Maximum Stretch, Maximum Squeeze

We are fast approaching Northern Solstice, when the Sun enters the cardinal sign Cancer. The seasonal effect is created by the Earth’s 23-degree axial tilt, which provides longer days and more sunlight to the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year, and less to the Southern Hemisphere.

Weekly Horoscope for June 12 by Eric Francis

Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Jupiter is now in your 2nd house of resources and available cash; you are a magnet for success. Keep the energy flowing. And remember that while money can solve most worldly problems, it’s not the first ingredient necessary. The more resourceful you are, the less of the stuff you will need.

Weekly Horoscope for June 5 by Eric Francis

Jupiter arrives in Cancer on June 9, for the first time since 2013 — the Before Times, which nobody remembers. But you might have a flashback or two as Mercury and then Jupiter arrives in the first water sign, along with its 95 moons, its ring system and its perpetual anti-cyclone called the Great Red Spot.

Venus Passing Through the Hot Spot

In this week’s Starcast, I offer my recognition to all who have survived this latest wave of astrology, which I take back to Pluto entering Aquarius in November through the Chiron-Eris conjunction. The various flare-ups of the Hunger Game pattern.

Weekly Horoscope for May 29 by Eric Francis

Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Most people put popularity (or power) above truth and healing. You may be sensitive to the utter folly of that; left to their own devices, most humans would jockey and game themselves to oblivion.