May 2024 Horoscopes
“Bless Our Lucky Stars!” is a storytelling horoscope series where the Celestial Council of Queerious Aunties– Sun, Moon, and Terry (short for “the Terrestrial Planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars”) give you some gay-lactically unsolicited advice. Feel free to read both your Sun and Rising signs, and (like any words that come down from a council of aunties) only heed what works for you, and smile and nod your way through the rest!
Aries Rising or Aries Sun
Good news, you brilliant and much needed wildfire, for Auntie Moon wants you to feel supported and nourished when she comes to visit on May 23rd, especially if you’ve been going through big transformations or expansive travels. Auntie Sun echoes this because she wants to empower your sense of self– whether it’s your self-image, security, or communication skills. Though be careful, Auntie Terry warns. Watch out for hidden rage that comes out as passive-aggression or trauma dumping. She suggests that if you start to feel flustered and irritated, consider which of your philosophical principles excite and enliven you, and follow that flame.
Taurus Rising or Taurus Sun
Most of this month is your season, you garden of earthly delights, so Auntie Sun celebrates you and wants you to bloom and thrive, even if it may mean a bit of introspection first to understand which way you need to grow. But all that attention from Auntie Sun can get overwhelming, so to prevent burn out, Auntie Terry encourages you to lean into your pals and social networks through conversation and shared passions. She also reminds you that a community can be more than just human– spend time with your plants, your local trees, the flowers growing wild between the sidewalk cracks.
Libra Rising or Libra Sun
You may want to breeze through this month as Auntie Sun and Auntie Terry encourage you to increase the harmonious flow of your close relationships through long talks and revitalizing activities. But Auntie Terry cautions around being irritated when it comes to how your loved ones relate to you in terms of service and those little, daily interactions. Do you prefer direct communication over anticipatory gestures? Or do you spend hours trying to do the perfect thing in hopes that you’ll be acknowledged with gratitude instead of taken for granted? It can be challenging to get blown around in these blustery winds, but Auntie Terry believes that navigating these challenges together will be well worth the effort.
Capricorn Rising or Capricorn Sun
It may get rocky for you, as Auntie Terry worries about your tongue getting sharp and your home becoming a source of aggravation. She suggests that this is an opportunity to get excited about strengthening your communication skills and understanding your feelings so that you can scale greater heights in your personal life. Auntie Sun echoes this focus on your interpersonal interactions, with the added suggestion that it’s important to find joy in the journey even if you haven’t finished climbing to the top of the mountain.
Gemini Rising or Gemini Sun
Your whirling winds spiral outward on May 23rd as Auntie Moon challenges you to explore how you show up for others in your life– Is there a reciprocal give and take? Do you mentor or do you get bossy? Can you collaborate and be vulnerable or do you always want to take the lead? Auntie Sun consoles you and celebrates you during the last week of the month, encouraging friends and social events to bring out what’s hidden beneath one of your many personas. Meanwhile, Auntie Terry just wants you to focus on your career this whole month, or how you’re contributing to your communities using your tornado-like drive and info-dumping superpowers.
Cancer Rising or Cancer Sun
Your tides are rising as Auntie Sun suggests you focus on your legacies– whether it be your job, your social circles, or what persists even as the flesh passes on. If you spend time refining and revitalizing these areas of your life, she also doesn’t want you to get hyperfocused on them either, especially since Auntie Terry is worried about your conflicting desire to seek out new horizons beyond your current commitments. If you’re searching for the thrill of new experiences, Auntie Terry suggests a new book/podcast/class that can help you build leadership skills or find a like-minded community.
Scorpio Rising or Scorpio Sun
The metaphorical stormy showers of April follow you into May as Auntie Sun challenges you to analyze the power dynamics you engage in for every relationship in your life. The more intimate the relationship, the more Auntie Sun wants you to shift into support mode as opposed to any dominating tendencies. Auntie Terry, on the other hand, believes you can find respite in the downpour through making time for fun, either with games and stories that stimulate your mind, or the type of play that stimulates the rest of you (Auntie Terry winks meaningfully).
Aquarius Rising or Aquarius Sun
Auntie Sun is challenging you for most of the month to get a clear view of how you communicate your thoughts, feelings, and desires. She wants you to focus on supporting family and lovers, and to be careful that you don’t dominate interactions, no matter how excited you are about the topic, as you tend to space out when it’s about your special interests. Auntie Terry, on the other hand, thinks it’s time for you to figure out what makes you feel secure and truly talk about it. Perhaps there’s a passion of yours that will help you financially, or a workshop/podcast/book on secure attachment. The sky’s limit– all these Aunties want is for you to be mindful about your inner strength and your outer interactions.
Leo Rising or Leo Sun
This month you may feel your light flare and dim as Auntie Sun wants to challenge you on expanding your lived experiences and social circles while Auntie Moon on May 23rd wants to nurture your sense of comfort and playfulness. Let your bonfire be fed by both the adventure and the home, as Auntie Terry cautions against getting flustered and irritated by all the things that are happening outside of your control. Instead, she wants you to think about ways that you can transform and grow to fuel your roaring heart.
Virgo Rising or Virgo Sun
Auntie Terry is excited about the love and passion in your life this month, and wants you to make informed, bold choices. However, the sands are shifting quickly underneath you, as both Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon in the final weeks of May (especially on the 23rd) challenge you on what you need to change. It could be they want you to think about the information you absorb and how you practice what you preach. Or they may want you to think about how you manage your private and public lives. Regardless of which grainy details they want you to hone in on, Auntie Sun doesn’t want you to burn out in these areas while Auntie Moon wants to make sure you feel inspired.
Sagittarius Rising or Sagittarius Sun
Auntie Terry suggests you spend some time electrifying your home life and your families, whether chosen or by blood, as the closeness of comfort and pleasure gives you courage and something to talk about. On the other hand, Auntie Sun, near the end of the month, is challenging you on the sparks you create in your relationships, whether casual or committed, and how you show up for them. Emotions deepen as Auntie Moon focuses all her blessings on you on the 23rd, and asks you to ride the lightning of your secrets and self-image, so you can blaze bright.
Pisces Rising or Pisces Sun
It’s time to anchor into your sense of self, as Auntie Terry wants you to battle the waves of your own insecurities and confusions. Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon, especially on and after the 23rd, challenge you to take a deep dive into your oceanic currents and resurface with an understanding of how your experiences, knowledge, domestic life, and public persona can be made comforting and supportive, as opposed to overwhelming and upsetting. The Aunties know that introspection is beckoning you to your depths, but they also don’t want you to forget about that glittering horizon where you can connect to others about what’s meaningful to you.
June 2024 Horoscopes
“Bless Our Lucky Stars!” is a monthly storytelling horoscope series where the Celestial Council of Queerious Aunties– Sun, Moon, and Terry (short for “the Terrestrial Planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars”) give you some gay-lactically unsolicited advice. This month we have a special guest, Auntie J (to commemorate Jupiter entering Gemini)! Feel free to read both your Sun and Rising signs, and (like any words that come down from a council of aunties) only heed what works for you, and smile and nod your way through the rest!
Aries Rising or Aries Sun
During midsummer Auntie Moon will challenge you on what you need to expand and come into your own sense of purpose and leadership. What lights a fire inside you? How can you inspire instead of smother? Auntie Sun, especially in the last half of June, will also confront you about your sense of security and home. How can you revitalize and light up the ways you create safety and connection, as opposed to burning out by trying to do too much for your family? At the beginning of the month, Auntie Terry is still excited for you to explore your sense of identity and personal philosophies, while Auntie J wants you to seize opportunities for stability and communication.
Taurus Rising or Taurus Sun
It’s time to plant the seeds of your own transformation and growth, advises Auntie Moon, especially during midsummer. While both Auntie Sun and Auntie Terry encourage you to cultivate your sense of self, Auntie Sun focuses a bit more on how you can grow your interpersonal skills while Auntie Terry suggests that you boldly review your life goals and social circles. Are the fields ready for what you have to offer, or is this not the right time or place for you to thrive? Auntie J sides with Auntie Sun and believes you will get the best luck out of building a strong foundation for your life based on understanding and expressing your personality and values.
Libra Rising or Libra Sun
A chill wind may blow through your life this June, say the Aunties. In the beginning of the month, Auntie Terry confronts you about your close relationships, and whether you’re harbouring resentments and irritations because they’re taking advantage of you, or you’re anticipating too much without directly receiving what they need. Later in the month, especially around midsummer, both Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon will challenge you. For Auntie Sun, she believes you’ll need to grow into your sense of purpose and contribution, instead of trying to breeze past the big questions of life and death. For Auntie Moon, she believes that what upsets you about the ways you communicate, especially with family, holds a deeper truth about how you need to be comforted and supported. Auntie J, at least, advises you to take this time as an opportunity for a deep transformation beyond the horizons of your wildest dreams.
Capricorn Rising or Capricorn Sun
Midsummer may be a time of contradiction for you, say the Aunties. During the beginning of the month, Auntie Terry challenges you around the ways you’re communicating in general and also specifically with those you consider family, asking you to be courageous in your speech instead of just enraged. Auntie Sun, near the end of the month, confronts you around all the ways you try to connect to others, whether casual or long-term, platonic or romantic. How can you be less rocky in these interactions and more encouraging? Auntie J advises that there will be opportunities to lean into playfulness and being attentive to others, while Auntie Moon encourages you to embrace what it means to be your peak self.
Gemini Rising or Gemini Sun
For most of the month, Auntie Sun and Auntie J encourage you to be your best (or most extreme) self, a tornado of information. This is your time to fill your sails with winds of delight and joy. What do you love learning? What do you enjoy sharing? What stories bring you the greatest sense of security and reflect your deepest principles? Auntie Terry wants you to get excited about what being in community means to you– how you show up for them and how they show up for you when you need them the most.
Cancer Rising or Cancer Sun
The conflicting advice of Auntie Moon and Auntie Sun at the end of the month will feel like the push and pull of the tides. During midsummer, Auntie Moon is confronting you with what your close relationships need from you while Auntie Sun wants you to focus on yourself and how you connect to the bigger picture. Meanwhile Auntie Terry in the first half of the month challenges you to figure out what success looks like for you, whether it’s school or work or volunteering. Auntie J says your friends right now will be a source of blessings as you navigate these tricky waters.
Scorpio Rising or Scorpio Sun
Recharge with your intimate relationships while expanding them this month, advise Auntie Sun and Auntie J, for near the end of the month, Auntie Terry is going to confront you about service and pleasure. Instead of being irritated by creative or playful interactions, consider that you may need to be mentored on what it means to surrender into the storm of your own delight. So often you may hurricane into people’s lives, a downpour of passion and intensity, but maybe this is an opportunity to revel in joy and truly attend to each other’s needs.
Aquarius Rising or Aquarius Sun
Auntie Sun wants you to focus on the relationships that orbit around you outside the atmosphere of romance– the ways you support elders, children, mentors, and mentees. Auntie J says that you’ll receive blessings in regards to family (whether chosen or original) and creativity. Near the end of the month, Auntie Terry challenges you to be more than just hot air when it comes to stability through information, connection, and communication. Though they all have different focuses, the Aunties are united in wanting you to understand that the launching pad of what it means to have supportive connection is crucial for how high in the sky you want to go.
Leo Rising or Leo Sun
Let the glow of your reputation and the communities you serve become a source of warmth and good luck for you this month, advises Auntie Sun and Auntie J. You’ll need it, as Auntie Terry challenges you at the end of the month to fan the flames of your own transformation and growth. How can you empower those around you instead of terrorizing them? What ways can you turn your rage against change into passion and wisdom?
Virgo Rising or Virgo Sun
The Aunties say this is a month of mixed blessings. Auntie Moon inspires you to deepen your connection to family, children, or a sense of play during midsummer. However, Auntie Sun and Auntie J warn against building sandcastles when it comes to your future, whether it’s pursuing more education or work. They both are worried that making any big decisions now can be overwhelming or extreme, and that you can get too lost in the details or be going against the grain of your own values just because an opportunity presents itself. Auntie Terry, on the other hand, is excited about the passion that can be built in your close relationships at this time.
Sagittarius Rising or Sagittarius Sun
Auntie Sun and Auntie J want to confront you about your close relationships, especially during the beginning of the month, as they’re concerned that the initial spark that begins your connection then becomes larger-than-life, overwhelming everyone involved, including you. The Aunties don’t believe you need to hold back your lightning-fast instincts, but they are asking you to redirect some of that electrical energy into ways you and your loved ones can support each other’s dreams and opportunities. Auntie Terry advises that so much of relating to others begins with understanding the boundaries we have with our family of origin, which mirrors or polarizes how we relate to our chosen family. This is a month where the Aunties encourage you to work on your interpersonal skills.
Pisces Rising or Pisces Sun
It’s time to understand the messages in the waves that indicate what’s going on in your depths, advise the Aunties. Though Auntie Terry wants you to come to terms with how your personality expresses itself to others, it’s Auntie Sun and Auntie J that are challenging you to understand how your language and interactions can create a stream of connection or a flood that drowns any possibility of understanding. Sometimes it’s better to send a message in a bottle than the whole boat.
August 2024 Horoscopes
“Bless Our Lucky Stars!” is a monthly storytelling horoscope series where the Celestial Council of Queerious Aunties– Sun, Moon, and Terry (short for “the Terrestrial Planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars”) give you some gay-lactically unsolicited advice. Feel free to read both your Sun and Rising signs, and (like any words that come down from a council of aunties) only heed what works for you, and smile and nod your way through the rest! Note: It’s Pride month in so-called Ottawa, so these guidance tidbits will be referencing that, but if you’re not from that region, just replace the word “Pride” with August.
Aries Rising or Aries Sun
When a fire burns bright, what things can grow afterward? This is what Auntie Sun and Auntie Terry want you to think about. While Auntie Sun encourages you to party this pride month, after the parade, it’s time to face what ways you can encourage and serve your community. Auntie Terry especially advises slowing down and thinking through how you gather information and how you communicate, especially around daily interactions, as she worries your tongue will be extra spicy this August.
Taurus Rising or Taurus Sun
Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon will seem to have contradicting requests for you– Auntie Sun is worried that you’ll get overwhelmed if you don’t tend to the garden of your domestic life, while Auntie Moon (around August 19th) is concerned about emotional upset if you don’t get to show off the fields of your career or community roles. While you may be trying to balance these possible conflicting suggestions during Pride, Auntie Terry advises you to reflect on the information you’re receiving and how you communicate with your family (whether chosen or of origin), especially any children in your life. Despite all this, Auntie Terry believes you’ll be emboldened to up your sense of security and finances, and also still attract a lot of playful fun this month.
Libra Rising or Libra Sun
The gentle winds of friendship seem to be what Auntie Sun wants you to focus on during Pride, but Auntie Terry asks you to examine questions that the breeze of celebration and hangouts cannot hide. She wonders about how you communicate your philosophies, who you turn to when things get hard, how you talk about it, and when. As you party during Pride week, Auntie Terry also suggests you confront the question of your own growth, and where you want to go for the next chapter of your life.
Capricorn Rising or Capricorn Sun
“Pride this year may seem like an opportunity to continue reaching ever greater heights in regards to serving your community”, says Auntie Terry, but she also wants you to be mindful of Auntie Sun’s guidance too. The brightest Auntie in the sky encourages you to feel into your own power when the going gets rocky, and to take the time to survey the landscape of your own legacies. What is it that others will inherit from you? What can you take with you when you pass on and what must be left behind?
Gemini Rising or Gemini Sun
“Watch out for being filled with hot air this month,” warns Auntie Terry. She’s worried that your temper will be close to the surface so that you’ll be blustery and create conflicts with those close to you, especially those you consider family. Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon believe that though you may get long-winded, especially around Pride, you can still use your words and information gathering as a way to teach and expand horizons.
Cancer Rising or Cancer Sun
Sometimes when the tide recedes, it leaves us treasures or wreckage. Auntie Moon wants you to contemplate the secrets you’re keeping and the power you hold with your deep, flooded feelings during Pride week, while Auntie Sun may want the opposite for the whole month– that you truly consider what is tangible enough to make you feel safe and secure. Regardless of what ends up on the shore of your priorities in August, Auntie Terry suggests that you talk about it, especially with those you love.
Scorpio Rising or Scorpio Sun
“Pride month brings a downpour that can overwhelm you”, warns Auntie Moon and Auntie Sun, for you may feel torn between focusing on your career versus your home life, and will need to find a balance before you get washed away by the storm. Auntie Terry thinks it’s time to find those as passionate as you are about the topics that consume you in the eye of the tempest, such as death and sex and the great mysteries. She believes that during Pride, it’ll be like-minded communities and friends that will get you through these times.
Aquarius Rising or Aquarius Sun
Auntie Moon is inspiring you to go soar into your feelings this Pride week, even if you don’t think you have them. She believes that your needs will become obvious to those around you, and so Auntie Sun wants you to balance it with reaching out to your relationships so you have a bit more space to breathe. Auntie Terry knows that you’re wanting to launch yourself into festivities, but she’s advising that you give time to connect with and talk to others about the cosmic mysteries that you ponder on constantly.
Leo Rising or Leo Sun
All the Aunties know that this month, and Pride week, is your time to shine. Auntie Sun is burning brightly as your fairy godmother this season while Auntie Moon is suggesting the opposite of your Me Time– it’s time to deepen and stabilize your intimate relationships before you suddenly get burned by feelings you hadn’t checked in on. Auntie Terry thinks that Pride is about getting excited with your friend groups and celebrating all those who have stuck by you and supported your own hard work and sense of security.
Virgo Rising or Virgo Sun
During Pride, Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon are requesting you shift your perspectives around what it means to struggle and to serve– not just serving publicly, but also contrasting that with what it means to serve yourself and to serve behind-the-scenes. Further, Auntie Terry wants you informed, courageous, and refined around service and sacrifice. Is there a conflict with your community role and what you can offer? What grains of truth can you find in the ways you present yourself and speak versus what is it that you’re truly passionate about doing?
Sagittarius Rising or Sagittarius Sun
Auntie Sun wants your sparks to fly this Pride, and to do what you do best– travel, wax philosophical, and experience the electrifying messiness of life! Auntie Terry, on the other hand, is worried about exciting relationships conflicting with career networking and/or how you communicate with the public. Regardless, the Aunties want to make sure that you act with integrity in how you relate to others, no matter what kind of adventure you’re on and how the lightning strikes you.
Pisces Rising or Pisces Sun
“Focus on sinking into the depths of love and not enmity,” Auntie Terry counsels.”Especially don’t pick fights with those you call family.” Auntie Sun suggests you float through Pride month serving your communities, including yourself. The Aunties know that you’re currently swirling in an ocean of other people’s expectations, and that you’ll navigate it best by talking it through with those close to you.