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Gemini Season Has The Best Timing

Welcome to Gemini season! There’s never been a better time for the mutable air sign. With rising confidence in nationwide vaccination efforts, more folks are ditching their quarantine habits for new social plans. Brunch has never looked brighter. The sun has entered the communicative twin sign just in time to energize this mass rejoining. Get ready for old friends and new connections. Big change is coming. Avoid the impulse to push yourself beyond your capacity to engage. Communication with others is key, but your ability to listen to yourself is just as important...

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We Will Survive Mercury Retrograde

Brace yourself for Mercury retrograde, which will take place between May 29 and June 22 in the sign of Gemini. The most infamous celestial event happens about three times per year. This regularity is just one of the reasons this retrograde is so universally despised. Another reason is that Mercury rules so much of our daily lives - most prominently communication, scheduling, and technology. Rough winds are heading our way, but I wouldn’t barricade the doors just yet. A difficult retrograde isn’t quite the doomsday some people think...

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The First Super Moon of 2021 is April 26th

April has already provided a wealth of celestial events to help guide all signs through the changing season. April 26th will be no different. That evening will welcome the pink super moon in empowering Scorpio. What makes the moon so super is its closer proximity to earth, making this lunation more powerful than usual. This full moon will form an opposition to a 4-planet stellium with the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Uranus in Taurus. The overflowing Scorpio full moon matched against heightened Taurus is inspiration to celebrate self-worth and delve deeply into desire.

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How to Make the Most of Taurus Season

Mark your calendars. On April 19, the Sun will move into steady Taurus and everyone can expect an easy slowdown after the rush experienced in go-getter Aries. Luxuriate in the warm green as Spring hits its stride. The sturdy earth sign welcomes stability in money matters and indulgence in material pleasure. Find comfort and luxury wherever possible this Taurus season. Just be sure that the bull’s trademark stubbornness doesn’t lead you to dig your heels into the wrong patch of dirt.

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Best Elemental Match for Every Kind of Aries

Aries are enthusiastic partners who thrive in a new relationship. Their bold personality and taste for adventure can make for a whirlwind romance, but only if the restless ram has a willing date ready to tag along. So, what signs are the best matches for Aries?

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The Full Moon on March 28 Brings Peace

If you’ve been feeling a bit off-kilter lately, don’t fret. The full moon in Libra this Sunday will even out the scales. Libra is all about balance and the moon will perform a spectacular balancing act on March 28. Libra and Aries are opposite signs of the zodiac, which will be on full display when the Libra moon opposes an Aries sun. A dramatic opposition aspect with Venus only adds to the intensity when Libra’s ruling planet conjuncts with the sun in Aries. All signs will feel this celestial counterpoint.

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The Venus Star Point is Here, Are You Ready?

In just a few days, Venus and the Sun will connect in the same sign, forming what is known as the Venus Star Point. This celestial event occurs once every 10-12 months and signifies a major turning point or life event. The Venus Star Point in Aries will take place on March 26 and happens to fall just after the Astrological New Year. Whatever change comes your way, embrace it with open arms.

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Ring In the Astrological New Year

This Saturday, March 20th, is the Spring Equinox. When the sun crosses the celestial equator and day catches up to night. Spring is here. The sun will rise earlier every morning and set later every evening. The snow will melt away and new life will break from the soil, climbing toward sunlight. It’s a joyous day that not only welcomes a new meteorological season but a new astrological year! March 20th will mark the start of Aries season and the beginning of the zodiac.

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The March New Moon is a New Beginning

The lunar cycle reminds us that there is a thin line between an ending and a new beginning. As the new moon closes one cycle, it also presents a blank slate for the next. Each new moon is a powerful liminal space containing both the past and the future. The March 13th new moon in Pisces is an opportunity to reflect on what has passed and dream about what is still to come.

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Best Elemental Match for Every Kind of Pisces

Pisces are true romantics who enter new relationships with an open heart and high expectations. Someone with prominent Pisces energy in their chart can give so much to a partner, but above all else they’re FUN! So, what signs are the best matches for a Pisces?

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The New Moon on February 11 is a Time for Innovation

The new moon on February 11 is another one of the significant celestial events that are defining 2021. The second new moon of the year will be marked by a loaded stellium in Aquarius. The sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will all be clustered together in the progressive sign...

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Best Elemental Match for Every Kind of Aquarius

Aquarians might be made for pandemic dating. Enamored by intelligent conversations, people with a strong Aquarius presence in their chart are open to finding connections from a distance. Many likely dove headfirst into this new dating scene, but even the eager can benefit from a little guidance. So, what signs are the best matches for an Aquarius?. ..

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The First Full Moon of 2021 is a Call for Reflection

New years start off with resolutions and a lot of us have a love hate relationship with this practice. New year resolutions are often imbued with a success/failure mindset. These self-imposed expectations rarely survive the first month, let alone the whole year. Do yourself a favor and ditch the “new year, new me.” If you’re looking to set lasting intentions, I suggest you check in with the lunar cycle. Try “new moon, new goals”...

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A New Moon Is Rising On Dating... And It's Called ilios.

While living in LA has so many advantages as one of the most lively and largest cities on the planet, dating in LA is increasingly more difficult during, especially during a pandemic as we stick to our own bubbles locked into our own social and internet habits...

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