‘Tie Me Up’ By Aimeeperezsculptor 2013 This photo released under a Free Art License

The 26th is a Good Day To . . . ask ourselves, just how strict, how restrained, how cautious, must we be in order to gain, to respect our values, to stay or get healthy? We must measure our empowerment options against the true power they offer, and must judge them based on what we know to be wise or practical. Do our choices respect our skills and encourage their use? Do they offer some chance of healing or care that keeps body and soul together? These are the questions we should answer today.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

This morning’s New Moon assessment is here–

By JanLenardo Wöllert – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5792557

The 25th is a Good Day To . . . stand ready to handle things that have big consequences. The surprise may be our discovery in real-world terms of who holds the power; we may be shocked, and yet easily adapt to any revelations or shifts in responsibility. It’s like a giant floodlight suddenly comes on, revealing the reality situation, warts and all. Taking a disciplined and practical approach to things as they are (once we’ve regained our balance!) proves to be productive and beneficial. Rewards come in tidy packages, or in restraint, and relationships require modesty or a statement of ‘being there when needed’. We get to the end of the day with a considerably different view of our world or our place in it. Just be ready.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

See tomorrow’s forecast for the New Moon here–

‘The Sleeping Beauty’ By John Collier 1921 {{PD}}

The 24th is a Good Day To . . . look closely at two major aspects that perfect today: Venus conjoins Jupiter late in Sagittarius, and Mars in Scorpio opposes Uranus in Taurus. With the former, we see abundant reward or massive disappointment due to exaggeration of expectations, centered on potentials for social advancement, travel (with emphasis on ‘new horizons’), and knowledge acquisition. Relationship dynamics may be out-sized and imply things are better, or worse, than they actually are, and we may be inclined to over-pay, in one form or another, for what we receive. The belief in Love may ground us, or move us to action, and may ‘come to the rescue’, especially in circumstances where we feel alienated or suffer too much emphasis on philosophy or fulfillment of an agenda in relationships or in creating Art in any form. We get ‘a lot’, somehow, and must deal with it, with the meeting relating directly to the matters of the House in the natal chart where it occurs.

The opposition offers an element of surprise, either at your own choices or actions or those of others. The spontaneity is driven by material/ sensory matters or issues of comfort, security, or need, but the moves spring from a dark place, or one where motives are hidden even from ourselves, and what’s behind those choices and actions may remain a mystery, no matter how hard we look. Circumstances to these events may have roots in or bring about the situation of abundance (and remember, this is just ‘a lot’, so may not be especially desirable!) or may muster conflict from the situation of ‘too much’. Beauty meets ‘the facts’ or a sense of optimism, perhaps with actions exposing the dark and surprising underbelly of things–or maybe it’s a search for Truth that generates chaos, a Higher Understanding, or a revelation that brings an opportunity for prosperity, Love, or profit. There are a million possible permutations–what’s important is our awareness that these factors are related in a way where each will affect, and possibly bounce off of or alter, the others.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

See the upcoming New Moon here–

‘Horses in a Meadow’ By Edgar Degas 1871 {{PD}}

The 23rd is a Good Day To . . . own your power, and use it to go after what you want. That may sound aggressive, especially to the more timid among us, but in reality we’re talking about being ourselves to the fullest, which includes that kind of energy that reaches out and impresses our essence, our wants, and our creations,  on the environment. Of course, careful consideration before you act pays off, no question. Overall, though, it’s a day when ambitions can be fulfilled and wounds healed, so go forward with confidence–be yourself.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

By Béla Spányi 1914 {{PD}}

The 22nd is a Good Day To . . . scan the horizon for your next destination. Whether that’s a literal trip or an inner journey, sketch out the possibilities and consider new, perhaps exotic, goals, foci, or places to visit. The Sun moving into Sagittarius will shine the light on ways to learn, explore, grow–today we relax and consider a revised ambition picture, while taking care not to erode or neglect the already-established practical, and the stable and wise.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

Krishna and Radha looking into a mirror. Artist Unknown c1800 {{PD}}

The 21st is a Good Day To . . . do your best to align your Self-image with the actual things you revere and dedicate your life energy to. It’s time to rid ourselves of disparities between the reality we inhabit and how we see ourselves, from the inside out. Today this requires we set ambitions aside, and need to see as clearly as possible not just the reality picture, but the ways in which hurt and the past influence choices as well as our own idea of who we are. Skewed visions of our identity and potentials separate us from our own power, and from claiming those roles where we can be both most ourselves, and most effective. A vague prescription, I know, but the particulars will never fall into square without an unambiguous set of qualities and priorities in place–that’s what we define, today.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

Little known fact: Dragons are actually herbivores. Detail of a painting By Giovanni Battista Tiepolo c1768 {{PD}}

The 19th is a Good Day To . . . embrace bringing to consciousness what we ‘know but don’t know’. It does no good to play coy with ourselves; what’s more, it’s in those places we’ve ignored or denied that we find the worthwhile, the precious, the assets, the Love–but that’s only after we slay a figurative dragon or three. Hint for success, just for today: those boogey men are only in your head.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.