"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

—Michael Corleone
The Godfather Part III

We move through an extraordinarily 'thick' atmosphere this week, filled with deeply idealistic aspirations and ambitions. But while the deep, emotional 'Waters' of the past series of Grand Water Trines may have receded, we are left with a dense fog. The increasing intensity of this week's Sagittarius-Pisces squares produces more 'intangibles' than any sort of clear sense of direction. The challenge is to maintain our balance and personal confidence in the face of an almost continuous swirl of confusing challenges and obstacles. Nonetheless, we do gain an extraordinary level of support to [...]

"Learn to remember you got great friends, don't forget that and they will always care for you no matter what. Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life."

—Marilyn Monroe

We reach a Gemini Full Moon (3:13 PM PST 13° Gemini/Sagittarius) on Thursday of this week which offers a deceptively powerful intellectual strength that can be easily underestimated. The Full Moon is exactly square to the Virgo/Pisces lunar nodes, suggesting some rather chaotic, fate-like shifts. Our intellectual foundations are sure to be tested. Nonetheless, the intellectual depth of [...]

"Lor', there been times that I thought
I couldn't last for long
But now, I think I'm able to
Carry on
It's been a long
A long time comin', but I know
A change gon' come"

—Sam Cooke
A Change Is Gonna Come

The Jupiter-Saturn trine (from Cancer to Pisces) gets to within 10 minutes of completion this week. Even though the aspect does not fully perfect, it is being intensively activated — forming Grand Water Trines from the Sun, Mars, Mercury, and Venus — beginning last month (by Mars) and extending well into next month (when Mercury returns to form the final Grand Water Trine on December 6th). The first exact Saturn-Jupiter trine aspect won't actually complete until September 1, 2026 when [...]