In the world of urban lingo there is something called “street smarts”— an inner knowing combined with the sharp edge of real life experience. A price can’t be put on the value of a street smart mentality, it can literally save your life. If you pivot-left instead of dropping-back right a vulnerability may be created in your personal space. Sensory awareness is the name of the game now, and through this we can decipher the coded messages traveling through the air waves.

We have a definitive change of season in our new month of August 2025, and it couldn’t come at a better time. Now we can catch our breath, and from there gain a new momentum towards shattering the shackles of a draining Mercury-retrograde. How many ghosts from the past can you release at one time? Well, you’ll have to keep count for yourself, as it is a very personal affair.

The month of July is a time to rest lightly on the water, and travel gently through this unique time and space. "Don't push things.” If you can remember these three words you will save yourself from a host of headaches. People in general will be experiencing a paper-thin level of tolerance, so keep your expectations at a low level and rely primarily on yourself. There can be a lonely quality to the number 7 when in the negative polarity; however, there is a way to elevate yourself above this emotion. We'll get to that in a little bit.

Happiness isn’t always about being giddy, or constantly smiling, or feeling good all the time. While those moments may be part of it, true happiness also embraces sorrow, grief, and empathy for the pain of others. Happiness is the ability to keep life’s events in proper perspective. It is the deeper understanding that pain and pleasure are not necessarily opposites—they are reflections of the same divine rhythm.