"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."

— James Joyce

We are likely to see extraordinary potential this week, ahead of Thursday's Gemini New Moon (5:37 AM PDT 16° Gemini). The Moon resurrects last week's Mars-Chiron conjunctions at the beginning of this week, which provides a boost of self-confidence. Jupiter also completes a trine to Pluto to begin the week, stirring our idealism and ambition to extraordinary levels. The strong Gemini influences help us to make the intellectual connections that suggest the possibility of some pretty grand achievements. The landscape seems to transform magically before our eyes. But our minds can quickly become [...]

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

— Henry David Thoreau

Both the Sun and Venus arrive in Gemini this week, easing the compression of the Aries/Taurus focus that has been dominant over the last few months. To some extent, this is likely to feel as though things are lightening up. Nonetheless, by the time we reach the Sagittarius Full Moon (6:52 AM PDT 2° Sagittarius/Gemini) on Thursday, we come into a rather chaotic atmosphere where things seem to need to fall apart before they can [...]

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."

— Maya Angelou

There are likely to be several 'bumps' in the road this week — frustrating challenges and obstacles — both before and after this Tuesday's Taurus New Moon (8:21 PM PDT 18° Taurus). There is still quite a bit of Aries energy in the atmosphere which helps to propel us forward but may also increase our impatience levels. Our wheels may spin if we aren't able to quickly get as much traction as we would like. Nonetheless, the New Moon, which sextiles Saturn, is quite powerfully grounded, suggesting a 'springboard' for [...]