March 28-April 4, 2005

We continue in Aries, the passion of early spring. The week starts with the recently full moon (heart) in Scorpio, the magnetic intensity of peak sensitivity. It's taking us down to the bottom of things by the end of the week. Deep power Pluto is internalizing (retrograde) there, anchoring us, and the mental tide (Mercury) is also turning inward, giving pause and reflection to the flow of thought and communication. If we accept this at every moment it will work for us.

Tuesday afternoon the moon moves from the peak emotion of Scorpio to the resolving passion of Sagittarius. At the samt time, retrograde Mercury (mental processing), which led the way into spring like a scout, now falls back into alignment with the sun (soul vitality) in the fire of Aries, just as Venus (the light of love and beauty) catches up from behind and steps out to lead the way further into the fertility of spring.

Thursday the moon meets heavy Pluto down at the low point of our seasonal cycle. Thursday night it hits bottom, moving into the primal earthiness of Capricorn. Friday the Capricorn moon reaches the midpoing between Jupiter in loving Libra (early autumn on the seasonal cycle) and the sun, Mercury and Venus in Aries (early spring passion), charging them with intensity, releasing an earthy powerfulness Friday night. Saturday Venus (beauty) peaks in tension and release with Jupiter (creativity) and Sunday the sun (soul) does the same. By Sunday the moon has progressed into spacy, individualizing Aquarius. Next week is the Aries new moon.