"He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires."

—Sitting Bull

Both the tense Mars-Uranus square and the challenging Jupiter-Saturn square complete at the beginning of this week. Both squares are important, suggesting a crescendo of ego tensions and challenges to our ability to honestly and directly express our individuality while maintaining a connection to deep tradition and our 'family ties' — how ever we perceive our 'family'. The squares bring the culmination of lessons related to [...]

"I've got a dream I want the world to share
And castle walls just lead me to despair

— Castles in the Air - Don McLean

The nervous excitement and intellectually driven idealism of last Monday's Gemini New Moon (May 26th, 8:04 PM PDT 6° Gemini) keeps us stirred up this week. A Venus-Chiron conjunction, followed up by the sextile of Venus to Jupiter increases our boldness, urging us to share our vision with others. However, the nervous Gemini energy can be quite destabilizing. The challenge is keeping track of the actual 'facts' and finding ways to stay grounded. The powerfully independent and rather self-sufficient Aries energy in this environment [...]

"Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door."

—Emily Dickinson

A remarkable series of hopeful, 'benefic' trines and sextiles unfold this week, putting an extraordinary number of opportunities in front of us. A Jupiter-Chiron sextile begins the week, amplified by Jupiter's square to the Lunar Nodes. Jupiter's square to the nodes opens us up to new perspectives and softens dogmatic beliefs. This is the third Jupiter-Chiron sextile of the cycle — the first two sextiles were back in October and November of 2024. In this environment, we are more likely to find ways to employ the [...]