Cancer, the mother of the zodiac, nurtures all that’s around them

Summer's here and living becomes easier, more comforting. July is filled with the golden light of the Sun, which deeply nurtures humanity, the Earth and her kingdoms. Cancer represents our inner and outer home, our family, how we’re nurtured and how we, in turn, nurture. Cancer is our upbringing and conditioning influencing our entire life.

June, the wedding month (two becoming one) belongs to Gemini, sign of the twins. Gemini, the first air sign, is versatile, communicative, witty, adaptable, intelligent, youthful, lively. Gemini can also be tense, excitable, nervous, inconsistent (on the way to a dinner party with everyone expecting them, they find something more interesting to do), curious and uncomfortable entering into in-depth psychology. They gather and disperse information, examine the world through the mind and are bright, quick and imaginative. Geminis write and speak well, and love learning. Geminis are uniquely charming, have many acquaintances (like Aquarius), can gossip, scheme, lack endurance, shift interests, seem scattered and have trouble with decisions. With their dual personality (always pulled in opposite directions) and like the tides, their moods shift constantly. Gemini behavior calls us to be flexible.

The sign of constant, consistent and abiding love - the love we must learn, no matter how difficult, to give to our mothers

Venus, the brilliant yellow-white Morning Star, is retrograde in Aries until April 17. Venus is retrograde every 20 months for about 40 days and nights (like Lent).