Firing on All Engines: Pistons Working Overtime
By Hilary Harley
June 2025
Honestly, the word that best describes June 2025 is piston. The piston causes an engine to move. Why piston? Because we are driving forward now, and totally engaged this month. Every single part of us is switched ON, working and in perpetual motion.
June finds four planets cycling through Aries and Leo, creative signs that incite action. We feel massive motivation. To DO. To accomplish. Nothing much stands in the way as we refuse to take NO for an answer.
Friday, June 6th, Valuable Venus moves into Taurus, tussling with Pluto about old versus new ways of tackling what’s on our plate. Venus vies for sticking to the tried and true while Pluto opts for something altogether different.
Help is on the way when Messenger Mercury and Generous Jupiter shift into nurturing Cancer on June 9th and 10th, softening our forward motion. It’s been twelve years since Jupiter has cycled through this maternal sign. We need every ounce of this gentle energy now. Jupiter delivers.
The first water sign of the Zodiac, Cancer is compassion and care. The Crab rules home, family, the mothering instinct, food, ancestors, housing, real estate and our country of birth.
As Jupiter and Mercury challenge spiritual Neptune and taskmaster Saturn in Aries, we seek to assuage a nurturing yen related to house and home, family, food, ancestors and nation, our homeland. If ever there was a time to get things done and knock off your task list, this is it.
The Full Moon in Sagittarius on Wednesday, June 11th, sparks our search for knowledge and truth. We want to explore, travel and expand our horizons. Full Moons represent culmination and fruition. Expect examinations and tests now. Make sure you prepare and study well.
It all comes down to how well you have integrated life’s lessons. Full Moon tests are nothing to fear but rather afford an opportunity to show your mastery of a subject. What have you learned? That it is better to forgive than to hold a grudge; better to tell the truth than not; better to honor your responsibilities than shirk them.
Reverberations quake and shake in the aftermath of the Full Moon. We are awakening, literally and metaphorically. Change agent Uranus finishes its tour through Taurus, challenging Motivating Mars in Leo. Both Uranus and Mars agitate and disrupt. Sometimes it takes a dramatic life event to tear off our blinders.
June 12th to 18th is such a time. They drive us to pay attention. And boy, do they get our attention now. From June 12th-18th, these two are at an impasse. Expect the unexpected. Watch for unpredictable, sudden and seismic events. This is not necessarily unhappy or unfortunate energy. It can represent ground-breaking discoveries and eureka moments. But it may also hold significant climate and resource shifts.
The duo continue their stand-off even as Mars moves into Virgo on Tuesday, June 17th. The remedy is to pause and take a break from anything you may be overly focused on now.
The Sun moves into Cancer on Saturday, June 20th, marking the annual summer solstice and joining Generous Jupiter. Together, these two rush in where angels fear to tread. Help, guidance and assistance abound all about us if we only just ask.
The grace afforded by Jupiter and the Sun is further enhanced by the New Moon in Cancer on Wednesday, June 25th. Moving deeper into the watery sign of the Crab, we are called to care for ourselves, our loved ones, our home environments. Our devoted time, energy and skilled attention are greatly needed now.
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Otis resident Hilary Harley is a counseling astrologer and hosts Mystical Messages podcast. She is an art aficionado, a community volunteer, and the mother of two daughters.
