Love Notes

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

My love is selfish; I cannot breathe without you.

John Keats

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Aries

• Illusions surrounding someone or something passing; projections on to those who have passed—not clearly seeing someone for who they were or their intentions
• A need to take a closer look—lack of clarity concerning matters of the dead—funeral arrangements, estate planning, inheritance, cause of death, etc.
• Refusal to see the truth—illusions concerning one’s own mortality; existential questions
• Inheriting looks or traits; when you look in the mirror you see your ancestors looking back at you
• “Looking like death” (literally, figuratively)
• Examining the “death” of (possibly a relationship or stagnant conditions) and behavior reflected back; superficial relationships concerned predominantly with looks may go dead
• Mourning the way things once looked may prompt excessive effort to appear happy, financially stable, attractive, successful, etc. (either as a couple or in order to attract a partner
• A need to take a closer look at spirit messengers—some aspect of self, relationship, or partner is illusory or may not be exactly as it appears on the surface
• Looks, brand, persona, or image needs a rebirth

Taurus

• Time to act—diving right in to commitment; taking the plunge
• Action required—marriage, commitments or obligations require attention; putting time into commitments
• Time is a factor where commitment is concerned—a sense of urgency (or not)
• Timing, scheduling, planning related to wedding, marriage, commitments
• Starting something—the wedding, formalization of partnership, marriage, etc.
• A need to take the initiative in commitment
• Good timing of a partnership or commitment

Gemini

• Need for self appreciation, love to shift away from money-based worth
• Finances are affecting the relationship—striving for recognition and success—career and work may take priority over relationship; workaholic
• Riding high—confidence bolstered by economic conditions; confidence based on money
• Recognition of value; paid because of recognition factor; confident that you’ll be paid
• Success in finances—you or partner may be wealthy or involved in finance industry—real estate, tech, investments, wealth management, etc.
• Confidence in shared financial goals; success through family business
• Work affair with superior, colleague, coworker or client; relationship that begins in work setting
• Confident—“you can take that to the bank”; sure that you can bank on it

Cancer

• Wearing a mask until healed
• Self nourishment rather than relying on someone acting in pretense to have your best interest at heart
• Putting on a false face in relationship (may still need to heal); pretending to be healed or deceiving yourself about being well; lying to your therapist
• A healer that can see through the falseness of situations
• Time out—may be linked to secret agenda or ulterior motives (yours/others)
• Inner/outer healing from negative situations—false friend, gossip, liar, opportunist, player, imposter, con
• Deception that indicates a need for self love

Leo

• Trying to manifest plans that may involve travel or moving
• Problems in manifesting due to heavy baggage—past conditioning, childhood patterns, ego, or experiences of past relationships
• Stuck in leaded consciousness—inability to get past chronic negative behaviors that may damage or prevent relationship (you/others); not letting go of old wounds and resentments
• Escapism—a focus on releasing old baggage OR avoidance of responsibilities (you/others)
• Focusing will (positive/negatively—unresolved issues affect the way you engage with others
• Choices that may require you to look at partnering motivated by shared disappointment rather than common goals or interests
• Harnessing personal power to overcome heavy load; alchemy—turning lead into gold

Virgo

• Magnetically drawn to situations that carry a risk of hitting the rocks—continuous warfare, score-keeping, tit-for-tat behavior, power plays
• Siren song—trading favors (sex, money, power); having to pay a high price for relationship; pay to play situations
• Desire for something that may require outbidding the competition or doing comparison shopping
• Bringing ideas to life—may be tickets connected to some form of entertainment—concert, sports, etc.
• Red flags linked to paperwork, documents, rating, score, receipts, ledgers, statements, etc.
• Illusions, need to take steps—may be related to documents or problematic individuals
• A need to address, pride, rigid or narrow thinking, resentments, self-righteousness; continuous pull toward people or situations that include drama, rash behavior, thoughtlessness, or inconsistencies in speech and behavior
• Attracting what you desire might involve extreme competition
• Determining whether something (or someone) is overrated; negative comparisons or tendency to “rate” (may include objectifying others)
• Influencing others relies on “coming with receipts” or accurate documentation

Libra

• No luck in gaining freedom from a situation—a need to let go an move on
• The sense that one can do anything results in misjudgment of luck
• Breaking out of the routine doesn’t produce results—wishes don’t turn out to be what was expected
• Exhilaration at blessing in disguise linked to opportunity that didn’t pan out OR ”riding high in May, shot down in June”
• A shift in luck and circumstance (positive/negative) that may arrive at the next quarter moon

Scorpio

• Memories centering on taboo issues related to family; sexual innuendos
• Difficulty moving on from a situation—might have been a temptation, hidden affair, or secret, clandestine relationship
• Reveling in the past—aware (maybe painfully so) that seduction is vital to maintaining passion in relationship
• Past influence still has effect despite finding a new person seductively intriguing
• Nostalgia for an attraction to someone that kept you in the dark or that you kept hidden
• Memories of heavy flirtation; playing the role of seducer or seduced

Sagittarius

• “Trust in the ride”—literally, figuratively
• Transportation concerns; insurance, coverage, or protection of vehicle—“you’re in good hands with…”
• Standing in emotions with awareness that relationship is a mutual fun ride that may or may not develop into anything deeper
• Recognizing vulnerability that may be linked to thrill seeking or friends with benefits arrangements; trust issues in non-serious relationships
• Belief in self stimulated by relationship that offers excitement and pleasure in companionship
• Support from others motivates the prospect of amusement, entertainment, or having fun

Capricorn

• Need for healthy balance is linked to the inability to read emotions (you/others)
• Balance is the secret to work life/harmony
• Wearing a mask to maintain inner/outer alignment; element of relationship may be clandestine, secretive or hidden; someone is keeping secrets
• Successfully juggling a situation where being discreet is important due to circumstance

Aquarius

• Timing and the need for rest and withdrawal; seeking sanctuary through time with the Divine
• Inner listening concerning the time to act
• Re-energizing after solitude
• Mulling things over—a need to trust that all things happen at the time meant to occur
• Divine timing—the Universe is working to unfold a situation in a time frame deemed best and appropriate for peak experience
• Perfect timing—changes that may take place at the next quarter moon

Pisces

• Rigid self control—need for community and to get out of your shell
• Budding romance—may be that one partner takes on most of responsibility in or for the relationship
• The rules of decorum in socializing or romance highlights control issues, authoritarian tendencies, domineering behavior
• Those who wish to socialize may be excessively demanding; socializing with the well-to-do
• Control over the invitations—VIP guests only; limited seating or availability at social affairs; official invitation; invitation from the top
• Domineering or aggressive behavior—may be to get invited; someone may be seeking the royal treatment; sense of entitlement
• Opportunity to take control or that comes through authority figure
• New friend with power and influence
• Invitation as a result of position or authority of knowledge; social function that highlights crowning achievement

Image: A Greek Ode, Alfred Elmore

Decks: Romantic Love Oracle, Love is a Garden Affirmation Deck, A Word of Advice, The Alchemist Astrologer

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