Prepare to engage. Gather the seed thoughts, the ideas for new directions, and all that is brewing inside of you. Bring them forward and be willing to make new connections and open the door to possibilities that you may not have thought of previously. This is a planting month. Not everything will necessarily come to fruition, but those connections made with feeling, intention, and attention have good opportunities to provide excellent outlets and results later in the cycle. Be authentically yourself, expressing your unique gifts and talents. This singles you out from the crowd, and makes sure that your voice is heard and counted!

The soft underbelly may feel exposed this month as deeper emotions surface to make you more aware of the quality of your choices. Body, mind, and your sense of connection are center stage. Are you feeding each with healthy, supportive, nourishing ingredients, or are you allowing yourself to be besieged by junk? Use discernment – weed out what and who doesn’t work – and open yourself to receive the finer vibrations of your Divine nature. As you focus on your good and goodness, life affirms that. When you allow yourself to be dragged down into the mud, life sucks. It’s your choice. Choose Light!

Find a merry band of friends and opportunities that will allow you to shine your light and express creatively. You can sell ice cubes to Eskimos and persuade and inspire. As you use the gifts of creativity to enhance your life and paint more beauty in your corner of the world, you and those with whom you interact are enriched. When you are overwhelmed by emotional issues of others, you lose your spark of attraction – so be loving, have compassion, but take this opportunity to blossom and express more joy. It’s perfectly alright – and it blesses everyone else, too!

Pausing amidst the headlong rush of your active year, there are practical considerations to be addressed. This month may involve rites of passage, or facing up to old bugaboos. Where do you see yourself in limitation, and where is there an opportunity to go beyond your comfort zone to express more expansively? Are you dealing with constructs that need to be honored, or is this time frame asking you to be willing to rebuild on a stronger foundation? Put order into your endeavors and step up to the tasks. They will hold you in good stead later and assist you in having something tangible to show amidst this year of change and expansion.

If you feel rebellious, take time out and go do something adolescent. It’s a good month for travel, activity, information exchanges, and expanding horizons. Let yourself dream, and do things to move your dreams forward. Have secondary plans ready in case of last minute changes, and take care of everything related to movement and transportation. Then go out and embrace possibilities and express yourself with more freedom and candor. You can apologize to everyone for being overly enthusiastic next month when you are more concerned about how you appear and what people think. For now – push the envelope!

People you love, family members who need help, health issues that require attention, and all things related to service and care of others may be up for review. Where do you extend yourself with a loving heart and through willing acceptance of responsibility, and where are you bound by honor, duty, and obligation? Take time to determine where you can make adjustments if you find yourself resentful of the expectations of others. Also, look at your own expectations and see where perhaps it’s time to lighten up and allow for the live and let live approach to life. You can receive appreciative responses for things you do from a loving heart, and you can also expect to find martyrdom staring you in the face when you do things because you “should”. It’s a good time to get clear on what and why and find alternative arrangements if they are more suitable.

Time to take a deep breath in and ask yourself those five little words – “What is life all about?” You have an opportunity to get a better perspective on your goals and purpose, and to release outworn ideas that no longer serve you – or rout out misconceptions that you’ve been under forever that now show themselves to be self limiting and unnecessary to your future goals and vision of yourself. Nature is very restorative and healing, so if you need to get away, find a place in a quiet setting where you can ponder, study, and take time to be with yourself. A special person may enter or come back into your life with whom you have an opportunity to form a special bond. Most importantly, deepen your connection to your spiritual source. Then life takes on a much more meaningful tone – and that can only add to making your life a work of art.

Organize your time and capacities as there is much to direct and orchestrate. As you pay attention to what is in front of you and do your best, you are investing in great rewards to come. When you avoid handling the practicalities of life, you are squandering your credit, and down the line, the bills must be paid. Powerful people can assist you in achieving goals, and you can be seen as an authority in your field. In all things, bring an attitude of harmony, and find a point of balance between doing and being. Your life is a system of energy. Integrate all the strands that require interweaving so that your life reflects the beautiful tapestry that you are!