"When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world, of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesn't work anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly insurmountable problems, an individual life-form -- or a species -- will either die or become extinct or rise above the limitations of its condition through an evolutionary leap."

— Eckhart Tolle

We stand on nothing less than an evolutionary threshold this week under Wednesday's momentously powerful Aries New Moon Eclipse (9:12 PM PDT 29° Aries), which is in a tight square to Pluto as it stations on the cusp of Aquarius. The New Moon occurs on the last degree of Aries — the Aries/Taurus cusp — while squaring Pluto on the first degree of Aquarius — the Capricorn/Aquarius cusp. These cusp influences highlight the threshold qualities of this week's atmosphere. The Aries/Taurus cusp points to the need for growth initiatives (Aries) to become grounded and stabilized (Taurus) in order to achieve [...]

"Freedom is won only through fulfillment. And to be free means always somewhat not to know; it is the coefficient of inaccuracy. It is based on the courage to go forth while not knowing the future."

— Dane Rudhyar

We are likely to see a great deal of (sometimes erratic) individuality trying to break through any sort of organized, cooperative activity this week. The potent Spring Equinox New Moon lunar cycle culminates with a highly creative Libra Full Moon (9:34 PM PDT 16° Libra/Aries) on Wednesday which opposes a Sun-Chiron conjunction in Aries. The challenge of the Full Moon is figuring out how we can assert our unique, individual perspective and still hope to find any sort of general consensus. In some ways, this seems like a 'Tower of Babel' scenario but it isn't [...]

"The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity."

— Erich Fromm

The first arrival of Pluto into Aquarius this week signals that we are on the verge of a New Era. But Pluto will not be fully established in Aquarius until November of 2024 so, essentially, we are actually teetering on the edge of a New Era, with all of the uncertainty and instability which that suggests. The arrival of Saturn in Pisces, just after the Virgo Full Moon on March 7th, further reflects the lack of clarity in the current environment. We need to rely more heavily on intuition without slipping into delusion, self-deception, or over-optimism while still listening for the 'still, small, voice' of [...]