Real Horoscopes for Real Times
Ruckus around the Fourth shifts to romantic fireworks as the month advances. With an explosive standoff in the heavens the first few days of July, expect tense moments followed by summer lovin’ as the rockets mellow. In July, the Red Planet stokes up the heat and our enthusiasm to release, relax, and just have some plain ol’ fun. Yet ambitions to move outward are hamstrung …
Mercury reverses its course in the sign of communication, inviting us to rewrite our story. As the Messenger planet turns retrograde in its own sign of Gemini for most of the month, the trick is to consider multiple viewpoints before putting pen to paper. Even with Mercury in reverse, the energy for the month is fast and changeable, which is a good thing for loosening …
Steady as She Goes. Taurus Season Brings Us Down to Earth. When we embody our intentions, committing through will and stable effort, we make room for adaptations as the month gives way to the movement inherent in the sign of the Twins. A line from poet Mary Oliver comes to mind this month as an apt bit of advice that captures the essence of the …
It’s official. Spring has sprung and brought a bolt of energy with it. A charge of cosmic action in the sign of the Ram inspires lofty leaps forward in the first half of the month. Shaking out the dust of winter webs, we follow in step with nature and unfurl our fronds. Budding trees and early springtime blooms hurl heady scents, enticing the animal nature …
Floating between winter and spring, this month is a time for being, not doing. With a majority of planets drifting in the dreamy sign of Pisces, March is a good time to rest so you can charge ahead in April. Historically, March is a time for taking it easy, waiting out the winter, as well as for some restorative expression. This is when we drift …
With a party of planets touring the collective sign of Aquarius this month, we’ve got to find a way to come together. What’s going on? Mercury retrograde through the humanitarian sign alongside a planet majority, plus the Sun and new moon, asks us to bring some understanding here today. We can all get what we need from the month of February if we take to …
Fasten your seat belts folks, the road into the new year is still a bumpy ride. As law and order Saturn faces off with avant-garde Uranus, the sign of the goat kicks off 2021with an unexpected jolt. We leave the wreckage of 2020 behind as all the personal planets shift into new signs, bringing new ways of feeling and thinking about our tasks, gifts, and …
It’s full speed ahead into the Age of Aquarius—there’s a new world coming. Inspired by a total solar eclipse mid-month and amplified by an era-defining parlay between power planets Jupiter and Saturn on the winter solstice, the year closes with a fresh horizon coming into view. With all the planets save one (Uranus goes direct in January) moving forward now, a total solar eclipse mid-month, …
Fall backward to move forward; it’s a wait-and-see-deeply month With Mercury shorting out the grid and Mars still stalled until the middle of the month, we’re not out of the weeds yet With tech trickster Mercury still in his backward motion, turning forward on Election Night (!), the month begins with nail-biting uncertainty. Whether you spent Halloween doing the monster mash on Zoom, rigging up a …
Full moons light it up from both sides of the month as Mercury joins Mars on the retrograde stage. With a full Harvest Moon on the first and a rare Blue Moon on Halloween bookending the retrograde drama, it’s wise to wait in the wings and get ready for your next act. As heat waves continue to roll through the West, tropical storms flood the …
A Mars retrograde this month means a timeout. As the Red Planet shifts into reverse, take any opportunity to rest, regroup, and rethink your strategy. Every two years or so, the God of War appears to move backward in the sky, stopping forward motion and turning our desires (and rage) in on themselves. With Mars grinding to a halt and then slowly rolling backwards in …
Fiery planet Mars turns up the heat on Leo’s roar, intensifying the drama. Fiery planet Mars turns up the heat on Leo’s roar, intensifying the drama. Whoa, can you feel the shift? With the Venus and Mercury retrogrades in our rearview mirrors along with the summer eclipses, we finally catch a break! Leo season is here and as the Sun embraces its home sign-making this …