Mercury finally leaves the shadow of it's retrograde phase and makes a powerful and transformative conjunction with Pluto. Creativity and inspiration from the Mercury-Pluto conjunction brings an entirely new approach and a new way of thinking. Energy builds throughout this week but the with the energy and inspiration, we are likely to see heightened levels of impatience and a strong desire for freedom and independence. The challenge in this environment is to effectively lay the groundwork [...]

This is a particularly challenging week. We face a great deal of uncertainty and/or lack of clarity within an environment that often seems to demand some kind of bold, expansive action. However, rather than focusing on the 'Big Picture', we'll be better off to stay focused on what is directly in front of us and look for ways to use the intensified energy levels in a controlled and tightly focused manner. Restriction, insecurity and distrust feeds the general uncertainty and is likely to [...]

We are still in a kind of 'stand-by' mode this week as Mercury slows down all week and stations direct on Saturday night. The Jupiter/Saturn sextile continues to maintain an overall stability and seems to assume the role of 'training wheels' to keep us stabilized while we look ahead and plan to make broad changes. We begin to feel a surge of detached independence and turn our focus towards the prospect of an implementation phase. Nonetheless, this week is the last stage of the refinement process before Mercury turns direct. [...]