"Disorder is inherent in stability. Civilized man doesn't understand stability. He's confused it with rigidity…
…True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed."

—Tom Robbins
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

The waning Moon actually helps to break down intransigence this week. Last week's Aries Full Moon (October 6, 8:47 PM PDT 14° Aries/Libra) may have stirred up a great deal of activity and determination but it has slowly developed into a kind of rigid inertia. However, we can begin to feel a developing Grand Water trine with Monday's Cancer Moon activating the forming Saturn-Jupiter trine. There are strong [...]

"I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my whole intention was to arrive at a certainty, and to dig away the drift and the sand until I reached the rock or the clay beneath."

—Rene Descartes

Last week's Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse (September 21st, 12:53 PM PDT 29° Virgo) suggested a particularly intense 'dark of the moon' period. But quickly, the Autumnal Equinox — the Sun's arrival in Libra — began to suggest significant breakthroughs. The Libra Sun's connections to Uranus, Pluto and Neptune in a potent 'kite' formation offered remarkable revelations. Even though we could begin to see potential breakthroughs, [...]

"You better pay attention, build your comprehension
There's gonna be a quiz at your ascension"

— Godspell - Learn Your Lessons
Stephen Schwartz

As we move through the waning phase of an extraordinarily powerful lunar cycle, we seem to be presented with increasingly complicated situations that force adjustments and increased understanding. Intuition does not give us as much help as we might hope and we are faced with a number of obstacles that seem to be coming from 'external sources'. However, for the most part, our challenge throughout this lunar cycle has been to clearly articulate our honest intentions and follow through with both [...]