ARIES (March 20-April 19)
Fantasy is reality — especially now. If the two seem to be separate, that’s mainly a matter of perspective. I have noticed that what I can hold clearly in my imagination, I am more likely to be able to live out in physical space. It’s for this reason that the power of visualization is something worth cultivating, practicing and exploring. If something feels real to you, then move toward it and extend your hand.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20)
You can have anyone you want right now, as long as you’re sincere about it. Don’t mask your agenda from yourself. If you know you want to take that specific person into that specific coatroom and do that specific thing, then don’t waste any time about it. Your moment of awareness is your moment of action. You may not want to stop there. If there’s some other focus of your desire, go for it. The magic is strong right now, and you are irresistible. Trust that.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21)
Dive right into what is the most taboo thing you want. Cook something hot and naughty. It might be fun to play with some scenario involving religion, such as getting priest and/or nun outfits from a costume shop (or improvising). Or have you ever wanted to fuck in a library? This is the time to confront or explore the concept of immorality. You will love doing something that you’ve been assured was wrong, then discovering how right it is for you. This will feel like a miracle.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Burn your inhibitions and enjoy the heat they make as they glow. Except as fuel, they are useless, especially right now. You have so many options open to you, and you also have the passion to get over yourself and dare. Be bold about this. You’re inherently cautious enough not to have to worry about going overboard in any way — and you would be wise to subvert some of that as well. Push into that new territory you’ve been craving so deeply.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 23)
Sex involves giving, and it involves receiving, and of the two I would say receiving is the more challenging. Note: to receive is not to take, or to control; receiving involves letting go and consciously absorbing experience. There is a quality of allowing and embracing, like the gentle sensation of swallowing water and allowing it to soak into your cells. Take it slow, take it easy, and let it happen.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)
Is digital sex really sex? Well, do you like it? You seem to have options open for contact both with and without a device of any kind between you and your partner. You have a number of options for being your own partner as well. You might skip the designations and go for what is available, and what is the most fun. You are not limited to any one medium of exchange. You can have them all.

LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 23)
Go for the spontaneous encounter, though which has the feeling of something deep, necessary and nourishing. This will not be with just anyone. It will be with the person you can feel feeling you. Note that many people find this kind of resonance scary. There is a reason for that — it’s about intimacy, which means vulnerability. This is the necessary ingredient in all wholesome sex, whether it lasts an hour or a decade.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)
Yours is the sign for whom sex is the original religion. Rather than being about how lusty Scorpios are, this is a holistic orientation; that is, we’re talking about you, in your original state of being. Very nearly everything society (from advertising to peer pressure) does is designed to take you out of that luscious space of mystical, creative sexuality. To go there, you must do so consciously — and perhaps against the advice of well-meaning prudes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)
Pay attention to who is around you — to who is noticing you that you may not have observed. Look at people’s eyes, listen to their tone of voice when they speak (whether to you or to someone else), observe the language of their body. In other words, be receptive to who and what you might not notice, remembering that it usually takes a lot to impress you. For now, be impressed by what seems small or subtle.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)
Your astrology reads like a love letter to yourself. You might want to write that letter, in detail. Maybe offer yourself some gifts to go with it. It’s time to take an extra step and be clear how you feel about yourself. It’s time to address one particular doubt that you have, which you might discover is described in your sexual relationship to yourself. The answer — and there does seem to be one — is right within reach.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
IThis is a deeply introspective time for you, and yet you have so much going on in your relationships. You must keep your focus on your inner world if you want those relationships to develop in a way that is nourishing for you. Then, it will be necessary to explain yourself to others — perhaps in a way that seems unusual or uncomfortable, or a bit too revealing. This is preferable to making others try to read your mind. You know what you’re thinking; you know what you want to say. You know what you want. Get it out.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
You have begun several new phases of your sexual life, all in the span of a few days. Can you feel the shift in energy, in communication, in resonance? Can you feel how much easier it is for you to assert yourself and state what you want — and also to notice what other people want? Have you figured out how much common ground you share with others? That is the place to stay, to explore, to expand. Shared relationships happen in the space that we share. And they are products of two or more people recognizing that.

ARIES (March 20-April 19)
Why exactly is power sexy? Why would a pasty, dull billionaire get plenty of people wet and slippery? Many individuals and society itself seem to accept that this is true. I am asking why, exactly? I know that it’s supposed to be unnecessary to explain this. The reason will turn out to be revealing, and potentially one of the most dangerous thoughts about sex that someone can allow into their mind. There are far more pleasurable options for you.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20)
You are experiencing some kind of explosion in the angle of your chart where sex meets religion meets your vision for yourself. Many believe that neither guilt nor religion influence them, though where there is one there is the other. The power of your desire and your life force energy is burning through any such mental or emotional baggage with greater ease than ever before. True, there is a cost you must pay: being absolutely real with any lover.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21)
Your fantasy life is pushing you strongly in the direction of physical experience, and one particular hot thought might be daring yourself to do something that will take some courage. This could be profoundly healing, as an idea or as an action. The core feeling is that of exposing yourself, revealing who you are in some unusual. You may be feeling the craving to be seen, known and understood. This is as healthy and as vital as the blood in your veins.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
You can let your sexy freak flag fly, and be happy that people are responding to you. They absolutely will. True, you may not be all that freaky, in which case let your elegant, impeccably presented kind of sexy freak flag fly. Then be friendly when you are approached. Be gracious and drink in the attention. Remember, you are in control. You can say yes, no or maybe. You might want to practice all three in advance.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 23)
You may need a sexual catharsis, that is, an experience where you go all the way in and reach for your own core. It might be helpful to have someone’s assistance; it might be just as good to do this by yourself. Maybe both are in order. A catharsis is a purge, a release, and most of all making contact with any mixed feelings that you have, allowing everything to come to the surface of your own consciousness. Be bold.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)
You’re feeling plenty of heat and passion, which may feel like it has the power to split you open, to melt you or to make you want to roar. There’s another hint that all you might actually do is write about this in your diary. You know that would be a missed opportunity. If you have a chance to give yourself what you want when you want it the most, that is a special occasion.

LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 23)
The hottest sexual experience is often found in the direction of what embarrasses you. This is why people have a love-hate relationship to embarrassment, or get secret pleasure from it. No need to be secret — bring this out into the open, with someone you trust. Map out what you think of as shockingly shameful and give yourself a taste of the nectar. In a sense, this is about coming out, as whoever and whatever you are. As anyone who has don’t so will tell you, it feels really good.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)
You seem obsessed, yet restrained. It’s as if you are feeling a universe of passion within yourself, and yet you have to keep a lid on it, for some political, social or professional purpose. I will propose this. You are not being scrutinized the way you think. It’s your passion itself that is stirring up the dust in the catacombs of past conditioning. Your feelings, cravings, curiosity, desires, needs — they are all evidence that you’re alive. You can stuff that down but you don’t have to; you don’t want to. Use your head and your intuition. Choose someone, somewhere, and give yourself what you need.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)
Masturbation is sex, and it may be the very best and most loving sex you can experience now. Your whole chart points to this idea. It’s worth experimenting with, and it’s harmless enough. The idea though would be to let every fantasy in your mind blaze out and honestly submit yourself to it. That may include a diversity of feelings, desires and ideas that would not get the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. There is a deep calling here, something on the level of spiritual — the calling to make full contact with yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)
You seem to be ready to explode, yet there is some kind of mental block preventing you from letting go all the way. If you experiment with your feeling body, you may notice that you have options. What seems like a block is actually more like a door that can open. What seems like pressure can transform into the feeling of being comfortably in your body. Then you have the option to explore a diversity of feelings on the spectrum between the two. If you relax into this you will find the sweet spot and be able to let go all the way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
You are starting to figure out that much of the pressure hanging over your head is an illusion. There’s nothing like pressure to get in the way of pleasure, and I suggest you make a direct tradeoff. Condition yourself based on positive rewards, and spend time with those who live on the same theory. Start with relaxing, clear your head and notice what you’re feeling. Then see who and what comes your way, or which way you’re drawn. You are free to move.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Ultimately, everything is an inner experience, because all thought and perception end up being filtered by your brain. If you remember that, events in the outer world will make more sense, and you’ll have greater flexibility directing the flow of your life. Everything starts with your state of mind. That, in turn, is based entirely on how well you take care of yourself. Chiron is in your birth sign, and that is your reminder that the purpose of your life is healing, and that healing opens the way for love and pleasure.

The Sun is now in Scorpio, having arrived on Oct. 23 with some fireworks — the Moon, Venus and the Sun entered within hours of one another, followed by a solar eclipse. So this time around, when the sky says Scorpio, it means SCORPIO. And This sign, as you may know, is the sign of sex. True, it’s also the sign of surrender, transformation and death — but it’s the sign that rules the genitals, and which is symbolized in some occult illustrations by the DNA double helix (dating back to before the discovery of DNA). Yet among the planets in Scorpio is Saturn, which is the lord of Take Things Seriously. Yes, some of the best comedians have a strong Saturn. People who can actually handle polyamory often have a strong Saturn. That is because they can set their own boundaries, and live with discipline that Saturn is the first to reward, and does so generously.

ARIES (March 20-April 19)
Good sex requires discipline. It’s not all about doin’ what comes naturally. Sex requires knowledge (such as from reading books and listening to what the old masters have to say). It requires the ability to be fully present, and the sincere desire to make contact with another person. This may all seem to go without saying, though I doubt it. The most important aspect of discipline is relational. There is the element of feeling and working with chemistry (rather than relying on control or dominance). There’s the element of mutual respect. There is figuring out what your partner really wants and knowing what you want. It’s all worth it.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20)
Sex leads to relationships and relationships lead to sex. Isn’t that wonderful? I think that if we were to start from this basic concept, we would have a lot better understanding of what to expect from life. True, people exhibit some inverted awareness in how much resistance they put up when the possibility of intimacy presents itself, and I suggest you monitor that particular gauge of biological and spiritual reality. Intimacy requires surrender, which is the opposite of resistance. Sex invites surrender, which is the opposite of domination and control. Try it — you’ll like it.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21)
Sexual healing is this thing that just about everyone wants and needs, and nobody knows where to find. The place to start is with yourself. Healing, in theory, leads the state of being healthy — so start with what healthy means to you and work your way backwards. But not as fast as I said those words. The concept of wellbeing calls for careful reflection, especially since sex has been made into a matter of pathology rather than of celebration. You might start with anything related to that one distinction.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Go for it — have all the fun you want, or all the fun you can. Your life will not go off the rails if you do. Planets are now collected in Scorpio, which is for you a sign directly associated with sexual fun. Yes, Scorpio goes deeper than that, and you will be taken there, in different ways. It’s also true that there is a boundary, a kind of limit, but the message of the planets is that what you may perceive as a limit in your bliss is gradually moving. Nudge it along. Experiment with your capacity for pleasure. Stretch and reach, in measurable degrees.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 23)
There is only so secure good sex can be. Yes, we try to cement that amazing emotional and biological experience into various forms of promise, commitment, partnership agreements, household arrangements or legal contracts. These are usually defenses against vulnerability, and a desire to preserve the good feeling. But what if you proceeded with no defenses, and recognized that the amazing feelings of sex and passion are temporary rather than permanent? Have you experimented with that? It’s a whole other world that can open up for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)
Sex is normally regarded as private, the most private thing, though I would contend that it’s the most public. When you step out the door, you advertise yourself, whether you like it or not, whether consciously or not. And it seems that no matter what pains people go through to keep (for example) their sex photos secret, they have a way of being published, distributed or seen by someone else. I suggest you approach sex from the other way this month, by assuming that the topic is open and available, experimenting with that and then finding the occasional secluded location or quiet moment.

LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 23)
Many people don’t consider masturbation real sex. But then there are plenty of people who don’t consider sex to be real sex and have the best and/or only sex with themselves. For you, the two are closely related. Partner sex and masturbation exist in a close co-existence — what a biologist would call symbiosis. When you are flowing with your energy, one feeds the other and both support one another. One way to experiment with this is to make masturbation relational, that is, do it with partners or maybe even a friend. You may notice that both modes of eroticism, self-sex and partner sex, are a lot more fun as a result.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)
The question is, what do you want? You are likely to discover many things that you don’t want, or that don’t serve you, and that may eliminate most of the possibilities on your list. That is the thing about desire — there are so many possibilities and in the end, so few encounters, achievements or material possessions that really make a difference. The thing to do here seems to be embracing giving up what you don’t want so that you make room for what you want the most.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)
Most people seem to keep their sexual fantasy life far from their physical reality. It’s as if there is this line that’s not supposed to be crossed, which extends into admitting what one really wants, even to one who might be able to provide it for you. The thing is, what you want, and what you’re considering, has so much feeling and psychic substance that you can barely contain yourself, and I would say you have no reason to. Ok, some people will think you’re weird (i.e., they are embarrassed). It is, however, time to smear this supposed ‘line of appropriateness’ like so much finger paint and mush those gorgeous colors together.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)
The power of desire is astonishing, and one of the most compelling factors in the erotic landscape. It is more compelling than beauty, attractiveness, money or aggression. The hitch is that this does not work when half-baked or half-felt. Desire is something you experience with your whole being, with your mind and body, heart and soul. It is a knowingness that transcends questions, limitations and ethics. And you have this power in your hands, and will increasingly as the days progress. What will you do with it? What will you choose? Will you include the optional factors of honesty and fairness?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
Ultimately, everyone is submissive. We must eventually submit to our feelings, to desire, to love, to the choices of others, to existence and to death. You may as well start with yourself — to any aspect of life that requires coming to terms with who you are. You seem to be on a quest for what looks like the evolutionary key, the key to your growth. I can give you a clue what it is: it’s the thing about yourself that turns you on the most, and also the one you’re probably reluctant to state outwardly to others.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
As the invocation of existence, sex is the original religion, in the true sense of the word — the ligament that connects us to the universe. You know this even if you don’t stand on the street corner giving out pamphlets saying it’s so (which sadly don’t yet exist, and would make a fun art project). Yet you are free to live as if it’s true; free, that is, as long as you practice the first law of liberation, which is discipline. Ok, I concede that at times revolt is the first law of liberation, but not now, not for you. If you seek sexual freedom, focus yourself, maintain awareness and choose wisely.

ARIES (March 20-April 19)
It would be wonderful if people would want us just because we want them, though if your astrology ever suggested that is possible, it’s right now. However, the genie who grants those wishes can unleash mayhem, and you would be wise to direct your desire as something with real power that can have real effects. The deeper your understanding, the more likely you will be to open up possibilities that you really want to live with.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20)
You can have some truly unusual conversations this weekend, honest in a way that you’ve never had before. This is the territory that most people want and that terrifies nearly everyone. Be brave, and speak your mind, describe your desires, ask what others want, and most of all pay attention. Listen for the connection. There will be odd, unusual and really beautiful places to explore. Just be prepared to bring some courage, and to be encouraging of others.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21)
You may think that talking about sex is not sexy. That’s the perception anyway, especially if alcohol is involved. I would say that talking about sex is the opening into the more interesting sexual experiences, the ones where there is a high degree of mutuality. Of course, anyone interested in using another person to get off won’t have much to say or much to ask. If you want contact, and if you’re showing up because you’re curious, ask and share.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Your worst insecurities may be acting up, but I suggest you not let that make you feel any more insecure. As you go through the next few days, take it easy on yourself and play the role of observer rather than participant. More than anything, observe your own life, and how different people and influences lead you to feel. It may take a week or so, though the weather is about to clear up and you will see that it was silly to have wasted your energy on what, in the end, did not matter.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 23)
Sex is about empathy. It’s about understanding. Seek understanding and contact and you will expand your erotic possibilities. Feel where people are coming from and you will be able to speak to them in a language they understand. Writing is especially helpful now, and useful because unlike with spoken words, you have the opportunity to revise before you make a statement. Revision is just that — seeing once again. That means seeing yourself, and whoever you care about.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)
Sex is not raw emotion. It can seem that way at times, yet the interplay of one’s feelings with those of another person is an intricate dance. It’s both the product of long evolution and the way we keep growing and learning. I suggest you temper any passion you may be feeling. I don’t mean suppress, I mean use in small, potent doses, seeing where each one takes you and then indulging a little more.

LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 23)
You are under the most beautiful astrology for the unexpected encounter, the surprise meeting, the spontaneous turn of events. This has been going on for a while; how have you responded to those opportunities for spontaneous engagement with others? Something about that might bristle you, or make you feel cheap and easy. If so, be grateful for that. It’s no fun at all being difficult and expensive.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)
Your fantasies may be leading you in about six different directions. Keep dreaming — it’s a beautiful thing to do. At a certain point there will be a translation process into reality. Neither fantasy nor reality is better than the other. But they are different, and they are both necessary. If you respect the difference and honor the right place of both, you can have a lot of fun and make some deep discoveries about yourself as one translates into the other.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)
Desire is a potent force, and I suggest you direct yours with precision and intention. Yes, it’s fun to want people and experiences willy-nilly. That’s not the message of your charts right now, however. Your desire is more powerful than you may recognize, and it’s likely to get results where you direct your will. Therefore, make sure you are sincere. Come from your heart and your soul, so that your lust and passion are well-guided.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)
You may have recently unleashed some kind of social fury but don’t worry, it’s not going to affect your ability to get dates in a negative way. What you’ve shown is that you’re not afraid of controversy, which is a sign of real courage. However, now is the time to remember that discretion is indeed the better part of valor. Focus on fun rather than power games. You have figured out who your real friends are — invite them over and get cozy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
Do you really want to get married? Or do you want to celebrate life? That is the question of your chart. The thing about marriage is that it’s difficult to get out of, and it does not offer much in real terms. But this is not marriage; it’s the concept of the thing, which is not necessary to connect with others in a deep and meaningful way. You don’t need to hold a prospective lover to the standard of a prospective spouse. Really.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
The planets are doing an exciting dance in your chart, the overall theme of which is that sex actually matters. It makes a difference in your life, and to the people you connect with. Sex is meaningful, and it’s meaningful in ways that you may not have thought of. Some ideas are coming to light. You may have never thought of them before. Your values are changing in ways you may have never expected. Take a ride and see where the adventure leads you.

ARIES (March 20-April 19)
The planetary theme right now is truth about your sexuality at all costs. Nothing is worth more than your integrity, which begins and ends with being real with yourself and with others. The cheat of cheating is denying yourself the opportunity to thrive and grow in an environment that honors reality. Secrets can only remain so temporarily, at a high cost. Revealing them frees up time and energy and allows you to make reality-based decisions.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20)
What you learn about something over the next few days will fill in many missing pieces of the puzzle. That alone might not be enough to mitigate how you feel about learning something about a loved one you should have known a long time ago, however I suggest you be empathic and recognize that few people are strong enough to tell it like it is, all the time. Therefore, offer your strength, in the form of understanding. The history of whatever this is long predates your presence in their life.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21)
Your hormones are speaking. What are they saying to you? They might be describing something that you’ve denied, or something that you have not noticed. They might be reminding you of one particular way you know you need to take care of yourself. It will be worth heeding this message, which may also be in the language of desire, such as admitting what you want in a way you have not articulated to yourself. Listen attentively.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Mercury stationing retrograde in Scorpio says ‘hot talk’ like nothing else. Now, it takes a special person to be articulate about sex, and in our modern world there is a lot of pressure to STFU. Yet there is exquisite pleasure behind the veil, especially if it’s a veil of shame, guilt or the unspeakable. Pull back the curtain and reveal yourself. You will love the feeling so much that it becomes the thing you want above all.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 23)
When sexual energy is bound up in emotional insecurity, nobody gets to have much fun — especially you. And while you’ve been a bit prone to worry, there’s another side of your psyche that is coming on like thunder, telling you that anything is possible. Which point of view is true? Well, the one you select is the one that becomes true. But both cannot peacefully coexist, so make up your mind and stick to your choice.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)
What is the story you tell yourself about your sexuality? You have one; your sexuality is full of stories, some of which you repeat until they seem true. Yet you may discover that you’re inflicting a narrative on yourself in which you don’t seem to come out the winner. I suggest you tell yourself a new story, or remember an old one that you may have forgotten — one of depth, fulfillment and trust, more solid than a romance.

LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 23)
You can turn your doubts to reassurance, if you make the conscious choice to. Few people know or understand this. How you feel about yourself is not carved in stone, or tattooed in indelible ink. It’s fully variable, though highly subject to conditioning. The great thing about being human is you get to decide what conditioning to subject yourself to. You get to decide what is real and what is true for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)
Think of sex as food. Healthy, wholesome sex is about nourishment. If that is true, then sex that leaves you feeling depleted is not good for you. If this subject rings a bell, consider that the first place to seek nourishment is from yourself. This can and indeed must be about physical contact, but right now it’s also about the ideas about yourself that you feed yourself. You become them — you are what you eat.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)
You may feel blocked, or said another way, caught between the desire to be cautious and the need to take action. This combination can have a way of making people reluctant to be sexual, fearing negative outcomes, disease, commitment or making mistakes. I suggest you trust your own integrity and make peace with the basic truth that mistakes are part of any real path of exploration. Once you admit that, your inner doors will open up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)
There is sexual power in withholding, and I don’t think you want any part of that. What you want is pleasure, and the two are mutually exclusive. Offering yourself, and being open to what others offer, is not a sign of weakness or of ‘promiscuity’. It’s a sign of being open to life, which means strength. Embrace sex as a form of love and caring and this will make a lot more sense. If you give it any other role, you will lose its true meaning, and lose in general. Don’t worry what your mother taught you. It’s no longer relevant, if it ever was.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
Check out the power dynamics within an erotic affair. You would appear to have an opportunity to get the engagement away from a parent-child or other authority based situation, to a peer-to-peer encounter, which is what I would propose is what you want. Exploring or experiencing in sexual relationships is tempting, though it needs to be done consciously rather than as a covert quality. There must be a real discussion and a real agreement.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Focus on who and what you want. Swim upstream, right against the tide of judgment and fear, and point your entire being in the direction of your deepest desire. You may notice that what you feel is different, that it has a transgressive quality, and yet like most or all of your sexual feelings is infused with the cosmic sensation that most people describe as ‘spiritual’ or ‘mystical’. You at least understand that this is about sex.

Month Ahead for October 2014

ARIES (March 20-April 19)
I’m sure you’ve noticed how people pretend that nobody notices how different they are. Then after a while people convince themselves that there’s nothing special about them. Even though you’re a bold, fiery Aries-type, you’ve done this — though it’s not going to work for you this month, if it ever did. A curtain comes up and an even deeper layer is available for everyone to see. It’s as if you will be revealing your spiritual spark in all that you do, and on one very meaningful level, this is all about sex.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20)
The environment of your relationships is a direct extension of your inner environment. And your inner world is changing in unusual ways — ways that will surprise you, and encourage you to let go of hangups that may have been lurking around for years. Work that out consciously and keep your inner focus. The result will be an expansion of the possibilities in your sexual relationship(s), which may start with some experience of the old way of doing/being not working. Then, all at once, you may notice an obvious shift, as if a new (and seemingly impossible) world arises.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21)
Sex and your ideas about it are so intimately woven into your being that there’s no way around it. Every meaningful facet of your life has threads that will lead back to this supposedly ‘special’ territory — though in truth it’s the most ordinary aspect of living in existence. Imagine if you could live that way — that sex, sexual relating, loving and exploring are part of everyday life rather than something unusual, taboo, wrong, sinful, controversial or whatever. The opposite to all of those things is ordinary. Everyday. And rather exciting, as such.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
All sex and all relationships exist within a group context. It may be a household, it may be a commune, it may be a town, it may be a company. The context either supports or weakens your relationships. This month you have the ability to make sure that your group contexts support you and your freedom to associate with outers. There is a beautifully rebellious energy in the air. Test boundaries, drop your old ideas about right and wrong, and most of all to live like you actually have some power and influence.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 23)
Remember, as in do not forget, ever, that the position of religion on sex is the most clever and manipulative marketing campaign in the history of society. As its hook, it uses a mix of natural biology and synthetic guilt. Then there’s a reversal — biology is made to seem sinister and guilt is portrayed as your friend and savior. Meditate on this for a week or two and you are bound to have some experience that shocks you to the full awareness that you are in fact free to do and feel whatever you want.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22)
Sex, to be nourishing, must be based on a blend of emotional and physical experience. Yet the emotional side of the spectrum tends to put people in contact with their injuries, and this might be happening to you right now. The answer is obviously not to cut yourself off from your feelings. Rather, the idea is to go deeper into your emotional body, stay close to yourself, and unravel what has been choking you off for so long. This will only be challenging in the initial phases, before you’re aware of how good this feels.

LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 23)
You don’t always need to be on top — but sometimes you do, and if that is true, then just do it. Remember, this is not about dominating, it’s about accessing part of yourself, and exploring a particular shape of a relationship. Relationships can take many shapes and forms, all of them transient, each leading to the next. They are based on what you and your partner want to feel that moment. You can afford to take a chance — how someone responds will consistently surprise you. Remember, though: equality means freedom.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)
If you cannot be free in your imagination, then where can you be free? I reckon this is why the imagination is such a point of controversy and why there are so many efforts to curtail fantasy and desire. I suggest you let yourself be entirely free from constraints or taboos, no matter what you may dream, envision or desire. Allow yourself to embrace the idea that your imagination contains a healing power, which will feel like oxygen that you can breathe in and allow to nourish and strengthen you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)
Everyone is a pervert. Everyone has kinks that say something truly meaningful about who they are. It’s just a matter of how honest they are about it, and whether they are willing to act on their desires. How many times have you heard yourself or anyone else say, “I would never actually do that.” But I am wondering why, exactly, you would say that. There must be a reason. I suggest you look at that reason carefully and decide whether it makes any sense at all.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20)
From a psychic standpoint, the purpose of orgasm is to release internal pressure, which feels really, really good. From a spiritual perspective, you could say that the purpose of orgasm is to remind you that your true nature is cosmic and that you can glimpse at that every now and then. I would say the more often the better. You have plenty of internal pressure to fuel the process, though you could just as easily overlook that in the frantic pace of modern life. Slow down, take off your clothes and breath deliciously.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
Tell yourself the erotic stories that you want to hear — and that you want to live out. Be radical about this. Go right to the core of your desires. Push your imagination to be utterly vivid, and pull back the veils. Doing this will make you quake a little, hesitate to write the next word, terrified and thrilled that someone else might see it. Your words have creative power that can modestly be described as revolutionary. You are ready for this. You’re ready to shake up your approach to sex and that of everyone around you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Two perennial themes for Pisces come up this month. The first is the one about masturbation being proto-sex. You know it’s not ‘this other obscure thing that people do as a substitute for sex’ — it’s the experience that powers your sexuality from the inside. Second is sex as your personal religion. Yes, religion has made sex its nemesis, which reminds me of Diet Pepsi making a cool mountain lake its nemesis (which is basically true). The place where sex meets god meets love is where you live, and that place is now welcoming you home.