June 2016 Parenting Horoscopes
Enjoy this refreshing and effervescent mixed cocktail of helpfulness, humor, and astrology-lite. May your children be tolerable and your stars aligned.
Aquarius (January 20 - February 19): This is the dawning of the age, Aquarius. Right now. Did you set your alarm? Did you wake up? Good. Look around. Everything you ever wanted is right here. Its...
Capricorn (December 21 - January 20): If the zodiac was PBS for Kids, youd be Bob the Builder. Building things from the ground up is second nature for you. Restore, renew, remodel. You can do all...
Pisces (February 19 - March 20): Your intuition is razor sharp. Your ability to sense and adapt to a changing environment is part survival skill, part goddess-given gift. Of course youre happ...
Sagittarius June 2016 Horoscope
Sagittarius (November 21 - December 21): You know what youre good at? Choosing friends. You have the nicest friends. Funny, smart, skillful, honest. Your friends are good people and they love to ...
Scorpio (October 22 - November 21): Why you gotta smell so good and look so fine all the time, Scorpio? Those bright eyes, that air of mystery, the attention to detail. If the zodiac was a bar, yo...
Libra (September 22 - October 22): If the zodiac was The Love Boat, youd be the cruise director, Julie McCoy. You know what people need, when they need it, and how to help them get it. Youre exc...
Cancer (June 20 - July 22): You love home so much youd think Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros wrote their biggest hit about this astrological sign. Of course, the point of that song is that...
Leo (July 22 - August 22): If a combination craft store / library / sex toy shop had any market viability, you could thrive in that business. Art, ideas, performance, romance these are a few of ...
Virgo (August 22 - September 22): Virgo, if the zodiac was a cartoon, youd be Curious George. Youre interested in everything, and youll wander off following the things you want to understand, an...
Aries (March 20 - April 19): If you had little baby triplets, you could name them: Verve. Vivacity. Vitality. Because thats what you have, Aries. Youre a life-lover, hungry for success, fueled b...
Taurus (April 19 - May 20): If the Zodiac was a corporation, youd be the CFO. Your workspace would be a big comfortable corner office with one helluva a view of the galaxy. Youd probably even hav...
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