"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

— Martin Luther King Jr.

The week begins with an extraordinary burst of intense energy. Mars approaches Pluto on the Capricorn-Aquarius cusp as we begin this week and, by Monday evening, arrives in Aquarius. The Mars-Pluto conjunction completes by Tuesday. The unrestrained, independent, and restless energy of the conjunction is channeled through the Aries Moon on Monday and Tuesday. But also, through the extended Chiron/North Node Conjunction in Aries. The strong importance of community connection seen in Aquarius may be stirred to restless extremes by the Martian energy but can be [...]

"When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently."

— Eckhart Tolle

The beginning of this week features an encouraging Grand Earth trine with the Moon's transit through Virgo highlighting the trines of both Mars and Mercury in Capricorn to Uranus in Taurus. Mars-Mercury trine Uranus provides courage and confidence and a welcome boost of optimism. We can sense that we may indeed have the capacity to adapt to the new landscape — the 'New Era' we are embarking on. However, there are unmistakable signs that there is an undercurrent of hostility or resentment which needs to be [...]

"You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest."

— Paul Cezanne

The structures that we associate with Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) are generally considered to be the laws and boundaries of cold, hard reality within which we must constrain ourselves, while the visionary dreamworld of Pisces (ruled by Neptune — along with Jupiter) is generally associated with illusion — or even delusion and deception. Between Capricorn and Pisces there is Aquarius, associated with [...]