Travel Horoscope: Check Your Stars, Pack Your Bags, and Go
This #travelscope is for the week of Sept. 22 to 28, 2014
Israeli postage stamp from 1961 designed by I. Blaushild. (Photo: Karen Horton)
Aries
It’s time to hike the Great Wall of China. (Photo: David Almeida/Flickr)
Your perspective is shifting these days, Aries, and with that change comes a new way of engaging with the world. Action-oriented Mars wants you to immerse yourself in it physically, so strap up your boots and get ready for it! You can enjoy a nice morning walk another day because now is the time to take the epic hike along the Great Wall of China. And forget about building sand castles or boogie boarding at the beach. Try sand boarding along the dunes of coastal Argentina instead. Your viewpoint can change only when you make the effort to see things from a new stance. So get yourself moving!
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Taurus
Rabbits in Okunoshima (Photo: Kim Bui/Flickr)
Buoyant Jupiter, sweet Venus, and the mothering Moon are throwing you a cuteness curveball this week! Grab a bag of carrots and hop on over to Okunoshima, also known as Rabbit Island, in Japan, and prepare to be smothered by hopping, floppy adorableness. Or head down to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia, to cuddle with koalas and other ridiculously lovable creatures. Nothing can prepare you for the cuteness overload of the week, Taurus! Consider yourself warned!
Gemini
Gorgeous scenery at Piora Valley (Photo: Julius Dillier/Flickr)
Here’s the thing, Gemini: There’s some tricky stuff coming up for you around relationships until mid-October. However (and it’s a big however), you have excellent support from Jupiter and Venus, so stay in your heart center, speak your truth, and do your best to see love all around you. Reflect on this heart energy as you spend some time along the banks of the heart-shaped Lago di Tom in the Piora Valley of the Swiss Alps. Or immerse yourself in the love while swimming around Fiji’s famous heart-shaped Tavarua Island. This week, stand strong, practice the principles of love and truth daily, and let your environment be nothing but supportive.
Cancer
Mackinac Island in Michigan is car free. (Photo: vynsane/Flickr)
Stop and take a good look around you, Cancer. You’ve been moving at full speed ahead for a while now, and it’s time you slow things down and simply enjoy yourself. The planets this week are asking you to leave the car keys at home and head to a place where there are no gas stations, no parking lots, and — lucky for you — no speeding tickets. Soak up the sun and the stunning scenery as you ride a donkey around Hydra (just a quick ferry ride off the coast of busy Athens), where cars and scooters are banned from the island. Or slow things down to a manageable pace on car-free Mackinac Island, not far from Michigan’s very own Motor City. Get back to the basics this week, Cancer; reconnect with the world — and yourself.
Leo
The northern lights over Reykjavik are pretty amazing. (Photo: mariusz kluzniak/Flickr)
Dramatic Venus is dancing on Earth in beautiful ways these days, Leo, and you have the chance to become part of the scene. Whether you are taken in by the play of the northern lights above Reykjavik or are following the fabulous colors beneath the waves of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, now is the time to marvel at the beauty around you. This week, lose yourself a little.
Virgo
It’s leaf-peeping time! (Photo: Matt Shalvatis/Flickr)
Starting the week off with the Sun, the Moon, and Venus all in your sign, you are being given the chance to step onstage, let yourself be seen, and, most important, embrace the beauty and support around you. Colorful Venus is creating a gorgeous backdrop of changing leaves for you to admire as she blazes a trail straight through the Northeastern United States. Or use the dramatic limestone cliffs off the coast of Hanoi, Vietnam, as your stunning scenery this week. Take it all in, Virgo! You’ve worked hard to be where you’re standing now.
Libra
Take in the healing energy at the Arashiyama Bamboo Garden in Kyoto. (Photo: camknows/Flickr)
You’ve had a lot on your plate lately, Libra, and it’s become overwhelming. Luckily, the emotional new Moon joins communicative Mercury in your sign early in the week, making you ready to express all you’ve been going through. Let the green healing energy of the Arashiyama Bamboo Garden in Kyoto help you to merge the heart and mind again. Allow the salty air on some good beach walks in Kauai to put everything back into perspective. Open to the support around you, let your loved ones know what you’ve been experiencing, and let your new journey begin.
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Scorpio
Sea kayaking in Vancouver is liberating! (Photo: College Outdoors/Flickr)
The Moon joins Saturn in your sign this weekend, giving you the strength to do just about anything you want to. Independence is the key word for you this week, whether that means feeling free as you ski down the Southern Alps in New Zealand, with beautiful Lake Wanaka in sight, or simply feeling the spirit of liberation while sea kayaking off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia. Tuning in to your needs and, more important, your strengths is what the Moon wants of you now. Embrace it fiercely, Scorpio, and be the badass you were born to be.
Sagittarius
Go explore the Faroe Islands. (Photo: Hans Juul Hansen/Flickr)
Mars is keeping that fire burning in you this week, Sagittarius, as you get your Indiana Jones hat on (did you ever take it off?). Set the explorer in you free, and spend some time in the unforgettable and untouched land of the Faroe Islands, a cluster of islands in the middle of a triangle bounded by Iceland, Norway, and Scotland. Or hike into the Havasu Waterfalls in the Grand Canyon for an adventure of a lifetime. Keep engaging in your world, and you’re sure to find great things.
Capricorn
Help harvest cranberries in Cape Cod. (Photo: Lochaven/Flickr)
You’ve been going through a lot of changes, Capricorn, but the Moon’s movement this week is urging you to reconnect with friends, while Venus wants you to take some time in nature. Slow things down as you spend quality time walking with pals along Charleston, S.C.’s Avenue of Oaks or Rainbow Row. Or giggle (and maybe even work up a sweat) as you all jump in and help harvest bright red cranberries found throughout the Cape Cod area. This week, get outside and try not to do much more than whatever feels like fun.
Aquarius
Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan, is Rumi’s birthplace. (Photo: Damon Lynch/Flickr)
As Mercury gears up for a shift on Sunday, take this last week with the expressive planet to deeply engage in its love of verse. Travel to Rumi’s birthplace in the Vakhsh Valley, Tajikistan, and connect with the wisdom and beauty that the Sufi mystic conjured. Or head to the beautiful and sometimes quirky Pacific Northwest to take part in the avant-garde “Seattle Beckett Fest,” in honor of the absurd-loving Samuel Beckett. Though opposites, both bring you to a place of deeper connection with others and within yourself. And that is what Mercury is all about: stirring the mind and making connections. Celebrate that this week, Aquarius.
Pisces
Appreciate the beauty of Crested Butte, Colo. (Photo: Ed Yourdon/Flickr)
As Venus spends its final days sitting across from you, take this week to appreciate the beauty all around. What better than to witness the brilliance and welcome the autumnal equinox by surrounding yourself with the changing leaves from atop Crested Butte in Colorado? Or find yourself in the Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains in northeastern India’s Arunachal Pradesh, whose extreme landscape, colorful traditional dress, and incredible orchids will light up your every day. Look around you and take it all in, Pisces. There truly is beauty everywhere.
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