"I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience."

— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

The week begins with Sunday's highly intellectual Capricorn New Moon (10:33 AM PST 12° Capricorn). The New Moon trines Uranus which supercharges our mental/intellectual capacity with quick thinking and clever wit and inspires us to seek freedom from old and outmoded restrictions. As well, Mercury's entrance into Aquarius boosts our ability to think 'outside the box' and bring forward innovative new ideas. We are now in the waning phase of [...]

"The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains."

— Josephine Baker

We reach the Winter Solstice this week in an extraordinarily potent and extremely challenging atmosphere. Venus turns retrograde in a powerful, extended conjunction with Pluto, challenging us to learn new ways of relating within an entirely new but still developing framework. The retrograde Venus is likely to dash our idealism and put our relationships in a rather cold, harsh light. Saturn and Uranus make the third and final exact square. This long arc aspect has been with us all year, setting out obstacles for us to overcome, demanding that we check and recheck our foundations for any weaknesses before [...]

"Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. "

— Saint Augustine

Venus reaches a potent, passionate, creative, and truly transformative conjunction with Pluto by the end of this week. The Venus-Pluto conjunction is intensified by the slowing of Venus, which will turn retrograde on December 19th. We are beginning to demonstrate the personal understanding that we have developed in our response to the powerful Saturn-Pluto conjunction that occurred in January of 2020 and the subsequent societal/cultural shifts. Our responses are personal and our unique individual perspectives are shown through our relationships and the nature of the interactions we have with those around us. But the societal/cultural guidelines within which we are functioning are also changing, affecting how we relate to others. This is truly an evolutionary transformation that is seen through [...]