TOKYO GINZA Astrology

The roles the world asks you to play intersect this month with desires taking shape in private. Mars and Jupiter in the 10th house energize your work, while the Sun in the 12th house illuminates ideas you have yet to share. What you prepare in the first half of October is likely to emerge in your words and behavior in the second. Even if the month begins quietly, significant things are happening at work. By the end of it, someone else's response may give you a stronger sense of the impression you make.

When you do something with other people this September, you want to bring your own strengths along. The Sun in Virgo and the New Moon around the 11th are in the 11th house of friends, groups, and future plans. At work or at a private gathering, you can enjoy taking part while also helping to make the experience more interesting for everyone. There is momentum behind travel and specialized learning, too, and knowing someone with expertise opens up the wider world. In the second half of the month, the focus shifts toward quietly developing ideas of your own, while around the 26th you may see results in your everyday work. An experience you enjoy with everyone else gives you an idea of what you would like to try for yourself next.

August brings a practical question into focus: what kind of work do you want people to turn to you for next? Around the 12th, a New Moon and solar eclipse in Leo in the 10th house mark a new beginning in your work and public role. Moving toward an impressive title is only part of the picture; showing people what you want to accomplish matters too. You also have the ability to refine the work itself, giving a striking presentation substance to match. Later in the month, an answer may emerge in love or a creative pursuit. Both your presence in the wider world and the things that absorb you when you set your role aside enrich your month.

You want to put your experience to use in a larger role. With Jupiter in the area of work and public life, joined by the Sun in the second half of July, you are likely to develop a bright, specific picture of what you would like to be entrusted with. Early in the month, new methods enter the technical work you share with others; the New Moon at midmonth opens a door to travel or specialized study. There is pleasure in discovering something unfamiliar and then putting that experience to use in your work. Around the 20th, you weigh expectations in the wider world against your wishes for the place you call your own, and by the end of the month, both may give you a sense of progress. The pleasure of taking on a role you have chosen can come home with you, too.

You are moved by beauty you can only fully appreciate in person. With Venus and Jupiter coming together in the realm of travel and specialized learning around the 9th, June offers a chance to savor distant cultures or explore a technique you have wanted to understand. Trust makes those experiences even more interesting. The Sun and New Moon illuminate intimacy and the power of collaboration, and someone with knowledge and experience may lead you to sights you would never have chosen on your own. At the end of the month, Jupiter moves into the realm of your public life. Rather than simply enjoying an inspiring experience, you begin to see how you would like to use the excellent techniques or forms of expression you encountered elsewhere in the work you do next.

May brings your own feelings into focus, along with a clearer sense of whom you want to move forward with. The month opens with a Full Moon in Scorpio, giving you time to receive people's responses to the skills you put to work in April. Midmonth, the New Moon in Taurus in the 7th house offers a fresh start for one-to-one agreements, in work as well as love. Seeing what someone does well makes you feel you can rely on them, and inspires you to contribute your own strengths. That is the kind of partnership that suits you now. The second half brings discoveries within your relationships, and by the end of the month, you are likely to feel the value of your own skills and what you have to offer. You can enjoy the possibilities that open up with another person while keeping your own wishes firmly in view.

April gives you a chance to put a method you have been considering to work. Planets gather in Aries in the 6th house, directing your energy toward everyday tasks and the quality of your service. You are likely to want to make changes because you can see a more interesting way to do things, beyond simply getting through a busy day. Early in the month, an idea you have been developing on your own takes shape; midmonth brings time to refine your strengths and use them. Later, someone who has been watching you work may approach you with a new possibility. Scorpio's characteristic concentration can serve you well on the task in front of you this month. Seeing how pleased someone is to use what you have made or improved may inspire you to give it another thoughtful touch.