TOKYO GINZA Astrology

An invitation can open up your world this month. A project a friend suggests, stories from far away, a subject you would love to study: one thing after another catches your interest. The Sun and New Moon in the 11th house energize future plans, while Mars and Jupiter in the 9th house bring momentum to travel and specialist learning. Hearing about something that sounds fun may no longer be enough; you want to be part of it. In the second half of the month, you begin giving those outside discoveries room to develop into something of your own.

This month, the people around you get a clearer sense of what you do. The Sun moving through Virgo and the New Moon around the 11th illuminate work and your role in the wider world. Preparations you have been making behind the scenes may lead to a presentation with your name attached or a new assignment. For Sagittarius, though, another title alone is hardly enough. In the second half of the month, conversations with friends broaden your interest in distant cities and specialist learning, and you want to look beyond your current achievements. Making work rewarding and interesting, and rediscovering your own pleasures: September has room for both.

This August, you want to visit the world you have known through photographs and other people’s stories. The New Moon in Leo, accompanied by a solar eclipse around the 12th, falls in the 9th house of travel and specialist learning. New doors may open through seeing the real thing or learning directly from someone knowledgeable, as well as through journeys far from home. You also have the dedication to take something you love seriously, allowing an enjoyable day to grow into an ongoing pursuit. In the second half of the month, an answer may emerge about your home or the place where you base your activities. Discovering more of the wider world also clarifies the everyday life you want to return to.

Other people’s suggestions give you more places you want to go. At the start of the month, Mars and Uranus come together in the area of relationships, adding a fresh spark to unfamiliar partnerships and ways of working together. The midmonth New Moon falls in the area of intimacy and shared resources, helping you get specific about what you and someone you connect with can actually contribute. Later in the month, the Sun and Jupiter come together in the area of travel and specialist learning. Alongside plans to go somewhere far away, your interest in skills and cultures you want to experience firsthand begins to flourish. This July, hearing about someone else’s experience may make you want to go and taste that world for yourself.

Learning about someone else’s experience expands your world. In June, the Sun and New Moon illuminate one-to-one relationships, helping you become specific about what you would like to do, and with whom. In work and love, a good conversation may leave you wanting to make another plan together. Around the 9th, there is also richness in private time together and experiences that let you share in someone’s skills. You may enjoy leaving a choice you would normally make yourself to someone who knows the subject well. At the end of the month, Jupiter moves into the area of travel and learning. A close connection begins to open your eyes to places and perspectives you have yet to discover.

May is a month to put what you enjoyed learning in April to use in your regular work. The Sun and the New Moon around the 16th in Taurus, in the 6th house, illuminate a time for getting hands-on and refining your methods through other people's responses. Seeing someone enjoy an improvement you have made may leave you wanting to make it even better next time. Fresh energy enters your relationships in the second half of the month, and someone quite different from your usual contacts may approach you. The month ends with a Full Moon in Sagittarius: a turning point when you can speak clearly about the wishes you have discovered through working with others. Beyond a job well done, another project that captures your own interest awaits.

April makes you want to give your time freely to what you enjoy. Planets gather in Aries in the 5th house, putting romance, creativity and playfulness at the center of the month. You might try making the kind of work you have only gone to see before, or be the one to ask someone you are attracted to on a date this time. Your enthusiasm can turn into a real first step. By midmonth, you may also find a way to keep at it, so that an idea becomes more than a passing fancy. In the second half, those techniques begin to help in your everyday work, too. Put enjoyment in your schedule for its own sake, as well as a reward for achieving something. That is when your face lights up most.