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June 5 through June 11, 2023

The week starts out on a high note with the keen Gemini Sun combining with a diligent Capricorn Moon on Monday and Tuesday, providing endless productivity and creative networking! Add in the fact that Venus will move into Leo on Monday and cast a dramatic flair to our movements and we've got the perfect combination to make great things happen! Social activities will call to us on Wednesday and Thursday under a friendly and inspired Aquarius Moon. As the week comes to an end we can embrace the free-flowing energy of a Pisces Moon, stepping back to admire all we've accomplished or simply going within to reconnect with our spiritual sides. Don't get too comfy though, as the Moon will move into Aries, and Mercury will enter Gemini on Sunday, encouraging our adventurous sides to try something new, expand our circle of friends, and flex our communication skills for the next three weeks.

Have Your Ever Fallen for a Knight? The Tarot’s Four Knights in Love, by Elliot Adam

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

The colorful personalities of the tarot court can offer us amazing insight into the different types of people we might encounter in the realm of dating. Many of us are initially hoping to secure a relationship with someone who is serious, stable, and ready to settle down in a relationship. However, the desire for stability is more in alignment with the tarot's king and queen personalities. Although kings and queens can offer lasting security, they may not initially inspire the same fireworks as the dashing knights of the tarot court. On the quest for true love, you'll inevitably find yourself interacting with individuals who exhibit the personality traits of the tarot's four knights.

Many tarot decks will depict knights riding a horse. Knights are always in motion, ever coming and going. In a love reading, knights are passionate, vigorous, and electrifying individuals. They lack the stable nature of kings or queens… and yet, that's what makes them so attractive and exciting. However, the youthful vigor that makes knights so captivating is also what makes them resistant to being tied down. Their behavior is notoriously erratic and inconsistent. Knights usually appear very confident in themselves, even when they don't have life completely figured out yet. They are still on a quest of personal development and rarely make their relationship partner the primary focus of their life. At their best, knights are sexy, passionate, exciting, confident, vigorous, and chivalrous. At their worst, they can be inconsistent, noncommittal, or even unfaithful. Although many traditional tarot books seem to describe knights as strapping young men in their twenties and thirties, the tarot court does not necessarily adhere to traditional assumptions of age or gender. The court cards in the tarot often more accurately describe the personality traits and maturity level of the person in question. This is true for any gender identity or age group. I've spoken to many frustrated clients dealing with a partner who is chasing after a knight well into their 60s! Here is a sampling of the tarot's four knights from Tarot in Love: Consulting the Cards in Matters of the Heart. Try and identify if you've ever dated one of these unpredictable knaves.

Knight of Swords: The Knight of Swords is continually in fast pursuit of their desire. Whether chasing a love interest, a job, a deadline, or a personal goal, they give 110% to achieve their objective. In love pursuits, the Knight of Swords will initially pour all their interest and energy on the object of his affection. However, their attention can be easily diverted toward the next conquest that captures their imagination. It can come as a sudden shock when their abruptly switch gears toward a different pursuit. For the Knight of Swords, it's all or nothing. They are fiercely competitive, holding visions of glory for themselves. The Knight of Swords wants to win, conquer, and vanquish anything standing in the way of their goal. Their confidence give them great sex appeal; however, they can lack the empathy to consider how this ruthlessness might hurt others. At best, the Knight of Swords is dashing, intense, exciting, and attractive. At worst, they are self-serving, ruthless, and possesses an eerie ability to detach from compartmentalized emotions.

Knight of Cups: The Knight of Cups is the archetypal "Knight in Shining Armor." Because of their beauty, they have been blessed with many unearned advantages in life. Their dashing, romantic confidence can make you swoon, as past lovers fade into distant memory. The Knight of Cups fearlessly declares their heart with unmatched charm. It's easy to abandon all common sense when they set their angel eyes on you. Although the chemical attraction to the Knight of Cups is irresistible, they don't always translate into a substantive partner. The thrilling pleasure of their presence is also laced with the danger of possibly losing them. The Knight of Cups will quickly gallop off if they sense desperation from a lover, preferring to idealize a romance that is just out of reach. This knight secretly desires that rare person who is out of their league. At best, the Knight of Cups is expressive, romantic, confident, charming, and devastatingly sexy. At worst, they can be unfaithful, changeable, conceited, and emotionally unavailable.

Knight of Pentacles: The Knight of Pentacles can captivate you with their potential. They exude an aura of self-confidence and all the external trappings of success. The problem is, the Knight of Pentacles hasn't quite reached their full potential yet. In a love reading, the Knight of Pentacles can represent a person who attracts you with their possibilities. However, the Knight of Pentacles is usually slow to grow. The Knight of Pentacles will often step on the brakes before making a big commitment. They also harbor a secret frustration for not quite attaining the success to which they aspire. The appearance of the Knight of Pentacles will often advise you to keep your expectations in check. Beware of projecting your wants and desires on a person who is currently unable to deliver the total package. At best the Knight of Pentacles is attractive, charming, exudes confidence, and has great plans and aspirations for the future. At worst, they can be stagnant, slow to grow, and will constantly keep you waiting.

Knight of Wands: The Knight of Wands seizes each day with a spirit of adventure and vitality. They might leave you breathless after your first passionate encounter. The Knight of Wands loves physical activity, movement, and change. They will likely be athletic, enjoying sports or working out. It goes without saying that they also love sex. Their self-confident presence oozes energetic virility. The challenge the Knight of Wands presents is also what makes them so desirably attractive, this roaming spirit of adventure. The Knight of Wands will maintain their freedom for as long as they humanly can. This is not to say that the Knight of Wands can't fall in love or make a commitment one day. However, they must be at a life stage when their "wild oats" have been satisfactorily sown. Waiting for this Knight can take a very long time… At best, the Knight of Wands is thrilling, sexy, confident, honest, free-spirited, travel-loving, and open-minded. At worst, they are rebellious, non-committal, evasive, impulsive, and unfaithful.

Falling for a knight can be passionately exhilarating. However, finding lasting happiness with one can only happen when you accept the stage they are at in life. Knights cannot be "waited out," guilted into submission, or pressured into doing your will. In fact, these behaviors will only seem to drive them further away. If you enter a relationship with a knight hoping to "make them" into a more consistent king or queen, you are likely to be disappointed. You must believe and accept what the other person is showing you, not the elusive potential that they promise to live up to in the future. However, if you find yourself exploring a liberating "knight phase" in your own life, a relationship with another knight could open your world to previously unknown levels of passion, excitement, and adventure.

For more in-depth card meanings for any relationship reading, check out Tarot in Love: Consulting the Cards in Matters of the Heart.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023. All rights reserved.

I feel like I'm having a bit of an identity crisis. Let me explain. I was born 9/7/1969 in Denver, Colorado, at 7:32 p.m. When I was born, my mother had my horoscope charted, and I was raised to believe that I was a Virgo with Aries rising and a Cancer Moon. This was helpful growing up, because if I felt meek, I could simply tell myself that I had an Aries rising and force myself to be assertive. This belief led me to grow up with a certain amount of inner strength.

Well, 34 years later, I received another horoscope that states that I am a Virgo with Pisces rising and a Leo Moon. This seems like a rather odd combination, almost as though there are two extremes existing in one person. To tell the truth, I cannot seem to have good relationships with any Pisces. I wonder if on some level, I am disowning parts of myself and projecting this dislike onto others born under that sign. If this is truly my horoscope, it would seem that I need to learn more about my passionate, intuitive side.

So which horoscope is correct? And if I am a Virgo with Pisces rising, how should I come to understand more about that influence in my life? Do you have any advice on overcoming this identity crisis?

I know that any information you offer will be helpful. Thank you very much.

Sheila

Dreamchaser:

Sheila, I ran your chart and you are a Virgo with a Pisces rising and a Leo Moon. (If you would like to double-check, you can use the free chart program at www.astro.com). I am so sorry that you are going through this identity crisis. Let's address it.

The reason you cannot get along with Pisces people is because you are judging them through a Virgo's eyes. (Please remember that I am a recovering Virgo, so I know what I'm talking about!) We Virgos expect everyone and everything to be somewhat logical and orderly, and Pisces folks are SO not those things. The two signs are exactly opposite on the astrological chart, so it is naturally hard for us to understand each other. I will say, however, that having a Pisces rising makes you much more intuitive and gentle by nature than you would be if you did indeed have Aries rising. That is one thing you can and should use to your advantage. Please try to embrace your Pisces traits.

One thing about astrology that grates my nerves from time to time is how much stock some people put into what they or someone else is "supposed" to be due to the Sun, Moon or Rising sign. If I accepted my planets as they were, I would be the biggest anal retentive, perfectionist, worrisome human being on the planet. I decided a long time ago that I did not like some of the "traits" of Virgo, and I decided to change them in myself. We have choices in life. We can choose to allow things around us to tell us what/who we are supposed to be, or we can work on being who we want to become.

For example, I have a thing for Leo men. According to many astrologers, Virgo women and Leo men are NOT supposed to get along, but I feel most comfortable with them of all the signs. We are what we think we are. You said yourself that you would convince yourself to be more assertive. It does not matter where that "power" came from; what matters is that it did indeed come when you needed it. We are NOT limited by our astrological influences.

Another thing I would like to mention is that you are ruled more by your Moon, which is in Leo, than you are by your ascendant, which is in Pisces. That outgoing, forceful, strong character that you could pull up came from your Leo Moon, not your rising sign. What you thought you had in you all along because of your reported "Aries rising" really WAS there because of your actual Leo Moon. It was just waiting to be tapped.

I wish you painless integration of this "new" information!

*****

Astrea:

Hello, Virgo with Pisces rising and Leo Moon! I'm sorry to say that the astrology you grew up with is indeed incorrect, but stop with the crisis, already; you've always been you, and you will always be you!

It amazes me how people will categorize themselves according to astrology, and yet I do it all the time myself. It's a TOOL, for Heaven's Sake! Having Pisces rising would explain why you don't like or get along with Pisces people, but having Pisces in that prominent place in your chart would make you every bit as strong as you'd be if Aries was there. It might make you more tactful and a little nicer, too! Perhaps Pisces people mirror things that you perceive as your own weaknesses. Learn from them. They are brilliant and focused individuals (like YOU ARE)!

Having that weepy and emotional Cancer Moon replaced by the Leo Moon should certainly eliminate any confidence issues. This chart reflects all the personal strength you've learned to muster. This is actually the chart of a more POWERFUL person than you would be with the one that your mom had done for you. Leo Moon people get their way most of the time, and are usually RIGHT, too. They have an extraordinary sense of what is GOOD, and they know how to apply that knowing in a sunny and pleasant way.

When your chart was drawn up at your birth, the astrologer probably forgot about Daylight Savings Time, or got the zone you were born in off from the latitude or longitude, or simply made a one-hour math error when she was trying to figure out Sidereal time. (Do we still call GMT that?) In 1969 we had to do the math ourselves, remember. If I fall back an hour, I get the chart you received at birth, more or less. Pisces and Aries are next door in the Zodiac, as are Leo and Cancer, so that's what I think happened with the incorrect chart. Thank goodness we have computers now! I used to go nuts doing all that math!

Fret not. As I look over your full chart, I see all sorts of new and exciting things that you can do now that you're a "new person." 2004 will be a year of new beginnings, so you can take this new astrology into your life and have a big time with your Leo Moon. I see you foiling the dastardly and making everyone behave. You can use the Pisces rising to be a do-gooder, if you like, or to take on some kind of course where you can concentrate on healing yourself and others.

This isn't the end of you as you know you - it's just an EXPANSION of the person you have been!

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.