These three zodiac signs will feel the 2025 full Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius the most
Shoot your shot and try not to shoot off at the mouth, folks — the full Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius is upon us.
Peaking on Wednesday, June 11 at 3:44 a.m. EST, at 20 degrees of Sagittarius, we'll all be under the optimistic arrows of this full moon — but three signs in particular are poised to feel its effects most acutely.
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4 Read on to see if your sign is among those most affected by the sweet, swashbuckling strawberry moon.
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The full moon in June is known by the Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, Lakota, Chippewa, Oneida and Sioux tribes as the Strawberry Moon. It's the first flush of summer that coincides with the wild and widespread ripening of the ruby red fruit. Can dig.
Read on to see if your sign is among those most affected by the sweet, swashbuckling Strawberry Moon.
4 Friendship or romantic relationships might shift during this time.
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Ahoy, Gemini! The Strawberry Moon is throwing a love light on your seventh house of trusted relationships, both platonic and romantic.
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The seventh house, like the moon, is a mirror and this one offers course-correcting clarity.
Given the truth, letting energy of Sagittarius, you may receive information about a friend or partner that changes the dynamic of your relationship.
Regardless of whether these changes feel abrasive or amicable, they are here to help you deepen your bonds or break free from the bondage of them.
4 Virgos will be reflecting on how far they've come.
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Hello Virgo! The Strawberry Sag Moon is transiting your fourth house of origin; home, nurturance, heart strings and umbilical cords.
This is tender territory and a buried family secret or acute memory may surface for you.
This is not meant to destabilize you, but to help you discern what you need to feel safe in the here and now — and to reveal how far you've come from where you've been.
Pulled between the obligations of others and your own needs, remember that a healthy bond is a boundaried bond.
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Draw the line, build your sanctuary and know that you can always go home to yourself.
4 The Sagittarius sign will need to let their guard down.
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Happy full moon to you, Sagittarius!
The Strawberry Moon rises and shines on your first house of identity, heralding a moment of culmination and restructuring. There's nowhere to hide and nothing to do but drop the mask, lay down your defenses, speak what's true without fear of consequence and look long and hard at your unadorned self.
The word adventure comes from the Latin adventura, meaning 'to reach, or something about to happen.' I hope under the light of your moon and the realization that anything can happen, you'll reach for the road that feels like freedom.
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
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Prosecutors hope the video will also clinch the second charge in Combs' indictment, which accuses him of sex trafficking Ventura. Both racketeering and sex trafficking carry maximum sentences of life in prison. Combs raped his PA, "Mia," as she slept in the staff room at his Beverly Hills mansion, she said One of Combs' former personal assistants testified under the pseudonym "Mia," telling jurors he sexually attacked her four times between 2009 and 2017, when she was in her mid-20s and early said that two of the attacks were at the sprawling glass and concrete mansion he rented in Beverly Hills, including a rape in the staff bedroom. She described waking to feeling Combs on top of her. "Be quiet," she said he told her. "I knew his power and I knew his control over me," she told the jury, her voice hushed and halting. "And I didn't want to lose everything that I worked so hard for — or this, like, this world that was the only thing I had anymore." Combs beat Ventura outside a Prince party, Mia also told jurors Combs once attacked Ventura during a party thrown by music icon Prince, the former personal assistant also testified. The ex-PA, who used the pseudonym "Mia," told the jury she and Ventura had snuck out to Prince's Los Angeles home after learning he would be performing for a small gathering — a "once-in-a-lifetime" experience, as Ventura described it on the stand. Prince did not disappoint. Mia said that as he played music, they danced atop his backyard pool, which was backlit and covered in purple plexiglas. Then Combs showed up, she said. "I saw his bucket hat come through the entrance and then made eye contact with him," Mia said of Combs. "Me and Cass just booked it." They ran through Prince's house and into the woods out front, where "Puff caught Cass," and started beating her, Mia said, until Prince's security intervened. Later that night, Ventura testified that Combs continued to beat her back at her hotel, leaving her with "bruising on my face, knots on my head." Ex-employee Capricorn Clark testified Combs kidnapped her at gunpoint Capricorn Clark, another former personal assistant and one who became one of his top marketing executives, kicked off week three of the trial by telling jurors that he once kidnapped her at gunpoint. It was December 2011, after Combs learned of rapper Kid Cudi's brief relationship with Ventura, Clark testified on May 27. Combs was "furious" with Clark for keeping him in the dark about Ventura's romance with the "Pursuit of Happiness" rapper, she said. Clark told the jury that Combs, armed with a gun, went to her house in a rage and banged on the door. "He just said, 'Get dressed, we're going to go kill'" him, Clark testified that Combs told her, using the N-word to refer to Kid Cudi. Combs then took Clark to Kid Cudi's Los Angeles home, she told the jury, describing it as being "kidnapped." "The way he was acting, I just felt like anything could happen," a tearful Clark testified. Ex-exec says years before "freak offs" Combs took Kim Porter to hotels too — with candles and baby oil In the first week of trial testimony, Ventura told jurors that starting in late 2008, she was coerced by Combs into a decade's worth of near-weekly "freak offs" — dayslong sex performances, usually at luxury hotels, involving male escorts, Glade candles, and numerous bottles of baby oil. Clark told jurors that in the years she was Combs personal assistant, from 2004 until 2006, she would set up and clean up the hotel rooms where Combs took another longterm girlfriend, model Kim Porter, the mother of four of Combs' children. During those years, Combs and Porter would stay for days at luxury hotels in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York. Clark said, as a personal assistant, she made sure Combs' suite was stocked with ecstasy, baby oil, and pricey Diptyque candles. Cleanup was tricky, Clark told jurors, who mentioned "handprints left in oil on the, like, ultra-suede wall" as a particular problem. "It was just a lot of baby oil. It was just everywhere." These were not "freak offs," Porter's former family attorney, Suzanne Kimberly Bracker, told Business Insider. "He was madly in love with Kim," said Bracker, who helped negotiate Combs' child support settlement and who said that Porter had two children with Combs at the time. "There is absolutely no way that he would share her with another man," she said. "He would tell her 'I'm not gonna pay for an apartment with my kids in one room while you're with another guy in the other bedroom.'" Kid Cudi said Combs broke into his house and probably torched his Porsche Kid Cudi took the witness stand in Combs' trial on May 22, telling jurors that in December 2011, the music tycoon broke into his Hollywood Hills home, enraged after finding out about the rival rapper's short-lived romance with Ventura. Kid Cudi, given name Scott Mescudi, told the jury that he returned home after the break-in to find the Christmas gifts he'd planned to give his family unwrapped and opened. His dog, he said, had been shut in the bathroom. "Motherfucker, you in my house?" Mescudi recalled telling Combs over the phone as he raced home to confront him. Combs was gone by the time he arrived, Mescudi said. Mescudi also told the jury that some two weeks later, his Porsche was firebombed while in his driveway. The Porsche "arson" is a specific element in the racketeering charges against Combs. Prosecutors alleged in court papers that Combs ordered his underlings to torch a vehicle "by slicing open the car's convertible top and dropping a Molotov cocktail inside the interior." Cassie's mom describes 'trying to hit' Combs in a fight over her daughter's stolen phone Regina Ventura corroborated her daughter's testimony, telling jurors she witnessed the aftermath of two of Combs' violent, jealous rages over romantic rivals. The first was in 2011. The mom said Cassie Ventura came home to Connecticut for the Christmas holidays with a large bruise on her back. Cassie Ventura had told jurors the week before that the bruise was from being kicked to the ground by Combs during a fight over Mescudi. Regina Ventura also confirmed a 2016 incident from shortly before the younger Ventura's 30th birthday. Combs had swiped her cellphone, Cassie Ventura testified, after learning about her affair with an unnamed professional NFL player. 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"After the glass crashed, Ventura screamed, 'Isn't anybody seeing this?'" Kaplan told the jury. "Did you look away?" asked a federal prosecutor, Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey. Kaplan said he did. "And after you looked away, what did you hear?" the prosecutor asked. "Further glass crashing and chaos." When the prosecutor asked what, if anything, the Combs security staff did in response, Kaplan answered, "Nothing." No one, he said, went back to check on Ventura after Combs left the bedroom to rejoin his employees. "I was 23 years old," Kaplan said in explanation of his own inaction. "All I wanted to do was have a great job in the entertainment industry." Ultimately, he told the jury, this and similar domestic violence incidents drove him to quit. Another former personal assistant told of the night he said Diddy went looking for Suge Knight Combs' former personal assistant spent two days on the witness stand, and in his most dramatic testimony, described how a 2008 run for cheeseburgers at an all-night diner nearly escalated the East Coast-West Coast rap wars. It started at 4 a.m. in the parking lot at Mel's Drive-In in Los Angeles, the ex-assistant, David James, testified. Combs' trusted security guard, Damian "D-Roc" Butler, noticed that Suge Knight, cofounder of rival recording studio Death Row Records, was sitting in an Escalade just a few parking spots away. James, Combs' personal assistant from 2007 to 2009, testified that he was at the wheel of Combs' silver Lincoln Navigator when Knight and D-Roc faced off. "What are you doing in my city?" James, according to his testimony, remembered hearing Knight asking Combs' security guard, who had introduced himself as "D-Roc, Biggie's boy," a reference to the rapper Notorious B.I.G. Within moments, James and the bodyguard saw someone pass a gun to Knight and watched as four SUVs pulled up into different corners of the parking lot, he told jurors. James testified that he was ordered by D-Roc to speed back to Combs' Hollywood Hills estate. There was no mention of whether they drove back with or without the cheeseburgers. Once back home, and as Ventura protested in tears, Combs grabbed three guns for the ten-minute drive with D-Roc back to Mel's, testified James, who said he was still the driver. Knight was nowhere to be found upon their return, James said. "It was the first time I realized my life was in danger," the former PA testified, telling jurors that he sent in his resignation soon after. Dawn Richard testified about a brutal beating, an alleged death threat, and flowers Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard was the fifth prosecution witness, and her testimony on May 16 alleged that in 2009, Combs brutally beat Ventura after she took too long to cook him dinner. "Where's my fucking egg?" Richard recounted to the jury Combs shouting in 2009, as he stormed into the kitchen of his rented Los Angeles mansion. "He took the skillet with the eggs in it and tried to hit her in the head, and she fell to the ground," Richard testified. Ventura cowered on the floor "in a fetal position" as Combs punched her and kicked her, she testified. Then he dragged her upstairs by her hair, she said, adding that she then heard the sound of screaming and breaking glass from the third floor. The next day, Combs called Ventura and Richard into the mansion's first-floor recording studio, she said. "He said that what we saw was passion, and it was what lovers in a relationship do," Richard said. She said Combs told the two women that "he was trying to take us to the top, and that, where he comes from, people go missing if they say things like that, like, if people talk. And then he gave us flowers." While back on the stand on May 19, Richard re-emphasized that she felt this was a threat to her life. The details in the testimony came as a surprise to Combs' lead defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, who called it prejudicial and "just a drop dead lie." "It didn't happen," the lawyer complained to the judge. "And the reason we know it didn't happen is that Ms. Ventura didn't talk about it" during her four days on the witness stand. On cross-examination on May 19, Richard agreed that she only recalled the alleged death threat in speaking with prosecutors earlier this month. It had gone unmentioned, she agreed, during a half-dozen prior interviews with prosecutors. Combs attacked Ventura over bathroom use, prosecutor and ex-bestie say Ventura was beaten by Combs for the most minor of perceived infractions, including taking too long in the bathroom, prosecutor Emily Johnson said in her opening statement. "He beat her when she didn't answer the phone when he called. He beat her when she left a freak off without his permission," Johnson said. Ventura's ex-best friend, Kerry Morgan, was called to the witness stand on May 19 and told jurors about two attacks on Ventura she witnessed, including one while on vacation in Jamaica in 2013. Morgan said Ventura at one point went to the bathroom at the residence where they were staying, and Combs said, "She's taking too long." "A few minutes later, I heard her screaming — like guttural. Terrifying," Morgan said. "He was dragging her by her hair on the floor." Morgan told jurors that she saw Combs push Ventura to the ground, causing her to hit her head on the paving bricks. "She didn't move. She fell on her side," Morgan said, adding, "I thought she was knocked out." Ventura, too, had testified that arguments with Combs would regularly result in physical abuse. Ventura —who dated Combs on and off from 2007 to 2018 — described six separate times when Combs' attacks left her with injuries, with the most severe beating occurring in Los Angeles in 2009 following a party Combs had hosted at a club called Ace of Diamonds. Ventura said she punched Combs in the face after he called her a "slut or a bitch" for talking to a record producer. Combs retaliated in the back seat of a chauffeured luxury vehicle by punching and kicking Ventura throughout a ten-minute ride to the rapper's rented mansion, she said. She said she hid under the back seat to escape the attack. Combs demanded she stay hidden in a hotel for a week so her bruises could heal, she said. The surprising things Combs kept in his luxury NYC hotel room while waiting to be arrested The prosecution's fourth witness took the witness stand briefly on May 16 to detail what she and other Homeland Security investigators say they found inside Combs' suite at Manhattan's Park Hyatt New York after his September arrest. Combs had checked into the luxury Midtown hotel, his lawyers have said, in case federal prosecutors in Manhattan had asked him to surrender voluntarily. Special Agent Yasin Binda told the Combs jury she photographed what her colleagues found inside the room. Those items included a clear plastic bag of baby oil bottles found inside a duffle bag. There were three more bottles of baby oil in his bathtub, alongside two bottles of personal lubricant. Two more bottles of lubricant were recovered from a nightstand drawer, next to a prescription pill bottle she said held two small baggies containing a pink powder. On the living room floor was a large blue party light of the kind Ventura testified were used to illuminate freak offs. Similar bags of pink powder have previously been seized from Combs and tested positive for ecstasy and other drugs, a prosecutor had said in court the day after Combs was arrested. Ventura's big settlements after her lawsuit and that infamous hallway-beatdown video In some of her final moments on the witness stand, Ventura was asked by the defense about a legal settlement that she said she is on the verge of receiving from the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles. "I think it was $10 million," Ventura said of the settlement, hesitating when asked for the total amount agreed to. The InterContinental is where security cameras captured Combs beating Ventura in a hallway in 2016, as she tried to flee what prosecutors say was one of Combs' freak offs. The jury was shown the infamous footage at the beginning of the trial. Johnson, the prosecutor, said in her opening statements that at the time of the attack, Combs paid a security guard at the hotel $100,000 in a brown paper envelope in exchange for the footage. Combs apologized for his actions in the video after CNN published the footage last year. It was the second big-money settlement revealed in Ventura's testimony. Earlier in her testimony, Ventura told jurors that Combs paid her $20 million to settle her civil suit against him in 2023. Britney Spears and Michael B. Jordan were among the celebrities mentioned at the trial Pop icon Britney Spears and actor Michael B. Jordan were both name-dropped on May 15, on Ventura's third day of testimony. During a cross-examination, Ventura was asked to tell the jury about the 21st birthday party Combs threw for her in 2007, at a club in Las Vegas. The party was a significant moment in the Combs-Ventura story. Ventura testified that Combs, who recently signed her to his record label, gave her an uninvited kiss in a bathroom, sparking their relationship. "I believe there were other celebrities there in attendance?" defense attorney Anna Estevao asked Ventura, who answered yes, there were. "Sean was there, and he brought Dallas Austin, he brought Britney Spears," Ventura said, referring to the "Oops!… I Did It Again" singer and the record producer. "I think those were the two people that stand out to me," Ventura added. Asked how a 21-year-old of limited fame was able to attract such big names to her party, Ventura credited Combs, saying, "That was all him." Jordan's name came up as the cross-examination focused on 2015, when Combs became suspicious that she was having an affair with the actor. "Is Michael B. Jordan a celebrity?" Estevao asked. "I would say so," Ventura answered, sounding surprised. Ventura said she first joined Diddy's freak offs out of love Ventura testified on May 13 that she was initially nervous, but felt a sense of responsibility to participate in Combs' freak offs. "I was just in love and wanted to make him happy," Ventura told the jury. Ventura testified that in 2007, Combs first proposed "this sexual encounter that he called voyeurism, where he would watch me have a sexual encounter with a third man, specifically another man." "I didn't want to upset him if I said it scared me or if I said anything aside from, 'OK, let's try it,'" she said. Johnson said in her opening statements that Combs eventually made it Ventura's job to find and book escorts to participate in the sex encounters. While on the stand, Ventura described in detail what went on during freak offs. Prosecutors say Combs arranged, directed, and often electronically recorded the sex performances. 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Looks great with floral-printed skirts." —shopper613Price: $79.99+ (Originally $99.99+; available in sizes 5–12 and seven colors) A pair of Open Edit block heel sandals if you appreciate the added stability that comes with a chunky block heel so you can dance the night away without worrying about your ankle buckling. Promising review: "Love it! Very comfortable to wear! I attended a wedding in Napa and I didn't have to change into flat shoes. I was able to wear these until end of the party." —GCastillo Price: $59.95 (available in sizes 5–11 and four colors) A pair of animal print slingback flats with a teeny tiny heel so you can enjoy a little bit of elevation without committing to a 5-inch stiletto. Price: $120 (available in sizes 5–11 and five styles) And a pair of T-strap sandals that will add some sleek sophistication to any look. The straps will give your feet some extra support while the gold buckle brings a touch of glitz. Promising review: "Soooooo comfortable can wear all day and night. My most comfortable shoes ever." —VirziPrice: $129.95+ (available in sizes 6–12, with wide options, and three colors) A pair of geometric cutout slip-ons with patented footbeds so you can wear these babies for hours on end without getting sore soles. Promising reviews: "Very comfortable shoes. This brand is very well-made." —SLC in Az"They are extremely comfortable and fashionable. The red color is outstanding with black pants. I've received many compliments on them." —Emc4Price: $140 (available in sizes 5–11.5 and six colors) An espadrille wedge that you'll be wondering how you ever lived without once you finally add them to your summer shoe rotation. They'll give vacay vibes wherever you go. Promising review: "This is the most comfortable sandal you will ever wear. Perfect in every way. Buying in every color option!!!" —topshopcoatlovePrice: $144.95 (available in sizes 6–11 and three colors) A patterned Sam Edelman loafer to rival all of your other flat shoes and make a bold statement in. Pair them with a plain black dress to truly let them take center stage. Promising review: "Such a great loafer! I barely needed to break these shoes in (and I usually have to do that for every shoe). It's stylish and great with lots of outfits." —MicheleFBPrice: $89.90+ (originally $150, available in sizes 4–14, with wide options, and 18 colors) A pair of Sam Edelman mules that you can simply slip on and off for an elevated look whether you're heading to the office, a party, or are taking the trash out. Promising review: "Love how they just slide on. Looks dressy. Can be worn with jeans or slacks. Seems perfect with everything. Comfy and roomy." —AG2024Price: $69.97+ (originally $140, available in sizes 4–14, with wide options, and 12 colors) A pair of cushy Vionic cap-toe flats so you can walk, stand, dance, and skip in total comfort. It's recommended that you wear them for a limited time for the first few wears so your feet can get used to the unique support they offer. Promising review: "These shoes are comfortable. I like the arch support that I get. I can wear them with casual outfits and I can also dress them up. I like the pink color for the summer." —Alexis from TexisPrice: $70+ (originally $140, available in sizes 5–13, with wide options, and 13 colors) A pair of elegant Sam Edelman slingbacks that are a classic for a reason. The slingback design gives some extra stability while the low heel adds height and drama. Promising review: "I own this shoe in five colors and I was so excited to see red as an option for fall. I wear them mostly for work and they are comfortable enough to walk around in all day!" —Shawni RaePrice: $83.90+ (originally $140, available in sizes 5–14 and 17 colors) A pair of classic scrunched ballet flats for an ~on pointe~ look. The unique stitched detailing on the back adds an extra flair, too. Promising review: "Comfy, well-made ballet flats. I've bought these in several colors." —MireilleFPrice: $41.30+ (originally $59, available in sizes 5–12, with wide options, and four colors) A pair of Crocs Dylan Platform Clogs if you're looking for something different than your regular pair of Crocs. They'll add 2.2 inches to your height, which makes all the difference when you're 5-feet-1 like me. Promising review: "These are very comfortable and for me, there is the added benefit of adding a little height to my 5-foot frame. I am sure I will enjoy these for a long time." —PGMcPrice: $64.99 (available in sizes 6–11 and two colors) A pair of chunky-heeled embellished sandals so you can live out your pixie princess cottagecore dreams. Wear them with a twirl-worthy dress and you've got yourself a look straight out of a fairytale. Price: $119.95 (available in sizes 5–11 and three colors) A platform rainbow sandal for bringing a pop of color to your sunny day activities. They'll give you a boost of height while still being comfy enough to run around in. Promising review: "Perfect summer shoes for work, weddings, and more. Favorite pair. These shoes are stylish and comfortable — so cute and summery. I will definitely buy this brand again!" —Nordstrom ReviewerPrice: $174.95 (available in sizes 7.5–11) A pair of buckle slide sandals that are understated enough for casual everyday wear but will still amp up the dramatics when you wear them for weddings, graduation ceremonies, and more. Price: $99.99 (originally $158, available in sizes 6–10 and three colors) Some Rothy's double-bit drivers to keep your vibe ~in check~ and grunge up your look. They're the perfect partner for jeans, slacks, and maxi dresses. Price: $199 (available in sizes 5–13 and four colors) A pair of classic and comfortable boat shoes if you want to look like you're setting sail on a yacht (mega or otherwise) this summer. Price: $69.99 (originally $99.99, available in sizes 5–12 and six colors) A pair of chunky sandals so you can make like Hannah Montana and have the best of both worlds. They'll give you the coverage your feet crave while still being breathable with a slingback and peep-toe design. Promising review: "Such cute and comfortable block heels! Love the gold-tone accents on the heel and buckle. Easily the most comfortable shoes I have purchased in a long time." —BHendonPrice: $77.40 (originally $129; available in sizes 5–11 and three colors) A pair of Havaianas flip-flops for strolling along the beach in or wearing poolside on your next vacation. Comfy and stylish, they're a summertime classic for a reason. Promising review: "I got my usual size and they fit exactly like all my other flip-flops from this brand. I got the cream sorta color, and it looks exactly like the pics. They are perfect!" —Miss AllyPrice: $34 (available in sizes 5/6–11/12 and three colors) Vibrant and whimsical flats designed by Katy Perry that feature a gorgeous daisy detail to always give you a spring in your step. Promising review: "Great shoes. Very cute and comfortable." —Kathy KatPrice: $44.99+ (originally $89, available in sizes 5–12 and seven colors) A pair of two-strap sandals because one of these beautiful, braided straps isn't enough. They'll add some extra ~texture~ to your stride. Price: $59.99 (available in sizes 6–10 and three colors)
