"I came in from the wilderness
A creature void of form
'Come in," she said, 'I'll give ya
Shelter from the storm'"

— Bob Dylan
Shelter From The Storm

Intensity wanes this week under the waning lunar cycle, ahead of Saturday's New Moon (11:41 PM 0° Cancer). Mercury turns retrograde on Wednesday in security conscious Cancer. There is a restless impulsiveness which keeps us looking for ways to establish a new sense of security and stability. The Mars-Pluto and Mars-Jupiter sextiles offers some room for us to expand our thinking and expand the boundaries of trust that define our sense of security. However, emotional security is not so easy to achieve in the restless, uncertain atmosphere [...]

"The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action."

— Oscar Wilde

Mars in Pisces stirs up a great deal of confusion this week, making squares to the Sun and Venus while heading into next week's collision with Neptune. The freedom that Mars demands is hampered in the foggy atmosphere of Pisces. Compassion, responsible self-discipline, and patience are needed but disrupted by the restless curiosity of the Gemini Sun and Venus. There is a wealth of creativity in this environment. However, clarity and awareness may be hard to find. Our opportunities for creative breakthroughs require cooperation and collaboration but such connection [...]

"There is nothing more real than what cannot be seen and there is nothing more certain than what cannot be heard."

— Confucious

This week begins with seeds of courage and optimism. However, a desire for some kind of excitement and the tendency to cling tightly to impractical dreams has restlessness building all week, undercutting any fleeting sense of security, stability, or optimism. The Sun enters Gemini on Wednesday and moves into a most helpful trine to Saturn and Pallas, ahead of Friday's Gemini New Moon (10:32 AM PDT 2° Gemini), encouraging a willingness to expand understanding through learning. Nonetheless, courage and optimism slowly turns to [...]