Day: September 12, 2015
Astronomy Picture of the Day – ISS Double Transit
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2015 September 12
ISS Double Transit
Image Credit & Copyright: Hartwig Luethen
Explanation: Not once, but twice the International Space Station transits the Sun on consecutive orbits of planet Earth in this video frame composite. The scene was captured on August 22 from a single well-chosen location in Schmalenbeck, Germany where the ISS created intersecting shadow paths only around 7 kilometers wide. Crossing the solar disk in a second or less, the transits themselves were separated in time by about 90 minutes, corresponding to the space station’s orbital period. While the large, flare-producing sunspot group below center, AR 2043, remained a comfortable 150 million kilometers away, the distance between camera and orbiting station was 656 kilometers for its first (upper) transit and 915 kilometers for the second more central transit. In remarkably sharp silhouette, the ISS is noticeably larger in angular size during the closer, first pass. Of course, tomorrow the Moon will transit the Sun. But even at well-chosen locations, its dark, central shadow just misses the Earth’s surface creating a partial solar eclipse.
Your Daily Planet Tracker: Moon In Virgo, Sept. 11 to Sept. 13
Planet Tracker
Moon in Virgo
Sep 11, 2015 to Sep 13, 2015
Caution this Moontime: you could get snared by a “Virgo moment.” Stuck on a detail you can’t abandon, compelled to argue small points with somebody who is as stuck as you. Or suddenly everything is a poorly organized file in need of drastic tidying. Most diabolical is the urge to tear yourself or somebody else apart with criticism. If you’ve gotten too busy with the little things, look to a bigger principle to lift you out. Or try the color purple. Visualize yourself in a bright field of purple wildflowers. Draw your imagination into the center of one flower and feel your kinship with it. Know that everything less than perfect is also holy. The intellect is keen during a Virgo Moon, and it likes useful work. You’ll hit your groove doing something productive. Straighten up a small corner of your world. Attend to an unsolved problem. Avoid heavy, spicy foods; be good to your liver and digestive system.
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The Wisdom of Buddha
The Wisdom of Buddha
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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Your Daily Influences for September 12th
Your Daily Influences
September 12, 2015
The Empress Reversed
This card represents infertility, instability and the loss of material possessions.
Jera
Jera denotes positive, recurring cycles, fertility and a time to harvest rewards from your hard work.
The Menat
You will find focusing on this aspect difficult, because truths will be obscured by dreaminess and illusion. You will not accomplish much here in the next several weeks, and therefore should focus your attention elsewhere
Your Daily Influences represent events and challenges the current day will present for you. They may represent opportunities you should be ready to seize. Or they may forewarn you of problems you may be able to avoid or lessen. Generally it is best to use them as tips to help you manage your day and nothing more.
Your Charm for September 12 is Abracadabra
Your Charm for Today
Today’s Meaning:
The most powerful of all talisman indicating you or someone close to you will recover from an infection.
General Description:
One of the most famous of all talismans, and used as a magical formula by the Gnostics in Rome for invoking the aid of beneficient spirits against disease, misfortune and death. Sammonieus, the celebrated Gnostic physician; instructed that the letters of this magical triangle which he used for curing agues and fevers, were to be written on paper, folded into the shape of a cross, worn for nine days suspended from the neck, and, before sunrise, cast behind the patient into a stream running eastward. It was also a most popular charm in the middle ages. During the Great Plague, 1665, great numbers of these amulets were worn as supposed safeguards against infection.
Your Daily MahJong Tile for September 12 is South Wind: Fire
Your Daily Tile
September 12, 2015
South Wind
Symbol: Fire
The South Wind tile is considered to be a very good sign in a reading. It almost ensures a satisfactory end to any problem.
Your Animal Spirit for September 12th is The Wolf
Your Animal Spirit for Today
September 12, 2015
Wolf
Wolf can survive either as a loner or as part of a pack, and he howls to remind you that you have to balance the needs of others with the needs of the self. If you’re giving yourself away to your own detriment, you are living in opposition to Wolf medicine. Return to balance—and begin feeding your emotions, your mind, and your body.
Shuffling the Cards, Your Past Present & Future Reading for Sept. 12
Shuffling the Cards, Your Past Present & Future Reading for Today Using the Ancient Symbol Cards
Past Influence whose impact on your life is waning.
The Believer
The Believer represents Faith and the realization that you have an important place in the workings of the Universe. Although The Believer may not always understand why things are the way they are, they none-the-less feel an underlying cosmic rhythm which is moving events in a direction that is good. The Believer rejoices in their celestial role, because they realize their life has purpose on a grand scale.
Present Influence whose impact on your life is very strong.
Alturism
Altruism denotes the noble act of giving to those in need without the expectation of a return. The act of giving has been seen as one of humankind’s greatest attributes throughout history. It is honored in nearly every culture. To give is a gift to both those who receive and those who give. Giving is usually associated with addressing the material needs of others, but the gift given can take many forms such as wisdom or protection or simply a shoulder to cry on.
Future influence whose impact on your life is growing and will be very strong in the future.
Solitude
Solitude is represented by a single person standing at the end of a boardwalk staring out at a vast, empty panorama. They are truly alone, but may not feel loneliness. They are at a place in their life where the need to withdraw from the our secular world is strong, because their focus should be on their inner self, their morality, and their dreams. The view before them is empty, but it is a canvas on which they may paint their future–a future restricted only by the size of their imagination and courage. For them Solitude is a choice. They chose to take the walkway that distances them from the rest of us. It is also a choice that can be undone. Just as they chose to take a path that leads them away from us, they may choose to turn around and come back at anytime.
Your Ancient Symbol Card for September 12th is Chance
Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today
Chance
The Chance card denotes a period in which taking risks may produce positive results. This doesn’t mean head off to a casino with your life’s savings! What is suggested is that you should make gains by taking a well calculated risk. For the power of Chance to be fully realized it is essential that you pick your risk carefully, move forward with conviction, and above all else don’t get greedy!
As a daily card, Chance implies you are currently in a place where taking a chance is likely to produce substantial rewards. In other words, take a few calculated steps out on the proverbial limb, but remember if you take it too far you are likely to lose all that you gain and possibly more.
Your Daily Witches Rune for September 12th is The Wave
Daily Witches Rune
The Wave
Meaning: This rune symbolizes your friends and family and their influence upon you. Its meaning is usually derived from the other stones closest to it. This rune is also associated with travel. A journey abroad is indicated especially if the Sun rune is nearby, but a journey for someone close to you if the Moon stone is closest. If it is near to the Rings it foretells a holiday or long distance relationship.
Your Daily Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for Sept. 12 is The Tower
Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for Today
The Tower
The Tower is perfect card for the revolutionary or iconoclast or anyone who flourishes in rapidly changing environments. What The Tower brings to the mix is sudden, usually unexpected change. With that change there will be a period of disorder, and there may be loss. However, the loss is probably not yours, since you may well be the agent that created the change to begin with. Many positive things can occur from the change The Tower indicates: Truths will be laid bare, revelations and breakthroughs are not just possible but likely, and nothing spurs creativity like a good dose of chaos and confusion. In the end it is likely that what replaces what was lost in the fall of The Tower will be worth the loss.
Your Daily I Ching Hexagram for Sept. 12th is 26th: Great Gain
Daily I Ching Hexagram
September 12, 2015
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26th: Great Gain
Summary:
Now is the time for less thought and more action. Procrastination will cost you the opportunity to succeed.
Line One of Your Hexagram is a 9:
Be cautious. Expect the unexpected.
Line Two of Your Hexagram is a 9:
Your skills cannot be restrained. Go forward with your plans.
Line Three of Your Hexagram is a 9:
Your project will meet with success.
Line Four of Your Hexagram is a 6:
Attention to detail will insure the accomplishment of your task.
Line Five of Your Hexagram is a 6:
Stay in control and do not be swayed by gossip and rumors.
Line Six of Your Hexagram is a 9:
You will accomplish a great task.
Casting The Stones, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for Sept. 12th
Casting The Stones, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for Today
The Past
Raidho
Raidho may mark the coming of a physical or spiritual journey. Whichever the case, changes in your life are soon to come. Spiritual or material goals may be attained.
The Present
Dagaz
Dagaz represents the fresh light of a new day. You are close to making a breakthrough. You have the will to change whatever you deem necessary. You may see the world with absolute clarity at this time.
The Future
Perthro
Mysteries will become known to you. You should be able to see your life’s path clearly at this time. Pethro is often thought of as “Gambler’s Rune.” You are in a lucky period right now. Chance is your ally. Take advantage of it.
Your Daily Rune for September 12th is Kenaz
Your Rune For Today
Kenaz
Kenaz foretells the coming of clarity and knowledge. It is time for you to grow by exchanging knowledge with others. Opportunities are upon you.
Additional information about Today’s Rune, Kenaz
kenaz : torch
Phonetic equivalent: k (can also be used as a hard ‘c’)
- DIVINATORY MEANINGS:
- wisdom, insight, solution to a problem, creativity, inspiration, enlightenment
- MAGICAL USES:
- for creative inspiration, aid in study, fertility, dispelling anxiety and fear
- ASSOCIATED MYTHS & DEITIES:
- Mimir, the Dwarfs, Muspellheim
- ANALYSIS:
- In modern usage, the Scottish ‘ken’ means to know or understand, and this is the sense in which the rune should interpreted. Today, light, inspiration and knowledge are often associated, as in ‘gaining enlightenment’ and ‘shedding light on the problem’, and even in the image of a lightbulb going on over someone’s head when they get an idea. To bring light is to make the invisible visible.Unlike the wisdom gained at þurisaz, kenaz only allows us to take bits and pieces of this knowledge away with us as we need it, usually at the discretion of the Gods. This knowledge will generally come in the form of a sudden inspiration, and we will be able to see clearly the answer that was once hidden from us. This form of wisdom is more closely associated with the right half of the brain than the left, since it does not come through conscious effort but rather through passively opening one’s self to it. Thus, a more feminine element is added to our journeyer’s experience.
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The act of bringing light into the darkness is also a creative one. Again consider the image of the person carrying a torch , representing the masculine elements of fire and air, entering the cave and penetrating the feminine realm of earth and water. This joining of masculine and feminine elements results in the creation of new ideas. In physical terms, this can be correlated to the application of fire to mold and shape matter – the art of the smith.
Your Personal Daily Tarot Card for September 12th is The Emperor
Daily Tarot Card for Today
The Emperor
The Emperor is blessed with the skills to successfully lead others. He can turn chaos into order and provide structure to that which is unbound. He is quick of mind and confident in his power and right to rule, and does so in a just manner. Although stern by nature, he truly is the ultimate father figure. He will provide as needed, teach those with unanswered questions, protect the vulnerable, set and maintain boundaries. His perfect world runs on schedule and is free of any disturbances. What the Emperor must be wary of is setting boundaries and rules where none are needed. If he isn’t careful not to over use his powers he may well become a tyrant.
Get A Jump On Tomorrow, Your Horoscopes for Sunday, Sept. 13th
Get A Jump On Tomorrow….
Your Horoscopes for Sunday, September 13th
Aries
The Solar Eclipse that occurs early today heralds a period when new diet regimes, healthy routines, and satisfying work schedules can be successfully initiated, dear Aries. It is a time of taking care of business, handling details, and increasing your efficiency by re-organizing or simply by working enthusiastically at tasks that help you get caught up in your work. Circumstances around you can force these matters. Recognizing your personal limitations in terms of just how much you can give to others and just how much compassion and understanding you can show is essential now. It’s time to structure your life. It is also a good time for analysis of any sort, as critical thinking is now at its peak. This period is marked by a desire to sort things out, but also to be useful. Over the coming weeks, it’s time to take charge of your health, self-care initiatives, and work. If you’ve been holding on too tightly to a difficult work situation or job, then the matter may be forced now. This is also a favorable cycle in which to set up a home office or to organize the home. The urge to sort out little problems, iron out flaws, and eliminate waste or excess is strong, so use this extra energy boost to clear up the clutter.
Taurus
This morning’s Solar Eclipse occurs in your sector of romance, creative self-expression, recreation, children, and hobbies, dear Taurus. Events occurring now and in the coming weeks set you up for new beginnings in one or more of these areas of life. Romantic inclinations are highlighted, as are any kind of celebratory, playful, and just-for-fun endeavors. You will be especially aware of your need for approval and feedback from others in the coming weeks, deriving pleasure from the ways your own creativity impact the world around you. This can be a passionate time for you, and a time when you might feel bolder than usual. If you’ve been holding on too tightly to people or projects that have been keeping you from expressing your true self, this is a time for making important changes. You are likely to attract positive attention from others, especially romantically speaking, but this can also happen on a creative level. You may be starting a new hobby or picking up a current one. Creative writing is favored now, and for some, children can be in stronger focus. There might also be a focus on fun and entertainment within the home environment. Communication becomes very important with loved ones, but it’s also important that today and tomorrow you listen closely to your intuition.
Gemini
The Solar Eclipse that occurs early today clears the way for new beginnings, dear Gemini, but it might mean letting something go, particularly a situation that has been holding you back. The weeks ahead are a time of re-organization and heightened awareness of your roots, as well as issues of intimacy and vulnerability, and it’s an excellent time to come in touch with your feelings and needs. This is due to the fact that this eclipse occurs the bottom of your solar chart, and it’s a cosmic nudge to fill the inner “well”, find your roots, and learn your worth. Focusing on your support system and the manner in which you support others is likely now. The coming weeks are ideal for making long-range plans for the future, for any type of re-organizing or even re-modeling of the home or home environment, and for family-related activities. There can be some drama on the domestic front, but this ideally leads to a fresh perspective or new beginning. Family life can be animated today, but this energy might play out in your inner world, with vivid memories, and important discoveries – even breakthroughs. You may be facing up to something that requires attention – a neglected area of your life that now seems quite important to revisit. This can also be a a time of heightened feelings about your income or personal possessions. A Mercury-Neptune connection today really helps you to open up your mind and use your imagination.
Cancer
The Solar Eclipse that occurs early into the day launches a favorable cycle in which to learn something new, make new contacts, and find new ways of communicating, dear Cancer. In the coming weeks and even months, you are likely to find new opportunities for learning and communicating or new avenues for self-expression. In some cases, this is about getting around. This might be prompted by an event that forces the issue. You feel more at ease in social situations, and more in charge of the details of daily life, as well as more effective at developing mental rapport with others. It’s a time when you will be especially aware of your environment, and when you experience increased alertness. The weeks ahead are excellent for taking care of daily tasks with increased and renewed energy, although you could be feeling overwhelmed initially. New modes of transportation could also open up to you. A shake-up or some level of drama can occur now that motivates you to let go of outdated conditions, things, and situations, and this clears the way for new beginnings. Unusual or unexpected events can surround your siblings and neighbors, or learning endeavors. News can come that steers you in a new direction. You might suddenly want to take a course or begin a new project. Good energy is with you for communicating your ideas and feelings – personal influence and powers of persuasion are especially strong. Many Cancers feel the energy of an eclipse on a physical level. Today, take in, feel, and observe.
Leo
A Solar Eclipse occurs early into the day, dear Leo, and while eclipses tend to stir up activity, considering the last New Moon was in your sign, overall this will be a calmer, less visible period for you. Nevertheless, important decisions may be required of you in the next few weeks, particularly revolving around personal finances and business. There is heightened sensitivity to your physical environment. Circumstances are such that you may be starting fresh with finances or in terms of how you arrange your life in order to feel a sense of value and worthiness. Setting realistic financial goals, as well as formulating such things as budgets and other sensible financial planning projects, will be favored during this time. You might also be discovering ways to increase your income or your earning potential. It is also a wonderful time for earthy, tactile, and comforting activities that help you to feel more grounded and connected. If you have been holding on too tightly to a lifestyle or financial habits that haven’t been serving you well, this is a time when circumstances might force the matter. New beginnings are in order! However, today there can be some disorienting feelings and you are symbolically still in the dark, so that you should take in and observe before taking action.
Virgo
The Solar Eclipse that occurs early into the day is in your sign, dear Virgo, and it helps pave the way towards big personal changes in the coming weeks and even months. This is a time for reinventing yourself in some personal way, such as with a new look or manner of expressing and presenting yourself. Think about how you present yourself to others, focus on changing personal habits in such a way as to improve your confidence, and concentrate on putting your best foot forward, as this is a time when you will get noticed and make a powerful impression on others. Circumstances can prompt a rethinking of your general attitude towards new beginnings, bravery, your role as a leader, your independence, and the ways you instinctively defend yourself. This is a time when you can be braver and enjoy new experiences. There can be a tendency to dig in your heels and display your independence now, which may be necessary for personal growth, but care should be taken to stay true to yourself in the process. Get in touch with what you truly want, envision it, and go for it, but wait for the dust to settle. However, for some, there can be some decreased initial energy, and it’s important to take the time to rest up if this is the case. You’ll know more about what changes to make as you go forward.
Libra
You are beginning a cycle that focuses on replenishment and rest, dear Libra, although you’ve been feeling some of this energy already in recent weeks. The Solar Eclipse that occurs very early today launches a period of review, letting go, and recharging your spiritual or emotional batteries. Focus, now, is on fulfillment through service, empathy, and awareness of others’ needs; but it can also be a time of withdrawal and some sort of retreat in a social sense, depending on your personal and natural predisposition. Soul-searching is in order, and the urge to find emotional peace of mind is marked. You may be feeling like you’ve done the rounds, so to speak, and need more time to yourself, or with yourself! If you’ve been neglecting your psychic, spiritual, or emotional needs, then circumstances can force you to pay attention to your inner world now. Your imagination and dreaming mind are very rich and active now, and it’s important to nurture these things. There can be a flooding of energies today which can be a little disorienting, but going forward, you’ll get a stronger sense of what changes need to be made. If you require more solitude, then you’ll find ways to get it. If there have been toxic connections to your past, then you’ll be figuring out how to break ties. This can also be an important time for discovering emotions about your career, public standing, and reputation.
Scorpio
There is a Solar Eclipse that occurs early today, dear Scorpio, that places strong focus on making contacts and reaching out to others in both a social and professional sense over the coming weeks and even months. Events and circumstances are such that they serve to clear the path for new beginnings, particularly related to how you fit in with friends and the community. You become more acutely aware of your position in life within the context of the group, rather than through self-centered focus. Goals that involve networking, making connections with others, joining or strengthening ties in a group project/activity, and nurturing good will are the focus during this cycle that begins today. Some level of drama may be present now, as it serves to shake up your social life in order to pave the way for important changes. Friends can enter or leave your life. Group or team work and activities can be in strong focus. Reflect on how you’d like to steer your life in the coming weeks, particularly in terms of your “place” in the social side of your life. This is a good time for formulating goals that have to do with future, long-term happiness and those that give you a stronger sense of mission or purpose, aligning yourself with important causes. For many of you, there can be emotional excitement and discoveries surrounding education, learning, publishing, and travel.
Sagittarius
The Solar Eclipse that occurs early today brings heightened awareness and sensitivity to your standing in society and your professional goals, dear Sagittarius. There can be feelings of excitement or uneasiness, depending on how you handle change, surrounding career, reputation, and life path matters now. Going forward, it will be a good time for developing new business plans and goals. A sense of renewal and re-invigoration with regards to your career goals is on the horizon. Changes in work, bosses, authority figures, reputation, or your own authority and influence can occur now and in the coming few months. It’s a time to focus on the elements of your personality that you are projecting as a professional and to society, with an eye on improvement. Goals for self-mastery and self-discipline should be made at this time. You can become strongly aware of the need to bring more structure or rules into your life, or you might decide you need to improve your performance and general practices in order to better follow certain rules. This is a phase in which you are especially busy with career and/or public responsibilities. Emotions are strong over financial and intimate matters for some of you. Drama or commotion stirred now paves the way to new approaches and new beginnings. You might have more courage now to ask for a raise or for a better position. Try not to be hasty, however, and avoid falling back on old, outdated behaviors – a fresh approach is required now.
Capricorn
A Solar Eclipse occurring early today falls in the sector of your solar chart that rules your spirit to grow, explore, and expand beyond the “regular” experiences in your life, dear Capricorn. This can bring surprising events into your life that serve to jolt you out of your usual routine. You are making a break from the past in some manner, which will help clear the path for future growth and development. Avoid making important decisions just for now. Instead, take in and draw upon your intuition, which can serve you exceptionally well while the dust settles. However, a pleasing change of pace is in your near future. There may be opportunities to broaden your horizons through travel, education, or other form of adventure and life experience. There could be chances to publish or promote your work. Meeting important people through these experiences is possible. Transportation issues can also be in focus, with new avenues opening up for getting out and about. This eclipse might also bring some of you into contact with lawyers, professors, or publicists. It’s also a good time for exploring the world, or new perspectives, with a partner. Today is powerful for imagination, but new action should be delayed until emotions settle.
Aquarius
With a Solar Eclipse bringing powerful energy to your intimacy sector early today, dear Aquarius, this is a time of empowerment and discovery. You have a chance to see your own inner workings in new, important ways. If you’ve been too dependent on others, or the opposite, too proud to ask for help, then you’ll see and feel it now and you’ll want to make changes. The period ahead is good for focusing on issues of intimacy and sharing, as well as developing self-mastery skills. You may experience increased awareness of others as well as your own internal motivations in the coming months. Intimacy and deep levels of sharing are heightened. If you’ve been holding on too tightly to a relationship or a financial arrangement, then this is a time for coming to terms with the dependency. It’s a time when intimacy and deep levels of sharing are heightened, but so are suspicions, so watch for this. Use this positive blast of energy to sort out financial support issues or emotional entanglements as you go forward. It’s also good for quitting bad habits, especially dependencies, or altering unhealthy ones. As well, if you’ve been going it alone, this can also be an important cycle for reaching out and finding the support you need.
Pisces
With a Solar Eclipse bringing powerful energy to your partnership sector early today, dear Pisces, negotiations and one-to-one relationships are highlighted now and over the coming weeks. This is a time for beginning new relationships or re-defining existing ones in important ways. Issues of sharing and partnership come to the fore. You become increasingly aware of the need for someone significant to rely upon, or for the need to balance and improve your relationships. The coming weeks and months are strong for making contacts and for making something public. If you have been holding on too tightly to a difficult relationship, then circumstances now will push the matter. Romance is well starred during this cycle with the Moon forcing attention to feelings about people in your life. When a Solar Eclipse happens, we are still symbolically in the dark, so that today and the next few are good for paying attention to news coming in and feelings emerging, but taking new action should wait at least a few days. Today’s Mercury-Neptune parallel stimulates your imagination and can create a greater need for expressing yourself.
If You Were Born Today, September 12
If You Were Born Today, September 12
You are an especially clever and knowledgeable person. Your intuition is powerful, and you’re able to quickly size up a situation or person. Others frequently turn to you for your wise and unique advice. You’re generous with your time and energy, always willing to help out those who really need it. Still, you are not a pushover and although you don’t need much of it, you do appreciate gratitude. You are extremely hard-working. You can be impulsive in love, as you need some level of change and variety on a romantic level. Your enthusiasm is one of your most attractive traits. You are especially able to breathe life into your relationships. Famous people born today: Maurice Chevalier, Emmy Rossum, Rachel Ward, Peter Scolari, Barry White, Louis C.K., Jennifer Hudson, Paul Walker, Jason Statham.
Courtesy of Café Astrology
Your Daily Horoscopes for Saturday, September 12th
Your Daily Horoscopes for Saturday, September 12th
Aries
There is a general tendency in the first half of the day for people to speak critically or without sensitivity, dear Aries. Try not to let it get to you. With a Balsamic Moon today, it’s an ideal time for letting go of those things that you no longer need, or that you can’t hold on to. When it comes to work or health matters, there can be minor challenges experienced today, and perhaps some negative thinking or irritating commentary from others to deal with, but it’s important to realize that you don’t have all of the information at your fingertips to move forward. Concentrate on making refinements, adjustments, and edits now, and think about what kind of bigger improvements can be made after the powerful energy of the New Moon Solar Eclipse that will occur early tomorrow. With this coming eclipse, it’s time for breathing new life into stale routines.
Taurus
There can be some disagreements or disconnects today, dear Taurus, as well as indecision. There may be unflattering comments that get to you now. You may not be able to come to a comfortable decision today, and that’s okay, and possibly quite good considering the Moon is Balsamic , and reflection is better than action just for now. In fact, it’s better to wait, as a New Moon Solar Eclipse that occurs early tomorrow can bring a change in your focus. What’s begun today may not come to pass or hold weight. Tomorrow’s eclipse is especially pleasant for you, launching a cycle that brings warm, creative, and romantic energy into your life. In the days before a Full Moon , something is building and blossoming; but in the days before a New Moon, when the Moon is Balsamic , something has run its natural course, or is simply winding down. Today is about reviewing, letting go, winding down, and tying up loose ends. However, if you need to break a bad habit or finish/close something without too much drama, this is the time to do so.
Gemini
There can be a tendency today to speak about things that others may prefer to keep private, or to stir up some frustration with what’s communicated, dear Gemini. People tend to be rubbing one another the wrong way, and it’s best to either try to speak with more sensitivity or to avoid sensitive topics altogether. Plans may need to be reworked today as something hits an unexpected snag. Adjustments may be necessary on a social level, but could steer you towards bigger and better things in the long run. The Moon is Balsamic today, and you may be symbolically in the dark on a matter. Activities that involve dealing with matters of the past or letting go of things that no longer work for you are favored over totally new innovations. A tendency to be critical or negative is with you today. Do your best to rise above it. Alternatively, if a focus on flaws can actually help you, then work on fixing problems. A New Moon Solar Eclipse occurs early tomorrow, and this one puts the spotlight on family and home matters for you.
Cancer
If someone close to you is tense today without apparent reason, dear Cancer, try not to let it spoil your own mood. This is a good day for reviewing projects and endeavors you’ve recently begun with an eye for refinement and editing. You are more able to see the flaws and quirks, which is the first step necessary to fix things. However, in the absence of a can-do attitude, this can bring you down. Don’t let it! New energy is coming your way tomorrow in the form of a New Moon Solar Eclipse, and this can help renew your motivation and possibly turn your attention to new and exciting endeavors. The eclipse occurring early tomorrow is a mostly pleasant influence for you. It’s likely to push you into a new direction. The weeks ahead will bring new interests and learning experiences, and possibly new connections as well.
Leo
Your timing may be a little off today, dear Leo, and it’s better not to make any final, important decisions now because of the Balsamic Moon . Different core values with others can be especially obvious, even if you typically overlook them. This is a good day for reviewing financial records or money-making ventures for errors and holes, but not ideal for starting something new, or for social interactions, as picking something apart is better than picking someone apart! A New Moon (Solar Eclipse) occurs early into the day tomorrow, and this is the last day of the Leo New Moon cycle. Review recent developments. Consider ways to improve your finances and sense of security, as these are strong areas of focus in the coming weeks.
Virgo
The Balsamic Moon today points all of us inward, dear Virgo, as it’s a time to reflect and review rather than to push forward. But for you, it’s especially important that you take stock now, as it’s not only the end of a New Moon cycle, it’s the end of the yearly solar cycle. Early tomorrow, a New Moon occurs in your sign, and this one is a Solar Eclipse, which is a more powerful and potent New Moon. As with any new beginning, your attitude going into this cycle can help shape the month and the year ahead. Today, consider what you’d like to make of yourself – your personality and how you project it to others. Be aware that you are not at your decision-making best today. Reflect, review, and reconsider. Avoid giving in to negative thinking, mindless criticizing, or stress, as these will interfere with your intuitive process.
Libra
It’s especially important today to think before you jump into something new, dear Libra. Take the day slowly, and consider that you may experience errors in judgment right now. Delays may happen, or others can resist you. This may very well be a blessing in disguise, as it’s better not to push forward at the moment. A New Moon Solar Eclipse occurs early tomorrow morning, bringing sudden awareness of a private matter or the need for more rest and some seclusion. With a Balsamic Moon today, appropriate activities involve reflecting on the past and tying up loose ends, while entirely new endeavors should be avoided. However, if you want to quit a bad habit or let go of something more easily than you might under normal circumstances, then this is the time to do so.
Scorpio
Avoid jumping to conclusions and jumping into action today, dear Scorpio. Interests are likely to change dramatically tomorrow with a New Moon Solar Eclipse about to occur. You’re moving in a new direction, and it’s more about your social life and happiness than it has been about your position, status, and professional life in recent weeks. Worries about work can seep into your personal or social life today, and it can be difficult to enjoy yourself as a result. With today’s Balsamic Moon , we should avoid starting all-new projects and endeavors and instead focus on endings or simple reflection upon recent events. It’s also a good time for quitting a bad habit. Tomorrow’s Solar Eclipse should bring fresh energy into your life, particularly when it comes to networking and your social life. Today, others can be needlessly critical, but keep in mind that it’s unlikely to be a personal thing – they are dealing with their own issues. Alternatively, you may be inclined to criticize someone or to rain on someone’s parade, which is something you might want to think twice about.
Sagittarius
Today is good for reflecting on recent events in your life and for dreaming up career and business goals, dear Sagittarius. Be mindful of your reputation now. Early into the day tomorrow, a New Moon Solar Eclipse occurs and puts career and manifestation into the spotlight in your life. New beginnings are likely going forward. It’s a Balsamic Moon today, making it a good time for quitting a bad habit or attitude, and for letting go of thoughts and feelings that haven’t been serving you well. However, it’s a less than ideal time for starting all-new projects. Fortunately, you’re unlikely to be in an initiating mood, but unfortunately, this can be the result of meeting with criticism or dealing with rough edges in others. Avoid noisy distractions that take you away from what truly matters, and this includes people who have nothing positive to say!
Capricorn
There can be a myriad of little problems to deal with early today, dear Capricorn, but the trick is to handle the attitude first – try to rise above it. Watch for errors in judgment. Concerns about family or your own insecurities can prevent you from straying too far from your routine, yet you instinctively need to get away from it all. The Moon is Balsamic today. A New Moon Solar Eclipse occurring tomorrow is favorable on you, and brings new energy into your life. Perhaps more importantly, it acts to stimulate motivation and stir up ambition. For now, reflection is in order. What would you like to change? What might you need to give up in order to move forward? This can be a thing, an attitude, a project, or a self-limitation. Avoid beginning all-new endeavors right now, unless they involve quitting something or letting go of something. Wait until after the New Moon and assess then what is worth your while. Tomorrow’s eclipse can force positive change. In fact, it will help you to rise above small problems in the coming weeks.
Aquarius
With a Balsamic Moon today, dear Aquarius, the best way to use the day is to reflect, meditate, and tie up loose ends. As well, if there is a bad habit you’d like to let go of, it may be easier to do so now. Early tomorrow, a New Moon Solar Eclipse occurs, taking you in a new direction. This one is likely to be the start of an inward journey. You’ll be learning more about your own motivations, and possibly those of a significant other. The period ahead is good for getting a handle on your finances. The eclipse can certainly bring a change of focus or new information into your life. Today, keep in mind that there is a tendency to be unduly critical. If this energy can be turned to practical affairs, however, it can be useful, as you might be better equipped to see faults, holes, and flaws and to do something about fixing them.
Pisces
It’s not the best day for positive reinforcement from others, dear Pisces, particularly when it comes to a partner or close friend. Money worries may be temporarily undermining. The Moon is in your partnership sector all day, but it won’t be until tomorrow that the full impact of this position is felt, as the Moon is New and it’s a Solar Eclipse early into the day tomorrow, bringing fresh and exciting energy to your relationships. For now, reflect upon what you’d like to change or adjust in order to move forward with the best possible version of yourself in relation to a special someone, or to others in general. In all likelihood, you’ll be pulled in an entirely new direction and towards a new perspective with this eclipse. Today, avoid criticizing as much as possible, even if you feel it to be constructive, as others are unlikely to take it very well.
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