‘Cupid Blindfolded and Two Doves’ By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo 1757 CC0

The 10th is a Good Day To . . . make a concerted effort to keep our own wounds and negative impulses from destroying our status and empowerment options. That sounds easy enough, assuming we know what’s in our own best interests–and that’s where we fall down today, believing we’re seeing correctly the lay of the land and how it affects us–and we’re not. Beliefs inform, even take over, thought, and that means that accuracy in assessment relies on how closely our judgments of ourselves and the world align with reality.

One strength today is a capacity to accept change in empowerment methods and even in status–but we must do so ‘blindly’, simply because our faculties of analysis are off. We find our personal power and authority in acknowledging the darker elements and those things we may have been turning away from. In recognizing these matters we’re able to recognize what the cost might be, if we indulge, if we ignore, if we fail to remedy. And really, that’s all we’re looking for, right? Guidance on what factors will have an impact, and which we must do something about.

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

‘Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers’ By Paul Gauguin 1888 {{PD}}

The 9th is a Good Day To . . . consider if going your own way is as productive and beneficial as you think. Or maybe for you it’s the impulse to eschew originality or innovation in order to retain status. Or is it that being rebellious or radical seems the only way around the authority of others or the power ranks as they currently exist? The headline today is really about two things that will be behind these behaviors: 1) that we may not understand the costs involved in our actions and choices, and 2) that we may not understand ourselves well enough to be good judges of our own actions. Handle this energy by rejecting the experimental in favor of the tried and true, and give this impulse a creative form–it’s the only way to enfold the need for original expression safely into the the power structure as it stands now. Any other approach invites the kind of disruption that may bring a revolution (one that you may believe is both due and desirable) that in reality causes chaos and eats up any chance at living our purpose as productively and creatively as possible.

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

‘A Romance’ By Santiago Rusiñol 1894 {{PD}}

The 8th is a Good Day To . . . dump both delusions about Power and actions and choices based on hurt. ‘Clean up your act!’ might be the mantra today; doing so offers some dazzling and unexpected payoffs in terms of reach, role, and ability to affect circumstances. Romance and/ or finances could get deep; expect hidden facets of both to come to the surface, thanks to Venus entering Scorpio.

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

‘U źródła’ By Henryk Siemiradzki 1898 {{PD}}

The 7th is a Good Day To . . . trust the instincts, imagination, creativity, and ideals to provide needed wisdom and practical guidance. Trust yourself! Dreams and values are a beacon for thought and action, and connecting to your own inner power as well as Nature itself promises both to reveal what’s standing in your way and an effective way to handle it.

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

By Edmund Kanoldt – http://www.kaupp.de/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48253551

The 6th is a Good Day To . . . work out the obstacles that either the social sphere or our own beliefs put in the way of our empowerment or of our attaining the status we desire. Instincts and highest values are one and the same at this time, which would usually endow us with extraordinary harmony in thought and action, but it’s clear that for all our internal alignment in these areas we must still modify what we want, relationships, and/ or what we’re willing to pay to get where we want to go. Thinking runs along conventional lines, which may be at least part of the problem (original or innovative approaches are few and far between), though the other issue centers on where our attention goes: rather than wrestling with ourselves over our potential distrust of our own impulses, we’d do best to keep our eye on any problems or circumstances that make a smooth past-to-future transition more difficult than it needs to be.

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

‘Shrimpers’ By Lionel Percy Smythe 1882 {{PD}}

The 5th is a Good Day To . . . full on embrace all that we’ve been running away from. I know! Who’d have guessed that a big ol’ armful of denied or ignored matters would be just the ticket? But all the answers, all of worth, all our rewards, profits, and Love come from the courageous move of facing what we’d rather not. Such a simple dictate, and it pays off. Really, resistance is futile.

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

‘Face of a Girl’ By Kuroda Seiki 1890 {{PD}}

The 4th is a Good Day To . . . take extra care with our words, as there’s a danger of both misinterpretation and deception (deliberate or not), and what we don’t acknowledge or accept leaks out, exposing weaknesses, needs, and desires–many of which we’d rather keep to ourselves. This makes for reasoning that could resist what we otherwise know to be wise, and could result in an unhealthy focus on aesthetics, money, or impossibly perfect romance in relationships. It’s best to sit back, allow things to happen around us, take the initiative only in the most straightforward and innocuous of matters.

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

‘South American Landscape’ By Frederic Edwin Church 1856 {{PD}}

The 3rd is a Good Day To . . . watch Mars enter Libra. Do we have to? No, but if we’re aware of the Warrior changing signs, it’s all to our advantage; otherwise we can end up suddenly frustrated, passive-aggressive, and feeling we must (needlessly) show our independence within partnerships. That’s what Mars in his sign of detriment tends to bring out in us, if we’re not conscious that the ego, Will, and action urge are finding it more difficult than usual to express.

Also note: wisdom fails us today in matters of Love, Money, or feeling; we have an usually potent ability to support our health and keep our wounds in perspective–that’s truly beneficial; and Merc enters Scorpio, and we may find the mind going to dark places–and if we allow it, it effectively kills originality.

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

‘De første Anemoner’ By H. A. Brendekilde 1889 {{PD}}

The 2nd is a Good Day To . . . watch Pluto station direct. This may feel like a light at the end of the tunnel, a break, a reward, a promise–but don’t expect yourself to trust this right away. The shift is subtle and at the same time right beneath your feet, so that it’s hard to believe what’s intimated will actually come to be. Don’t worry–it, or something very like it, will.

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

Painting by Andrew Stevovich, ‘Hat Party’, Photo By Andr.V.S. – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29316041

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The 1st is a Good Day To . . . all the things we’d rather not see or acknowledge create illusions or misperceptions that end up robbing us of our mojo. How to combat it? By sticking to the reality picture, what’s solid, practical, and steady–these things can be counted on, by willingly adjusting our own ideas to accommodate the needs and expectations of others (without, of course, abandoning our own priorities and values), and by not paying too much mind to what we see ourselves as able to do in the first place–that only makes us curtail our efforts prematurely–if we’re busy measuring our potential options, then we sure aren’t exercising them.

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