You probably felt the heaviness in the air, a few days into the end of June while Mars was approaching a tense opposition to Saturn. Frustration is the energy that starts the month of July and we are learning how to heal while going through the storm. The month has a more personal vibe compared to June, so there might be a lot of activity towards the change we need to implement this year. Its not an easy month, it will feel confrontational so we need to be mindful and aware of our responses. It can be a very significant time for understanding and processing our heart desires, what we truly want and don't want. Chose to learn from what happens this month, and be very careful of overidentifying with your ego. A dramatic month, that can inspire a more heart-based living. 

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June will bring much introspection and inward focus due to all the retrogrades we are experiencing; as well as it will teach us to cultivate patience and self awareness. You might feel fatigued from too much screen time, so many choices you make this month will review the way you communicate and how you think about yourself and the world in general. Still in the course correcting eclipse season, we might be surprised by the turn of events in the #gemini sector of our chart. This is a review and correction month, for tasks and activities that started back in February and mid-May. Most significant aspect of the month is brought by Saturn square Uranus, or the same struggle between old and new, but this time with a retrograde flavor, so we look inward to see how we can create the change we so much long for in our lives. 

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May is an eventful month, with changes and increase in the rhythm of life. There is an anticipation of a major change and we are preparing for it through assessing our thoughts, values and life views. We will have the opportunity and energy to change situations with the power of our communication. Although the pace of the month is rapid and vibrant, the month ends with Mercury retrograde sending the message that we moved too fast, we got ahead of ourselves, maybe we even got lost so we need to slow down, pull back, review, rethink, correct our steps and actions.

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Although not as eventful as 2020, this new year is going to bring the changes we have been waiting for. A tense energy between old and new is at stake, with the orientation towards progressive, even weird change. Saturn and Jupiter move into Aquarius, helping to manifest and consolidate global equality, fairness and wide spread individualism. Uranus is being met by Mars in Taurus, where they bring innovative and shocking shifts in the world's economy, wealth distribution and self sustainable lifestyle. 

We may witness a redistribution of power, once again the voice of the many growing stronger than traditional authority. Plus many changes in our cosmology, our worldview - brought by rapid advancement in technology or by massive shifts in communication. 

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December is sprinkled with cosmic bubbles. If we would try to imagine a correspondence between types of wines and planets and signs, I would connect champagne and any sparkling intoxicating bubbles with Sagittarius and Jupiter.  Lunar and solar eclipses, the Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, a lot of ingresses into other signs, and finally saying bye bye to the realistic, serious Capricorn.  Spread wide your wings and stretch your mind, as this ride into December will challenge many of our beliefs and life views.  Underneath it all is the quest for meaning and making sense of all that happened. 

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October is going to feel intense and possibly out of control. With Mercury going retrograde through Scorpio information that has been hidden might be revealed. Uranus, the awakener will bring shock and disruption while Pluto and Saturn both direct will intensify the frustration of being contained, not being able to move forward. This might be the most significant and volatile month of the year, so stay grounded and witness what is happening around and within you. Release will come after November so whatever actions we take now, they are going to be revised.  Make sure you do not win a battle and lose the war. Stay anchored no matter how stormy the weather is around you. 

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September continues the roller coaster journey that started during the last week of August.  The intense energy we felt building up in the last weeks is going to be internalized as Mars moves retrograde.  The best way to deal with the frustration triggered by blockages and external limitations is to focus inward on the changes you need to implement. These changes should be obvious by now, after many months during which the Covid planets (Saturn, Jupiter and Pluto in Capricorn) have been retrograde.  September starts the last iteration of fixing what is broken within our structural reality.  Not an easy month but definitely the energy is available to create long-lasting, conscious and healthier structures in our lives. Start with your assertive habits, start with those sabotaging patterns that prevent you be the best version of yourself. 

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The theme for August 2020 is Escalation. With Mars in driven, assertive Aries we might feel to start adventurous experiences, but meet blockages later in the month. It can either prove to be a month of testing endurance while fighting for the underdog; or a period of repression and limitations when confronted with an authority whose power over us can't be bypassed. Whatever the situation, this month is giving clues into the rest of the year and what we begin now will go through a lot of upheaval until January 2021.

Leo season can be dramatic so choose to sing, dance and self-express creatively instead of expanding your ego and pride. This month is another stepping stone in a larger context of change. And a continuation of things that emerged back in March/April. Be assertive and if you have too much energy, sweat it out. We are half way into creating a new reality, so we need all the awareness and strength we can cultivate. 

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Join me and Sharon Feanny, a wonderful yoga teacher, author and wellness coach in a conversation about the astrological influences of 2020 and what the rest of the year will look like for every astrological sign.  You can watch the video recording on Sharon's instagram profile - @sharonfeanny. I would love to receive your feedback and questions. 

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June is significant for the entire 2020 as it brings changes that will impact the rest of the year and the enforcement of what has already been set in motion in January/March. For a few days this month almost all planets will go retrograde (Mars is the only one staying direct), so we may get frustrated by the slow pace of external life. The lunar eclipse in Sagittarius will confront us with our beliefs and quest for meaning, while the Cancer Solar Eclipse on the Solstice will highlight the necessity of feeling emotionally safe.  The spirits are high, Mars is moving towards its favorite energy (aries) while meeting the giants in the sky, so there is potential for drive and motivation, but also disagreements and frustration. Neptune clouds our reality and Mercury retrograde increases our sensitivity.  

Stay grounded, practice radical acceptance of what can not be changed and be compassionate with yourself and the ones around you. 

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