"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."

— Maya Angelou

There are likely to be several 'bumps' in the road this week — frustrating challenges and obstacles — both before and after this Tuesday's Taurus New Moon (8:21 PM PDT 18° Taurus). There is still quite a bit of Aries energy in the atmosphere which helps to propel us forward but may also increase our impatience levels. Our wheels may spin if we aren't able to quickly get as much traction as we would like. Nonetheless, the New Moon, which sextiles Saturn, is quite powerfully grounded, suggesting a 'springboard' for [...]

"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

— Sylvia Plath

This week brings an intense, unsteady and somewhat indecisive culmination to the high-energy lunar cycle initiated under the Aries New Moon (11:37 AM PDT 19° Aries Solar Eclipse) on April 8th. Tuesday's Scorpio Full Moon (4:48 PM PDT 4° Scorpio/Taurus) is highly pressurized — both the Sun and Moon create a fixed T-square with Pluto. There is extraordinary creativity suggested by the Full Moon but also an intense demand to purge unworkable or untenable elements. We may find ourselves feeling quite 'stuck' at times this week. We may be unable to [...]

"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."

— Noam Chomsky

This Monday's Aries New Moon (11:37 AM PDT 19° Aries Solar Eclipse) and the dramatic stellium or 'pile-up' in Aries this week strongly suggests new beginnings, powerful growth energy and a demand for unrestrained freedom. But the complexities and nuances of this week's Aries energy are numerous. Aries is generally not known for any interest in 'Complexity', preferring to charge ahead with complete freedom — often quite impulsively and with little concern for anyone or anything that gets in the way. Well, "Not so fast!" This week's Aries energy is quite different, as is the path and the lessons that [...]