"Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that's the one that is going to require the most from you. Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?"

— Caroline Myss

There is incredible potential in this week's combination of mutable squares (slippery slopes and chaotic processes) and Earth trines (practical, pragmatic 'trudging'). Jupiter's square to Neptune has been instilling extraordinary inspiration and vision. Now, the potent emphasis on pragmatic, process-oriented Virgo has us looking for ways to put our vision into action. Of course, the side of Virgo that seems picky and critical can also result in [...]

"The essence of Time is Flow, not Fix. The essence of faith is the knowledge that all flows and that everything must change. "

— Thomas Wolfe

Mercury leaves Leo this week, following Venus, Mars, and the Sun into Virgo, concluding the flurry of activity in the 'showy' will-power driven sign of Leo. The Leo Moon from Tuesday evening into Thursday afternoon gives us one last review of the lessons of self-assurance and self-approval. Friday's New Moon in Virgo (3:37 AM PDT 6° Virgo) forms a trine Uranus, sparking heightened intellectual activity and surprising but pragmatic change. Belief structures are challenged and there is a significant inclination to perfectionism when we find gaps in our logical assumptions. If we are [...]

". . .the sea changes color, but the sea does not change."

— Edge Of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks

Jupiter turns direct on Sunday and Uranus turns retrograde. Also on Sunday, Mercury returns to brave and bombastic Leo, approaching an intellectually stimulating square to Uranus. This all represents an incredible Sea change at the beginning of this week but it may take all week for us to fully grasp the we have truly arrived in uncharted territory. Some may assert that we have, in fact, been in "uncharted territory" for quite some time [...]