sun-solstice-300x300Summer arrives with the Sun in Cancer this Friday, June 21, but we still have some work to do before we let ourselves sink into the sunshine completely.

Don’t let that frighten you — this week is actually looking pretty good, Astrologically speaking. It’s just that it’s going to require some extra effort to balance our busy personal lives and work.

Both family and career should be going quite well this week, but they each may demand more than their fair share of attention. Let’s try to think of this as a good thing — summer will still be here to enjoy next week!

In fact, Mercury Retrograde begins next week on June 26, so we’ll practically be forced to slow down and enjoy the summer, right?

But in the meantime, there are a few planetary aspects this week that will increase our mental and physical energy (Mars sextile Uranus on Monday and the Sun conjunct Jupiter on Wednesday) and we’ll be full of great ideas that we’re eager to act on.

And we SHOULD act on them, because we’ve got a dose of cosmic good luck now, too. This is where the balancing comes in — how can we act on everything at once? I’d recommend starting this week with a list to help you prioritize.

By week’s end, there’s a Full Moon in Capricorn on Sunday, June 23 — it’s also a “Super Moon” — that will give us the final boost of drive to get everything done. And after that?

It’s Summer Solstice party time! Enjoy!

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