Posted on June 2, 2025 by Henry Seltzer of ASTROGRAPH.COM
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This is another consequential month for you, Aries. The recent Gemini New Moon, which was additionally conjunct Mercury, characterizes this June cycle, and has spoken to you regarding communications of all kinds, including curiosity and learning that brings you into closer connection with the mystical divine within you. There is also the powerfully highlighted presence of Neptune in your first solar house of identity and projected persona to really bring that home. There is a mystical element, ascribed to Neptune that might feel like it is suffusing your aura as you connect with others, and as you identify with yourself; he shines together, though, with a grounded practicality that brings his otherworldliness and transcendence into greater physical expression. Neptune lies just off the zero Aries Point and is there joined more and more closely by practical Saturn in the very beginning degrees of your sign. This ongoing conjunction between Saturn and Neptune affects everybody, referencing a societal impact of polarization and of coercing the mystical and the mythological into concrete manifestation while simultaneously enabling a less purely practical stance with matters of the heart and what is demonstrably beyond the physical. For yourself personally, you are invited to see where your unconscious might be leading you by partaking in intuitional information from your depths. Unshrinking familiarity with you own inner wounding might provide an important turning point as well, as you navigate a somewhat fraught June month. The Sagittarius Full Moon of the 11th acts as a culmination of these themes and may bring to a head this better-informed understanding of what is going on deep within you. Acceptance of hidden places within breeds integration and eventual healing. The Cancer Solstice of June 20th is also an extremely potent juncture when transformation is on your mind and in your heart as you seek a far-reaching balance for your unconscious and more conscious parts.
The following was written by our wonderful in-house astrologer, Leslie Benson. You can find her at https://www.astrologyforawakening.com/
The Gemini New Moon from May 26th sets the tone for this month. As the first lunation since Saturn joined Neptune in the early degrees of your sign, it opens a portal for mental renewal, since Mercury, the ruler of this lunation, forms a harmonious sextile to both. Saturn and Neptune in Aries, and in trine to Pluto in Aquarius, suggest that this is a ripe moment for recalibrating how you think about yourself, the world, and your cognitive process, in general. Consider: what old narratives are falling away? What new truths are beginning to form, still raw and unfinished? The trine from Mercury to Pluto in Aquarius enhances this opportunity with insight and courage, as well as challenges and changes in the way you think about things. You win when you make the effort to speak what you’re sensing, or journal what you can't yet explain. Gemini offers you the language to narrate your changes, and naming can be a helpful part of claiming your truth.
The June month opens with a soft but seismic shift, stirring the core of your sense of self and identity. With Saturn and Neptune now forming a powerful conjunction in the first degrees of your sign, in the unfolding tale of your life you may feel like you’ve cracked open a fresh book, not just a new chapter. And you're not merely the protagonist this time, you’re the author. These two slow-moving planets right at the very beginning of your sign invite you into a long arc of spiritual refinement and self-definition, though the way forward may feel spiraling and unclear. Saturn in Aries can bring pressure around responsibility and decision-making, even as Neptune dissolves rigid boundaries and evokes a yearning for higher purpose. The oscillation between clarity and fogginess could persist as you begin to discern what this new era is ushering into your life and self-concept.
on June 5, as Venus enters Taurus and as June begins to unfold, your attention may turn toward embodiment and tangible pleasure activating your second house of self-worth, values, and material resources. This is a grounding moment amid the psychic churn. Tend to your body, and nervous system. Invest in simple joys and reconnect with what feels stabilizing. Taurus asks: what is truly nourishing to you – emotionally, financially, somatically? Venus here can support confidence and ease, reminding you that stability is not stagnation. Rather, it can be the fertile soil from which new courage grows.
Jupiter enters Cancer on June 9th, where it will spend about a year illuminating your fourth house of home, family, and emotional roots. This is Jupiter’s sign of exaltation, and the planet of expansion thrives here. It opens a space to explore your emotional capacity and heart space. Jupiter’s ingress into Cancer also forms a square with Saturn and Neptune in your sign, stirring internal friction between your need for independence and your need for security. This isn’t an either-or situation, but it may feel like one at times. Jupiter here invites you to broaden your emotional landscape, deepen your sense of belonging, and offer healing to ancestral or familial patterns. But Saturn and Neptune in Aries urge self-definition and spiritual authorship. Can you hold both the desire to be interdependent and the desire to be sovereign? Can you lean into your courage and foster the inner spaciousness to be present with it all?
The Sagittarius Full Moon on June 11th, ruled by Jupiter, shines light on your ninth house of vision, belief, and higher wisdom. This lunation is supportive of further expansion and exploration. It encourages you to break free from stale ideologies or self-imposed limitations. You may experience a longing for freedom – mental, emotional, or geographic. Yet with Jupiter still squaring Saturn and Neptune, any expansion now must be rooted in discernment. While this energy could look like escapism, it can also be supportive of your evolution. You might open your horizons by allowing this Full Moon to remind you of your capacity to choose your beliefs with intention, and to revise them ongoingly as you grow and change.
From the 12th to the 16th, Mars, your ruler, is square to Uranus, while Jupiter square Saturn at the beginning of your sign is also active, both of these aspects perfecting on June 15th. This may be a time for political awareness, as Jupiter and Saturn are referenced as social planets, and are aligned with key sectors of your chart. This also brings your home and family sector into play and you might find yourself exploring your inner world. Uranus brings surprises and unexpected enlightenment, with intuitional information readily available to you if you can remain open to this unusual source of your own distinct truth.
On June 17th, Mars ingresses into Virgo, giving energy to your sector of workplace and day-to-day environment, including habitual behaviors and heath regimens.
The second half of the month brings deep emotional tides. The Cancer Solstice on June 20 marks a pivotal turning point, activating your inner world and relationships to family, memory, and care. The Sun joins Jupiter in Cancer, further activating the square aspects to Saturn and Neptune in your sign. These transits may stir old wounds or illuminate internal divides between the part of you that longs to rest and the part of you that insists on doing. Two Yod formations, and the yod is also known as the “Finger of God” aspect, intensify the evolutionary pressure. Mars, your ruling planet, at the focal point of the major yod, in Virgo, invites precision and discernment. These are not times best suited for impulsive action, but for mindful refinement and strong (sometimes hard) choices. Endeavor to partner with the tides of life and allow your instincts to be re-shaped by what is arising.
The final lunation of the month occurs with the Cancer New Moon on June 25, a soulful invitation to soften. Occurring just days after the Solstice, this lunation echoes emotional and relational themes that have been building. It closely conjoins Jupiter, amplifying the call to stay rooted with yourself in care, nourishment and finding spaciousness in home settings – not as an escape, but as a foundation for deeper presence in the world. You are being asked to dissolve outdated defenses and trust a new way of being, one that honors your sensitivity as a strength. The courage to feel, to love, and to receive support is as essential now as any action you take.
This June month, in summation, is one of inner architectural change for you. As the outer world continues to shift rapidly, your inner compass is coming more to the fore, recalibrating, redefining what it means to be you. The fire of your Aries sign meets water and earth this month – not to douse your inner flame, but to help it burn wiser, longer, and more sustainably. If you can trust in the universe to guide you, allow this alchemy to unfold. Stay grounded in your body. Be generous with your rest. Let presence and willingness to meet what is arising guide your next steps.
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