Welcome to your June 2016 forecast!   Click on “read article” and scroll down til you find your sign of the zodiac….

 GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) It’s not a bad month to be a Gemini! Venus is paired up with the Sun almost all the way til the Solstice and it doesn’t get ahead of the Sun until about June 18^th. The Sun and Venus are always a nice combo, making for easy relationships and a sense of well-being. The Sun, Moon and Venus are all piled up with Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune for the June 4^th new moon in Gemini, highlighting questions about where you’re putting your emotional and financial energy. In fact, the Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune T-square dominates the first half of the month. This slightly odd configuration feels a bit like full speed ahead with the emergency brake on. You’re feeling good but rather stuck in some parts of your life.   By the second half of the month, Jupiter starts speeding away from this angle and catches up to the North Lunar Node in Virgo. Nice!   This is great for enjoying intimacy and loved ones.   This leaves Saturn and Neptune in an exact and boggy square for the rest of June and into the summer. You will have to get a grip on a spiritual or creative practice and make a routine for yourself. We don’t want a cranky Gemini moping around all summer! The Summer Solstice comes late on the 20^th, about 12 hours after the full moon, which falls in Sagittarius for the second month in a row. The Sun will be in the last moments of Gemini with a big fat Sag full moon – get ready to be riled up, just like you were at the May full moon. You’ll have a romantic week after the Solstice – if Mercury in Gemini catching up to the Saturn-Neptune business doesn’t make you second-guess yourself like crazy. Then your friend Mars turns direct on June 29^th. Whew—finally, there’s a sense of forward movement!

CANCER (JUNE 21- JUL 21) Well, it’s an interesting month for you if you can work with the curious influence of the Jupiter- Saturn-Neptune T-square for the first half of the month. This combination comes to a head on the June 4^th Gemini new moon – wow, all this movement and all this stuckness at the same time!   Mid –month, Jupiter moves away from Saturn and Neptune and joins up with the North Lunar Node, which is enriching and satisfying in terms of relationships and connections. Keep in mind it then leaves Saturn and Neptune squared for the rest of June and into the summer. Hmm. This influence is kind of boggy, but it can be really satisfying if you have a creative routine or regular spiritual practice. These planets respond well to discipline but you may get really pulled off track into binge-watching the Food Network. Generally speaking the month unfolds nicely, with a gorgeous Sun –Venus conjunction all the way til the 18^th, again making relationships satisfying.   The Summer Solstice falls late on the 20^th, about 12 hours after a big old full moon in Sagittarius – the second in 2 months. People will be wigged out and excessive, and you can just chill out, knowing that the Sun is about to move into your own sign of Cancer. The week after the solstice Venus and Mars are making interesting aspects, giving you the juice to enjoy getting something accomplished. Mars continues to be retrograde til the 29^th, and then finally, relief!

LEO (JUL 22-AUG 21) This is a pretty quiet month, with a delightful pairing of the Sun and Venus until about the

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18^th….The dominant aspect is a Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune angle, in effect til the middle of the month. This is all about hurrying up and slowing down at the same time. You’re feeling like things are moving but then really stuck at the same time – not so fun. Mid month, Jupiter moves away for Saturn and Neptune and catches up to the North Node,which is great for connections and relationships. However it leaves Saturn and Neptune squared – and this weird combo is in effect most of the summer. It absolutely requires discipline to work with these planets that could otherwise bog you down, so get thee to the studio or the yoga mat. Mars continues to be retrograde—jaysus!—and it has now moved into the nether regions of Scorpio. If you are a late Leo your frustration factor may be going through the roof. There is a Sagittarian full moon on the 20^th, followed 12 hours later by the Summer Solstice, when the Sun enters Cancer. Expect to be grandiose and opinionated on the full moon but then you’ll settle down quickly. The week following the solstice brings some productive energy your way. Mars turns direct on the 29^th – whew!

 VIRGO (AUG 22- SEPT 21)  This is an interesting month…There is a lot of planetary action in mutable signs, so you’ll be very affected by the celestial dynamics . On the one hand, there is a pretty Sun -Venus conjunction in Gemini until about the18th, making you relaxed and enjoying friends and family. But – oh, you knew there would be a “but”—there is a Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune T-square in place til the middle of the month, giving a kind of stop/start effect to your life. Things are moving but not moving at the same time.   How weird is that?   This is especially brought to a head around the June 4^th Gemini new moon.   Then Jupiter in Virgo moves away from this combination and towards the North Lunar Node, emphasizing relationships in a positive way. This leaves Saturn and Neptune in a square for the rest of June and into the summer. This boggy influence absolutely requires that you employ discipline and set up a routine for yourself, either spiritually or creatively or both. Things build up for you in the approach to the June 20^th full moon – wow, another Sagittarian full moon, the second month in a row! Stay calm if you can, for the Summer Solstice follows 12 hours later. The following week will inspire you to be very productive. That pesky Mars retrograde finally turns around on the 29^th – whew! Things can move forward again in a reasonably predictable way.

LIBRA (SEPT 22-OCT21) Well! June brings a pretty Sun-Venus conjunction for a good part of the month, so you’re feeling happy and loved. The June 4^th Gemini new moon surfaces the energies of the very odd Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune influence. This combination is expansive but restrained at the same time and injects a good dose of sober reality into some plans or visions you have for yourself. Then mid month Jupiter pulls away from Saturn and Neptune and joins up with the North Lunar Node. Nice!   This is a great combination for relationships and connections. It does leave Saturn and Neptune sitting in a square, however, and this influence continues for the rest of June and into the summer. You’re going to need discipline, honey, lest you fall into a bog of binge watching Bob’s Burgers. It’s an influence that responds well to a routine and organized approach, so make sure that you set a schedule for a creative or spiritual discipline, otherwise it can leave a girl cranky and sad. We don’t want that! You may get worked up and agitated in advance of the Sagittarian full moon on the 20^th.   It’s also the Summer Solstice, when the Sun enters Cancer. The following week brings great aspects for getting things done, and then the week after that…… Mars turns direct!   Yay!   June 29^th marks the day when this slog of Mars retrograde finally ends…..

SCORPIO (OCT 22-NOV 21) What a juicy and strange little month June is!   The first half has a beautiful Sun-Venus conjunction, which is nice satisfying combo, followed by Jupiter pairing up with the North Lunar Node. Both of these aspects favor relationships and intimacy. And there are some strange undercurrents that make you feel

completely weird. The first is that Mars retrograde has moved itself into the end of Scorpio, so if you are a late Scorpio you have Mars retro moving across your Sun. This quirky influence may make you physically vulnerable, so be careful and make sure you’re keeping track of where your body parts are in space…. It’s a time when you may not be able to get anything done, and there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it, between Mars retrograde and the Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune T-square in effect for the first half of June. This T square is an odd combination: it’s full throttle and braking at the same time. So you feel great on the one hand, and completely stuck on the other. It shifts quickly though once Jupiter gets out of the way, leaving Saturn and Neptune in relationship for a good part of the summer. This boggy influence requires discipline to deal with, so you may have to prevent yourself from binge-watching “Outlander” and get to work on exercise or a creative outlet. There is a big Sagittarian full moon on the 20^th, just hours before the Smmmer Solstice when the Sun enters Cancer.   The week following should release the logjam you’ve been feeling, and then on June 29^th Mars retrograde turns direct! Yay!

 SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22- DEC 21) Congratulations – you’ve made it through Mars retrograde in Sagittarius! Hopefully you’re still in one piece… Mars retro is still going on but it has moved out of Sag and back into the tail end of Scorpio. Meanwhile June is kind of a mess of contradictions. The Sun-Venus conjunction in effect for the first half of the month is sweet and loving, but the Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune T square makes you feel like things are moving forward and stuck at the same time. You just have to roll with it.   Then mid month Jupiter peels away and catches up to the North Lunar Node, which is great for relationships and connections. It leaves Saturn in Neptune in aspect for the rest of the month and a good chunk of the summer, so you will have to engage some discipline to not turn into a slug. Saturn and Neptune respond well to a routine , so now is the time to set one up for yourself.   Then on June 20^th for the second month in a row – yes, what’s up with that?—there is another Sagittarian full moon. You may find yourself worked up and agitated. Try to stay centered, and invoke that Saturn Neptune energy to meditate or do something calming … The 20^th is also the Summer Solstice, when the Sun enters Cancer. The following week interesting Mars-Venus aspects help you actually get some things done, and then on June 19^th, Mars finally finally finally turns direct!   Release!

CAPRICORN (Dec 21-Jan19) June is a nice month on the relationship front! The Sun and Venus march in tandem all the way til the 18th, and then Jupiter catches up to the North Lunar Node for the rest of the month, facilitating intimacy and connection. Meanwhile there are some other complicating dynamics! On the June 4^th new moon in Gemini Jupiter Saturn and Neptune line up in a confounding angle, making you feel like you’re moving forward but not. It’s full steam ahead –with the brakes on. And, you’re having to assess what’s creating the drag on your energy or resources… Once Jupiter moves out of the pack, it leaves Saturn and Npetune in a square for the rest of June and into the summer. This could be a boggy influence, unless you harness some Capricornian discipline and work at it. Beware of binge-watching “Outlander”—you would do better to hit that meditation cushion! June 20^th brings a full moon in Sagittarius (another one!) and the Summer Solstice 12 hours later when the Sun enters your opposite sign of Cancer. That Sag full moon is just a bit overstimulating, so be careful of going into overdrive. The last week of June is great for getting things done, especially since Mars turns direct on June 29th. Woo-hoo!

AQUARIUS (JAN 20-FEB 19) June is quite a nice month, excellent for relationships and connections thanks to the Sun-Venus conjunction til June 18^th and the Jupiter-North Node conjunction the second half of June. There are some complicating factors, however…. One is the Jupiter-Neptune, Saturn T square in effect for the first half of the month and triggered on the June 4^th new moon in Gemini. This is all about things moving forward and being kinda stuck at the same time. It’s also about feeling disillusioned or disappointed by a circumstance you’re in. A sobering dose of reality may be forcing you to face the limits of a situation.   All you can do is learn from it and move on. And keep in mind that Mars is still retrograde, but it has moved back into the tail end of Scorpio. If you are a late Aquarius you’re feeling especially stymied… Mid month, after Jupiter gets out of the way, we are left with Saturn and Neptune, a complex influence that requires discipline and routine to deal with. So go back to the gym or the yoga mat, and work your creative muscles as well in a regular way. It will pay off. There is a Sagittarius full moon on the 20^th, followed by the Summer Solstice when the Sun enters Cancer.   This full moon will bring big energy and agitation. The week after the Solstice there are nice aspects for getting things done, and then on June 29^th, Mars turns direct! Whew!

 PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 19) Oh honey, this is an interesting month, filled with some contradictions! On the positive side, the relationship aspects are great and fruitful, with a Sun-Venus conjunction in Gemini til the 18^th, and the Jupiter and the North Node sitting together in Virgo for the entire second half of the month. That’s excellent for intimacy and connections. But… there are some complications! The June 4^th new moon in Gemini triggered the Jupiter-Saturn –Neptune T square in a big way. This is about disappointment or disillusionment, having to face reality and reduce your expectations in regard to a plan or vision. Just learn from it and move on. Meanwhile once Jupiter leaves Saturn and Neptune, those two planets exert their influence in a different way. Saturn and Neptune absolutely require you to exercise some discipline – get yourself to the art studio and or to the gym and resist the temptation to do nothing. These planets respond well to a routine. Even if you’re not feeling inspired initially, the inspiration will kick in. Then you are likely to get a bit wired in the run-up to the Sagittarian full moon on the 20^th. The Summer Solstice occurs also on the 20^th, about 12 hours after the full moon. The week after brings nice aspects for getting things done. Then – Mars goes direct on the 29^th! Whew!

ARIES (MAR 20-APRIL19) Mars retrograde has moved back into Scorpio, bringing your delightful willfulness to the surface. It could be a interesting month…..just sayin’. But there are some great things happening as well! The Sun and Venus march together in Gemini for a good part of the month til the 18^th, followed by a Jupiter North Node conjunction in Virgo.   Both of these combinations are great for relationships and connections. The challenge comes with the Jupiter-Saturn Neptune T square in place during the first half of June and brought to a head by the June 4^th new moon in Gemini. You’re feeling movement in your life in some areas, and utterly stuck in some others. And you have to inject a dose of reality into some grandiose plan or vision and bring it down to earth.   No fire sign ever like that process! Oh well, just learn from it and move on… After Jupiter pulls away from Saturn and Neptune it leaves those two planets in a square. This boggy influence can feel a bit stultifying unless you set up a routine for yourself and stick to it. Get yourself back in to a physical and spiritual and creative discipline and you’ll be fine. Beware of bombast and holding forth in the run-up to the Sagittarian full moon on the 20^th. It’s also the day of the Summer Solstice, when the Sun enters Cancer. The following week brings nice aspects for getting work done. Mars retrograde is likely to be messing you a bit as we approach of its turn around. Just go with the flow and then celebrate its return to direct motion on the 29^th!

TAURUS (APR 20-MAY 20) What a month! I got some good news and some not so fabulous news…   The good news is that the month is great for connections and relationships. The Sun and Venus march together in Gemini til the 18^th, and the Jupiter in Virgo catches up to the North Lunar Node. Both of these combinations are quite delightful. One complicating factor, of course, is Mars retrograde. At this point Mars has retrograded back into the tail end of Scorpio, so if you are a late-late Taurus, beware that Mars retrograde is opposing your Sun.   You’re a tad vulnerable so be careful. The other complication is the Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune T square in effect for the first half of the month. This weird pile up makes you feel like things are moving swimmingly—and not. It’s full speed ahead with the brakes on. Weird. It’s also about having to face reality about a situation that is not all that it’s cracked up to be. So all you can do is learn and move on. Once Jupiter pulls away it leaves Saturn and Neptune in aspect for the rest of the month and even into the summer. This influence absolutely requires you to have a creative and spiritual and physical routine. It’s couch to 5K for you! If you can commit to a routine, inspiration will follow. Try not to get worked up in the approach to the Sagittarian full moon on the 20^th, the same day as the Summer Solstice. The following week brings accomplishment, and then – Mars turns around on June 29^Th ! Yay!