"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Decisive, productive action requires considered, well-balanced 'judgement'. Tuesday morning's Libra New Moon (5:24 AM PDT 28° Libra) provides us with excellent capacity for such judgement. Following the New Moon, we make a distinct shift from Libra's discerning balance and judgement into a much more decisive and determined environment. The Moon quickly moves into Scorpio, after the New Moon, to make a demanding but transformative square to Pluto. The Sun follows up [...]

"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."

—Patti Smith

The current lunar cycle 'culminates' this week with an Aries Full Moon (8:47 PM PDT 14° Aries/Libra) on Monday evening. But this lunar cycle continues to confound even with the culmination. There aren't any apparent 'straight lines' between the beginning of the lunar cycle at the 'particularly dark' Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse (September 21, 12:53 PM PDT 29° Virgo) and this week's Full Moon. With the Sun and Mercury in Libra, we may have believed we'd like to find compromise. But uncertainty and [...]

"Courage is grace under pressure."

—Ernest Hemingway

This week begins at the Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse (12:53 PM PDT 29° Virgo) — a rare second Virgo New Moon for the year. All New Moons represent the 'dark of the Moon' but with the opposition to Saturn and out-of-sign opposition to Neptune (as well as the eclipse, of course) the 'darkness' seems to be compounded. There is remarkable uncertainty and, with the Moon's quick arrival in Libra and the Autumnal Equinox the following day (the Sun's arrival in Libra), Libra's indecision is also compounded under the [...]