The square to Neptune is a muddy ongoing influence, making it difficult to focus on matters at hand since Neptune has the tendency to create confluence where separation is wise. Saturn’s continuing square to Uranus certainly doesn’t help the situation. But, like a beautiful feast set on a wobbly table, the solar eclipse in Gemini arrives midweek to remind us that our feelings are not here to mould our lives — they are here to inform us. With Saturn’s position in Aquarius, we’re encouraged to hold what we witness as truth against what we feel, and honour both the sun and the moon. Cleave them together and apart; know that they are in a relationship, and how we choose to respond is informed by our ability to recognise that.
In preparation for the Solar Eclipse on June 10th, it’ll be in your best interest to think about what being understood means to you. The desire to connect with others and to relay information that’s important to us is a very human desire. But, language is a kind of spell too, a ritual through which meaning is made and remade. To work with this spell, to be a magician, is to recognise that language is powerful because it is fallible. A bridge that you build between yourself and others, it requires maintenance and has a weight limit. Not everything can cross at once. You get to decide what you want to share and how, but once it crosses that bridge, it has a life of its own.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
Maybe when Kehlani, a Taurus, sings the words “let me change your life” they are singing them to Tauruses everywhere. Perhaps you can feel those words charging you with responsibility and permission. If you are questioning whether or not the state of your livelihood has stood in the way of you being able to connect with others or find common ground, you already know the answer. But, nothing is permanent. And, while some resources are non-renewable, the universe provides — with a caveat, of course. It’s your job to clear the way and create a channel through which new opportunities can flow toward you. Dig in the direction you are going, be determined in your originality.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
It’s intense enough having the Sun transiting your sign: the birthdays and the birthday obligations, the planning, and the anxiety over choosing not to plan. Attention is a kind of love, but what kind? It’s a whole other thing when one’s solar return coincides with a solar eclipse. If you’re tired, Gemini, you aren’t alone. If you’re reluctant to pick the door with the prize behind it, it’s a valid reluctance. You deserve safe ways to access pleasure, you deserve to feel seen in all your forms, and you don’t have to rush to meet anybody else’s ambitions at the cost of your own. Give yourself the gift of time to honour your feelings, to figure out what roles you want to play and when.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
There’s sweetness available to you this week, dear Cancer, there’s beauty wherever your eye chooses to rest. And rest is important now because rest is what your spirit needs, even as you go about your daily life and small adventures. Rest isn’t synonymous with opting out or secluding yourself from the world you wish to be a part of. It’s about flowing with the stream as it flows over and past you, about letting what moves you do its work. Transformation is equal parts time and acceptance. Time has done it’s work on you, and now it’s time for you to accept the changes within you so that you can share all that you’ve learned is possible with those who need to hear it.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
Summer is all about making plans and sorting your priorities. It’s only natural for a lion to concern themselves with their pride and what role that pride plays in the greater jungle. Lending your time and energy to efforts larger than you can be incredibly restorative, but so is the time you spend building one-on-one connections. Different kinds of growth happen in intimate and collective encounters and both are equally valuable. This week, while you negotiate how and with whom you spend your time, pay attention to the way you describe your capacity and your capabilities. In what ways can you affirm the work you have done and are doing in connection to others?Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
As the solar eclipse transits your house of public life and Mercury is retrograde in Gemini, it’s a great time to initiate shifts that help you feel secure when it comes to your reputation.This is an especially valuable consideration if you’ve been having difficulty communicating discomfort or lack of clarity when under pressure. Feeling secure, or at least well-informed enough to make decisions that steady your heart rate, is essential for your ability to show up fully for others and feel good doing so. To build beautiful relationships, you needn’t play it cool. Imagine the kind of presence you could offer if you set limits around your energy — and how often you spend it worrying.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
As a sign ruled by Venus, you’re no stranger to beauty in its many forms. And when Venus transits Cancer, those forms can take on a deep emotional reverberation. What compels you informs you well past the moment of encounter. Beauty is a teacher, too. These are good things to remember when the solar eclipse lights up your house of faith, travel, and teachings. The sun finds joy there, even in shadow, while Mercury retrograde reminds you that not only is it okay to not know what comes next, it’s the most present state of being. The first beauty you ever knew was your body, so let it teach you. Let your body dictate how you spend your time, and what creativity means.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
It might not always feel like it, especially when Mercury is retrograde, but the work you’ve been doing to shift your relationship to home and what home can mean for you is part of your creative process. Slowly, you are building a container for the self you have been transforming into. A self that has a new language, a new framework, for what it means to relate to others. But raising a new being takes time and gentleness, perhaps a gentleness that being was not afforded in a past life. When your thoughts feel muddy, when you feel the acuity of language start to blur, be patient. Sometimes, when we see a new expanse we fear it before we understand it as freedom.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
Few of us are raised to understand the many different kinds of relationships we are capable of. There are media examples, of course, and they have an influence whether we want them to or not. The truth is, just as we change, so do the forms of intimacy we offer and are able to receive. What made you feel close or seen or understood once might ring false in a few years, a bond heightened by projection or dependent on the light of a certain year. This week, the work that you’ve been doing to reimagine what connection means to you presently will serve you. Don’t hesitate to apply a new approach to an old relationship, let the dynamic dictate the form.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
In the interest of getting you right for the week ahead, I’m here to remind you that it’s crucial to know what your money is doing. Of course, wealth is whatever you want it to be, but wealth is also financial steadiness. If you’ve been taking care of business, then whatever business you’ve been putting your energy into should be starting to feel worth your time. Generally, this can and should apply to the partnerships you’re building and the people who are along for the ride. Your ride, to be precise. Don’t be afraid to add up the receipts this week, Capricorn, and don’t let it make you feel square. It’s valid to check the safety net before you go about taking playful risks.
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You were born to remake yourself, to make an image for what is remade inside you, and your capacity to do just that is powerful. So powerful that it creates a channel through which opportunities flow toward you. Here, you not only renegotiate your self-expression, but also what you create in service of it, as a reflection of it. How you wish to be seen and regarded is not in opposition to what you want to give to and create for the world — it is part of the story. And, while the hows and whys and financial considerations might seem a little muddy now, you need not worry. You are meant to find a way, even if it’s by willpower and charm alone.Illustration by Stefhany Lozano
Your ability to envision many different lives and ways of living in them is a great power. As you set forth re-imagining the parameters of your identity, who you are and who you are becoming, it’s important that you nurture your relationship to that power. Part of that nurturance is recognising that there will always be people you call family who can’t or won’t understand the choices you make and why. The other part is recognising that, in order to hear the voices within you over the voices of those who fill you with doubt, you have to nurture your intuition. Start by noticing which messages mean to steer you in a direction that feels good and which messages mean to convince you that what feels wrong is worth your time.
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