"Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it."

— Hunter S. Thompson

This Monday's Full Moon (1:30 AM PDT 25° Sagittarius/Gemini), arrives in the midst of an already intensified atmosphere that will continue to apply pressure until we reach the Summer Solstice on Friday. Creative inspiration is challenged by temptation and distraction — and possibly discouragement. Despite last week's focus on building connection and forming alliances, we reach a point this week where we must stand apart and alone — on our own. There is a bit of luck that seems to play a part in helping us to maintain our balance until the strength of our connections are restored or rebuilt, following the Solstice. Nonetheless, we may see some stress fractures forming — emotional instability that results from [...]

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds . . .
To be great is to be misunderstood."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

This Monday's Gemini New Moon (3:01 AM PDT 12° Gemini) offers powerful — but extremely delicate — creative inspiration. Although our focus is scattered and there are potent cross-winds of skepticism, we seem to be drawn towards inspired, creative solutions. Some may see this powerful inspiration as nothing but a Black Hole that is sucking us into a dangerous void of uncertainty. Concerns over safety and security produce a rigid but increasingly irrelevant determination to [...]

"Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love and forget how to hate."

— Ozzy Osbourne
Crazy Train

Last Saturday's Full Moon (2:11 PM PDT 27° Scorpio/Taurus) somehow seemed to take the pressure off and we may expect that things will settle down as a result. However, we are likely to immediately realize that the pressure was helping us to stay focused, determined and resolved. Without the pressure, the discomfort changes but it doesn't go away. The desire for certainty continues to be unsatisfied. By Tuesday, the Sun and Mercury move from stabilizing Taurus to friendly but flighty and fickle Gemini (marking the Sun-Mercury superior conjunction) and the chaos and uncertainty begins to bubble up from all directions. The desire for stability and certainty is [...]