By Len Wallick
At the earliest ending of winter,
In March, a scrawny cry from outside
Seemed like a sound in his mind.
— Wallace Stevens
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Welcome to Monday. Welcome also to a special day, a unique week. The weekend just past saw a lot of astrological action: the last quarter of Moon’s current cycle as it nearly crossed the length of Sagittarius, conjoining the Great Attractor and the Galactic Center.
Venus is moving into Aries, forming a fire sign trine (120 degree angle between the planets) with still-retrograde Mars on the edge in Leo. Mercury conjoined Jupiter in the full house of Pisces. The Sun passing the halfway point of its journey in Pisces. Quite the few days. All three of the fire signs lit up while the vast deep currents of the final sign of the zodiac flowed through the days and nights.
It was not a sound in your mind but it was part of your consciousness and the awareness you were able to bring is part of the thing itself. Today’s aspects would best be taken with the continued certainty that what is going on within is one with the without. Integration is the task. Mediation is the method. Thus we gradually prepare as the outer planets move to herald the dawn of a new season and a new era. Luna shows us how an ending can serve to prepare us for the beginning that Venus leads us towards.