"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'"

— C. S. Lewis

This week is mainly dominated by a slow forming Sun-Mars square that will begin to increase the pressure as soon as the Sun arrives in Virgo on Monday evening. The effects of the square are especially challenging under the waning Moon, which does not give us the kind of traction that the energizing, chaotic square stirs. Uranus turns retrograde on Wednesday, joining Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, and Chiron. The retrograding Uranus in Taurus increases our need to establish [...]

"Providence trains us by disappointment, surprises us with unexpected success, and turns our seeming trials into blessings."

— Louisa May Alcott

This Thursday's (6:53 PM PDT 19° Aquarius/Leo) arrives in an atmosphere that seems to trigger some action of providence, fate, or destiny. The Full Moon squares Uranus, creating significant tension which demands changes. Fortunately, a Mars-Pluto trine offers transformational openings that give us plenty of room to maneuver if we aren't too stuck on a 'my way or the highway' approach. There are plenty of unexpected developments all week that ultimately seem to be things that are somehow 'meant to be' — providential. This lunar cycle began with a Leo New Moon (July 28th, 10:54 AM PDT 8° Leo) in an expansive trine to the stationary retrograde Jupiter that encouraged significant [...]

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity."

— Gilda Radner

The Sun's arrival in Leo last week set us off on a rather 'bumpy' road, filled with 'potholes' of ego vulnerabilities and insecurities that we seem to want to fill with big helpings of 'bluff and bluster' or obscure with 'bling' or other sorts of trinkets that will serve to somehow announce our value to others. But deep down, the insecurity and uncertainty is swirling. The midweek Leo New Moon (10:54 AM PDT 8° Leo) in a trine to Jupiter, only serves to increase the bombast through expansive expectations and hard-to-restrain optimism. The key to navigating this atmosphere is likely found by focusing on [...]