Love Notes

Aug 22-29, 2025

Be sure to look at your Sun, Moon, and Rising signs for an expanded perspective. You can click any card to enlarge the view.


Aries

  • Need for change—transformation through self love; a need to put self first
  • Obsession with perfectionism in self; a need for self dialogue and rediscovery of your own inner beauty (and acceptance of flaws)
  • “Cinderella’s time at the ball is up”—may need to love and appreciate self more before you can begin a rewarding relationship with another person
  • Healing or transformative situation with a pressing time factor
  • Self-reflection may include embracing a new self identity
  • Opportunity for change—may be related to appearance
  • Rags to riches story tied to following a dream

Taurus

  • A need to seek peace and harmony—may be related to the fact that this is not a serious relationship; friends with benefits arrangement. thrill-seeking
  • Giving/receiving a ride—may be with friends
  • Decision made concerning a vehicle, travel, or form of entertainment
  • End of a struggle in matters that link to amusement, entertainment, fun
  • Harmony with others—relationship is a fun ride but may or may not develop into someone deeper
  • Relationship offers excitement and pleasure through companionship
  • After ups and downs, things falling into place

Gemini

  • Not sure if a dream is real; lucid dreaming, astral travel
  • Illusions due to matters that are unsettled, in flux, or subject to change
  • Being unrealistic—refusal to see the truth; projections
  • Changing conditions—some aspects of self, your relationship, or partner is illusory or may not be exactly as it appears on the surface; behavior reflected back
  • Superficial relationship concerned predominantly with looks or the external
  • Aspirations that may link to excessive preoccupation with appearances—to “appear” happy, financially stable, attractive, successful, youthful, knowledgeable, capable, etc.
  • Dreams that may be tied to or depend on image, presentation, persona, brand, etc.; dream guidance that may involve how to present oneself
  • Changes that may take place by the next new or full moon

Cancer

  • Control issues where love is concerned; loves to be in control—may be out of a sense of entitlement
  • Self love in situation where one partner takes most of responsibility in or for the relationship
  • Taking control “out of love”
  • An authority on matters of love; in love with an authority figure; the power of love
  • Domineering or aggressive behavior has an impact on love; control over giving/receiving love; issues related to generosity (or lack of)
  • Excessively demanding out of the need for love (you/others); a need to bring love into your life; someone seeking the royal treatment

Leo

  • Aimlessness, need for orientation to find the solution
  • Motivation or drive to find a solution; a focus on finding the answer
  • The solution lies with either moving forward or moving on
  • Unlocking a secret, mystery or enigma that may have stifled progress
  • An opportunity or someone’s heart that was formerly closed may suddenly open for you
  • Discovery a clue that enables you to create and/or follow a plan
  • A solution to a difficulty or challenge is imminent

Virgo

  • Fantasizing, inaction when it comes to future plans
  • Thinking about getting on the road; looking ahead—a need to focus when driving; playfulness related to travel plans
  • Imagining the future or planning a future together
  • Laser focus on long range plan; single-minded, one track focus on the future or relationship; relationship is in the distant future
  • Looking ahead—all is possible
  • Letting creativity loose—long stretches of imaginative or creative play; travel for creative purposes—workshops, retreats, artist-in-residence, etc.

Libra

  • A need to be frugal—may be due to rejecting an opportunity
  • Turning down an offer—disinterest, lack of attraction; relationship likely to remain platonic
  • Taking a risk brings the strong possibility of getting hurt; wrong love choice; incompatibility
  • For whatever reason, love or interest in this relationship has withered away
  • Unrequited love; banking on possibilities—one person in the relationship is investing more time and energy without a return
  • Rejecting something proves lucky; luck after a rejection

Scorpio

  • Confidence in the law (valid or not)
  • Gaining recognition in the legal profession or in career related to design
  • Choices that may link to color, harmony, balance, line, form, or other elements of design
  • Issues surrounding balance or fairness—need for self appreciation, love
  • Riding high—dual opportunities; success in negotiations; working on agreements for equitable resolution
  • Confidence in the ability to make important decisions; weighing options
  • Recognition of the need for balancing professional and personal life; determining what’s fair regarding domestic responsibilities, parents, finances or assets
  • Confidence influenced by situation related to choosing between two partners (you/other)
  • Adjustments that may link to contracts or the need to restore order, harmony or peace

Sagittarius

  • Starting a journey—taking off to find solitude; retreat
  • Running away from somewhere that may be too quiet; leaving rehabilitation early
  • Running away (together) because of the need to be alone as a couple
  • In your own private world—a focus on new horizons
  • Freedom that comes with peace and quiet

Capricorn

  • Memories related to someone very bold or forthright
  • Putting it out there—sentimentality because of memories; memories of pleasant shared experiences influence relationship
  • A need to tread lightly—memories may not accurately reflect events
  • Taking a risk motivated by nostalgia for the past; old loves may reappear
  • Happiness, laughter, enjoyment—creating memories together

Aquarius

  • Need for spiritual guidance—rejecting the wisdom of others or failing to listen to intuition
  • Seeking inner peace—may be related to one person investing more time and energy without a return; for whatever reason love or interest in relationship has withered away
  • Knowledge/truth concerning disinterest, lack of attraction
  • Awareness surrounding incompatibility; relationship likely to remain platonic; wrong love choice (you/others)
  • Opening to higher self as a result of experiencing rejection

Pisces

  • Being unrealistic about what lies ahead or how far there is to go
  • Matters that are undergoing change; fluctuating circumstances and emotions; shifting domestic conditions
  • Dreams/visions foretell the future; prophetic dream guidance; lucid dreaming, astral travel
  • Dreaming of the future; long range plans still in flux
  • Dream guidance to help you fulfill desires
  • Dream destination—road trip, travel
  • Aspirations related to planning a future together as a couple
  • Important phase that affects the future (changes underway by next full or new moon)

Decks: Romantic Love Oracle, Love is a Garden Affirmation Deck, A Word of Advice, The Alchemist Astrologer; The Good Tarot, Collette Baron-Reid; Mystical Healing, Inna Segal

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