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GEMINI NEW MOON GIVES YOU A PASS TO CHAT IT UP! VENUS IN LEO COULD BRING A LOVE BUG! CHIRON ENTERS TAURUS ON JUNETEENTH!

VENUS IN LEO TRINE NEPTUNE IN ARIES—IS IT LOVE OR HAVE YOU BEEN SMOKING (OR DRINKING) TOO MUCH? GEMINI NEW MOON MAKES FOR OPTIMISTIC CONVERSATIONS. MERC & JUPITER STILL CLOSE IN CANCER—FAMILY DISCUSSIONS? SHARING FEELINGS? CHIRON THE WOUNDED HEALER BRINGS A NEW PAIN. THANKS, BRO!

Our week begins with the Gemini New Moon, advantageous for all forms of communication—chat someone up, write in your journal, craft some affirmations, give a speech, call a friend or family member. New moons are about new beginnings, so starting a writing project or a social media campaign would be great—just put stuff out there BEFORE June 29th when Mercury goes retrograde. Mercury. the planet of communication and travel. goes awry during a retrograde and creates snafus and delays, technological breakdowns and frustrations. Load up your patience between June 29 and July 23. If you are traveling, make sure you have a snack, a drink, and a book to read for when you get stuck places. However, you still have a couple of weeks to schedule and put stuff out there, so get on the case now!

Lovely Venus heads in Leo this week. Leo is often about love, so it could possibly be an admirer around, and since Venus is about creative or emotional expression, the person may let you know how they feel.  And since Leo is like Texas, where everything is bigger—there may be a demonstration that I hope is not too embarrassing. The question is, will you be the one expressing or will someone else share with you? That depends on your chart,,, dear ones, to get the answer.

Venus, by the way, really is not the gorgeous Botticelli Venus in the half shell that we think she is.  She really was originally Diana the huntress and ran with the stags. Her name Venus is where we get the name for VENISION. That should make you think differently about what the name VENUS implies. Gives one pause, eh? and maybe gives new meaning to the idea of assertive females and Golddiggers. Maybe they’re just looking for a good meal. (And, often, they are! ;)

But Leo also implies loving oneself first. This is not an egotistic idea but rather one of self-acceptance, worthiness in love, and self-protection. The affirmations related to Leo, especially Venus in Leo, are: I am loved. I am loving. I am beloved. Knoe that is true.

Venus is trine Neptune, the planet of the fog—making it easy to fall for someone, to get “snowed,” as it were, even in summertime in the Northern hemisphere.  So, my suggestion is to wait until the fog clears to bare your soul—make sure you really WANT to share your heartfelt discovery. Wait until next week to share—tjat will get Neptune out of the way. You may see the person for who they truly are—or become aware of your own vulnerability. If you wait too long, though, Mercury will go retrograde, and since Mercury will be retrograde after the 29th, who knows how your message of ardor could get twisted, so my advice? Wait a year—or at least until Venus gets into Virgo. Virgo is practical—thinks with her head and not her heart.  That should save you from the infectious bite of the love bug!

Plus, Venus is moving into an opposition with Pluto this week. So that usually means somebody departs anyway. That could also save you a red face. Let’s do our best to stave off summertime blues. More warnings to come: I’m a practical Virgo, after all!

Mercury and Jupiter are still hanging out in Cancer this week, so make the most of family sharing and fun. Just mind your tongue! The squares to Eris, the truth bomber, and Chiron moving into Taurus could make you share either some insecurities or more than you want others to know. That means, once again, mind the amount of joy juice in which you partake. Loose lips sink ships, as they say! No need to become the center of gossip, although the new Moon in Gemini certainly will be ready for something to share! Watch yourself! Get the duct tape, if necessary.

By the way, Sedna and Uranus the disruptor are still close together in Gemini. Gemini is communication, Uranus will bring a lightning bolt of something unexpected, and Sedna is “Oh, SH**! I shouldn’t have said that!” I may have done it myself by making that duct tape comment. Do I need to add a disclaimer here, stating that’s a joke—don’t use duct tape on yourself or anyone. Am I clear on that? Okay.

Chiron moves into Taurus on Friday, June 19th. It’s been in Aries a LLOOONNNGG time, so I’m glad to see it go. I don’t know about you! But Taurus is about banking, and the most challenging times are often as a planet makes a shift from one sign to another. So I’ll be watching the banks, the value of the dollar, the FED, and of course, inflation. Chiron is the wounded healer, and the wound really is INSECURITY, which most of us believe can be solved by MORE MONEY, but even rich people have insecurities. We all need to find a solid foundation on which to stand. This leads me to bring up earthquakes, because Taurus is also the EARTH, and with the sign change, I wonder if we’ll feel some rumblings. If not from the earth herself, perhaps from other organizations that we THINK are solid, more traditional foundations, that begin to shake—like the constitution, for example? NOOO! We know a lot of laws we thought were steady are now under attack, so we shall see.

There is also no wonder that the parks are now under attack by the current administration and developers. One of the themes of Chiron in Taurus will be EARTH WOUNDS, and that we need to heal them. Chiron will be in Taurus until 2033. And jeez, aren’t we getting close to midnight on the world doomsday clock? We had better get our acts together. I once had a group of students do a PROGRESSION, and they saw the world as more natural, with no technology. So get ready to go back to Eden, y’all. Are you ready to do what the indigenous peoples did, what the pioneers did? Maybe we need to practice our survival skills. Not next week but soon. Think about it. What will you do without electricity and cell phones? I’m buying solar panels and a water barrel. Onward and upward!