"When your actions are motivated by love, you expend least effort and your energy multiplies, allowing you to create anything you want, with a spirit of play and joy. When you seek power and control over others, you waste energy chasing the illusion of happiness."

— Deepak Chopra

Corrupt, controlling, fear-based manipulation of insecurity begins to face powerful, inescapable challenges initiated under this week's Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn. The wisdom of Capricorn is hidden within the spiritual seed of Truth that endures through the limitations and harsh demands of the spiritual concept of Winter. Capricorn's concern with recognition, approval, power, and control are, in essence, expressions of a fear based concern over safety and security. But the spiritual lessons of Capricorn teach us to focus on personal integrity, honesty, pragmatism, and conservation of resources. When we operate through fear and insecurity [...]

"You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need"

— Keith Richards, Mick Jagger

We cross the threshold into a new decade this week! We transition from a '12' year (2019) to a '4' year (2020). We leave behind the confusing complications of 2019 (the '12' influence) and begin to deal with new restrictions and a clear need for new foundations in the new year of 2020 (the '4' influence). The need to look at our foundations is apparent this week in an increased demand to [...]

"Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning."

— Gloria Steinem

The Jupiter-Uranus trine completes at the beginning of the week, unveiling a wealth of possibilities that we can see on the horizon. However, the overall atmosphere, dominated by Saturn and Capricorn, keeps us on edge, concerned over appearances, struggling to maintain optimism, and generally cautious in our expectations. Balance and awareness are required in order to [...]