Heightened intuition

Valid during many months: At this time in your life you are likely
to change your objectives in a way that your friends may see as
hopelessly idealistic and impractical, but to you it seems the
only way to give your life real meaning. The chances are that
both you and your friends are right to some extent, so your task
now is to strike a balance between your spiritual and your
material goals. No way of life will be good for you unless you
can make it work in the real world somehow, although right
now you may not be very concerned with the real world.

Often this influence signifies a new interest in spiritual,

metaphysical and occult subjects. You have a great need for
deep spiritual understanding, and you may turn to religion,
probably a mystical sect that emphasizes direct experience of
the divine, rather than an orthodox church.

The most positive effect of this influence is that it teaches you

that you must get your ego out of the way before you can do
anything good with it. That is, you have to learn to act without
selfishness, to flow along with events as they happen without
having a stake in a particular outcome. If you can do this, you
will gain a great deal of wisdom from this influence without
losing anything.

Some persons experience psychic ability under this influence,

and there is evidence that most people have some psychic
ability. However, you should not expect to necessarily
experience anything more than heightened intuition, which can
easily be destroyed by too much reliance on your rational
intellect. In fact, one positive truth that you may learn under
this influence is that even at best the rational intellect is limited
and cannot deal with every aspect of life. You will learn this
through your own intuitive faculties telling you, if you let them,
things that you could never possibly know through the rational
mind.
Transit selected for today (by user):
Neptune sextile MC, ,
activity period mid-March 2017 until beginning of January 2019

Negatively suggestible
Valid during many months: The effects of this influence can
vary considerably. On the one hand, it can indicate a "bolt out
of the blue" lucky chance or change in fortune, a sudden
opportunity that significantly changes your life. But on the
other hand, it can indicate such restlessness and impatience
with restrictions that you create a major disturbance in your life
in your efforts to become free.

Under any circumstances you are likely, rightly or wrongly, to

see change as the only way to get ahead, and to a certain
extent this is always true. But the danger here is that you will
seek change for its own sake and not take the time to examine
carefully which changes will be most effective. There is a strong
tendency to be negatively suggestible, that is, to always go in
the opposite direction from any pressure.

Freedom in general is very important to you at this time, and

you will work very hard to get it in some area. In relationships,
this can be disruptive because you are likely to be hostile
toward anything that keeps you "in line." Also this influence can
signify a time of constant change, when you cannot tell from
one day to the next what you are going to do.

But opportunity will probably come, if you can maintain a

certain degree of restraint without putting yourself into such a
straitjacket that you cannot move when the opportunity
presents itself. You do in fact need freedom from something at
this time, and you will probably get exactly what and how much
you need, as long as you avoid moving so quickly and
impulsively that you ruin your chances for creative change. If
you remain calm, you will suddenly see and be able to take an
opportunity to get ahead or to become free from restriction. Be
patient, and you will discover that not much more patience is
required.
Transit selected for today (by user):
Jupiter square Uranus, ,
activity period mid-December 2016 until 25 August 2017

Self-assertive energies
Valid during several weeks: Above all else, this is a time when
you will demand to be yourself and to express to others what
and who you are. You are filled with energies that want to cry to
the world, "I am!" You will not be especially inclined to self-
denial, discipline, postponing self-gratification, or taking a back
seat to another. However, this is not a conflict- laden time
unless your self-assertive energies are totally denied by
circumstances or you give them no expression. However, it is
much more likely that these energies will be expressed in a
playful and sportive way. In fact, any athletic activity, if you are
so inclined, is an excellent outlet for this influence. In love
relationships, this influence signifies that your desire nature is
rather strong, that you know what you want and will try to get
it.
Transit selected for today (by user):
Mars in 5th house, 5,
activity period end of July 2017 until beginning of September 2017
Quiet hours
Valid during several weeks: This is usually a peaceful time,
when you will enjoy quiet hours at home, either alone or
entertaining guests and feeling at ease. Barring a contrary
indication from another influence, this is usually a time when
you feel neither self-assertive and outgoing, nor shy and
withdrawn. You feel amiable in a quiet way and are fond of
having congenial people around you. Redecorating is often
undertaken under this influence. You want your home to be
elegant or gay and light. Fortunately, you are usually quite
sensitive and in tune with your inner feelings, so that your
home decorating efforts should be satisfactory. Try to avoid the
usual tendency to do things lavishly or expensively, and keep
practical considerations in mind.
Transit selected for today (by user):
Venus in 4th house, 4,
activity period from 11 August 2017 until 28 August 2017

Mental work
Valid during several months: This is an excellent time for all
kinds of mental work. You are much more attentive to detail
than usual and especially concerned about using the best
techniques available. You want everything you do to be as
perfect as possible, so you plan carefully and work out every
detail in advance. This attitude toward doing something well
will enable you to get along well with employers and with
employees. It is a good time to sit down with either of these
groups and talk over any problems that exist. One problem to
be careful about is criticizing others. This influence may
sharpen your critical ability, and while you are less concerned
with your own ego needs, you may also be rather careless of
other people's ego needs. Even in the interest of what you
consider to be "objective" truth, try not to trample on others'
feelings.
Transit selected for today (by user):
Mercury in 6th house, 6,
activity period end of July 2017 until mid-October 2017

Meaningful encounter
Valid during many months: This influence can bring with it a
deeply satisfying, liberating experience; perhaps you will simply
enjoy yourself with more gusto and freedom than usual and
take pleasure in life. In any case this quality of time is
beneficial, whether profoundly at the psychological level, or
pleasurable, exhilarating and short-lived in the external world.

There may be a very meaningful encounter during this time -

with your partner, someone close to you, or someone whom
you have never met before. This encounter will be so deep and
personal that you will have the opportunity to perceive and
possibly even discuss things about yourself that you have
preferred to suppress up to now, and not reveal to anyone.
These things are discernible again and again, whether we care
to believe it or not, especially in close, intimate relationships.
They hinder our natural expression of ourselves, our being in
harmony with our own bodies and other's; they make us unsure
of ourselves, and cause us to anxiously avoid certain situations.

The present quality of time allows you to deal with these earlier
experiences. A deep personal encounter, bringing
understanding and sympathy with it, gives you the chance to
behave differently and, for once, to act out of character. With
such an encounter now, you can acknowledge and reveal your
injury or sensitivity, without being hurt or rejected once more.
This calls for great courage, as in just such a situation the old
fears are resurrected and certain, well-practiced defense
mechanisms come into play. That is why it is important that you
allow this encounter to take place, and are able to commit
yourself with all your nakedness and injury. Then you will have
a deeply satisfying, healing experience that will show that you
too, with your weaknesses and sensitivities, are desirable and
worthy of love.
Transit selected for today (by user):
Chiron trine Venus, ,
activity period beginning of April 2017 until end of December 2018