‘Diary of a Seducer’ By Arshile Gorky 1945 {{PD}}

It’s a day where embracing our own empowerment and exercising that power in areas we know are our own, as well as using skills we know we are adept with, can hurtle us forward, into our future Self. It’s almost like if we hit the ‘right’ vibratory attitude, we’ll whoosh ahead, developing instantly into what we will become (or at least, morphing into it temporarily, for a day). This means we’ll also get that glimpse ahead with others, seeing where they’re headed.

Find the vibe, and you definitely benefit in ways you may have never thought of before. It’s also appropriate to think about the future–where do you want to go, who do you want to be? What might get in the way of all this accelerated development are all those matters you’ve ignored, denied, or grown angry over but not faced. These can lead you in a direction where your actions won’t really matter (but of course, you won’t know that in the moment), where you’ll spend a long time and lots of energy making irrelevant choices. So, check those empowerment options against instincts and what you ‘know but don’t know’, which can help you avoid stepping into and acting out of your ‘blind spot’, or succumbing to the siren song of efforts that support nothing but the ego.

(Juno sxt Sedna, Mars sesq Black Moon Lilith, Venus nov and Mercury conj NN)

‘Cakes, 1963’ Photo By Pplachigo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28954794

For those born with the Sun at 24 Gemini. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). You may spend a good portion of the solar year ahead, through to your next birthday, Gemini, trying to pinpoint your feelings, and there may be a considerable sense of being alienated from yourself–but don’t take this too much to heart. It may be that the Universe is offering you a respite from what has recently been something of an emotional whirlwind; circumstances may be giving you enough space to go forward in other areas that need attention. Think carefully about what you really want, as it may be extra easy to fall into patterns from the past, especially the kind that offer as much of a straight jacket as they do legitimate security. But then again, all that thinking will likely bring forward some of the most creative insights you’ve ever had, and the way will be clear for you to pursue/ manifest them. Good luck!

By Kazimierz Stabrowski 1904 {{PD}}

How are we failing to support our own dream? That may be the (harsh) question we put to ourselves today, or maybe it’s pointed out by circumstances, but either way, we become aware of some way in which we aren’t serving those idealized goals put forward, consciously or not, by the Soul. This is not something to beat yourself up about; it’s merely a chance to re-align and fine tune, to re-dedicate energy that may have been useful elsewhere, temporarily. In this case, our actions and choices, rather than circumstances imposed externally, are the core reason we’ve strayed, and the central means of getting back to where we want to be–so that means it’s entirely in our own hands. Our attention can be focused through the material, and through those causes and commitments we embrace. Serving these, by honoring them, re-dedicating ourselves to them, or simply by giving our full awareness to the reality of things, will bring us back to our intended path. Too, take care that you aren’t misled today–we’re susceptible to the illusion, to the sleight of hand, to the gossamer mirage spun before us by the ill-informed, or by those with ill-intentions. Eyes on what we find sacred prevents us falling for deceptions.

(Vesta enters Taurus, Venus semi-sq Mars, Sun sq Neptune)

‘Cakes, 1963’ Photo By Pplachigo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28954794

For those born with the Sun at 19 Gemini. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). It’s your year, dear Gemini, now through your next birthday, to test your dreams, and to make the viable ones happen. This may come about through less than comfortable circumstances, ones that carry an emotional impact, but that are designed to show you potentials, as well as what are for all intents and purposes impossibilities. This can be an exciting and rewarding period, if you hold your dreams in a relaxed, relatively open hand, and remember that they don’t belong to you, so much as rest in your care so that they can be realized. You may find just the right partner this year for meeting goals and bringing ambitions to reality–but be very clear about what is and is not the province of any partnership you enter into, as confusion of roles is a distinct possibility. Opportunities, especially to alter the reality picture, are yours–shape things wisely. Good luck!

‘Soul in Bondage’ By Elihu Vedder 1891 {{PD}}

We may see something from the past, something misunderstood or disregarded at the time, that needs acceptance and incorporation into our lives. This may come as a surprise to us, and those of us who want to leave the past behind may be dismayed, but this will turn out to be a necessary bit of Soul retrieval, meant to bring us closer to a conscious sense of wholeness. It may come about through a power struggle, or one to set ourselves or someone/ something else ‘free’, or could be an accidental result of expressing our own power, but in any case, comes about as we ‘listen’ to our inner prompts and respond to what we ‘know but don’t know’, bringing back a piece of spirit, one temporarily lost by believing others over our own instincts.

(Hygeia trine and Sun qnx SN, Uranus qnx Ceres, Merc nov Sedna, Venus enters Gemini)

‘Cakes, 1963’ Photo By Pplachigo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28954794

For those born with the Sun at 18 Gemini. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). Dear Gemini, This solar year, through to your next birthday, creativity and fertility of all kinds is high, arising out of a need to tell your story. The creative urge may, in fact, overwhelm all other considerations, though ostensibly your attention will likely be on ambitions, looking for opportunities, and trying to have a real-world impact. If you don’t already have them, please develop one or more avenues through which that creative flood can express itself–if you neglect to, you could find yourself drowning in emotion and frustrated by a lack of forward progress. Also benefiting you this year: thinking before you do, and using your personal authority to avoid hurting others, just as much as you’ll use it to avoid getting hurt yourself. Good luck!

‘Im Mai’ By Heinrich Vogeler1897 {{PD}}

If you’re looking for the New Moon forecast, please click here–

Does your sense of personal authority include seeing yourself as an authority for others? Or do you see yourself as singular, Self-responsible but not in the market to tell others what to do? We’re naturally inclined at the moment to think in terms that are most healthy for who we are at core, and that means that if our personal position of authority is too narrow (only encompassing ourselves) or too broad (seeing ourselves as having inappropriate dominion over others) we will feel uncomfortable in that position–and that may prompt changes or confrontations in the power arena.

So, gauging the extent of authority appropriate (acceptable) to you is necessary, along with giving Love or your wallet a good purging (that is, throw out all that needs to go, the attitudes, the untruths, the ugly bits we may be clinging to so we can pull them out at the next fight, and those things that have died–dump the corpses of long extinguished passions and sources of support–it’s time). Eye on the future, we go forward less burdened, lighter, purer.

(Juno sesq Ceres, Venus trine Pluto, Merc nov Hygeia, Sun parallel NN)

This has to be you this year, Gemini. Screenshot from ‘Sunset Boulevard’, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up”.

For those born with the Sun at 12 Gemini. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). You’re reaching a height, a zenith, this year, dear Gemini–but what does this really mean to you? You may be unsure, but what I can tell you is that you’ve already suffered the shocks, received the surprises, learned the lessons, and now you are shaping, forming, experimenting with what you gleaned from those experiences, honing it into a fine wisdom and a whole new set of skills. That’s all for the good, as sooner rather than later you’ll need to be very clear on what it is you honor, what you find sacred, what you want to dedicate your life energy to, and if you’re not ready to really commit, you could find yourself in the awkward position of having all you need and yet not going forward. Be ready for your close-up, and good luck!

By Ambrosius Bosschaert {{PD}}

Do we ever ask ourselves if we really even want more? We just assume more of something desirable will help us, but today we have to face the question of what having more really means–and no matter what we’re wanting, no matter what we’re talking about, there are two potent and inescapable results: one, that the bounty that comes at us, whatever form it takes, will force us to adjust our concepts of our own empowerment, status, and reach, and two, having more will require changes to our belief system. Period. We just won’t come out of today without significant alterations to the way we see the world, and the way we see ourselves in it.

(Jupiter qnx Juno, Venus qnx Jupiter)

‘Cakes, 1963’ Photo By Pplachigo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28954794

For those born with the Sun at 11 Gemini. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). Dear Gemini, For much of this coming solar year, through to your next birthday, you may find it very difficult to know how you feel about . . . everything. Just know: that’s okay. There’s no real requirement for you to be able to state who or what you care about. All you have to do is behave in a way that is respectful of others, that allow others their autonomy, that is discrete without being secretive or withholding, and by the time you reach your next birthday, if not before, what really matters will be crystal clear to you. So, don’t strain yourself; instead bide your time, cause no harm, and before you know it, you’ll know exactly what to do. Good luck!

By Janus la Cour 1908 {{PD}}

Our attention is on healing difficult material or real-world circumstances, but we are hobbled or otherwise distracted by what we’ve ignored, denied, or because of our unacknowledged anger. The problem is that our attention is all on what’s distorted or not working in the reality picture, and that brings up both questions of our ability to affect it, and those areas where we have buried material in the hope of never having to deal with it. This could translate as high stress levels and a sense that there’s nothing we can do to positively alter what surrounds us–and if that’s how you feel, your best course is to pull back, put on the brakes, and relax. Concentrate on what refreshes, nourishes, replenishes, and then do those things for yourself. Let agendas and to-do lists wait, and don’t be sucked in to problems that seem like emergencies–if it’s a genuine emergency, it will be obvious–everything else can be ignored, for now. Restore the balance.

(Juno sesq Black Moon Lilith, Sun sesq Saturn and sxt Chiron)

Happy Birthday, you. ‘Cakes’ 1963 By Pplachigo Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

For those born with the Sun at 05 Gemini. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). Dear Gemini, This solar year, through to your next birthday, you have a choice: you can concentrate on your wounds, on your healing, or on using and acquiring skills themed to your natal Chiron placement. You can do all three at once, just one or two, or you can switch among them at different parts of the year–that latter is my suggestion–because it’s becoming clear to you that you need to act, you need to consolidate or otherwise make cohesive your knowledge, the facts of your reality, and the opportunities that will both bolster your personal authority and make the most of your gifts. Claim your personal authority as it exists within your ‘territory’–and then exercise it. Good luck!

By Linus Ekenstam linusekenstam – https://unsplash.com/photos/8RRklCkQj5Qarchive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived on 24 June 2017), CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61917747

It seems like there’s lots of negativity in the air, as if everyone and everything is focused on what isn’t working, what’s not right, and they are–but it’s an agenda that has a specific goal: to prepare us for the future. If we realize there are reasons and means for others to destroy our power, for our standards and commitments to be questioned, and to re-examine our goals and desires, then we’ll understand how important it is not to agree with what comes at us, but to stay tuned in and use logic, reasoning, and powers of observation to assess what needs to change, especially what or whom we should invest our time and energy in. We have our own inner wisdom at our fingertips, and thinking is unusually clear and precise–use your mind to build what’s to come.

(Pluto semi-sq Ceres, Mercury nov NN, semi-sq Vesta, and trine Pallas, Sun sesq Zeus)

‘Cakes, 1963’ Photo By Pplachigo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28954794

For those born with the Sun at 04 Gemini. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). Dear Gemini, you may feel unusually stressed this year, especially in the ways you contact the world and show who you are. This is because at this time, during the solar year that lasts through to your next birthday, you will be showing all your most original ideas, unique traits, inventive abilities, and radical inclinations–and others, especially others who don’t value those qualities in you, may react differently than they usually do. It’s your job to decide just what this means to the matter or the relationship; ask yourself if this reaction to your sense of freedom is something you want in your life–and go from there. Take care that your penchant for spontaneity doesn’t tip into erraticism, and make a special effort not to flake out on obligations–even the most creative of us doesn’t get an automatic pass on holding up our end of things. Good luck!

‘The Ahırkapı Lighthouse’ By Michel Zeno Diemer c1910 {{PD}}

We may be exhausted from Full Moon events and find it hard to do what’s smart, rather than what’s just expedient, but our instincts and our sense of ‘knowing what we don’t know’ will be on full-power, a beacon seeking out info and putting ‘the picture’ together. Trust what comes to you, and if you don’t understand it, wait–you will.

(Mercury sesq Pallas and conj Sedna)

See the recent Full Moon here–

Setting the table for your year ahead. Art by Peter Ilsted {{PD}}

For those born with the Sun at 28 Taurus. Check your natal chart for the correct Sun degree (you may want to read both the degree number and the one that follows, if you have minutes on your Sun position–together these offer a more complete picture of your year ahead). Early on, dear Taurus, you may feel unfettered: free to do as you please, with no restrictions and judgments coming your way–but THAT would be too good to be true, no? It seems it will just take some time for those things to catch up with you, to enter your field of vision–which means they’re happening, even when you aren’t aware of them. So, act as if you are being judged and observed, making sure that you are totally good with (and so can stand up for) your choices. Later in the solar year, nearer your next birthday than this one, you’ll confront in some hard terms things you’ve pushed aside, ignored, denied, or that have enraged you, with the big point of this sorting our for yourself how much of what you are angry about or fear is real, how much your own imaginings. Too, it’s a good year for connecting with Nature and with your personal power base, and exercising prerogatives in areas you already control. Good luck!