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.

“I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you. No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.”

—A.S. Byatt, Possession

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Aries

• Feeling renewed because of romance or concerning romantic prospects
• A rebirth in romantic conditions or circumstance
• Renewed interest in romantic partner or in dating
• Making positive personal changes because of relationship
• A need to open to love may link to the revitalization of a relationship
• Exhilaration—relationship may reawaken desires and feelings you thought were dead; honeymoon phase—feeling butterflies in the presence of someone
• Relationship undergoing positive transformation—a new relationship or moving current one to the next level
• Relationship may start again in new form (previously romantic or becoming romantic)
• Second chances
• Coming out of isolation; re-entering the dating scene; social butterfly
• Changing your appearance (may be as a result of interest in romance)

Taurus

• Secret or hidden element to friendship
• Something you’re hiding from a friend or linked to a new acquaintance
• Secrets between friends
• Something you’re not seeing—may be the intentions of a friend
• A need for something to come to light—taking things slowly by growing a friendship before getting romantically involved
• Stirring up the past—may need to be more of a friend during this time
• Friendship has the potential to turn into a romance (may be keeping matters private or not revealing feelings)
• May meet a partner (social, business, romantic) through a friend (may require discretion)

Gemini

• The cost of sharing your thoughts; the price of saying what you feel; having to pay a high price for relationship (financially or emotionally); power plays; trading favors—sex, money, power, influence
• Constructive criticism OR inconsistencies in speech and behavior (may be positive improvement)
• Discussions that center on receipts, payments, bills, paperwork, etc.; concern for correction of red flags
• A need to release self-repression—may link to resentments, self-righteousness, or the unwillingness to share ideas or compromise (you/others); rigidity in thought; negative comparisons; fear of change
• Costly form of self-expression; price of tools, materials for creative outlet; doing what you love
• Tickets to hear speakers or performers
• Expressing joy—may be at unexpected low price, beating out the competition, outbidding competitors, great price through comparison shopping; credit, bonus points, boost in score, etc.
• Vitality and the influence of extreme competition
• Positive expression to get past score-keeping or mental record of perceived wrongs
• Leaving a positive review

Cancer

• Perspective about or from family and/or close connections
• Past influences or familial conditioning reflects a need for change in perspective about relationship
• Memories that influence perspective
• Difficulty moving on—although some truth is becoming glaringly obvious as time goes on
• Nostalgia motivates preference for seeing only the more positive aspects of person or situation; looking through a rosy lens (probably by choice)
• A need to see clearly—either by relying on emotional instincts OR viewing matters more logically

Leo

• Comfort level with sexual innuendos because of familiarity
• Reveling in the past—memories related to a hidden affair
• Intrigued by someone who feels very familiar
• Difficulty moving on—may be linked to a temptation, secret or clandestine involvement
• Nostalgia for close connection—awareness that seduction is vital in maintaining passion in relationship
• Memories influence attraction OR you want to break from past influences because you find a new person seductively intriguing
• Playing the role of seducer or seduced; heavy flirtation (may be familiar surroundings)

Virgo

• Discernment about what doesn’t align with intuition
• Seeing a deeper truth through the use of intuition; reviewing pearls of wisdom
• Awareness that “something else” is going on—intuition reveals a message about or through an encounter; wearing a game face (you/others)
• A need to look under the surface for the truth—trust your instincts about whether this relationship feels right or should move forward
• Hiding true self—instinctively led to do so OR going against instincts to do so

Libra

• The inference is that a message is falling on deaf ears or turning into a dead end situation
• Need for contemplation and inner listening instead of going round and round about the same issues without resolution; repetitive behavior
• Self awareness due to confusion about where relationship is headed; this relationship is going nowhere; false start
• Connection to spirit guides when there’s no apparent solution
• A faint flicker still burns in relationship that progressed only to suddenly end at a closed door
• Revelations from hidden sources about why progress was blocked; a light comes on about a no-win situation

Scorpio

• Seeking sanctuary from a situation or relationship hindered by arrogance, selfishness or ego
• Need for rest and withdrawal—to address own ego OR because of the impact of others
• In solitude because pride prevents one from taking action
• Inner listening surrounding self-righteousness or a refusal to compromise
• Mulling things over in matters where someone is behaving with a big head and a small heart
• Re-energizing with the understanding that a relationship needs mending
• Re-energizing as a result of an ego boost
• Changes that affect ego (positively, negatively) that may occur at the next quarter moon

Sagittarius

• Falsity in matters of romance—presenting a false face in the relationship (you/other)
• Honeymoon phase…but—someone very different from the attractive presentation
• Exhilaration concerning romantic prospect (may be masking emotions)
• Misconceptions about love may link to gossip, liars, false friends, an opportunist, player, impostor or con
• Deception surrounding romance—person acting with pretense to have your best interest at heart; feigned happiness for you related to romance
• A need to open to love rather than wear a mask
• Secret agenda or ulterior motive linked to new relationship or moving current relationship to the next level

Capricorn

• Behavior reflected back when motivated by emotional conviction
• Mirror, mirror on the wall…
• Projections (onto others or received) that have an influence on trust; refusal to see the truth (you/others)
• Superficial relationship concerned predominantly with looks
• A need to take a closer look; trust that what you see is what you get
• Trusting yourself over illusions; (under no) illusions about receiving support from others or feeling protected
• Standing in emotions—a good hard look in the mirror
• Belief in self—okay with what you see when you look back at yourself in the mirror
• Recognizing vulnerability and the overcompensation through excessive preoccupation with appearances—to “appear” happy, financially stable, successful, capable, attractive, youthful, intelligent, etc.
• Understanding the importance of image, brand, personal, presence, projection, etc.
• Some aspect of self, relationship, or partner is illusory or many not be exactly as it appears on the surface

Aquarius

• A need for contemplation, inner listening concerning a need for change in perspective about relationship
• Self awareness because of some truth becoming glaringly obvious as time goes on
• Perspective shaped by what is inferred, implied or unspoken
• Still holding a candle—preference for seeing only the more positive aspects of another person or situation
• Coming out of the dark prompted by spirit messages
• New perspective linked to revelations from hidden sources

Pisces

• A need to encourage a positive mindset in the face of potential grief or disappointment
• Healing emotional wounding; concern for physical healing
• Revitalization after unhappiness related to a loss, disappointment or rejection
• Positive renewal to overcome sadness caused by betrayal, separation or death
• Positive transformation brings a new beginning after period of grief

Image: Lost Love, Carl Schweninger, Jr.

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

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