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The Day of Fluent Expression: Birthdays and Planet News

If Your Birthday is June 3
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Today’s New Moon on your birth anniversary is a reminder that to leave the past behind you, it’s necessary to consciously work through what has been holding you back. We live in a culture that encourages denial, which is easy enough to slide into. Yet that denies the rewards of growth, and the benefits of experimenting with new ways to approach your circumstances. It has been said that problems are opportunities, which is only true if you make the choice to use them for all they are worth.
— by Eric Francis Coppolino
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Written in the Planets

Today the New Moon in Gemini is exact at 6:02 am EDT; it appears to indicate a busy, multi-layered fusion of your conscious awareness and your unconscious. Or, think of that as what you express externally and what you experience internally. Your intuition and incidents of synchronicity may be prominent, and worth attention. Same with perfectly timed words and ideas offered by someone in a group or by ‘the collective’ (including the collective unconscious), the dreams you had while sleeping last night, and how any of these things match what you envision for your life.

What are you noticing about something (or someone) you feel inexplicably drawn toward? Do you find it polarizing or triggering in any way at the same time? How many layers or angles to the issue do you see, and do you have mixed thoughts or feelings about it?

An asteroid called Magdalena, associated with Mary Magdalene, is very closely conjunct the New Moon. One possibility is that this represents a long-term commitment to a cause, or possibly even a person — though it may be the ideas or philosophy that’s as important as anything, especially if you’re in a position to offer heartfelt support. Saturn and Neptune are offering assistance in working toward your ideals — just remember not to take yourself too seriously in the process.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of the Problem Solvers: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 2
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The message of your birthday chart is clear: wrap up old business, get your house in order, and plant seeds for the future. They will not take long to come to fruition, though they will be fed and fertilized by your vision for yourself. Consider what is possible, and have conscious faith in your potential. Be not overwhelmed by the size or complexity of the world; rather, make friends with these things. You may feel like you’re but a small part of the grand dance of the universe, though you are an essential element of all that is.
— by Eric Francis

Written in the Planets

The Moon enters Gemini today, on its way to a conjunction with the Sun tomorrow: the Gemini New Moon. Your mind may be as busy today and tomorrow as it has been, but it’s possible your thoughts will be directed more inwardly. That’s not to say you won’t talk to anybody; there simply might be more on your mind that goes unsaid.

Multi-tasking looks likely — along with social occasions with more than one goal, especially in terms of communication or a higher/broader purpose than just chit-chat. Even if those activities don’t have the kind of high-energy charge that you’d expect with a Full Moon looming instead of a New Moon, you may still experience a sense of busy-ness.

A square between the Gemini Sun and the centaur Nessus in Pisces brings up the question of duality, particularly where your thoughts and emotions are concerned. The idea with duality-themed signs (the twins of Gemini, the two fish of Pisces) is to find the point of synthesis — which is different from compartmentalization. Whatever you need to express or bring into fuller awareness today, whatever action you need to take to resolve some tension, see if you can do so without hiding or shutting down some other, seemingly conflicting, part of yourself. You are one you; which means all parts of you can coexist consciously. It’s possible this has not always felt the case, but it’s likely time to stop that type of thinking.
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of the Popular Eye: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is June 1
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Today’s Moon-Venus meeting on your birthday is an invitation to let your light shine: to be seen for your beauty, without hesitation. Don’t hide yourself away; engage with the world on your own terms. The opportunities you have will be the ones that you take. You are the person who activates your own potential, by your choices and by your actions. Growth does not need to be fraught with resistance; there are, at times, easy openings to what you want, though you must be the one who consciously chooses to push the door open, or to set out in a new direction based on your own desire.
— by Eric Francis

Written in the Planets

Notice today if anything seems to point your thoughts toward the early origins of a particular belief. Beliefs tend to be emotion-based, and yet we generally articulate them in the language of fact and rationality. Mercury’s conjunction to the asteroid Chaos today in Gemini suggests multivalenced creative thought is possible, especially in a kind of primordial way: that state before things evolve into their full shape. Yet Mercury and Chaos are also square Borasisi in Pisces: a suggestion that your need to express these ideas (in speech, action or some form of creation) could be at odds with some long-held belief — one that may actually represent a fiction of some kind. What happens to your perspective on this belief in the process?

Meanwhile, Mars in Cancer is making a square to the asteroid Pallas in Libra. This could describe some kind of emotional reaction against a more ‘political’ or diplomatic way of relating to people that you think you’re supposed to use, especially to please them. In other words, pay attention to any need to push against someone or something in a way that indicates you’re not standing in your power as an adult. Can you express yourself directly, from a place of balance, without the full emotional charge? It’s not the same as being diplomatic, because you’d still be saying and doing what you really mean, but it’s less likely to scuttle out sideways like an angry young crab.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of Nimble Time: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 30
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Take care constantly to find ways to broaden your perspective, and to take into account other points of view. This is a valuable tool for learning and growth. Other people and new ideas can often be a surprise that either delights, irritates, intrigues or downright enrages; all of which constitutes stimulus, and encourages us to break out of patterns and remain fresh. Open up to the boundless variety of human thought, and let it inspire and recharge you.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Today the Sun makes a square to a minor planet called Orcus, in Virgo. Mythically, Orcus was kind of an ancient Etruscan precursor to Pluto, and the enforcer of contracts. What promises have you made to yourself that are asking to be kept? How do they factor into your ongoing process of shaping yourself? Squares signify internal tension: a signal that you need to do something actively that will integrate the two sides of the square. What is on your mind — perhaps in some kind of dual or paradoxical state — and what do you need to do to bring it into physical form? As you make that agreement with yourself tangible, it will in turn bring forth some new facet of you. This is just one of the subtle ways in which we evolve — not into a ‘better’ person, but simply who we came here to be.

We also have Saturn in Capricorn and Juno in Cancer opposing each other today. Can you give the very thing you seek to receive in a relationship? It’s a hard lesson of life to realize that we often have to give to ourselves first the emotional energy, attention and love that we hope another will show us. The weird paradox is that when we do take care of our own emotional needs first, it can open the space for the other person to meet us and share themselves more freely — though that generally happens as a fringe benefit, rather than as the primary goal. (That said, if someone is withholding to an abusive level, it can take the help of a therapist to sort that out.) Notice in particular whether this dynamic is cropping up with an authority figure, or with someone older (perhaps even parental).

Finally, Mercury in Gemini is exactly opposite Jupiter in Sagittarius today. Be sure you keep toggling back and forth between the bigger picture and the details of any situation — especially if it’s related to business dealings, planning sessions or your larger goals. Check the Monday Astrology Diary for more detail on this aspect.
— by Amanda Painter

Of Dreams and Everyday Miracles: Gemini New Moon

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By Amanda Painter

The Moon is currently waning toward a conjunction with the Sun near mid-Gemini: the Gemini New Moon, which occurs on Monday, June 3. It appears to be a lunar event that may help to focus us on the more subtle ways our perception can work; such as how what’s on the periphery of consciousness in more than one way can offer keys to our greater self-understanding.

Black-lit hallway of the San Juan Water and Beach Club hotel, Puerto Rico. Photo by Amanda Painter.

Specifically, I’m looking at two asteroids flanking the Sun and Moon in that chart: Magdalena (associated with Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus of Nazareth) and Altjira (named after an aboriginal creator deity of the dreamtime).

Among the delineations I’ve seen for Magdalena are commitment to a group or collective cause, and an inner change in direction after intuitively noticing small signs or miracles in everyday life. Interpretations for Altjira include envisioning and dreaming, as well as some form of withdrawing or distance.

New Moons tend to be more internally oriented than Full Moons anyway, and signify one’s conscious awareness and unconscious aligning. With Magdalena and Altjira so closely involved, there’s dual emphasis on the suggestion to pay particular attention to your intuition, incidents of synchronicity, perfectly timed words and ideas offered by someone in a group or by ‘the collective’ (the collective unconscious?), the dreams you have while sleeping this weekend — even if they seem somehow distant — and how any of these things match what you envision for your life.

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The Day of Quicksilver: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 29
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Soak in the many beauties in the world around you with relish. Whether it’s greenery, animals, architecture or something else, there is generally a good deal to notice and admire wherever you happen to be. Doing this helps you reinforce your feeling of connection with all things, including with whatever spiritual beings or principles you hold in the highest reverence. It may also provide creative inspiration, which you can express in the ways that come naturally to you.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Today could involve rather tenacious-yet-adaptable thinking, as Mercury moves into a conjunction with the centaur planet Asbolus (exact tomorrow). Asbolus is often associated with issues of survival. However, Mercury is also square Neptune in Pisces today. There seems to be a caution here against becoming overly tenacious in idealizing a person or situation. If you find yourself continually adapting the story you tell yourself about them to accommodate certain shortcomings of theirs, it might be time for a reality check.

Mercury-Neptune squares are also classic astrology for confusing communication, misleading statements, and withholding information. You can do your part to mitigate this possibility by choosing your words carefully — which implies slowing your mind down enough to consider the potential to be misunderstood, and then saying what you actually mean to say. Don’t keep something back if it could be useful to someone. With Mercury also moving into an opposition with Jupiter, it’s key to continually check your perspective against the details and the bigger picture these next few days.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of the Innovative Trailblazer: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 28
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Associate with those who nourish your mind and soul the most. Cultivate those friendships and relationships in which you bring out the best in one another, and in which everyone’s individuality is respected. It’s important that you feel free to pursue your path of self-development without being stifled by other people’s prejudices or agendas. Be yourself. Just now, you have access to multiple perspectives to aid in determining your direction.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

After the Moon enters Aries later today (2:32 pm EDT), keep tabs on your more impulsive urges and your temper. True, you may simply find yourself extra motivated to get moving on a personal project. However, since the Moon will be aspecting several sensitive objects early in the other cardinal signs (Cancer, Libra and Capricorn), there’s the potential to feel some pressure or internal tension — and it might not come through in entirely conscious ways.

At the same time, the Sun opposite retrograde Ceres in Sagittarius looks like a suggestion to notice who’s nourishing your intellectual and spiritual life (and how you may do the same for them). Is there any sense of confrontation in this relationship? It’s not uncommon for those who teach us and push us to grow to also provoke challenging responses from us. How do you find yourself communicating with this person most effectively? With Mercury (the planet of thinking and communication) aspecting Neptune currently, taking time to be sure you’re formulating your thoughts and words carefully and accurately should be helpful.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of Driven Dedication: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 27
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Hone and practice your fact-checking skills. You are capable of setting an excellent example for others in terms of rational and critical thinking. Look for original sources, notice when myths or unsupported opinions are being presented as facts, and avoid our present cultural tendency to take sides almost for its own sake. Stick to finding out the truth on any topic for yourself, and keep your mind determinedly open. There’s always something new to learn.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Mercury makes a conjunction to Altjira, an object named for an aboriginal creation god of the dreamtime, today in Gemini. Both are opposite the Great Attractor, a deep space phenomenon in mid-Sagittarius. If you can remember the dreams you have while you sleep, you might try journaling them or even telling them to a friend to see if some new understanding emerges. Even if you don’t tend to remember your nocturnal dreams, you may wish to pay attention to anything peeking out from the edge of your awareness.

In fact, as the Pisces Moon squares these points in the early hours EDT, it may knock something from your unconscious into a more consciously visible or creatively useful form; it could be an emotional tone that stands out. As you articulate whatever that is, notice if it’s something (or relates to someone) that seems out of reach, but which also has a strong pull for you. It (or they) might even provoke a strong negative reaction; your job is simply to notice that, and see what the effect tells you about yourself.
— by Amanda Painter

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