"'First things first' might be a clichê , but it's a useful one that means prioritizing what matters most to you and believing there is no wrong answer. When it comes to figuring this out for yourself, the careful binary of work or life entirely misses the point."

— Stacey Abrams

Energy and activity is stirred at the beginning of this week by the springtime energy of the Aries Sun, the Mars-Saturn trine, and Mercury's sextile to Uranus. Mercury also approaches a square to Mars (in Gemini) which could quickly overwhelm us with a barrage of ideas and information. Vesta is also very much involved in these activating aspects which brings forward a somewhat self-righteous desire to identify the value and importance of our personal sacrifices. Impatience and reckless impulsiveness may seem to threaten or [...]

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

— Maya Angelou

There is an increasingly nebulous, intangible quality that descends upon us this week as we move towards Saturday's Pisces New Moon (2:21 AM PST 23° Pisces). Pallas arrives in Pisces to begin the week, which has us looking for proof to support our position but increasing our hesitation to trust the truth when we find it. Pallas is joining Venus and the Sun in Pisces, compounding the nebulous atmosphere. We may find ourselves in an [...]

"Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have someone click the shutter."

— Ansel Adams

Mercury has returned to direct motion in free-thinking Aquarius this week, retracing the path of the retrograde phase. With Mercury direct, we may feel spontaneous urges to leap to quick conclusions or take quick action but timing is everything and we may not truly be ready to commit to a new course of action. As we move towards the Virgo Full Moon (12:17 AM PST 8° Virgo/Pisces) which occurs just after midnight on Saturday morning, we find ourselves continuing to follow an important review process that requires us to dispatch any doubts or uncertainty before we move [...]