TOKYO GINZA Astrology

You have momentum this month. Mars and Jupiter in Leo strengthen your appetite for a challenge and make your presence felt. Contact someone you want to see, present an idea you have been considering, or put yourself in a setting where you will be a little more visible. Taking the initiative may change how others respond. Sharing ideas and meeting people lead the first half of the month; your home base and the results of your work come into focus in the second. October brings a clearer sense of what you want to accomplish, as well as how you want to present yourself.

September helps you appreciate your abilities by putting them to use. The Sun in Virgo and the New Moon around the 11th occupy the 2nd house of skills, income and possessions. You can do more than introduce what you know how to do: you can show how your work changes someone else’s experience. When shopping for yourself, you may also want a level of quality that suits what you do now. Words and everyday exchanges reach further in the second half, while travel or specialist learning may bring an answer around the 26th. Give the skills you have developed a new outlet, and they can help you create the kind of abundance you want.

August brings a clearer sense of what you want to do in your own name. The Sun and Jupiter are in Leo, and around the 12th, your sign also hosts a New Moon with a solar eclipse. You may want to show people what you are keen to try, rather than fit neatly into a role someone else has prepared for you. One of this month's pleasures is the way learning and expertise support that desire. You can reveal a new side of yourself while developing the skills to match. In the second half, something becomes clearer with a close collaborator or in what you have shared. The more clearly you know your own intentions, the more you can enjoy joining forces with someone else.

July makes you want to enjoy your turn in the spotlight a little more. Jupiter traveling through Leo encourages you to expand your activities and express yourself, and the Sun joins it later in the month. Your hopes may become more specific: taking on a role you previously passed over, or letting others see something you love in your private life. Friends bring unexpected inspiration early on, while you also have time to test an idea before revealing it. Around the 20th, Jupiter and Pluto bring your wishes face to face with someone else's considerable expectations. You can do more than fit into their project this month; you can add something distinctively your own.

An idea you would never have thought of alone takes shape in conversation with friends. The Sun in the first half of June and the New Moon around the 15th illuminate friendships and shared plans. When you ask yourself who you would like to do something with, and what you would like to try, actual faces may come to mind. As your social world expands, there is also richness in pleasures shared with just a few people around the 9th. This is a time to treasure an experience you do not need to explain to anyone immediately, or an idea you have yet to announce. Then, at month's end, Jupiter enters Leo. Something you have enjoyed as part of a group begins to grow into an activity of your own.

May brings work conversations and opportunities your way. The Sun in Taurus in the 10th house, together with the New Moon around the 16th, illuminates what you want to achieve and the role you want to play. It is time to use the knowledge and experiences you gathered out in the world in April in your own work. Alongside being noticed by others, you may want to create something you can look back on as a job well done. Early in the month, plans for your home or another place you use regularly begin to come together; by midmonth, you can set out your professional direction. New people join your circle in the second half, and someone from another field may bring you an intriguing idea. Beyond your moment in the spotlight, there is time to enjoy other people's company and the pleasure of creating something of your own.

This month, you want to take part in a world you have been admiring from a distance. The planets gathering in Aries in the 9th house illuminate travel, specialist study and the challenge of exploring other cultures. You might walk through a place you have only seen in photographs, or learn from someone you have long wanted to study with. Those experiences may also hold ideas that change your own work. Midmonth brings firmer dates and a clearer approach to learning; in the second half, it is your turn to share what you have discovered out in the world. Explaining why something moved you can change how people respond. The sight of you confidently enjoying an unfamiliar place suits you particularly well this month.