"To put up with what you cannot avoid is a philosophical principle, that may not perhaps lead you to the accomplishment of great deeds, but is assuredly eminently practical."

— Jules Verne

This week's Sun-Pluto square and Sun-Jupiter square increase the pressure this week. The atmosphere may encourage us to pursue impractical aspirations, especially under the kind of pressure we're dealing with. Venus has moved into the 'shadow' of her next retrograde period (May 13th - June 25th). In her slowdown, she just barely misses completing a trine to Mars, which restricts [...]

"The more I see, the less I know for sure."

— John Lennon

The individual initiative and energetic growing power that was unleashed by last Tuesday's New Moon (2:28 AM PDT 4° Aries) begins to take shape and show signs of progress this week. The landscape changes very quickly as an entirely new framework begins to emerge, most notably due to Saturn leaving cautiously conservative Capricorn for inventive Aquarius. Mars also leaves Capricorn for Aquarius, conjuncting Saturn on Tuesday. We are especially sensitive to any sense of restriction under the Mars-Saturn conjunction and the likelihood is that a sense of protectiveness quickly puts us on the defensive. Although we may [...]

"In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void."

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The multiple shifts that occur this week are geared towards making preparations for the expansive growing power of next week's Aries New Moon (March 24th 2:28 AM PDT 4° Aries). Mercury returns to Pisces on Monday after briefly retrograding back into Aquarius. As Mercury recovers the 'lost ground' from the retrograde period, intuitive guidance is well supported and we recover an increasing sense of personal sympathy and compassion. The Sun's arrival in Aries on Thursday marks the 2020 Spring Equinox. We find intriguing threads of insight to follow and begin to feel [...]