“This month it's all about balancing intuition with practicality. Listen to your gut but keep your head. Pay attention to strong feelings but keep them under control. Value those who know how to show you romance and a good time but keep it playful, not serious. Go ahead--add a bit of spice to your life but try to avoid unrealistic expectations and keep in mind what Rob Zombie said: "Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires."
~ Deborah
Happy Birthday Cancer!(June 21-July 22)Your Month: Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Do the things that interest you...with all your heart. Don’t be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren’t paying attention to you." You could print this out and frame it for July, although you should also keep in mind, people are paying attention to you--close attention. Your boundless energy, drive and an unquenchable thirst for more knowledge puts you in the career center stage and stratosphere, and you are impossible to ignore. Be brave, have faith and follow your instincts. Resist the impulse to fight and you can't go wrong.
Leo(July 23-Aug. 23)Outside, you're innovative competent and efficient but inside you're bursting with a need to do important, significant work you believe in and that makes you happy. But, you secretly worry that you aren't up to the task. Please keep in mind what Steve Furtick had to say: "The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel." You need to review your own highlight reel, the good stuff you've done, so when you struggle with new, crazy, impossible ideas you can remind yourself that they might actually work. Your personal astrologer says so and 2016 is your time.
Virgo(Aug. 24-Sept. Crowds, fans, groups of people, partners, clubs, your friends--just like Selina Gomez said in an interview, "My fans are so important to me, and I would never want to disappoint them." But you feel energy-depleted and you wonder why it's so hard to get your own stuff done. One of your life lessons, at least in July, is to learn when to be a little selfish and stop saying 'yes' to everything and everyone. Get a better sense of which habits, people, and projects are in your best interests. Let go of the ones that aren't and your frustrations leave, too.
Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Success is in your hip pocket. It'd be easy to take it and run with it, to forget the little people who were part of your climb up the ladder, to pat yourself on the back. It was your own hard work that got you here, right? Right. But remember what Julius Erving said: "With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential." You may work hard, you may have talent, but try not to forget all the people who believed in your supremely talented self and cheered for you from the stands, or boardroom, or office, or wherever.
Scorpio(Oct. 23-Nov.21) Remember, your professional life is a journey, not a destination and it takes all the creative energy you can muster to keep it evolving. Success can make anyone complacent or lazy, but it's the search for unusual, exciting, adventurous work that keeps us on top and relevant and astrologically, change is how Scorpios succeed in July. Even the baseball great Nolan Ryan said, "Success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent." You like to use your professional and public life to get the most from your talent, so 'adapt and change.'
Sagittarius(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You guys like to keep one foot on the road, and a suitcase packed. Many of you could happily spend every night in a different hotel. So, the idea of staying in one home for years and locking yourself into a mortgage probably has you scurrying for your passport. Still, this month is the right time to be thinking about a quote from Suze Ortman, "Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security." And, isn't financial affluence and emotional security what we all want in our hearts? Be brave--buying a house could be your next great adventure.
Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Right now there's nothing conventional about your household. You want your home the way you like, and the freedom to neglect it if you want. But this month your need to improve your emotional health leads you to tend to your 'family', what ever that means to you. It's risky, like relationships are risky, but as Brad Pitt once said, "A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all." You should take it, too.
Get clear about the past so you can move forward.
Aquarius(Jan 21-Feb.19) No matter how crazy your month gets, daily routine, healthy physical activity, new diet plans and busy work will save you. You've got lots to do right now.: Putting events together, organizing conference calls and bringing order to a chaotic filing system fits right into your normal day. You may think you're spending too much time on busy work, but try to remember Henry David Thoreau's words: "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." Make no mistake--you are on a success trajectory. So stay busy. It will keep your mind off of 'other things'.
Pisces(Feb. 20-March 20) Not everyone is photogenic or a good photographer, but the camera is your friend. And your genius isn't only obvious in front of the camera. Anything connected with film, music, art and esoteric 'woo woo' stuff is your domain and you shine like the star you are. If you're still in a job that doesn't encourage those particular talents, don't be afraid to find your muse outside of your comfort zone, outside of work. As Dan Stevens once said, "The 'comfort zone' is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears."
Aries(Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Your house is the center of activity and the center of your life this month. No matter how many invitations you get to go out, the road leads you back to your house. Your creativity begins and ends there, your energy fills it, you get your best ideas there. Moving? Creating a home office? An art studio? Buying new bedroom furniture? Painting your walls? July is your month and your house is your project, so remember these wise words from William Morris: "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Taurus(Apr. 21-May-21) It's been a weird, tricky year but this month you need to forget all that and focus. Your instincts are unerring and right on target if you direct your energy to your career, work, and making money, in that order. Believe Earl Nightingale and take these words to heart--"The biggest mistake...is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career." So, own your career. Charge in and act like you're the boss. Because, you are.
Gemini(May 22-June 20) Its an exciting time to be you. You stand out from the crowd right now because of your unique personality and original working style. You find you are collecting unusual, inventive and eccentric people and be glad--you're going to be needing them. In fact, you will be needing a village to implement your schemes. But don't worry. David Knopfler says, "If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling way, then chances are the helpers will be there for you the doors will open some, the ice will crack."
Deborah can be contacted at:
Pink West, 511 Old Fitzhugh Rd.
Dripping Springs, TX
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