"Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind."

— Madeleine L'Engle,
Swiftly Tilting Planet

All week we are building towards Saturday's extremely precipitous Gemini Full Moon (8:35 PM PST 27° Gemini/Sagittarius). The Full Moon trines Jupiter, stirring us with optimism and encouragement. But a quincunx to the potent Venus-Pluto conjunction, as Venus stations to go retrograde at the beginning of next week, demands adjustments. There is an urge to push ahead — even as we continue to encounter slowdowns and challenging interactions that require us to adjust our approach. There is nervous energy that pushes us to try to share our ideas but we may find ourselves seeking only [...]

"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 [...]