"All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world"

— Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes

We move through the last days of the Sun's transit through Cancer this week, bringing a variety of insecurities and vulnerabilities nearer to the surface. We may be inclined to try to hide or obscure our weaknesses but, if we are successful in keeping our vulnerability hidden, we will miss important opportunities to make deeper connections with others. There is significant support for new leaders to emerge this week under Monday's Cancer New Moon (11:31 AM PDT 24° Cancer) which highlights ambition and provides a powerful boost from 'Providence'. The New Moon's trine to Neptune and quincunx to Pluto suggests [...]

"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.'"

— Thomas Paine

The Capricorn Full Moon (4:38 AM PDT 11° Capricorn/Cancer) this week sets up a call for accountability, hard on the heels of last week's roller coaster. Our self-image and sense of self-esteem is beginning to feel some significant pressure. The keys to easing this pressure involves both expanding our perspective as well as finding ways to open up to others and ask for help. There aren't any quick solutions. A somewhat generous and optimistic atmosphere could easily lead us to believe that a new beginning — a fresh start — will allow us to clear the slate and release us from the need to clean up loose ends. However, when that sort of escape is seen to be untenable, most of us are likely to just feel overwhelmed. There are a myriad of details that don't [...]

"To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.'"

— Janet Jackson

It's likely that there's quite a bit of emotional confusion to deal with as we begin to work with last week's Gemini New Moon energy. Gemini is highly intellectual but the Sun's square to Neptune completes just after the New Moon, creating significant potential for emotional vulnerability, deception, or manipulation, especially as the Moon transits Cancer at the beginning of the week. However, by the Summer Solstice on Wednesday, Mercury's sextile to Mars boosts our confidence and the Cancer Sun helps us put our emotional vulnerabilities into perspective. A balanced perspective is also supported by [...]