A heads-up: Mercury will turn retrograde on June 29. Mercury Retrograde is an inauspicious time for contracts, negotiations, and buying vehicles or expensive electronic devices. So if you're planning to put your house on the market, make an offer on a home, or start a negotiation at work (as some examples), start planning around Mercury Retrograde dates: June 29–July 23.

In everyday matters — communication glitches, technology hiccups — we may start feeling Mercury Retrograde effects as early as June 21, when it enters its Storm (slowing down as it gets ready to turn retrograde).

💫 To Make the Most of This Week:

Here is what to prioritize — and sidestep — in the week ahead:

• Roll up your sleeves: Tuesday is ideal for work that requires discipline.
• Avoid important decisions and conversations on Wednesday. There is an increased chance of confusion and misunderstandings.
• Network like you're on fire during the Opportunity Period on Thursday — and then sit out Moon void-of-course. It's not the best time to launch anything new, but it's a good time for routine tasks or a well-earned breather (times below 👇🏼).
• Don't overschedule your Sunday. It's best for some unstructured time, journalling, meditation, yoga — anything that regulates your nervous system and allows you to recover from the busyness of life.

💫 Key Astro-Events:

Now let's take a look at the astro-events this week:

✨ June 1: Mercury Enters Cancer

Because it will be turning retrograde, Mercury will stay in Cancer for a looooong time — until August 9.

It's our celestial reminder that our experience is shaped by the stories we've internalized — especially when we've absorbed them through our early upbringing.

Well, guess what — we have the power to reframe our story!

"I'm such a failure. Everyone else is doing so much better" becomes "Everyone's path is different, and everyone blossoms in their own time. The experience I gained through these past setbacks sets me up for a bright future."

"Love means sacrifice" becomes "I'm not defined by my parents' relationship. I choose to view my relationship as a partnership of equals."

What is one narrative you'd like to reframe or rewrite?

✨ June 2: Sun Sextile Saturn; Moon in Capricorn

Best For:

• Working on something that requires discipline
• At work, setting up systems or workflows
• In personal or professional relationships, defining roles and expectations

Avoid:

• Anything you want to be fun and lighthearted (for example, your kid's birthday party or a social outing)
• Spontaneous or impulsive decisions — Saturn rewards deliberation, not impulse

✨ June 3: Mercury Square Neptune

Confusion and misunderstandings can easily set in today.

Avoid:

• Making major decisions
• Entering into delicate talks or negotiations
• Pitching new ideas at work — make sure you've had a chance to think them through.

Note that the Moon is void of course June 3, 8:04 p.m. to June 4, 6:46 a.m. PDT

✨ June 5: Short but Helpful Opportunity Period: 9:00 a.m. to 12:51 p.m. PDT

If you're new to Opportunity Periods, they are "electional astrology lite" — when the Moon makes positive aspects only before she enters a new sign. Opportunity Periods are the best timing through the week (and sometimes through the month) for specific pursuits.

Best For:

• Networking

Just as the Opportunity Period is over, the Moon slips into a lengthy void of course: June 5, 12:51 p.m. to June 6, 5:43 p.m. PDT. Don't initiate anything important.

✨ June 7–8: Waning Moon in Pisces

There is a lovely, ethereal quality to the Moon in Pisces.

Best For:

• Building in some unstructured time into your day
• Yoga, meditation, spiritual pursuits
• Journalling

🕰️ Moon Void of Course

And here is a quick summary of the void-of-course times this week. Avoid starting anything new you want to succeed during these periods:

• June 3, 8:04 p.m. to June 4, 6:46 a.m. PDT
• June 5, 12:51 p.m. to June 6, 5:43 p.m. PDT — it's a long one! Pay attention 😊

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"I'm going through a divorce," was the first thing he said. We spent the rest of the reading strategizing how he could best get through this difficult time — and why his divorce, as hard as it is to go through, might actually be a life upgrade.

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