"The two most important warriors are patience and time."

— Leo Tolstoy

We remain in a period that calls for thoughtful consideration this week. Ripples of our past merge with our future intentions and we have the opportunity to find ways to integrate established tradition into innovative new ideas. Unfortunately, our attempts to bring together the past and the future are prone to creating confusion at this point in the process — especially if we seek ways to impulsively lurch ahead without having laid the proper groundwork or formed the necessary alliances. Pluto turned direct last week, Saturn stations direct this week, and Jupiter and Mercury turn direct next week. Our thoughts are increasingly aimed towards future progress. However, this week's atmosphere is unsteady, uncertain, and wracked with [...]

"A truly good man does nothing, yet nothing is left undone.
A foolish man is always doing, yet much remains to be done"

— Lao Tzu

Mercury turns retrograde in Libra at the beginning of this week. Mercury's square to Pluto increases the intensity of our opinions but a trine to Jupiter encourages us to take a step back and look at the 'bigger picture' In terms of taking any meaningful or decisive actions, this week's mix of energies keeps most of us uncertain, indecisive, or struggling to enlist the kind of support we need. With Mars in Libra, we are more likely to find ourselves trying to work through others but we are hampered by the struggle to clear away [...]

"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."

— Gilda Radner

This week is, in many ways, about 'trusting the process', as we move through a wide variety of unexpected twists, turns, and new opportunities. The waxing lunar cycle, following last week's Virgo New Moon, begins to show the unexpected qualities of the New Moon's connection to Uranus. We may find unexpected challenges, feel paralyzing uncertainty, or encounter strong headwinds that force us to adapt, adjust, and hopefully, innovate. Mars arrives in Libra on Tuesday and the atmosphere may feel rather uncomfortable. Mars in Libra is especially [...]