"We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about."

— Joseph Campbell

Mercury returns to Gemini this week and, by the end of the week, emerges from the 'retrograde shadow'. Once back in Gemini, Mercury once again forms a sextile to Jupiter - helping to expand our philosophical perspective and giving us opportunities to share that perspective with those around us. Jupiter in Aries rules Tuesday's Sagittarius Full Moon (4:51 AM PDT 23° Sagittarius/Gemini), and we see a number of astounding new opportunities emerge. The energy and excitement of the Full Moon is enhanced by a Mars-Chiron conjunction, which encourages [...]

"A little voice inside my head said
'Don't look back, you can never look back'"

— Don Henley

This week's Gemini New Moon on Monday (4:30 AM PDT 9° Gemini) begins a process that helps us to adapt to the significantly altered landscape that was fostered under the last lunar cycle by 'talking it out'. However, Mercury, ruling the Gemini New Moon, stations direct in Taurus this week. Mercury's direct station places our focus on safety and security. We may find ourselves stubbornly digging in our heels because we don't feel safe, rather than moving forward with enthusiasm, curiosity and a sense of discovery. Mercury's influence has us demanding that we find some sense of safety and security before we truly open up enough to start talking. It will become very clear, over the next few weeks, how important it is to develop or shore up a [...]

"Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon."

— Emily Dickinson

The week begins with a powerful culmination of the current lunar cycle — the Full Moon in Scorpio (9:13 PM PDT 25° Scorpio/Taurus). This is the climax of the creative growing power and transformational change that was initiated by the Taurus New Moon at the end of last month, in important aspects to both Pluto and Saturn. The lessons before us are focused on channeling our strong ambitions by blending determination, flexibility, and a spirit of cooperation. It is the element of cooperation that seems to trip us up. However, by the end of the week, there are important opportunities to understand that we have to separate [...]