"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 [...]

"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

— Sylvia Plath

This week brings an intense, unsteady and somewhat indecisive culmination to the high-energy lunar cycle initiated under the Aries New Moon (11:37 AM PDT 19° Aries Solar Eclipse) on April 8th. Tuesday's Scorpio Full Moon (4:48 PM PDT 4° Scorpio/Taurus) is highly pressurized — both the Sun and Moon create a fixed T-square with Pluto. There is extraordinary creativity suggested by the Full Moon but also an intense demand to purge unworkable or untenable elements. We may find ourselves feeling quite 'stuck' at times this week. We may be unable to [...]