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The Day of Buoyant Optimism: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 12
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Can there really be a battle between the past and the present? The past exists only in our minds, though for many people, that’s compelling enough to hold them there permanently. You are being summoned to find the present, and to resolve to live your life your way. That means you will need to abandon the seeming requirements and obligations others placed on you in the distant reaches of your history. Commit yourself to being the person you are today, not the figment of anyone’s imagination, including your own.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

Current aspects being made by Mars in Cancer appear to be marked by things like pushing against authorities, an urge to try a new path, or the impulse toward “aggressive caring.” Yet Venus — newly in Gemini, and opposing Ceres in Sagittarius today — seems to favor a lighter approach to interpersonal situations. For example, notice whether you find intellectual rapport, easygoing flirtation or verbal-philosophical banter to feel especially engaging now, and even nourishing on some level.

What new modes of relating do you feel like exploring? Does it vary like night and day, or like two sides of a coin, depending on who you’re interacting with? David Byrne once said, “Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.” Today could be one of those days.
— by Amanda Painter

Did you know that Eric Francis has recorded new videos for all 12 signs, specifically investigating Mars interacting with some of astrology’s most influential planets this season? His Call the Astrologer readings are available individually or as a 12-sign set to share with your loved ones. Check out samples here and here.

The Day of the Limit Pushers: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 11
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You may not know where a creative or emotional opportunity will lead you, though that’s not a good reason to pass it up. If you don’t follow your curiosity, what are you following? Caution is not a motivator, any more than you can drive to California only by stepping on the brake pedal. Challenges will most certainly arise, and they are more than “tests” and “lessons.” Your experience of your life is your opportunity to understand yourself, and to experiment with what you want. There would be no point to freedom otherwise.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

Today’s Libra Moon will be picking up on a longstanding aspect pattern in the early cardinal signs. Getting the Moon involved could make it feel more personal, or may bring in a less conscious layer of emotional response to old material that’s been making itself known lately. If you’ve been feeling indecisive about how to handle certain familial patterns or baggage, the influence of Libra could add to your vacillation. Then again, you may discover a balancing effect — a moment of equilibrium that allows you to see your situation with a little more grace, or to express it to a partner with real diplomacy.

Meanwhile, Mars in Cancer is moving into contact with Saturn, Pluto and Neptune this week. Given the option between digging into any kind of power struggle and using your empathy or imagination to help others (or to take your own new tack forward), which feels like it will be more beneficial and enjoyable in the long run? Know when you’re hitting your limits with others’ agendas, but also know your own deeper motivations.
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of Laughter and Sadness: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 10
The Day of Laughter and Sadness | Order Your 2019-20 Gemini Reading | All Other Signs

Keep your perspective: don’t make small things larger than they are, and don’t count the small things as meaningless. Everything counts, though be aware of your tendency to exaggerate on the one hand, and get lost in the details on the other. Handle your affairs by prioritizing the most important matters, and the most timely; and by breaking big tasks into manageable steps. Venus newly in your birth sign suggests you will associate generosity with popularity. Be sure to keep those things in their proper places.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

Today’s first quarter Moon describes a good landscape for moving something forward, perhaps in an especially expressive way. This lunar phase is actually part of a bigger pattern: a grand cross in the mutable signs involving the Gemini Sun, the Virgo Moon, Jupiter in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces. That configuration may offer some stability for whatever it is you need to do.

Here’s the question: do you feel like you need to loosen something up, or nail something down? Over the course of a year around the zodiac, the mutable signs come at the ends of seasons: after a fixed sign and before the next cardinal sign. As a result, they can sometimes act like one or the other. So you may want to check whether you’re at a point of needing to add flexibility and wiggle room to a process that has plateaued, or whether you’ve been vacillating to the point of inaction and now need to make a firm decision between options.

With the Sun also conjunct the centaur planet Asbolus, it’s also possible you’re in a ‘survivor’s mindset’ of some sort. We’ve all been through shit, and it’s not productive to compare who’s been through the worst; at the same time, there’s value in awareness of where you’ve been, seen alongside where you are now. All of that exists within you at all times. Since you get to choose what to do with it, why not see what new and beautiful places you can go with your well-earned wisdom? Today’s astrology suggests that you don’t have to be a Pollyanna to contribute to the cycle of positive vibes — and even small acts of courage. You only need to be you.
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of Mental Insistence: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 9
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One interesting fact of literature is that it’s the fictional books that last the longest, and the factual books that seem to fade into obscurity long before their pages go yellow. What is memorable about life is what we learn from story. This can have mighty power, and it can be equally toxic, as people abuse the power of narrative to convince themselves of things that ultimately do not serve them. From day to day and year to year, you tell stories about your life. Make sure those stories are ones that actually support your growth, and put you into contact with your deeper being. Listen carefully when you speak.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

Are you feeling evasive or daring? Low-energy or optimistic? Does it depend on what you’re doing (or are supposed to do) and who you’re with? The Gemini Sun appears to be raising these questions as it squares Neptune in Pisces today and opposes Jupiter in Sagittarius tomorrow. Notice if you’re feeling inclined to sidestep an uncomfortable situation or confrontation through deception, just because you’re discouraged or not in the mood. That said, it’s equally possible your innate idealism could get a boost today. Just keep tabs on the potential for extravagance — which is essentially overstepping your own boundaries — and for overstepping the boundaries of others. Are you sure that person really needs to know everything you have the urge to tell them?

The asteroid Vesta entering Taurus today appears to offer some steady focus and practical devotion you can tap into if needed. Connecting to nature with all of your senses and reorienting on protecting both your personal resources and those of planet Earth may also begin to call to you.
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of Influential Individualism: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 8
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What drives you? What is your true motivation? Is it creativity? Or is it the need to survive? That’s the question to keep asking yourself this year. If you find that you’re leaning heavily on survival instinct to get by, you might want to reassess that and take a bolder and more adventurous approach. Your life is an experiment, though for you these days, it’s an experiment in being real. How bold can you be about calling the events of life as you see them? What are the limits on your ability to be truthful?
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

The more you can keep any inner tension around relationship needs and their attendant emotions front and center (as opposed to operating from the shadows), the better today. The asteroid Juno in Cancer is square minor planet Eris in Aries; this could have the potential to manifest as an urge to be less-than-upfront about what’s really driving you emotionally. If you’re feeling ‘unmet’ in any way by a partner or prospect, resist the urge to use any tactic smacking of manipulation to get the attention you desire.

Speaking directly about what you want may feel awkward or scary, but it should give you the satisfaction of taking action that is clear to all involved. Even if the answer you receive is ‘no’, you’ll be in a stronger position within yourself to see your options for next steps. A Sun-Neptune square emphasizes the need to stay aware of just how honest you’re being with yourself — and therefore with others — this weekend.

Also note that Venus, the planet of love (among other things) enters Gemini tonight. This describes a social environment that’s charming, friendly and possibly marked by intellectual rapport and flirtation — which bodes well for many types of weekend situations. If sex is on your agenda, you may feel inclined to a little more variety than you were while Venus was in Taurus. Why not play?
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of the Entertainer: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 7
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You can gain considerable momentum this year, though you could also get caught in a kind of psychic whirlpool. Make sure you consistently apply the self-honesty test (“am I being real with myself about this?” Then go to, “Why or why not?”). And then notice your direction of travel. To do that, you need to check where you just were, where you are now, and what looks like it’s straight ahead. Plot your course on a regular basis. It will help to have a clear destination in mind, even it it’s not the place you ultimately intend to get. Just know where you’re going next, and why you want to be there.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

Mercury in Cancer is in a highly energized position today: it’s making squares to the objects Logos, Salacia and Chiron, plus a sextile to Uranus. It looks possible to make some new discoveries about old (as in, generations-old in some cases) personal material. Or, even if the area of your concern is not that old, it could feel intensely personal — such as something to do with your sexuality, identity, buried hurts, and so on.

We seem to be in a moment of heightened awareness, of the kind that will feel good to acknowledge fully and do something productive with. That could include expressing it verbally. New solutions to stubborn problems might also become apparent; you just need to see them for what they are. If you can go with their flow without getting carried away by doubts, you’ll be in good shape. You do have a choice in where and how to direct your imagination.
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of the Visionary: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 6
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You may feel like you’re being tested at every turn — though the only real question is whether you’re being honest with yourself. There are times when self-doubt is debilitating and even toxic. There are times when, if used with focus, it can be the best tool you’ve got. So keep asking yourself: am I being real with myself about this? Then go to, why or why not? Be open to ideas that contradict what you believe. If you have a defensive reaction to something, pause and ask yourself why. You will find this empowering.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

Today’s Cancer Moon could keep moods changeable, and domestic or caring-related activities at the top of your to-do list for the first part of the day. Mercury in Cancer continues to make contact with other cardinal-sign objects, emphasizing how you play out family patterns (especially in how you perceive certain things). You may feel a little more compelled today to investigate or speak about how you came to your current situation or worldview.

As the Moon enters Leo later in the day (3:16 pm EDT), notice if anyone around you seems compelled to dramatize whatever thoughts and feelings Mercury’s been stirring up. Remember that just because you’re in touch with your own inner child does not mean you need to let that little one act out for attention; you can use this same energy to get creative and playful, or to generously offer someone else whatever it is they seem to need.
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of the Brilliant Path: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 5
The Day of the Brilliant Path | Order Your 2019-20 Gemini Reading | All Other Signs

This year will bring tests of your true priorities. You already know what they are; the question is whether you will exercise them like options. It’s too easy for people to subvert their most cherished desires to what they think is the will of others. Yet when one takes the chance and dares to stand up for oneself, there can be considerable pain and confusion. This is a temporary stage in the growth process, and one that at a certain point we must learn to push through. If you want to call this experience your life, that’s the necessary project.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
Hear Eric speak about your year in-depth in your 2019-20 Gemini Astrology Studio Reading.

Written in the Planets

Mercury in Cancer opposing the centaur Pholus (along with Quaoar) in Capricorn could be focusing your attention on a ‘runaway emotions’ situation. Is it yours, or one that you’re witnessing? It could also feel more like your mind is getting carried off, or has been catalyzed into an ever-developing chain reaction of thoughts. If this describes you, however, you’ll want to consider whether any of these thought patterns and emotional habits are hand-me-downs from a past generation. Do you really need to burn up all that energy? Same if someone you know is currently mirroring a dynamic like that to you.

With Juno in Cancer also opposing Pluto in Capricorn, the question of emotional security in relationships arises. As much as it can seem like ‘stability’ is the key to that (that is, things staying the same), you may discover that flowing with the changes both you and a partner are experiencing offers the most comfortable (and honest) way to stay present — and connected.
— by Amanda Painter

Did you know that Eric Francis just recorded new videos for all 12 signs, specifically investigating Mars interacting with some of astrology’s most influential planets this season? His Call the Astrologer readings are available individually or as a 12-sign set to share with your loved ones. Check out samples here and here.