"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation."

— Coretta Scott King

Mercury's square to Saturn starts this week off with some challenging 'head winds', threatening to keep our minds closed to new ideas and blocking the potential for expanded perspectives. We are likely to find ourselves dealing with some entrenched beliefs — stuck on something that we can't let go of. However, faith and intuition are extremely helpful in quickly clearing the air. For the rest of the week, the 'wind is at our backs' as we head towards Friday's Taurus Full Moon (1:28 PM PST 24° Taurus/Scorpio). Venus, which rules the Full Moon, arrives in Capricorn on Monday. The Full Moon is conjunct Uranus, suggesting surprises. But [...]

"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 [...]