When it comes to eclipses I both feel very young and very old. It’s cool the sky can do tricks! I remember the magic of seeing an eclipse for the first time. However these days I’m a bit no room at the inn! The energy is too volatile and chaotic as is, plz no more! I try to remember they can clear and cleanse. After the initial nonsense it can lead to a smoother ride, in life not just a lunation.

All that to say I thought a lil eclipse szn what are we being asked to integrate before we jump into a new month reading might be nice. Enjoy! Tell me how your eclipse szn was! Gimme any eclipse goss!

xx. A

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Lessons in sitting on our hands, and then knowing which paths to take unfold this month. Clear the mind, accept yourself and choose a brave harmonious loving future. Sounds simple enough, def realistic to accomplish in a month 👀 I kid I kid but for those who have felt stagnant movement is on its way.

xx. A

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The word on the street is everyone is a bit malaise-y. It doesn’t help that in New York we’ve had day after day of rain and gloom. Perfect timing for a full moon and a little summer time sadness. This moon is in Aquarius and tons of astrologers can tell you more on what that means. However since tarot loves to go for the jugular and I don’t think anyone is in the mood for that (just me?) I figured gentler tarotscopes may be the mood. I asked simply what energy is available to support us right now?

I use these questions loosely, assuming most of us are aware of where we need support. Sometimes we’re not and that can be an interesting point of inquiry. However in general I’m a little less focused on where is the work to be done, and maybe more where does the noise need to be blocked out to come back to the self. We really can’t do shit until we are with ourselves. What are your feelings telling you? Where do you need your attention?

Take a moment to quiet the outside noise to hear your own. Even if it’s a little loud, you’ll always benefit from listening to it’s data.

xx. A

What energy is available to support us this Full Moon?

Aries | Aries Rising | Ace of Cups

The Motherpeace deck shows someone swan diving into a (large) cup surrounded by swans, which honestly I could chase that sort of perfect swim situation my whole life. However….it’s a metaphor and likely we won’t experience private swimming coupes flanked by swans. What is the energy available here? We’re being asked to dive into self love, newness in romance, art, dreaming, our intuition. The best the cups have to offer. I find this card is deceptively simple or easy. Most people walk around thinking they are clear on self love, they either do or don’t love themselves. There’s also often this resistance or like deep sigh, I’m trying. Self love however is a practice and not a fixed state. Ideally we are moving closer to it, staying connected to that self love but it’s not an end destination and you never move again if you get there. Checking in around that and what are ways you could be more loving right now, or meet yourself lovingly in this chapter of your life…tends to be revealing! What made us feel loved and with ourselves at 25 is different at 45. My therapist said to me not too long ago, what if I thought less about self protection, and more about self care. Asked yourself, what would be care in this scenario? At first I was like yeah no, not interested, care feels soft and protection feels safe. Well, she was right! It’s easier to steer yourself in and out of situations when the thought is care. Aries/Aries Rising how can you immerse yourself in a new chapter of love? Starting with yourself? Sure you could do x but is that a caring thing to do to yourself? Sure, you could shoot off into the night and pursue y but is that loving? Support and bolster yourself with how you need to love you today. This isn’t a pass fail test, its a gift.

Taurus | Taurus Rising | 3 of Swords Reversed

People avoid mourning because it’s painful. Who wants to mourn for what’s been lost? Ew. However, the stories we create avoiding it, or the shutdown to the pain makes it all a lot worse. The 3 of Swords invites some mourning, but it’s not just oh go be sad. It’s more acceptance of what harmed you will free you. Blaming yourself, excusing, all the ways we avoid behavior that makes us uncomfortable is occupying too much space in your mind and making this more of a wound than it may need to be. When I am tempted to keep ruminating, or diagnosing a situation I make myself boil down how I feel to toddler speak. I am sad. I am disappointed. That hurt me. I instantly feel space created and a little peace because I am no longer making a case for my feelings. I am just letting them be. When we cut the chatter it centers us and not the other. Your brain is asking you to center you, feel the feels so you can move ahead to what is for you and not painful. The heartbreak has happened, now the challenge is how to return to life outside your head.

Gemini | Gemini Rising | Strength

Strength sure is a bit about being strong, but really its about having courage, and integrity. It’s having the courage and integrity to stick with yourself and stay in service of your magic when it doesn’t feel easy to do so. It’s also a major so a card of destiny and a big ole plot point for you right now Gem. Strength is one of my favorite cards because sure it has to be a bit fought to be won but what it gives you no one can take away. It’s a profound deepening of self confidence and self trust. When we fully trust in and center our magic and let the spokes of our wheel be in service of it, our lives change. When we no longer question truths about ourselves we can access our power a lot more easily. Strength is a lesson in personal power. It teaches us we always have it, no one can take it, but it’s not always a popular choice when we wield it. That’s not the data to collect. The data to collect is how do you stay with yourself when it is hard? How do you prioritize what feeds you versus what is demanded of you?

Cancer | Cancer Rising | 8 of Wands

Action, travel, goal stalking is the move. Can you take the fire of Leo season to galvanize you into action? If you’re like no thank you, it’s swamp summer for me fair enough and I feel you. However, can you think about your goals? The 8 of Wands wants to take all that wands/fire energy and drive it somewhere. Meaning this is helpful energy for goal chasing, or quitting things. There’s supportive energy to either take off, or give up. Ideally we’d be giving up things that don’t work for us. You can go somewhere, so where do you wanna go? If someone could wave a magic wand, what would your wish be? There’s energy that wants to collab available.

Leo | Leo Rising | 8 of Cups

A very Full Moon support for you, what can you release that isn’t yours to carry? People sometimes call both the 5 and 8 of Cups the break up card. Sure, sure, can be that, however they’re both more about not settling for what isn’t truly for you. Can you take away what others want, or what they want you to be, and ask what do I want? What is my vision for myself? What do I need to embody to get there? There is no wizard wiser about you than you are. No one has the answer except you, so take a look and what you’ve acquired. What fits, what doesn’t, what did you take in a moment but now realize it was a phase? Return to your true self. See what’s there when you arrive.

Virgo | Virgo Rising | 9 of Pentacles Reversed

Something I have been thinking about is often we know on some level to really master whatever it is we want to in this life we have to go it alone. Yet most of us go around and around wondering where the posse of support is, or why everyone doesn’t want to go for the ride with us and take that as evidence we shouldn’t go for the ride. You may need to go for the ride alone for a bit Virgo in order to really master what you’re learning and doing. The 9 of Pentacles is a lot about gifts, talents, money and mastery. We are learning how to master these things about ourselves and often how to be paid for them. That’s both a bit metaphoric and modern. Really it’s figuring out what we want to give, how to give it and how to give it in a way that is sustainable and reciprocal. Gifts, purpose, destiny these are often unique to us, so why would a big crowd come along? Keep honing your craft, sure be a little sad if people don’t want to join but see if the joy you get back from doing what is for you can soothe that. It probably can.

Libra | Libra Rising | 4 of Pentacles

Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries support you! Remembering that you control the access to you. Emotionally, physically and spiritually. This also means we can overdo it. Walls aren’t boundaries. Check in around the yes’s and no’s. Has it been a bit of a free for all? Have you been a bit rigid? Boundaries are about what we will and won’t allow. Not changing or controlling others. Are you setting them for the right reasons or hoping for changes? Sometimes if the boundaries aren’t working it’s cause we’re ignoring part two. What’s the move when the boundary is crossed? Would a check in around consequences and actions help? It’s okay to be cautious, it’s okay to say no, it’s okay to give freely, it’s okay to be generous, just check in around the themes and see if you need a little bolstering somewhere.

Scorpio | Scorpio Rising | Judgement

Our second Major and another doozy. What a moon for you Scorpio! Judgement doesn’t sound great or like support, however what the card offers is affirmation you’re on track. You are on path. However….the ways you like to terrorize yourself have to go in order for the path to be kept to. You cannot doubt yourself the way you have, you cannot question what is for you the way you have, you have to trust this is where you are because its supposed to be that way. The old insecurities, stories, and doubts cannot come for the ride with you. They must be left behind. Ask yourself how do I benefit from believing nonsense about myself? Does it make me not ask for more? Does it make me not take risks? Support and feed what is wonderful about you, starve what is insisting that isn’t true. That voice is wrong.

Sagittarius | Sagittarius Rising | Justice

Justice yes is about truth, fairness, and the typical themes a word like justice conjures. It’s also about choices, consequences, truth and connection. There can be an element of timing here. What’s tough is Justice tells us things are how they are supposed to be. This doesn’t always feel great. What do you mean I am supposed to be here? We get plunged into swamps sometimes to learn how we got there. That’s not to say we flip to blame. Saying its my fault just turns the tap off, it doesn’t teach us anything. Justice wants us to learn the more honest we are with ourselves and others, the more connected and closer to harmony we are. My modern interpretation with this is it’s often speaking to people pleasing, and social white lies. It’s having a good intention, not wanting to hurt someone’s feelings but ending up somewhere because of that we didn’t want to be. Can you learn some diplomacy skills to be able to stay honest but not you know blow your life up hosing everyone with truth?

Capricorn | Capricorn Rising | The High Priestess

You have inner wisdom you got to sit tight and wait for it to speak. The High Priestess teaches us the valuable lesson of learning when to sit still. To trust, to sit between the realms and know we will be okay. Learning when action does not serve us and in fact is more a sign of distrust than strength. When the time is right we will know. This can be literally or metaphorically cause the High Priestess comes up a lot when people are POSITIVE they have to know something and have to know it right now. As a friendly reminder, anxiety has urgency, intuition does not. Intuition floats something up like hey go left, anxiety says go left otherwise you will die. They are not the same. We do not make the best decisions from a place of fear or anxiety. The High Priestess comes in to remind us the value of reconnecting with our wise mind, trusting it, timing and knowing we will know what to do when the time comes. If we don’t know it’s cause we’re not supposed to. We can either drive ourselves batty in pursuit, but really that’s telling us more about our relationship with uncertainty than anything else. The High Priestess often comes up at some kind of moment of initiation. Be with yourself while you’re initiated.

Aquarius | Aquarius Rising | Queen of Pentacles

She’s a self care queen! The thing about the Queen of Pentacles is she’s not just great at taking care of herself, she’s rooted in her value and doesn’t question it. Where do you need to take care of yourself and quit making a story about it? Where do you need to root into your value? Your value has nothing to do with anything external. That stuff is more bonus round. What do you value about you? What do you need to be unapologetic around? That sorry the price of admission for being me is I need x. This is not just self care. This isn’t I need and value pilates to be hot. Noooooo it’s more I need pilates because moving my body makes me feel better and I’m a better version of myself with that. If you need a manicure by all means, but ask yourself what’s the significance? Is it that you need a break and time to yourself and a bonus is painted nails? Maybe you just need the nails! That’s fine to, but can you do it dropping the story and knowing a Queen sits on a throne to receive people. She doesn’t go down into the melee and ask the people’s permission to be queen. She just is. Where do you need to be the Queen of your life? And trust you’re allowed to?

Pisces | Pisces Rising | The Star

Do you need a nap Pisces? Do you need some rest and healing? The Star offers the permission to take a pause, rest and renew yourself. We’ve often been through something when the Star shows up and we’ve been a bit rocked. This can be good or bad, and we need a second to come back to ourself. We’re stripped of our previous defenses and armor, and are very vulnerable. That doesn’t mean we’re at risk but its a good time to have some chats with your heart. What is your heart asking for? What would you ask for if you really let yourself be vulnerable?

Lemme know how your summer is going. If you need any more guidance I’m always around for readings.

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Figured I would give us a head start before we set intentions and do some tarotscopes today.

I’m also using a new deck. This gives me an excuse both to talk about Niki de Saint Phalle and some deck thoughts.

1. You do not have to be given a deck. That is ye olden gatekeeping at it’s finest. In fact I suggest buying your own deck so you work with what you’re attracted to.

2. After I have bought a deck I usually both mix up all the cards so I feel good about how I am starting off not wondering if the deck is reordered. The first question I ask any new deck is what is the nature of our relationship? It generally lets me know how we are going to get along or what to come to this deck with.

A very scientific method of mixing them up as you can see. The biggest thing with any deck habits is to just be consistent in them once you have found what works for you.

New deck habits discussed, back to this new moon. It’s literally hot, most of the world has been experiencing heat waves, the astrology has been wacky, there’s a parasite on the loose… so my question for us all is where is there some water to aid us where we are parched? Where can we find a little relief and direct our energy? Water always finds a way so where can we hop on that wave.

xx. A

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I’m using Niki’s deck which I have coveted for years and was thrilled to get my hands on. It’s majors only so don’t read too much into your sign having a major. I just wanted an excuse to work with it. Majors are cards of destiny, themes we are being asked to look at and in my opinion if we will look at them we will see expansion. We look away and around and around we go wrestling the same alligators.

Aries | Aries Rising | The High Priestess

Niki said in her guide book about the High Priestess, “This feminine intuition is one of of the “keys” of intuition. She represents the irrational unconscious with all its potential. Those who wish to explain events by reason or logic alone remain on the surface of things without the depth of instinctual vision and imagination.” I often say I don’t want to live in a world without magic. I don’t think everything can be explained, I don’t fully trust people who say they think when we die that’s it its just light’s out. Really???? REALLY you think we come here and do all this for…nothing? I think its a fear of the unknown, magic and all that isn’t controllable but is vastly life enriching. I love the idea of the potential of the unconscious and the depth it offers us. In our day to day lives we can’t really go there. However it’s often where the richest and wackiest version of us exists, that also can be very problem solving. Why because it’s authentic and a response versus a reaction. It comes from a pure place most of us recognize when it shows up or someone is offering it to us. When nothing else seems to be working, giving energy or explanation we can always return to ourselves even if we don’t want to. The High Priestess is part return, and part initiation. It’s moving beyond the it probably won’t work because of x, y, and z and instead going I have no idea why or how to do this but know that I should. It’s sitting on our hands until the right answer has arrived, or the path does feel clear and trusting that isn’t wasted time or energy in fact its wise intuitive strategy. It’s honoring we have the wisdom we need within we just have to sit tight and not interrogate it sometimes but woo it to arrive with passivity.

Taurus | Taurus Rising | Death

Awareness of death is awareness of life. You cannot value your life without the presence of death. The Death card does not speak to literal or actual death. However it does speak to the cycle of endings and beginnings. Something must go so that other things can flourish. We rarely get to take it with us, so something usually has to go for there to be progress. This is a major tho so it’s not like oh throw that ratty t-shirt out you’re in denial about. Noooooo I think of Death often as the cosmic comfort blanket, what is something that has lead to your success as an adult that now you have outgrown? What muscle is so developed it’s lead to you not developing others? That’s the one that’s got to go and create the space for what you want to create. As the saying goes if nothing changes, nothing changes, generally when Death arrives you’re ready for the change, ready to wave the white flag just a little surprised it’s THIS thing, THIS quality, but trust that it is. The example I offer clients often is say you’re hyper independent but want to call in love and partnership well that hyper independence is gonna have to move to the back burner to learn new skills that help you flourish in this new endeavor. The hyper independence that perhaps saved you and ensured your survival until now, will not comfort and guide you to the next place it got you here so now you can rest it a bit and learn interdependence for example. Release the dependence on the thing giving it gratitude for how it got you to here and don’t flip out about making some space for new. You get to choose how you fill the space.

Gemini | Gemini Rising | The Sun

The Sun, one of the better cards in the deck is also one of the most challenging. Whenever we are asking for more from life, or want to expand, we’re immediately scared. We immediately worry about disappointment, or how we can control what happens. The Sun asks us to knock it off. Do not immediately snatch away your happiness and joy. Adulthood is an education in how many different ways you can mask fear with very wise sounding things or concerns but really that’s what it boils down to. We get better at hiding it and find new ways to trap ourselves in various emotional prisons cause we’re just too scared to say I am scared. We’re scared, we won’t get it, will lose it, or might not like it when we do get it. All of this is like pre-purchasing negativity and then wondering why we can’t have nice things. It doesn’t even allow you to enjoy where you are already worrying about when its gone. The Sun wants to show you where you snatch your happiness away and ask you not to. It wants to remind us how the sun has a power to lift our spirits sustain our planet and lives, can you lift your spirits and believe this moment can be sustained or at the very least you are worthy and deserving of it? Can you be in it before you take it away? Because there’s info for you in the happiness. We all want to focus on the negative, what we don’t like, what we want to change but the most valuable information is in the positive. Is what we can say a big yes to, thank you god, thank you sun, thank you angels yes this and more please! That has life changing info not the no’s.

Cancer | Cancer Rising | The World

It is our season my fellow crabbies and apparently we have a graduation in store. Where are you done but maybe not fully sure you are? A loop has been walked around the reservoir of life and karma and we are ready to begin a new one. I kind of love Niki’s definition of the World because it’s less a definition and more maybe a life philosophy? “The World is the card of the splendor of the interior life. It is the last card of the Major Arcana, and the spiritual exercise of the game. Within this card lies the mystery of the WORLD. It is the answer to the Sphinx.” I am a confident enough reader and human being to be fully honest and say I do not completely “get” this interpretation. However I do know I kind of love it. I hadn’t connected the World to the idea of our interior lives, however….she’s on to something here. I also think its worth asking ourselves what is our inner sphinx? What answer are you sure the progress of your life depends on? Can you maybe consider you have answered it? Can you give yourself credit for the work you have done on decorating your inner house to see what happens in the outside world? Leave the depths of the ocean to walk on earth for a minute?

Leo | Leo Rising | Judgement

Judgement is about being on our path however to keep going we need to get clear on what we’re leaving behind. There are doubts, criticisms, and insecurities that have to go in order for us to become who really are versus the false self image we keep believing in. Simply put, get over your bullshit. You’re not so especially awful that what you desire for yourself, what you fancy is your purpose has been planted in your mind and heart just to taunt and terrorize you. It’s not there to show you what would be possible if you weren’t just so whatever, fill in the blank with however you terrorize yourself. Nope. Not even a little bit. You have to get over whatever is keeping you from settling into what is meant to be your lane. It’s time to merge the parts of yourself, to quit splitting yourself into pieces, saying I like this part but not this one, you have to be whole to go where you wanna go. You don’t have to love it all but you can’t master what you won’t acknowledge.

Virgo | Virgo Rising | The Hierophant

You cannot learn or understand things of a sacred nature by merely thinking about them. Where are you in need of deep study, and experience in order to come into wisdom? Where can you validate your wisdom and authority? Where do you need a guide? The Hierophant used to go to the highest mountain outside of town, hear the mysteries from the gods and then come relay them to the people. Where do you need help, support and guidance to decipher the mysteries? Where are you sure you are relaying the words of the gods? This isn’t free for all or anxiety producing energy its more where can you delegate some of the thinking so you are also experiencing which is what creates true knowledge and belief. We can’t just believe everything, we have to experience it to know it. Then we can be our own authority.

Libra | Libra Rising | Justice

Justice brings themes of timing, truth, honesty and how that affects our connection with others. This isn’t so much a call out but a reframe meaning are you really being honest with yourself and others? Have other desires gotten in the way and made that murky? This is often the darker side of well intentioned social lying in my opinion. It’s the trying to be a good friend saying, that’s a great idea never expecting they would quit their job and go full in on their dog beret business. It’s looking less at others, and worrying less about their feelings and getting more concerned with our own truth and learning how to diplomatically share it. The more you look at yourself the more compassion you will have for others meaning the things you fear, letting people down, hurting feelings, will become less of an issue because the actions are more grounded in truth from the get go. If you can’t be honest with yourself it’s going to be tough to be honest with anyone else. There’s an element of timing to this, not so much if you’re in a bad way it’s your fault. However Justice is a card that brings lessons around consequences, choices and how we end up where we are. Sometimes that is through zero fault of our own, how do we care for ourselves and be honest about our pain? How do we move on and not let it separate us from others forever? How do we think about Justice in our lives? Do we seek it for everything like even the coffee shop being out of our preferred milk (plz don’t be this person) or do we learn to accept we do not always get it? Can we remember life is larger than just getting what we want and wanting people to be happy about it? A return to nuance.

Scorpio | Scorpio Rising | The Magician

Scorpio can you trust you can create whatever you desire AND have a little fun with it? Can you make it feel playful, like a dance and on your own terms? Can you find the fun and agency in doing things in your own flow state versus feeling any self pity you have to do it? We all have to do it, we all have to brush our teeth, and get dressed every day but some days we’re just positive no one has suffered or been as burdened as we are and we brush and suit up. We forget we have a choice. We can work with what we’ve got and see what that opens up or we can shuffle along and sulk putting on blinders that definitely will keep the magical from us and the mundane just that. Life is a bit of a dance and The Magician says let’s do it, and I’ll let you lead.

Sagittarius | Sagittarius Rising | The Choice (The Lovers in a Traditional Deck)

I LOVE that Niki called the Lovers in her deck the Choice. While many a person has wanted the Lovers to speak to romance it’s really about maturity, choice, and what are you choosing with the information you have. Are you choosing the past, or are you choosing the future? Tarot is definitely a bit biased and future thinking for something which is not predictive, however its in service of growth and expansion. Are you choosing to be the same? Or are you choosing to grow? It’s less about are you choosing the right thing or the wrong thing. It’s more about are you choosing to learn yourself? Are you even making an attempt at an owner’s manual? Are you choosing to align with what serves you? Are you choosing to see what harms others about you? Are you choosing to be in the truth of who you are? Most of us are not really thinking about this in a concrete way but its a good check in point to go yeah…how in service of my North Star have I been? How in denial? Even acknowledging these things can make us feel different and free up some energy.

Capricorn | Capricorn Rising | Temperance

Temperance can knock on our door when we’ve been anything but, maybe the nights have been late and balance has been elusive. However it mostly shows up as a gift after the experience of Death. We shed a layer in the energy of Death and Temperance swoops in to help renew us. It helps us make sense of the new controls we are operating. It teaches us how to blend our energies, gifts, desires into an integrated and graceful manner we can embody. Can you give yourself credit for some smoothed edges? They weren’t smoothed solely by you being pummeled by life, they were smoothed because you were in the game and trying. Temperance wants to give the gifts of balance, stability, and rightness that you have earned and worked for. Knock knock say hello Temperance, don’t worry you’ll be reminded of your flawed human nature soon enough but let yourself bask in the triumph of evolution for a hot second.

Aquarius | Aquarius Rising | The Tower of Babel (The Tower in a traditional deck)

The Tower yes can suck for sure however that’s not what I think is in store here. There may be a quick pinch before you get the shot, but it’s getting rid of the virus of false self belief. Whatever structures have been built on shaky ground, especially anything that is related to settling, or incorrect narratives has to go. Let it. Easier said than done. However this is one of the most powerful cards to teach us how we benefit and are harmed by believing false narratives about ourselves. It lets us see the harm in persistent self doubt that we end up in jobs, relationships, and homes we never should have been in. It lets us see what happens if we are not our own best friend and self advocate. That it starts with us first to set the tone and standard, the world is never going to say omg plz come settle into this beautiful life we think you deserve but you don’t. The Tower comes in to topple what keeps us from being in the right life, not just the one we can sort of keep the wolves at bay in.

Pisces | Pisces Rising | The Wheel of Fortune

In the tarot garden the Wheel of Fortune is a fountain using water flowing from the High Priestess. I am going to attempt to share why I think this makes a lot of sense. The Wheel of Fortune is about destiny, the wheel of life, timing, good luck, fortune, and karma but it’s also sitting tight while waiting for it to happen. It’s not white knuckling our way through life, and whenever we desire something assuming we will be devastated if it does not come to pass. It’s not manipulating, or bending the will of everything and everyone around us to get our way and calling it manifestation. No, no, no, the waters of the High Priestess, our inner knowing and trust must anchor us into the present and our life so we are here when the Wheel of Fortune sweeps in. It says get ready but you don’t get to know when, so be grounded to receive what comes. Be grounded so you can make a choice. Be present in your life so you can say yes to what is for you, and don’t miss it being so worried about when it will arrive.

Happy New Moon ya’ll, it’s our last one before eclipse season so it may it be a gentle dark moon for us all before the true chaos begins.

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It may be cancer season but we’ve got no water this July. Earth reigns supreme with some wands to keep it exciting, swords with some haste and the Hierophant rounding it out. The lack of feeling may accelerate the progression and allow us to clearly proceed. Another option…float and marinate on where to keep at it and trust you’re allowed to do it.

xx. A

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Now for next books! Thinking we may take a memoir break. Anyone have anything they’re just dyyyyying to suggest? Throw it in the comments plz!

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For all the smack talk about Geminis I feel like we just witnessed the power and magic of them. They’re ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication, and what are words if not spells? Did 90% of New York chanting Knicks in five, partying in the streets, smudging the Garden create the win? Noooo, but it certainly didn’t hurt. It does feel a bit like NYC had an experience in speaking things into existence. The power of words and thought. I’m not just finding an excuse to discuss both my beloved city and team but this Gemini New Moon has had me thinking…We all know our thoughts are both fleeting and powerful. However….are we selling them short by not thinking of them as magic? I tell clients all the time it’s less about policing your thoughts and more about knowing what grows like a weed in your mind garden and yanking that out. We got to get the weed thoughts out before they take over the garden and we forget they’re weeds and weren’t the plan. We are not farmers of our worst thoughts, we have to keep the beds clear to know what we’re growing. There is a lot of magic in that to me.

What if….instead of constantly scanning for the negative, the project, the thing you need to fix we crowded it out with positive? What if we did realize our thoughts are a form of magic always accessible to us. I am choosing to think and direct my thoughts to the Gemini Sun Knicks are kicking off an excellent summer for us all. The championship may be over but the vibes can still stay high. We can still gather, be together, and care about something larger than ourselves. Delulu until trululu after all.

Now in terms of tarot. I’ve asked where can each sign look for the magic in their thoughts. Most insight isn’t earth shattering. What gets us is the simplicity. There’s energy available now for us to marry the insight with the action that can get us moving forward. Do we wanna take it?

xx. A

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Aries | Aries Rising | The Devil

The Devil appearing in the context of magical thoughts is very interesting. The thing about Aries is stuff often feels very instinctual and its hard to really understand what is unusual about you when it is innate. Can you find the magic of your clarity allowing you to see others clearly? Your truth is yours, it’s not reality. Can you separate that out to see the freedom in boundaries? It’s way easier to determine what is and isn’t you when you know who you are but it has to be from reflection not necessarily instinct. It’s tricky to communicate instinct, bringing in the desire to control or dominate. Can you learn to communicate around your instincts versus assuming everyone just gets it? They aren’t necessarily opposing or dominating you. They are outside you. If you don’t assume you can navigate, ask questions, go wait am I the asshole or are they? If the assumption is I am right and this is reality, we might as well just order a lesson in humility. True power comes from knowing nothing outside us determines personal power or takes it away. You always have it and access to it. You don’t have to flex to be right, you have to trust yourself and trust others to be themselves versus bending will.

Taurus | Taurus Rising | Knight of Swords

Swords/Air when we’re talking thoughts is very on the nose. Trust your ability to combine your intellect and humanity when you really have something you need or want to say. The Knight of Swords let’s us know our pieces have combined and united in order to share a heartfelt, or important message that is a response. It’s coming from a wise place it’s not a reaction. Have confidence in your ability to say what you need to say even if it feels a bit foreign or clunky. I’m pretty sure that’s not how it’s being perceived or received. Say the thing! It’s definitely not half as weird as you may be overthinking it is. Trust yourself to have the tricky conversation, or hold your experience and someone else’s you’re in a sweet spot of the energy supporting your talent for doing it. I’d also add being able to be clear, and kind when communicating doesn’t mean it’s ineffective, or fake. You’re speaking from the heart, not wielding a sword. Trust your intentions and your skill set, you cannot control how its received you can only control how it is delivered.

Gemini | Gemini Rising | 9 of Pentacles

Know your gifts! See them! Value them! Tell others theirs as you see it. I feel like for any big project ideally a Gemini is involved, both to see the value and market, but also go tell everyone about it. Another aspect to the 9 of Pentacles is often life is pretty good. Things feel good, work is good, bods feel good, it’s all good, can you also just let things be good? Stay still for a moment long enough to enjoy it before making a list of more good things? For a mentally active sign the work and the magic here is can you ground long enough, be present long enough to marry embodiment with your mental energy? Combine those two and truly go live in your palace made of gold. When we clock what feels good and what works it’s a whole lot easier to call in more of it. When the brain just keeps adding in info and stimulus it can get a little loud and the water a bit muddied. Your gift is you do know your lane, can you explore it and strengthen it versus taking off too soon?

Cancer | Cancer Rising | 5 of Swords

The 5 of Swords for Cancer really feels like its playing into stereotypes that we sit around and cry all day. I’d argue most of the Cancers I know, myself included have a different problem where it’s less we’re weeping willows and more we’re acutely aware of undercurrents. It’s the hyper sensitivity ungoverned and unchecked that causes us to hurt our own feelings. Most things aren’t happening to us the way we are so sure they are. They’re just happening. Can you deploy self care instead of self protection? Trust the shell don’t fortify it! Can you feel the vibes and know it’s not your responsibility or being directed at you? Can you take the magic of empathy and learn boundaries around it? Cause empathy can also be a huge distraction and tool of deflection. It can be painful to feel acutely aware of yourself, flaws and sensitivity but can you find the magic in it versus focusing on someone else? There’s no need to play psychic detective all the time and get overwhelmed and then build a case why that person being late to dinner triggered your abandonment wound, you can go yeah that doesn’t feel good and doesn’t work for me and go back to dinner. Where is the gift and where are you stabbing yourself cause they’re a bit one and the same but you’re seeing it and can work with it differently.

Leo | Leo Rising | 8 of Swords

Leo gets a lot of guff for being egotistical. I think that’s a bit of a hack joke at this point because really Leo’s are super rooted in love. They know what they love, they love themselves, they love to shine and share that shine. Really a lot of us could learn from them the advantage of being secure in your shine. When you’re secure in you, you can give a lot more freely and be threatened a whole lot less. It’s magnetizing. How does this relate to the 8 of Swords and magic? Well….don’t waste a lot of time being your own worst enemy when you are so capable of being your own best friend. The 8 of Swords is often when we are making things harder than they need to be. Ask yourself is this really the way or out of fear/shame/stubbornness am I making this way harder and more uncomfortable for myself? You can be a strong proud lion with a great head of hair AND need support, help and guidance. That doesn’t take anything away from you and could free you up to get back to doing more of what you love.

Virgo | Virgo Rising | 4 of Pentacles

Can you be cautious and not paranoid? The 4 of Pentacles is often speaking to boundaries, and reminding us we control the flow. It’s very tempting to regard yourself as a castle under attack but that’s a pretty limited side of the story. It’s also a lens that removes your agency and ability to communicate. If you feel under siege all the time I’d wonder what are you trying to communicate via defense that isn’t working and maybe isn’t actual communication. Meaning are you also not listening to what’s coming back? This is something I hear a lot in readings about dating, it’s not necessarily the move to tell someone your expectations or standards for the 12th time, it’s time for you to see they do not meet them and do not intend to and move on because it’s not what you want in your life. That is your boundary versus communicating the boundary again (and again). However with the 4 of Pentacles we’re a little spooked and the desire to really contract is there. We’re positive someone is after something. Three things can be true ( a remix on two things can be true for summer), someone can want something, we can not want to give it and they’re not bad for wanting it. All of this can coexist and rather than just assuming a motive, can you honor how you feel and cut them out of it? The forces outside you matter less when you trust you more. The outside isn’t necessarily the enemy. Can you think of the outside more as a liability or unknown versus an assumed enemy until proven otherwise?

Libra | Libra Rising | The Star

Where you need nourishment, rest, healing, vulnerability is more available to you than you might feel or hear at the moment. You know where to find the water you are desperate for to quench your thirst. There’s probably an element of pause involved. Meaning can you come back to yourself, get quiet for a moment and ask what do I need? What is my heart asking for? Then chip away at it. There won’t be a miracle solution necessarily however you can feel a lot of peace and relief just going in the right direction. This also may mean choosing yourself and centering what you need which is not always a popular move. Ideally we have a life where those around us go of course! I get it, take that nap girl but sometimes we have to let them roll their eyes that we need to nap and just take the victory in we got a nap. The agreement isn’t to take care of myself everyone has to be on board, love it and support it, ideally they do, the agreement is we have to do this regardless of how people feel about it or react to it.

Scorpio | Scorpio Rising | The Lovers

Scorpio the psychic detective, you know a lot but do you trust what you know about yourself most of all? The Lovers can speak to romance, but often it’s about when we choose things from love, and choose from what we’ve learned we get better results. We bring ourselves closer to what is for us. The more deeply we know ourselves the better choices we can make and the more it just kind of all works out. It’s easy to get caught in reacting or being defensive, I’ll see what they do, but that’s not really your choice. Use your intuition for YOU not playing defense in a game you’ll never win. It’s easy to get caught in trying to win, protect yourself whatever, but that’s keeping you more tied to the past than your future. Choose you, honor you, and start moving towards what brings harmony and love, not the stinger.

Sagittarius | Sagittarius Rising | 6 of Cups

Nostalgia is tricky, it can be sweet and illuminating or an emotional swamp in a better outfit. Can you look back without assuming the past was better? Or without longing for what is no more? Can it be informative and a clue about what you’ve learned or where you’re going versus a redirect backwards? The past showing up doesn’t always mean it needs to be present. It’s often a messenger, can you find the message without abandoning your current map? It may be confirmation not a new direction. Maybe you’re the ghost and to really make sense of the present you do need to go back. Can you close a loop even if it’s only in your mind?

Capricorn | Capricorn Rising | 5 of Pentacles

What are you so afraid of losing it’s sort of become a driver versus a fleeting thought? The 5 of Pentacles speaks to loss, but usually its more the fear of loss versus we’re actually losing anything. We fear being alone, isolated, very no one thinks about me or sees me, but we’ve made it up a bit. There isn’t a lot of clear proof of lack, we just feel it. We feel broke, but are we? Can you reframe how you are holding fear? If your fear is so persistent it makes it tough for you to hold anything or welcome anything in... You’re gonna struggle to allow any goodness or growth out of fear it’s already gone. Something else I think about a lot lately is what our projected fear tells us. It’s not so apples to apples as oh a deep fear the rug will be pulled out from under you = you be pulling rugs, however I do think often what we fear most is what we feel unable to understand about ourselves. We don’t trust ourselves around it so we hold it at arm’s length. It is easier to say they do this and I don’t like it, versus admit we do it and don’t know why. On some level we know we’re doing it, but when it feels so outside of the us we know… very hard to look at. Can you look at it? This isn’t just so you’ll feel scared and worse, it’s because I think you will feel better for naming it versus feeling scared when you catch a whiff of it. You’ll also learn you’re not alone and never have been.

Aquarius | Aquarius Rising | 3 of Swords

I love a breezy Aquarian for the ability to just cut through noise, be direct or shrug. However….ya’ll forget the feelings sometimes. Your own feelings that is. Can you pair your mental clarity with your feels to help you move through things so they don’t linger? We can’t intellectualize our way out of pain, however you don’t have to fear you’re going to live in the feelings place forever. The 3 of Swords often speaks to pain wanting to be expressed and without self blame. It’s not finding the reason it happened that was your fault, it’s leaning more can you validate it without an answer? in the words of Buddhist Sharon Salzberg, “This is true. This is my experience. This happened.” Can you let what hurt you be true to you? Yes the saying is the truth will see you free, but I’d argue here it’s that the truth and self validation that will.

Pisces | Pisces Rising | 7 of Pentacles

Pisces do you give up too quickly on yourself or your goals? Do you give to yourself first what you give to everyone else? Rather than thinking everyone else important, you debatable, could you focus instead on what you need to be resourced for the journey? What do you need in your backpack when you climb the hill? Whatever or wherever you feel you are lacking I’m pretty sure it’s not as dire as you think. If you can shift perspective or ask yourself different questions life changing, or maybe life sustaining insight comes. Don’t give up on the dream or yourself, if you can dig down you will find something you need for the final push.

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Kind of love this line up for us. Is it because when cards are more “positive” or “fun” people are in better moods? Maybe, certainly doesn’t hurt. The energy has been a bit shall we say….bonkers post Uranus changing signs so maybe we’re leveling out into some good times and vibes.

I feel like we should all go on some blessings scavenger hunts. Why because the overall energy of the month is the Ace of Discs, blessings abound! They are there for the taking, or receiving really but will we get in the way of it? Always the blessing risk.

The High Priestess —> The Fool —> The Shaman of Discs pipeline is fascinating to me. We are getting clear to then take some risks or make some moves that are very good and grounded for us. What leaps will June bring???? If ya’ll don’t keep me posted on your own I’ll be so mad.

Then to finish off this firework of fun month we have the Sun. The Sun is a good time, however the price of admission is you’re going to have to grapple with how much goodness will you allow into your life. Will you let yourself and life expand or are you trying to negotiate. In our modern times the Sun also speaks to friction for me. Can’t want love, but also want to be completely comfortable. We can’t control and define everything AND experience it. Most of us think we’re very slutty and will allow all the goodness. Therapy and a decade of reading would suggest to me this is not actually the case. We will thwart our own happiness out of feeling a little squirmy. Can we dance out the discomfort and allow the sun to shine?

I think so. I hope you do too.

xx. A

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Before I give you some tarot for the month shall we get into this big ole blue moon we just had? According to the astro girlies we’re still feeling it so why not? I saw a lot on IG about this moon being for wishing which isn’t usually the move on a Full Moon. Why would this one be different? However, it kind of makes sense, because expressing a wish also creates space. Its tough to clutch a wish and realize it. It’s gotta get out of there to do its thing you know?

What do the cards have to say about what this moon means for us….Where should we be wishing or creating space for magic?

Let’s get into it shall we?

Aries | Aries Rising | Page of Pentacles

What messages are you getting about career, money, and your gifts? Can you bring some childlike enthusiasm to your authority and knowledge? Can you pair talent with joy? If you can look at things slightly differently new messages and breadcrumbs to follow will likely occur. Here’s the thing you can reverse psychology this a bit too, just letting go of what you believe (that might be more obscuring than supportive for the record) could create the void magic needs to cook. Saying I don’t see another way but I am open to it is enough.

Taurus | Taurus Rising | Ace of Cups

Maybe you sense it but a new era for self love, romance, and creativity is knocking on the door. We want things to be fixed and checked off a list but how has your relationship with these concepts changed? What feels like love to you now? What would be romantic? What is your creativity asking for? Ride the wave of excitement fresh energy can bring in. What used to drive you or meet these needs may not anymore. Don’t be daunted it could be fun to deepen your self knowledge and romance yourself.

Gemini | Gemini Rising | The Hanged Man

Surrender for enlightenment is the quick answer to the Hanged Man. What does that mean? It’s a check in around where you’re being active and where you’re not and its an even bigger call to slow down. That the work is not active right now. It’s actually treating yourself like a major institution people can’t believe they’re closing for renovations but it HAS to happen. The pause is for you to recalibrate. It’s the allowing the final stop in any lesson we’re striving to learn, embodiment. We’re kind of faking it until we make it until things are embodied. A great way to slow that down? Staying active generating more noise and energy. It’s okay to let the music fade, take a deep breath and go well what was that and what do I want moving forward? Embodiment lets what you’ve been working really hard to work differently with take root. It’s the step that bridges our inside and outside. Don’t party through it babes.

Cancer | Cancer Rising | The Devil

Where are you playing with fire and protesting innocence? Where are you positive you have no agency but if you asked yourself why do I believe that you might find some? The Devil is about power, its about how close we can dance to the fire and not get burned. Its about how we all play these games in different arenas but if we’ll own that we can bring it into balance. Are you holding the reigns of your agency or are you being a passenger insisting someone else lit that house on fire when you’re holding the matches?

Leo | Leo Rising | Five of Cups

Its okay to be sad. It’s okay to have feelings around loss. The 5 of Cups often isn’t a doozy of a loss but one that does tug at our identity. It’s not always a clean surrender. We may get it, we may know its gotta go, but our feelings are a bit complex around it. Here’s the thing with this one just admit it. Admit you’re sad, be in your feels for a hot second, say I get this but I am sad about this. That gets the wound healing not covering it in saran wrap and hoping for a miracle while staying firmly in denial.

Virgo | Virgo Rising | Queen of Pentacles

So this is an inherently positive card in my opinion and it’s not like tarot to be like oh your full moon message… you’re a queen! So what is it speaking to? I believe it’s saying quit the charades around your gifts. Don’t play a queen on TV and think that will suffice what would it mean to really be in service or your gifts and not shielding with sanctimony? What are you ready to rise above by truly believing in yourself, your value, and gifts that you’re just sort of dancing around or getting distracted by others. The more you focus on yourself and instill that self belief, the more distant the chatter of others gets. You’ll forget you ever compared yourself to everyone else versus focusing on yourself.

Libra | Libra Rising | The Hermit

Sometimes when it looks like we’re heading into a crossroads we try to duck it. We don’t want to make the decision. Which fair, however acknowledging the crossroads is there and a decision will need to be made will keep things moving in your life. When we duck the crossroads things start to pile up and stagnancy starts to creep in. You don’t have to set fire to your life, or make a decision before the first quarter moon or anything but acknowledging it will free you up. Another thing to be aware of, anywhere no one has the answer for you is not because they’re jerks and won’t help you. It’s because you have it, and need to quiet the noise to hear it. The Hermit always reminds us we’re our own best expert and wizard even if we have to get there on our own time. You’re not being punished you’re being reminded.

Scorpio | Scorpio Rising | The Sun RX

It’s funny to me this is the only card reversed and one of the more positive cards and messages. However, no matter how much you would like someone else’s medicine, it’s still medicine for someone. There are no monsters under the bed Scorpio. It’s possible that life is good, life is expanding and growing and what might prevent that isn’t some unseen evil force, but you’re certainty it can’t be. I’m not going to suggest you use this moon cycle to become an optimist. I am however going to suggest you try to just be present and catch yourself when you go to the assuming and story telling. Ask yourself has that ever really softened a blow? Probably not. The winds will change, another boat will be taken to shore, enjoy it when you’re in the lead.

Sagittarius | Sagittarius Rising | The Wheel of Fortune

For a blue moon in your sign Sag it feels very fitting for the Wheel of Fortune to turn up and say hello. Can you be present in order to be ready when its time to take off? Can you ground your energy in order to direct it where you want to foster growth? Can you accept that your ability to shoot yourself out of a cannon is not the same as having control? Can you look at what you can and can’t control and make that work a little more harmoniously for you? Of course you can! The Wheel of Fortune is here to say hi, can we have a quick chat you know the stuff you keep doing externally could we shift that to internally so you can be more cosmically rewarded? It’s less a call out and more a we’d love to help you get where you wanna go and with a lot less energy burned.

Capricorn | Capricorn Rising | Page of Cups

What new words of love are being whispered in your ear? Can you be loving, a good time and remember truth and consequences? Of course the great sea goat can. I’d argue a Capricorn’s issues with love are far less being a manic pixie dream person love bombing and moving along thinking nothing of the bruised hearts in their path but actually… not letting their inner Carebear out. You don’t have to Carebear everyone but it would be nice if you did it for those you feel for. It also would be good for you. Can you let love in? Can you at least hear the new messages the Page of Cups wants to tell you? Your love story has changed, don’t you want to at least hear the story? I have hunch there’s been healing can you receive it?

Aquarius | Aquarius Rising | Seven of Cups

Choices abound but what you’re hanging out a lil long at the celestial sky mall. Try every option on, go through the exercise with every fantasy and illusion but do this knowing a choice has to be made. It may feel daunting and like you couldn’t possibly decide but there’s something that makes your heart beat a little faster. That’s the one to pick. You’re running out of time to keep dreaming and brainstorming and are gonna have to move forward and bring it earth side at some point. Don’t miss it extending the movie montage, trust the make over.

Pisces | Pisces Rising | 10 of Wands

What would pushing yourself to the brink feel or look like? I’m not sure you’re there sweet fishes, I’m leaning more towards you self protect yourself away from intensity that actually might be helpful. It doesn’t have to ruin your life, or turn you into a different person. However what would it feel like to let go and really pour yourself into something? What would it feel like to shut everyone and their needs out for a short while to go buck wild pursuing what you want? I feel like everyone including you would live.

Happy howling everyone!

xx. A

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Some of the videos I mentioned in our discussion:

Lena on Monica Lewinsky’s pod, here , here, and here
Lena discussing why she’s so hated with the New York Times.

Those watching at home….tell us are you a fan, hater, or Lena neutral?

I’d very literally …

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How was everyone’s April? Did you socialize at all? Feels like we’re slowly waking up from winter. Letting our bones thaw and moving again. May and the moon say, amazing, love that now can you get back to examining truth and choosing from that place? Can you make choices and progress which align with your inner truth?

There’s no rest for the weary. The goal however is harmony not just examining ourselves for the sake of it. Less navel gazing and more internal audit. It’s not some Scientology experiment to make us purge our truths to then weaponize them, I promise. Tarot would never do that to us. It’s asking what do you REALLY want and is that what you’re saying, asking, and moving towards? Or are dancing around it and wondering why there’s unease? The World, the energy the Full Moon is illuminating is less about obliteration of the old or previous self and more about the integration. What space would be created if you gave yourself credit? What can you validate without an external marker? Cause the change has happened internally after all. Don’t worry the external will catch up and match at some point, however we can’t go in a circle waiting for it. The plane must take off, it can’t stay at the gate waiting for the destination.

How often are you thinking about harmony? I rarely if ever thought about it pre-tarot. If anything I don’t think I really understood it is something we can order off the menu of life. It’s also been illuminating to me like most things it’s not an end destination you often just arrive at. You often have to be making decisions along the way that end harmoniously. I don’t just expect harmony when I travel with my mother, I think ahead of what will create the conditions for it (separate rooms). I also have to do the uncomfortable part of asking for what I want versus just expecting to be mind read. Annoying, gross and there has to be a better way but alas there is not. Harmony isn’t about getting your way, (if your harmony is good luck in this life), however it’s about what creates peace, alignment, and tranquility. Often to experience these things there’s a piece of ourselves we have to leave out of the pie that isn’t self abandonment but really is maybe the editing out of our inner toddler. Can we quiet the toddler and get some peace?

May wants us to think a lot the root of choice. What are we choosing it? Are we in service of it? Do we think it’s possible? Can we zoom out from whatever we’re focused on and think about a broader picture? Can we see where the blinders are too tight? Do we confuse domination with harmony? Lots to contemplate this month.

Let’s see how it goes!

Reminder for paid subscribers, we’re back in the book saddle May 11th, kicking off with Lena Dunham’s Famesick. Love her or hate her, the woman shares her truth so can’t wait to discuss with everyone.

Lemme know how your Spring is going so far, and I’d also be curious about people’s harmony thoughts, and relationship to it.

xx. A

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Alright party people, here’s what I am thinking, the reading is a little heavier than I usually break it up but think we’ll survive. I’m also trying to avoid a break when I go to Italy or attempting to explain to my mom why I am zooming at 2am. As per usual we’ll meet Monda…

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Alright, while part of me feels like I have read the book because of the press tour I am too Lena Dunham charged up not to read this book. I think she’s kind of fascinating in what she brings out of people. Do you know how many essays have come out about people’s projected beefs with her? A LOT, I enjoyed this one by Emily Gould. Love her or hate her I…

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Do we wanna Queens Path? The response felt a bit tepid but I could be misreading that.

Lena Dunham has also offered us a new memoir to cringe at I’d be down to read with ya’ll.

I also just started Love’s Labor which is a book by a therapist about the work o…

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I keep being surprised it’s Aries season because it’s been in the upper 80’s all week. Surely it’s June or July? Nope we are smack in the middle of April and about to take a Taurus turn. Aries is the astrological New Year, launching us into Spring even if it feels more like summer. Aries being the baby of the zodiac can get some bad press about being solely self interested and emotionally immature. That’s not really it tho. Aries knows how to take action to go after what they want, they don’t always know how to sit tight and respond versus react. Aries naturally is examining the balance between I versus We. Even if Aries doesn’t always exercise it, they can hold the tension of knowing what they want while not wanting to set fire to all in the pursuit of it.

What does that mean for us all and this new moon then? Where are you ready respond versus react? Often I feel like we know what we want to do but fear the consequences, hot take I know. However what we’re trying to navigate is character building. What you say means something to you, what you do means something to others and sticking with yourself is how you know and build your character. Two things can be true we gotta do what we need to do, AND we can’t control the outcome of how it’s received. That doesn’t mean don’t do it, it means how do you stay with yourself while you do.

Happy New Moon! May whatever seeds you plant be fruitful.

xx. A

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Where are you ready to respond versus react?

Aries | Aries Rising | The Devil

The Devil can be sexy or very annoying. It can be a place to explore pleasures, and boundaries around that or it’s calling us to task saying it can’t be all hedonism all the time. When the Devil comes up it’s a lot about power, victimhood, patterns, and cycles. Where are you the oppressor? Where are you the victim? How are you wielding your power? Is it responsibly, are you giving it away? The biggest thing about the Devil or the first place to look is wherever in life you are positive you’re the victim if you look at the part you play you free yourself. Where are you abdicating power? Where are you clutching it too tightly?

Taurus | Taurus Rising | Knight of Cups

Are you ready to be your own dreamboat? Whatever beauty, grace, softness you are seeking the move is to create it. Not to get in your feels that it’s passing you by, not to assume everyone else gets the royal treatment except you. It’s time to embody what it is you seek. Knights are ready to take action and I don’t wanna blame anyone here, but the Knight of Cups is kind of saying hey there’s no problem here other than your lack of action. If you will put yourself where you want to be, if you will treat yourself how you want to be treated your time can be spent in the life you want versus lamenting you don’t have it.

Gemini | Gemini Rising | 3 of Cups

I feel like telling a Gemini to socialize is redundant or like telling one to breathe however maybe it’s a return to what medicine serves you best. You need to socialize with those who see you for who you are. It’s less networking, throwing spaghetti at the wall and more who can you be your full and true self with? What hangs leave you feeling like you just had the best most nourishing meal? Time for some social fulfillment and not just good times where you’re cracking all the best jokes.

Cancer | Cancer Rising | The Hierophant

What do you believe? I feel like people have forgotten what a belief actually is. It’s not an opinion or just a thought. It’s something we believe to be true that aligns with values. Is your belief system overdue a little audit to see how it’s aligning with deeper personally held truths? It’s also a good time to do a little assessment of what knowledge, wisdom and expertise you hold that you can honor your authority in and where do you need guidance? Where are you the teacher? Where are you the student? Would embodying these things bring some peace and clarity versus telling yourself outdated beliefs?

Leo | Leo Rising | Ace of Pentacles

Blessings check! Nothing is more irritating when things are stressful, or hard and people tell you to count your blessings. However….are you Leo? I’d say this is less a dismissive count your blessings and more a check in around where are you getting in the way of them? Do you let yourself receive? Do you let good things come into your life? Is your assumption always that it’s gonna be bad? The response here may be a little meditating on these ideas, are you allowing yourself to receive? Do you believe you’re worthy of receiving?

Virgo | Virgo Rising | Page of Swords

Good news, bad news Virgo. You still get to think which is one of your fave things to do, however you also have to seek out some newness to feed your brain. The Page of Swords wants to bring in some fresh mental energy but you have to meet it halfway. Meaning got to feed the Page something new to chew on, to take you to new places. This is low stakes energy meaning, read the book that caught your eye, take the class that seems interesting, speak to the stranger in line for more than 1 second, try not to overthink it but reward the mental energy with fresh input. Not everything has to be a solution or purposeful sometimes it’s literally we just need a different action. We don’t have to build a huge case around it. Let yourself learn Portuguese cause you want to even if you’re never gonna step foot in Portugal. There’s something in it for you. You’ll figure it out but not by just thinking about it.

Libra | Libra Rising | The Fool

Libra you kind of have to do two things at once. Can you both respond and react? Meaning there’s some intuitive whisper that is getting louder. There’s some call to action saying what if…The Fool isn’t license to burn your life down however it is proof that you got to take some kind of leap. The thing about both Majors and intuition you can try to rsvp no thank you or drown it out, but its coming anyway. Do you want agency in how you ride the way or to get clobbered by it? Meaning if you’re unhappy somewhere and that canary is starting to sing in the coal mine of the self, better to ask it questions and sit with it versus panic you heard it. I tell you what every time I have ignored it I got forced out of situations and lemme tell ya would have been better to leave on my accord. Where do you need a plan to more deeply align with yourself versus be a passenger?

Scorpio | Scorpio Rising | The Hanged Man

The quickest explanation for the Hanged Man is surrender for enlightenment. What does that mean? Your response Scorpio is to sit tight a bit, let yourself recalibrate and trust what you have learned so it moves into embodiment. We do not always have to be actively working, sometimes the action makes us miss things and stay out of sync with ourselves. Think of this as a time out to sync with yourself, to acknowledge what you have done, how far you have come to be clear where you want to go next. This is not wasted time, it’s time to regain your potency.

Sagittarius | Sagittarius Rising | The High Priestess

Whatever you are seeking outside yourself the answer is within. The High Priestess is saying not all action is created equal, or positive necessarily. Sometimes the move is to sit tight, and remember you are the expert in yourself. People have forgotten in our optimized age we are not supposed to know everything all the time, or be able to just press a button and know ourselves. True deep wisdom takes time, quiet and willingness to sink into trust and knowing you’ll know when you know. Optimization without wisdom is a waste of time, it’s telling yourself you’re doing something when really you’re not it’s junk food self soothing. Can you sit tight and trust you’ll have the answers when you need them and it’s okay to not muddy the water in the meantime?

Capricorn | Capricorn Rising | King of Pentacles

This is kind of funny and great homework for a Capricorn, time to think of your legacy! As if a Capricorn doesn’t all the time. However, what you thought of it less duty bound, or in reference to others, or what standards you feel you must uphold to be worthy, deserving and lovable and framed it a bit more around what you deeply want for yourself. What would your dream obituary say? A macabre exercise I know but lemme tell ya, it’s revealing. When you are here no more, and cannot speak or argue what do you want to be unequivocally known about you? How are you responding to that…A response will build a foundation to that legacy, reacting will stir up dust.

Aquarius | Aquarius Rising | Judgement

Most people’s self talk becomes ambient noise they forget is an internal propaganda system. We forget to check in and go is that true? Am I the worst? Most of us probably aren’t and if you’re not having these thoughts maybe do? Let’s not terrorize ourselves but a little self reflection generally serves us all. Constant passive self flagellation, less so. It serves no one, and keeps us going in a loop of self indulgence. In a way to let yourself sit in a stew of I’m so bad, and unworthy is kind of a privilege. Most people don’t have the time to get clear on how and why they’re so undeserving they’re just trying to survive. You’re poised to take off and be living/working more purposefully however you cannot go where you need to go holding on to beliefs and doubts that no longer serve you. Most of us want the big thing but then don’t want to examine the self limiting beliefs that keep it out of reach. Can you let yourself move forward trusting it’s not by accident? No one was tricked you’re where you’re supposed to be.

Pisces | Pisces Rising | The 3 of Swords

Where do you need to grieve or honor your feelings? They may be more nuanced, or complex than you want to deal with Pisces. Maybe the first step is just acknowledging you have them versus blaming yourself, or seeking the answer within yourself. It’s probably not your fault you feel the way you do, so assigning yourself as the cause isn’t going to stop the feelings. Think process versus self blame. Where do you need to process some feelings versus assign the blame to yourself?

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