"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

— Louisa May Alcott

We are continuing to ride through a number of 'turning points' this week as we move into 2025 — a year of transition and even more dramatic turning points. Saturn and Neptune will dance over the Pisces/Aries cusp in 2025 and Uranus will cross back and forth over the Taurus/Gemini Cusp. Those back and forth shifts will provide us with experiences that help us to weave our past experiences into future initiatives. These shifts will complete in 2026. This week, the lunar nodes are activating the Aries/Pisces and Libra/Virgo cusps before moving into the Pisces (North Node)/Virgo (South Node) axis next week. The new positions will emphasize the value of deeper connection, compassion, and faith. The Capricorn New Moon (2:26 PM PST 9° Capricorn) on Monday is given only 'distant' guidance from a wide-orb sextile to Saturn, ruling Capricorn, and a [...]

"From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached."

— Franz Kafka

This week initiates a series of turning points that will continue to bring shifts well into next year, giving us 'a lot to think about'. We start the week with a somewhat muted Gemini Full Moon (1:01 AM PST 23° Gemini/Sagittarius) that forms a murky T-square with Neptune. Mercury stations direct at the Full Moon, which it rules from Sagittarius. There are powerful new perspectives to work with but we'll need some time to determine how to organize our thoughts and put forward our new perspectives effectively. We may be prone to becoming increasingly [...]

"When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves."

— Viktor E. Frankl

Mars stations retrograde this week and Neptune stations direct. The broad effect of these two shifts is likely to be quite disorienting but we may not actually recognize the disorientation as it is working on us. Our focus is generally aimed at pushing forward, planning and organizing, without fully acknowledging the complications as they begin to pile up. Mars in Leo is bold and courageous and is encouraged by the Sagittarius New Moon (10:21 PM PST 9° Sagittarius). The New Moon has encouraged us to [...]