"…re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body."

—Walt Whitman
Preface - Leaves of Grass

Mercury turns retrograde in Sagittarius at the beginning of the week, followed up by Jupiter's station retrograde on Tuesday. These 'stationary' planets aren't especially comfortable as they undertake their review process. Mercury isn't terribly comfortable in Sagittarius anyway and this particular 'station' is likely to leave us initially feeling rather 'lost', at 'loose ends', or generally lacking a clear sense of direction. Perhaps the only escape from the initial discomfort is through [...]

"Though I don't believe, I come to you now, and I lift my doubt to your mercy"

—Leonard Cohen
Book of Mercy

"Your faith was strong but you needed proof"

— Hallelujah - Shawn Mendes
by Leonard Cohen

Activity heats up this week as we reach the 1st Quarter Phase of a lunar cycle that combines powerfully supported judgement with decisive action. There is a great deal of luck provided early in the week under a Mars-Jupiter trine that is activating last week's Mercury-Jupiter trine and inspired by this week's Mercury-Neptune trine. There are a myriad of openings, early in the week, that encourage us to make the most of [...]

"Disorder is inherent in stability. Civilized man doesn't understand stability. He's confused it with rigidity…
…True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed."

—Tom Robbins
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

The waning Moon actually helps to break down intransigence this week. Last week's Aries Full Moon (October 6, 8:47 PM PDT 14° Aries/Libra) may have stirred up a great deal of activity and determination but it has slowly developed into a kind of rigid inertia. However, we can begin to feel a developing Grand Water trine with Monday's Cancer Moon activating the forming Saturn-Jupiter trine. There are strong [...]