"But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour is getting late"

— All Along the Watchtower
Bob Dylan

The promise of the last New Moon in Scorpio (November 14th, 9:07 PM PST 23° Scorpio) may have seemed extremely slow to develop. In true Scorpio fashion, much has been kept undercover. Internal process have taken us through a wide variety of changes before the transformation is finally unmistakably apparent. Last week's lack of clear guidelines leads to this week's highly independent energy which may be determined but is also seriously unfocused. Nonetheless, by Thursday, when the Sun makes a healing trine to Chiron, [...]

"People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take."

— Emma Goldman

As this unpredictable and erratic lunar cycle wanes, individual voices begin to break out. While there is still a need for cooperation and common effort, there are individual perspectives that demand a hearing. Independent Mars is slowing down to turn direct on Friday evening, whipping up energy levels. However, our ability to actually initiate definitive individual actions will continue to be stifled and thwarted until Mars turns direct and begins to pick up forward speed. Although it may feel as though there is a breakdown of common purpose and some indication that alliances may be falling apart, this week is really just offering us the opportunity to funnel our perspectives, energy, and ideas into a pipeline that expands overall understanding. By the time we reach Saturday's Scorpio New Moon [...]

"There's a new day dawning
That belongs to you and me"

— New World Coming
Cass Elliot

There are dramatic shifts over the course of this week, leading us directly into the sudden and intense burst of light produced by Saturday's Taurus Full Moon (7:42 AM PDT 8° Taurus/Scorpio). At the beginning of the week, Mercury arrives at the inferior conjunction with the Sun, which is the point in the retrograde process of Mercury where we begin to draw conclusions from the review process that is underway. We essentially come to the pre-planning phase where we begin to think about how to incorporate the information garnered by Mercury's review. It's easy to [...]