Two themes will be dominant this month: a yen for long-distance travel, which will be entirely possible and even likely that you will do, along with a strong emphasis on career and money. This sounds like a contradiction in terms, yes? Possibly. Welcome to June, a month of high contrasts and unexpected twists and turns, but that in the end, you will land sunny side up, smiling. It’s going to be, admittedly, a rollercoaster ride for everyone, so don’t feel singled out.

The month starts off gloriously on June 3, with an extraordinary signal between Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, and with the mighty Sun, the latter in your eighth house of other people’s money. This should bring you a check of some sort, in the form of a bonus, commission, royalty, licensing fee, insurance payout, inheritance, tax refund, or through a bank loan, mortgage, student loan, or scholarship. One way or another, money is on the way to you, and it appears to be a generous amount.

This has to be good news, because you seem to have a lot of bills to polish off. A full moon in your second house of earned income on June 9 seems to bring up a cash flow shortage. Saturn will be conjunct that full moon, suggesting you will have to figure out how to write all the checks you will be expected to write to cover obligations. It’s possible that they money that you counted on, and that is due you, won’t be forthcoming for any number of reasons – your ex is short of cash and won’t send child support, or you will be out of town on the day when the checks are being disbursed to employees.

Or it could be that a woman in your life – a relative or very good friend – will need your financial help, and because you would be the only one in a position to help her, you will. Another possibility involves your travel this month (more about that later), so you might buy things on your trip, not realizing how high your expenses are mounting up until the credit card statement shows up. For one reason or another, you seem to be coming up short.

On June 14-15 Saturn will oppose the Sun directly, at 180-degree position, and again you are likely to be feeling that you are running out of cash. I feel you will need to dip into savings or funds you can fall back on. If your business depends on venture capital, start creating your business plan in the first week to show to investors before you run short.

If you own a business, apply for a line of credit in June’s first week, while you have such sweet financial aspects. See if your bank will approve one for you, so that you can continue to pay people when your clients do not pay you. A client could go bankrupt or say he can’t send the money for a few months. If you borrow money from your credit cards, it’s too expensive a method to sustain. It looks like you will need a financial contingency plan. When all else fails, call your parents.

 I have heard every excuse in the book when it comes to why clients don’t send payments. “My accounting department is being painted and they moved all the computers and desks out of the room. The job will take three weeks.” (Really? And they don’t send out checks in all that time?) “We had a psycho-assistant who, for months, threw out all the bills each month. We finally fired her.” (You knew about this, and you FINALLY fired her? You are as much of a lunatic as she is.) That was the most creative excuse I ever heard. Here’s another one: “You sent us a bill? What bill? It must have been lost in the mail. (No, I messengered it to you, you little cotton head. I have a signature – yours!)

Here are other excuses: “Our one and only bookkeeper is very sick – can you give us the name of your specialist? She is seeing spots.” (What?) “Our head of accounting is on vacation for a month.” (If nobody is being paid, then why does anyone come to work – and why are YOU there?) The following excuse was very popular in the 1990’s: “Our mainframe blew up.” Now it’s more likely to be this dubious excuse, “We were hacked by a band of thieves who took all our money and locked up our computer data. We couldn’t afford the ransom of $500 they were demanding.” (That’s odd, I didn’t hear that tidbit on the news.) Here is one that sounded equally unbelievable: “Our accountant left the company and until we hire someone new, we won’t be paying bills. I don’t know how to use the computer that writes all the checks.” (To that I say, do you have a pen?)

Here is one I heard when I used to be in advertising photography and the photographer and crew would work on assignments all day and through the night until dawn. The ad agency would say “We got your invoice with all 75 pages of receipts, thank you. We held up payment because we have a question about the can of soda one of your assistants bought with lunch while working that day.” (The soda was $1.25.)

There is another gem, “We have a policy of not paying bills every month. We pay bills every three months.” (How do you stay in business? Do your employees run out the door each night screaming? Or do they spend their days at their desk every second they get on social media telling the world what a horrible a place your company is to work?) Finally, the worst situation is from the people who have no excuses at all, and who never get back to you when you write or call, triggering fantasies in you of dragging them into court for millions of dollars to cover sessions with your psychiatrist who was helping you figure out why you would ever work with them in the first place.

Honestly, I have heard every one of these excuses in the 21 years Astrology Zone has been on the Internet. You can’t make this up. These excuses are real, and each one was given to me at one time or another. Alas, dear Scorpio, if you own your own business, sooner or later you will hear a ridiculous excuse, some more creative than others. If you have a good excuse that I never heard, please tweet it to me. This has been a long way of my saying, you will need a line of credit or else a kind relative who will write you a check that you can pay back later.

Seriously, though, the opposition of the Sun and Saturn on June 14 and 15 is not fun. The Sun rules your career reputation, so be very careful near June 14 and 15 to keep VIPs calm and happy. This is a very draining, exhausting aspect, so get enough sleep or you will overreact to whatever news comes up.

There is one saving grace: Jupiter in Libra will signal Mars and Pluto, and remarkably, both are your ruling planets (yes, you have two). With a bit of ingenuity, Jupiter may help you save the day. Jupiter is in the behind-the-scenes sector of your chart, so it appears a successful, high level person who does not want to be noticed by others may come to your aid. More good news: Jupiter has been retrograde since early February and will go direct on June 9, so a stronger Jupiter moving direct should help you too. You will see – cash flow will improve because in your solar chart, Jupiter rules your earned income.

Avoid signing contracts or giving your final answer on a job from June 7 to 17, as the DNA of these tough aspects (the full moon included) will be built into your future experience with that job or venture. I added a few days space when listing those dates. Do not close on a house mid-month either, if possible.

 Don’t let any of this get you down – this financial crunch is temporary or at the very least fixable. I had a friend who once said to me, “If the problem is financial, it is not a problem. A child has not died, Susan.” I immediately said to her, joking, “Oh, that’s easy for you to say, because you are rich.” (Actually, she was rich.) She laughed. Still, I thought about her words then, and over the years, and I know she is right. Money problems can be fixed.

I want to give you another note of optimism. Since December 2014 – just days before the New Year of 2015 began two-and-a-half years ago – Saturn moved into Sagittarius and into your income sector, making it hard for you to get decent raises and fees. If you did get one during that period (which is still in place now), it is because you were willing to go to the mat to persuade higher-ups to support you and approve your raises. Saturn is the planet that makes us prove our worth and his tests are not easy. The good news is that Saturn is leaving the financial area of your chart this year, on December 20, 2017. After that, money will flow to you much more easily, and Saturn will not be back to this part of your chart until 2044. Yes, 2044.

Mars, one of your rulers, will enter your ninth house of foreign people and places on June 4, and remain there until July 20. This suggests you are either headed to an exciting location that requires a passport for entry now, or will go very soon. You’ll have a yen to pack and go, and even if you don’t have the money to flee town, you may be asked by your boss to go. Experiencing a new setting will give you a needed change of scene, and give you lots of new things to see and do. Several heavenly bodies in Cancer are on the move, starting to migrate into your ninth house of travel, with Mars already there, so chances are, you will spread your wings and off you go. If your destination is near water, all the better, as Cancer is a water sign like yours, dear Scorpio.

The new moon of June 23 will be as sweet as sugar, for it will arrive in Cancer, 3 degrees, and join Mars already there. By then you will have the Sun, Mars, Mercury, and the new moon. Neptune will be fabulously angled to Mars, the action planet, so this suggests that your trip may turn out to be highly inspirational, possibly even enchantingly romantic. Even if you traveled early in June (near that beautiful day, June 3), there is a good chance you will travel again at month’s end, and like before, this trip will please you in every way. I say that because Uranus, now in late degrees of Aries, will send what astrologers call an out-of-sign trine (120 degrees between Uranus and the new moon and Sun, the most harmonious angle possible). Your trip would be filled with fun surprises and unexpected happenings.

Romance should be another area that goes well for you now, for Venus will be journeying through your committed relationship – marriage – sector while in Taurus from June 6 until next month, July 4. At the full moon, although money will be on your mind, Venus and Mars will make a sparkling, highly romantic aspect that should excite you, no matter what your marital status happens to be.

Over the weekend of June 24-25, just after that gorgeous new moon of Friday, June 23, Venus and Pluto (your other ruling planet) will be in sync, and Mars and Neptune will be close enough to spin a dream of a trip.

 If you cannot travel after June 23, other benefits will flow to you in other areas, and they, too, will have the benefit of things going unexpectedly, surprisingly well. Here is the list to see if any area would apply to you: The new moon will shine in your ninth house, possibly triggering good news about academia and your work toward getting a degree and your certification. You will also do well with import-export of ideas, goods, and services, and benefit from international relationships. If you need to solve an immigration matter (citizenship, passport, visa, green card, or sanctuary city), apply for an appointment that falls after June 23. The same date holds for taking a legal action, whether a court case or simply drawing up papers for a trademark or patent, or for yourself, such as a will or other document.

You seem to be experiencing a temporary cash crunch. You’ve had many expenses over the past six weeks, but there are indications you have been working on ways to meet obligations and at the same time find ways to have more money left in your checking account to save or invest. The new moon of late last month, falling on May 25, was very supportive to your financial quest, so you may see signs that expenses are calming down, and you may also be able to bring in new business if you are self-employed. If you work for others, you may get a side job or do overtime work that brings you more money. The first week of June will be your best for generating cash – watch the days June 2, 3, and 4.

You will still need to get through the rather somber full moon, June 9, which will come conjunct Saturn, suggesting you’ll feel some financial strain. It will be temporary, so keep smiling, despite what happens. If you are trying to build a nest egg – and it appears you might be – Uranus, the planet of unexpected developments, will work with Saturn and help you reach your goal bit by bit. Stay optimistic because you have only one more hurdle to get over a few days later.

The hardest day of the month for everyone, not just you, will be June 15, felt as early as June 14, when Saturn and the Sun will lock horns, standing apart at 180 degrees. Money will still be depressingly tight for you, a temporary situation, and at work you may face an obstacle or a criticism that might be hard to handle. Take any truth you can find from the words you hear to improve your performance, but let the rest roll off your little feathers. Everyone will be feeling touchy at mid-month, and because the Sun is the natural ruler of your tenth house of fame and honors, on this day you may face a career setback or else feel that you need to defend your reputation, if only on a small level. It won’t be the end of the world, but for ten minutes in June 15, you may assume it is. Once you get one or two days beyond June 15, your perspective will lighten and improve, and ideas of how to solve your situation will appear. Do not schedule big career interviews on June 15 or sign a contract on this date, on June 9 or on any of the days in between – leave a space of days after too.

The month will feel enormously better as you get to the third week. By then the Sun will roll into Cancer, a sign that is divinely compatible with yours. On June 23, the new moon will appear in Cancer too, and with Mercury, Mars, the Sun, and new moon together in your ninth house, you will have a yen to fly away, and you must. Come August, with the two major eclipses due at that time, you will have big career news and opportunities, and you may also be thinking about a change of residence. While you can take a fun vacation now, in June or in the first three weeks of July, do. Choose a seaside view of frothy surf or a cottage overlooking a placid lake or pool. If you can manage a trip to a location that requires a passport, that would make your trip even more fun. (Canada and Mexico count, my American readers, as well as many beautiful islands.) Go now while your travel stars will be twinkling brightly and coaxing you to unwind and relax.

Mars will be in the divine-for-Scorpio sign of Cancer all month, from June 4 to July 20, and that will help you too, for having your ruler in a highly compatible sign is a major advantage. Mars in Cancer will increase your sex appeal, and at the same time, Venus – Mars’ lover – will be in Taurus, another sign that blends perfectly with yours. Venus will be in your committed relationship sector, so attached Scorpios will enjoy the extra time and attention that will come your way from your one-and-only. Dear Scorpio, when it comes to love, it seems you have it all in June.