Astronomy Picture of the Day – Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi

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 July 6

Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi
Image Credit & Copyright: Markus Noller (Deep-Sky-Images)

 

Explanation: Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so colorful? The colors result from a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust illuminated from the front by starlight produces blue reflection nebulae. Gaseous clouds whose atoms are excited by ultraviolet starlight produce reddish emission nebulae. Backlit dust clouds block starlight and so appear dark. Antares, a red supergiant and one of the brighter stars in the night sky, lights up the yellow-red clouds on the lower center of the featured image. Rho Ophiuchi lies at the center of the blue nebula on the left. The distant globular cluster M4 is visible to the upper right of center. These star clouds are even more colorful than humans can see, emitting light across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Your Daily Planet Tracker: Moon in Pisces, Jul 5, 2015 to Jul 7, 2015

 

 

Planet Tracker

Moon in Pisces

Jul 5, 2015 to Jul 7, 2015

 

On a Pisces Moon, think foot massage. Soak your soles in a calming lavender bath. Feet are ruled by Pisces; maybe it’s the way they cushion against the hard ground. Let yourself drift and dream today. Forget that pressured list in your day planner; don’t bother with a watch. You’ll accomplish more by letting your intuition guide you from this to that. Mood enhancers are films, music and poetry. But watch the spaced-out bag boy at the supermarket; he’s likely to leave your ice cream on the checkout stand. Steer clear of whiners and martyrs. There’s moisture in the air-fog, mist, tears. Better to convert self-pity or sentimentality into a broader compassion for the world. And if you’ve let your meditation practice lapse, this is a great Moon to return. Find the window that opens to your one-ness with all.

 

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Your Daily Influences for July 6th

Your Daily Influences
July 6th, 2015

 

Ace of Pentacles
Prosperity, pleasure and beauty can be realized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berkano
Berkano is the Rune of birth and rebirth. This may symbolize a time when you are capable of great personal growth. Love may be in the air as well.

 

 

 

Scorpio the Scorpion
This aspect of your life will be strongly influenced by a person who is determined, forceful, emotional, intuitive, powerful, passionate, exciting and magnetic. This person is probably an acquaintance you made at work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Monday, July 6th is Cancer the Crab

Your Charm for Today

Cancer the Crab

Today’s Meaning:
This aspect of your life will be strongly influenced by a person who is emotional, loving, intuitive, imaginative, shrewd, cautious, protective and sympathetic. This could be an elder you look up too.

General Description:
Fourth sign of the Zodiac, June 22nd to July 23rd. Ruled by the Moon; correct metal, Silver. Those born under Cancer’s influence were supposed to be keen observers, imaginative, strong willed, reliant, tenacious, impressionable, brilliant, reserved, exacting, and sometimes over anxious. The Cancer stones are the emerald, agate, and chalcedony. The emerald was most highly esteemed in ancient times, was believed to possess great healing powers, and to be beneficial to the eyes. Emerald talismans were worn to invoke eloquence, courage, protection from sickness, and by seamen to guard them from perils at sea. Emeralds were supposed to turn pale at the approach of danger.

Your Three Dragons Reading for Monday, July 6th

The Three Dragons Reading

The Dragon Reading creates a relationship between sets of tiles to each Dragon to explore how the Three Dragons will influence you now and in the near future.

 

 

The Red Dragon represents success, achievement and fulfillment. The three tiles under the Red Dragon tile will influence the power your Red Dragon currently has in your life

 

 

 

The Green Dragon indicates beginnings. The Green Dragon’s tile set will suggest places where you should consider putting your energy.

 

 

 

The White Dragon is indeed a wily fellow. His domain is the great unknown, and the tile set under him suggests an area or areas that could affect your life in unexpected ways.

 

Your Animal Spirit for July 6th is The Mockingbird

Your Animal Spirit for Today
July 6, 2015 

Mockingbird

Mockingbirds are master imitators, and can mimic the calls of many other birds. They’re also fearless protectors of their nest, and will attack any bird (no matter how large) to protect their young. Mockingbird’s lesson for you today is twofold: to listen to how you might be mimicking others—instead of listening to your own true voice; and to examine the value of what you defend. Hmmm?

Shuffling the Cards, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for July 6th

Shuffling the Cards, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for Today

 

Past Influence whose impact on your life is waning.

Balance

Balance denotes the benefits of keeping the use of your energies justifiably proportioned between your pursuits. The symbol Yin and Yang is used to represent the balance. Yin and Yang is possibly the most elegant and sometimes elusive definition of Balance there is. While Balance is rarely if ever perfect, being far out of Balance means that while one part of you may be thriving tremendously, another part of your life may be wilting

 

 

Present Influence whose impact on your life is very strong.

The Hourglass

The Hourglass is a gentle reminder that time passes and with it goes opportunity. Every moment is a moment we cannot retrieve or relive, and there are no guarantees that what we put off today really can be done tomorrow. The Hourglass urges us to make every second of our lives as rich and fulfilling as we possibly can.

 

 

 

Future influence whose impact on your life is growing and will be very strong in the future.

Strength

Strength denotes an inner power, mastery of will, development of inner might, and the ability to lead effectively. Through mastering one’s emotions and learning from both success and failure the person Strength represents has reached a place where they are influential without applying physical force, able to weather the roughest of storms, and not likely to abandon the less fortunate. Strength also denotes a large capacity for forgiveness and compassion. Strength is not as much about winning as it is about overcoming hardship, and using well crafted persuasion to ease others to your side.

Your Ancient Symbol Card for July 6th is The Swan

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today

The Swan

The elegant Swan is an ideal symbol of beauty and grace. Its flowing curves and fluid movement give an ethereal air of perfection realized. The Swan’s beauty embodies the feminine (Yin) qualities of intuition and sensitivity. But The Swan does not begin life as a creature who appears to be the creation of divine inspiration. Indeed at birth The Swan is an ungainly creature that lacks any indications of the magnificent being it is destined to become. The Swan’s transformation from ordinary to extraordinary have made it an emblem of discovering the beauty and power of your true self.

As a daily card, The Swan is a reminder of the beauty, creativity and power your true self embodies. In this period it is best to let the real you rule and be known to all–to remember who you really are and what you are really about. The Swan also marks a time when your creative powers may be at their zenith.

Your Daily Witches Rune for July 6th is The Black Rune

Daily Witches Rune

The Black Rune

Keywords: Difficulty, pain.

Meanings: This is a rune of difficulty and negative influences will rule your life for a time, but as all difficulties are a learning experience it will lead to improved personal perspective and progress on your life’s path. Always consult the surrounding runes with this stone. If it lies with a positive stone, it indicates that the pain of this experience will lead to a beneficial change in circumstances.

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for July 6 is The Hierophant

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for Today

The Hierophant



The Hierophant represents the protector of a culture’s heritage and traditions. His purpose is to defend and teach the established ways and beliefs a group embraces. He is inherently conventional and a true believer in the power of the group. He loves the structure of the group and its values. It is the task of The Hierophant to bring new members into the group—to prepare the uninitiated to take their rightful place in his culture. In this sense he is very much like a teacher or a priest. He also acts as the repository of his group’s history. The Hierophant is certainly not one to buck proper authority. However, he is staunch and worthy defender of the tried and true. He represents the positive aspects of tradition and conformity.

Your I Ching Hexagram for July 6th is 61: Mutually Trusting

Today’s I Ching Hexagram

July 6th, 2015

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61: Mutually Trusting

 

 

 

 
Summary:
Develop mutual trust amongst your group. Trust will hasten success.

Line One of Your Hexagram is a 9:
Learn to trust those around you. Give them the benifit of doubt.

Line Two of Your Hexagram is a 9:
Manage fairly and everyone will enjoy success.

Line Three of Your Hexagram is a 6:
You may be at a turning point. Think through any plan carefully.

Line Four of Your Hexagram is a 6:
Deal with problems swiftly.

Line Five of Your Hexagram is a 9:
Do what you must to gain the trust of those around you.

Line Six of Your Hexagram is a 9:
Now is a time for action.

Casting the Stones, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for July 6th

Casting the Stones, Your Past, Present & Future Reading for Today

 

The Past
Naudhiz

Naudhiz may foretell needs unmet and friction in relationships. You may be in a time where you should be very careful in whatever endeavor you take on. Also it may be that you are about to learn some of life’s hard lessons and come out the other side of this period a stronger being.

 

The Present
Eihwaz

Eihwaz represents the Yew tree and its everlasting nature. The Yew may bend, but it does not break. You are on the right course and have the strength and ability to meet your goals. Congratulations!

 

The Future
Hagalaz

Hagalaz is the hail Rune. It denotes chaos, destruction and disruption on a primal level. You may experience delays in moving toward your goals.

 

Your Daily Rune For July 6th is Dagaz

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bw-dagazYour Rune For Today
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.

Additional information about Today’s Rune

ðagaz : day

Phonetic equivalent: d (pronounced as ‘th’, as in ‘this’)

DIVINATORY MEANINGS:
happiness, success, activity, a fulfilling lifestyle, satisfaction
MAGICAL USES:
to bring a positive outcome
ASSOCIATED MYTHS & DEITIES:
Sunna, Baldr, Nerthus, Yggdrasil
ANALYSIS:
This rune effectively marks the end of the third aett, leaving only oþila to complete the cycle. As in the previous two aetts, ðagaz concludes the third with light and hope. However, while wunjo represented earthly glories and the sun, heavenly power, the day brings these two realms together, bringing the more abstract light and power of sowulo ‘down to earth’ and applying it to our everyday lives.The shape of the rune itself denotes this kind of interconnection. It is reminiscent of gebo, with its balance of masculine, feminine and the four elements, but ðagaz makes further connections to the celestial and the realm of nature.
Like inguz, it symbolizes harmony with one’s environment. but again takes it a step further, implying a harmonious relationship with the spiritual environment as well. It is a bringing together of all six cardinal points – the four compass directions, the celestial realm above us where the Gods are thought to dwell; and that which is below – all the spirits of the earth and of nature. All of these things are balanced and integrated through ðagaz and brought into our daily lives.

 

Your Daily Tarot Card for July 6th is The Devil

 

Tarot Card of the Day

The Devil


July 6th, 2015

What has traditionally been known as the Devil card expresses the realm of the Taboo, the culturally rejected wildness and undigested shadow side that each of us carries in our subconscious. This shadow is actually at the core of our being, which we cannot get rid of and will never succeed in taming. From its earliest versions, which portrayed a vampire-demon, this card evoked the Church-fueled fear that a person could “lose their soul” to wild and passionate forces.

The image which emerged in the mid-1700’s gives us a more sophisticated rendition — that of the “scapegoated Goddess,” whose esoteric name is Baphomet. Volcanic reserves of passion and primal desire empower her efforts to overcome the pressure of stereotyped roles and experience true freedom of soul. Tavaglione’s highly evolved image (Stella deck) portrays the magical formula for harnessing and transmuting primal and obsessive emotions into transformative energies. As a part of the Gnostic message of Tarot, this fearsome passion and power must be reintegrated into the personality, to fuel the soul’s passage from mortal to immortal.

 

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Get A Jump On Tomorrow, Your Horoscopes for Tuesday, July 6th

 

 

 

 

Get A Jump On Tomorrow……

Your Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, June 6th

 

Aries 

Aries Horoscope
Aries

The day can be very busy on a mental level, dear Aries, but is not necessarily a time when people are acting from the heart. You might also be living in the mind more than usual, and you can be quite communicative and/or thoughtful. The Moon enters your sign shortly after midday, and you might feel like doing something entirely new. You can suddenly feel the need for more movement and interaction after a couple of days of preferring to be in the background. There is a somewhat competitive edge to the energy of the latter part of the day, but aim to work with it instead of against it by allowing competition or criticism to motivate you to improve, for best results. If there are financial or business-related blocks, use these to make refinements to plans. While it can feel like a one step forward, two steps back kind of energy, you are likely gaining more than you realize.

Taurus

Taurus

You might be thinking a lot today, dear Taurus, with money or personal possessions on your mind, as well as relationship matters. Even so, it’s best to weigh options rather than engage in major decision-making when it comes to these matters. Negotiations may not satisfy, as it can be difficult to reach genuine understandings. The Moon moves into your privacy sector shortly after noon, and this can turn your attention to behind the scenes. It can also bring on a stronger need for solitude or rest. Later today, there may be a concern that brings you down to reality or a minor but challenging predicament. With Mercury set to change signs as early as tomorrow afternoon, your interests are likely to change soon.

Gemini

Gemini

You can feel a great need to communicate, think, and live in the head today, dear Gemini. However, you could end up spending too much time on matters that are moot or on things that will not be a concern for long. Work concerns, vague health complaints, or a difficult decision may be part of the latter part of the day. However, friends and networking efforts can be comforting and inviting. Avoid over-thinking now. Personal interests and concerns are likely to change tomorrow, with Mercury entering your solar second house and turning your attention to business, development, and matters of finances and security.

Cancer

Cancer

There is a strong tendency to want to examine and make sense of matters from the past today, dear Cancer. If you haven’t finalized something, you could feel a little bit of pressure to do so now, but decisions shouldn’t be rushed. In fact, tomorrow your interests are likely to change, possibly dramatically. After spending an unusually long time in your privacy sector, Mercury will move into your sign tomorrow afternoon. You’ll begin to feel more confident about decisions and choices, you’ll be thinking in future, forward terms. Right now, focus on making adjustments rather than making bold moves. Avoid speaking too soon about something, as you may experience some remorse about it later on.

Leo

Leo

The first half of the day is likely quite busy, and is good for meeting people or gathering ideas or inspiration from friends or networking activities, dear Leo. The Moon moves into your adventure and learning sector shortly after midday, and it can feel easier to express yourself or to find fulfilment on an emotional level. Later today, you could be alerted to a need for improving or adjusting something you thought was already complete, or there could be vague disappointments or waning of motivation for something you’ve been working on/towards. Try not to overthink things. Concerns of today may dissolve away tomorrow.

Virgo

Virgo Symbol/Glyph
Virgo

There can be some gains or good news experienced with career or with people in authority today, dear Virgo. However, later today there could be second thoughts that keep you from coming to a solid conclusion and might even nag at you enough to interfere with your enjoyment of the day, but only if you let them! Goals, ideas, decisions, and projects may suddenly feel overwhelming or could seem a little less “doable”. However, this is temporary, and you might simply need to change your plans or adjust time expectations. Don’t worry if something is stumping you – sometimes pausing gives you a chance to notice errors you may have overlooked otherwise.

Libra

Libra Glyph-Symbol
Libra

There is strong mental energy with you today, dear Libra. You can feel quite hopeful about the future. You might be analyzing or weighing the pros and cons of taking a trip, learning something new, or taking a course. You can feel strongly about a particular belief or opinion, and feel compelled to speak up. Later today, there could be some concerns or worries, possibly as the realities of costs or time constraints make themselves known. Watch for speaking about a matter prematurely, especially publicly.

Scorpio

Scorpio Symbol Glyph
Scorpio

You could be quite thoughtful today, dear Scorpio, as you tend to go over recent events and analyze your feelings and relationships now. Conversations tend to be a little more detached now, as there is a tendency to live in our minds today. This can be helpful for addressing issues that we might typically not pursue, with a healthy level of objectivity. If thinking about things turns into ruminating, however, it may be better to let things go. There may be a situation later today that requires cutting your losses and moving forward, but fortunately, interests are likely to change tomorrow, and you can be feeling considerably more positive.

Sagittarius 

Sagittarius Glyph Symbol
Sagittarius

There can be a strong tendency to think about, clarify, and talk about your relationships today, dear Sagittarius. This can also be experienced as a tendency for a partner to want to talk things through with you. There is more objectivity now, but not necessarily as strong a connection with our hearts as our minds, so keep that in mind. Your instincts to wait out a certain decision are apt to be correct later today. Even though you may feel confident, others around you seem to be resistant and wary of new ideas. You typically don’t have a problem going your own way, but you also know that if you wait, moving forward will be easier with others’ support.

Capricorn

Capricorn Symbol/Glyph
Capricorn

There can be a lot of talk or thinking on matters of work and health today, dear Capricorn. It’s not especially easy to arrive at final conclusions or to achieve crystal clarity, so try not to overthink things, but do weigh pros and cons now. Interests are likely to shift tomorrow. The Moon moves into your sector of home and family shortly after midday, turning your attention to personal matters. Later today, communication may be blocked in some way, and you are less likely to share your ideas, possibly second-guessing them. Try to keep a healthy perspective. Sometimes you get so close to a situation that you worry far too much.

Aquarius

Aquarius

You may be thinking a lot about creative projects, children, or romantic relationships today, dear Aquarius, and you’re inclined to try to make sense of things, look for clear answers to problems, and entertain possibilities. You’re more inclined to think and process than follow your heart right now. Shortly after midday, the Moon moves into your communications zone, adding even more mental energy to the mix. Later today, however, it can be challenging satisfying your hunger for clear answers. Tomorrow, interests are likely to take a sharp turn, so don’t strain yourself with overthinking now.

Pisces

Pisces

You are inclined to think a lot about an issue today, dear Pisces, but may not be any better off for it by the end of the day. It may be better to have a conversation in your head rather than in person first, then express yourself, if it’s still a good idea, once you have considered all the possibilities. There can be a lot of focus on home and family or personal matters now, although your focus is shifting now. Later today, a difference of opinion may be frustrating, but is probably not worth your time and effort to discuss.

 

If You Were Born Today, July 6

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If You Were Born Today, July 6

You are passionate, proud, and highly sensitive, although this is not always immediately obvious. Seeking to balance your emotions is the major key to success in life, as is learning to let go and move forward. You are excellent at networking, but you are also moody – extroverted one day and introverted the next. You have family connections and support, and you can be quite a collector, as you are both sentimental and intrigued with history. You are good at big-picture thinking as well as tending to details. Famous people born today: Merv Griffin, Janet Leigh, Sylvester Stallone, Curtis Jackson, Della Reese.

Courtesy of Cafe Astrology

Your Daily Horoscopes for Monday, July 6th

 

 

 

Your Daily Horoscopes for Monday, July 6th

 

Aries 

Aries Horoscope
Aries

Pre-existing problems in your relationships or with work can build to a head today, dear Aries. While this may not be the last time you deal with a struggle between personal and professional responsibilities this month, this one can really get you going. You may be feeling bitter and resentful if people have been overstepping their bounds, but many of you could be frustrated with a situation instead of a specific person, as there can be a difficult problem emerging or coming to a head now that’s nobody’s fault per se, but that is overwhelming nonetheless. This is due to the Sun’s yearly opposition to Pluto coming exact midday. Entertain the idea that blocks to plans encountered now can lead you to make important, more realistic and reasonable refinements. There can be a one step forward, two steps back feel to the day, but keep in mind that you’re likely gaining more than it seems. There are heavy expectations and demands on you, and you need a break. The first half of the day, you could be feeling some of these pressures, but as the day advances, you’re more inclined to let things go and give yourself a much-needed break.

Taurus

Taurus

With the Sun in opposition to Pluto today, dear Taurus, an annual event, there can be a feeling of being pushed to the wall emotionally and it can be difficult to know how to resolve problems straight away. Negotiations may not be fruitful with both parties clinging too strongly to their position. You can feel defensive, but this won’t help. In fact, it might only serve to add needless drama to an already difficult situation. A secret may be revealed, or a buried issue can emerge, and it’s important to be discreet. Tension may revolve around opinions or how someone is communicating with you, particularly if you feel that someone is trying to overrule you. While things may be stormy in the first half of the day, if handled well, you stand to learn a lot about your own inner resentments, as well as those things that have been frustrating people in your life. This is a time when building emotions tend to find release through epiphanies and confrontations, but as buried frustrations find their resolution, there can be a nice feeling of personal power. Today may begin on a tense or raw note, but builds to be a rather friendly day.

Gemini

Gemini

Money matters and questions of ownership may be tricky right now, dear Gemini, and will need careful handling as the Sun and Pluto form an opposition across an axis of your solar chart that rules these matters. Somebody could be playing the heavy, and it may be a partner or a financial supporter. You may feel undervalued, and frustrations can come to a head now. Avoid power plays as much as possible. Somebody else could offer excellent advice – don’t let the manner in which it’s given prevent you from learning from it. There could be a tough decision to make today, but making it under pressure will not serve you well, so aim to find a place of calm before you jump into anything. Diplomacy will get you places, however, and is favored over fighting things out. The trick will be to let something go long enough to use your considerable powers of negotiation. As the day advances, you’re likely to feel lighter and possibly quite relieved, particularly if you’ve faced or dealt with a matter that has been weighing you down.

Cancer

Cancer

Avoid a tug of war today, dear Cancer. The Sun is in your sign and forms its annual opposition to Pluto today, and this can set off relationship problems that have been brewing under the surface of things. You could be dealing with a difficult person or situation, but any conflict emerging today can give you real insight into the hidden forces at work in your life that may be undermining your progress and keeping you from moving on and forward. Pluto transits reveal your fears and excessive attachments so that you can learn from them. They also show you where you may have been giving away your power. You can’t reclaim personal power until you know where you’re projecting it, so Pluto’s work is important. While the day can begin in a tense, even confrontational way, pressures tend to ease later on, and this is particularly the case if you are learning from and facing issues that the morning’s energy has brought to your attention. Your mood lightens as the day advances.

Leo

Leo

With the annual Sun-Pluto opposition occurring today, dear Leo, you might encounter obstacles that send you back to the drawing board, not necessarily to start over, but to make important refinements. You could be contradictory today, or could be perceived as such, and possibly difficult to please. Power plays can occur with those you work with, or you could feel a lot of pressure to get things done, even if your heart isn’t in it or you are not feeling up to par emotionally and physically. Your desire to unwind and relax may be challenged. A lot is going on under the hood today, whether others realize it or not, and if you feel taken advantage of, you may be stewing in your frustration. Find healthy outlets for your frustration and make plans to improve your current dilemma. The latter part of the day is likely to feel freer and lighter.

Virgo

Virgo Symbol/Glyph
Virgo

Somebody could be playing games with you or vying for your attention today, dear Virgo, with the annual opposition of the Sun and Pluto occurring midday. Behaviors of a lover, child, or friend can be driven by insecurities, or there could be an event that triggers memories of a disappointment or letdown. This influences pits light and dark forces against one another in your social sectors, and can play out in a variety of ways. There could be a frustrating dilemma with a friend or lover that comes to a head, for example. Releasing some of your frustrations can come as a real relief and put you in a lighter and freer mood for the remainder of the day. This is not the last time this kind of dilemma will surface this month, but you can do some important “work” on the feelings that seem to emerge from deep inside. Self-honesty is especially helpful now.

Libra

Libra Glyph-Symbol
Libra

Desires can be strong today but complex when it comes to fulfilling them, dear Libra. Emotions are complicated, particularly regarding family matters or self-limitations. Interactions with others can stimulate intense feelings, and something – or someone – could remind you of matters you’d prefer to forget. People may be trying to pull your strings. You could be a little withholding right now as you attempt to figure out where you stand. Tensions can surface today if you are resisting, fearing, or avoiding change. You need to get to a point where you feel that whatever leaves your life now is unlikely to be necessary any longer. This open-minded approach to life can be very rewarding, and can bring a feeling of growth and support. However, getting to that point can be a challenge now. Watch for power struggles today. Once past the first half of the day’s rather confrontational energies, there can be a real transformation occurring. You are more able to see what situations have been tripping you up. With the Sun and Pluto in opposition, you might be able to more clearly see where you’ve been overattached and what needs to go in order to move forward.

Scorpio

Scorpio Symbol Glyph
Scorpio

Your ruler, Pluto, forms an opposition with the Sun today, as it does every year, dear Scorpio. This can bring something that’s been brewing to a head, likely on the lines of communications, learning, or transportation as it falls along the axis of your solar chart that rules these things. If there is unhappiness in a close relationship, then today this may be very difficult to ignore. A relationship may need to change form in some way in order to move forward. Old grudges may emerge, or there could be a sense that someone is trying to dominate the other. There is a strong need for intimacy, but also a desire to control things, and these two things don’t mesh well, so a change becomes necessary. Health issues may come into play now if unhappiness is a constant. You may feel at a loss when it comes to solving problems early today, but then later feel far better equipped to do so. Be careful to avoid attempting to push an idea or way of thinking onto someone. Today’s energies don’t make us very receptive.

Sagittarius 

Sagittarius Glyph Symbol
Sagittarius

With the Sun and Pluto in stark opposition today, dear Sagittarius, a yearly event, there can be some challenges in relationships or sudden awareness of something that you’ve laid to rest and now need to face. For you, this is likely to do with money matters or power dynamics in a relationship. Feelings can be hot and cold, and when hot, too overwhelming. Even though you are inclined to second-guess people, it’s probably a good idea to keep this to yourself for now. Others can be giving off confusing, mixed signals today, but before you jump to any conclusions, consider that emotional stances may simply be a cover for a desire to win your approval. Keep your mind open and rise above suspicious thoughts. A tricky problem could come to a head, and if handled well, you could get to a better place of understanding as a result. Questions of ownership and value can be a big issue now. Defend yourself if the need arises, but don’t be defensive and on edge until you know for certain that you have reason. The latter half of the day is far easier, and you are drawn to both familiar and comfortable environments.

Capricorn

Capricorn Symbol/Glyph
Capricorn

Every year, the Sun opposes Pluto as it does today, dear Capricorn, and with Pluto in your sign for many years, this influence can affect you more than many signs. An incident or event today can remind you of something unpleasant or something that you have been avoiding. Buried emotions and possibly old regrets or hurts can emerge now. Try to treat this is a time for coming to a better understanding of yourself. Unhappiness can affect your physical health today. Try not to count on someone to do exactly as you want or expect, or what they said they would do. More importantly, try your best not to “mastermind” a situation with a relationship. If you aim to stay very open and flexible, which can be difficult to do right now but not impossible, then you leave yourself in an empowering position. The second half of the day is far less complicated and smooth for the most part.

Aquarius

Aquarius

The Sun forms its annual opposition with Pluto today, dear Aquarius, so that it’s not the best time for forcing issues. Resistance from others is very likely. Pushing results in friction, in either direction, as it can be exceptionally easy for others to push your buttons as it is to push theirs! Keep your cool, and work instead on other areas of your life that don’t involve as many complications. Something that has been hidden or buried can emerge now. You could be wrestling with something from the past or insecurities that undermine your performance, and this results in coming across choppily. Examine your fears, but don’t dwell on them. The second half of the day, emotions are settled and you’re less inclined to feel distracted.

Pisces

Pisces

Matters of ownership can be an especially heavy issue for you in the first half of the day, dear Pisces. It’s not an ideal time to lend out money or possessions, or even to collect on loans. Power plays with friends are possible. It will be difficult to truly know others’ agendas unless you look very closely or dig deeply, as people are not very direct or forthcoming right now. Aim to let go of excessive attachments. As the day advances, you’re more likely to enjoy the Moon’s presence in your sign, which puts you into pleasant touch with your emotions – even those you have tucked away for safekeeping!