Light Your Fire, Beautifully

Posted by Amanda Painter

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There is a lot of fire in the sky, with significant clusters of planets in Leo and Aries aspecting each other along with minor planets in Sagittarius. That’s a lot of movement and flow in the realm of spirit; it could be easy to get lost in ‘inspiration’ without taking action, but for one thing: the fire planets are making some squares to planets in other signs.

Between Waves

Posted by Amanda Painter

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As of this morning, the Moon is in cardinal Libra, bringing a desire for more diplomatic and graceful interactions than might have occurred yesterday. Did you get a little inflammatory on social media yesterday, like I did? Whoops. Today’s Libra Moon might urge some finessing of your stance — not backtracking per se, but a reconsideration of what is truly justified.

A Cancer Mood, and Keep Venus in Mind

Posted by Amanda Painter

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Believe it or not, Mercury is getting ready to leave Gemini tomorrow for emotional, receptive Cancer. Due to its recent retrograde, it has spent a little more than nine weeks in a very mentally oriented, verbal, dualistic sign; it will spend only about two weeks in Cancer. Meanwhile, it’s time to look ahead to the upcoming Venus retrograde.