Mars is deer-in-the-headlights stationary all month. We will all experience its effects.

Are you known for your logic and reasoning? If so, there couldn’t be a better month to launch great projects — especially the first two weeks, before Mercury goes retrograde. After the 15th, retrace steps and fill in missing data, all the while patiently focusing on the goal. Sometimes we get cosmically overwhelmed, but this is one of those times

Planets dance this month. Possibilities abound for unexpected alliances, and dreams morph into fiscal realities.

An intense Uranus-Pluto connection will dominate the next months. Expect more of a warlike movement to challenge the power structure of corporations.

From ancient times, the solstice represented a time of completion, when crops were stored for market. Since the work was finished, it was time for celebration, a time when the best and finest of the harvest was shared. With Aquarius and Sagittarius prominent, we are able to intellectualize and understand each other in a spirit of higher consciousness. For a

Pluto and Jupiter make this autumn a time of potential growth for anyone designing a system of material security.

Mars and Jupiter square off early this month; and we are tempted to break budgets, diets, and good intentions. A generic transit involves us all. Can we remain stoic for two weeks, resisting premature congratulations and celebration? Like the darkness before the dawn, our last nerve is shot from the long struggle.

The magnetic poles are constantly shape-shifting, causing wobble and tectonic stress. Unprecedented planetary alignment may add magnetic pressure. In an unstable world, we are fortified by a simple, honest lifestyle.

Maybe it’s gestational or based on the angle of the sun, but there are far more Leos than any other sign. Loyal and generous, Lions lead with the heart. Hollywood studios chose the lion as a brand, and the acting profession is dominated by Leo and Leo-rising types.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – The Crab starts this month with a solar eclipse, the third significant alignment since 2000. You have much to contribute — and a pain in your heart. Whether loss or disillusion has slowed you, the eclipse strengthens insofar as you can move on from old expectations and develop a strong spiritual nature.