Aquarius Horoscope for June 2024

This is a month, Aquarius, of seeing further through, in extended thought process, recent realizations and ideas of change. There is for you right now massive flux, as indicated by the highlighted presence of Pluto in the beginning degrees of your sign. Your communicative outreach is up – and as well your inherent curiosity and learning – along with issues of your home and family sector, to include your family of origin, actual physical dwelling, and root psychology. The Jupiter conjunction with Uranus, your ruler, stemming from April 20th, still reverberates in your mind and heart with intimations of brilliant ideas and an expansionist attitude to life. At the start of the June month, as Jupiter has entered Gemini, Jupiter makes a potent trine aspect with transformative Pluto in your sign. The Gemini New Moon of June 6th puts additional emphasis on your creative drive and your sector of joy and self-expression, also any children that might be in your life. All these areas are off to some kind of a fresh start, One thing that this suggests is a little time off from the intense flow of recent weeks, to whatever extent this is possible. You are also in a thoughtful mode of considering all your choices right now, and of reflecting on where this particular arc of your evolutionary development is taking you.


The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer, together with Leslie Benson. You can reach Alea at alea.balzer@gmail.com


You greet June in the waning light of the Taurus lunation cycle seeded in your sphere of family, home, and the deepest parts of yourself. This cycle may have echoed themes of destabilization or change in foundational matters connected to the cycle initiated at April's Jupiter-Uranus conjunction. While these developments continue to evolve, June poses a new question: Are you happy and creatively fulfilled? This aligns with a powerful presence of transformational Pluto in your first or identity sector. The positive and expansionist vibrations of Jupiter, having recently entered the Gemini sign in the week before the beginning of June, lend a highlighted presence of the Lord of Death and Rebirth as the month gets underway, and indicates that there are changes in the offing for how you see yourself and the way that others see you as well.

With Jupiter newly in Gemini as the month begins, corresponding to your sector of self-expression, children, and joy, there are optimistic attitudes and feelings accompanying the first week of June. With Pluto poised at the first degree of your sign, this planetary acknowledgment at Jupiter's outset suggests you may have something powerful to express creatively or unlock passionately that could be significant to your life trajectory and expanded self-concept.

On the 3rd, Mercury enters Gemini conjoining Jupiter and abetting Jupiter’s trine to Pluto, lending added consequence to what's on your mind now, and channeling ideas about an emerging future vision that in part consumes you. You are essentially seeking a more authentic presence in the world that you inhabit, and that you summon into being with your mental machinations. Your knack for sensing and expressing what's emerging in the zeitgeist could be amplified now as well, and a project you're working on might begin to resonate with a broader audience.

Active from the 3rd to the 5th, an unusually long-lasting Venus Cazimi in this same Gemini sector of creative self-expression could signify a heart-felt maturation in your creative identity, values, or relationships, possibly connected to children. Shifts related to what you find attractive and enjoyable could prompt experimentation. With Pluto's influence still in the air, associate with your identity and physical presence, you may possess some power of attraction, so that emerging contacts or connections could feel blessed.

The Gemini New Moon arrives on June 6th and initiates a new cycle in your sphere of joy, romance, and self-expression. Jupiter's highlighted presence there along with a triple conjunction between the Moon, Sun, and Venus suggests an influx of new opportunity, experience, and connection may emerge through your romantic entanglements, recreational activities, and creative efforts. Ruled by a co-present Mercury, new ideas, information, and social cross-pollination could expand your perspective and reach; engaging technology and social networks could advance these aims. A lot is likely competing for your attention, and you may need to commit to a clear objective to harness Jupiter's full potential. A square between the Sun, Moon, and Venus to Saturn in Pisces introduces concepts of limitation from your sphere of resources and values, suggesting financial realities or work demands could push you to analyze your priorities. You might need to adjust your conduct accordingly. A project you are embarking on offers long-term rewards and also could prove challenging.

Mars enters Taurus on the late evening of the 8th, aligning its energy to your home projects and your practical needs with regard to your family and foundations. You are making depth explorations into who and what you really are. These, combined with changes in your workplace might be achieving a better grasp of your own inner principles and values.

A square from Mars to Pluto across your influential angles of home and identity intensifies things between the 8th and the 12th. A familial or domestic scenario could emphasize an intractable tension between your individual evolution and the stability of your home life. With Mars now governed by Venus, this may relate to a clash between your call to the creative and pleasurable side of life and your domestic commitments. While hidden aspects of yourself or deep-rooted foundational fears may be activated, bringing awareness to what you are fixating on may help you clarify a desire or work with the energy more consciously. Physical release of pent-up energy and regular grounding practices might be worthwhile.

Squares from Venus and the Sun to Saturn in your resources sector perfect over the 7th to the 9th.
Reiterating friction between your creative and financial realms, a situation may trigger issues related to self-esteem or scarcity. This could factor into domestic tensions or influence your approach to money more broadly. Frustrations could emerge as practical considerations push you to cut back on indulgences or what's inspiring you.

A Mercury-Saturn square on the 12th could align with a serious conversation, potentially related to child-rearing or a clash of values or visions. Challenges or delays may force you to slow your pace and take hold of the focus on hand to go over the details. Contractual matters or significant decisions should ideally be completed before the Neptunian fog sets in toward the end of the month.

A Mercury Cazimi takes place on the 14th. The rebirth of the lunation ruler in your fellow air sign may have you seized by the spirit of Hermes, animating your writing and communications. Whether to socialize, promote, or share your ideas, you likely have some charisma and cleverness at your disposal.

Between the 16th and the 17th, Venus and Mercury connect to Neptune by square as they move through the final degrees of Gemini and cross the threshold into Cancer, your sphere of daily work, health, and habits. This signals a shift in tone for the lunar cycle, where deep feeling and imagination may trump the rational. Interpersonal or financial ambiguities may be amplified, possibly raising issues around honesty or other ethical blind spots. The material or physical effects of overdoing it could also be highlighted. It's a good time to unplug and take a step back from festivities.

A Venus- Mercury conjunction in Cancer on the 17th suggests the most enjoyment right now could come from the simple satisfaction of your routines, self-care rituals, and nurturing your close bonds. Your daily efforts may be inspired by cultivating a passion, including those related to expressing yourself creatively.

The Sun moves into Cancer on the 20th, heralding the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer Solstice, lighting up your realms of daily accomplishment, work, and health over the next month. Because the Sun’s entrance into Cancer includes a square to Neptune in the last degree of Pisces, this is also a mystical moment of finding intimations of Spirit in ordinary day-to-day events and circumstances.

The Full Moon in Capricorn on the 21st culminates in your sphere of shadows and spirituality, dream imagination and unconscious process. This could reflect a pull between a packed schedule and a call to retreat and attend to the needs of your body and soul. Ruled by Saturn and forming a T-square to Neptune in Pisces, the connection between unconscious patterns and your resource sector is emphasized at this juncture. This could relate to concepts of achievement, security, and self-worth that undermine your happiness, creative vitality, or connection to others. A sextile from Mercury in Cancer to Mars in Taurus connects your daily efforts to your domestic sphere — while you could be diligently working to support your family or material stability, perhaps you consider how to orient to the sacred and welcome more pleasure within your day-to-day routines.

On the 28th, a square from Mercury in Cancer to Chiron in Aries draws attention to your sphere of communications and local environment, where new developments could advance what was initiated at the April 8th solar eclipse. Creative drives to express your voice and ideas may push you to address vulnerabilities around intellectual inadequacy or standing out by going against the grain. Your mental health or the emotional and energetic effects of information consumption and communication habits could also be a consideration.

Saturn stations retrograde in Pisces on the 29th, material pressures could feel more constricting, as Saturn lying dead-still in the sky is more powerful. This Saturn emphasis may open space for reassessing your avenues of income and expenditure, values, and material ambitions. Saturn will be retracing its path into mid-Pisces until his station to direct motion on November 15th. This end of month weekend could involve as well your recent focus on inner work, and motivate adjustments that strengthen your sense of stability and self-belief so that you can employ your resources in ways that emphasize what is most important to you.