"The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter - for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way."

—Nikola Tesla

Jupiter begins to emerge from the challenging squares to Saturn and Neptune this week. However, the Sun squares Saturn and Neptune and the Sun's conjunction with Jupiter, ahead of Wednesday morning's Cancer New Moon (3:31 AM PDT 4° Cancer), highlights the continued activation of the powerful energies that encourage bold action. The Sun's connection with Jupiter, just before the New Moon, increases optimism and compounds the sense of imperative to Do Something! Nonetheless, the potent YOD configurations that were set up last week are [...]

"When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.
So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists
— as it surely will. Then act with courage."

—Chief White Eagle, Ponca

Jupiter arrives in Cancer on Monday of this week, taking an 'exalted' position just in time to 'rule' the Sagittarius Full Moon (12:43 AM PDT 20° Sagittarius/Gemini) early on Wednesday morning. Jupiter is a 'benefic', that is, it is generally considered a positive, optimistic and beneficial influence. But there is a 'catch' [...]

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."

—F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mercury 'carries the light' of last week's intellectual and inventive Mercury-Uranus conjunction into its 'Home Sign' of Gemini at the beginning of this week. (Uranus will finally reach Gemini on July 7 (PDT) with Mercury well-established in Leo — marking another especially notable shift.) Mercury's ingress into Gemini stimulates an energetic, intellectual curiosity as we adjust to the ingress of Saturn into Aries [...]