"This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."

— Chief Seattle

Deep emotional intensity builds all week this week despite the waning Moon. Friday's Scorpio New Moon (5:46 AM PDT 9° Scorpio) does not offer enough clarity or sense of community to really dissipate the deeply personal, individual focus on personal safety and security. Mars is approaching the first of three, incredibly intense oppositions to Pluto. Mercury makes a trine to both Mars and Neptune near the New Moon which only seems to [...]

"Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

This week begins with a Mercury-Pluto square that sets the stage for an extremely intense, crisis-driven series of developments. Mercury leaves Libra and moves quickly into Scorpio following the square, which increases our determination to effectively communicate the depth of our emotions. Libra's 'veneer' of peace and harmony becomes 'brittle' and begins to fall apart. The Sun and Juno make a conjunction in Libra on Wednesday, further disrupting Libra's desire for harmonious balance and turning our attention towards 'fairness'. We are inspired to definitively fight for the recognition [...]

"I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks."

— Bono

This Wednesday's Libra New Moon Eclipse (11:49 AM PDT 10° Libra) sets us on a course towards some very intense emotional clearing. There is significant unrealized or unrecognized potential waiting to be explored and developed over the course of this new lunar cycle involving opening new connections and building solid trust. However, we may be hampered by the Libra desire for appropriate protocols and a balanced, orderly, and amiable process — which is hardly the way that clearing away emotional baggage usually works. The Libra imperative to find balance is challenged by several important and ultimately quite protective water trines that offer us a safety net — if [...]