" I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things."

— Mother Teresa

Last week's pressure and intensity dissipates this week — even with Mars in Scorpio. We find important opportunities to stabilize our confidence and turn our attention to new planning. Our progress may feel halting or unsteady at times as we deal with occasional waves of suspicion, overconfidence, or unrealistic idealism. Essentially, what is required this week is moderation that will help us to stay on track to solidify our positions, realign our beliefs with the facts on the ground, and shore up our alliances. The dissipation of pressure may leave room for us to individually push too hard. Alternatively, we may find ourselves tempted to take the 'line of least resistance' after becoming disillusioned when [...]

"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 [...]