"Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then act upon what you know to be true. "

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

There is optimism and idealism stirring this week — but also plenty of crisis-driven, Cardinal Sign turmoil. The Moon wanes in light and the deep, base note pulse-of-change of the Saturn-Pluto sextile slowly begins to soften as the aspect separates. The imperatives may seem to dissipate or fracture. The need for deep connection and cooperation, based on authenticity and honesty, may be lost through a dissolute impatience. Nonetheless, the Sun-Jupiter square, that was forming under last Wednesday's Libra Full Moon [...]

"I accept the chaos and in the following night, my soul approached me."

— C.G. Jung
The Red Book

A Saturn-Pluto sextile will complete at the end of this week, representing a deeply transformative, dramatic 'bass note' reverberating and intensifying throughout the week. The Sun — empowered by last week's Spring Equinox — activates and intensifies the Saturn-Pluto sextile. The Sun moves from a conjunction to Neptune at the beginning of the week and then conjuncts Saturn mid-week. The Sun's aspects put an intense spotlight on our individual responses to the dramatic changes initiated by [...]

"Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

— C.G. Jung

There is an extraordinary emphasis on understanding the bridge between Pisces and Aries (endings and new beginnings) this week — Mars, Mercury, the Sun, and the North Node in Pisces and Neptune, Saturn, Venus, and Chiron in Aries. This week begins with a Scorpio Moon forming a Grand Water trine with Mercury in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer that is followed up by the completion of Mercury's trine to Jupiter as Jupiter begins to station direct. The optimism in this atmosphere is unmistakable and brings echoes of [...]