Chicago Skyline at Sunrise

This view of Chicago's skyline was taken from the beach along Lake Michigan on a cold and clear New Year's Day morning. The Sun had just risen, and the light gave a golden cast to the buildings and the leafless bushes and trees in the foreground. The sky, however, dominates this photo. Against its blue vastness, small white clouds appear near the buildings' tops, while large and more diffuse gray clouds fill most of the sky above them. The sky and the heavens long have been associated with the element air, making this image a harmonious one for the airy astrological sign Libra. Simply gazing up at the sky, whatever the time of day or night, can help us align with the air element. When the Sun travels through Libra each year, this act of looking skyward can help provide balance by letting us release heavy, earthly worries and fears to float in the airy world of thought and imagination.