‘Cupid Blindfolded and Two Doves’ By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo 1757 {{PD}}

The 20th is a Good Day To . . . not think about it! I know! Strange that I’d be counseling you not to look at something that disturbs you, but that’s exactly what I want you to do: refuse to stare at or obsess over the scary, threatening, shadowy something that is lurking in consciousness. Just considering this thing is disempowering, and you may be tempted by fear to dress it up as something it’s not–and thereby rob yourself of what can otherwise be a day when a lot gets done, inside the psyche or out in the world, especially if what you tackle brings continuity, linking past experience with building positively for the future.

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

See my take on the upcoming New Moon here–

Two Bacchantes and a Bull, probably a sacrificial one. Unknown Roman origin. Vatican Museums, Rome. Description and Photo By Alvesgaspar CC BY-SA 4.0

The 19th is a Good Day To . . . see things through a very specific lens: one where we perceive that our values are being tested by the social order, and we must know our own ‘authority limits’ in order to answer this trial with our most spiritually advanced and creative energies. Everybody ‘out there’ seems to be rubbing us the wrong way–but consider that this might be because 1) what’s put forward may be challenging what you consider your ‘right’, and 2) that the purpose of this is to point out to you what’s a fantasy, what’s not viable, or what’s deceptively interpreted within your identity or personality. You’re not wrong, you’re just not seeing yourself in a way that makes for effective choices and clear communication with others. See the blessing within this feedback, as the ‘correction’ offered today will come in handy as our attention turns toward issues around sustenance, earthly matters, security, and those areas where we must persevere, as the Sun enters Taurus.

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

‘A Visit to the Doctor’ Except today you’re your own physician. By Gerrit Dou c1663 {{PD}}

The 18th is a Good Day To . . . focus entirely on our health and well-being. Period. Distinguish between pampering and genuine nurturing, between true health in all areas and the mere appearance of it, and don’t bother to look for some convoluted new answer or method when you know damn well what you need to do. That is all.

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

So many people together looks unreal now, doesn’t it? ‘Music in the Tuileries’ By Édouard Manet 1862 {{PD}}

The 17th is a Good Day To . . . live our values, eschew a grasp for power, and thereby become stronger than ever! And all this comes about because we choose to do something we would normally consider unwise or impractical. Whodathunk, right? It’s likely to be an odd, one-off day, where walking away from what normally empowers us attracts power, where honoring both our own and others’ authority pays off, and where a willingness to deal directly with reality as it exists (that is, not imposing a filter to make it more palatable!) will create a path forward to a future we genuinely want. Disorienting, but ultimately highly beneficial, if we can roll with it.

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

‘Woman Writing a Letter, with Her Maid’ By Johannes Vermeer c1670 {{PD}}

The 16th is a Good Day To . . . ask ourselves: What must we change about our stated values to make them align with our actions (because our actions reflect our true beliefs)? Aligning what we do and are with what we think we do and are will have massive benefits, if we have the courage to act on it. And second, what habit or choice made in the past can we resurrect in service to our own empowerment and/ or earning ability? Those may seem at first glance to be big, open-ended questions, but in reality they are quite specific; each of them is asking for one thing, the first for personal honesty, the second for you to reach back in memory to bring forward a practice, habit, or exercise that expressed a part of your essence. Right now we all need both a frank assessment of our values, and to recycle and bring back to life something that manifests a vital portion of the spirit (and the key to knowing what this is will be found in what once brought you genuine joy). Again, we’re asked to look into and think about the abyss–and this time when we look away, we come back to daily life refreshed in a Soul-deep connection to our most authentic identity.

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

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‘Easter morning’ By Mykola Pymonenko 1891 {{PD}}

The 15th is a Good Day To . . . see and acknowledge the dark underbelly of Love and Finance, specifically as it applies to your ideas of your own power, authority, and reach. I’m seeing this as something where we must accept both the darkness and the light we get from relationships, or the positives and negatives that weigh into one’s assessment of a job, career, or financial arrangement. The scenario we’re faced with may point out in stark terms how we tend to minimize or ignore the compromises we make in order to maintain a status quo. But, though it’s possible you might be moved to change things, the intent is more to draw your attention to the need to discontinue sugar-coating an area of your life that’s developing a sticky-sweet crust that will eventually become super-unappealing, and that may already have put you in an awkward (or at least not beneficial) position within the social sphere, or that has kept you from growing and becoming ‘more’.

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

‘The Tangled Garden’ By J. E. H. MacDonald 1916 {{PD}}

The 14th is a Good Day To . . . count on yourself. It’s no time to look to others to bolster your position–they’ve got troubles of their own. You may feel uncertain of instincts and intuition–that simply serves as a warning, ‘You’re afraid, or you’re hurt, and you can’t let that run the show.’ That said, you gain in three separate ways: by sticking with values, no matter what; by refusing to tangle with the powers-that-be–you’ll lose; and by concentrating on the several ways you are truly gifted–doing what only you can do benefits you tremendously.

An interesting note: Venus conjoins Vesta today. Could we get a bigger endorsement of the benefits of staying home? Do it, so we can beat this thing.

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

‘Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone’ By Thomas Moran 1872 {{PD}}

The 13th is a Good Day To . . . act on inspiration and the creative urge, but not without refusing to abandon highest values. That means don’t do anything you might otherwise find unacceptable just because circumstances suggest it might offer ‘a new way’ or garner you ‘creative credit’. There’s much to be gained by ‘facing the music’ in financial circumstances or within relationships, so don’t hesitate to peer into the abyss–and be ready to stand your ground when it looks back at you.

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

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The 12th is a Good Day To . . . be aware of the many forms of balance we’re called upon to achieve/ maintain. Awareness will both enhance health and supercharge instincts and intuition. We may be called upon to face a certain darkness, an unpleasant facet of reality, and if we do, we lay a strong foundation that keeps us from being deceived, as well as guaranteeing that certain ‘skeletons in the closet’ won’t ever trouble us again.

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

See the recent Full Moon in Libra here–

Ceres is prominent, right now. ‘Ceres ou l’été’ By Jean-Antoine Watteau 1717-18 {{PD}}

The 11th is a Good Day To . . . consider, face, and deal with questions surrounding your rights and your power expression. You need to know how far you can reach without overextending, and you need to get past some Self-imposed blocks arising from old wounds. Doing this in itself is empowering, and helps each of us answer in real-world terms the problems we currently face in moving forward. Successfully carrying all that’s worthy from the past and translating this into usable energy with which to shape the future is the challenge right now; we meet it with clear, reality-oriented thinking that refuses to shy away from the way things are.

It’s also a good time to examine what you’re ingesting, both in the form of food and mentally/ emotionally. Sensitive reactions to intake of all kinds are a loud-and-clear message that some things must be eliminated or avoided, for optimal health.

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

See the recent Full Moon in Libra here–