"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 [...]

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within."

— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Mercury turns direct on Wednesday of this week within the same hour as the Leo New Moon (8:11 PM PDT 8° Leo), which occurs just past the point at which Mercury stationed retrograde earlier this month. The focus of this retrograde period has been on Leo's determined will power. But as Mercury has made its way back into Cancer, we have been challenged to understand more about the proper use of our will power. We have had to learn that our presentation to others — and to the world at large — must be more than simple bluff and bluster. In order to make [...]