"We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledge that they cannot take us all the way."

— Madeleine L'Engle
A Circle of Quiet

There are intense levels of intellectual activity this week, producing profound opportunities to gain insights but also plenty of excitement and nervousness that is not easily 'tamed'. There aren't many 'guardrails' that might help to guide our motivations or our intentions. Both the Sun and Mercury in Virgo are wrapped up tightly into a YOD with Pluto in Aquarius and Neptune in Aries. At this week's Pisces Eclipse Full Moon (9:18 PM PDT 4° Pisces/Virgo), the Moon crosses the midpoint of the Pluto-Neptune sextile while the Sun and Mercury are moving out of the YOD but heading directly into a square with Uranus. Although the intensity is 'off the charts', there are extraordinary benefits offered. [...]

"Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist."

— Marquis de Sade

Both Venus and Mercury make important connections to the three 'Outers' (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) this week. Venus in Libra completes a Grand Air Trine with Uranus and Pluto while also opposing Neptune — generally termed a 'Kite' — on Tuesday. Mercury arrives in Leo at the beginning of the week, traveling over the same 'hot spot' as Jupiter and the Sun and making the same connections to the 'Outers' — a sextile to Uranus, a trine to Neptune, and an opposition to Pluto. These are generally considered highly 'benefic' configurations. Nonetheless, with Venus [...]

"You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky"

— Sign of the Times
Harry Styles

Saturn stations retrograde in Aries at the beginning of this week. The lessons that we have learned from our past experiences must be reviewed and tested, revealing how effectively we have maintained our integrity while pursuing our individual initiatives. The innovative, intellectually expansive optimism of Jupiter's connections to Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto — last week's high intensity connections — immediately begin to come under the scrutiny of Saturn's review process. Next month's Pisces Full Moon eclipse (August 27 8:18 PM PDT 4° Pisces/Virgo) will feature the only waxing Jupiter-Saturn trine in the Jupiter-Saturn cycle ('seeded' in December 2020 in Aquarius), from Aries to Leo. Between now and then, we have important opportunities to [...]