"All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.'"

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

As we approach the Autumn Equinox on Thursday, there are significant developments despite the waning lunar cycle. We seem to find ourselves on the 'knife's edge' between the past and the future. It is our instincts, for the most part, that are encouraging us to move forward and telling us that there is something new 'just over the horizon'. At the same time, we may sometimes find ourselves looking for ways to revert to the safety of the past, a nostalgic longing for things in the past that are as much out of our grasp as what we can almost see ahead. There may be some significant emotional [...]

"We must be willing to let go of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

— Joseph Campbell

Mercury is slowing down all week and will turn retrograde on Friday, just ahead of Saturday's early morning Pisces Full Moon (2:58 AM PDT 17° Pisces/Virgo). Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Chiron, and Uranus are already retrograde. With Mercury turning retrograde, a 'Re-Evaluation' process is fully underway. For the most part, our focus has been veering towards reviewing the past. This week, we begin to understand how last week's swirl of chaos has begun to shift our focus away from the past and towards the future. The swirl of chaos has represented a 'Re-Alignment' that is beginning to shift our focus towards [...]

"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 [...]