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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Pisces</image:title>
      <image:caption>Venus’ movement into your 5th house of creativity and leisure is lighting up your artistic pursuits. This symbology of this month comes somewhat naturally for you. Slip into a more liminal space and get in touch with that which inspires you to make great work. Find a meditative state in your practice and let your creativity ooze out of you with ease. Venus and your chart ruler, expansive Jupiter, will be in conversation all month, working together to point you towards a space of easy flowing poetic movement. Graceful Venus moving into your house of pleasure is asking you to get out of your head and closer to your heart space. Through relaxation and in leisure activities, you may become your most inspired. Reconnect with others by cultivating beautiful in-person experiences. Take connection with others seriously. If you have children, this is a lovely moment to send them a little extra love. Take a day off with them and let them choose your adventure.  It’s easy for the Pisces person to get lost in their own world and in their own imaginal head space. The symbology of Venus in Cancer offers a lot of that when the moment is right and to channel that into your creative projects. But Venus in Cancer is also about creating a safe space for others. Perhaps in combination with finding inspiration through music or daydreaming, you also find it by listening to the stories of others’ experiences over the last year and a half. Help guide others towards looking to the future with a vision of optimism and hope. How can you help them release the past in order to create something beautiful moving forward?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Aquarius</image:title>
      <image:caption>Uplifting Venus moving into your 6th house of health and daily routines is asking you to add more pleasure to your daily life. This is an extremely busy time for you and most of the Astrology is asking you to stay on task, but in doing so, how do you feel? How does your body feel? June is asking you to send some love towards bodily aches and pains and to pay attention to any physical ailments you have been ignoring in order to keep up with your to-do list. If there’s a doctor appointment you need to make, make it. If you would benefit from a weekly massage for the next four weeks, go enjoy it. The idea is to not add “more” to your list, but to replace two or three items with something relaxing and sweet. Aquarius is ruled by boundary-loving Saturn and the antidote to an overly “strict” life are all things Venus. Eat chocolate, take bubble baths, connect with old friends, make art, and listen to music that brings you to a soulful place. Scrap your to-do list and take entire days off to simply do nothing if that is what feels right. The 6th house is also a house of transformation and it might be interesting to consider how your daily life needs transformation in order to connect with others more sweetly. What do you need to take care of around your physical health and your daily routines that will help you find graceful movement in the world and feel more at ease around others? What can you take off your to-do list and replace with real in person human interaction?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Capricorn</image:title>
      <image:caption>Venus’ ingress into Cancer lights up your 7th house of romantic relationships as well as work partnerships. While your typical mode of being is to keep your head down and focus on your to-do lists, June offers the possibility of collaborating with others with ease. June may teach you that you do not have to do everything on your own and that if you put your faith into others, you might be surprised by how much they take care of you. With charming Venus moving into Cancer, this may be a nice moment to get out of your comfort zone and to express feelings of appreciation to your closest partners. It’s easy to day in and day out focus on the many tasks at hand, but who has been there as a support along the way? Shower them with gratitude and make sure they know how much you appreciate their support. Take a day off with them and do something exciting and easy. Work less and play more. Feelings are hard and sometimes it’s easier to just stick to the tasks at hand. June is not asking you to cast a light on the harsher parts of your life, but to focus on what is going well. For the next month, focus on gratitude. What comes easy for you? Do you have a lovely partner who loves and supports you? Are you amazingly talented at something? Is your family extremely caring? Do you have amazing friendships? What is good? Take note of that which is natural and easy and try not to focus on what needs “more work”. Have fun, give yourself recognition and surprise others with tokens of your appreciation</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Sagittarius</image:title>
      <image:caption>These first weeks of June are about finding a softness for guilt, finding empathy for those who have hurt you, and practicing non-reactive responses when triggered. Forgiving Venus’ movement into Cancer entering your 8th house of psychology, giving you the chance to look at your version of your life story and to take a look with objectivity. What are feelings of shame and insecurity that you hold onto that no longer fit the narrative? If you can take a moment to look at yourself from the perspective of others, do the stories sound the same? Are your shame, guilt, and insecurities material reality or simply weight carried? Take note, write it down, go deep with yourself. Let go of baggage that you have inherited from your family. You are not them. You are your own special creature with hopes, dreams, and desires. Notions about your childhood and the patterns you were born into no longer match the reality you have created for yourself. Be proud of the life you have procured and of your radiant positivity despite the harshness of life. Being a source of optimism for others is one of your biggest strengths. You offer alternative ways of seeing situations and now is the moment to provide that reflection to your own psychic space. Spend time journaling, reconnect with a therapist, or talk with your most trusted friend. Take stock of the ways you have been strong in moments where others may have fallen apart. Send compassionate Venusian love to old wounds and feel gratitude for the many blessings of your current life.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Scorpio</image:title>
      <image:caption>This is an apt moment for a much needed vacation or just a little more movement with comforting Venus’ transition out of the darkness of the 8th house of psychological depths and into your 9th house of travel and higher learning. Search for inspiration through external forces rather than from within. Talk to different kinds of people, go somewhere new, be adventurous, get out of your comfort zone. There is a lot to take in as the world opens up a little bit more.  You may find books, podcasts, and research extra pleasurable and inspirational during the first weeks of June. The last year and a half has demanded a lot of work around looking at the past to heal old wounds, but you are now being asked to glimpse forward. What possibilities are on the horizon? What information do you need to seek and experiences do you need to procure? Take a break from the demands of “working on yourself” and explore with old and new friends. This is also a lovely moment for creative projects with Venus’ movement into dreamy Cancer. Spend time researching for new reference material, go to a public library if you can and take in new information that will give new insight into your artistic practice. In June, you may find yourself taking in a lot of new and inspiring material through research and exploration. Soak it up and take notes so that you’re ready to apply it to your artistic projects when you get back into the studio.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Libra</image:title>
      <image:caption>Career opportunities begin to surface with Venus’ ingress into this part of your 10th house of career and legacy. Without force, your “mama-bear” energy in the workplace is requested as work begins to pick up again. Your ability to take care of the group and lead through compassion as a natural caregiver is needed now more than ever. A lack of trust and financial insecurity has ensued in the workplace over the last year and half, but your comforting qualities will foster healing around these wounds.  You are now on center stage and your efforts are being rewarded publicly. Let the offerings roll in but don’t feel pressured to take the first opportunity out of fear. Trust your intuition and question whether or not these new opportunities will take care of you, have your back, and foster a healthy work environment. While Venus lives in Cancer for these first weeks of June, you are extra magnetic. Others are drawn to spend time with you, towards your beauty, and your social graces. Go for it, create pleasurable memories, bask in the beauty of nature and human connection. See art, play music, wear cute clothes, and nudge others to join you for the ride.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Virgo</image:title>
      <image:caption>Venus moving into Cancer brings gifts of abundance and togetherness to you, your friendships, and community. After so much time apart from your closest friends, this Cancer Season brings you closer to those you missed the most. In the harshness of the last year and a half, absence truly made the heart grow fonder and you can now approach this part of your life with a newfound appreciation for living in the present. Leisure time with your closest allies will begin to take up more space in your life as Venus moves into Cancer. Anxiety starts to lift as the day to day minutia begins to carry less significance. Creating new memories with those who are closest to you is what matters now.  Finding yourself amongst friends and community once again, there is a sense that these bonds are thicker than friendship. You are connected in a new way, recollecting on everything you have overcome in the last year and a half and grateful to have gotten through it together. Show them your appreciation. Make your friends a delicious dinner, give them a gift of appreciation, show them that you will continue to take care of and nurture them as life moves on. As we move into Cancer Season in the middle of June, you have potential for being a community leader, someone who brings others together after a long period of darkness. Now is the time to get out into the world and provide a safe space for others to relax into, like a light at the end of the tunnel.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Leo</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cancer Season is prep time for you to rest before rejoicing when the Sun moves into Leo on July 22nd. As Venus moves into your 12th house of solitude, before gracing you with her presence four weeks later, she wants you to be gentle with yourself. Find softness and compassion for buried shame and rest in solitude so that subtler insights appear through the fog. Without force and in spaces that are less comfortable for you, you may be able to send some love towards unhelpful thinking, unhealthy habits, and those who you felt disappointed you along the way.  Venus in Cancer gives you a moment to reconnect with your purpose and to restore your energy. Being a source of strength is exhausting physically and mentally, but part of your purpose is guiding others to find their light by illuminating yours. To protect yourself from over-giving and depleting your adrenals, perhaps you would benefit from cutting out one habit that takes from you more than it gives during this period. Reconnect with your bodily needs, whether that be cutting out caffeine for a few weeks or spending more time with your family.  Don’t worry about outside forces that demand your solar strength and power and instead locate the power from within. Cancer Season is your chance to gestate and prepare for your rebirth at the mark of Leo Season. Rest in order to regain your strength. Regenerate, touch base with yourself, be clear about your purpose, and retreat into darkness so that you can reconnect with that familiar light when you’re ready.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Cancer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Venus moving into Cancer is a peek into what Cancer Season has in store for you. Pure joy, togetherness, warmth, and connection are just some of the phrases that come to mind during this symbolically abundant part of the year.  Your warmth and sensitivity will be exaggerated in the eyes of those who come in contact with you over the next couple of months. Others feel drawn to your caring nature, sense of hospitality, and your ability to make others feel at home when they are with you. Venus moving into Cancer highlights the possibility of human togetherness and others will be drawn to create memories with you throughout this Cancer Season. This is a lovely time to show up to parties with openness. Listen to others’ stories of pain from over the last year or two and provide them with comfort through helpful words, or just by listening. You are carrying the message of connection as you walk through the world for the next four weeks with the planet of love and beauty by your side. Embrace the warmth and beauty that Venus offers and spread it for others to feel as you herald the planet’s message throughout the next month and a half.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Gemini</image:title>
      <image:caption>While your mind may be buzzing and unsettled during these first few weeks of June, there is an effortless growth around finances as Venus moves into Cancer. There is no doubt that this Eclipse Season and Mercury Retrograde cycle may feel like a doozy as anxieties and subtler  resentments bubble to the surface, but you may find peace as the fruits of your labor manifest in monetary gains.  In an attempt to find reprieve amidst mental agitation, try to incorporate pleasurable activities into your daily routines that bring your mind back down from airy movement to warm, comforting waters. When you’re unable to pinpoint the reasoning behind the tension you feel, consider down time; read a comforting book, indulge in a nourishing bath, or watch your favorite film in order to get out of your head and closer to your heart space through pleasurable relaxation. By redirecting your need for movement into stillness and meditation, you may find your mind settling into a more neutral and balanced state. These first few weeks are not about pushing or about force. Let go and settle into a calm space, watch as your assets begin to grow more abundant, and practice gratitude for what brings you joy rather than try to pinpoint the source of irritation. In stillness, clarity will begin to slow bright.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Taurus</image:title>
      <image:caption>Venus moving into Cancer highlights your 3rd house of communication. Mercury, our planet associated with communication, will be moving in a backwards motion from our perspective during this time - this adds an interesting layer to the mix. Outward, bold, expressive communication might not be an effective tactic right now and so there is an opportunity to consider other less verbal forms of expression. With your chart ruler, Venus, moving into an equally cozy-loving sign, this is a beautiful time to display your affections through gifts, physical touch, music, and poetry. Verbal communication may get lost in the mix but perhaps there is a special someone in your life that deserves a gesture of your appreciation. Communicate that appreciation in a less obvious way by thinking outside of the box. Reconsider your normal modes of expression and find a new exciting way to display your affections.  If you’re a writer or an artist, this is a great moment to reconsider your output. Perhaps you are able to spend a little extra time alone during this period to get to know your inner workings and find clarity around how you typically convey yourself artistically. You may come off as extra Venusian during this time. Don’t be surprised if others are reaching out to you more during this period, drawn to your warmth and feelings of togetherness.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - Venus in Cancer Horoscopes, June 2 - June 27, 2021 - Aries and Aries Rising</image:title>
      <image:caption>Venus’ ingress into Cancer is a beautiful time to freshen up your home with flowers and your favorite smelling candles as the planet of connection and beauty livens up your living space. Now is the time to finally redecorate, move some furniture around, or freshen up old paint. Bask in the emphasis of home beautification over the next few weeks, both aesthetically and experientially. Beauty doesn’t have to be aesthetic, it may be achieved by inviting your closest friends over for a much needed dinner party. Make them your favorite meal, wear your favorite outfit, keep the conversation upbeat, and reminisce on simpler times. Time may have felt like a blur over the last two years with little to no in person events but with pleasurable Venus moving into Cancer, time may begin to feel more real as it is marked by concrete dinner parties that you curate or by other in-person events. Cancer has undergone harsh transits over the last several years, and this astrology feels like a transition out of that haze. This is a moment to reconnect, facilitate group gatherings, spend time with your chosen family, and fantasize about cozier times.  This Cancer Season in general is an offering to create new memories through shared experiences. After such trying times, you know who is near to dear to you and now is a moment to hold the hands of those who have supported you during some of the toughest times yet, and make a promise to never let them go.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - April 2021 Horoscopes - Pisces and Pisces Rising</image:title>
      <image:caption>New and exciting breakthroughs and insights surface early in the month around how you acquire your assets and your relationship with home. There is a dynamic energy exchange between these two areas that call for your attention during the first part of the month. Around April 9th, you may want to pull inward and slow down to create new intentions around the topic of finance and put those into place around the New Moon on April 11th. This New Moon is a lovely moment to become intentional around both your monetary assets and your relationship with home for the next twelve months.  While the first part of the month buzzed with energy, you may find it difficult to get into a creative zone around personal projects towards the second part of the month. There is also a culmination in your chart around issues of faith and spirituality and for any Pisces Rising, connecting back to source is key. This does not have to be through religion or spirituality, but perhaps through listening to your favorite music, going on a walk through nature, or watching a beautiful aesthetic movie. Your faith and spiritual practice may be put to the test near the Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26th. Be careful to check in with yourself to make sure your core beliefs are not deterred by external influences or collective shake ups near the end of the month.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - April 2021 Horoscopes - Aquarius and Aquarius Rising</image:title>
      <image:caption>The first half of April activates your need to express yourself boldly through your most pleasurable forms of self expression. You have been doing a lot of steady building for some time and have dipped your toes in putting yourself out there for the last several months, but what are you being pulled to express? The New Moon on April 11th is an opportunity to set intentions for the next twelve months around the ways you wish to communicate and what you put out in the world through your creative projects. The second half of the month has a different feel. While you just worked out some kinks in the realm of communication and have some new ideas revolving around how you are planning to express yourself going forward, the second part of the month is asking you to slow down in this area. You are going to be asked to turn inward and search for a sustainable work-life balance. Without doing this work, tensions may rise to the surface that fracture some of the steady building you have been doing over the last few years. Return to the tools you worked so hard to develop in order to ground yourself in case any shake ups take place in around concepts tied to work, home, the material realm, and how you show up for the world. It is likely that healthy boundaries and balance are the key.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - April 2021 Horoscopes - Capricorn and Capricorn Rising</image:title>
      <image:caption>Your work-life and routines have become stimulated and continue to be activated through the beginning of the month. Perhaps a new home work out routine or meditation practice has helped you to ease stress and feel better about yourself as the world begins to open back up. The part of your chart dealing with home and lineage is highlighted throughout these first couple of weeks which may symbolize an opportunity to reconnect with your family physically or perhaps find new insight into your past that leaves you with less mental clutter. The New Moon on April 11th is a perfect opportunity to set a new intention around concepts tied to home, whether that be your own home or reconnecting with your family line. The last few weeks of April symbolize a chance to continue to stay focused on the topics of finances and assets. You may experience unexpected creative breakthroughs, but it will be important to remain balanced as these insights hit you when you least expect it. The Astrological symbolism of the end of April is not ideal for a ton of extroverted activity. You might find it beneficial to turn inward and work on stabilizing yourself as potential issues with friends or community manifest around the Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26th. Continue on your path towards material stability and approach friendship and community at an arm's distance so you are not depleted of energy that is vital to your success.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>April is a continuation of some themes that began in the middle of March. You might be called to get out there, be flirty, and meet someone new. The first few weeks of April are an opportune moment to continue to find pleasure where you can and to put dynamic energy into work and romantic partnerships. Your creativity and desire for self expression are super charged and the New Moon on April 11th is a great moment to set an intention for the next twelve months around these projects or in other activities that bring you joy and pleasure. Perhaps if you have been working too hard, this is a good moment to touch base with yourself and implement an activity into your routine that brings you joy and calms your nerves. If you are a creative, this is an excellent chance to get started on a new endeavor. While the first few weeks spark innovative breakthroughs, remain diligent about your practical obligations. For the Sagittarius Rising, there is possibility of heavy feelings during the second part of the month that are stewing in your subconscious. The Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26th, takes place in your 12th house, dealing with isolation, spirituality and far away places. While this part of the chart is dreamy and excellent for creatives, it is also slightly out of view. This Full Moon is symbolized by hot water steaming to the surface suddenly. If feelings creep up towards the end of the month that you were least expecting, you will have the opportunity to use the lessons you have learned around concise and intentional communication to convey these emotions linearly. If you find yourself lost in them, that’s okay too - try to take a break and return to your intentions around joy and creativity that you set during the New Moon.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>You have had a recent boost in health and daily routines that began in the middle of March that will stay emphasized throughout the beginning of April. Perhaps you have some exciting new work opportunities, or you have finally figured out a way to remain balanced throughout your day that is sustainable for your projects. Through this success, you have felt lighter and brighter and may have even been able to take care of old debt that has been lingering and cluttering your ability to feel free. This balance will also help you take care of taxes in the early part of April.  The New Moon in Aries occurs on April 11th, and is an opportune moment for you to set an intention around health and daily routines that you can commit to for the next twelve months. While the Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26th occurs in the part of the chart that houses your Ascendent, you will want to watch out for overdoing it or oversharing sudden bursts of emotions during this time. Setting healthy boundaries is a lesson you have learned in dealing with family dynamics and is a tool that you can use with yourself towards the end of the month as you juggle your own weighty emotions, potential issues with your partner or work partner, and ongoing family dynamics. You got this.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Astrology of the first weeks of April challenges and invites you to explore or learn something new with your romantic partners or your closest work partners. The area of life revolving around romantic partners and work partners get an extra boost of energy that is constructive for your desire to get out in the world and take in new information. Have fun during these first weeks in April and take advantage of opportunities to move around and investigate new and exciting information. The second part of the month shifts symbolically and energetically. While work partnerships may have strengthened in the beginning of the month, your aims at upward growth in your field might go amiss towards the end of the month. The lesson is to not push too hard because force will only create more friction. The Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26th may bring up old baggage around assets or shared assets with those closest to you that present obstacles in your ability to move forward in your creative affairs. Again, go easy. Use your airy objectivity to glide through these potential obstacles with calm and check back into these parts of your life once the feelings have simmered.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Astrology of the first part of April symbolizes a continuation of a flowing work life. A light is being shed on the topics of your life dealing with shared assets, debt, and psychology. While those aren’t typically the most joyous parts of life, there is a boost in the beginning of April in this area that may make your work-life flow a little easier. Perhaps an emotional weight has been lifted off your shoulders or you have been able to pay off some old debt and therefore can give a little more attention to your work life. While a sense of relief may occur in the beginning of the month, the second part of the month symbolizes a challenge to your belief systems. You walk through life with an earthiness, a sense of being grounded in reality and your belief systems match that innate sense of practicality. However, the second part of April shakes up this realm whether it be through your own findings or external influences. There may be a tension around your new intellectual discoveries or what is being shown to you and your mental chatter. Be kind to yourself and stay open minded. Intellectual breakthroughs are processes like anything else.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>April brings you and your community together through a shared vision, goal, or belief. There is a lovely activating energy between friendship and concepts of higher learning, foreign lands, and faith. Perhaps the first part of the month is an opportune moment to reach out to like-minded friends to create a workshop that gives back to a community, or even a small scale book club might do the trick. Take this as an opportunity to absorb something new and share those ideas with others. Career topics get rattled in April towards the second half of the month as issues arounds roots and lineage call for your attention. You may be called to slip into old, comfortable coping mechanisms as you are pulled to attend to the most important parts of your life all at once. You will need to give your full attention to your roots and lineage, your closest relationships and your career simultaneously. Use your fixed, solar energy and focus to attend to the matters at hand. Find compassion for these parts of your chart in order to round out the harder edges and when the going gets tough, lead with your heart.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There is a constructive potential during the first part of April that symbolizes possibility for success within your career if you’re able to do some behind the scenes work. Perhaps by exploring more spiritual spaces or by simply taking necessary breaks, you will gain a better sense of how you should approach your career goals efficiently. The New Moon on April 11th is a lovely moment to set new intentions for work goals before turning inward during the second part of the month. The second half of April symbolizes juggling the needs of friendships and community while also attending to your creative life. While you may feel yourself pulled in many directions, it will become important for you to continue to do the deeper, sometimes uncomfortable work, in order for you to find positive transformation. By decluttering issues in the past stored deep in your unconscious, you may find yourself more comfortable in your creative space. Additionally, as Mars begins to move through your first house near the end of the month, it will become important to question your motives before attempting to jump to the finish line. Take your time and pay special attention to your health as Mars moves through Cancer.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The first part of April is an exciting time for you to show up for your closest friends and community, both in person and online. If you haven’t been dedicating enough time to this area of your life, the New Moon on April 11th is an opportunity to set new intentions around interpersonal relationships. Perhaps this is an ideal moment to ask yourself whether or not those closest to you are uplifting your goals for yourself or are adding friction to your movement through the world. It’s important for a Gemini Rising to engage with many different kinds of people and the month of April creates a constructive dynamic between your sense of identity through your community if approached with intentionality. While you may wish to continue to get out in the world and reconnect, the second part of April creates a tension between your inner world and how you accumulate assets. Perhaps pursuits around finances become a little less tangible and you find yourself slipping into the liminal as an escape. A constructive way to use this dynamic is to ground yourself in a daily ritual where you can stay anchored enough to handle practical obligations while also connecting back to your purpose regularly. You may want to ask yourself if the ways in which you acquire assets matches your values or if there is a better way that aligns more closely with your principles.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>You have been experiencing some energizing activity around finances and assets for the last month and this area will continue to flow smoothly throughout the first few weeks of April. By staying grounded in your intuition, this area of your life will continue to remain energized. Having a lot of twelfth house activity during the first part of the month will simultaneously invite you to take pause and isolate whenever you need to catch a break. The second part of the month is highly active for a Taurus Rising as the Sun moves into the first house of your chart, highlighting your vitality and how you express yourself. You may feel sudden urges to break free from societal confines to express yourself boldly. Voicing these new revelations around self expression might become your challenge. Be thoughtful and careful when sharing these ideas with partners and co-workers throughout the second half of the month. Perhaps you can use this as an opportunity to turn inward, journal your ideas, and then express yourself once the dust settled after the Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26th.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>April begins with a bang for an Aries Rising. After spending some time in a fog or having been submerged deeper in your spiritual practice, April is inviting you to to get out into the world and express yourself boldly. You have been ruminating on ideas around communication and how you want to express yourself and now with less emphasis on the liminal spaces in your chart, you can do so with more precision and force. You may start out April strong with a little burning out near the New Moon on April 11th. The New Moon, however, wants you to set an intention that lasts twelve months around ideas of self expression and vitality. While you may have some bold new ambitions around your identity or how you wish to be seen in the world, there may be a slowing down that occurs around finances and home after during the second portion of the month. Don’t be afraid to tread into darker terrain after that initial burst of stimulation in those earlier weeks. Slow down, tend to the practical matters at hand so that you can still show up for your own mental health and your friends and community as the month progresses. Your chart ruler, Mars, plays a vital role in the Scorpio Full Moon on April 26th. Feelings may bubble to the surface that have been ruminating for some time. Use the skills you learned in March to recenter yourself for when events take place that are out of your control.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Read - March 2021 Horoscopes - Pisces and Pisces Rising</image:title>
      <image:caption>While the Sun has ingressed into Pisces and there is now an emphasis on how you show up externally, the beginning of March first wants you to do a bit of housekeeping around some of the lingering issues that may have bubbled to the surface over the last couple of months. You have had a lot of weight on your shoulders in previous months with the amount of planets in Aquarius, which lives in your twelfth house and deals with themes surrounding isolation, far away places, and spirituality. Sudden revelations around concepts tied to the twelfth house might begin to resolve themselves, and bring you out of the darkness and into closer connection with others. March offers a breath of fresh air around these concepts in your life, and you get to submerge yourself in how you already approach the world; through compassion, your love of music and art, faith in humanity, and unconditional service to those around you.  The volume on your empathetic and overly giving nature is turned way up in March. While on one hand you will feel relief as you bask in the energies that you are familiar with, you will also need to remain grounded. Do yourself a favor, and start your month off by listing healthy boundaries that you know you can commit to. Limit your social media hours, be of service but do not overdo it, sponge out all of the feelings you will absorb through baths, have playful conversations with friends, or get lost in the beauty of your favorite film.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Strenuous mental activity and overdoing it in the cerebral realm begins to take a break in March. The last couple of months have been a build up of many efforts that have not gone unnoticed. This pile up leads to juicy revelations around ideas of partnership, connection, and your innate humanitarian nature as you begin to work with others to recreate connection and a shared vision through group effort.  The creative and atypical ways in which you go about acquiring assets start to pay off in March as you begin to reap the benefits of your hard work. It is unlikely that you navigate the world with much conventionality and by putting in the work that the previous months symbolized, you may find that effort actualized through monetary gains. The lesson here is to not let it slip through your fingers as soon as you’re able to grasp it. Remain responsible and firm around concepts tied to finances even as you begin to feel a bit more relaxed with the energy shift symbolized by the Astrology of March.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The beginning of March starts off with emboldened ideas having to with your career and how you acquire money. This has been an ongoing theme for the last couple of months, and will continue to be a running theme while Saturn remains in your second house. March kicks off with having a pretty clear vision and connection to the material realm; if you need to ask for a raise, now is the time because your diplomatic nature in the workplace deserves to be rewarded. There is an energy shift now that Venus and the Sun have moved out of your house of finances and into the house of communication, and will soon be followed by the Moon and then Mercury by mid-month. Each planet will cross Neptune’s path during March, highlighting the possibility of deep connection, warmth, and artistic expression. If you are a writer or an artist, this is a beautiful moment to submerge yourself in Piscean energies and take a break from worrying about practical needs and dive deep into the watery pool of your mode of expression. Relax, enjoy, and share beauty through written word and joyous conversations with friends.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tensions around issues of communication lighten up a bit throughout March, with the emphasis taken off of Aquarius and planetary movement into Pisces. Pisces makes up your fourth house of home. As a Sagittarius Rising, you are a truth seeking, meaning maker and you walk through life with a half glass full mentality. The archetypes associated with how you navigate the world embody the opposite of nihilism and homelife for you is another way in which you seek meaning and connection to a higher power and godliness. It is unlikely that the objects that surround you are there for no reason, and don’t have some kind of emotional attachment for you. March brings you closer to faith. If the last year or so has made you lose sight of the potential and beauty in humanity, March brings you closer to your innate positivity and belief in the goodness of the world. By spending time reminiscing on your sensitive and healing relationship to your roots, family, and home, you will rediscover that you come from a place of compassion and wisdom passed down the family line. Find appreciation for where you came from and the hurdles you have had to work through in order to realign with your mission - to be a source of expansive optimism for those around you.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dissecting and dealing with the difficulties of your past is a transformative process that leads you towards a place of relaxation and healing. March offers reprieve around the weighty topics tied to your roots and lineage, and asks you to indulge in what you find beautiful and encourages you to get back to the sweetness of life.  By delving deep into spirituality, you are able to connect back to “source” in a way that is meaningful on a collective level. Your Scorpionic mode for navigating your surroundings is penetrating and your self expression is rooted in spirituality and contains healing properties. You are non superficial and need to dive deep in order to find expansiveness and to be a source of light for those around you. Water and the emotional realm are emphasized this month as we are moving out of the head and into the body. Take this as an opportunity to find healthy ways to connect back to the softer parts of your chart by expressing yourself compassionately, nurturing the people in your life that make it easy, and finding pleasure in acts of service.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Your creative endeavors have been on fire lately, and there has been ample opportunity to get lost in your process and to find some solutions for making your creative projects to flow out of you more effortlessly. This hasn’t always been an easy process, but the discomfort is met with ease. This will continue to be a juicy topic for you for the next few years, but March pinpoints issues tied to daily work and health. When your creative juices are flowing, it might be easy for you to submerge yourself in the beauty of your creations, forgetting that your body is a vessel that also needs your attention. In order for the creativity to keep flowing, you need to learn to take care of your human suit.   For a Libra rising, Venus themes are intrinsic to how you walk through the world, and with creativity being highlighted for you for the next couple of years, it’s wise to separate out what is pleasurable for pleasure's sake and what is pleasurable that is tied to monetary gains. You need to learn to create healthy boundaries between you and your work so that your body does not take the hard hits for overdoing it. If there has been a lot of mental chatter and pressure to produce, now might be a good time to pause in order to gain new inspiration and to take stock of how far you have come.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Work and the monotony of daily structures and routines have been under pressure, and March offers some solace around these topics. Work and health will remain under scrutiny in order to evolve and mature, but come March, it all feels a bit lighter and a chance for deep connection is made available. The circumstances are difficult right now for finding joy and pleasure with our romantic partners or those we work closely with, but this is the part of your chart that is highlighted this month. There is opportunity to find ways to nourish our partners and to find deep connections - so deep you can practically read one another’s minds and feel each other's pulses.   While the opportunity to connect deeply is on the table, there is also the possibility of enmeshment and a blurring of physical boundaries. In order to give back and be the best partners possible, our personal boundaries need to be established. March wants you to both bask in the pure joy of deep connection, while staying mindful of your personal needs and space.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There has been a lot of pressure on you to work out the kinks in your relationships, both romantic and professional. March takes a little focus off of the needs of those closest to you, and lets you get deep into your own psyche. If you have been neglecting your own mental health in order to tend to those around you, you now get the opportunity to get closer to what is necessary for yourself in order to be a source of light and inspiration to your closest partners. While you are a source of strength and life to others, you are a lot more sensitive than you appear. It is easy for you to bottle up some of those deeper feelings in order to be a source of strength for others to rely on. March wants you to get lost in your own feelings, rather than providing the light source that others around you rely on.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>March takes you out of your own psychological sphere, with the focus shifting from your inner world to the outer world. Seek deep meaningful conversations with friends that help take everything you have learned by doing the inner work over the last several months, and apply it as a source of  wisdom and optimism to those around you. Perhaps by doing the previous work, you have formed a bit more compassion for yourself, and can now apply that compassion towards those nearest to you. Help others find the light at the end of the tunnel.  The Astrology of March also wants you to indulge in higher learning, through literature, podcasts, and films. Since you have been asked to focus on yourself over the last while, March offers a break for you to reconnect to your belief system by engaging in fascinating books, inspiring movies, and thought provoking podcasts. Perhaps you will be inspired to learn a whole new set of skills that you know the collective would benefit from. Inner work will continue to be a theme, but the Astrology of March reconnects you with your innate faith in humanity.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>You can breathe a bit easier and with more fluidity now that the Mercury Retrograde cycle has come to a close. March takes you out of technological irritations and shifts the focus into how you are perceived in your profession.  You have done a lot of work around trying to figure out where you stand on topical issues coming up in the news and have maybe had some breakthroughs around some of your basic belief systems. Perhaps you have spent time learning an entirely new skill.  Your work is not done in that department, but March asks you to pay more attention to your professional matters. You  may experience a bit of luck and a deeper connection with your co-workers. You have always been the person who is easiest to commiserate with as an excellent, non-judgemental listener and in March, you may experience extra connectivity with your closest affiliates. While you may be an excellent support system to those you work with, you also need to remain diligent about staying on top of your own tasks and showing up on time, because the spotlight is on you in your career throughout March.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>You have been deep in work mode and have experienced some major boosts in the professional realm over the last several months, and March rewards your efforts with a little more play. This is an excellent time to realign with the needs of your community, spend time chatting on the phone with friends, or work alongside those you trust towards a common goal. With March there is a chance to take a break from your typical tenacious mindset in the realm of career, and lets you connect deeply and spiritually with your closest allies. Work is not everything and you will not feel satisfied if you pour all of your efforts into your legacy, without balancing these efforts with healthy, and nourishing friendships. If you are able to, listen closely to your friends struggles and be a source of optimism and wisdom where you can.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>March takes you out of the realm of community and into the shadows. Your online community has been buzzing and you may feel exhausted with the amount of energy you have spent connecting with others through social media. The Astrology of March offers a break from this overstimulation, and asks you to reconnect with your deeper needs. How do you nourish yourself when you are overwhelmed, anxious, and exhausted? What practices have you put in place that bring you closer to what your body needs? March wants you to take a break and go there, to find your center while not overthinking it. If what you need to realign and gain new energy takes the form of watching TV for an entire day, there is no shame in that. Listen to your body and release the energies you have absorbed from the amount of time you have been interacting with social media and try to not judge yourself in the process.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>February casts a big bright light on the darkest part of your chart. There is a huge emphasis on what is hidden from view, your dreams, isolation, subconscious, the liminal. Throughout February, with its height around the New Moon on February 11th, six planets will be in that part of your chart associated with isolation. Most people are pretty sick of the idea of isolation at this point, but if you have the luxury, this is the most opportune time of the year to get lost in yourself. Becoming lost in yourself is not meant to be an act of narcissism, but rather to get you closer to source, something most Pisces Risings understand innately. Being closer to source occurs by getting closest to your true nature, unobscured by the influences of society, addiction, or technology. If you are able to remove distractions, work as little as possible, and sit with yourself, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you to reconnect with your true, unconscious self. Everyone has a different way of doing this and many would not know where to begin, but for a Pisces Rising, this is a natural part of their day - swimming in and out of consciousness. Dare yourself to submerge in that dreamy liminal space and see what you find.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This is a big and maybe even viscerally uncomfortable moment for you. By February 9th, there will be the most amount of planets in Aquarius since the early 1960s. The sign Aquarius, with the ongoing debate about it’s rulership, is a controversial sign in a lot of ways, and Aquarians are not typically the most conventional people themselves. But they are consistently regarded as a sign associated with humanitarianism and the collective.  It is an interesting conundrum to be an Aquarius Rising, someone whose house of “self” is immediately connected to the collective experience. There is a tension for an Aquarius Rising, or anyone with strong Aquarius placements in general; in February they are going to feel forced out of the shadows into the spotlight while simultaneously wanting to camouflage with the rest of civilization. A possible lesson of February for those with strong Aquarius placements, is that it is okay to be an individual amongst the herd, you do not need to oscillate between the two positions and there is no shame in having the spotlight on you for a brief moment. But deep down for an Aquarius,  they know there is no way they can shine without being of service to a greater good, and so shining as an individual will never be an ethical option.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>With the Mercury Retrograde moving through Aquarius, the part of your chart dealing with finances, this is not an ideal time to make big financial moves that involve technology. Cryptocurrency and the stock market are extremely topical right now, but since both of which involve the use of technology, those financial moves were more appropriate before this Retrograde cycle.  This might be a good time to dive deeper into notions of your assets from a more Taurean perspective, from the material realm. While assets are extremely highlighted for you in the month of February, with even the possibility of a bout of good luck around the New Moon on February 11th, this is a good time to think about earthly assets. If these are not topics at all on your radar, then this is a lovely time to strategize potential goals around assets and finances from a more objective lens, rather than jumping into financial trends of the moment.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Your feelings about things are often quite strong and the lightness of your disposition sometimes creates a tension between what is in your mind and how it is expressed. Issues of what you deeply feel to be right or wrong are topics that spend time circling through your brain on a regular basis and expressing those ideas in a conventional way is not your area of expertise, nor should it be! The Astrology of February highlights this relationship, as Mercury Retrogrades in Aquarius, the part of your chart dealing with communication. Other than the classic Mercury Retrograde things to watch out for, like sending an important email to the wrong person or accidentally losing files on your computer, this is also a month to think extra hard about your delivery, especially if you are really trying to get your point across. If this is a concept that you really need to get across that pertains to a work relationship, spend time writing out what you would like to say ahead of time or wait until the end of the month to get it out if you can.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The month of February for a Scorpio Rising presents breakthroughs through strife. You are on a road towards finding inner stability through a process of suspiciously scrutinizing your roots and your past. You are at a crossroads, ditching ideas about your personality that were placed onto you by your upbringing that really have nothing to do with who you have become. With an importance placed on where you came from, there is an opportunity to reconnect and to find common ground. If a common interest to resolve collective issues is not shared, this is an opportunity to take a step back and put up healthy boundaries that protect your sensitive spirit.  You have the ability to detach for long periods, but when the traumas of your past boil to your surface, they sometimes present in unexpected ways. The Astrology of February symbolically gives you a chance to deal with tensions concerning the past in order to truly connect materially to those who have been by your side all along.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Astrology of February wants you to find joy in the creative structures you have set up for yourself. It asks you to take pleasure seriously and with intention, to set aside parts of your day that honor your love of aesthetics, beauty, and pleasure. This month considers face masks and bubble baths to be some of the most productive things you can do if that is a routine that brings you closer to joy and self-love. There might be a trial and error process along the way with feelings of guilt as you discover that by helping others, you must first learn to love and respect yourself.  As an Air sign, it is easy for you to continue to fly forward with your head above the clouds, all the while making beautiful intellectual connections. The Mercury Retrograde in a fellow Air sign, creates tension in the intellectual realm, and this month is an opportunity to bring you back down to earthly delights. By clearing out your work space, seeing art in person, or indulging in necessary R &amp; R, you might experience a mental clutter detox as the month progresses.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>February asks you to get specific about your habits. What is one simple habit you could add to your daily routine that would alleviate unnecessary mental strain? Perhaps by removing one unhelpful habit that leads to excess worry and anxiety, you open up room for accessing something that gets you out of your head and into your body.  Mercury, the ruler of your chart, stations Retrograde at the end of January and throughout most of February in Aquarius, an intellectual sign associated with communication. This Retrograde is extremely cerebral and is occurring in the part of your chart dealing with health and daily routines. Your sometimes tendency to overdo and overcorrect might feel more tense than usual during February. If trying to meditate is something that was on your New Year's Resolution list but you have not gotten around to it, this is the perfect time to give it a whirl.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Balancing your need for autonomy and self expression with the needs of those you are closely partnered with is a difficult process that will continue to be a major theme for you in 2021. February, however, really highlights partnership more than anything else, and is an especially important area that requires your due diligence throughout the upcoming month. After some possible feelings of doubt about those you associate yourself with during the early part of the month, the last couple of weeks present a great opportunity to work through errors in communication in order to achieve sparks of luck and joy with those closest to you. When you are so driven towards your mission of creative self expression, it can be difficult to notice that those closest to you, who do not appear to seek your praise or affection, really do need a nudge of encouragement. Your will is extremely powerful, and it should be utilized to light up those around you, not dim their light in any capacity. It might feel like a strain at times to be a constant source of light and life, but if you have the strength right now, despite the many odds presented by this year and last, this is a lovely time to show others how much you care through bold gestures and gifts.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>While your approach to life is rooted in emotional sensitivity and genuine care for those around you, there is sometimes a difficulty in applying that same level of sensitivity towards the self. While this year asks you to look deeper into your own inner workings, the process can be complicated as you find it difficult to look compassionately and subjectively at your own predicament.  The Astrology of February asks you to become suspicious of the difference in how you treat others versus how you view yourself. The very Aquarian energy of this month allows you to become at least objectively kind to your inner child, asking you to take deep breaths and let go of guilt and to show yourself the same level of compassion as you would those closest to you. While you store your struggles deep in your psyche because you may feel like your troubles aren’t nearly bad enough to share, you lose sight of what your body needs. Find release of mental irritation by taking baths, cooking yummy meals, and starting off your day with light stretches.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The ruler of your chart, Mercury, will continue to move backwards through Aquarius, a fellow intellectual Air sign, for the first few weeks of February. This presents massive opportunities for communication breakdowns through technology. In a time of great uncertainty and complete lack of clarity around “truth”, this is a great time for you to take a break if you are able to.  Communication errors and technological issues will be a major theme for the first part of the month and with your inclination to plug into the spewage of technology, there is also great opportunity to think about healthy boundaries to place between your material and technological realms. This is just the first Mercury Retrograde happening in an Air sign this year, and with the many potential technological issues on the rise, you need to learn to protect yourself. If you are able to, try to interact with technology for only a set number of hours a day, practice mindfulness and breath work in moments of deep mental agitation. Go for a walk and move your body regularly to expel some of those tangled electrical energies from your sensory organs and nervous system.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>February 2021 creates space for self evaluation around concepts tied to your legacy and career. You may simultaneously experience a bit of luck within your profession while juggling technological and communication errors along the way. This is a good time to create a pros and cons list if you are struggling with the integrity of your profession, and to question whether or not what you put out in the world is truthful to your overall mission. With Aquarius highlighted in this part of your chart more heavily in February than any other month of 2021, you may feel pulled to work towards a goal that is meaningful on a collective level.  While new ideas are stewing, this is a wonderful time to continue to brainstorm, but to not necessarily act on your ideas just yet. Your desire to be bold and to reinvent yourself will continue to be a strong theme throughout the year. Seek balance between these two areas of your life, because if you are able to remain rational and calculated, harmony may begin to materialize between the concepts tied to career and the self.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>February lasers in on dynamics within your community, both online and in person, and highlights an opportunity to get closer to finding solutions to lingering agitations around these concepts in your life. Friendship and community will continue to be a primary focus for the entirety of 2021, but it is at its height throughout the month of February.  The Astrology of February presents a chance to become intentional about what you hope to accomplish with those around you throughout 2021 and room to pinpoint your closest allies after a period of working out power dynamics and possible communication problems throughout the first part of the month. The Aquarius New Moon on February 11th, combined with the most amount of planets in Aquarius since the early 1960s makes for an ideal time to join together with those closest to you and brainstorm alternative humanitarian solutions that would benefit the collective.  With a possible collective shake up come mid- February, you will benefit from tightening up this area of your life in the first part of the month. Mental agitations and communication problems will alleviate towards the end of the month when Mercury stations direct and when the Sun enters Pisces.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2020 pulled on your empathetic heart strings and your enmeshment with the collective experience. It asked you to show up for your community with compassion and unwavering devotion, as you worked as a team to manifest solutions to old systems that are no longer working.  The Astrology of January asks you to be less community oriented in the best way possible, and only for a short period. It wants you to put in “behind the scenes” work in order to create balance and a strong foundation for when you emerge into the limelight again. If you are afforded the opportunity to, spend time meditating, journaling, and plotting. Create daily rituals that can help serve you and keep you stable as the ground continues to be rocky in this upcoming year.  With this introspective work, you might discover more healthy and sustainable ways to show up for yourself, and therefore be of service to others in a way that does not impede your personal boundaries. Mental health is important. Work on creating a sustainable daily structure that will both better serve those around you and do so when the time is right.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The beginning of 2021 marks a new period, moving towards self mastery and a feeling of reemergence after the 2020 incubation period. You’ve been in a deeply introspective state of mind, both plotting and scheming, contemplating which shoes you’ll want to wear when you take your first step into this new year. Last year symbolized a weight on your shoulders that you could not totally grasp. It presented both the opportunity to hide like the Saturnian hermit needs, but in anything other than a passive way. While you hid, you were being asked to visualize a different kind of society, one with new systems that you know on a guttural level could actually work. But first you had to do the hard work of investigating and transforming yourself. As of January, you get to reinvent how you navigate the world and finally share and act on all of those ideas that you have been storing away. Your ideas and personal strength are going to be extremely helpful for those around you throughout this upcoming year. This is a great time to tap into the brave and inventive Uranian side of your personality, while upholding the structure of Saturn as you move into this new year.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This month is a continuation of going deep within yourself, but with a bit more relief. 2020 may have been both comfortable and uncomfortable for you. It really asked you to change your old notions of traditional thinking and to consider perhaps less conventional ways of approaching your environment.  Being a “hard” worker is not a new idea for you, and as you know, assets come through the achievement of your goals. However, the astrology of January 2021 takes you a little out of your own self image, with more intention around what is that you value. Sure, you know how to acquire what you want, but the question is - what exactly is that? And why? What brings you pleasure? This is a great time to define what you find beautiful and what you really want to work for, materially.  This is also a great time to do some house cleaning – donate what no longer “sparks joy” and hold onto items that please your senses and stimulate your mind. January also marks a time of focusing even more closely on your finances, possibly reevaluating your spending by sifting through your bank account and paying attention to where you have been allocating your resources.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The start of the New Year asks you to reconsider how you communicate. What forms of communication have been helpful for you and what has hindered your ability to manifest your deepest desires?  Part of your life journey and essence, is to be an inspirational light to those around you and communication is an essential part of that mission. Your scope of vision is vast, and now you are being asked to synthesize that vision. Take your unique perspective and communicate it in the most effective way you know how, whether it be in the form of writing, art, dance, or just sharing new ideas with friends. This is also a great time to journal and reevaluate the beliefs that you have held deeply and stubbornly and let go of the ones that no longer serve you.  Beliefs and a sense of morality are important themes in how a Sagittarius Rising approaches their environment, but sometimes we need to be open to many possibilities of the truth, rather than being married to one. As the saying goes, insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. What are your beliefs about yourself or the world that keep you in the same place, and which ones can you let go of in order to grow?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Astrology of January 2021 highlights a shift of focus around communication to topics around home, lineage and ancestral roots. There may be a new focus around what home means for you, or perhaps a move to a new location is on the horizon. By being careful and strategic in your plans, you may be gifted with really positive material rewards. This could be a good time to remodel, redecorate, or change locations if the location of your current home no longer aligns with your goals. Possible tensions may arise between striving for a different concept of home and the partnerships that are near and dear to you. While you may want to push forward with a new romantic or work relationship, that new bond may not align with your plans for getting closer to this idea of home. While you inch towards finding an environment that matches your personal needs, it is important to maintain healthy boundaries with the people close to you in order to actualize whatever home means for you.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Creativity, pleasure and play are the main topics that will be highlighted for you as we move into 2021. Over the last several years, you may have experienced necessary change or a restructuring around what home means for you and possibly an exploration into your family roots and lineage. That part of your life will be alleviated in 2021 and the focus will now shift towards what you find pleasurable, as well as your creative outlets. While pleasure and play are exciting topics for your Venusian soul, your journey towards exploring this part of your life may not be a steady one. Only through hard work and dedication will you creative pursuits manifest and you will perhaps need to reorganize your approach to pleasure in order to experience true relaxation. This is an excellent moment for diving deep into your creative projects while also striving for balance. You may be hit by beams of lightning-like ideas that you want to fulfill quickly before they vanish. Spend time journaling, write down your ideas before acting and find pleasure in leisure activities so that when you do take action, you will have sustainable energy to do so.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Astrology of January 2021, brings greater attention to your daily routines, health, and everyday work life. 2020 had a major impact on those specific topics for everyone, but they will become especially highlighted for you in the coming year. The new year asks you create balance around work and self care. By paying special attention to this balancing act, your everyday work life can exist in a more nourishing, as opposed to a complacent, way. If 2021 is anything like last year, this is an excellent time to “work on yourself”. If therapy is available, go for it. If you need a small pet to bring you comfort or give you a sense of responsibility, go for it. If you need to spend a day taking baths and watching TV, go for it!  You may feel a deep desire to get out in the world, travel, and play after the extreme isolation of last year. This tension between wanting to explore and needing to do the work within will be a continuous theme throughout the duration of 2021. Perhaps setting up something like a reward system, will give you the ammunition to continue to do the necessary work will provide you with vitality to explore once the world opens back up.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Romantic relationships and work partnerships become the focal point in your life with the beginning of 2021. Over the last few years, you may have experienced difficulty or set backs in your everyday work routine or possibly had physical ailments manifest due to work stressors. January brings relief to that part of your life as helpful relationships may take form which could potentially resolve those previous set-backs. A potential irritation may arise around mid January as you strive to move forward with creative and inventive work projects, but need to attend to your close relationships simultaneously. A balance will be necessary between these two areas of life in order to keep them on track. Perhaps by giving special attention to your work or romantic partners, you will be able to manifest those “out of the ordinary” creative projects with the help of those around you.  There is a lot of energy and potential for big changes in career and partnership during the entirety of 2021. Take care of those around you, your body, and make strategic decisions as new opportunities present themselves.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2020 was the end of a three year period for you of deeply investigating how you relate to others and the partnerships you form, be it romantically or professionally. While this will continue to be a theme in your life as we enter the new year, there is a shift of focus from partnership to the self.  Perhaps there has been a lot of considering what the ideal partner should be like as opposed to what you specifically find attractive. It is additionally time to consider how your mental health factors in with your partnerships. This takes deep, introspective work, and if 2021 is anything like last year, this is the most ideal time to dive in. You are about to undergo a necessary transformation that will ultimately benefit you in forming the tight knit, chosen family that you have always been striving for - whatever that looks like for you.  This is an opportune moment to look into the emotional baggage you have been carrying and learn coping skills so that you do not pass down trauma. What work do you need to do on yourself to create healthy sustainable relationships?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The astrology of January gives you the opportunity to investigate some of your deepest beliefs and philosophies on life. 2020 exposed everyone to the harsh realities of all sides of the human condition amidst a pandemic and you were especially in touch with the multiplicities of experiences that everyday people were experiencing. Now that you have been exposed to both sides of the coin, January 2021 highlights your personal beliefs. What topics from last year do you no longer need to focus your energy on? Is there something you would like to learn more about? Would it best serve you to learn an entirely new skill or language as a way to separate yourself from the binaries of the previous year? Do you need to learn from a teacher or an online class, or is this something you ought to do alone? By dedicating yourself to some higher learning, you will experience ah-ha moments that clear up the confusion from the previous year. You will be able to reacquaint yourself with your own values, morals and beliefs that will continue to give you a strong foundation moving into the new year.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>January 2021 marks a new period of growth through strategic hard work in your professional life. While you continue to explore alternative health routines and new and interesting ways of presenting yourself to the world, the topics around career become emphasized with the start of the new year. You may feel extra extroverted with a deep desire to explore earthly pleasures, while needing to remain balanced enough to attend to the tasks in your professional life that begin to emerge. The astrology of the last several years offered the opportunity to reconsider some of your deeply held beliefs and philosophies. There was a restructuring around what you held to be true, and 2020 may have afforded you the time to reconsider those beliefs and which ones you still deeply resonate with and which ones no longer serve you. The beginning of this new year gives you the opportunity to do the same within your profession. Does the career you have mirror these newfound philosophies that you were able to ruminate on during hours of isolation? Does it really reflect who you are and how you want to be remembered? If not, now is the time to take action while knowing there will be bumps in the road. Slow, steady, and methodical wins the race.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2020, particularly for you, brought focus to tensions between your career and how you want to be perceived in the world. Instead of the major focus in your life being tied to your identity through your profession, January 2021 marks the beginning of a new three year period that brings attention to the part of your life tied to community, friendship, and allies. There is an overall shift from the self to how you and your community can strategize in order to reap the rewards of hard work through communal effort. This will have a collective effect. Perhaps this new year invites you to have a “less is more” attitude when considering those close to you. You are in an excellent place to take action around some of your 2020 visions for the collective and to cohesively work with those close to you to make that vision possible. But this will only happen through careful planning and strategizing. Topics around assets, finances, and what you find materially pleasurable also gain importance with the start of this new year. You may want to forge ahead quickly to assuage some of the financial upheaval that may have occurred in 2020, but this might be a good time to take deep breaths before taking the plunge and to really strategize your spending in the next couple of months.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hi, I’m Stephanie Pence of Secret Symbols. I am an Astrologer, Artist, and Mother based in Hudson Valley, NY. These roles may seem distinct, but they’re deeply connected in my life. Each one requires intuition, creativity, and a connection with the rhythms of nature. By learning to embrace feminine, I’ve opened myself to a heightened awareness of life’s synchronicities. These moments of connection bring meaning and wisdom into my life, guiding both my personal journey and my work. Together, we explore the rich mythology, archetypes, and stories that light up your birth chart. Through easy going, yet profound conversations, we’ll co-create a sense of ease, clarity, and fulfillment, leaving you more energized and aligned with your own path.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Testimonials - “I’m very grateful to have had Stephanie read my birth chart at this time in my life. She has a beautifully nuanced understanding of astrology and how it can be used as a tool for self understanding. It was an incredibly affirming and positive experience, and I continue to think back on her words and consider her reading in my day to day life. I truly felt seen by Stephanie’s interpretations and highly recommend her to anyone looking for deeper insight into their own life and motivations.”</image:title>
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      <image:title>Testimonials - “I highly recommend receiving a reading from Stephanie Pence Astrology. Stephanie is incredibly knowledgeable and her delivery is thoughtful and insightful. We specifically focused on my five-year forecast which she covered in great detail. She provided me with a clear direction of how to move forward in my career and personal life. I cannot recommend her enough! ”</image:title>
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      <image:title>Testimonials - “Stephanie was extremely personalized and non-judgmental and allowed space for conversation rather than being imposing, which I found to be both relieving and helpful. The reading itself allowed me to consider having more compassion with regard to my preferences and aversions rather than being hard on myself for not fitting into a certain mold. I highly recommend Stephanie Pence Astrology, especially if you have never had your chart read -  Stephanie was concise, informative and left me feel better about being me. And isn't that the point?”</image:title>
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      <image:title>Testimonials - “Stephanie read my horoscope and I've already recommended her to all my friends. She was kind, thorough and thoughtful. Her knowledge about astrology and genuine approach to getting to know what's going on in my life was impressive. Her reading was grounding and essential, especially in such a stressful and uncertain time. I'll absolutely book another appointment soon. Thank you Steph!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Testimonials - “I recently had a reading with Stephanie, and it was incredible how insightful she is. I've had my chart done before, but never with this much clarity. Stephanie was able to, not only laser in on parts of my personality, but also saw how those aspects affected my career and the subjects I write about. I'm really looking forward to another reading with Stephanie and can't recommend her enough!”</image:title>
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      <image:title>Testimonials - “Stephanie Pence skillfully read my chart through the lens of traditional astrology using whole sign houses. I have had readings before using placidus houses and have studied my own chart using placidus, and was impressed to have added so much depth of understanding to my chart after my reading with Stephanie. I found that both systems complement each other, and Stephanie was able to interpret the more material &amp; relational aspects of my birth chart that I felt were underrepresented in my understanding of the placidus chart. Stephanie laid out my forthcoming transits over the next few years, which was very helpful, especially since I am going through my Saturn return. The reading was a pleasure, and I would recommend Stephanie Pence to anyone wishing to understand their chart using traditional astrology.”</image:title>
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      <image:title>Testimonials - “I enjoyed my reading with Stephanie immensely! It was my first reading with an astrologer, and I wasn't too sure what to expect. I opted for the 60 minutes session, which was so worth it! I've found myself using her insight often. I learned so much about my earth and water self. Having the session audio recorded with the charts was helpful to review at a later time! 10/10 would recommend. :)”</image:title>
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