We asked an astrologer to give us the best trips and the best (and worst) dates for all 12 signs.
In 2018, explore the vastness of this world, learn what it has to teach, and show gratitude for the wonders of this beautiful and rare planet Earth. Here’s when and where to travel this year.
Aries
March 21-April 19
My warrior friends, you have been through a lot the last several years—the war for breakthrough and the courage it takes to avoid breakdown. You need some rejuvenation. Nevertheless, being who you are, I’m not recommending anything subtle. This may be the year for you to traverse the Amazon and hang out with a shaman. Transformative travel aside, it looks like travel for business could be profitable as long as you remember to make it equally profitable for all parties. That could increase the profit even more. Generally speaking, all year looks good for business travel. Long-distance travel is best in early January. Travel for commerce peaks the end of April to the end of May. Go home and relax for the Fourth of July. The greatest adventures of the year will come after Halloween.
Trips to try: Ayahuasca journey in Peru; an onsen retreat in Japan
Taurus
April 20-May 20
I commend you for facing some hardships and persevering for the past couple of years. Now is the time to shape your life’s broader vision. If you can do things in your travels that expand your mind or your experience, great wisdom can come from it. Is there something you have always wanted to learn? Is there a culture in which you have always wanted to be immersed? Dare I recommend a few summer classes at Oxford or studying cooking in Italy? Perhaps a five-day workshop on the opposite coast? Enriching your worldview while traveling could become a life-long addiction. Be careful. Your best travel times are any time your friends or family say they are buying your ticket. Your next-best travel times are mid-February to mid-March for any creative or spiritual classes or workshops, the end of May to the end of June for short trips, and traveling for business after Thanksgiving.
Trips to try: A cooking class in another country; a weekend course at Esalen Institute in Big Sur
Gemini
May 21-June 20
Let’s face it: Sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do. Like doing the dishes. I don’t want to do the dishes, but I want to clean kitchen. So, I have to do the work of doing the dishes if I want a clean kitchen. The last couple years may have felt like an endless stream of dishes to wash. That’s fine! You are now that much stronger, right? Your kitchen is now much cleaner, right? So, this year, travel to come back into your body. Perhaps there is some necessary healing to attend to. Perhaps letting your mind relax and body stretch with a yoga retreat is just what the doctor ordered. I recently went to the Wilbur Hot Springs in Northern California, and while the scent of the minerals was at first overwhelming, I quickly adapted and felt rejuvenated in those waters—perhaps you should visit, too. Your best travel dates for vacation, healing, or longer adventures are the middle of January to the middle of March. Traveling from the middle of June to the middle of July is best for shorter trips or commerce. Travel to or with family at the end of July and August.
Trips to try: A dreamy detox resort; Iceland’s Blue Lagoon
Cancer
June 21-July 22
The heart is the most sacred organ. While it’s true for everyone, it is especially deep for Cancer. Over the past several years, many Cancers have experienced sudden changes, for good or ill, and hopefully the healing of some ancient stuff. You need some fun. I’m so excited for you. It’s more often a Leo or Sagittarius I would say this to, but this is the year I encourage you to party hearty. There could be a bundle of energy coiled within you that is looking for a healthy release. Exercise this energy through adventure sports, speculation, doing art, dancing, singing, and all forms of play. That’s the word of the year for you: play. Go anywhere that sounds like so much fun your inner little kid wants to clap for joy. Don’t go anywhere that doesn’t. Your best travel dates for short business trips are the months of July and August. I encourage long-distance travel from Valentine’s Day to spring equinox.
Trips to try: Hit the clubs in Berlin; visit Venice during the Biennale
Leo
July 23-August 22
My fun-loving friend, you need many mini-escapes this year. Yes, you have been tasked with the challenge of creating as many side adventures, delicious detours, and Friday “sick days” as humanly possible. These are not just for carefree joy and mindless energy release; they are actually quite healing. We call it recreation. Hyphenate that word; re-creation. When we recreate, we re-create ourselves. We are made fresh and new by stepping out of reality for a minute (or a weekend once a month) and just having fun. Astrologically, you are to create as many of those fun, quick jaunts as possible. Save the long journey for that much-needed family vacation. For that, I recommend the wilderness. Your astro-travel guide suggests the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the border of Minnesota and Ontario. Fly into Duluth and drive up the North Shore of Lake Superior to Grand Marais. Find an outfitter, then keep going north. Take the family vacation (or go home to the family) as close to the start of school as possible, around September. Travel for commerce is a good thing in August and September. Again: as many day or weekend trips as possible! No astrology needed!
Trips to try: California wine country; an animal sanctuary that’s also a farm stay in upstate New York
Virgo
August 23-September 22
We can go about our lives in a predictable manner, with the same places and people and things, showing up for work and seeing friends and family. But one day, we may look around and ask, “Where does that highway go?” We can be comfortable in our rhythm when, apparently out of the blue, we need change and seeing new things. This is one of the greatest joys of travel: Our lives expand with our wonder. Ask for that this year, and seek it out. If you live in the United States, travel to a less-developed country and take as little money as possible. If you live in Europe, go see the Philippines. If you live in Japan, explore Peru. Go somewhere you’ve never gone. Break out of the familiar. These long-distance travels are best, astrologically speaking, in the big window of May 21 to August 7. Concurrently, if you travel for business, the whole year is great to do so, with Jupiter in your solar third house. If you are in sales, this is your year, with October 4 as your power day.
Trips to try: The remote Canadian archipelago of Haida Gwaii; Varanasi, India
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