"WE may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us."

— Bergen Evans
The Natural History of Nonsense

"If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future."

— Winston S. Churchill

We begin a New Year, 2024, on Monday this week, marking the shift from a "7" year to an "8" year. The 7 showed us the 'scaffolding' — clear evidence of a vast restructuring following the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of 2020. The 8 offers expansion but also checks over optimism and overly idealistic aspirations. The "8's" affinity to Jupiter is particularly important as Jupiter's activity is especially notable this year. A Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in mid-April offers [...]

"'Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind.'
'Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.'"

— Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The depth and intuitive wisdom of Capricorn is emphasized this week as Mercury retrogrades back to conjunct the Sun on the Sagittarius/Capricorn cusp at the Winter Solstice. While Capricorn is generally considered quite practical and pragmatic, there is also a deep, intuitive element to the sign. Mercury picks up those intuitive elements when retrograding in Capricorn and can help to blend intellectual knowledge and insights with powerful intuitive guidance. Any time Mercury is retrograde, it is especially important to [...]

"We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."

— The Tempest, William Shakespeare

Neptune turns direct this week — a very subtle but important shift in the overall atmosphere. There is a quiet 'new beginning' surrounding our sense of mission and purpose, that is, how we fit in with the world around us. A new inspiration begins to flow. There is a glimmer of a new dream that we're ready to try to make 'come true'. Mercury is slowing down and will turn retrograde next week in an extended trine to Jupiter. The is active all week, giving us a boost of optimism along with a broader perspective. However, the overall atmosphere doesn't [...]