"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."

— Winston S. Churchill

This Tuesday's Cancer Full Moon (4:32 PM PDT 4° Cancer/Capricorn) is full of passion, inspiration, as well as a powerful dose of stirred up idealistic confusion. Venus makes a trine to Neptune just before the Full Moon, feeding dreamy inspiration into the intensity of the Full Moon. Mercury retrogrades back to make the second of three squares to Neptune in Pisces just after the Full Moon. But this time, Mercury is joined by Mars in Sagittarius which [...]

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

— Margaret Atwood

There is a somewhat 'giddy', socially active and exciting environment at the beginning of the week. Tuesday's Sagittarius New Moon (3:31 PM PST 20° Sagittarius) encourages social engagement. Our intellect is stirred but we are easily tempted to get 'out over our skis' and claim to know more than we actually know. Unreal expectations are inflated by the New Moon's square to Neptune. This week's Sagittarius energy encourages optimistic expansion but also has the potential to stir our expectations to unrealistic levels. We are vulnerable to [...]

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative."

— H. G. Wells

Monday's early morning Gemini Full Moon (1:16 AM PST 4° Gemini/Sagittarius) brings this unpredictable current lunar cycle to a climax. A strong desire for 'Truth' and 'Clarity' is stirred by the Full Moon but a Mercury-Neptune square has us looking for something more. Mercury's square to Neptune completes just after the Full Moon and is likely to keep us trying to focus on the things that we can't quite see instead of what is plainly in front of us. In fact, there is indeed quite a bit going on just below [...]