon in your sphere of relationships and business partnerships heralds the beginning of a new cycle of joint commitment. The trine in this New Moon between Mercury in your opposite sign with Venus in Leo supports reigniting a sense of playfulness with a partner by sharing perspective-expanding experiences, learning pursuits, or a simple curiosity in their evolving perspectives on life. The lunation is toned by Saturn's station retrograde in Pisces earlier on the same day and, as well, the New Moon’s being square to Neptune there. Both of these events reflect changes in your domestic sphere and the need to assess the practical realities of your dreams and visions there. If you have been searching for a soulmate, the camaraderie of close friendships could buoy your spirits in the face of any loneliness a powerful dose of Neptune might provoke. Conversely, your commitments to home and family life may suddenly feel overwhelming or subsuming. You may be able to harness Jupiter's trine to Saturn to avoid self-martyrdom by re-engaging with purpose and choice. This New Moon could be a reminder of the heroism in the ordinary: in the committed care you give to others, in hard work, or perhaps in the daily dedication of being present for family.
The Sun ingresses into Cancer on June 21st in your intimacy and shared resources sector, bringing focus to the deep bonds you share with others. Taking a conscious approach to any emerging co-creative projects requires investment in time and perhaps money. It may also be an excellent time to look over contracts, debts, and the energy exchange within your relationships, particularly now that Pluto has returned to your sector of personal finances.
The square between Mars and Uranus on June 24th to the 26th brings intuition to your planning, with sudden impulses that can change your direction, and continues the conversation between your daily grind and outer expansiveness. Beware of mistakes or accidents from moving too fast. This day is also the Moon’s first quarter so that tensions could loom. Should you dodge the explosive aspects of this combination or the urge to head off with nothing but a bindle over your shoulder, the combination of these two planets has a revelatory quality that could infuse any hard work or physical routines with tremendous energy and innovation.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer on June 30th could bring excitement or insight to your sector of intimacy and personal transformation. Neptune's retrograde station earlier in the day may additionally indicate shifting realities on the home front. The combined influence of both supports states of gnosis through dream work and metaphysical or occult exploration. Trines from Mercury and the Sun in Cancer to Saturn in Pisces in the days leading up to the Mercury- Sun conjunction indicate that you are resourced in your deeply merged bonds and in your process, and that changes in your home life could ultimately promote significant soul growth.
This is another transformational month for you, Capricorn, like so many others over recent years. One element of this is that, as of June 11th, Pluto – having turned to retrograde motion on March 23rd – makes his way back into the last degree of your sign. The Lord of Death and Rebirth will not re-enter the next sign of Aquarius until January. So that is one factor of the current transformational stew, a return to issues such as identity and life intention that you may have felt you had in some sense settled with. You also are experiencing a metamorphosis in the area of values and resources, including finances. Your inner principles are shifting and coming more out into the open; your attitude to the material world in general might be massively changing as well. With the Full Moon of June 3rd, mystical realities intrude upon the practical, mostly for good purpose, while your communicative outreach may spark unexpected creativity, and vice-versa. Depth researches within you might affect family issues at home, as well as of your psychological roots, perhaps involving inner wounding, or your family of origin. Over the month’s final two weeks new patterns may begin to emerge.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
Last month's powerful TaurusNew Moon, from May 19th, took place in your sector of self-expression, children, and joy, also placing significant focus on your financial and partnership sectors. A powerful Pluto placement implies transformation in all three of these areas. Aided by Mercury escaping its retrograde shadow, June also offers emerging clarity as you realign your relationship with creative fulfillment and pleasure, with a focus on projects you are birthing into the material world, including topics related to any children you may have. Your communicative outreach, curiosity, and learning are also powerfully affected.
On June 1st, expansive Jupiter aligns with the Lunar North Node in this same sector of your creativity, lighting the way there for increased focus on your projects.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon falls in your sector of dreams, shadows, and the subconscious, indicating that for the remaining two weeks of this lunation cycle your creative path will be even more greatly nourished by establishing a deeper connection with your spiritual nature and intuitive process. It may point to the value of hermetic spaces of retreat, be that a studio or a quiet place of reflection. Prioritizing time within your daily schedule for creativity without aim, introspection, or any activity that makes you happy may help you cultivate joy and connect with your deep self. Mercury's conjunction with Uranus in Taurus, in your self-expression sector, influences this lunation, possibly sparking solutions to creative blocks or offering unexpected news regarding children or projects. Consider taking an experimental approach with your creative work around this time, including harnessing technology to better create, share, or sell your work.
On June 5th, Venus enters Leo, joining Mars already there, in your sector of intimacy and shared resources. The cosmic lovers encourage the exploration of sexuality and desire, individually and within existing relationships. Venus' opposition to Pluto in your personal values and resources sector may raise issues around power dynamics, financial autonomy, and attitudes toward money. This transit supports the continued exploration of intimacy, trust, and scarcity within your own psychology as well as the long chain of intergenerational cause and effect that you exist within, which may help transform how you bond with others. It may also indicate you are contemplating changes in your appearance or gender presentation or navigating significant financial shifts.
June 11th sees Pluto return to your sign, corresponding to your sector of identity, appearance, and independence, for the first of two final revisitations in a long season of personal metamorphosis. While it's likely you now inhabit a very different reality to that of 2008, when Pluto first entered your sign, Pluto's circuitous path toward growth and healing seems to require in this 2023-2024 timeframe that some long-running issues be finally put to rest. Mercury's trine to Pluto, occurring in the culminating degrees of Taurus and Capricorn, suggests the path to the future is through that most ambitious artistic project of all – creating the life you want to inhabit. This transit offers potency through focus, which you may want to channel into creative work or psychological integration – a process that may include casting off outdated personal standards about success or your physical appearance and realigning your relationship to value and abundance. This personal renewal could also involve exploring embodied pleasure, as indicated by a square aspect between Venus and Jupiter across your intimacy and self-expression sectors. This transit supports sexual co-creative frisson or a bold aesthetic revolution. It also suggests that nocturnal dream realms and intuition may be powerful resources that you can benefit from harnessing creatively.
Mercury makes a square from your sector of health, service, and daily schedule to your ruling planet Saturn in Pisces on June 15th, which begins a dialogue between your spheres of local environment and mind, or communication, that continues for the rest of the month. This sector of your solar chart has been a significant focus since March, possibly indicating a new cycle of learning or a need to address fears or issues of confidence related to cognition or communication.
The GeminiNew Moon on June 17th brings increased focus to your sector of health, service, and daily schedule, along with your social and your communications sector. This lunation welcomes new routines that promote well-being and a review of outdated habits and thought patterns. You may find that your deeper principles guide your way to a renewed assessment of your plans and goals moving forward. Mercury's sextile to Venus in Leo supports communication with intimate partners about shared responsibilities and resources. It also suggests you might find value in regular deep conversations with a trusted confidant.
This New Moon is modulated by action in your resources and personal values sector, with Saturn's station retrograde and the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune in Pisces. Their combined influence could bring up concerns of mental and emotional stability and health. You may be reassessing your approach to communication, including your own internal narrative, as well as habits of disassociation, such as scrolling on your phone or substance use. These patterns can illuminate a need to connect to fantasy within the symbolic layers of your psyche. Prayer, divination, music, ritual, or simply placing your bare feet on the earth may help you feel both grounded and connected in a more powerful way to the numinous.
The fixed sign square between Mars and Uranus on June 24th to the 26th takes place across your intimacy and self-expression sectors, in the context of the Moon’s first quarter, a tension that could manifest as a sudden accident, an explosive rupture around collaborative creative work, or electric sensual passion. This transit may raise charged topics related to autonomy or value clashes that you feel compelled to fight for, possibly associated with continued shifts in your identity that may be causing tension within established relationships. The LibraFirst Quarter Moon takes place on June 26th in your sector of professional ambitions also suggests this conflict could involve your public profile or career. You may want to try to approach conflict with curiosity and harness its self-liberating qualities, which could release you from unhelpful relationship patterns and help you move through creative blocks by unseating self-judgment.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun on June 30th offers a jolt of optimism, clarity, or unexpected news regarding your partnerships. Supportive aspects from Mercury and the Sun in Cancer to Saturn and Jupiter in your communication and creativity sectors support the cultivation of sensual enjoyment, leisure, and empathetic dialogue. Such conversations could facilitate inspired solutions to conflict and a more profound sense of commitment regarding shared projects.
Neptune's retrograde station in your mind and local environment sector this same day reminds you of the value of emotional, intuitive, and spiritual intelligence. Both of this month’s powerful lunations have emphasized that embracing a connection with the divine will not only enrich your creative work but also nurture your mental and emotional well-being as you head into your next evolutionary stage.
Another month of transformation is in the works for you, Aquarius, with Pluto sitting relatively stationary on the first degree of your sign. The recent late TaurusNew Moon was all over your chart, affecting ideas of identity, your dwelling space, family connections and psychological roots, plus partnership and career considerations. You are entering into a new phase this month, taking the fruit of what has been brewing inside you for the past five or more weeks and forging from this new destinies to inhabit. The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon in particular brings your creative self-expression more poignantly into play along with serious consideration to your goals and planning for the future. Your communication channels run deep, and you will want to take both surface logic and profound intuitional information into account as you do. It is possible as well that you might benefit from internal studies regarding the role of inner wounding based on a residue of undigested early trauma. With the final two weeks of the month, kicked off by the GeminiNew Moon in your creativity sector, you are coming into yourself in a new way as your enhanced productivity shows.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
Last month's TaurusNew Moon took place in your fourth sector of home, family, and your psychological roots, the effects of which continue to play out throughout the first half of June as you explore what feels foundational amid ongoing shifts in your identity and close partnerships. Transformational Pluto was extremely highlighted at the very beginning of your sign, indicating the intensity of metamorphosis regarding how you feel about who you are and the way that you show up in the world. Mercury escaping its retrograde shadow by the beginning of the current month indicates you can now shift your focus forward with action around family issues, real estate or home renovations, cohabiting dynamics, or your living situation.
Jupiter joins the Lunar North Node in Taurus on June 1st, infusing a redemptive sense of optimism into your vision for life. This may be welcome after a challenging phase of upheaval or confusion, where immediate circumstances regarding home, family, or security have likely consumed much of your energy.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon in your sector of friends, community, and visionary goals amplifies this buoyancy, urging you to connect with your big-picture vision and collaborate with others in building it. Mercury's conjunction in this Full Moon with Uranus in Taurus tones the message of the lunation, encouraging an attitude of domestic experimentation and paying close attention to intuitional understandings. It's likely the familial kinship of your community nourishes you in many ways, including with regard to your family of origin. You may feel the abundance of bustling energy or collective activity in your home; or perhaps you have dreams of reconnecting with your heritage by living overseas. You benefit by welcoming innovation. The stable growth of Jupiter is blessing your home and family sector to ground and is there to grow your wild ideas into form.
On June 5th, Venus enters Leo, joining Mars already there, Leo corresponding your partnership sector. This ingress might be encouraging you to delve into your desires within relationships – and it might interest you to know that you might be highly magnetic right now. This transit will likely infuse your current relationships with vitality and excitement, so embrace the fun and allow it to deepen your connections. The plot gets deeper due to Venus's immediate opposition to Pluto in your identity sector. This transit asks you to be courageous in your honesty within relationships, including your one with yourself, as your needs evolve. Though perhaps only a feeling of emerging potential, the past three months marked the start of a very long process of personal metamorphosis. You may have to release attachment to what you thought you were going to be or feel as you start to live into new aspects of yourself that you value. While it might feel threatening to the stability you have created, your relationships must allow you the freedom to explore what is emerging.
The square between Venus and Jupiter from June 10th to the 11th may highlight potential tensions between your relational and domestic roles, possibly due to changes in your living situation or family expansion. However, these transformations are generative of positive outcomes that can ultimately support your individual needs.
On June 11th, Pluto leaves your sign, returning to Capricorn and your sector of unseen realms of dreams, spirituality, and the subconscious, and perhaps offering respite following the recent period when you may have felt intense pressure to get things done or experienced significant upheaval or change. Mercury simultaneously enters Gemini where it feels more at home, making a supportive trine to transformational Pluto. This transit suggests you spend regular time in solitude to locate yourself outside the relationships, responsibilities, and roles you assume in the world. Engaging in creative or spiritual pursuits, taking time to rest and reflect deeply, or even taking daily walks free from distractions may help deepen a connection with your inner self and psychological roots. Mercury's trine to Pluto brings your creative self-expression into this picture, which might be humming right now.
A cerebral GeminiNew Moon on June 17th shifts focus to your sphere of creativity, children, and self-expression, offering both the thrill of an inspired vision that may have prompted excitement around the Full Moon and a reality check. This lunation asks you to get down to the details of what you want to create, with Mercury's sextile to Venus in Leo indicating a spark of energized collaboration within close partnerships. With Saturn's station retrograde in Pisces and the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune in Pisces, your enthusiasm may be dampened by a reality check from your resources sector. While their combined influence indicates a current of anxiety around material realities, you are also able to harness the pragmatism of your ruling planet Saturn to assess the resources you do have at your disposal.
The Sun moves into Cancer on June 21st, shining its light on your sixth sector of health, service, and daily schedule. This may prompt significant focus on the day-to-day running of things, including responsibilities regarding family and service or care work. This transit asks you to consider how you nurture yourself by exploring new routines that support your emotional and physical health and perhaps reflecting on habituated comfort-seeking patterns.
Mars and Uranus square off on June 24th to June 26th across your sectors of partnership and home. The charged tension in the air could manifest as an explosive battle of egos, electric erotic energy, or an energetic home transformation spree. The LibraFirst Quarter Moon the same day in your sector of the higher mind suggests that diplomatic exchanges, focusing on shared beliefs and philosophies, can resolve relational conflicts. When united with a willing partner, you are likely highly dynamic in this end of the month period of time, and can accomplish much.
Neptune's retrograde station on June 30th in your personal resources sector supports a focus and a conscientious approach to managing your assets and their security, and could also indicate fantasies or perhaps worries about money. Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer, combined with supportive aspects to Jupiter in Taurus and Saturn in Pisces in the days surrounding it, indicate that novel solutions to old issues may arise. Heading into July, things are perhaps shifting into a new gear following he transformational import of the last couple of months. Perhaps you will find work from home, monetize your domestic assets by taking in a renter or housemate, receive support from family, or simply create a more realistic budget.
The time has come for results, Pisces, but your best choice might be studied action based on intuitional information. There has been a strong emphasis this past month on unconscious process, perhaps by way of inner wounding, the residue of long-buried early trauma, coming to greater conscious awareness. The recent mid-May TaurusNew Moon presided over hidden matters, communication and learning, as well as concepts of service to others, while the month-long period of Mercury in retrograde motion, or in its retrograde shadow, has had you coming at life from a standpoint of review, readjustment, and introspection. The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon represents a balance point between public and private; your career is one focus, and you are being urged to consider that what you do in outer arenas like career and professional life is conditioned by sincere principles and values that you hold deep inside. The GeminiNew Moon of June 17th is quite a potent lunation for you, a fresh start. You are getting grounded within yourself and within your fundamental core values, which becomes the stepping stone for an entirely new mandate of moving forward with more greatly centered confidence and integrated awareness.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
Last month's TaurusNew Moon from May 19th took place in your sector of the mind, communication, and local environments, and the effects of this rather potent New Moon play out throughout the first half of June as you continue to explore your evolving cerebral landscape. This New Moon which launched the thirty-day lunation cycle concluding in mid-June featured a strongly transformational presence of Pluto in the first degree of Aquarius, in a grand cross with Jupiter, Mars, and the new Nature planet, Haumea. By their locations in your solar chart this affected your sectors of communication and curiosity, creative self-expression, and higher mind, and, as well, your sector of unconscious process and inner work. These are all subtle areas of your life, and of your psychological makeup, and yet they underlie much of what goes on in the outer world of schedules and surface activities.
On June 1st, Jupiter conjunct the Lunar North Node which brings an almost fated sense to the ongoing metamorphosis of this June month. Aided by Mercury escaping its retrograde shadow, June also supports the continued cultivation of confidence in your communication abilities, perspective shifts, and the creative power of following your curiosity to wherever it leads you.
The June 3rd SagittariusFull Moon occurs in your sector of public image and professional aspirations, indicating that recent learning pursuits or topics that are sparking your curiosity may create a fertile foundation to support future career ambitions. This lunation asks you to dream big and get in touch with your most meaningful and creative professional aims. Mercury's conjunction with Uranus in Taurus in this Full Moon may aid in intellectual activities or psychological exploration by offering sudden cognitive breakthroughs or rapid shifts in your perspective. It could be a particularly prolific few days for writing or communication. The environment you inhabit is a fertile sphere of learning for you right now, and anything found there may be a teacher if you are listening. This transit encourages you to welcome the unexpected – perhaps you might have a fascinating encounter with a stranger in a park, hear from a friend or sibling out of the blue, or obtain an exciting opportunity by sharing your creative work online.
On June 5th, Venus enters Leo, joining Mars already there in your sector of health, service, and life management, asking you to consider how to include more self-care, leisure, and laughter in your daily routines. Simple celebrations to infuse more joy into the mundane may be particularly important as the stern influence of Saturn moves through your sign over the next few years. Venus' opposition to Pluto in your sector of dreams, shadows, and the subconscious may bring up topics related to illness and your body, including issues around body image and mental health. It may be helpful to give yourself extra nourishment around this time, with a holistic focus on health and nurturing your relationship with your body and self-esteem. This transit also encourages reflection about how you allocate your time and energy to others, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing space for your own well-being.
On June 11th, Pluto returns to Capricorn, corresponding to your sector of friends, community, and higher aspirations, and suggesting there may be unfinished business to complete or discard before moving into the future. Pluto will return to the Aquarius sign only after the end of the year. Mercury's trine to Pluto, occurring in the final degrees of Taurus and Capricorn, just as Mercury ingresses into Gemini, may bring up a past conflict with a friend or within a social circle that you can now approach with a new perspective. This transit might facilitate deep conversation and practical problem-solving, or you may be considering how to mobilize your mind and values to get behind a cause in the community. Venus's square to Jupiter across your sectors of daily routine and the mind indicate a highly social period that may strain your day-to-day obligations but will stimulate you nonetheless.
The cerebral GeminiNew Moon on June 17th brings focus to your sphere of home and family, possibly with a new curiosity about your ancestry and cultural lineage, as well as your own psychological patterns rooted in intergenerational family dynamics. Mercury's sextile to Venus in Leo in this New Moon configuration also suggests you may be able to apply yourself to learning through diligent daily work or even utilize your cerebral skills to make money working from home.
This New Moon is modulated by action in your sign, representing the sphere of identity, personal ambitions, and appearance, with Saturn's same day station retrograde there and with the Sun and Moon making a square aspect to Neptune in Pisces. This transit may bring up tension between shifting personal priorities for you and stability within your home. Saturn's station retrograde may nudge you to recommit to yourself and your sovereignty. You are likely going through a significant realignment that may also involve reimagining what family or home means to you.
The Sun moves into Cancer at the solstice on June 21st, shining its light on your personal self-expression, creativity, and joy sector. This season emphasizes creative fulfillment, pleasure, and projects you are birthing into the material world, including topics related to children. Supportive aspects between Cancer and Pisces the following week indicate a creative period where you may be deepening a commitment to a creative practice or experiencing a pleasurable period of romance and leisure.
The volatile fixed sign square between Mars and Uranus on June 24th to the 26th takes place across your sectors of daily schedule and your mental faculties, in the context of the First Quarter Moon of June 26th. This is an unpredictable transit, which brings possibilities for novel action and also the potential for accidents, which is a classic outcome for this astrological signature. You could even see an explosive ideological dispute erupt from nowhere. The good news is that you can harness the liberating qualities of this transit to disrupt stagnant mental patterns and infuse confidence into your organizational skills. You may want to move restless feelings through your body with vigorous exercise and take caution driving over these days – for all that tension that may be in the air.
Mercury's conjunction with the Sun in Cancer on June 30th takes place in your sphere of self-expression, creativity, and children, offering a jolt of optimism or perhaps unexpected news. This day welcomes the pursuit of pleasure and joy. Supportive aspects from Mercury and the Sun in Cancer to your spheres of identity and the mind indicate that you may be committing to an exciting new creative project related to new skills you are cultivating or the communicative arts. While Neptune's retrograde station in your identity sector may initiate a mood of melancholia as you head into July, retreating to the familiar waters of timeless dream space may yet help you tap into creative, intuitive realms of intelligence following the significant mental focus of the past few months.