"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."

— Albert Camus

We may face some challenges and struggles ahead of this Friday's Sagittarius New Moon (11:42 PM PST 12° Sagittarius). The 'superior' Sun-Mercury conjunction at the beginning of the week includes Vesta, which creates an incredibly complex intellectual environment that couples idealism with decisiveness. This brings powerful emotional investment, bordering on zealotry. The waning Moon provides few opportunities to gain traction but our idealism, determination, and building passion keeps us on edge and trying to push forward. However, we may also be prone to feelings of defensiveness and inadequacy when we don't find the traction we need in order to move forward with our idealistic vision. We will need to bring patience, understanding, and compassion, while honestly acknowledging that [...]

"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 [...]