HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 19): You don’t need anyone to tell you what to do and what not to do — you’ve a good instinct on your own. But when that special coach walks into your life this year, you’ll be in a place to accept the guidance and soar with it. Next month shows a real estate investment. September brings a zesty feeling of new love. Aries and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 29, 22, 43 and 17. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Who has the biggest piece of pie? Children (and the childish) know the answer, especially the siblings of the biggest piece eater. Adults (and the adult-ish) make it a point not to notice. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): While lives are filled with joy, heartbreak and comedy, today seems merely filled with different degrees of air and weather. The uneventfulness of the morning will be the perfect offset to a very eventful evening. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): No one is in perfect social form all of the time, but if someone could fill those shoes, it would be you. In your gracious position, you’ll throw some class and compassion in the direction of one who is a little rough and in need. CANCER (June 22-July 22): The children make it worth it. That’s the message that comes with your sign, which rules parentage, domesticity, stability and habits that make us feel at home. You’ll witness the wisdom of children today and feel the profundity of that. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Bad people do good things and good people do bad things, and you never quite know who you’re dealing with until you know the full scope of things. It’s why you want to get the whole story today. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you’re wondering whether you won or lost, the answer is both. With that brilliant imagination of yours, you can spin it in any direction. What is your sincere desire? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Yours is the best idea of the group, though unless the group also feels a part of its germination, they won’t adopt it. In short, make it seem like their idea. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You have been known to confess your small foibles and it’s a far better idea than trying to hide them. Beware
though of the person who confesses small flaws just so people will believe that he or she hasn’t any big ones. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Empty what’s full — the trash, the inbox, the overstuffed bag, a stressed mind — take it out, and let it go. Make room for something better and something better will come. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you’re going to be a performer (and everyone is to some extent) expect a few flops. They are part of the deal. There is learning in both the flops and the hit runs. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are you able to do what you want, relax and be who you want to be for long stretches of time? This is what’s going to keep you balanced. Make room for you being you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your natural talents are with you now, have always been with you and will always be with you for as long as you are. The day’s agenda is easy enough: find them, tap them and be happy. FORECAST FOR THE WEEK
AHEAD: The sun gods have been worshiped throughout human history in almost every part of the world. Egyptian Isis has a solar disc in her crown. Nyambi, an African sky god, lives inside of the sun. Ra rides the sun around in a boat, while a Nordic god pulls the sun in a horse-drawn chariot.
One doesn’t have to ascribe to any of these religions to appreciate that the sun deserves a proper nod now and again. It is, after all, the life force of our little part of the sky.
Solstice enthusiasts will gather at sites such as the Native-American Sun Dagger site in New Mexico, Stonehenge in Britain and the more modern Carhenge in Nebraska (which is quite like Stonehenge, but not as old, and made out of cars) to celebrate the Sun’s entrance into Cancer.
However, travel isn’t necessary to give sun salutations on the longest day of the year. It will bring tremendous good fortune to celebrate the sun with a ritual that’s personal and specific to you.
Even though it seems like summer already, what happens post-solstice will get to the heart of what this summer is about.