If it’s your birthday

A lunar eclipse on your birthday only happens a few times in your lifetime. It indicates a shift in your social reality: a reorientation in your circle of friends and your relationship to the public, and taking a step toward having bigger, more adventurous dreams. Remember: your friends are the people who support you, especially when you need them most. You share a birthday with Mata Hari, Garrison Keillor and Charlize Theron. MAY 21-JUNE 20 Today’s lunar eclipse is an invitation to question what you believe. All in all, it would be even better to challenge the whole concept of “belief” itself, since it’s so fragile and misleading. You might make a new standard for when you accept something is true, and be a little more skeptical. JUNE 21-JULY 22 Today’s eclipse of the Moon in the money and resources angle of your chart will provide you with some unusual clarity about your financial situation. What you will discover is that you’re making more progress than you think, mostly based on having the support of the people around you. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Today’s lunar eclipse in your opposite sign Aquarius will reveal the many ways your most intimate relationships are part of a much wider community. Every seemingly one-to-one bond is part of a considerably wider network, with many, many influences. Working with this will make your life easier. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Today’s lunar eclipse in Aquarius evokes a theme from one of the ancient texts: “When I am healed, I am not healed alone.” Your well-being, your sanity, your ability to live honestly, are related to the same needs and desires of many around you. Tap into that mutual support, and feel its strength. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 Someone you’re close to is more negotiable than they may seem. You might have to answer the question about what’s in it for them, which is reasonable enough for anyone who’s not Mother Teresa. Explain how they benefit, and remind them everyone else does too, and you’ll get what you need. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 It’s possible to let go of past influences in a single jump, though you must be impeccably honest with yourself, and truly committed to having a better life. Can you do those things? If so, you can let go of a lifetime of negative conditioning and set the terms of your own relationships. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 You need community. This has nothing to do with the internet. It’s about the streets you walk around on, the people you see every day, and the friends you can actually spend time with. Don’t be deceived by tribalism or trends. Get together with warm-blooded humans, and keep doing so. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 You draw most of your power from your community, not your individual strength. Today’s rare astrology is encouraging you to focus that idea. While you must be the intelligence that focuses your mission, many people are willing to help you, and many others need your help. This is a resource. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 Today there’s an eclipse of the Moon in your sign, which is about shifting the story of your life. It’s not as simple as creating a “new you,” though the old you is made up of tendencies, habits and patterns, and these are now subject to change. Focus some ideas on what you want to create. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 Today there’s a lunar eclipse in the hidden, veiled area of your solar chart, though as a Pisces, this is exciting and intriguing. Let all your secrets bubble to the surface. Explore your personal attic, open up that old trunk you’ve never looked inside, and see what’s there. Set yourself free.