Sagittarius New Moon & Mercury Retrograde – Our Believes Determine How Long and How Well We Live
A new moon is always a time when the sun and the moon are both in the same zodiac sign. At times like this, our desires and outer persona, represented
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A new moon is always a time when the sun and the moon are both in the same zodiac sign. At times like this, our desires and outer persona, represented
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