"Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time."

— Georgia O'Keeffe

This week begins with an extraordinary amount of optimism. There may be some sense that we are 'writing a new chapter' in our lives, in our society, in our world. However, while we may feel as though we are 'ready to roll', Mercury is still retrograde, and it is unlikely that we have enough of the necessary framework and structure in place to move forward with any degree of stability. If we try to move forward without establishing a stable [...]

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."

— Khalil Gibran

Mercury turns retrograde at the beginning of this week in a remarkably intellectual environment but one that demands that we review our intellectual insights in order to begin to integrate a variety of emotional elements such as fear, uncertainty and vulnerability. Insights come like flashes of lightning but there is no chance of catching this 'lightning in a bottle' or keeping things effectively organized and sorted. This is the time to trust the process as we begin to see a new framework emerging. Some may try to use clever intellectual rhetoric or tease others out of their emotional uncertainty. However, such tactics are only likely to [...]

"If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without ascending it, the work would have been permitted."

— Franz Kafka

This week brings us to a peak of unpredictable, erratic, individual activity under the Mars-Uranus conjunction on Wednesday. Following last week's Mars-Saturn square, where the energy of Mars was channeled, restricted, or constrained, the independence of Mars is unleashed by Uranus. The conjunction can display erratic, impulsive — even explosive elements but we should not discount the creative power of [...]