June, the first month of that sweet, but all too short season, Summer, marks the halfway point in the year. Three important things to remember about this month; 1- Play and relax more, (it is Summer, after all!), 2- On June 7^th, our old friend, Mercury, the god of communication, will once again go retrograde for three weeks. Since Mercury rules communication, transportation and contracts, when it’s retrograde, all manner of mistakes and misunderstandings can occur.  If you can, hold off on buying (or leasing) any big ticket items.  It’s also a good idea to triple check any and all plans you make.  This is an excellent time for introspection and research, as those things that are usually hidden from view, show themselves more easily during a Mercury Retrograde period.  Wait until Mercury goes direct before making any big decisions and 3- the Summer Solstice on June 21^st, marks the beginning of a very fruitful time. Make wishes and attend to them like precious seeds in an orchard. The resulting bountiful harvest in the Fall will validate the time and energy you put into bringing your heart’s desire to fruition.

Your message this month comes in the form of a quote or affirmation.  Write or print it out, put it on your bathroom mirror, refrigerator and/or the dashboard of your car.  Be conscious of and contemplate its message and meaning to you as you enter into this very prolific season.

 FOR ALL OF US: 

 “I pick up favorite quotations, and store them
in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive,
amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.” Robert Burns
  

THE EMPEROR (March 21 – April 20)  “To help the young soul (or wish, inspiration or desire), add energy, inspire hope and blow the coals into a useful flame . . . that is the work of divine men.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

THE EMPRESS (April 21 – May 20)  “To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.” Alan Watts

THE LOVERS (May 21 – June 20)   “Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.” Eric Berne

THE CHARIOT (June 21 – July 20)  “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts

THE SUN (July 21 – August 22)  “Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help.” May Sarton

THE HERMIT (August 23 – September 22)  “If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.”  William Lyon Phelps

JUSTICE (September 23 – October 22)  “Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.” Cicero

THE MAGICIAN (October 23 – November 21) “The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.” John Foster Dulles

WHEEL OF FORTUNE (November 22 – December 21) “Everything can be taken from a man but… the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.” Viktor Frankl           

THE WORLD (December 22 – January 19)  “The only question in life is whether or not you are going to answer a hearty ‘Yes!’ to your adventure.” Joseph Campbell

THE STAR (January 20 – February 19   “This is the real secret of life– to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” Alan Watts

THE MOON (February 20 – March 20)  “It is never too late– in fiction or in life– to revise.” Nancy Thayer