During the Pisces convergence I gained a lot of perspective. I hope that everyone else enjoyed the bounty of this merging. There is more inner-knowing to come this month to continue the process. Now the planets file into Aries to join up with Uranus, the life of the party. Mars is already having its molecules excited and energies are up-tempo. Pallas Athena has been in Aries for a while helping us to forge new paths. A number of planets changing sign this month means we change gears and that can be refreshing. There is another long term retrograde of Pluto coming this month but again it is to our benefit.

We will think a lot about how we have been trained in various ways. In many ways the three faces of fate, karma and destiny team up in a unilingual show of support for the betterment of all and the universe is able to transcribe mixed signals into manifesting or attracting just what we need. There is an abundance of energy this month and lots of fluctuations to get us moving. We are dreaming our future creations, breaking through blocks and getting on our pathway of purpose. The ego, its desires and convictions are the things that can drag us back.

Evolution of the human species is moving us out of the 3rd dimension of rules and limitations through the 4th dimension of paradoxical flexibility. We are meant to blossom into the 5th dimensional evolution of living in the now of existence. In this process, in order to graduate, it is necessary to embrace the diversity of imperfections that exist within human nature and its creations. The whole of humanity and all that it creates is imperfect. That is why we are here. A little humility goes a long way. We are all one, we are all human and everything we have created can be flawed. It is what it is. We sit perched on the threshold of readiness waiting to spread our wings.

May your day be filled with Blessings like the Sun that lights the sky and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly.

Trí na chéile a thógtar na cáisléain.

In our togetherness (as a team), castles are built.

Tada gan iarracht.

Nothing without effort

Wisdom Indigena

God is my Father.

Nature is my Mother.

The Earth is my home.

The Universe is my Residence.

The World is my country.

(La Selva) is my temple.

The Neighbor is my Brother.

The Enemy is my Master.

Silence is my guide.

Discipline is my Learn to Live.

Experience is my school.

The Obstacle is my lesson.

The Path is my walk.

Perfection is my Destiny.

The Struggle is My Awakening.

The difficulty is my encouragement.

Pain is my warning.

Balance is my attitude.

Peace is my Refuge.

Happiness is my anthem.

Truth is my challenge

Opyguas in Tekoa Yryapú (Puerto Iguazú - Misiones - Argentina)

20TH Aries is alive with robust and revitalising energy as the Sun crosses the cusp into Spring. We think therefore we are. We know what we know and can waltz with the daily tempo of change; mingling and merging the familiar with the new just like a transformer.Aries gives us the courage to be. This is the month of vitality. It is a time when we experience a tremendous push of the day-force. Longer sunnier days are on the horizon. We are more inspired, enthusiastic and spontaneous. New seedlings are shooting out of the earth and striving for light. We reach out to the higher mind and willpower to guide the intellect and ego.

Passion fuels this bold quick-thinking motivation. We not only want to initiate we want to conquer. The child-like invincibility in which we are enveloped compels us to take on competition, challenge and obstacle head on. But the self-centred impulse of a one-track mind can turn to impatience and rushing in haste which is destructive. We can be provoked to take on a million projects but not be able to finish them. We also tend to be short-sighted and lack planning. Another weakness is a lack of sensitivity and limited emotionalism. People are candid, blunt, emphatic and concerned with winning. They are interested in self-assertion and pursuing goals. It is, however, time to make an impression, stir up some action, and take on the world. Take advantage of all this get-up-and-go.

We are dispersing ourselves; spreading ourselves around, to obtain our core needs. Looking in a variety of places to find solid realistic nurturing and structure we also review our physical and psychological supports. The need for approval scatters self-validation so we are hard on ourselves. We may have to hold the shreds of self-authority intact or conversely allow a little humility to slip through the cracks. What has been building meets a threshold and is blocked by what must take its place. What and where we meet with resistance tells us we have reached our limits in that current direction. This is where we must discipline ourselves to let go. Some may realise something about their pattern and be able to modify themselves especially with regard to boundaries. Do not waste time and energy going after the unattainable and unavailable. Learn from the past.

We stand at the crossroads of past and future. To stand up for our right to be different it is necessary to meet with difficulties in obtaining acceptance or approval. Disregard for a person's rights is a penetrating wound. We do not have to match expectations; rather develop good strategies in stating our differences, in a way that avoids conflict. We can be frustrated with requirements; conditions or standards that are upheld for the sake of it and may outright and intentionally refuse to comply. If the situation is reversed and others seem to be outrageous in their refusal we must consider what is stifling their originality.

21ST We are ready, willing and able to open up whatever is set in its ways. Narrow or limited constructs, old wounds, memories, failures, regrets or mistakes that litter the path can be swept away. Let go of childhood or painful family history. We are refining and restructuring ourselves at a core level. Anything avoided, like romantic or business related difficulties and responsibilities will come to the surface so we can negotiate a fix. It is appropriate to question everything, especially authority. We get clues, answers and key information when we do. Barriers and blocks are removed. The path opens up. The goals we set now can therefore be more rewarding and meaningful. Our methods and strategies, rules, guidelines or control mechanisms are improved.

Where ideas and goals are breaking down and becoming dysfunctional we synergistically exchange them for reproductive growth-oriented harmonious alternatives. For simplicity the emotions are plucked out of the equation leaving us with intellectual clarity. Wherever necessary we revamp to a higher standard of quality. Children grow into a new level of development that we must accept as normal. There are separation experiences that come with stages of growth. Parental influence needs to leave room for individual choice. It would be a mistake to make choices due to a desire to please or get along with the parents, the father in particular. Child development needs to suit the child. Handled well these milestones can be celebrated.

"We must become the change we wish to see." {Mahatma Ghandi}

Venus crosses the Aries point joining the passage of spring. This activates our powers of attraction. We initiate new relationships, make bold propositions and share a contagious lust for life. A child-like innocence helps us to earn respect while remaining true to ourselves. But alpha energy is also impulsive; it lacks consistency and does not endure. So we become experimental, want to create something new, devise ways to promote ourselves but we lose interest quickly. Creating reality takes holding the mental space first and then choosing which thoughts to project. When spoken they are charged with emotion, sparking the process of manifestation or attraction. The more we repeat a phrase or mantra, the more it vibrates within us and changes our mind's vibration. Use these high powered vibrations to clear all subconscious excreatment. If the outer picture is in conflict with what is inwardly desired, hold the belief in the mind.

22ND A combination of explosive force and targeted energy meet. Wildcard planet Uranus can bring evolution and transformation or reckless impulses and eccentric unpredictable force. Extra restless and daring we are not thinking about consequences and we are prepared to take risks. We can break free, breakthrough or accidental mishap can happen. It is an erratically volatile excitement of our molecules that prompts us to act. The nervous system will be highly charged.

Interesting, unusual and perhaps revolutionary activities may occur now and attitudes may be challenged. Plans change and reactions are sharp. Be flexible, energy is bursting at the seams. We get the motivation to make an overdue change or get ourselves out of a rut. Our technical creativity, mechanical genius, engineering skills and inventiveness are at a peak. Make an effort to do things more slowly because we might be moving fast and furious. This can result in sudden desires, upsets or surprises. But it can also cause rash behaviour and rebellion. Leaders rise to the top. Do not rush into anything. We need to avoid accident that would be caused by erratic, inconsistent or unpredictable behaviour. Carelessness when in control of an automobile, sharp instruments, tools or when working with metal is especially possible. Other causes of mishap would be feeling angry, resentful, irritated, rebellious and defiant or out of control. We need room to move and will have difficulty with people who try to control.

23RD The Sun and Moon have reached the Gibbous Phase on approach to Full.Fate, Karma and Destiny team up in a unilingual show of support for what must be for the betterment of all. This is good. We are self-nurturing, supportive and have no exact clear objective that we can count on so best if we let the Universe complete our brush strokes and create our masterpiece. Unfortunately there are master-minders are at work. We must be extra careful not to fall under the influence or persuasion of those who would manipulate. We are still vulnerable. If an inspiration comes from a person, deliberate very carefully before accepting it as what is meant to be. Wait for the Cosmos to confirm through its many checks and balances before being led by others. There are people who can get to us through our conditions, our causes or our psychological burs. Use contemplation, reflection or meditation to consider opportunities or advantages rather than taking things at face value.

The uneasiness of our fluctuating structures and infrastructure is releasing a high degree of restlessness. Wherever repression closed us in or we were structured by misadventure; things came apart at the seams. Now we are pulling together the loose ends. These fast paced energies make us feel like we are falling behind. It gives us the illusion of being out of step. We do not want others to make our amendments for us so there are issues that arise when the least little suggestion implies such a thing. We want a minimum of conformity and a maximum of free will. The problems that arise now are within us.

25TH Whatever we have stifled will cause consequences. If we have a rut we get stuck in it. Conditioning, tradition or custom feels like a heavier burden where obligation over-rules personal choice. Responsibilities take away from our ability to fulfil our own needs. Guilt plays havoc with self-esteem. Pity creates conflict. We experience difficulty maintaining consistent effort or working toward our goals. There is virtue in unhooking from inappropriate commitments. Breaking away from self-imposed sacrifice is the answer. Whatever is repressed, stifled, suppressed can create consequences like anger, frustration, illness, failure or accident.

Dream time 2013. Dissolving those conditional expectations, traditions, rules, obligations and guilt etc. should be relatively easy. We are clearing the pathway of rubble preparing to pave the way. We can aspire to elevate our expectational field so we are allowed to delight in everything. Creating our reality is an art form. We no longer attach ourselves to a single definition of equality which allows more flexibility in our judgement of others. Turn disappointment, disillusionment and discompassionate woundedness into enlightenment. Come to understand sensitivity, imagination, empathy, idealisation, naivety, weakness or confusion. At this point we should recognise that pity does not help anyone. Dreams are active. Intuitive suggestion is bondable. Make new agreements with life and in relationship. Beware of those who in secret would deceive, those who feign or mask their feelings need to be watched. When dealing with costs and payments be wary if sudden confusion or distraction occurs for sleight of hand is possible.

26TH  Eye popping exuberant and passionate electrified energy will compel large shifts. Our good spirits bring good health. We cooperate more easily, enjoy others more gladfully and reach out to expand the circle of everyday life. At the same time there are endings, affairs wind down, we reach a fork in the road, and there is culmination. Happy, positive and productive accomplishments point the way to new opportunities and advantages. New connections open up out of old business. We get ready to blaze new trails. These are excellent energies for conception. It is a lucky influence. Timing is good. Our powers of persuasion are enhanced. Many will be inspired to take up physical exercise for muscle tone and health improvement.

The bull-headed, blind and convicted are busy with attempting to convert others to their subjective assertions. The competitive and forceful want everything on their terms. The rest of us feel safe in choosing an unconventional direction because ethics and beliefs are important to us. Curious and restless we need movement, variety and new challenges to conquer. With a sense that we are seeking healing and resolution through wanting to understand our patterns we instinctively reach for more truth, meaning, understanding, knowledge, inspiration and liberty.

Powerfully ambitious assertions and displays of strength can be aroused. For some the urge is dominance, territory and power struggle, for others it is metamorphic renewal, psychological work and intense cleansing and purging. Healing occurs with sexual abuse issues. Objectives are undertaken obsessively with extreme effort. Thinking is very strategical with designs on control. We may tend to overdramatize and exaggerate the importance of incidents. In our metamorphic transition we will experience conflict in our associations and group involvements. No doubt we are all out of step with each other for a time. Confrontation tests the strength and credibility of our intentions.

The ego is attached to the desire nature. The lower vibrational temptation is demonic ruthlessness, illegitimate shortcuts, underhanded or deceptive actions and destruction. We need to avoid dangerous or violent places and areas or situations of potential violent outbreak and violent people so we are not the unsuspecting victim of someone else's ruthlessness or assault and we avoid the risk of attracting problems. Be careful and cautious when driving to avoid the "road rage" incident; let them steam on by.

As we lurch forward we experience a crisis of faith, a deep wounding, letting ourselves get carried away with something disappointing, and being misled or let down leads us to question anything or everything. What we believed and those we thought were exemplary are not what we thought. If desperate we become disillusioned, feel betrayed or become materialistic, cynical or bitter. To understand what is happening we need to embrace humanity. Evolution of the human species is moving us out of the 3rd dimension of rules and limitations through the 4th dimension of paradoxical flexibility to blossom into the 5th dimensional evolution of living in the now of existence. In this process, in order to graduate, it is necessary to embrace the diversity of imperfections that exist within human nature and its creations. The whole of humanity and all that it creates is imperfect. The fact that it exists on Earth is testimony to the fact that it is evolving toward the goal of perfection but it is not and we are not in that state now. The individual that loses sight of this point is led to hubris and false pride or victimisation and false judgement.

A challenging juncture in our current events requires that we maintain humility and stop projecting all badness as being "out there". Find beauty and respect for the human condition, for ourselves and others, through which true faith will grow. What happens now will become solid and life-affirming once we have found the keys to unlock the doors to the difficult choices we now face. Avoid pushing ideas, objectives and viewpoints onto others at this time as they are less likely to find those visions and quests as meaningful. They might push away from a good thing in reaction. We have slipped outside of the mainstream and are on the threshold of realising that we are the healer we have been waiting for. We need to speak our truth and heal our will to act. We are young and old, the wounded and the healer all within ourselves. We sit perched on the threshold of readiness waiting to spread our wings. We are all one, we are all human and everything we have created can be flawed. It is what it is.

27TH This is one Full Moon that is bound to keep most people awake. We might as well schedule in a flex-Thursday because this will not be a restful night. High frenzied restless energy is full throttle but it will not take us anywhere. We will spin our wheels. It will be a very active and unpredictable few days. Surprises should be positive in the end, once we get over the shock. There is positive support and nurturing which lends some stability to the mix. The mind is vague, impaired by random hurtful thoughts and an overactive imagination. We are given to anxiety and depression at the same time. This is not easy to manage. It takes a strong mind and a steel-toed will. If force comes into the picture it is likely to be karma.

29TH Complications arise between tradition and transformation. We cannot ignore or silence either of them. We are caught in a dilemma of choices, a paradox or riddle we must solve, a situation of disharmony we must bring into harmony. Many adjustments and adaptations are required in this challenging but highly creative process. If there is anywhere that makes us we feel out of place we will feel stifled and frustrated. Mostly this takes place in the subconscious. We may get inspiration, a vision, dream or insightful meditation to help. This holistic emergence is mind stretching.

30TH Being a woman in a man's world is what Pallas Athena is about; being a maverick male too. We will receive a lot of information through the physical senses. Increased common sense and wisdom come through Taurus. We see beauty, colour, form and texture so we can transform these into beautiful works of music, art or landscape. We can tackle problems that are going to take a long time to solve. We can recognise the current financial trends and are concerned with the environment. We have the patience to stick with a cause over the long haul. There is special joy for recycling materials. We need to feed ourselves to flourish and thrive. We may be asked to become involved with healing with our hands, being healed or healing the earth through environmental movements. We can recognise patterns in ourselves and others which allows us to organise and arrange our values and possessions. This is a good time for organizing money.

The Disseminating Moon is hot and passionate, cold and linear; a conflicting source of corporal energy. We are reserved and dual sided. It is no joke that our powers of attraction are split rather than focused on one direction. But the universe can handle mixed messages better than we can at this time. Be still with the choices at hand and let the magnetic forces bring what will suit. Try it; I think you will like it. Call it a fishing expedition or a play land game of chance, have fun with it. Troll through life with all the doors to your mind open. It can be an exciting adventure to discover what is drawn to you. A chance to really experience and to know it is what it is. Are you game to explore the inner reaches of the true self? We see ourselves in the reflection of what we draw to us. We need to have courage to delight in the discovery.

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2ND The Moon is very powerful at the First Quarter Phase. Emotions will be extremely intense. Some people will be gushing repressed energy, tales of emotional and other kinds of abuse or the profound events of their life. It is an emotional purge and should be done in a healthy environment. For those who do not emote and others who exercise supreme control over their emotions there will be an increase in mind chatter. We see people we have known in a stranger's face and feel that we have met people before. The desire to fix ourselves, which usually involves the past, could be at the root of why these crossovers are happening. Attend to the health, spring is very tricky. We expose ourselves too soon to the elements that are not warmed up yet. Our bodies absorb it and it turns into a spring cold. Springing into action in the garden without warming up the muscles can lead to many sore days. Think of the body as something that needs daily monitoring and maintenance.

4TH We build bridges between dimensional distortions. Intense emotions are emerging as we claim our wholeness. We release grief and find healthier ways to express our power. We get to our core work. Our inner healing power is profound. Awakening through peak transformative experience we explore the formidable. These shamanic energies help us to find the keys and develop the methods that will open doors. Whatever we have repressed will be flushed. We experience the duality of a domineering manner and a subconscious that is fearful, weak and helpless. Where there are bullies there will be victims. If two or three people choose sides against one person it is bullying.

There is hope for real estate when Ceres occupies Cancer. With Saturn in Scorpio for the next couple of years there is a drop in the market that has made it go soft and quiet. It usually rallies on and off over the long term and this could be the opportunity sellers are looking for. Prices are dropping and many are looking for the deal but the occasional one will spend more for something they want if the price stands firm once negotiated. Ceres in Cancer has much to do with consistency, conservative tradition and loyalty; home-cooking, home-making, care giving and harvest. It is beneficial for all things related to family; we give and receive support. We can get in tune with the emotional currents of life. Understanding comes through the heart and feelings. The ego gets a healthy boost. Mothers can smother with too much care giving or deprive as in tough love. Our soul grows with the increased compassion and protectiveness of this sign.

6TH Physical energy can be very low. This means immune function is weakened too. Minor infections, fevers or physical strain can result. We feel inefficient. Without intention we misrepresent ourselves. We are prone to being evasive or looking for the easy way out. It can be something we have done in the past that crops up as an obstacle in our plans now. Old and new can clash. This is critical in relationship. Fear, doubt, discouragement and inadequacy, irritation and difficulty can lead to feeling hopeless. We must stop questioning ourselves. Funding is difficult to acquire and financial problems will interfere with promoting new interests.

The Balsamic Phase is particularly prophetic. We find the answers we need inside ourselves and they strengthen our resolve to strive toward our goals. Be prepared to have the mind stimulated in many directions but hold off acting on them until all ideas are in and sorted. We do not want to be influenced by others but interestingly enough we do want to influence others. This is the phase for seed ideas and we certainly get a wide variety with this one. What happens how will help us get on our track, our pathway of purpose. We come to know more than is comfortable to know and must be responsible for how we use it.

8TH We can get busy on creative projects that have been brewing on the back burner of our mind. Artistic imagination and powers of visualisation is good for creativity. Faith and spirituality is enhanced. Transcendent mental dexterity increases telepathic abilities and our capacity to convey spiritual healing using colour, art or music. Take a class in the arts, film or photography to discover a talent. Increased sensitivity and compassion allow our perceptions to access the more subtle realms and dimensions. The highly sensitive or creative person can experience hypersensitivity.

9TH The planets tell us we have to let go of attachments that are holding us back from our long range goals. Be more objective, let go of the feelings. Increased self-control helps us to get beyond suspicions, hang-ups and traumas. Directing our focus to redefining and restructuring we will become more efficient. We get to the core of ourselves to switch gears. We are tearing down that which interferes with the building of strength. Fortunately we have the patience and self-discipline to develop new directions. It is time to take whatever steps necessary to authenticate a sense of self-authority. This helps us to reconfigure responsibility, commitment and thereby remove limitation. Priority develops better method, strategy or rule. Improve relations with clients, superiors, regulatory bodies, bosses, co-workers or employees. We learn from our mistakes and relieve frustration. Old friends, those in positions of authority or people older than ourselves give us emotional support.

10TH The New Moon in Aries is where the planetary party is taking place this month. There is an abundance of drive, initiative and spunk but the wheels may still be spinning without traction. Even though everything seems to be in place there are interferences that cause disruption. There is nothing we can really do about these nuisances. Just do not get thrown off track. Keep patient and strong so these clashing tides can be traversed with a modicum of stability. There are directions to pursue and it is likely we will be empowered with what is needed to accomplish them but just at this time we are being showered with out of the blue and unusual events. For a few it will be enough to raise doubts but for the many it will erase debilitating doubt and replace it with determination.

12TH The pressure from the back-against-the-wall ultimatum we face globally and individually will ease off. Pluto's retrograde gives us the break we need to sift through subconscious information to sort and categorize new definitions or cross-references. We need to do this as part of our collective metamorphic change. We have some profound and remarkable dreams, visions, meditations and inspirations. Magnetism will link us to what we need to improve our resonation. People places and things we resonate with will be drawn to our attention. The first conscious thoughts in the morning and other reliable inner dialogue are the answers that map the way.

We have a psychological breather so we can make a plan of action to move forward. We have to gather the fortitude we need to make the choices we do not want to make before we are forced to do what we think we cannot. If we ploughed ahead without this crosschecking phase we would just be inviting things to happen "to" us. Have the courage to realise what must be done and is meant to be. Transform and grow now rather than wait to be dragged kicking and screaming to the changes that are really for our own benefit and health of well being. Do it now.

The rules are changing, the old structures are breaking down and our social agreements are changing form. We need to adapt or if preferred evolve. But this is picking away at our soft vulnerable core. It can be intimidating and threatening. We need to be flexible, stretch our limitations. It is time to tuck and roll. Detaching, letting go, eliminating or reorganising appears to force us to reduce our current capabilities. As we reconfigure responsibility and commitment we are growing in awareness. This awareness provides us with the ability to take the practical steps and choose the best methods to achieve our ideas. Organising priorities increases self-approval. The old way of doing things will not unlock doors. Take a chance; be adventurous, if we hold ourselves back we create stress. Our attitude is on our face, others can see it. Some people appear cantankerous and frustrated.

13TH Together we are rebuilding form and structure in everyday life. Individually we are reviewing support and armature. Globally there is a movement to make it sociology more realistic because of what we now know. Each individual is working on a core level to develop better method and strategy. We have witnessed the decay and collapse of that which was formed for practical and social reasons in the past. There have been reasons to cut our losses. There have been rearrangements of responsibilities and guidelines within organisations and government. Many of us find ourselves in a totally unexpected position where we must start again.

We have borne and in some cases continue to bear the burden of the tension, fear, insecurity and frustration that our limited belief system generates because it cannot support the new paradigm. In the process we continue to reconfigure our limitations. We are, however, moving away from oppression and dependency in the process of forming a new type of safety and security. We are learning humility. As a collective; humanity is working out new agreements and social contracts. We leave the old, learn from mistakes, improve organisation, reformulate judgement and renegotiate to relieve frustration. We are rebuilding with collective agreement. Be an awakened member of that collective.

Relationships across the board have to make a shift. The gender paradigms are shifting. The old paradigm models are no longer relevant. The old role models no longer work with modern times. The times require us to co-create a new relationship dynamic. A pleasant breeze of unconventional stimulation sweeps away any leftover cobwebs of wishful thinking. We would find it difficult to hang onto an inappropriate partnership. We are integrating individuality and freedom into the fabric and bond of our partnerships wherever we can.

New relationships develop out of shared excursions into alternate dimensions or experiences that transcend time. Shared adventures and insights will keep a relationship exciting and ever growing. There is an increase in sexual passion. The universal perspective will be more enhanced if our evolutionary progress has made us ready. We can be mutually supportive and expansive. But some people are caught somewhere in-between, stuck in the middle of this process which can make them appear weird, erratic, rebellious or irresponsible

The fleet footed interplanetary messenger struts into Aries. Mercury helps us to take the lead, initiate communication, pioneer new goals and boldly push forward. We speak up or speak out and come to realise what we stand for. Confront the necessities; we need to break the silence. People's words are honest, raw, sharp, to the point and uncensored. Easily provoked by an unintentional suggestion we experience energetic surges and bursts in interactions. The quickness and spontaneity of these energies recommends that caution is used when driving or congregating in public. People can be jackrabbits making bold unexpected moves in a single-minded way or they can be easily enraged. Good time to gather thoughts or all those random pieces of paper and create a to-do list. We accomplish a great deal through attentive action.

14TH The Crescent phase will be particularly lovely as the Moon and Jupiter can be seen together in the sky. There is nervous anticipation and eager enthusiasm that makes life more up tempo. In fact we can get out of control with very little encouragement. The mind is still scattered but inventive in that state. We push forward feeling a little more cohesive with our actions but of course if the mind and motion are not a team there can be distraction. Nonetheless we are able to make progress toward our new goals. The diversity of mind helps us to explore a broader range of considerations.

15TH Venus escapes the impetuousness of Aries and finds comfortable lodging in the sign Taurus. Romance shifts as we find opportunities to build trust and loyalty into a predictable and dependable relationship. Our hearts get opened to love and acceptance of our bodies. We get a good boost to our self-esteem. We are attracted to food and clothing, pampering the body, going to favourite places, creating cosy situations and staying away from fast-paced high-energy situations. We want to give ourselves gifts and give others the hugs we need. If we need to feel loved we better lock up the wallet and choose instead aesthetic surroundings, romantic settings, simple and natural outings in nature and opening our hearts. This is a good time to cultivate patience, be simple and natural. Through this we find our new groove.

We are weaving more autonomy and self-determination into the way we go about things. No doubt it is noticeable how interaction in the marketplace of life is different, not uniform. Increased courage and assertiveness makes everyone more dynamic and forceful. Most of us make the effort to co-operate in developing these new talents for mutual benefit. There will be some welcome challenges. There is increased sexual energy as well as sensitivity. We align our energy, drive and will toward a cause or purposeful direction. This is conducive to learning martial arts or being involved in intensely strenuous competition. We can exert great effort. We will also sacrifice some personal safety and comfort for a purpose.

16TH We all want more which makes our expectations an issue. Try not to overestimate rights, privileges and powers. It is important to keep our ideals and values in mind when competitive instincts click in. Remember there are no absolutes. If we have not worked out the kinks in our behavioural patterns there may be a few scrapes and bumps from going against our better judgement. We need to transmute the mini-crises that arise now and find our way through the pain to fix ourselves. We are quick to act as well as quick-minded and curious. This can create some interesting impulses and the inclination to take risks. If anger or emotion surfaces at this time it is likely to be linked to old wounds, blockages or unresolved issues found in our patterns.

18TH We have been giving our strategies a lot of thought and it feels like it is time to undertake the campaign. But there are still some structural problems to work out; pragmatic conflicts that block the creative process. These can stem from parental pressure, high expectation, harsh self-judgement or lack of confidence. We have to reconfigure our limitations, commitments, responsibility and sense of authority to organise ourselves appropriately. There are occasions to step out of line. We have to weigh the usefulness of these considerations in the balance of freedom of artistic expression. Let go, detach, and learn humility. Once we have these hang-ups in order we enjoy a concentrated focus, increased powers or strength and the strategic development of our goals. We feel like we are achieving in a self-disciplined and structured way. We are building a stable foundation on which to realise our mental and creative potentials.

This Last Quarter Phase of the Moon is robust. Physical energies are high, mental energies are electric and the soul is tuned into its own energy field as well. Embrace the challenges at hand for they will be the making of something. We feel strong, courageous, determined and pleasantly optimistic which helps us roll with the peaks and valleys. We are sitting on the edge of Aries with all the dynamism that this sign currently contains on the verge of entering the earth-bound zone of Taurus. In a couple of days Mars will join Venus and the Sun and we will again feel a dramatic shift with the changing of the signs.