"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

— Andy Warhol

This week is dominated by an emotionally stirring Mars-Uranus opposition on Thursday followed up by a potent Taurus Full Moon (12:57 AM PDT 27° Taurus/Scorpio) very early on Friday Morning. There may be a number of 'external factors' — surprising or unexpected developments — that seem to demand action, stir up suspicions, or 'draw our ire' in a variety of ways. However, what actually matters this week is what is happening inside and how we relate, respond, and react to what we believe we see coming at us. Perhaps what is most notable about this week's developments — and easily overlooked — is that Venus enters the shadow of the next retrograde phase, occurring from December 19th until January 29th, 2022). During any period of a retrograding Venus, it is our [...]

"There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother."

— Francis Bacon

This Thursday's Scorpio New Moon (2:14 PM PDT 12° Scorpio) and the subsequent shifts of Mercury into Scorpio and Venus into Capricorn bring a strong demand to deepen the understanding of our individual perspective and how it affects our relationships to others. The shift of Venus into Capricorn is particularly significant because Venus will remain in Capricorn until March 5th of next year due to a powerful retrograde period from December 24th until January 28th. Venus is not comfortable in Capricorn, where the desire for [...]

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out."

— Anton Chekhov

The squares of the Sun and Mars to Pluto this week, along with Wednesday's Aries Full Moon (7:56 AM PDT 27° Aries/Libra) create a great deal of pressure. The push for change reaches into crisis territory. Both Mercury and Jupiter station direct, giving us some sense that the barriers to our progress are beginning to fall away. Mercury stations opposing Chiron, offering healing through honest acknowledgement of our individual pain. Jupiter stations in a trine to Mars encouraging us to express our beliefs with aggressive enthusiasm, despite the headwinds of opposing viewpoints. Nonetheless, we continue to be [...]