May 30-June 5, 2005

We've reached the last week of deep longing weighing us down. And it's happening as recent tension is coming to an end.

All three air signs are powerfully anchored, and the pressure of awareness can be overwhelming. It's the last week of big, expansive Jupiter retrograde/internalizing in Libra, mindfulness of love. It's backing to a stop deep within us, and late Saturday night the tide finally turns toward outflow and manifestation. Also this week we are completing a three-way tension we've been experiencing lately between love (Venus), expression (Mars) and power (Pluto). It has all been somewhat trying, but it is part of the charging-up of a big wave which will release into the open this summer.

The week begins with the moon (heart), after a weekend in the mental alignment of Aquarius, now in the tender sensitivity of Pisces. Tuesday toward sunset it emerges into the spring passion of Aries. Tension breaks between the thinking soul (sun in Gemini) and wisdom in vulnerability (Uranus in Pisces). By Thursday, tension breaks between quick mind and deep mind (Mercury square Uranus) and action charged with power (Mars square Pluto). Friday, as the moon progresses into the peak spring fertility of earthy Taurus, mental sensitivity steps out ahead of soul vitality (sun), and love's beauty (Venus) leads them both into the flow of summer feeling (Cancer). The expressive impulse is blending with undeniable emotion (Mars trine Saturn in water signs).

By Sunday, Jupiter has finally begun to shift its weight forward, and the moon (heart) joins the sun (soul) in the (sometimes anxious) vision near the top of our seasonal roller coaster (Gemini) for Monday's new moon. Charged with intense awareness, aligned with love and dreams, we're building toward a powerful release beyond the summer solstice. It really will turn out to be the Year of the Rooster.