"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

— Margaret Atwood

There is a somewhat 'giddy', socially active and exciting environment at the beginning of the week. Tuesday's Sagittarius New Moon (3:31 PM PST 20° Sagittarius) encourages social engagement. Our intellect is stirred but we are easily tempted to get 'out over our skis' and claim to know more than we actually know. Unreal expectations are inflated by the New Moon's square to Neptune. This week's Sagittarius energy encourages optimistic expansion but also has the potential to stir our expectations to unrealistic levels. We are vulnerable to [...]

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative."

— H. G. Wells

Monday's early morning Gemini Full Moon (1:16 AM PST 4° Gemini/Sagittarius) brings this unpredictable current lunar cycle to a climax. A strong desire for 'Truth' and 'Clarity' is stirred by the Full Moon but a Mercury-Neptune square has us looking for something more. Mercury's square to Neptune completes just after the Full Moon and is likely to keep us trying to focus on the things that we can't quite see instead of what is plainly in front of us. In fact, there is indeed quite a bit going on just below [...]

"Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness."

— Leon Trotsky

This Monday's Scorpio New Moon (1:27 AM PST 20° Scorpio) is bound to inject some surprising 'twists of fate' along with some unpredictable or erratic behavior, likely revealing some deep frustrations. We spend a great deal of time and energy trying to find some sense of stability and 'order' following the New Moon as we begin to try to understand the new lunar cycle upon which we are embarking. We may be feeling quite a heavy sense of [...]