This week raises important 'checks and balances' which require that we demonstrate responsibility in the way we are exercising our freedom, independence and autonomy. There is very little willingness to abide the expression of any freedom and independence without also seeing the requisite responsibility. The challenges to our personal freedom will inevitably expose any feelings of inadequacy or any lack of self-esteem. It may not be easy to avoid some defensiveness. Nonetheless, the raw materials are [...]

"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability. . . To be alive is to be vulnerable."

—Madeleine L'Engle

This week's Libra New Moon (Thursday, October 19th, 12:11 PM PDT 26° Libra) brings to an end much of the rattling, erratic excitement of last month's Jupiter-Uranus opposition. The Libra New Moon's opposition to Uranus brings us to a reexamination of that feeling of exciting independence in the light of our deep need to connect with others. We are challenged to [...]

"You can use your idealism to further your aims, if you realize that nothing is Nirvana, nothing is perfect."

—Jon Stewart

This week brings us to the hangover phase of last week's idealistic revolutionary fervor where we're forced to sort through the idealism in order to find and salvage the workable details and organize them into a pragmatic set of goals. Thursday's Aries Full Moon (11:02 AM PDT 12° Aries/Libra) is particularly interesting because the rulers of both the Sun (in Libra, ruled by Venus) and the Moon (in Aries, ruled by Mars) are conjunct in the process-driven, detail and service oriented sign of Virgo, right at the time of the Full Moon! The normally flashy [...]