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Theme Changing the past to alter the future. Now is a beneficial time to make deep changes to habitual patterns to free up the space for new ways of being in the world. Even though it’s a challenging time and it takes courage to make changes the long-term benefits are great.

Sun Sign

Aries The first half of the month is an activity phase which kicks off in the first week with the Moon in your sign of Aries creating a sense of inner harmony. The second half of the month is about integration and consolidation. Over the next few years there will be re-structuring around work and life-directions as you seek to integrate both areas more closely. Your sense of home and your family inheritance, in its broadest sense, is being transformed.

Taurus Close relationships continue to get a guernsey aka are a continuing theme this month. Big changes are coming over the next few years. In preparation you can examine your philosophical understanding of the world and your place in it. In the long term your strength and resilience will come from your inner resources and preparing for future changes.

Gemini Your closest relationships will go through some big changes over the next few years. Letting go of past hurts and dealing with shared resources in different ways are some of the themes. This includes your inheritance from your family in its broadest sense. It’s a time to look at the legacy of your family that you can carry forward into the future.

Cancer Over the next few years there will be some big changes in relationships with others. There will be some friends you will have to let go of. Don’t try to hold on. Some restructuring in relationships is helpful. This will make way for new kinds of relationships – both friendships and acquaintances. You will also be able to see more clearly the habits you have formed in how you relate.

Leo There is a lot going on this month above and beyond birthday celebrations. You have reached a few milestones and now it’s time to take a check of where you’re up to with your goals. Communications of all sorts are highlighted. It’s a good time to harness your energy for the greater good of humanity. Think big! Your overall health will be improved by attention to self-care over the next few years.

Virgo Happy Birthday Virgos! The Sun moves into your sign on the 23rd of. It’s a year to deepen in spiritual practice that especially practice that involves being of benefit to others. Spiritual practice accommodates caring for others, including animals. Explore how giving and receiving are different sides of the same coin. Learn to deepen in both areas.

Libra Some long-term profound changes in how you define home is underway over the next few years. Part of the journey maybe letting go of expectations of what home looks like making it easier to deal with change when it comes. This month brings lightness to things enabling you to take stock of where things are up to.

Scorpio It’s a good month for expanding your horizons and feeling more optimistic about the future, notwithstanding that sometimes you will continue to feel you have too much on your plate. You will have more of a sense of direction this month. In the long-term your filial relationships will be undergoing significant change. See how you can develop flexibility and preparedness for this outcome.

Sagittarius In the next few years developing new ways of managing material resources will be important. You can become a mistress or master of ingenuity in managing what you have to work with. As they say necessity is the mother of invention. Planning ahead brings good results.

Capricorn Deep personal change is underway. Re-structuring your life helps with accommodating these changes. The main thing at this time is not to give up. Even though the way ahead seems hard at times your diligence and commitment to long-term goals will hold you in good stead in the future. In other words it’s a case of short term pain for long-term gain!

Aquarius It’s a time in life to dive into the unconscious but with the aid of proven structures and support. Facing ones fears about the more hidden aspects of one’s mind can bring long-term rewards. You have more insights mid-way through August. Learning to let go frees up energy. You have many people willing to offer you support at this time.

Pisces It’s a time to learn to be comfortable with soft edges and ‘not knowing’. Water can be a healing and replenishing element. Others help show you the way forward. Deep change is occurring in relation to habits concerning limitations in working with community and group activity. Innovation comes with expanding your horizons and exploring different ways of engaging with others.

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To get daily astrology updates, you can go to Tibetan Buddhist Altar Blog where Matilda's sister (Ani Wangmo) writes a daily column with her friend Jampal─just click on “Astrology.” If you'd like a more extended astrology reading from Matilda, check out her Bio on this site.

Theme The rise of the inner warrior – healing through empowerment. With Chiron, the planetoid governing our capacity to heal our psychic wounds, moving into Aries for the next 8-9 years it’s a new opportunity to find courage in the places you have found it difficult to do so up until now. Be brave!
Note: Everyone is born with Chiron in different astrological signs so that too will influence the nature of the healing experience.

Sun Sign

Aries With Chiron moving into your home sign it’s a time to consciously face your fears and liberate the things that hold you back. The effect of Chiron over the next few years can be subtle yet powerful enabling you to see more clearly that which has been hidden from your conscious gaze. Steps forward include taking back your power so that ultimately you might empower others with your example.

Taurus With the planet of expansion and good fortune in the area of partnership and friendship it’s an opportunity to continue be the recipient of others generosity knowing that what comes around goes around. It’s also a time when there are a lot of good things on your plate. It’s just a case of working out what you can manage. Chiron is in the area of your unconscious for the next few years so mind-healing is on the cards.

Gemini It’s a time to have a Kit-Kat break! Not really. But it is a hiatus time like the calm before the beginning of new enterprises and journeys – not necessarily a storm. So use this time well. Tend the hearth and home and look after the spark that is you. The energy of Chiron the next few years is focussed on healing wounds you’ve experienced in group activity.

Cancer You are coming to the end of you Sun basking time and getting ready to hand the baton of tanning lotion to Leo. This month bring opportunities in re-setting your vocational life-direction compass and integrating higher learning. The passage of Chiron over the next few years for Cancerians concerns healing relationships with father figures, and self-doubt around your capacity to be successful.

Leo Happy Birthday! It’s a hopping, energetic, full-on month for lovely Leos. Relationships are a focus in the first half of the month and communications of all kinds continue apace throughout. Channel excess energy into physical activity. Skilfully navigate around difficult people. The energy of Chiron is focussed for the next few years in developing confidence in translating big picture beneficial ideals into reality – and healing from disillusionment.

Virgo This month it is a time to count your blessings. The spirit of generosity is in the air as you reap rewards for past generosity. It’s a time to share yourself with others and invite them over for copious amounts of tea and scones! Enjoy your friends. Chiron is focussed for the next few years on healing in relation to intimacy, trust and shared resources.

Libra It’s time to align yourself, integrate what you’ve learned so-far, and re-set your course for ‘home’ insofar home is where the heart is. It’s also a time when it’s productive to work from home or create a sense of home where you work. You are embarking on a journey to empower yourself. It’s a time to own your inner warrior let the energy of Chiron heal any hurt around relationships generally – friend or foe.

Scorpio Continue to take advantage of the opportunities provided to you at this time. It will require some planning to manage the load and/or incoming traffic. It’s a time to trust, share more and let go of the past as much as you can. With Chiron in the area of health, service and caring for the next few years it’s an opportunity to get your physical health in order and give back to the wider community.

Sagittarius At this time the asteroid Vesta is in your sign bringing attention to self-care, spiritual practice, focus and group activity. Find ways to keep the home fire burning while you are away. Sagittarians are invariably on the move somewhere: having a home sanctuary helps you do what you need to do. With Chiron in the realm of creativity, children and play for the next few years it’s time to explore the principle of joy.

Capricorn This month you have some light thrown on areas of your life that have been more hidden or hard to access. This illumination can show you the way forward. Planning brings good reward for the next few years. With Chiron in the realm of home and family it’s time to explore healing around that part of your life over the next few years.

Aquarius It is a testing time this month with unexpected flare-ups. It’s a good time to be mindful of your physical body and surroundings. Take good care of yourself and drive carefully! Regular exercise is very beneficial. With Chiron in the realm of communication it’s a good time over the next few years to clear up communications of all kinds including past misunderstandings.

Pisces This is a time to experience the generosity of others and how that helps you move forward. Friends are particularly important at this time. Care for the environment and ways of giving back to the earth are emphasized. Overall it’s a good month notwithstanding the ongoing dreaminess and lack of clarity about purpose that can be part of the process of transformation. If you’re unsure about something seek advice from those you trust. The energy of Chiron can be experienced as a healing through addressing your life purpose and individuality.

Theme Deep restructuring is an ongoing theme for the next few years (2017-2020) – especially for the duration of the time Saturn is in Capricorn. It’s a time to investigate whether or not the structures you live and work within are beneficial. If not review them and make the changes you seek through personal effort within the next 2 years.

Sun Sign

Aries There is a healing quality to your relationships this month. This includes a healing relationship with the self. Finding the healing principle is helped by finding your unique path forward. It will never look like anyone else’s so why try? You are an Aries after all – following and making your own path all at the same time.

Taurus Moooooo! Was that a cow or a bull? Neither, but rather an invitation to deal with life more lightly and gently. Good fortune does come to those who move steadily forward on the path, which is a great Taurean trait. With Uranus just embarking on its tour of Taurus it’s time to develop inner tools for dealing with unexpected change.

Gemini Keep enjoying the birthday sun-rays this month. Lots of good conversation and connecting still abounds, not that you’ll forget to laugh but don’t! The week of the 7th of June is particularly good. New life directions are opening up this month so follow the trail.

Cancer The Sun moves into your sign in the last week of June so it’s an opportunity to be revitalized after a low-energy past month. Mid-month is activity time in particular with communications improving and mind-expanding opportunities arising. You can unburden yourself more this month, an especially important task in dealing with the legacy of intractable situations.

Leo Destiny is with you particularly mid-way through June. Even though the path may be unfamiliar it is potentially the most rewarding. Relationships and communications are improved this month. The theme of generosity continues. Be the Cornucopia you wish to be! Eat your Carmen Miranda hat!

Virgo You have an opportunity this month to better determine your immediate direction in work and health. You will feel clearer even if you experience others as unclear. With your natural focus on fine details don’t forget to look up into the heavens now and then and be inspired by the bigger picture. Be observant about the right food and drink for you.

Libra This month other people tend to be pulling the strings. You can be forgiven for feeling like a Marionette puppet at times! That doesn’t mean the situation is all bad – but rather it’s an opportunity to let go more. Try and find the inner space that is resilient and flexible in you – to help you deal with apparently inflexible situations.

Scorpio With Jupiter half-way through Scorpio you’re at the mid-way point of experiencing moments of good fortune. Sometimes that can feel like you have too much going on with too much excess. Don’t forget to look after your body in the midst of all this. Philosophies of life that strengthen the human spirit can be inspiring at this time.

Sagittarius Keep the home-fires burning especially for the first half of this month in which sacred spaces in home can be nourishing and restorative. . In the second half of the month relationships with all sorts of people can bring inspiration and a different kind of nourishment in the outer world

Capricorn This month you will experience more illumination and insight around seemingly intractable situations. Ensuring there is a sacred space in the home (or wherever you call home) can assist you in feeling more grounded. Communication improves mid-month and there is more forward moment at the end of the month.

Aquarius This month (and to some extent last month) have bought challenges from the past. It’s always helpful to let go of the past no matter how difficult it is. Giving back and strengthening good friendships and improving ways of communicating are helpful in this process. Sometimes the path least well-travelled can be the most rewarding.

Pisces There are larger forces at work in your life, not necessarily apparent to the normal human gaze or experience. If you feel the force of re-structuring or change is unhelpful step back for a while and go-within more to see if an inner shift will assist you with outer unfolding.