Grace McGrade is an intuitive astrologer and host of the podcast “Bitchcraft: Spirituality for Bad People.” Her sessions include natal chart readings, transit readings, energetic clearings, and tarot readings

Congratulations if you happen to survived last month’s astrological whirlwind. After the eclipse hangovers, mercury retrograde and a messy Taurus season, June is a welcome change of pace. We start off the month with the Sun in chatty Gemini. The sign of the Twins is thought for its love of knowledge, gossip, and desire for exploration. In Gemini season, we are able to act like teenagers, hungry for experiences that tell an interesting story, moderately than provide us with the security we were searching for in Taurus season. We could have to do things twice, particularly as Mercury remains to be retrograde until June 3. Mercury safely leaves his shadow zone and enters Gemini by the 14th, switching gears and inspiring us to examine the stories we’re telling about our lives.

On the sixth of the month, Saturn – planet of obstacles, authority and bounds – stations retrograde, lightening the mood and inspiring us to reevaluate our sense of authority and bounds. War God Mars moved into Aries at the tip of May, revitalising our sense of mission and drive. We’ve got a restored sense of physical energy and purpose which is amplified by Mars’ close proximity to Jupiter in the course of the first week of June. We is usually a bit combative, brash and desirous to get our personal needs met, even when it means ruffling a couple of feathers. Venus – planet of relationships – is in her home turf in Taurus in the beginning of June. Venus in Taurus wants us to curate and cultivate more beauty in our lives. We is usually a bit stubborn and immune to making changes in our personal relationships, until the twenty third, when Venus enters the sign of the Twins. 

On June 14, a Full Moon in Sagittarius amplifies our sense of wanderlust and desire to explore recent world views. Here, we’re surrendering old beliefs, dogmas and concepts that hinder our growth. We could also be opinionated and loud, desirous to disclose our outlooks with others and exchange lofty rebuttals. That is date for a friendly philosophical debate, but overindulgence needs to be avoided. 

The Sun enters the soft, intuitive waters of Cancer on the twenty first, adjusting our emotional climate to certainly one of greater empathy and compassion. We’re hyper-aware of emotional reciprocity – each lapses of support and the fulfilment of needs in our dynamics with others. We’re desirous to find safety, nurturing, and luxury, retreating to our home spheres and tending to our internal landscapes. With the Sun touring its way through the sensitive sign of the Crab, we’re focused on family, the house, and our early upbringings, desirous to discover a semblance of nurturing and safety. We culminate the month with a Latest Moon in Cancer on the twenty ninth, encouraging us to set intentions for our dream homes, and using our emotions to tug more “feel good” experiences towards us. It’s time to cosy up and watch a movie that brings up completely happy nostalgic feelings.