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08/26/2026

Now Tim Curry, too??!! 😭

Tim Curry -- the legendary film and TV actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

08/25/2026

Noooo!! Not Dolly!!! 😭

07/07/2026

Here are 34 side quests to finish before the end of 2026:

1. Wake up before sunrise for one week.
2. Read a book outside your favorite genre.
3. Spend one full day without your phone.
4. Make your first $100 online.
5. Walk 10,000 steps every day for two weeks.
6. Cook five recipes you've never tried.
7. Write a letter to your future self.
8. Journal for 30 consecutive days.
9. Take a solo day trip somewhere new.
10. Delete every app you never actually use.

11. Give one genuine compliment every day for a week.
12. Learn 50 useful phrases in a new language.
13. Create something every day for one month.
14. Build your first emergency fund.
15. Practice the basics of public speaking.
16. Get 8 hours of sleep every night for two weeks.
17. Try a hobby that's outside your comfort zone.
18. Go 30 days without buying anything unnecessary.
19. Complete a month-long fitness challenge.
20. Reach out to someone whose work inspires you.

21. Learn the fundamentals of investing.
22. Visit a museum by yourself.
23. Watch the sunrise from somewhere you've never been.
24. Build your first digital product.
25. Say "no" without explaining yourself.
26. Donate or throw away 50 things you no longer need.
27. Volunteer for a cause in your community.
28. Finish that online course you've been putting off.
29. Spend one week without complaining.
30. Build a morning routine you can actually stick with.

31. Learn a practical life skill like first aid, cooking, or changing a tire.
32. Make a new friend outside your usual circle.
33. Earn money from something you created.
34. Write down 100 goals you want to accomplish in your lifetime.

Do one or do them all. No one’s keeping score.

06/21/2026

On June 21 the sun pauses at its highest point in the Northern Hemisphere and its lowest point in the Southern Hemisphere before slowly beginning its return journey in the opposite direction.

The word solstice comes from the Latin solstitium, which translates to "the sun stands still." For one sacred day, the entire cosmos appears to fall completely still, as if creation itself has pressed pause on the turning of time.

You may already be sensing this energy in the days leading up to it. Dreams may have grown more vivid, emotions sit closer to the surface than usual, and something inside of you keeps asking you to slow down. There is a feeling moving through the air right now, a sense that something is shifting beneath the surface of ordinary life and a new chapter is preparing to begin on the other side of this turning point.

Life itself can feel as if it has paused around you, holding still while you stand at the threshold of what comes next. Every cell of you carries the memory of this day from thousands of years of ancestors who honoured it before you, and the solstice does the gentle work of waking that knowing back up inside of you.

Ancient civilisations understood this pause as one of the most spiritually charged moments of the entire year. Stonehenge was constructed thousands of years ago to align with the solstice light. The Great Pyramids of Egypt were positioned to catch its rays at the exact angle of solstice sunrise. Indigenous cultures across every continent held ceremonies, lit fires, drummed, danced and gathered in community to honour the moment the sun reached its peak in the sky.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer Solstice marks the longest day of light and the shortest night. Solar energy floods the world at a level so concentrated that plants, animals and your own being respond to it at a cellular level. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night, carrying an inward energy that invites deep reflection, rest and the planting of seeds in the rich darkness that gradually emerges into the light over the months ahead.

Both experiences carry equal spiritual power, because the solstice teaches that light and darkness are partners in the same sacred cycle. The brightest point carries the first turn toward descent, while the darkest point carries the first promise of return. This is why the solstice can feel emotional and powerful, because endings and beginnings are meeting in the same moment.

The Solstice has always been understood as death and rebirth unfolding together within the same moment. It reminds us that life is constantly moving through cycles of growth, fulfilment, release, renewal, and transformation. Chapters reach their natural conclusion, seasons change, and we gradually become someone different from the person we once were. This is the ancient wisdom held within the Solstice, that transformation begins when we honour what has fulfilled its purpose while welcoming what is ready to arrive in its place.

On June 21 you are standing at that exact place, and the intentions you set carry a transformative charge that echoes across the entire second half of the year. This is why many people feel called to make decisions, release emotional heaviness, speak prayers, write intentions, change direction, or reconnect with something their soul has been trying to show them.

The Sun enters Cancer on this same day, shifting the energy from the mental and social world of Gemini into the emotional, intuitive, and heart-led world of Cancer. Home, family, belonging, emotional security, memories, ancestry, intuition, and the inner world where your truest feelings reside all move closer to the centre of your awareness.

The solstice amplifies this shift by joining the Sun's seasonal power with Cancer's emotional wisdom, creating a day where feelings become powerful messengers. What rises in your heart on this day matters, because it may reveal what your soul is ready to nurture, protect, heal, honour, or carry forward into the second half of the year.

What you may notice in the days leading up to the solstice is a growing sense that something beneath the surface is asking for your attention. Emotions that seemed settled may suddenly feel more present, while memories from distant chapters of your life can return carrying insights that were previously overlooked.

You may find yourself becoming more reflective, intuitive, emotionally aware, or unexpectedly clear about what feels complete and what is ready for a new beginning. The Solstice has a way of illuminating what has been taking shape within you, bringing hidden feelings, unanswered questions, and deeper truths into greater awareness. Old memories may return carrying fresh understanding, while situations that once felt uncertain can suddenly make much more sense. Allow yourself to listen closely to what is coming into focus, because the days surrounding the Solstice often reveal exactly what your soul has been trying to show you.

Nature is at her most receptive on the solstice, and spending time outdoors connects you directly to an energy honoured for thousands of years. Bare feet on grass, hands in soil, sunlight on your skin, your back against a tree, or your face turned toward the sky can help your physical self remember its connection to the Earth.

What you feel in your physical self on this day may carry more spiritual information than any teaching could give you. The solstice speaks through sensation, emotion, instinct, memory and the ancient knowing carried through every generation that stood beneath this same sky before you.

The hours around sunrise and sunset on June 21 carry especially concentrated solstice energy because they mark the opening and closing gates of the day. Sitting in stillness during either of these windows allows you to absorb the depth of what the season is offering. Light a candle at sunset to honour the turning point, place your written intentions beneath it, and allow the flame to carry your words into the Universe through one of the oldest rituals ever practiced.

Write your intentions on paper and place them in direct sunlight during the day, allowing the peak solar energy to charge every word. In the Northern Hemisphere, direct your intentions toward what you want to harvest, celebrate, and bring to fruition across the coming months. For those in the Southern Hemisphere, direct your intentions toward what you want to nurture and protect during the reflective months ahead, and bring into the light when the days begin lengthening again.

The Solstice is a reminder that you are part of the same living cycles that move through the Earth, the seasons, and the stars above. On June 21, the Earth, the Sun, and the cosmos align in a way that makes that connection easier to feel. Whatever you honour, plant, speak, or feel during these hours grows with the full support of nature and the full power of the sun behind it.

Every ancestor who ever stood beneath this sky on this very same day understood that life is always changing, that one season eventually gives way to another, and that periods of completion are often the beginning of something entirely new. That same ancient wisdom lives within you.

The Solstice places you at the meeting point between one chapter and the next. What you honour, nurture, welcome, and give your attention to during this sacred pause continues unfolding, gradually becoming part of the life your soul has been calling you toward all along.

-Alex Myles

06/12/2026

Mercury enters its pre-retrograde shadow phase in Cancer on June 12, marking the beginning of a cycle that will continue unfolding until August 6.

While Mercury retrograde officially begins on June 29 and ends on July 23, the pre-shadow phase provides the first clues about the themes, conversations, relationships, and situations that will become more prominent in the weeks ahead.

If technology has been acting unusually, messages have gone missing, communication has felt more complicated than normal, plans have needed revising, or devices have started behaving unpredictably, you may already be noticing the early signs of Mercury's shift. The shadow phase brings attention to areas that need reviewing, updating, repairing, backing up, or resolving before the retrograde begins.

Mercury oversees communication, technology, travel, contracts, messages, emails, scheduling, and the countless exchanges of information that shape everyday life. It also governs thinking, learning, decision-making, and the way we understand both ourselves and the world around us. As Mercury enters its shadow phase, all of these areas begin receiving greater attention.

Since Mercury entered Cancer on June 1, thoughts and conversations have taken on a more emotional tone. Feelings, memories, instincts, and intuition have carried more influence than usual, helping shape how people understand situations and make decisions. Rather than approaching everything from a purely logical perspective, there has been a stronger connection between the mind and the heart.

As Mercury moves into its shadow phase, this emotional awareness deepens further. Certain people, memories, conversations, and situations may keep returning to your thoughts, drawing your attention toward something that still requires understanding. What continues resurfacing now will be connected to the themes Mercury will highlight throughout the retrograde itself.

While every sign can feel this shift, Gemini and Virgo Sun, Moon, or Rising placements are often the most aware of Mercury's cycles because Mercury is their ruling planet. They may find themselves revisiting conversations, rethinking decisions, reconnecting with old ideas, or becoming more aware of communication issues that need addressing.

Cancer Sun, Moon, or Rising are also likely to experience this period strongly because Mercury is currently moving through their sign. Emotions, memories, family matters, personal relationships, and inner reflection can become much more prominent.

Pisces and Scorpio Sun, Moon, or Rising will notice their intuition becoming especially strong. Dreams, gut feelings, emotional insights, and a heightened awareness of other people can provide valuable guidance throughout this cycle.

The shadow phase acts as an introduction to the retrograde itself. The people, feelings, conversations, and unresolved situations coming into focus now can offer important clues about what Mercury will continue developing over the weeks ahead.

Cancer's influence gives this entire retrograde cycle a very different feeling from many others. Rather than focusing primarily on schedules, travel plans, technology, and practical matters, Mercury in Cancer places much more attention on emotions, relationships, family, memories, and matters of the heart.

Feelings that have been sitting silently in the background can become harder to overlook. Situations connected to family, friendships, love, forgiveness, emotional closure, and personal history may ask for a deeper level of understanding.

Relationships built on honesty, trust, and genuine care can grow stronger during this period as feelings are expressed more openly and understanding deepens between people. Connections affected by inconsistency, emotional distance, or insincerity can highlight where changes are needed, helping people recognise what no longer feels aligned with who they have become.

Cancer brings a softer and more compassionate energy to these experiences. Rather than forcing situations through confrontation, it encourages understanding through reflection, emotional awareness, and heartfelt conversations.

From June 12 onward, certain people may begin occupying your thoughts with unusual frequency, while situations you believed were fully resolved may reveal one final layer that still requires attention. Memories may return carrying a different emotional perspective than they did originally, helping you recognise truths that were difficult to see at the time.

As Mercury moves closer to retrograde, memories and emotions can begin influencing the way you view certain relationships and situations. Someone who keeps coming to mind, a conversation you cannot stop thinking about, or a situation that continues drawing your focus may be showing you exactly where Mercury is directing your attention.

Nostalgia can become especially strong during this phase with people from the past and experiences that carry unanswered questions returning to your awareness. In some cases this may happen through direct contact, and in others, it may happen through reflection, dreams, reminders, or a renewed understanding of what occurred.

The shadow phase is also an excellent time to prepare for the practical side of Mercury retrograde. Backing up important files, photos, documents, and devices can help prevent unnecessary stress later. It is also worth checking travel plans, confirming appointments, reviewing paperwork, responding to important emails, and addressing technology issues that have already begun to appear.

If your phone, laptop, vehicle, internet connection, or other everyday devices have been showing signs that something requires attention, this is a good time to deal with those matters. Taking care of small issues now can make the retrograde period feel significantly smoother.

The shadow phase begins on June 12 and continues until June 29. Mercury retrograde then runs from June 29 until July 23, followed by the post-shadow phase which continues until August 6.

Mercury retrograde can be viewed as a checkpoint period built into the year. It encourages us to revisit areas of life that require attention, address unfinished business, strengthen communication, and gain a clearer understanding of situations that have remained uncertain.

The more organised and prepared you are before the retrograde begins, the easier the cycle feels. Taking care of everyday responsibilities, addressing ongoing concerns, and creating clarity where possible allows you to move through the weeks ahead with greater clarity and less frustration.

The conversations, memories, and feelings returning now are inviting you to understand something more deeply, see something more clearly, and move forward carrying less emotional weight than before.

Mercury's shadow phase marks the beginning of that journey, and what unfolds between now and August 6 has the potential to bring some of the most heartfelt insights, emotional understanding, reconnections, and personal growth of the entire year.

-Alex Myles

05/14/2026

A Mercury Cazimi occurs today, May 14, 2026, when Mercury aligns perfectly with the heart of the Sun at 24 degrees Ta**us. This rare cosmic reset brings intense mental clarity, honest communication, and a value reset, helping to clear confusion and provide fresh perspectives regarding your personal goals, finances, and relationships.

Since it is occurring in Ta**us, the focus is on practical, grounded decisions, finances, and reassessing personal value structures. Expect sudden breakthroughs and, for some, a feeling of rebirth or a shift in perception. Conversations held today can be highly productive and clear; it is a good time for signing documents or making important decisions. As a cosmic portal, this is an opportune time for setting intentions or engaging in spiritual work to manifest new beginnings.

While Mercury is hidden by the sun, you might feel a deeper, intuitive inner knowing rather than a loud, outward realization. Use the grounded energy to finalize projects or household logistics. Speak truthfully and engage in direct, honest conversations. The day is beneficial for ideas, launching something, or making major declarations.

05/04/2026

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05/03/2026

Mercury enters Ta**us on May 2 and remains in this earthy sign until May 17, giving you fifteen days where your mind finally slows down and your thoughts become powerful enough to totally reshape your entire reality.

Mercury is the planet of communication, ideas, downloads, and the words that create your future, while Ta**us is the sign that turns thought into something tangible and lasting that stays with you for the rest of your life.

Ta**us also rules the throat chakra, the energy centre that governs how you speak your truth, express your desires, and use your voice to create your reality, which makes this transit one of the most potent manifestation windows of the entire year. Together they create a sky where what you think becomes what you speak and what you speak becomes what you experience.

With Venus already in Gemini until May 18, enhancing your ability to speak love, attraction, and desires into existence through your words, Mercury moving into Ta**us adds extra potency to everything you communicate, making the next couple of weeks one of the most significant windows of the entire year for calling in exactly what you want through the simple act of saying it out loud.

You may have already noticed something shifting over the past few days, a settling in your mind that was not there before, a sudden clarity about situations that have confused you for months, a sense that the fog is finally lifting and you can see the path ahead for the first time in a long time.

The mental chaos of recent weeks is finally coming to an end, and racing thoughts that kept you awake at three in the morning replaying conversations and questioning every decision are softening into a calm knowing that feels both foreign and familiar all at once.

This is when manifestation becomes simple, when the timeline between declaring something and receiving it merges into almost nothing. Ta**us energy responds instantly to words spoken with genuine feeling, which means whatever you say out loud during these fifteen days has an unusually high chance of appearing in your life before the transit ends.

Speak about what you want as though it is already arriving, describe your desires in detail as though you are thanking the Universe for something that has already been delivered, and watch how quickly reality begins to rearrange itself around your declarations.

Choices you have been going back and forth on for weeks or even months will suddenly feel obvious, as though the answer was always there waiting beneath all the mental chatter and you simply could not hear it until now. If you have been spiralling about a relationship, a job, a move, whether to stay or go, whether to speak or stay silent, whether to trust someone or walk away, this transit delivers the certainty your soul has been craving with a clarity that feels like finally coming home to yourself after being lost in everyone else's opinions for too long.

Mercury in Ta**us refuses to let you keep second-guessing yourself, anchoring you into a knowing so deep it cannot be shaken by outside opinions, temporary fears, or the doubts that used to keep you stuck in endless loops of indecision that went nowhere.

You may notice yourself feeling more grounded in your own perspective, less interested in asking others what they think, and more willing to trust the inner voice that has been trying to guide you all along but kept getting drowned out by thoughts that were never yours to carry.

Old patterns of letting others speak over you, staying silent when you had something important to say, and holding your truth inside to avoid conflict or rejection are all ending now, and the version of you emerging from this transit will never go back to being voiceless when your soul has something to declare.

Something powerful shifts in how you communicate during these fifteen days, and the words you speak will carry more authority than they have in many months, perhaps years. Pausing before speaking becomes natural, choosing language carefully feels instinctive, and conversations that once pulled you into drama or drained your energy lose their grip on you completely because you simply no longer have the tolerance for exchanges that lead nowhere.

By Alex Myles

05/01/2026

A Scorpio Full Moon occurs today, Friday, May 1. It is one of the most intense and emotionally charged lunar phases of the year. The Scorpio Moon directly opposite the Sun in Ta**us creates a tug of war between emotional depth and material stability. At its core, this Full Moon is about emotional truth and intensity, transformation, and release. Scorpio dives beneath the surface and those feelings you’ve ignored or suppressed rise up now, especially around trust, intimacy, power, and control. Full Moons mark culmination and letting go. In Scorpio, that can mean shedding emotional baggage, toxic attachments, or old identities. This is a great time for shadow work, confronting fears, jealousy, obsessions, or hidden motivations. It’s not always comfortable, but it is powerful.

The Scorpio Full Moon highlights tension, depth, intensity, emotional merging, and transformation. The Ta**us Sun is about stability, comfort, security, and the physical world. You may feel torn between holding on or letting go, comfort vs growth, or security vs emotional truth. Common themes during this Full Moon may be relationship turning points with truths revealed and bonds deepening or ending. Financial or power dynamics may come to light. There can be emotional breakthroughs or breakdowns or maybe both. This time is also strong for intuition, vivid dreams, and psychic sensitivity.

Work with this energy by journaling honestly about what you’re feeling. Release grudges, attachments, or fears and have deep, truthful conversations. Engage in healing practices, such as therapy, meditation, and rituals. Avoid power struggles or manipulation, reacting impulsively because of intense emotions, and holding onto something that clearly needs to end.

04/25/2026

Uranus, the planet of innovation, revolution, and unexpected change, enters Gemini on April 25, 2026, where it will remain until 2033. This transit, which occurs roughly every 84 years, signals a major, long-term shift in how humanity communicates, learns, and connects. 

Uranus in Ta**us from 2018 until now revolutionized how society viewed, handled, and defined stability, money, and natural resources. This period blends chaotic, the innovative energy of Uranus with fixed, grounded earth sign Ta**us, challenging old financial systems and prompting a shift towards digital, sustainable, and self-sufficient lifestyles.

Uranus briefly dipped into Gemini from July 7 to November 7, 2025, providing a glimpse of these themes before returning to Ta**us.

With Uranus in Gemini for the next seven years, expect rapid advancements in AI, neural networks, and how we share information. There will be massive, unpredictable changes in way we interact via social media and the internet as a communication and technology revolution.

Information overload, novelty, a desire for constant variety and stimulation and the collective appetite for learning will increase. There is likely to be transportation and mobility upgrades with innovations in local travel, drones, electric vehicles, and AI-driven transport. Gemini’s quick-witted nature and Uranus’s rebellious energy can produce inventive solutions and a push for freedom of speech and thought. 

While this is a global transit, it will feel personal to everyone, especially those with prominent placements in mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces). Gemini will be pushed to completely reinvent their personal identity and how you present yourself to the world. Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces may face significant, rapid changes in career, home life, or relationships, and be forced to adapt and embrace a new way of living.