"Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love and forget how to hate."

— Ozzy Osbourne
Crazy Train

Last Saturday's Full Moon (2:11 PM PDT 27° Scorpio/Taurus) somehow seemed to take the pressure off and we may expect that things will settle down as a result. However, we are likely to immediately realize that the pressure was helping us to stay focused, determined and resolved. Without the pressure, the discomfort changes but it doesn't go away. The desire for certainty continues to be unsatisfied. By Tuesday, the Sun and Mercury move from stabilizing Taurus to friendly but flighty and fickle Gemini (marking the Sun-Mercury superior conjunction) and the chaos and uncertainty begins to bubble up from all directions. The desire for stability and certainty is [...]

"Oh, we got to let the music play"

— The Doobie Brothers/Tim Johnson
Listen To The Music

We are offered an important lesson about the value of listening this week. Last week's Taurus New Moon (May 4th, 3:45 PM PDT 14° Taurus) initiated an entirely new round of insight and inspiration but it's a very slow process. Frustrations and impatience may seem to smolder all week. Rather than making proclamations and beating others over the head with the facts, we do better this week by allowing others the room to process the facts for themselves. Although this may seem like an excruciating exercise, we will have to recognize that [...]

"Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained."

— Lao Tzu

As we emerge from the foggy Neptune dominated atmosphere of the past few months, our challenge is to be honest — honest about what we see, what we feel, and what we want. This week is dominated by mutable squares, which tend to produce an especially chaotic atmosphere. Idealism is strong but [...]