On May 28, 2025
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New month, new mindset

Cosmic Catalogue

As the old month becomes new, there’s an opportunity to start afresh. The skies look very different this week than they did last week, and as such, it may require you to think a little bit differently, too.

New circumstances often bring new opportunities and, therefore, new choices to make. Though this week and in the many weeks and months to come, you can make different choices based on old paradigms and old ways of thinking.

The challenge will be to take on new information, even if that differs from what you thought was true. Can you ask questions? Can you explore differing ideas? Can you take something on board without taking it personally?

Your feelings about something don’t change the reality of a situation. However, when you change the way you feel about a situation, you can face its reality, and then there is a possibility and quite possibly an opportunity to change it.

The way forward now will be vastly different than how things have been. Rise up to this challenge and thrive, or hope things will return to the way they were and be left behind. In either case, make up your own mind.

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