"All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge."

— Albert Einstein

Thursday morning's Mars-Pluto conjunction this week suggest that there are some very strong imperatives to make lasting changes. Since April 2nd, when Mars made a conjunction with Saturn, Mars has been seeking ways to unwind feelings of limitation and frustration. Pluto emboldens Mars, offering the opportunity to take action and create the lasting changes we have envisioned. However, we need to [...]

"... revolution is but thought carried into action."

— Emma Goldman

The frustration from last week's Mars-Saturn conjunction continues to unwind and dissipate this week while the Moon wanes in light and Mercury completes the review (retrograde) process. It isn't easy to gain traction — even in an effort to express the residual frustration. Tensions seem particularly high for a waning Moon environment and we are offered few outlets for direct action. However, we aren't really aimlessly striking out either. [...]

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

— Lao Tzu

Despite the fact that Mercury turned retrograde last week, we start this week with a strong 'head of steam'. However, we find that we are met with a series of extenuating circumstances and emotional obstacles. There is a strong tendency to 'go it alone' in determined isolation. As we wind our way through this week, it becomes increasingly apparent that teamwork is essential to making any progress at all. Concern over appearances lead us to look for shortcuts but hasty or reckless actions are especially likely to create further obstacles this week. Relationship challenges may lead us [...]