"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

— Pablo Picasso

We begin this week with a Pisces New Moon (1:00 AM PST 20° Pisces) that offers both a great deal of intuitive insight as well as some uniquely innovative intellectual inspiration. The challenge is to maintain enough patience in order to 'learn' how to navigate in this new environment produced by the new lunar cycle. Mercury's arrival in Aries at the end of last week, just ahead of the New Moon, has stirred a confident, pioneering spirit. The waning Mars-Uranus square is likely to increase the drive to get moving and make quick progress. However, whatever confidence we have will be quickly tempered. We will soon recognize that [...]

"You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself."

— Wizard of Oz

Last Saturday's Virgo Full Moon (4:30 AM PST 5° Virgo/Pisces) has offered us a 'Brass Ring' — we just need to reach out and grab it. There are, in fact, significant opportunities presented to us this week but they aren't easy to recognize. Both the Sun and Mercury conjunct Saturn in Pisces on Wednesday of this week. The Sun-Mercury-Saturn conjunction produces a sense of restriction and pressure but we are likely to feel that pressure is extremely vague and nebulous. We may find ourselves desperately trying to figure out "What is the PLAN!?" We may be struggling to understand how to blend our intellect and intuition effectively in order to [...]

"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 [...]