06.14.26 ask the SGs Weekly Reading

Hello Everyone,

This week, I’m focusing on a single transit: Venus Enters Leo

On June 13, Venus moved into Leo, bringing warmth, creativity, and heart-centered expression. In the SGs community chart, she enters the 8th house of transformation, healing, shared resources, and the places where we grow by letting go.

This isn’t a quiet Venus. Leo wants to love generously, create boldly, and be seen for who it truly is. As Venus moves through this part of our community chart, she reminds us that reclaiming our personal power often begins with opening our hearts instead of protecting them.

The week begins on a beautiful note.

On June 15, Venus forms a sextile to Uranus in Gemini, opening the door to unexpected conversations and fresh ideas. Inspiration may arrive when you least expect it.

On June 16, Venus forms a trine to Neptune in Aries, strengthening intuition and spiritual connection. You may find yourself trusting your inner guidance more than usual or discovering that a simple act of kindness carries unexpected healing.

But the energy reaches its peak on June 17.

That day, Venus opposes Pluto in Aquarius while the transiting Moon joins Venus in Leo, also aligning with our community’s natal Moon.

I often picture a conjunction as two planets sharing a loveseat, sitting close enough to blend their energies in conversation.

On June 17, Venus isn’t sitting beside just one Moon, she’s sitting beside the transiting Moon while also awakening our community’s natal Moon. Our emotional world is amplified, inviting us to pay attention to what our heart has been trying to tell us.

Pluto, sitting across the zodiac in Aquarius, asks us to release old patterns that no longer fit who we are today. Sometimes that process feels uncomfortable before it feels freeing.

For some, this may show up as a powerful realization. For others, it may be an emotional breakthrough that helps loosen an old story you’ve carried around for years.

The good news is that our community’s natal Venus in Sagittarius offers beautiful support throughout this process.

Sagittarius always wants to see the bigger picture. While Leo can take things personally and Pluto can intensify everything he touches, Sagittarius reminds us that life is a journey of growth. This is the sign that helps us step back and find perspective.

Our natal Venus also sits on the cusp of the 12th house, pointing to unseen support that’s available to us this week.

By connecting to Spirit, your ancestors, guardian angels, or simply the wisdom that rises from within, this placement reminds us that our greatest security does not come from circumstances outside ourselves. It comes from the resilience we’ve built through every challenge we’ve already survived.

As I look at this energy through the lens of the SGs community, I see a gathering of kindred spirits choosing authenticity over perfection.

People share their stories with courage.

Conversations create healing because someone finally feels safe enough to say, “Me too.”

The astrology suggests that our greatest transformation this week won’t come from the world changing around us.

It comes when our hearts soften just enough to let something old go.

As always, if the energy feels intense, take time to care for your nervous system. Spend a few quiet moments in nature, listen to birdsong, or simply sit with a cup of tea and breathe.

Transformation doesn’t have to be rushed. Sometimes the most important healing happens in the stillness.

Love has a remarkable way of finding us when we stop trying to control every outcome.

This week, let your heart lead.

This Week’s Tarot Card: The Ten of Autumn

This week’s card reminds us that the richest blessings in life are often the ones we can’t measure.

The Ten of Autumn is about family, community, shared wisdom, and the traditions that make us who we are. It reminds us that every act of kindness, every encouraging word, and every lesson we’ve learned becomes part of the legacy we leave behind.

That fits beautifully with Venus moving through Leo and the powerful emotional energy surrounding June 17. As our hearts open and old stories begin to loosen their grip, we’re invited to ask ourselves, “What do I want to pass on?”

Perhaps it’s a family story that deserves to be remembered or forgiveness instead of resentment. Maybe it’s the courage to choose love over fear.

This card also reminds us to think beyond today. Whether we’re investing our time, our resources, or our energy, we’re planting seeds that may not bloom until years from now. Every small act of generosity creates roots that reach farther than we can see.

The image of the family gathered beneath a tree heavy with golden pears is a reminder that abundance grows over time. It comes from tending what really counts, sharing what we’ve been given, and trusting that today’s choices will become tomorrow’s harvest.

For our SGs community, the Ten of Autumn feels like a blessing.

Each week we gather from different places and backgrounds, from different life experiences, and yet we continue creating something together that is greater than any one of us could build alone. We encourage and learn from one another, and we remind each other that no one walks this path alone.

As Venus asks us to let our hearts lead, the Ten of Autumn reminds us that path leads toward a legacy of love that continues to nourish others long after we’ve planted the seeds.

A Personal Note from Faye

In this week’s Tarot card, the Ten of Autumn, the image shows a family gathered beneath the shade of a magnificent pear tree. Whenever I look at it, I don’t just see prosperity or inheritance. I see generations.

As many of you know, I’m writing a book about my family history. Lately I’ve realized that writing it feels like planting a tree... a very slow-growing tree.

I know I will never sit beneath its shade. My children and grandchildren probably won’t either. Yet I’m planting it anyway and tending its care.

I’ve spent a great deal of time over the past few years learning about my great-great-great-great grandmother, Kissiah “Kit” Smith. I never knew her. I never knew anyone who knew her. In fact, I never knew anyone who knew anyone who knew her.

And yet, I love her.

The little I have learned about her life has changed mine. Her story became the heartbeat of the book I’m writing, and I often find myself wishing I could sit across the table from her and simply listen.

Then I realized that if I can feel such love and connection for a woman who lived generations before me, perhaps one day someone who lives generations after me will feel that same connection when they discover my story.

I never knew Kissiah, yet I love her.

My great-great-great-great grandchildren will never know me, but perhaps one day they will love me too.

Somehow, that realization helps heal something in my heart.

I love my children and grandchildren deeply, yet our relationships are not what I once hoped they would be. Last week I shared a little about that journey. There is still grief there, and I suspect there always will be. At the same time, I know I don’t want to return to relationships where I was judged for becoming the person I was always meant to be.

So my heart has found another direction to travel.

It reaches back to the generations whose lives made mine possible and forward to the generations whose lives may one day be touched by mine.

As strange as it may sound, I love them all.

Perhaps that’s what love does when we allow it to grow beyond the boundaries of time.

I want those who come after me to know where they came from. I want them to know that someone in their family chose healing and truth. I want them to know that family stories can be transformed and that the courage of one generation can become a blessing for the next.

As a Reiki practitioner, I’ve often been drawn into healing work that reaches across time. Some people may find that difficult to understand, but it has become a deeply held part of my spiritual life. I don’t believe healing always moves in a straight line. Sometimes it reaches backward to heal our ancestors. Sometimes it reaches forward to bless those who have not yet been born. And sometimes, in the mystery of love, it does both at once.

Perhaps that’s why planting this tree feels so important to me.

Its roots reach toward Kissiah and all those who came before me.

Its branches stretch toward descendants I will never know but somehow already love.

And I stand in the middle, receiving one story and passing another forward.

As Chiron lingers at 29° Aries, I can’t help but think about home, family, ancestry, and the stories we inherit. I think this final passage through Aries will help us decide what we want to carry forward and what we are finally ready to lay down.

Maybe that’s what this week’s Ten of Autumn is trying to teach me.

We are all planting trees. Some of us will sit beneath their branches. Others are planting shade for people they will never meet.

When I imagine someone, generations from now, sitting beneath my tree and reading the story of our family, I realize that perhaps I don’t need to sit under its branches after all.

And that’s when I know, planting it is enough.

I hope this reading helps you let your heart lead this week.

Faye