"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

— Henry David Thoreau

We reach (at least) two extremely important milestones in the waxing cycles of the three 'outer planets' this week, connected to significant societal and cultural shifts. Uranus in Gemini completes the first of three exact sextiles to Neptune in Aries on Wednesday, marking an important milestone in the cycle that began under the Uranus-Neptune conjunction in Capricorn in 1993. (That conjunction is often most associated with the 'jump start' of the World Wide Web. The European Union was also formally established that year.) The 3rd and final sextile — with both Uranus and Neptune direct — will complete next June (2027). On Friday of this week, Uranus also completes the first of five exact trines with Pluto in Aquarius. The fifth trine of this series won't complete until [...]

"The choking humidity makes amphibians of us all, in Bombay, breathing water in air; you learn to live with it, and you learn to like it, or you leave."

— Gregory David Roberts

This week's intensity and sense of imperative may feel quite oppressive. The atmosphere is thick with swirling information and heavy with destabilizing emotions that won't settle down. The 'watery', emotional Cancer Sun is overwhelmed by the intensity, especially at Monday's Capricorn Full Moon (4:56 PM PDT 8° Capricorn/Cancer). The Full Moon is ruled by [...]

"Her searches after knowledge were arbitrary and without context. It was as if she were shining a small flashlight of curiosity into the dark room of the world."

— Gloria Steinem, Marilyn

This week begins with a Gemini New Moon (7:53 PM PDT 24° Gemini) that directs our instincts towards the acquisition of new knowledge. The New Moon is ruled by Mercury, which is in emotional, security conscious Cancer. Mercury and the Moon are in 'mutual reception' at the New Moon, which offers unusual support for blending our intellectual curiosity with the need for 'emotional security'. However, once the Moon moves past the New Moon and arrives in Cancer on Monday, the emotional stakes seem to be raised and we're likely to feel some intense [...]