"The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today."

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

As we begin to unwind the challenging messages from last Friday's Capricorn Full Moon (6:07 PM PDT 1° Capricorn/Cancer), there is a subtle but important tension between a search for emotional security and some very powerful intellectual activity that is encouraging us to expand the perimeter of our comfort zone. We may seem to 'straddle the fence' between intellectual confidence and emotional uncertainty. Mercury's activity in Cancer plays a pivotal role in helping us to bridge the gap between emotion and intellect. A midweek Mercury-Saturn trine is followed up by a Mercury-Chiron square, which keeps our 'feet to the fire' in terms of [...]

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Early this week — by Tuesday — Mars completes a square to Pluto. However, the overriding action is set up by the completion of the Sun's square to Saturn on Sunday. The overall lack of clarity and the chaos produced by the mutable-sign Sun-Saturn square only serves to increase the frustration of the fixed-sign Mars-Pluto square without offering any clear sense of purpose or mission. Although the tension seems intense, there are few outlets and even fewer clear, articulate voices. We are likely to feel insecure and uncertain, as well as quite [...]

"Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labor, always inspired by the ideal."

— Sarah Bernhardt

Jupiter arrived in Gemini at the very end of last week, joining the Sun and Venus. Gemini's glittering intellect is on full display this week but, with Mars still in Aries, our nerves can easily get stirred up with intellectual overload. Nervousness can pop up suddenly and may disappear just as quickly. Jupiter is heading into a trine to Pluto, which stirs our idealism, optimism and ambition to new heights but may not be realistic or achievable — only time will tell. Pluto is retrograding back to make [...]