TOKYO GINZA Astrology

A richer everyday life can help you flourish in the wider world this month, too. You want a more beautiful home and a more enjoyable way to get through the working day. You are likely to find concrete ways to make both happen. The first half of the month brings the pleasure of changing your routine; in the second, relationships take center stage. A Full Moon in Taurus awaits toward the end of the month. From shopping to romance, October brings a clearer sense of what suits the person you are now.

September gives you real opportunities to enjoy yourself. The Sun in Virgo and the New Moon around the 11th occupy your 5th house of romance and creativity. Your own tastes lead to action: trying an activity you have wanted to do, or inviting someone you like to join you. Your appreciation of detail also suits experiences that become more interesting the more you learn. In the second half of the month, the focus shifts to everyday work and habits, revealing ways to organize your life so you can keep doing what you enjoy. You can choose time spent absorbed in something without needing to justify its usefulness at work. That enjoyment can show on your face and carry into your working day.

Home may no longer feel like somewhere you return to only to sleep. The Sun and Jupiter moving through Leo, along with the New Moon and solar eclipse around the 12th, illuminate the 4th house of home and the spaces you use for work or other regular activities. Surrounding yourself with things you love, inviting someone over, imagining a room you would use more: these choices reveal the kind of everyday life you want now. In the second half of the month, your enthusiasm turns toward romance and creativity, too, while around the 28th, an activity with friends may reach a conclusion. August is a month to bring the richness you discover outside back to the place you call your own.

Listen to a maker whose work interests you; visit a place someone has recommended. In July, conversations close to home and short outings broaden the world of things you love. The midmonth New Moon falls in the 3rd house, and your experience now may give you different questions about something you have heard before. Early in the month, tools and skills reveal unexpected uses. Later, the Sun and Jupiter draw you toward bringing those discoveries into the places where you live and spend time. You may want to keep savoring a flavor or a work of art after you return home. Even the recognition you receive at work toward the end of the month brings joy you can take home with you.

What are your skills worth? June lets you look afresh at skills and tastes you usually take for granted. The Sun and New Moon in the 2nd house of income and possessions illuminate ways to use the abilities you already have. Meanwhile, Venus and Jupiter around the 9th bring pleasure to conversations and outings close to home. As you listen to makers talk about their work and visit friends' favorite shops, you may discover more things you want to introduce to someone else. At the end of the month, a longer chapter begins in which you bring those pleasures home, or into the place where you work and pursue your interests.

This birthday month, you are ready to show the world the person you have been preparing to be. The New Moon in Taurus around the 16th asks how you want to present yourself and what you want to begin. Mars enters Taurus around the 18th, too, bringing an urge to try something you have so far only considered. Early in the month, you hear the other person's answer; midmonth, it is your turn to say what you want. The second half brings fresh ideas about income and possessions, with the possibility of using your strengths differently. An outfit or plan that caught your interest in April can develop further once you see someone's response to it. May gives you something to look forward to: meeting people while looking and feeling like yourself.

In the first half of the month, much happens behind the scenes. In the second, the light falls on you. Ideas you have been developing in private come together, and as your birthday season approaches, you may feel more strongly that you want to do things your way. Venus in Taurus adds charm and pleasure, while Uranus moves from Taurus into Gemini at the end of the month. Your attention begins to turn from the different ways you have been exploring who you are to what you can do with those discoveries. The role you have long been asked to play may differ a little from the person you now want to introduce yourself as. This is a month when that difference can become something to look forward to. In love and shopping, the feeling of simply liking something returns; at work, the moment to use an idea you have been nurturing draws closer. That sense of anticipation may show on your face when you step out into company.