"The shell must break before the bird can fly."

— Alfred Tennyson

Monday's Sagittarius New Moon (8:16 AM PST 23° Sagittarius) launches us towards next week's intensely powerful Winter Solstice — the potent culmination to a year that began with Saturn-Pluto conjunction back in January. The entrances of Saturn and Jupiter into Aquarius this week, following the New Moon, sets the stage for next week's powerhouse Winter Solstice and the expansive new Jupiter-Saturn conjunction on the Capricorn-Aquarius cusp. The structures that have broken down following the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn will begin to [...]

"Hear this now, O foolish people,
Without understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not"

— Jeremiah 5:21

This week's Gemini Full Moon (1:29 AM 8° Gemini/Sagittarius) on Monday offers broad perspectives and sheds light on important information. However, not everyone will come to the same conclusions or appreciate the expanded perspectives that are offered. Nonetheless, as our awareness grows, our path narrows. Optimism is only valuable if we have a clear view of the facts — reality. Responsibility is demanded. As our perspective broadens, the sense of responsibility may only feel like an enormous burden. However, such burdens offer spectacular rewards if we manage to employ patience and timing to offer compassion and understanding to those whose perspectives we struggle to understand. We begin to feel the looming Jupiter-Saturn conjunction this week, which will not fully [...]

"So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run."

— Henry David Thoreau

As we begin to work with the potential of last Saturday's Scorpio New Moon (9:07 PM PST 23° Scorpio) and the increasing energy of the direct motion of Mars in Aries, we run into a myriad of distracting complications. It isn't until the end of the week, when Venus arrives in truth-seeking Scorpio and the Sun arrives in truth-proclaiming Sagittarius, that we can begin to make meaningful progress. Nonetheless, there is ample room for thoughtful consideration so long as we stay out of the complication rabbit holes. The building energy from Mars is significant but, unfortunately, there are [...]