"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."

— Marie Curie

The Sun arrives in Aries this week — the Spring Equinox — highlighting a push for courage and self-confidence. Last week's dark shadows' dissipate. However, Mercury's conjunction with the North Node and Chiron bring new questions to be resolved. Mercury comes to the 'shadow point' of the next retrograde phase (April 1 - April 24) by Monday as it makes a conjunction with the North Node, then conjuncts Chiron on Wednesday. The residual effects of late February's extended Chiron/North Node conjunction are activated, putting intellectual power behind [...]

"Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with."

— Sharon Salzberg

This week begins with a Venus-Uranus square and ends with a square of Mars to Uranus. These squares to Uranus produce a building sense of restlessness throughout the week that should not be ignored. The Venus-Uranus square is followed up by Mercury's sextile to Uranus, offering us an opportunity to reflect on a number of tantalizing new ideas. Mercury follows up the sextile to Uranus with an intense but potential confusing conjunction with Neptune. Idealism, intuition, and intellectual insights will keep us quite [...]

"God enters by a private door into every individual."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Venus and Mars finally make a conjunction this week that has been 'a long time coming'. They were nearly conjunct last summer but Venus turned retrograde and 'stalled out' before making the connection. In essence, there was more individual work to be done in order to build a new sense of our individual self-worth and establish more confidence in our unique perspective. Both Venus and Mars have now crossed the threshold of Pluto's position on the cusp of Aquarius and come together with a message of our individual strength and power. In Aquarius, the conjunction is less sensitive and more [...]