Hello my friends!

What a week! Very, very busy. Very productive for many, as well. The big news of course was the Full Moon and Mar's movement into Virgo, both of which happened yesterday.

First let me talk about Mars, because I think we are all feeling this change. Mars sets foot into Virgo and who does he meet? Jupiter, to start, further intensifying the lovely Trine that is working there. Jupiter is expansion and luck while Mars is energy. Many of us saw increased confidence and optimism this week. Many people are settling down to work they really enjoy and cooperation seems easy and rewarding. Sports and hobbies also highlighted for many of us at this time.

Next, I see Mars connecting with Uranus, still lingering at the 1st degrees of Aries. These 2 bodies are in exact quincunx now:

Mars quincunx Uranus
You are changing directions, perhaps letting go of a project or goal which has required your energy. You may find that you lack motivation as you make adjustments in your direction. However, once you have ended this phase there will be plenty of energy for the new project.

Mars is more firmly opposing health sensitive Chiron, while he is loosing his opposition to Neptune. Chiron is asking us to reassess our direction in life - and many of us are in the process of major changes to address this redirection.

Mars also trines Pluto at this time, further suggesting energy for change - although with Pluto, the urge is to eliminate and purify (Intense cleaning and purification). This trine focuses our fforts to unite, to transform, to share power and territory. Sexual interests are up and there's a feel of convincing, or being convinced of something.

Now with Mars in Virgo trining both Pluto in Capricorn and Jupiter in Taurus, that give us a Grand Trine in Earth signs. Earth is very practical and so these energies may well be working on our bottom line and our foundation - our home, our work, our assets, etc. At this time of year, there is so much energy put into Holiday preparations, that I am hoping you all received a lucky and profitable leg up during this past week.

And this is the energy that set the stage for the Full Moon - which was gorgeous, wasn't it? The Full Moon in Taurus opposed the Sun in Scorpio - another sign for cleaning out. It's an excellent time for house cleaning and getting rid of old stuff - whether that is things, ideas, habits or even self identifiers. At times of changing direction, it's often wise to remove the extraneous and focus on what is truly important.

So this is the energy we have for the next several days. Hopefully, our energy will remain high (particularly if we take good care of ourselves) and we can have another power week next week to accomplish things before Mercury turns retrograde and the erratic eclipse energy begins.

I also want to mention, that with Mars going retrograde, we will have a lot of these same aspects returning in early April. That implies to me that things we start now may wind up with course corrections at that time, so I want to warn. It could be that the plan we envisioned will change slightly in April, or we could revise the whole plan entirely - so be careful with your time and energy investments with these transits. Somethings need to get done no matter what - do those first, but don't paint yourself into a corner. The more flexible your plan can be, the less disappointing when it comes time to adjust or change it.

Wishing you all the very best my friends. Peace!

Carole

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