"I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream"

— Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply
Jim Steinman

The 'hits' keep coming this week as we reach the culmination of the creative, self-expressive, Leo lunar cycle with an Aquarius Full Moon (12:54 AM PDT 16° Aquarius/Leo) at the end of the week. The Moon and Jupiter are in mutual reception at the beginning of the week, producing expansive, stabilizing progress and significant optimism. Mars arrives in Libra mid-week, echoing last Tuesday's instinctual energy surge, when the Moon [...]

"In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision."

—Dalai Lama

The powerful shifts that are underway are unmistakable this week. Thursday's Leo New Moon (12:10 PM PDT 2° Leo) powerfully connects with Uranus (now) in Gemini, Pluto in Aquarius, and the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Aries. This is Fire and Air, action-oriented, forceful will-power-driven, inspired intellectual determination. The intuitive elements of Gemini are also highlighted at the beginning of the week. The dual nature of Gemini does suggests [...]

"Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered...sealed away for opening on a January day with snow falling fast and the sun unseen for weeks…"

—Ray Bradbury

Uranus 'steps' into Gemini this week in an atmosphere that is highly optimistic. The optimism, marked by a Moon-Jupiter mutual reception early in the week, can easily distract us from the broader implications of the shifts that we are experiencing this week. Venus has preceded Uranus into Gemini. In essence, Venus seems to 'prepare the ground' for Uranus, broadly encouraging the optimism that we are prone to embracing this week. Uranus will retrograde back into Taurus from November 7 until April 25, 2026. [...]