The story of this week goes big and then deepens. The present moment has decreasing relevance if we allow ourselves to sink into the awareness of the greater changes taking place both internally and externally. Then, at the end of the week, the moon brings these realizations into the present moment.
On Monday, Mars in Aries comes into contact with Jupiter in Cancer. The planet of decisive action encounters the planet of expansion, enthusiasm and success. It’s an optimistic swell of energy that can be very inspiring and motivating. Not a bad start to the week. But the temptation will be there to bite off a lot more than you can chew, leaving a mouthful of work for the rest of the week.
On Tuesday, practical Mercury in Taurus has a run-in with Pluto in Aquarius. Mercury in Taurus is focused on matters of everyday living—money, food, commodities and the logistics of daily life. Mercury is moving very fast at this point in its cycle, almost on autopilot. When it hits Pluto, it’s caught by deep existential questions, emphasized even more by the fact that Pluto will station retrograde on Wednesday.
Pluto is the slowest, measuring out deep time and profound cultural shifts. These affect all of us but are not always noticeable as we go about our daily lives. When Mercury hits upon Plutonian themes, our thoughts go deep. They’re no longer satiated by the surface stuff but want to understand the core truth of things.














