"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."

— J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit

This week begins with a surge of confidence and momentum following last Saturday's Cancer Full Moon (9:48 AM PST 0° Cancer/Capricorn). The Capricorn Sun encourages us to pursue our ambitions with steady determination and grade ourselves on a steep curve, based our achievements and accomplishments. However, the Moon's waning light may not provide the continuing surge of momentum that we're expecting. We may be prone [...]

"Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again"

— Jack Yellen, Milton Ager
Happy Days Are Here Again

We begin this week with a potent, emotional watershed as Mercury trines Chiron, which is stationing direct in Pisces. Optimism, trust, and clarity begin to emerge under the waxing Moon following last Thursday's New Moon (11:20 PM PDT 15° Sagittarius). Mercury arrives back in Sagittarius by Wednesday, which increases the momentum of generous optimism, as it heads towards [...]

"Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny."

— Enigma — Return To Innocence

This week's atmosphere may seem quite chaotic at times, even though many things seem to fall into place spontaneously under this week's mutable squares. Our minds are a swirl of insights and ideas with very few opportunities to focus directly on the tasks at hand. Nonetheless, feelings of responsibility are quite strong and, even though there is a strong sense of independent idealism, we are constantly reminded that we need to consider the needs of others. Ultimately, we'll do better by listening than trying to talk above the fray. Nonetheless [...]