March 21 – April 20

You can’t control other people’s behavior, but you can certainly have a powerful effect on the people you live with (or call your family). Think about all the complaining you’ve been doing for years and try to stop — cold turkey! Then your loved ones may actually give you just what you want! Another Aries wants you to believe in him or her.

April 21 – May 20

Venus (your ruler) begins a transit this week through the social sector of your chart, so enjoy the excitement and spontaneity. In the back of your mind, start planning your wedding. Your butch betrothed may arrive sooner than you think. Examine all Capricorns carefully.

May 21 – June 21

Your home life improves tremendously during this cycle, especially if you clean house and get rid of the junk you’ve carried from apartment to apartment for years. Restore order to your life and all your relationships will benefit, especially your relationship with a Pisces.

June 22 – July 22

Write down some of the brilliant gems of ideas that pop through your mind when you’re goofing off at work. If you’ve been feeling a certain emptiness, communicating with your own mind could work wonders. Don’t bother to try to figure out a Taurus. Let ‘em try to get inside your head (and give you some, too!) for a change.

July 23 – Aug.22

Your unconscious will lead you in the right direction, darling — follow it wherever it goes. Well-laid plans may have to be changed, so be flexible. Pretend you’re traveling in a foreign country during the new moon in your sign on July 29. Emotionally, you are in a new place, but this strange land will soon become your fave hot spot. A Libra can translate for you.

Aug. 23 – Sept. 22

Jupiter’s transit through your career house means that opportunities could come disguised as good luck that’s almost too good to be true. Don’t be fooled by the masks people wear, and don’t be so paranoid, Virgo! You can make the best of all new contacts now. A Cancer could be your guardian angel.

Sept. 23 – Oct. 22

This is a wonderful time to break out of your tedious routine and meet some new and exciting types. You benefit from the wise counsel of older folks and shamans of all persuasions. Be as nonjudgmental as you want other people to be, and open your mind to a Virgo — your mind, not your legs, darling. Not yet, anyway.

Oct. 23 – Nov. 21

Your life has a dramatic edge to it as the summer hits its midpoint, but nobody seems to notice except you. Keep a journal of the wild thoughts running through your head right now. You’re unlocking mystery upon mystery. You don’t want to forget the answers later! A Taurus holds one important key.

Nov. 22 – Dec. 21

Pluto retrograde in your sign may make you feel confused about the day-to-day aspects of your life. Try to slow down and make changes in your schedule to accommodate your basic nature. Don’t go against your needs, darling. A Virgo can fulfill many of those needs in many wondrous ways.

Dec. 22 – Jan. 19

Pluto retrograde in your house of endings and new beginnings tells you this, Capricorn: let go of lost loves! You are also about to say “rest in peace” to your old way of dealing with the material world. A Cancer helps you make it through the chaos.

Jan. 20 – Feb. 18

A creative project could trigger a breakthrough in your love life and vice versa. Kismet is in the air, and all the parts of your life seem related now. A Sagittarius holds the key to your psyche. Don’t avoid challenges; relish them.

Feb. 19 – March 20

You are about to enter a completely new cycle in your life. Can you feel it coming? Instead of isolating yourself (out of misplaced or outdated shame and regret) from people who inspire you, call them up and start hanging again. A Libra is good for you. (And tastes great, too!)

— Jill Dearman is the author of the best-selling Queer Astrology for Men and Queer Astrology for Women.