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Libra :: Libra Rising Seated in meditation. The hardest thing to do right now is to be patient. But that is what you must do. You must be patient in your relationships. Be patient in your vision of yourself and who you are becoming. Incubate a feeling of serenity in your heart. This is important because you are in a moment primed for heartfelt explosions or ultimatums. An outburst might be cathartic, but it won’t help you align with your underlying goals. Let the feelings flow but practice patience in your reactions.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising The cue ball rolls slowly into the pocket of the pool table. Precision. Pacing. Pay attention to your health. Take simple and easy steps to invigorate physical balance. Get in tune with your intuition and it will lead you to the best physical practices that will support your health. Be persistent and just focus on today. Change your habits slowly and incrementally.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising Jumping in a moon bounce at a block party. When was the last time you really let loose? You’ve got to play. Everything will grind to a halt if you don’t let yourself have fun. Loosen up your grip, let go of control and let your childlike nature break free. It’s totally okay to be childlike— jump on the couch or giggle until you can’t breathe. Create mental space that will allow you to be carefree.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising Foraging for medicinal herbs in a field. Resources and support are all around you. The pathway to emotional healing is beckoning. The only question is, will you take the initiative to follow it? Take note of any workaholic tendencies. If that’s happening, is it keeping you from feeling your feelings? Are you trying to distract yourself? Look for the healing that is available to you, it’s right under your nose.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising A heron flying low. Looking for fish. You have plenty of energy to scoop them up. You’ve got to stay on the move and stay focused on your prize. Increase your curiosity. Keep looking for your next clue. Connect with your community and find the simple wisdom that will lead you to your goal. This is a time for learning and searching. Don’t stray too far from the course. This is no time for laziness, you must keep seeking.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising Layers of bedrock. It’s time for a focused and grounded ritual. Make mental space for an expanded sense of security. Use your magical tools— meditation, prayer, gratitude, visualization, music, creativity, etc. to invigorate your concept of your worth. It’s time to bolster your self-worth and your financial worth. Let the ideas “I deserve,” and “I am worthy,” become stable bedrock within your mind.
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Aries :: Aries Rising A dancing flame. Let a smile play around the corner of your lips. You get to be here. You get to experience this body, this time, this incarnation. The simplicity of that fact can be enough, if you let it. Nothing ever has to be more complicated than this key phrase, “I am.” Of course, it often is more complicated than that because life is designed to be a maze of experience, learning and creative challenge. But for today, find vibrant satisfaction in the idea that you are here and that is good.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising Elephants walking in a line. Like a scene from the movie Fantasia, a kaleidoscope of symbols spiral and then morph into new shapes. The elephants walking in a line become birds flying overhead and the shapes of the birds pool into a ladle of water drawn from a well. Drink the magic visions and remember that there is more to this mysterious experience than what initially meets the eye. You must look into the symbolism of the patterns in your life right now and find deep emotional healing. Pay attention.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising A riddle. You might ask for help and then find that the assistance is offered comes in the form of a new puzzle. In every corner of your life you are being challenged to stretch your brain to accept new ideas. Take the challenge. Step toward it. You are ready to break free of the old mental constraints. Break out into a new level of learning. Enough with the plateau. It’s time to advance so that you’re ready for your future self.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising Polar bear. Maternal bear. What about your fierceness? What about your strength? When do you access your power? It’s always there and this is your moment to allow it to flow through your veins. It’s just not enough to play small anymore. It’s just not enough to hide your strength. Stand up— in your career, your vocation, your work. Do so by taking assertive action. Say “yes” to what you believe in.
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Leo :: Leo Rising Holding the corners of the parachute. Dance. Laugh. Be jolly. Follow that playful spirit and see where excitement will take you. Maybe it will take you to the edge of a cliff and you’ll bring your parachute. You’ll take the leap and explore new territory. This is a sacred journey that can bring you closer to your own truth. Embark on the journey and don’t forget to bring joy with you.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising A ferris wheel. The wheel of life spins. It’s like a ferris wheel. Birth, sex, death, rebirth. On and on. Acknowledge the wheel. Acknowledge that part of playing the game of life is making a contract to create and a contract to release. Create your new world and release anything that is ready be forgiven. Set the intention and then enjoy the ride.
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Happy turn around the sun, sweet Libra! This is a month of transformation and integration for your whole sign. It is a cosmic fresh start. Don’t let this card scare you—it’s bringing nothing but good tidings your way. There have been so many dark moments for you this year, Libra. Now, believe it or not, the sun is truly going to start shining on your life. Difficulties will begin to melt, old patterns will begin to shift and change. You’ve already done the work, loves. This month will be a beautiful new beginning, one that will prove to you how much you’ve transformed over the last year.
Ten of Swords Rx is much softer, much kinder, and much more positive than it’s upright sister. The upright energy of Ten of Swords indicates a moment in our lives when we need to simply do, not think. This card leaves us zero room for victimhood, rumination and indecision. The old way is done and gone—there is only forward, into the new and unknown. The reversal, Libra, is a signal that you’re about to reap the fruits of having gone through that intense journey. It is done; you made it, whether you knew it or not!
Each one of you, in a critical moment, chose what was necessary, instead of what was easy. You said yes to wherever your soul was calling for you to step up, despite the discomfort—and it is going to be paying off for you in spades. You’ve been warriors, and now it’s time to move into transformation and integration, taking all that you’ve learned and channeling it into wisdom that you can share with others. Bow to yourself, loves. Honor your work, honor your courage, celebrate your soul growth. You deserve it, and then some.
Queen of Swords is here to help you ground, Scorpio. To help you root back down into your communication, your truth, and your trust in life. Queen of Swords is ruled by water and air—she is a fierce archetype. She shows up when life feels a little too ungrounded, when our mind and heart can turn in on us, flooding us with confusion. If even a sliver of us is out of alignment, she is there with her sword, ready to slice through any BS that doesn’t serve us. She is the energy that arrives when both our thoughts and emotions are contractive and limiting.
We may feel that we don’t know what’s going on, that we can’t quite find our footing. Over and over again, Queen of Swords will show up in those moments and help us expand and trust in ourselves again. You are ready for this deep clearing, Scorpio. Many of you have been working through some very old, calcified belief systems in this recent Pluto Retrograde (which began April 20th and ended September 28th). It is time to both release the lessons, and the old karmic patterns that you were made aware of again — and it’s time to begin a new leaf around communication.
Confidence in speaking your vulnerable truth is really what Queen of Swords is here for this month. She is here to help you open your heart and your throat chakra so anything that blocks you from sharing in moments of contraction can be cleared. Even if you are a clear talker, Scorpio, that doesn’t always imply truthful, emotionally rooted communication. Why is this so important? So you can begin to receive more guidance in the difficult moments of your life, rather than holding everything in. Do the deep work, let your truth shine, feel the support all around you.
SAGITTARIUS :: SAGITTARIUS RISING Three of Crystals, Rx
If you don’t like the way things are going in your life, Sagittarius, do something about it. I’m serious! This is the month to make a change. If you’ve been waiting, unsure, contracted and scared, this is the sign you’ve been waiting for to take a leap into something new. If you’ve been planning on that all along for this month, congratulations—you are right on! Now is a time to begin to embrace an exploration of self, to tune in with what doesn’t work, and stretch a hand out to whatever might make your soul sing.
You may not receive the kind of clarity of purpose that you are longing for right away, but you will have started a new chapter. Just by leaving what doesn’t serve you any longer, you’ll be half way there. Three of Crystals, or Pentacles, is a beautiful energy, one that usually shows up in a reading when we are doing exactly what we are meant to be doing with our lives. It usually feels like that, too! There is a true sense that we are working in a way that is in alignment with our soul purpose.
The reversal isn’t that things are out of alignment, necessarily, but they might feel funky. It might feel tough to pinpoint the source of the discomfort and unrest around our place in the world. It usually means that we are ready to expand to the next level, ready to upgrade—and with this reversal, it usually means that we must leave something behind in order to do so. So, my loves, don’t complicate it this month. If you need to end something, end it. If you need to speak your peace, speak it. If it’s time to quit, time to move, jump in and trust yourself. It’ll pay off in spades.
October is another profoundly transformative month in a series of many for you, Capricorn. You have definitely been riding out some major changes over the last year. I invite you to reflect for a moment: where were you last year at this time? Six months ago? One month ago? I guarantee that the evolutions that you have moved through are markedly profound, whether you were feeling them internally or externally.
How did this last year change your life? How did it change you? What did you have to do—or not do—to get where you are now? And, perhaps most importantly of all, what are you still being called to release, or surrender to? Where are you ready to bloom open in a whole new direction? It will be crucial for you to meditate on these inquiries in October, Capricorn—the Death card is here to help. Transformation, or the Death card, is nothing to fear, just like change and loss of control are nothing to fear. The ego hates the feeling of not being in the driver’s seat, but the soul is right at home in the unknown.
You’re beginning, slowly but surely, Capricorn, to value your intuition over your will. This is truly the crux of what The Universe has been guiding you through for the past year. It’s certainly not to say that your amazing discipline and work ethic won’t still be a foundational part of you. You’re just building in new gifts, getting a deep lesson in pausing and surrender before stepping into anything new. You are continuing your process of being cracked open again and again, all to drop you into deeper alignment with your intuition. Keep reflecting on how much you’ve changed—the Death card will only be furthering that transformation this month.
Sevens in the Tarot are invitations to do inner work around what feels like an external situation. Seven of Wands is specific to identification with a role, position or title, usually one that has shifted from under us, or that we have outgrown. Where in your life is it time to redefine yourself, Aquarius? October will be the month to find out.
Where in your life is your ego most identified? Take a moment and feel that question resonate through your body. Is it a name, a title, a position, or a role you play out in your life? Is it your sexuality, your economic status, or your job title? It is the need to be coupled with another, or defined by a relationship? Is it the need to have specific commitments, or no commitments at all? Do these identities feel freeing to you, or limiting?
If you are defending a position, or aligning with an identity that you’ve already outgrown, bow to it and honor it — no shame or judgement in that whatsoever. Just understand that Seven of Wands is here to offer a potent liberation in that area, a gentle homecoming to the infinite nature of our being. It is a reminder that it’s safe to let things go, to change our minds, to relax into something new. Identities are beautiful, but when they begin to limit us, we need to go down to the roots and investigate. October will be inviting you into just that kind of work, sweet Aquarius. Welcome it’s presence—you are the kind of spirits who cannot be tied down when it doesn’t feel right! It might be intense to let go of an old title, identity, or role that you cherished, loved, and found yourself in, but if it doesn’t resonate any longer, it’s time to shed it.
October is your month, Pisces! Ace of Wands is an incredibly expansive energy, one that feels like a rebirth of self. It is an artistic explosion, ripe with focus, clarity and inspiration around what we love, and most desire to create. You have been in some deep cocoons over the last few months. Now, you are fully out of your chrysalis, your beautiful new wings shimmering in the sunlight. Now is the time to make, to birth, to create and to spark the flow of your passions. Ace of Wands brings divine inspiration, huge new ideas and very exciting opportunities. You deserve them in spades, loves. Seize your flame and run with it.
The wild, raw, creative juices will be flowing—your job is to give them structure. If you are making music, block out time every day to play and record, whether you like what you’re doing or not. It’s the doing that matters, not necessarily how we feel about it. Over time, that discipline pays off! The same thing goes for anything that you are breathing creative life into. Don’t think about it too much, just let yourself get your hands dirty. Play, experiment, and let it be joyous. Be sure to intensely protect and defend your sacred creative time—when the work knocks, answer.
Ace of Wands in your month of October will really feel like you’re turning a new leaf. Your souls have been waiting for this moment, when your internal process can finally join hands with an external expansion. You are ready to birth something new and beautiful into the world, something that only you could bring. Celebrate the shit out of that, and enjoy every moment. If there was ever a time to feel the fear and do it anyway, this is it.
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ARIES :: ARIES RISING Ace of Cups
The entire month of October is a beautiful heart opener for you, Aries. Again and again, you will be flooded with opportunities to fall in love with your life—and yourself. Things have shifted for you since you moved through the Akashic Records card in September. Karmic patterns were totally shifted, new cycles were born, and the potential for expansion was, and still is, enormous. Those of you who said a courageous yes to those invitations have begun a transformation that will continue to unfold in the coming months. It begins here, in October, in the glorious energy of Ace of Cups.
Ace of Cups is a gentle and gorgeous invitation to open the heart to a new level of love and intimacy. It is a truly advanced level of emotional connectivity. Everything you touch this month will have the potential to be medicine for your heart chakra. You are changing, Aries—softening and blossoming, open to ease and grace in a way you’ve never been before. You moved through a mighty process this year, and things are truly beginning to shift in another direction for you. The old things that used to matter and control your life are largely processed. Now, what you’re left with is pure potential, and pure open heartedness.
Say yes, as often as you can, to anything that brings you into oneness with another, or with yourself. Drink of the cup that is the wellspring of your innate lovability and worthiness. Ace of Cups has a beautiful ability to connect us with experiences that expand us. Be open to sudden, random acts of kindness. Be open to meeting new people—perhaps deep new friends, or a beloved. But most of all, be open to embracing the wisest, fiercest, gentlest teacher on the planet: your own sacred heart.
Nine of Cups is such a delicious energy for you to be flowing in this month, Taurus. It is the perfect card for you, beautifully aligning with your earthy nature. This month might feel like an interesting mix of busy and dreamy, which is just the way you like it! Busy with what life will be asking of you in the day to day—dreamy with your hopes and desires for the future. Indeed, nines in the Tarot are always about wrapping up, clearing an old pattern while simultaneously preparing for a new cycle to emerge. That’s why October might feel like a funny blend of energies in moments, but I promise you’ll most likely enjoy every moment of it.
Nine of Cups is the wishing card. There’s an air of mystery and magic wrapped around the very essence of it. It’s true—when we flow through this card, it’s almost like moving through New Moon energy. The time becomes ripe to plant seeds of intention for the future. We are encouraged to dream big, to wish big, to let our hearts run wild with delight. Nine of Cups is rich in potential and possibility, so let this energy take you far! What will be asked of you this month, Taurus, is to seriously upgrade your wishes in this life.
You will be drawn strongly into upper limit issues, areas of sensitivity around money, love, and general ease and grace in your life, all to investigate where you’re being called to upgrade. This card, and this energy, is where we want to step out of our comfort zones, to dream bigger than we ever have, to ask for more than we ever have. It might feel scary and vulnerable, but that’s our work in the Nine of Cups: to identify discomfort, and let our wishes bloom accordingly.
Here you are in the energy of the mighty Tower again, Gemini—the second time in the last few months. That’s a lot of deep recentering and clearing! Fortunately for you, The Tower has shown up reversed for your monthly medicine, which is a much softer energy. Let’s drop into why that is, and what it’s bringing you. For starters, you are changing, Gemini, that much is clear. There are very, very big things at play, most of them happening in a very subterranean way right now. Think of tectonic plates shifting beneath the ocean, slow, powerful, and ultimately transformative.
It is absolutely time to ask some big questions. Is your life fulfilling you? Making you happy? Do you feel like you can release some of what holds you in places of overwork, exhaustion, or even burnout? In other words, Gemini, are there aspects of your life that you used to adore, and just don’t anymore? If so, that’s okay! Just admit it to yourself. That’s part of why The Tower is here, working with you this month—to help guide you through the slow process of waking up to what you’re truly, in your heart, ready to say goodbye to.
The Tower comes to free us from something we are no longer meant to walk with. The reversal is much softer, and lives firmly in the internal realm. In other words, Gemini, you will be experiencing the clearing of The Tower in a subconscious way this month. Pay attention to your dreams and feelings, look deeply at the structures of your life, and of your inner experience. Let the process flow on its own time; commit to being a quiet, curious observer of your internal landscape. There is much for you to see this month.
Where are you in your relationship to receiving right now, Cancer? October is presenting you with an important opportunity to pause for a moment and consider this. Are you burned out? Bored? Feeling overextended? Are you truly receiving as much as you give? Are you talking yourself out of being “ready” to be of highest service, feeling like you have nothing to give to others at this moment? To get clear on where the current energetic levels are in our lives, we have to ask these questions, and follow them down deeply.
We might not feel burned out, but we might be feeling anger. We might not be angry, but we might be feeling distracted in our work. No matter what, it shakes out to the same thing: there is an energetic balance in our lives with our giving and receiving. It may be profound or slight, but no matter what, it is important that we pay attention in order to correct it. Wherever you are in this moment is perfect, Cancer — even if it’s a tough, or highly unbalanced place, energetically speaking. It’s here to teach you something, and Six of Crystals, or Pentacles, is here to help facilitate a greater embracing of that balance, a sacred ebb and flow.
In Six of Pentacles, we receive by giving, and give by receiving. The healer gets a healing, and the person offering it gets filled up by serving another person. What this card truly offers us is the wisdom to know when to fill our well when we need it, and to only serve another when we are at an overflow. Begin this revolution with yourself, Cancer. How is your well? Whatever you need, giving or receiving, may you be overflowing and abundant this month and always.
Sacred balance is your medicine this month, sweet Leo. Everything you do in October will be in service of recalibrating your spirit, helping you to feel more deeply aligned with your life path, and your purpose. Part of this will be facilitated by leaning into the soul essence of the Knight of Cups, who invites us to live in as much ease and grace as possible, even through contraction.This archetype reminds us that even the toughest times can have a stroke of beauty in them. You have spent the last few years considering this idea, learning to trust goodness, letting yourself sink deeper and deeper into receiving.
It can feel scary to be willing to choose grace in difficult moments, to lean into our faith that things will recenter, even in darker times. And yet, slowly but surely, you have created a life where that is beginning to be the norm for you. Your nervous systems have really gone through a powerful upgrade; new neural pathways have been formed. Knights bring movement and messages, powerful invitations to embody their essence and infuse it into some part of our lives. Letting things be amazing without worrying about what’s coming next, or without panicking that it will all fall apart—that is your task for this month and beyond.
This is what is getting cemented in you this month, Leo—a rebalancing of heart and head, of mind and soul. Choosing to align yourself with grace and beauty, even in challenging moments. Root down into yourself and feel the fullness of the support all around you. Doing so will open you up powerfully to the realms of imagination, the mind, and the dream space. Let it be beautiful, and inspiration, abundance and new opportunities will flow into your life.
Ace of Swords is a perfect energy for you to be flowing in this month, Virgo. It’s got your name all over it: potential for inspiration, clear mindedness, powerful downloads, and massive opportunities to make great headway on any ideas that feel deeply exciting and aligned for you. It’s a wonderful blend of your natural sensibilities, and the organic potency of this card. Embrace it with all you’ve got; it’s bringing some wonderful things your way.
Put simply, loves, the presence of the Ace of Swords is a powerful indicator of new ideas and new projects on the horizon. It could present the opportunity to study, channeling new things, absorbing exciting knowledge from others. It is often an indicator of major ideas being ready to come through us. No matter what, it’s nothing but eureka moments and strokes of genius with this card. Expect to be intellectually stimulated, and to have many different sources of inspiration flow through you as the month goes on.
As with any Ace, this energy is a gift from Divine that we have to reach out and receive, rather than assume it will just be placed in front of us. Empower yourself to work with this energy in a really intentional way. Take time to inquire deeply, Virgo: what kind of life scenarios best facilitate clear thinking and powerful study for you? Whatever they are, wherever they are, say yes to them, and take the first step. We want to be focusing on the mind and the heart being as open as they can to these downloads. We are also encouraged to say a gentle no thank you to anything that distracts or does not serve us at this time. Ace energy is powerful and magical, loves. Let yourself be fully available for it.
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Libra :: Libra Rising Flying through the air on a small plane. How do you fly? You can fly with a clear sense of direction. If you have that ability, the trip will be focused and efficient. You can also fly with a sense of wonder. An appreciation of the magic and synchronicity of your life. You can fly with pride and self-confidence– trusting in yourself and your ability to make the right decisions. Decide how you want to fly and then realize that you are already in the air. All of these options— focus, appreciation and confidence, are available for you.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising A school of fish. Feel things out. Trust that you will make the right decision, when the time is perfectly right. In the meantime, you can simply be in the moment. You can let the moment wash over you. You are processing a lot of information on subconscious levels. The school of fish seem to intuitively know which direction to go. Once you give yourself enough time, you’ll also have an intuitive sense of the right moves to make.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising Blocks of stone carved out of the mountainside. You’re building something. Is your project big enough? Are you shooting high enough? Assess your plan and your foundation. It may be a good idea to reconnect with your vision and make sure it is perfectly in alignment. Get super clear about your desires so that you can build something great.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising Holding the strings of a bunch of balloons. Think positively. Focus on keeping your spirits light. In this moment, the career area of your chart is lit up. It’s a very expansive time for you in the areas of work, career and vocation. If you believe in the law of attraction, you might try to get yourself in the vibration of what you want. And maybe that is how to make your own luck. So tend to your vibration and align yourself with your desires to help your career lift off.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising Playing skee-ball. Take aim and shoot. Make everything into a game. Turn your ambition into something enjoyable. See yourself as a light-hearted explorer, following anything that is fun. Joyfulness is your winning ticket right now. If you are feeling very serious about something, take a step back and find some perspective. It may be that more fun is the answer.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising Leaves falling off a tree. This is your season for letting go. Clear space— emotionally, mentally and physically so that you can prepare for the beginning of a new cycle. Watch the leaves of the trees falling. Meditate on how natural it is to release. This can be your reality. Easily letting go. Easily finding forgiveness. Release. As your load lightens, notice that your energy soars.
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Aries :: Aries Rising Hands outstretched. Our hands communicate so much. Do you reach out to make a connection? Relationships are of extra importance now. How can you communicate in a way that is perfectly clear and non-violent? Our cultural tendency is to protect ourselves when we are in an argument, which can result in the other person being on the defensive. And if both people are on the defensive, everybody loses. What if you were to communicate with the ultimate goal of reaching out to create harmony and clear communication? How would it feel to have more peace in your life?
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising Connecting the dots. Each line that connects the dots is important. Step by step, you create an image. In the same way, it’s time for you to focus on the routines and habits that make up your day. Re-evaluate your systems or lack of systems. Get into the nitty gritty of your life— organize the junk drawer, clean the refrigerator, take a fresh look at your time management. It’s time to refine and improve the details of your life. Get to work.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising A drumbeat. Music can help you transcend. Focus on any of the following— art, music, creative expression, play, joy, fun. The benefit of self-expression, fun and playfulness is that it will help you reinvigorate yourself. And maybe it’s possible to even get some positive attention and recognition.Yes, you may be busy, but a small dose of lighthearted joy will help you find an entirely new perspective. Prioritize it.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising A nose. Use your senses to help you be in the moment. Feel into your body. Look closely at your surroundings. Smell the air. Be in the moment by practicing heightened sensory awareness. This will help you get out of your head. This is a mediation. Meditation is important for you right now because it’s time to get clear about your emotions. And being clear about your emotions requires the ability to be present.
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Leo :: Leo Rising Wagon wheels moving down the road. Keep moving along. Your patient and persistent progress is what will pay off. Don’t evaluate where you are just yet. Simply keep moving. Practice patience. Persistence is definitely in your wheel house, and it may help to acknowledge that. It may help to hold yourself accountable to the track that you’re on and just keep going.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising Confetti falling through the air. A celebration. You’re worth it. Is your inherent worth something you are crystal-clear about? Do you believe it’s possible to increase your self-esteem? One of the ways to do that is to practice it. Find a way to consistently celebrate yourself. Do it in earnest. Do it with conviction. Do it because it can be the foundation that every other aspect of your life is built upon. Your sense of self-worth is a priority.
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Libra season 2017 invites us to embrace duality, and seek our highest aspirations in sacred partnership with the Cosmos herself. By Bess Matassa. Main image: DVF AW17
Sharpen your topiary shears and curry comb your unicorn manes, cosmic queens. Libra Season rides in regally to take back the castle, dressed in silky white satin and brandishing the sword of bejeweled justice. The zodiac’s aspirational aesthete infuses the everyday with a higher love, and shows us all how it could be when we commit to chasing the ephemeral trail of the most dazzlingly distant stars.
But as we stand on this yearly seasonal precipice between day and night, it’s time to learn how to appreciate the darkness and the light, and to grapple with the contradictions and complications of colliding with opposition. When we truly commit to communion, we risk collapsing the great divide between what’s ours and what we disavow, and sacrificing some of our crystal visions to allow others, and ourselves, to be exactly as we are.
So slip into both your lace and your leather, and saddle up your mythical creatures for the race towards the rainbow. In this precariously precious place between the confectionary clouds and the hard packed earth, we can catch the light just so.
When we commit to living this daydream together, we are brighter and more blindingly beautiful then we could ever imagine.
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The keyword: Relating.
The song lyrics: Love lift us up where we belong/Where the eagles cry/On a mountain high/Far from the world below/Up where the clear winds blow – Joe Cocker, “Up Where We Belong”
Check out Bess’ Libra Season Playlist, complete with dynamic duos, romantic mashups, and vocal encounters.
The color palette: impressionistic hues and Malibu tones. Sophisticated pinks and soft grays, refined aquas and violets, whip cream whites, and camera-ready sunsets.
The style: modern monarchy meets Parisian salon. Windswept scarves, button-down blousons, bell sleeves, ruffled blazers, tights & ballet flats, casual culottes, and finely-detailed florals.
Fall 17, from left: Luisa Beccaria, Mulberry, Giambattista Valli, Zimmerman, Giambattista Valli
The scents and flavors: perfect pairings, curated bouquets, and epicurean presentations. Black and white cookies, macarons and madeleines, honey and lemon, carefully cultivated orchids, edible blooms, and small plates.
The healing: cultured evenings and high-minded musings. Wine and food pairing menus, gallery expeditions, figure drawing classes, jazz ensembles, and ballroom dancing.
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Sensuous Invitation of the Month: Classic Combos for Your Venus Sign
Ruled by Venus, Libra takes the vibration of the love goddess into the realms of “higher,” cerebral love.
In our chart, she reveals our fairytale romance with the world, where we can uncover the sheer pleasure of aesthetic inspiration, and how we can harness relationship to evolve past our strict notions of personal taste.
Ignite the energy with a dynamic duo to feed your inner and outer partners.
Venus in Aries Libra season invites you to delight in the stripped down sensation of fresh relationship perspectives and courageous compromise. Classic Combo: Jeans & a Tee Shirt. Celebrate an on-the-go combo that feeds your minimalista aesthetic.
Venus in Taurus Libra season invites you to complement your sensory pleasure seeking with some more cerebral imaginings. Classic Combo: Bed & Breakfast. The ultimate partnership of feasting and dreaming.
Venus in Gemini Libra season invites you to revel in your desire for narrative and start crafting the next step in your own love story. Classic Combo: Movies & Popcorn. Innocent snack explosions meet larger-than-life tales.
Venus in Cancer Libra season invites you to mix your desire for emotional safety with some exploratory wanderings into wilder dreamscapes. Classic Combo: Surf & Turf. Ride the tide while knowing that you can always drift back to solid ground.
Venus in Leo Libra season invites you to blend your monogrammed hearts with the strength to go the distance for love, even when it challenges your egocentric craving for pure adoration. Classic Combo: Sugar & Spice. A beauty bar combo that lets both sides taste sweet.
Venus in Virgo Libra season invites you to action your ideals in the wide world with a trust in the self-sufficient sensation of lasting commitment. Classic Combo: Bread & Butter. Power up with a simple meal that’s both hard-earned harvest and creamy indulgence.
Venus in Libra Libra season invites you to explore the gap between fantasy and reality without losing one ounce of your romantic lust for future ideals. Classic Combo: War & Peace. Mix your notorious urge for compromise with some necessary embattlement.
Venus in Scorpio Libra season invites you to infuse your penchant for probing intimate darkness with some softer expectations for a brand new romantic daybreak. Classic Combo: Night & Day. Wander out after midnight but don’t miss out on the glory of sunrise.
Venus in Sagittarius Libra season invites you to pair your footless adventuring with the crystal clarity of a purposeful love mission. Classic Combo: Roadtrips & Playlists. Top-down riding meets careful curation.
Venus in Capricorn Libra season invites you to celebrate a flavor of amorous striving that’s infused with the pure and simple beauties of partnership in the present. Classic Combo: Manis & Pedis. The durational labors of nail art mix with the pampered treat of buffing your hard-working extremities.
Venus in Aquarius Libra season invites you to balance your urge for panned out, cerebral relating, with some close-at-hand celebrations of the person who stands before you. Classic Combo: Thunder & Lightening. Distant weather patterns meet close snuggling during the storm.
Venus in Pisces Libra season invites you to let your boundaryless urge to merge be informed with a clear sense of the line between yourself and a lover. Classic Combo: Pina Coladas & Getting Caught in the Rain. Blended beverages meet the clarity of rain water and the sun that shines on you both, together and apart, in the aftermath.
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The 2017 Virgo New Moon asks us to tune into the details, discern what’s truly important, and commit to a brand new upgrade, says Sandra Sitron …
:: New Moon :: September 20 2017 :: 1:30am ET :: 27 degrees Virgo
The Virgo New Moon is the Goddess of the Harvest. Her power exists in her ability to discern. The farmers deliver the harvest in bushels and baskets at her feet. She appraises and sorts; good bean here, bad bean there. Through her effort, the bounty is made even more beautiful. Through her attention to detail, the fruits of labor are made even more perfect.
There’s a moving and adaptive energy to this New Moon. You may find yourself sorting. You may find your thoughts moving quickly, making appraisals. Making decisions. Making things better, but sometimes making yourself batty with the heightened need to find perfection.
Your salve is in the forest, at the beach, in the park. Get your feet and your body close to the Earth. Get yourself grounded in the undeniable perfection that exists in a blade of grass.
There are other ways you can get grounded too: drink enough water, eat nutritious meals, drink herbal tea, exercise outside. Listen. Observe. Chew your food slowly. Notice how many decisions you are making in a day. Try to have times of the day when you aren’t making decisions— less online shopping and more time spent listening to music or washing dishes.
Harness the power of this New Moon by taking the opportunity to refresh your habits and overhaul the operating system of your life.
Virgo energy can help you set new intentions around how you live your daily life. Sometimes focusing on Virgo topics means focusing on the most mundane things. How’s your digestion? How’s your overall health?
Avoid the urge to overthink and instead focus on the habits you want to change. Make a detailed plan. Decide which categories you want to improve— spiritual practices, sleep, nutrition, exercise, email management, money management, social-life, creative outlets, household efficiency, cleanliness, getting rid of clutter, workflows, volunteerism, activism …
This New Moon is involved in some terse aspects with no-nonsense planets. You may feel a depth of intensity that makes these life adjustments feel more intimidating or overwhelming than they need to be.
Stay grounded and notice when you are feeling triggered. Just observe yourself. Encourage yourself whenever you can. Reach out to your most giraffe-like friends for perspective. Once you’ve decided where you will put your energy, decide on which healthy habits you are ready to begin. Put systems in place to make it happen. Set your intentions and repeat them aloud over the next few weeks.
This Moon can help you make your improvements a reality …
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Moon opposite Chiron A map of an unfamiliar territory. Here’s the roadmap to take a journey through the thorny terrain of our collective wounds. This is not an easy aspect. But it is a necessary one. This trip must be taken. So gear up. Make sure you are well outfitted. Bring your crinkly silver emergency blanket and your waterproof matches.
Be prepared to notice when you are being triggered and respond responsibly. Take care of yourself. If you see someone acting out, try to understand what they are getting triggered by. Yet at the same time, continue to protect yourself. This aspect can result in massive healing if approached with awareness. Dedicate yourself to observing your feelings and contemplating your unconscious wounds. Decide how you will navigate the terrain.
Moon inconjunct Uranus Crossed wires. This aspect combines emotional sensitivity, frustration, and rebellion. Yet these energies can be transmuted to receptivity, stretching yourself and innovation.
So, if you are feeling erratic “eject button” energy, tune in. Ask to receive a better feeling thought. Brainstorm solutions. Put things in perspective. Use the powers of gratitude and prayer to welcome in the “New Idea” that offers an innovative solution. Don’t let frustration squelch your search for a resolution.
Moon square Saturn The diamond is beautiful but sharp. A challenge: take responsibility for your emotions. What is emotional maturity? It may be that you are emotionally mature when you are willing to fully feel an emotion, give yourself empathy, and take responsibility for your reaction.
What does it mean to take responsibility for your reaction? Your reaction should give your emotion somewhere to go– an outlet. And when you react to your emotion, find a way to do so without laying blame for the emotion on someone else.
Gain awareness the emotion’s source and let it act as guidance system, teaching you how you can make your life more wonderful.
Make sure that you don’t isolate yourself during this Moon phase. Find your buddies who will empathize with you and help you feel grounded and secure.
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The study questions below are to help you get deeper into what the 2017 Virgo New Moon means for you. Use them as journal prompts. For the most accurate reading, look to which house holds 27 degrees Virgo in you chart and use the question for that house.
Aries or New Moon in the 6th house What healthy habits are you ready to create?
Taurus or New Moon in the 5th house Are you meeting your need for fun and enjoyment? Do you honor this need?
Gemini or New Moon in the 4th house What emotion is easiest for you to express and why? What emotion is most difficult for you to express and why?
Cancer or New Moon in the 3rd house What mental pattern are you ready to change? What belief is at the root of this pattern? What new belief would you rather think?
Leo or New Moon in the 2nd house What systems will you create improve your financial worth and what adjustments will you make to your understanding of your self-worth?
Virgo or New Moon in the 1st house When are you proud of yourself? Name all the ways and journal about self-confidence.
Libra or New Moon in the 12th house What do you need to see that you aren’t seeing?
Scorpio or New Moon in the 11th house What do you need from your larger community?
Sagittarius or New Moon in the 10th house What fresh intentions are ready to make when it comes to career?
Capricorn or New Moon in the 9th house What is your “why?” (aka, your philosophy, your mission statement?)
Aquarius or New Moon in the 8th house What are you ready to let go of?
Pisces or New Moon in the 7th house When it comes to relationships, what are you grateful for?
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising A cresting wave. Momentum. You’ve been working to get everything organized and and your work is about to pay off. Keep staying attentive to the details and systems that you’ve created, but loosen up your grip and let yourself coast a little bit too. Enjoy yourself. Play. Look for moments of confidence and hold on to them. This is what you’ve been working for.
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Libra :: Libra Rising A bouquet of roses. This is a time for rest and retreat. Soak in the beauty that’s around you. Be sweet to yourself. Give yourself the gift of kindness. You are in a phase of subconscious processing and it may be hard to be left-brained logical right now. So instead, retreat. Center your attention on your emotions, creativity, reflection, and your spiritual practices.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising Stomping around in muddy boots. Make an impact. Let your presence be known. It’s time to invigorate your need to feel connected to a larger community. This isn’t always a primary need that you focus your attention on, typically it’s more natural for you to connect with people one on one. But right now you can easily set intentions for community building. It’s time to feel like you are part of something.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising The spiky waves of an audio recording. It’s okay to have irregular waves of energy. Right now, your energy may be a little bit erratic when it comes to your work. But work is a place for you to put your focus. Try to create systems and routines. Set up new goals and intentions for your career. Look for ways to streamline so that you can grow.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising A big gold star in the sky. Keep being directed toward achievement. Stay focused on the goal. Back up your goals with a mission statement. This is the moment to set intentions for your “why.” Why are your goals important to you? What is the driving philosophical motivation? Once you have some clear ideas, keep them posted nearby. Stay connected with your “why.”
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising Children playing outside in the summertime. Memories need to be sorted through. It’s time to take stock, reflect, and release. Let go of anything old that is no longer serving you. Forgive. Create a ritual that helps you release the emotional charge of anything you are ready to let go of. It’s time to strike out on a new path, and to do so, you need to release some baggage.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising Rolling hills and meadows. Appreciate where you are. Soak it in. Find gratitude. There is always something to be grateful for. Activating gratitude will allow more abundance to flow into your life. This New Moon takes place in your area of relationships. What are you ready to appreciate when it comes to relationships? Set fresh intentions for your relationships and activate gratitude to help make yourself a vibrational match for these intentions.
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Aries :: Aries Rising Eating cake. You’re focused on getting your daily life organized, healthy, and routine. This is a great way for you to use your energy right now. But your symbol this week offers a reminder that you should also remember to enjoy yourself. Take care of business in all of the practical areas of your life— sleep, nutrition, money management, efficient workflows, home organization, etc. And when you have finished a hard day’s work, take time out to relax and play.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising A single engine plane diving and turning in the sky. Expand and explore. Do something fun that lights you up. Set fresh intentions for joy and creativity. This is a time for you to learn to meet a need that you don’t always focus on— your need to give and receive attention. You deserve to be appreciated. Take yourself out of your comfort zone and open yourself up to receive positive attention.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising A hopping frog. Emotional transformation. This is a moment for you to think and learn about your emotional nature. What emotion is easiest for you to express? What emotion is most difficult for you to express? Why? Set intentions to use your emotions as an inner GPS. Respect what this inner guidance system is telling you. Make sure that you have healthy ways to move emotions through your body. Do some journalling and reflecting on your emotional processes.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising A swan dive. Look for proof of your own gracefulness. What is grace? Maybe it’s inner balance. A sweet acceptance of yourself. When you accept yourself and feel balanced within, it’s natural to exude that peace and harmony outward and have a positive impact on the world. This is a moment for you to make adjustments to the way you think about yourself, so that you create more peace in the world.
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Leo :: Leo Rising Looking through a telescope at a castle. Visions of grandeur. Set your sights on the wealth you can build. Maybe this is actual wealth that will set you up for a life of affluence and philanthropy in the 3-dimensional world. Maybe this is inner wealth and security that helps you know your own worth. Probably it’s both. That’s a lot of pressure for one weekly horoscope, but the key here is “set your sights.” Set your intentions for your life in relationship to inner and outer wealth and abundance.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising A tiny mouse. Reconciliation and organization. Something seemingly small may need your attention. It may be something that needs to be reconciled within you before you can move on. Or maybe it’s something that needs to be organized— either in your mind or in your space. Pay attention to the details now, and notice every minor feeling. Be thorough and focused so that you clear up energy for bigger adventures ahead.
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Libra :: Libra Rising Hang-gliding. Letting yourself float and explore. There is a time to be a go-getter, but right now you need to let yourself be a little more mellow. You’ll actually learn more right now by “being” instead of “doing.” Hang out and observe. Get outside your normal routine so that you can gain fresh inspiration. Or explore through your imagination and your personal symbolism.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising Eating dry, crumbly toast. Sustenance and nourishment. Finding satisfaction even when it’s challenging. Knowing there is enough. It’s time to truly appreciate the simple things in life. Do it as a meditation. Appreciation and gratitude will keep you thinking positively. It’s important to nourish yourself with positive thinking. But make sure it’s positive thinking that is grounded in gratitude. Why is gratitude so effective? It gives your subconscious mind actual proof of something positive. The subconscious mind loves to have proof. By expanding your sense of gratitude you will be able to create massive positive change in your life.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising Jigsaw puzzle depicting the sky. You are figuring out how to meet your goals. Putting the pieces together. Keep the faith that you have all the pieces of the puzzle and that you will be able to create a clear picture eventually. There may be some amount of trial and error, but keep at it! You are headed toward the summit of your desires.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising A foreign alphabet. This alphabet is hard to interpret and you may feel like you are stretching your brain to understand. Basically this mental “stretch” is about creating a new philosophy for yourself. Use your imagination and your intuition to help you create this philosophy. Something is shifting within you on deep subconscious levels and you need to change. Try to understand this deep, symbolic shift and create a new way of thinking about the world.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising A tractor in a field. Look at how quickly the tractor moves as it spreads the seeds throughout the field. It is efficient. It’s a funny thing to say, but maybe the tractor is “confident.” There’s no feeling or emotion blocking the tractor’s efficiency. It just does what it needs to do. It goes through the motions. You need to move into a rebirth so that you can be ready to operate on a higher level. What about this can you automate? How can you move through the steps with certainty so that you don’t get in your own way? What can you do to create more confidence within yourself?
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising A beautiful rosebud. Opening your heart to love. You may even need to do this in your work and in your relationships. The rose bud doesn’t hide itself— it blooms. This is your time to bloom. Heart opening is something that we can do over and over again. The more we do it, the higher our vibration becomes. Open your heart with healthy boundaries intact. This action will help you in your relationships and in your career life as well.
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Aries :: Aries Rising A pocket watch. Dignity. Carry yourself with dignity. Make sure you feel physically and intellectually “put together.” Only because it will help you feel dignified. And that’s important because in the next few months you will begin to reexamine yourself as a leader. Before you do this you want to have your personal ideals of dignity, confidence, and expertise thoroughly expressed within yourself.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising Horses in a field. This symbol represents your energy and drive to express your authentic self. That’s appropriate for you now as you need to be certain that you are meeting your need for giving and receiving attention. Can you express your true self and feel seen? Are there old wounds that need healing around being seen for who you are? Now is the time to heal those wounds so that you can be boisterous and joyful.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising A tornado. It’s time to shake things up. A sudden force knocks over the old, so that the new can be rebuilt. Do this in the areas of home/family or relationships. The symbol might sound destructive, but it doesn’t have to feel destructive. It’s simply time for some new habits or systems in these areas. Change it up.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising Pouring liquid through a funnel. Pouring, measuring, batching. Controlling the flow. Control the flow of information in your life. Take in information and then do something with it. Put it somewhere. Implement it. Keep learning, sorting and organizing. The challenge is to do so in a meaningful way. The news cycle or the scrolling motion of social media can quickly become overwhelming and mind numbing. You want anything you learn right now to help you feel like you are making important connections.
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Leo :: Leo Rising A honeycomb. Remember that you have what you need. You have enough. You are enough. Settle into an experience of sweetness. Enjoy the sweetness of life. That will help you feel more safe and secure. Somehow, in this moment, enjoyment and security go hand in hand. The challenge may exist in knowing that you are worthy of both. Trust that it is so.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising A wave reaches full height. Move with the waves of energy. Make adjustments like a surfer. It’s time to improve your communication techniques. Notice what isn’t working and make it better. Your relationships are especially important right now. The wave symbolizes a crescendo. The Full Moon occurs in your relationship area of your chart. Allow your relationships to crescendo in a state of love. Steer away from excess drama.
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Libra :: Libra Rising A bunny chews green grasses. Nestle down into your routine and take good care of your body. Get some healthy habits set up for yourself. Be deliberate. Use your intuition to help you define what will be best for your body and your health. Stay grounded in the present moment like the bunny patiently chewing her dinner.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising A ball of fire. Like a ball of fire blazing across the sky, this is a moment for you to be bright, bold, and receive a lot of attention. Blaze bright with creativity. Express yourself fully. Light up your world. Make decisions by contemplating what would bring you the most joy. Have fun. Keep your mind focused on playfulness and lightness.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising Playing patty cake. Childish games. This a chance for you to be a little bit nostalgic. Meditate on the child that you once were and ask that little one what she needs. Play games with her and help her feel emotionally secure. Hang out with her a couple times a day, even if it doesn’t feel necessary. This effort will open many doors for you, in many areas of your life.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising Building blocks. Each belief we hold is a building block. As we learn, we build one block on top of the other until we have created constructions that inform our emotions, thoughts and behaviors. Sometimes this happens consciously and sometimes unconsciously. Sometimes the building block beliefs bring us joy and sometimes they hold us back. This is a chance for you to go through and systematically adjust the core beliefs that are no longer working for you.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising Dipping your hand just below the surface of the water. Exploring below the surface. Going deeper. This Full Moon occurs in your area of security and personal resources. If you look a little bit below the surface, you may discover resources you weren’t aware that you have. If you look for it, you may find a greater level of security within yourself.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising Playing volleyball. Preparing for the spike. Let yourself take action. Make a clearcut decision. As you take action, you will get to know yourself better. You will build your confidence. This is a time for you to learn about who you are and who you want to be in the world. How will you lead?
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Aries :: Aries Rising The third eye. Connecting with your intuition. This is a quiet time for you. Make lots of space for meditation so that you can open yourself up to new dimensions of experience. Stillness and quiet will help you know with certainty what is important to you. Settle down and wait for the answers to rise up from within.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising A herd of zebra resting together. Finding your community. It’s important for you to know that you are connected. Make sure that your beliefs and values are reflected in your community. If not, maybe it’s time to regroup. Become clear about your values and find a support system that helps you stay aligned to your vision.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising A superhero with beams of light emanating from her hands. Take on any challenge with your magical super powers. What do you want to create in the world? In your career? This Full Moon lights up your career zone and has you asking yourself questions about work and vocation. Follow your intuition and trust that you have the ability to meet your career goals– as long as you buckle down and do the work.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising A flag is planted in a remote location. Exploration. Look further for the answers. If something isn’t working in your life, notice what it is and seek out the solution. Don’t wait for it to solve itself. Explore. Be willing to upgrade to a new philosophy. Be willing to adjust your values if you find a way of thinking about the world that is a better fit for where you are now.
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Leo :: Leo Rising A frog on a lily pad. You are ready to transform. Look for wisdom and guidance as you move into a new phase of life. Let go of anything that you no longer need so that you can find fresh expansion. Forgive and release. Clear out your closets. Find the wisdom that helps you move on.
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Happy turn around the sun, sweet Virgo! You are celebrating your birth month with one of the most exciting and beloved cards in the Tarot, the Queen of Wands. Ruled by the dual elements of fire and water, Queen of Wands is all things. She is the witch of the deck, the alchemist, the sexual goddess and the spirit of creative genius. She is a direct channel to Divine, she trusts her intuition, and allows her creativity to flow from her like rainwater. She is quiet about it, too. Indeed, Queen of Wands doesn’t need to talk about these aspects of herself — she just is, beaming her magic out into the world with every step she takes. You are being asked to embody Queen of Wands energy this month, sweet Virgo, allowing yourself to walk through the world radiating these qualities. Rather than wholly relying on your beautifully honed intellect and ability to analyze, you’re being invited to allow your inner knowing to guide the way even more deeply this month.
This shift in energy will organically lead you to some totally new experiences in September and beyond. It is making way for new collaborations, new ideas, inspirations, moments of brilliance and a greater felt experience of total empowerment and personal magic. This card’s reach is transformative. Your only job is to be willing, loves. Willing to allow this alchemical energy into your life, willing to let it sit at the table of your heart. It will be helping to literally redefine your sense of self, and your beliefs about what you are capable of. Leave room for mystery this month. Embrace wabi-sabi in all things. Push against your comfort zone, trust yourself in crucial moments, let the fire and water within you, the passion and the deep knowing, dance as one. The result be will amazing.
Rejoice, dear Libra! Do a little dance and get excited — you are moving through the amazing Ten of Cups this month, an energy that you have earned with your hard work, one that is enormously deserved.
Ten of Cups is romanticized for a reason — it’s pretty spectacular. It represents the joyful end of an emotional cycle, typically one that has been rife with inner turmoil. The journey in the Cups from the Ace to the Ten is an intense one, filled with many lessons. In the Cups, we learn to move through great loss, we learn to trust our intuition (even through the din of fear and huge emotions), and we open ourselves to love, to the perfection of the beauty all around us. Ten of Cups is the payoff to this struggle, and it can come into our lives in many ways.
Ten of Cups can be an experience of getting everything we want, our dreams coming true, and living happily ever after, but that’s not always the case. What Ten of Cups gifts to us, above all things, is the opportunity to genuinely love, accept, and appreciate the present moment, giving thanks for all that we do have. You have the opportunity to taste the fruits of trust and peace in your life, Libra — even if you aren’t where you’d like to be, even if you don’t have your beloved by your side yet, even if you are still learning, still figuring stuff out. Wherever you are is perfect, and you get to practice leaning into that, regardless of where you are in your life, which will only make you more available to greater joy and more blessings. This is the true gift of Ten of Cups, and — dare I say it — the key to a happy life. It’s an invaluable lesson. Be here for it.
Knight of Wands reversed has a very important message for you this month, Scorpio: have more fun. This archetype is letting you know that life has become too starchy, too devoid of play and spirited joy. September will be your opportunity to change that in a lasting way. Much is spoken of your intensity and sexual energy — you are also spectacularly hard workers. When that fixed sign work ethic drifts too far left of center, it can turn life into one big responsibility, with no moments left for relaxation, or restoration, not to mention fun. Be willing to look deeply at your beliefs about play. Is it just for kids? A waste of time? Does it make you anxious, believing that your time could be spend on more productive things? If so, it’s time to recenter from the foundation up. You not only need moments of unstructured creative time, but you also need to shake things up with some fun. Whether that means working on a side project, playing on a basketball team, taking a weekly class, or taking up ballet, it doesn’t matter. Empower yourself to shift your relationship to the value of fun, whatever that means to you.
Knight of Wands is a being that moves through the world with the desire to bring great joy to those that he comes into contact with — he wants to have an impact, wants to be seen and remembered. You are giving this gift to yourself this month, Scorpio. Show up for yourself on a new level, and be willing to get really uncomfortable with how much fun you allow yourself to have. The benefits of this shift are invaluable. It will infuse new life into your work, will open your intuition, and will reconnect you with your loved ones. This month, commit to the hardest work of all: play.
SAGITTARIUS :: SAGITTARIUS RISING Two of Swords, Rx
September is all about self care for you, Sagittarius — both making it a priority in your life, no matter how busy you are, and upgrading it to a new level going forward. Two of Swords is a very powerful and important energy, one that offers us a crucial barometer around our brain chemistry, mental well being, and energetic boundaries. When we receive it in a reading, we need to clear, take space, process things mentally, and return to our center. This card employs a fierceness of spirit around self care that, unfortunately, can be misunderstood all too easily as someone who is too cold, too distant and stand-offish. Two of Swords, however, invites us to pay it no mind — she encourages us to take the space and time we need without explanation.
Put simply, loves, you need to take some space and it’s not happening. There is a need for greater gentleness around the nervous system that’s not being honored. So, what do you do with this information? Inquire around where and why that might be, and make changes accordingly. It’s not because you did anything wrong, or you aren’t paying attention — quite the contrary. It’s most likely because many of you are in deep process, evolving along with everyone else on the planet, and what used to work for you in terms of self care now needs to be expanded and reevaluated. It’s that simple. Whether it’s bodywork, more time in nature, upping your hydration, tweaking your diet, or just more restorative time in general, Two of Swords is calling, and it is crucial to heed her invitation. Make zero apologies. Do not explain yourself when you need space. Trust your intuition around social media, your phone, or the company of certain people in your life. Take the space, and see how much more supported you feel.
I have three words for your September, Capricorn: Go for it! Whatever you are envisioning, planning, creating or dreaming of, go for it. Divine timing is on your side to make almost anything happen this month. Gather your courage, center yourself, and seize the chance to birth your next great project, task or idea into the world. Committing to these energies may stretch you to your limits in many ways — but what excites you more than that, Capricorn? What thrills you more than a juicy challenge, and a chance to work hard on something that stimulates you? Page of Swords coming together with Virgo season is going to unfold like a dream come true, offering the perfect support system for you to birth these ideas into the world. Take advantage of it.
Page of Swords is a powerful archetype, ruled by air and earth. He is someone who has done the work mentally and energetically to ready himself for something new. His hopes are high, his vision is clear, he feels good, and he is chomping at the bit to have his “shot.” He has knowledge he wants to share, thoughts he wants to communicate, people he deeply wants to serve. The air/earth combination aids him greatly in being able to accomplish this, grounding his visions with enough practicality to make them feasible. In other words, Capricorn, go for it. You are ready. You have moved through the big contractive energies of the last several months, learning your lessons, trusting in timing, learning the art of leaving room for mystery — now you get to move forward, armed with the wisdom gained from the last cycle. If you are feeling scared, ask for support around your next big steps. If you’re willing to be bold and brave, you will have everything you need to make it happen.
September promises to be a very delicious month for you, Aquarius, ripe with potential opportunities and exciting choices. Two of Wands is an energetic fresh start, and represents a time when the possibilities of our life expand enormously. We begin to have options where we didn’t before, and our interests may be aroused in many different directions. Your sacred opportunity this month will be to make some very important choices around your next steps. This might feel tough in moments, because any path that Two of Wands offers brings something amazing. It’s really a win no matter what, which is is an awesome situation to be in.
Two of Wands is about letting our hearts be guided by the wisdom of our experience, a choice that is largely guided by an earned instinct. You are changing, Aquarius. You have been through a deep journey in the last year, and some of that is beginning to shift. The skies have been very changeable for you this year, bringing you into some powerful lessons and, in some cases, extraordinary change. The path ahead is clearer, brighter, more rich with possibility. Any rut that you’ve been in, energetically or otherwise, is most definitely coming to an end. Life is going to start getting a lot more exciting, the future opening up in some amazing ways. You may feel like you’re at a crossroads of sorts this month, Aquarius, but it won’t be a painful one. The toughest part of Two of Wands is figuring out where to point our compass because every option feels wonderful.
If you can gently temper the excitement you may feel with a little reflection, it will help enormously. You will make the choice that’s best for you, Aquarius. Trust your heart, and give yourself time to drop into what your soul is really longing for.
You are moving through Five of Cups this month, Pisces, and I won’t lie to you: you’re going to be swimming in some deep waters. But when has that been a problem for you? You are the most experienced deep divers in the Zodiac, regularly swimming into parts of the heart and caves of the soul that many never visit in their lifetime. You are being invited to embrace this part of yourself — it is one of your most awe-inspiring superpowers.
Five of Cups is a kind of emotional contraction, a lesson we move through in order to more deeply trust in the temporal nature of our emotions. Being in Five of Cups can often feel like we cannot see the way forward, that we will be stuck in a situation forever. This card can arise around a totally innocuous inner experience, or it can be as blunt as grief over the loss of a loved one, heartbreak, or a flood of old emotions returning. In the traditional Smith-Rider-Waite card, we see a man grieving over three spilled cups, his back turned to the two full cups behind him. The medicine of this card is inviting you to turn to the “full cups” in your life — what awaits you, and lives on the other side of your emotional experience. There, a treasure awaits, one that will contain what you need in order to move forward.
These treasures are earned through the power of your soul work, Pisces, and enrich every part of you. They strengthen your gifts, expand your intuition, and bless you with greater wisdom and deeper knowing. September is one of those months, one that will invite you to dive deep, and certainly one that will yield its weight in expansion, inner richness and golden wisdom. Trust it, and take the leap.
September is your month, Aries. The path ahead is bright, clear, and practically golden in its potential. Take advantage of it fully, leaning into every bit of the magic and alchemy that await you in the upcoming cycle. You are moving through the Akashic Records card in September, and put simply, it’s a really, really big deal. This card showing up in a reading is extraordinarily rare, and the medicine it brings is highly advanced and deeply effective.
The Akashic Records themselves are a kind of Universal file folder of divine information. When we tune into the Akashic Records, it is said that we can gain wisdom and answers around anything in the Universe that has ever been, or ever will be. You are in this kind of powerful energy this month, Aries, and it is guiding you toward your next big expansion, both as a collective sign, and as individuals. Know that you have the power to shift your karma this month, to change the direction of your patterns — the potential is endless, and promises to be incredibly magical.
The month ahead will be full of spectacular blessings and opportunities to expand exponentially, but you have to work. You have to show up, doing your part. Whatever you bring forward, Divine will double it. This is the month to say “fuck you” to fear, to doubt, to past pain, to old traumas that have been holding you back. Show up, shine your light, share what has been in your heart, and take the next step in your soul’s evolution. It’s going to take everything you’ve got, but you’re up for it. Rather than thinking of it as an intense or draining time, think about yourself as a kind of athlete, training for the Olympics. You are ready for this — you can do it.
You are moving through the advanced medicine of Five of Crystals, or Pentacles this month, sweet Taurus. It is here to let you know that what you want — what you’ve wished for and longed to manifest — is coming. It is on its way, being hand delivered to you, and you are being asked to be trusting and patient with its arrival time. It’s tough, but you can do it.
Five of Pentacles is an advanced energy because it typically asks us to move through a challenge of some kind. It will also ask us to stay very centered through the unfolding of it, rooted in our truth. It doesn’t matter where this card shows up in your life, it’s job is to test your trust, and to help you relax into this moment, unknown as it may be. Empower yourself to stay as cool as you can. Five of Pentacles never lasts long, and it’s usually totally up to us as to whether it’s a slightly uncomfortable experience, or a dreadful experience. Your choice, loves — choose wisely.
Fives in the Tarot are always contractive. They literally squeeze us in order to expand us, readying us for a birth of some kind. When we resist a contraction, we are just uncomfortable for a longer period of time. When we give into them, surrendering and honoring the lesson, we make room for new. Five of Pentacles is often unfairly thought of as a card of money trouble, which is such a limited view of it. If it does affect your abundance this month, Taurus, it is only an energetic sign that you are expanding, preparing to receive more. Get curious around what you might perceive as setbacks and delays. They really are bringing a gift. Once trust in the timing is infused, everything you’ve been waiting for will flood right in.
You are cycling through the Death card this month, Gemini. September promises to be a deep time of powerful renewal, incredible lessons, and — of course — releasing what no longer serves your life. Whether this sacred death is a external one (marriage/relationship, job, apartment, a big move), or an internal one, space is being made for something new to grow. Trust it with all your might, sweet ones. There is nothing to fear from this card, I promise you. As much as you might not want to say goodbye, the thing you are releasing can serve you better in another form. Death never comes unless it’s truly time for that aspect of your life to go.
Ruled by Scorpio, the Death card never bodes an actual, physical death. The Death card is about an energetic death, about spiralic change and the turn of the wheel of life. It is in a snake shedding its skin, in the changing of the seasons — the last golden leaf falling from a barren tree, preparing at last to rest for the winter. It is the transmutation of one thing into another, and the honoring of that process. We eat food, then we become food. The weeds in our garden can become sacred compost, fertilizing the new, encouraging it to grow. This card brings transformation to all who are touched by it, letting us know that an old part of us must die away in order for us to move forward, growing as we need to be. Because this card represents an ego death, it can be intense for us to move through it. Honor any discomfort that may come up for you around it, perhaps even grieve it in your way, but no matter what this is coming up around, it is making space for something amazing to come in. Trust and release.
September is a kind of review for you, Cancer, one in which you will be called upon to be very present around your emotional boundaries. What you say yes and no to this month will be of the utmost importance to consider. Your reserves will be precious, so it will be crucial to make sure you are moving forward with something only when you truly feel good about it. Saying yes when it’s really a no can have some consequences this month: think getting sick, feeling drained, etc. You all have so much light to share, but your nervous systems need a lot of down time to regenerate after being out in the world. That’s okay — just honor it. Four of Cups is a sign that that honoring is not happening as it needs to. Now you have to check in around why that might be.
Four of Cups reversed is a powerful energy, and one that can be challenging to anyone with a heavy fear of missing out, whether it be on experiences, opportunities, or relationships. It comes at a moment when we are emotionally full, and in order to digest our feelings and experiences, we need to take a gentle break around mindless intaking. We have to integrate. Honor your need to take this time, Cancer. If you continue to drink while you’re still hungover, you’ll always be sick. Honor your instinct and your truth, allowing your words to be a reflection of that. Trust that you can miss nothing that is meant for you, giving yourself the gift of pausing long and hard before you commit to anything this month. September is a reset, and a chance to heighten your integrity and personal commitment to your self care. Embracing it will bring in more abundance than you could ever imagine.
You are moving through the medicine of Nine of Swords this month, Leo — diving deeply into a powerful invitation to face your fears and find a sense of personal equilibrium in a time of uncertainty. Indeed, nothing in the tangible realm will necessarily be in flux, or creating an external source of fear — in other words, the fear brought up in Nine of Swords may be coming solely from your own mind, but that doesn’t make it any less legitimate. The experience can be uncomfortable, no matter what. The work you will be welcomed into this month will be to pull up a chair to your fear, invite your doubts and “what ifs” to tea. To listen to yourself, and inquire around what might be happening in your mind that you don’t necessarily want to hang out with all the time. Honoring this invitation will be a deep liberation to your spirit, empowering you to not only face what scares you, but to befriend it. Once we face a fear, it becomes an ally, one that can provide enormous strength and self compassion. Trust what it’s bringing, and allow it to really transform you this month.
Often, Nine of Swords arises in a reading when we are about to do something exciting, awesome, or expansive. The brain can get frightened of losing control over us, and can pump out all kinds of fears, doubts, terrors, “what ifs,” and nightmares, all to keep us in familiar territory. It will be crucially important to ask yourself if you are in one of those times in your life, Leo. If so, Nine of Swords is, dare I say it, a very positive card bringing a very important message for you. Face your fears, and find excitement and empowerment on the other side of the journey.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising Bottles moving along a conveyer belt. Repetition. Through continuous practice, you have the ability to refine and improve your technique. Finding ways to improve is fun for you. If you can let yourself be very present in the moment, you will find that you are totally in sync with whatever it is you need to do right now. The repetition of your efforts becomes almost like a finely tuned dance. You can become so present that it may feel as if time stops. Stay focused, grounded, and clearly dedicated to the tasks ahead.
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Libra :: Libra Rising Elephants running in a herd. An unseen force is operating deep within you. Become very observant. Let yourself have the time and space you need to feel the depths of emotion pull at your heart. Allowing the unnoticed emotion to come up will temper it, so that you are supported by a rush of energy instead of being trampled in a stampede of emotions.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising Clouds that look like flowers. You are searching for new ideas. Look for inspiration everywhere. Let one idea morph into another, just as the wind pulls a cloud into an entirely different shape. Don’t become too attached to any one idea right now. Let them flow. Watch as they change and develop right before your eyes. Feel the power of your mind as you allow the fresh stream of inspiration to drift in.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising Dipping water out of a well. Understand what your resources are so that you can activate them in your career. Staying aware of your resources (whether those are social, intellectual, technological, financial, emotional, or spiritual) can help you feel optimistic as you make decisions. Take time to research and organize so that you have a solid foundation as you move forward in this moment of career expansion.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising A pig roots around, looking for truffles. It’s time to do some searching and exploring. Truffles are an expensive delicacy. What high-value reward are you searching for? Before you begin to explore, decide on your desired outcome. What is your vision? Think about what you want to achieve and how you want to feel in the process. Once you have that goal decided upon, enjoy the process of learning and expanding as you look for different ways to achieve this outcome. Be playful.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising Reaching for another person. You have an opportunity to create deep intimacy. Intimacy can feel vulnerable because we must really learn how to trust. But once established, intimacy can be an incredible relief. When you are truly intimate, you don’t have to worry about being judged. It’s a huge energy saver. It may be time to consider how you create intimacy and if you’re ready for more.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising The horizon line. A boundary. Depending on the weather, sometimes a horizon line is clearly defined, sometimes it’s hard to see. This is a moment for you to define your priorities and boundaries when it comes to relationships. Get clear. Depending on your emotional weather, this is not always the easiest thing to do. But healthy boundaries in relationships is what allows them to flourish without the hindrance of anxiety or resentment. Begin with the idea that it’s not up to you to carry emotional responsibility for anyone. Go from there.
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Aries :: Aries Rising A pumpkin grows in the field. Because of its large size and many seeds, the pumpkin is a symbol of plenty. Abundance. But to help along the development of this massive vegetable, the farmer must take gentle care— monitoring the soil quality, pests, and weather. Likewise, your abundance currently comes from your ability to tend to the details. Pay attention to your sleep, nutrition, exercise, organization, time management, etc. Get all of the mundane systems of your life in order so that you can enjoy a delightful harvest later on.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising An alien language. You must translate something that’s far outside your field of experience. It’s time to get creative. Reach as far as you can. Expand your brain. The universal language that you can use as your Rosetta stone is Love. Begin by learning about love and you will be able to effectively translate anything that comes your way.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising Lying on a raft, floating down a river. Surrendering to the flow of emotions. Surrendering to dreams and imagination. Who is your inner child who needs nurturance now? How old is that little one? Take them on an adventure in the river. Play games and tell stories. Listen. This is how you move the raft forward along the river of emotions.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising Playing a game of jacks. An ancient game. Versions of it are played all around the world. Do you remember what it’s like to play just for the sheer joy of playing? In Ancient Greece, children’s games like this one used to be invented as offerings to the Gods. Elevate the act of play to a spiritual level. Make everything into a game. This practice will help you make new mental connections and lighten your mindset.
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Leo :: Leo Rising The very top of the mountain. Set your sights on your earthly goals. Look for the path that will lead you up to the top of the mountain. There is hard work ahead. But the work you do will help you feel more stable. Look for ways to improve your finances and resources. It’s time to climb.
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Virgo season 2017 is a time to lay claim to your most pristine values, and show up with utmost integrity says Bess Matassa. PLUS a solo wedding celebration for each Vesta sign … Homepage art: Lexi Kendall
Lay out your laciest lingerie, private dancers. The zodiac’s mystic mami of self-possessed sexuality invites us to bow down at the altar of our beautiful bodies in all their intricate integrity, and to delight in the divine essence of our own, solitary unfolding.
This unmarried siren of self-containment lives with fierce fealty to her internal code, and simply will not give it away for free. As she sifts, assesses, and refines, the zodiac’s everyday alchemist moves in rhythm with the world that surrounds her, working her mettle to transform her metal into 24-karat gold.
It’s a season for deciding exactly what you will stand for, and what you won’t fall for anymore, vestal vixens. Descend into your very own witchy desert land, and marry yourself to the wind and the night and the shifting sand. Wed yourself to the wildest, untamable places inside yourself. Pledge allegiance for life.
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The keyword: Integrity
The song lyrics: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror/I’m asking him to change his ways/If you want to make the world a better place/Take a look at yourself and then make a change”—Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror”
Check out Bess’ Virgo Season Playlist, complete with witchy women, singular anthems, and ladies of the canyon.
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The color palette: 1970s land art and film noir: tumbled stone silvers, cameo creams, copper wheatfields, and herringbone patterns.
The style: Georgia O’Keefe’s open-air Santa Fe atelier meets Elizabethan regality—high ruffled necks, gilded patterning, buttons on sleeves, impeccable tailoring, open-toed sandals, and broad-brimmed hats.
The scents and flavors: careful concoctions, earth goddess essences, and sovereign tastes. Baguettes and subtly spiced soups, herbaceous pestos, harvest grains, dried apricots, frisée, strained labneh, and lavendar pillows.
The healing: everyday alchemy, considered corporeality, and self-governing sexuality. Food and beverage pairings, lingerie shopping, ayurveda, ritual baths, ant farms, and herb gardening.
Sensuous Invitation of the Month:Solo Wedding Ceremonies for Your Vesta Sign
The zodiac’s unwed woman is inherently tied to asteroid Vesta, whose streamlined acts of devotion teach us how to activate singular focus and creative containment.
This month, marry yourself to exactly what lives inside of you with a solo wedding ceremony fit for a badass bride …
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Vesta in Aries Virgo season invites you to temper some of your usual no-holds-barred aggression with more calculated maneuvers. Wedding Party: Tossing the bouquet. Strategize your leaps as you catch petals with both ease and assessment. Wedding Anthem: “You Shook Me All Night Long,” AC/DC.
Vesta in Taurus Virgo season invites you to let your work in the world feel both pragmatic and pleasurable. Wedding Party: Cutting the cake. Let determining the contours of your feast fully fuel your self-sufficiency. Wedding Anthem:“Let’s Get it On,” Marvin Gaye.
Vesta in Gemini Virgo season invites you to release into body knowledge and speak straight from your gut. Wedding Party: Toasting. Carefully planned words meet instinctual, emotive sharing of what lives in your heart. Wedding Anthem: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours),” Stevie Wonder.
Vesta in Cancer Virgo season invites you to let your own past lives lead you home to your core beliefs. Wedding Party: Photo booth. Delight in candid, historical snaps that capture the nostalgia of this very moment. Wedding Anthem: “December 1963 (Oh What a Night),” The Four Seasons.
Vesta in Leo Virgo season invites you to assess your creative contribution so you can fully ignite your eternal flame. Wedding Party: Conga line. Hone some structured dance moves without losing one bit of the party. Wedding Anthem: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” Cyndi Lauper.
Vesta in Virgo Virgo season invites you to soften your inner-critic without surrendering your high-quality standards. Wedding Party: Tailoring the gown. Cloak yourself in careful couture that’s both intricately crafted and drop-dead gorgeous. Wedding Anthem: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé.
Vesta in Libra Virgo season invites you to romance yourself fully without needing a partner, and fall back in love with your private dreams. Wedding Party: The honeymoon. Re-up your faith in fairytale fantasies and endlessly unfolding beauty. Wedding Anthem: “Wonderful Tonight,” Eric Clapton.
Vesta in Scorpio Virgo season invites you to let your intensity inform your integrity as you unapologetically claim your power in the world. Wedding Party: Bachelorette Weekend. Channel the stripped-down wilding of a “don’t ask don’t tell” weekend in Vegas. Wedding Anthem: “Lady in Red,” Chris De Burgh.
Vesta in Sagittarius Virgo season invites you to wed yourself to pure wildness and channel your intrepid inner voyager who knows no bounds. Wedding Party: Destination wedding. Channel the wide-open spaces of solo tripping. Wedding Anthem: “Footlose” Kenny Loggins.
Vesta in Capricorn Virgo season invites you to unabashedly celebrate your desire for structures that endure. Wedding Party: White wedding. Channel long-standing traditions and regal ritual. Wedding Anthem: “At Last,” Etta James.
Vesta in Aquarius Virgo season invites you to crack open the status quo and re-envision what it means to be committed to your cause. Wedding Party: Civil ceremony. Draw clear boundaries between church and state as you birth your humanitarian visions into being. Wedding Anthem: “Respect,” Aretha Franklin
Vesta in Pisces Virgo season invites you to revel in your need for retreat as you get in touch with your own secret touchy-feelies. Wedding Party: Elopement. Pull a delicious disappearing act and relax into checking out. Wedding Anthem: “I’ve Had the Time of My Life,” Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes.
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Leo :: Leo Rising Giraffes moving across the plains. This is an active time for you. It may be time to stick your neck out for a cause. You may need to increase your movement and fluidity. Giraffe as a spirit animal brings medicine of far-reaching vision and psychic ability. Keep searching for a higher purpose or cause that can keep you moving forward. You currently have an opportunity to learn about who you are and where you are going. Look to your intuition to help you navigate as you move across the plains.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising A pot of rich, hearty stew. In a stew, everything is mixed together. Have you been shouldering too much responsibility? Have you been taking it all on? It may be time to separate out what is your responsibility and what is someone else’s. Meanwhile, find ways to nourish yourself— physically, intellectually, socially and spiritually. This is your chance to connect with your higher self, strengthen your intuition, and let go of limiting unconscious beliefs. Take good care of yourself so that you can do this important work. You’ll need to feel rested and energized as you move into the more active season that lies ahead.
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Libra :: Libra Rising Handfuls of crystals. As you gather fragments of crystals you are symbolically gathering your sense of self. What is “self?” It may be time to ponder your image of your self, your concept of your higher self, and your vision for your future self. Another interpretation of crystals is that they can represent crystallized emotions or beliefs. As the New Moon occurs in your house of fixed beliefs, this may be an opportunity to reevaluate some of the concepts that you hold- maybe it’s time for new ideas or perspectives?
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising A spiky hat. What are the spikes on this hat? Protection, maybe. Possibly a way to make yourself seem bigger, taller, fiercer. This New Moon occurs in your area of career and vocation. Do you need to set new boundaries in your work? Do you need to see yourself as a bigger force in your career? There is a lot of action on deck for you when it comes to work and career. Get ready to move into it with activated warrior energy.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising A game of “Hungry Hungry Hippos.” Remember that old board game “Hungry, Hungry Hippos?” The hippos pop forward to eat as many marbles as possible. They are ravenous. Where is your ravenous energy coming through right now? This is a time to reinvigorate how you search, hunt, and discover. Most of this devouring energy comes through in your search for a new philosophy and meaning. You may need to travel physically or explore mentally to create a new mission statement for your next season.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising The drawbridge is pulled up. A definitive end is arriving in some area of your life. This may be an end to an inefficient system or a chance to let go of an outdated belief. It may be time to let go of a relationship, habit, or behavior. Whatever it is that must be let go of, consciously step toward this opportunity for release. You are moving through a cycle and you must let go so that you can begin again. Allow yourself to fully feel all of the feelings that arise when letting go.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising Folding clothes. This New Moon occurs in your area of relationships. How can you pay more attention to caring for your relationships? Folding clothes is a routine thing, we all have a certain way we do it and it can be pretty much automatic. In your relationships, what do you do automatically? What are your unconscious actions and reactions? Are those working for you? Or is it time to reset some of these automations so that you can enjoy healthier relationships? Pay attention to every potential crease in your relationships and take some time to freshen any outdated behaviors.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising Trying to catch tadpoles. Scrambling. Chasing. Lots of activity. Tadpoles are a symbol of transformation. As you stretch yourself to try to get a grasp on things, remember to be patient. You’ve got a lot on your plate right now and the new development will come at the exact right moment. In the meantime, take good care of body, mind, and spirit, so that you are prepared for the next phase.
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Aries :: Aries Rising Deep bowls of food in a buffet. Indulge. This New Moon offers you an opportunity to reassess how you experience joy. There is a banquet of experience available to you. You can sample different varieties of mirth, fun, creativity, and expression. Remain aware of pure, true, joy. Dip in to experience it. Why is this important? Because it feeds your soul.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising Tobogganing down a hill. Building momentum thanks to a reduction in friction. What are the forces that are propelling you forward? And do you feel like it’s possible to steer in the right direction? We all build momentum in one direction or another. How is your current direction feeling for you? This New Moon occurs in your area of home and family. These are important forces in our lives. Sense of family can either stabilize or confuse. Sense of home can be grounding or constricting. As an adult, you get to decide how you attend to the direction and momentum that these foundational forces are creating.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising The wingspan of a hawk. You are ready for a new span of conscious awareness. It’s time to learn. Seek meaning. Seek enlightenment. Look for meaning in the micro and the macro. Soar high above your everyday difficulties to get a glimpse of the bigger picture. Devote yourself to learning more about what the truth of your world is. It’s time to expand your mindset.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising Pulling cards out of a file. It may be time to sort and organize things in your life. Are you clear about how you are getting your basic needs met— food, water, shelter? If you have gone through an agitated or traumatic period in your life, this symbol can show that it is extra important to feel settled and stabilized. Take stock of what resources are available. Get the basics sorted and taken care of.
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Leo :: Leo Rising Donuts with sprinkles. This symbol is a reminder to bring sweetness into everything you do. Approach your work, your responsibilities, your relationships as if every aspect of them was a cause for celebration. It’s difficult to remember to be enthusiastic if you’re tired, hungry or lonely. So prioritize your basic needs. Then you’ll be able to bring the joy.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising A horseshoe hanging over a doorway. Look for your own brand of luck. What is luck anyway? Decide what “luck” means to you, then focus your attention on it. Luck is a vibration that is always available. You just have to take a step toward it by knowing what your vision is for how you want to feel. Do you want to feel like life flows easily? Like you are supported and connected? Feel your way there through appreciation and gratitude. That’s how you increase your luck.
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Libra :: Libra Rising Scrolling through your contacts list. Remembering old friendships. Flip through old memories. Are there old hurts that are ready to be forgiven? This is your chance to reconcile the past. Make an inventory. By practicing forgiveness you’ll have much more energy for the future.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising Stargazing, learning the constellations. Keep things in perspective by remembering how small you are. Continue to look at the big picture, especially when it comes to relationships. It’s easier to let go and forgive when you have the distance of perspective.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising The frog on her lily pad. It’s time to transform. How do you take care of your body, mind and spirit? How do you take care of your home? Are you ready for some new systems? Spend a little time getting clear about how you want the mechanics of your life to develop.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising A cat sits on the windowsill and yawns. Be yourself. Don’t worry about what anyone else thinks. Stay centered and self-assured. Take good care of your body and defend your individuality. Be like the cat, affectionate, lively, silly, but always confident and determined.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising A line of dominoes falls. One thing will lead to the next. There is a certain progression. Once things get going, they tend to continue. Notice who is influencing you. Spend time with people who you admire so that you can be swayed in the direction you want to go.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising Clouds dusted pink by the sunset. Appreciation. It’s easy to get caught up in perfectionism. Instead, try appreciation. Incubate your creativity by being encouraging and appreciative instead of self-defeating. Shine a rose-gold light on every aspect of your life— body, work, relationships. Fill your heart with gratitude.
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Aries :: Aries Rising Carrying baskets full of grain across the field. Taking responsibility for the harvest. Where can you take more responsibility for your well-being? For your personal abundance? Your security? Make an effort to feel secure and grounded. Take action.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising Adjusting the dials. Calibrating. There may be some adjustments that need to be made so that you can feel more like yourself. Do you need more sleep or a better diet? More social activity or more alone time? Pay attention to what your body is yearning for. Give yourself the time and space to tune in.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising Packed luggage. It’s time to play and explore. Get yourself out of the regular routine. Take some time to relax and unplug. Drift, float and dream. You can do this without even leaving home. You can take a mental journey through reading and dreaming. Or you can actually get out of town. Either way, let your mind wander into unknown territory.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising Artwork made from string. Many new mental connections can be made. This is an ultra-creative moment. A chance for an epiphany. Make room for new ideas. Keep a journal nearby and look for ways to be inspired. Become very curious about the world around you. That will fire up your brain and help you open up to the next big idea.
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Leo :: Leo Rising Putting puzzle pieces together. Looking for ways to interlock. How do you fit yourself into a partnership without losing part of yourself? How do you compromise? Truly honor yourself and what you need. Yet simultaneously open up your mind to what the people around you may be needing and feeling too. There is an art and science to diplomacy. Become curious about compromise and remember to open your heart.
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Virgo :: Virgo Rising A flying squirrel glides. All four limbs outstretched, jump and glide. Balance your way down along air currents, expertly continuing along your path. This week offers an opportunity to improve health and wellness. You may be able to feel closer to mastery when it comes to organization and daily practices. And don’t worry about little unexpected hiccups along the journey. The squirrel isn’t always sure of how the leap will go, but that doesn’t stop him from flying.
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Libra :: Libra Rising Handfuls of diamonds. Allowing yourself to glitter. Look for the excitement, joy, curiosity, and delight in every moment. Be open to the sparkle of life. It’s all around you. This week you can remind yourself to access it as you engage the playfulness of your soul.
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Scorpio :: Scorpio Rising Parting blades of grass to see tiny holes that insects make in the soil. You’re investigating this week. What is hidden? What’s underneath? What are the pathways that your mind travels unconsciously? These are the thought patterns that trigger certain reactions and emotions. Simply notice these pathways so that you’re not as easily triggered. How? By raising your awareness. Accept and name your feelings. Give yourself empathy. Then become gently curious about what is at the root.
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Sagittarius :: Sagittarius Rising White seed puffs float by on the breeze. Are you ready to travel? Jump on the next air current and take a trip with your mind or your body. Look for new ideas and new ways of thinking that can help you expand. Do lots of journalling. Actively collect the new ideas that float by on the breeze. Pay attention.
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Capricorn :: Capricorn Rising A horse stepping carefully along a mountain trail. You may feel as though you need to step carefully. Security may be your main focus. Meditate on the meaning of security. How much power will you give it? Will it be the agent that determines your decisions? Notice if you can shift your relationship with security. Create the wellspring of security within you so that you don’t have to chase it.
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Aquarius :: Aquarius Rising A snake shedding it’s skin. This is highly transformational moment for you. Moments of transformation can feel like a step into the unknown. As the snake sheds it’s skin, does it feel excitement about it’s new identity? Fear that the transformation might not work out? A sense of relief? Maybe all of these things at once? Let yourself move along at the pace that is already established. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
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Pisces :: Pisces Rising Prisms catching the light. Everyday occurrences can suddenly reveal themselves to be magical. Look for a fresh beginning in your relationship to your spirituality. Attend to yourself by slowing down and giving yourself space. When you do so you’ll be able to see the tiny rainbows of light streaming from your heart.
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Aries :: Aries Rising Lava flows. Let your fire help you expand out into the world. It’s time to take action in some way that makes a difference in your community. Use your energy and make change happen. Move into a leadership role. Believing in yourself will help you activate your massive power and energy.
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Taurus :: Taurus Rising Pigeons flying home. The focus is on your career. How high do you want to fly? You may be seeking new ways to navigate some decisions when it comes to your vocation. Taking time to restore in your private space at home can help you expand in the public sphere.
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Gemini :: Gemini Rising Frogs leaping among the lily pads. Investigate your surroundings. It’s time to look around for a better philosophy. There is space for you to utterly transform your opinions. Switch to a different lily pad and see things from a fresh perspective. This requires flexibility of body and mind. If you can become open to change, the payoff will be great.
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Cancer :: Cancer Rising A whirlpool. The water swirls. Your emotions swirl. Move down the path of your emotions without any fear. If you watch your emotions without judging yourself, the flow can teach you so much about how to navigate. Become a researcher. Investigate where your emotions are coming from and why.
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Happy birthday, sweet Leo! The Hanged Man, or Perspective, is blessing you with its presence this month. It’s gifts to you will be some profound invitations into surrender, patience and transformation, all centered around what you have no control over—anything that you cannot change or rush in your life at this time. You will most likely experience some intense (and awesome) shifts in August, thanks to the eclipses and potent Moon phases. Trust and welcome it all. The Hanged Man is clearing the way for greater alignment with your soul’s highest and best, offering you a sacred perspective shift around divine timing and trust. If you surrender to the medicine of The Hanged Man this month, Leo, it’ll change your life.
The Hanged Man prepares us for Death—literally. It is the card that precedes the Death card in the order of the Major Arcana. Ruled by Neptune, it takes us into a very Piscean world, inviting us to literally ‘hang out’ with whatever arises in our lives, internally or externally. It is yoga off the mat, asking us to hold the pose during difficulty or intensity. For you, Leo, this is an amazing thing. The Hanged Man is an exceptional card because it asks us to say an empowered yes to life—to voluntarily choose to hang out with whatever evolutionary process we are in.
This experience is life changing, because when we say yes to life, we simultaneously say no to victimhood, allowing all that doesn’t serve to die away. Soon, you will taste the fruits of forward momentum, joy and expansion, but for this moment, The Hanged Man is preparing you to receive these things in a more empowered and clear way than ever before. Surrender to whatever arises, cultivate patience, and hold the pose of your life.
You are in your element this month with Eight of Crystals, or Pentacles, Virgo. The perfect card for your sweet, sturdy sensibility. Your invitation for August is to keep your nose to the proverbial grindstone. Whatever you are working on, creating or learning, throw yourself fully into being a student. Completely release attachment to the future, dropping and forgetting about outcomes and perfection. This is a month to let your hands get dirty. To fall and get back up again, and again, and again.
This is a time to be centered firmly in the present, in your work, opening your arms to humility and the gifts of apprenticeship. Work, practice, repeat. Although you may be tempted to skip this step in your process, it is this commitment to being a sacred student that will propel you into the next level of your mastery. Don’t let it pass you by. Surrender to the inward pull, into this deep place of humble repetition. The more you honor this invitation, the sharper and more refined your skills will become, readying you for a big expansion.
We so often forget to give credit to the power of action when we reflect on our desired intentions. We may wish for big writing or artistic opportunities, greater abundance in our businesses, all of which is perfect. But, we have to ask ourselves — are we making art, or just waiting for the gig to drop in? Are we writing, or waiting for the book deal? Are we practicing our craft, letting ourselves be wildly imperfect in order to learn, to become masters? Eight of Pentacles is your chance to live your intentions and dreams this month, Virgo. Saying yes to this card will change your life. Start with wherever you are, and just keep going.
You may very organically feel like you need a break this month, Libra. If so, I encourage you to take it where you can get it. Whether you feel called to cool it on the dating front, in your career, socially or otherwise, trust your gut and take a breather. Check in on where things feel too intense for you, and let them go for a bit. Whatever you release will come back to you tenfold, if you allow yourself the gift of a sacred pause. Let August be as insular, as cozy, and as sweet as you desire it to be. Four of Cups is ready to support and nurture you through this process, so allow yourself to breathe as you need this month, reflecting and readying for the next phase of your life.
Four of Cups is a card that invites us to turn our attention inward in order to process something emotionally. It is often interpreted as a warning around self sabotaging behavior, that we are missing the signs and gifts all around us—it might be how it feels, but that’s not really the truth. The soul knows the value of wise breaks, knows when it’s time to go within. The soul can teach us about the gifts of a pause, and of trust in the timing of things.
The soul knows we can never miss something that’s meant for us. The potential alchemy of this card is strong, sweet Libra. You just have to invite it in, trusting its medicine. August is going to be intense. Beautiful and transformative, but intense. Four of Cups is a chance for you to meet this intensity with ease and grace. The gift it’s bringing? Preparing you to launch forward, clear, refreshed, and inspired. Seize the opportunity.
August is going to be an incredibly important cycle for you, Scorpio—I cannot emphasize that enough. Not only are you moving through the magnificent Wheel of Fortune this month, but you’re doing it during a profoundly transformative time, one filled with great potential for new beginnings. The Wheel of Fortune, ruled by Jupiter, is a sign that change and transformation are at hand—our path is about to be shifted. In order to allow the cycle to unfold, your job—and it is a crucial one—is to stay the hell out of the future, no matter how difficult, tempting or torturous it feels.
Wheel of Fortune is a co-creation with Divine, and our part of the work in the co-creative process is to focus solely on the now, offering our attention to anything arising in the present moment. Let the alchemical process happen behind the scenes; you just keep your head focused on what’s in front of you. This will facilitate the most positive and graceful turn on the Wheel, and will allow you to let the medicine of the upcoming Eclipses to move through you. The month of August contains within its days two potent eclipses, several huge lunar transits and a Mercury Retrograde—no small shakes.
These transits are striking all of us on both an individual and collective level, but for you, Scorpio, it will be centered around rewiring some of the ways you’ve been moving through the world. It might be time to upgrade your worthiness, to look at your relationship to money, or perhaps to admit that you’ve fallen in love, or out of love, with some aspect of your life. No matter what, deep changes and powerful upgrades are available to you this month. Make a gentle commitment to simplicity, to presence, and to restoration—everything will unfold from there.
This is a powerful month for you, Sagittarius, especially in the realms of inspiration and the cultivation of new ideas. Get ready for some beautiful expansions. Ace of Swords is blessing you with its lightning sharp clarity in August, opening your life to brand new ways of thinking. This card promises to inject a good amount of freshness into your routine, shaking things up in a welcome way. You are getting ready to make some bold changes, Sagittarius. Like the promise of the rising sun, the upcoming shifts are inevitable, exciting, and lie right over the horizon.
Ace of Swords is helping you to prepare for this by stoking the fire of your intellect, and planting the seeds of brilliant ideas, new inspiration, moments of genius and strokes of incredible insight. Whether you know it or not, you are being prepped for a whole new level of personal mastery and greatness. The work for you this month will be to trust in the medicine of the present moment. The work you will be doing in the Eclipses this month is helping to open the doors for this major forward momentum. This is a time of preparation for your next great expansion in life, but you must allow for the time to dream it before you step into it, for the visions and brilliant ideas to come through before you take action.
It’s very important not to put the cart before the horse this month. You might have moments where you feel like you aren’t moving anywhere, or like nothing’s happening. Honor those experiences, and stay the course. Aces are divine gifts, but ones that must be taken and implemented in an empowered way, of our own free will. Trust in the flow of timing, and lean into the aligned power of this amazing card as much as you can.
It is time to shift your mentality, Capricorn. In some way, no doubt aided by the intensity of the eclipses and lunar transits in August, you will be invited to make changes in how you’ve been relating to your thoughts. This shift in your mental scope will prove to be monumental for your growth, and crucial for your next steps. In some way, whether large or small, your mental perceptions have not been fully serving you. The presence of Ten of Swords is a signal that a change in this area of your life is near, and if honored, will be transformative.
The ingredients to facilitating this shift will be your willingness to surrender control, and your willingness to be vulnerable. Communication around this aspect of your life will be key. Asking for help and support, when needed, will be paramount. Let yourself soften into the support of those around you, allowing the shifts to be as easy and as graceful as possible. Any ten in the Tarot is a fresh start. There are tens that are joyful and momentous, like the Ten of Cups or the Ten of Pentacles—and there are more karmic Tens, like the Swords and Wands, that require us to make changes in order to move forward.
Something is not quite working, and in order to move forward, we must adjust it. This is where you will find yourself this month, sweet Capricorn. Ten of Swords is not a nightmarish symbol of pain and suffering, but a Death-like release from an old pattern that was no longer serving you. The vulnerability is part of the key that unlocks the door to this change. Let yourself be rebirthed, Capricorn. Release all that no longer serves you. Be vulnerable and raw. It is time and you are ready.
AQUARIUS :: AQUARIUS RISING The High Priestess, Rx
August is an interesting and unique month for you, Aquarius. It might feel a little foggy and confusing in moments, but this is to be expected from the inward intensity of The High Priestess reversed. Your invitation is to float calmly in the fog, to let things be directionless and unclear in moments, without panic or worry. Just be. Often, if we receive this card reversed, it is very important to do nothing for a little while, allowing the mist to clear before we can see the moon again.
The High Priestess is ruled by the Moon. She is as watery, as changeable and as deep as they come. If we receive her in a reading, it is a sign that we already know the answers to our question. This archetype is deeply connected to our intuitive knowing, and requires us to cultivate an enormous amount of stillness and inner quiet to receive this deep answer from within. When we receive her reversed, it’s like there is a cloud cover over the light of the Moon. We just can’t hear or seem to get down to the core of our intuition. Our card pulls might seem totally confusing, our channels might sound like there’s nothing but dead air between us and our Guides. If so, it’s okay.
As stated before, just be for a little while. Laugh, bake bread, see friends, make love, see a movie—get back into life in a present way. Don’t worry so much about the future, or what’s to come. Focus on having so much fun that you forget how deeply you were straining to know or hear something. The more you take the pot off the stove and let it cool down, the clearer things will become. No pressure this month; just live.
Are you taking care of yourself, sweet Pisces? Are you honoring your sensitivity, treating your head, heart, and body as they deserve to be treated? This month will be a time to review the effectiveness of your personal boundaries, and may include some clear wakeup calls to make adjustments for the good of your nervous system. You may feel called to take some gentle breaks, to keep your distance from certain people in your life, or to be less social as you see fit.
It all depends on how you feel, and what you feel called to implement. It may be important for you to review what’s important to you, and to state your needs, in spite of whether they disappoint others. Those who love and appreciate you will understand. August is a profoundly important month, and in many ways is acting as a mirror for you, Pisces. If something in your life is not working for you or serving you, it is going to be reflected back to you in a very straightforward way so you can make changes.
Two of Swords is an invitation to go within in order to offer ourselves the gift of a mental break. It is a wise pause, a breath in the midst of a strong stress response, a decision to stay home instead of going out and getting wasted. The reversal indicates that we have been blowing past these invitations to pause, perhaps out of resistance, busyness, or fear. Honor what you need, and set down roots this month to live your life in this level of integrity to your soul. You are uniquely tapped in and sensitive, Pisces. Not everyone is going to immediately understand your need for space and reflection, but they will once you begin to communicate about what you need in a clear and empowered way.
Blessed be, sweet Aries! You are moving through the powerful flow of The Chariot this month, setting the tone for a profoundly transformative cycle. The Chariot is considered to be the only true omen of greatness in the Tarot—when we receive this card, we can rest assured that beautiful things are on their way to us, borne on the back of our hard work and focus. Receiving The Chariot in a reading indicates that we are ready to shine, that the time is ripe to move forward, to share our voices and our gifts in a whole new way.
It is a wonderful signal that the projects we are working on, nurturing or in process with are about to expand forward with us, blooming into fullness. It is an earned victory, flowing from our courage, persistence and commitment to personal alignment. The last six months to a year have been particularly tough on you, Aries. Your whole sign has really been moving through a complete identity shift, and you may have been feeling (in spite of how resistant you were to it) called more into the cocoon than out in the spotlight. Well, things are about to change in that regard.
Your time in the cocoon is almost at its end, and you are about to emerge as a beautiful butterfly, completely transformed down to a cellular level. It’s all a part of the natural unfolding of things for your sign’s evolution. In fact, the only part of The Chariot that can sometimes be a challenge is that, due to its ruling Cancer, we have to leave our protective shells in order to step forward into the world, renewed and reborn. You are changed, Aries, ready to meet your destiny in some way this month. Rise to meet it; the timing is perfect.
What a lovely energy to be moving through this month, Taurus! August is a kind of delicious reset for you, borne from the fresh frequency of the Page of Wands. Expect a flood of new ideas and inspiration this month, and to go about bringing them into earthly form in a totally new way. Page of Wands is an energetic burst forward, tempered by earned wisdom and intuition around divine timing. Dually ruled by earth and fire, this archetype has learned to master his wildness, stoking the flames of his passion in a totally aligned way. What this means for you, Taurus, is a lot of forward momentum without scraped knees.
You’ve gained so much knowledge from your past experiences — you are now empowered to act from that wellspring of wisdom, even while leaping into the next great adventure of your life. Things may seem like they are shifting wildly this month, and you might feel that you are moving too fast. It’s all perfect. Trust the momentum, and the opportunities that present themselves to you. You are ready for every moment of it. August is a crucially important month, energetically speaking. We are moving through some massively potent eclipses, lunar transits and a Mercury Retrograde, all supporting our collective and individual awakening and evolution.
Everything that doesn’t serve us is being stripped away. For you, Taurus, what your sign is really ready to shed is the resistance to expansion, receiving and the manifestation of your gifts and worth. No more playing small. Everything happening to you this month is focused in that idea—making room for you to shine more brightly than you ever have before. You can think of August as a sacred Road Opener, of being blessed by Ganesha. Set yourself free, and leap forward, trusting the paths that open up for you.
You are in the profoundly transformative medicine of The Tower this month, Gemini. Be prepared to be shifted in the grandest and most rooted of ways. Ready yourself for anything that is not serving you to be stripped away for something new to grow in its place. Let’s get something straight right off the bat: The Tower, despite its extreme reputation, does NOT bode disaster, horrors, calamity or pain. The Tower is the most intense stripping of ego identification in the Tarot, so it can often feel like we are dying, being punished, or that something bad is happening to us.
It is, in fact, the most profound liberation of the soul’s truth in the Fool’s Journey—a total reset. This card’s presence is particularly profound this month, due to the unfolding of the eclipses, lunar transits and Mercury Retrograde. Trust whatever it brings and let it come. You’re only losing what you outgrew long ago. Some aspect of your life that you know is out of alignment is coming to a crashing halt this month, sweet Gemini. If you are wildly out of alignment, the halt will be huge. If not, the shift be lighter, but just as powerful. This is what it is to evolve on a soul level.
The brain and nervous system inevitably freak out, because they are committed to keeping us safe and in what we know. It’s only from the perspective of the ego that this card will feel like a death; the soul knows that it is the greatest freedom. Feel all the feelings, and shed whatever wants to be released in this month. It is making room for something new, perhaps at the root level, to grow and be nourished in your life. Trust the crumble; let it burn.
August has the potential to be a deeply transformative month for you, Cancer. The Hierophant is a profound initiation, shaking us loose from the bonds of hero worship, and dropping us squarely into the heart of our own truth, channel, and compass. We become our own wise teacher in this card, shedding doubts and fears that have held us back. We may refine our message in this card, too, if we are teachers and space holders ourselves. Have you been sharing your light with the highest integrity, Cancer? Reflect deeply on that. If not, The Hierophant will guide you home to your center.
The month ahead may feel bumpy in moments, but it will all be worth it for the clarity that awaits you on the other side of this card’s medicine. Expect to go deep within in August; question and review everything. Get clear on the difference between the rhetoric of the brain and the vibratory truth of the soul. Wake ups, a-has, and eureka moments will all be a part of the fabric of this cycle. We are collectively moving through a very powerful initiation in August, aided by the potency of the eclipses, the lunar phases and Mercury Retrograde.
Nothing to fear; it’s all here to help us shed, reflect and step forward in our lives in a renewed and aligned way. Think deep and powerful awakenings. Expect expansions of the heart, clarity of the soul, and—most importantly—the shedding of any doubts and beliefs have kept you from being your own master and guru. You have your own unique gifts to bring into this world, Cancer. If you have not been drawn into this process already, you will be invited to take an inventory of your core beliefs, and whether or not they are serving you. It is a crucial step for your path ahead.
