"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

— Booker T. Washington

Mercury arrives in Libra at the beginning of this week. Mercury in Libra rules the Virgo Sun and setting the stage for next week's Virgo New Moon (September 6th 5:51 PM PDT 14° Virgo). We have an important window for building consensus and developing effective 'group effort'. However, the Moon's waning light and some tendency towards 'tunnel vision' may cause us to temporarily lose sight of the Big Picture, broader perspective, which would help us understand [...]

"It's been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come"

— A Change Gonna Come
Same Cooke

This week sets up a new gauntlet for us to run. There are two distinct, albeit short-lived, balanced quincunxes to navigate during the first part of the week. We face the prospect of navigating some particularly tricky 'blind corners' indicated by these two potent balanced quincunxes — or YODs— that demand an enormous amount of patience, perseverance, and most importantly, faith. Mercury and Mars, conjunct in Virgo, form a YOD with Chiron in Aries and [...]

"We adore chaos because we love to produce order."

— M. C. Escher

This week's waning Moon sets up something like the feeling of preparing for a major debut. However, the light always dims under a waning Moon so it's hard to see exactly what we're actually preparing for. Last month's Aquarius Full Moon (July 23rd 7:36 PM 1° Aquarius/Leo) provided some detachment which has helped us to set aside some of our more idealistic and unrealistic expectations but there may still be some ego vulnerabilities or nagging feelings of inadequacy. The creative power of the Leo Sun is extremely strong and seems to compel us to move forward even if we can't quite see where we are going. As we begin the week, the superior conjunction of Mercury and the Sun occurs directly opposing Saturn. The Mercury-Sun conjunction in Leo [...]