"Well, I see black and white and red and yellow, even green — getting together. And their weapons are shining clean — but I'm not talking about swords, knives, and guns. I'm talking about the power of God and the new rising sun."

— Jimi Hendrix, Cherokee Mist: The Lost Writings

Venus gets 'home' to Taurus and Mars gets 'home' to Aries this week. There is a sense of relief that accompanies these developments.The relief is punctuated and inspired by a precipitous Mars-Pluto sextile that completes by Friday. A quiet awakening occurs with little fanfare — a rebirth of idealism that is unfettered by the baggage of the past — old illusions and outmoded ideals. Mercury, now direct in Aries, picks up [...]

"Tom, get your plane right on time
I know that you've been eager to fly now
Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now
Doh-n-doh-de-doh-n-doh
Like it shines on me"

— Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
Paul Simon

The expansive, innovative Jupiter-Uranus conjunction completes at the end of this week just after we reach the '1st Quarter' phase of this highly active, initiatory lunar cycle. Mercury is still retrograde (until next Thursday) but has passed the 'inferior conjunction' with the Sun and will conjunct Venus and the Aries North Node, offering considerable help in [...]

"To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it."

— Mother Teresa

Mercury turns retrograde in Aries on Monday of this week and will almost get back to exactly conjunct the North Node by the time it turns direct on April 25th. This is generally a time for us to work through 're-crafting' our unique individual message so that others can better understand us. Once again, the lessons of the February Chiron/North Node conjunction reverberate, reminding us again to more deeply investigate and strengthen our unique, individual sense of self and how we 'fit in' to the world around us. There is likely to be a great deal of impatience stirred up by [...]