Roadblocks

Let’s say you’ve had an inspiration for an enormous, shiny venture involving many individuals and many shifting components. To date, this feels like an awesome enterprise for Mars’ present journey by means of Aquarius.

However this week, as Mars strikes right into a sq. facet to Jupiter (Feb. 27, 12:30 am PST), you could discover that when you don’t lack for large concepts (Mars is on the Sabian image 11 Aquarius, Man tête-à-tête together with his inspiration), you don’t have all of the sources in place – whether or not cash or manpower (see the approaching sq. between Venus and Uranus, precise on March 3) – to make this venture come to life.

It’s nonetheless potential to make issues come collectively, however enthusiasm alone will not be the answer. You’ve hit a sensible, logistical roadblock, and it’ll take all that Mars in Aquarius ingenuity to seek out your well beyond it. Luckily, Mercury and the Solar’s sextiles to Jupiter later within the week convey alternatives, connections, or insights that may get you over the hump.

Drips and Drabs

There’s a pocket book subsequent to my desk the place I jot down bits and items, updates, and upgrades that want consideration in my enterprise. Leafing by means of it now, I see some updates that should be finished to a few e-books, testing a brand new plugin for my web site, researching e-mail suppliers, and organising a video area in my workplace. They’re necessary duties, however not pressing; and since they require not solely time (a treasured commodity) however the correct mindset, it takes some time for them to make their approach to the highest of my precedence listing.

However Mercury’s conjunction with Saturn (Feb. 28, 2024, 7:07 am PST), is the proper time to take them on. Mercury brings psychological acuity and intelligent options, however not at all times the endurance for in-depth troubleshooting. When it comes along with affected person, persistent Saturn, although, I discover it simpler to see a difficult job by means of to completion. And for the reason that conjunction takes place in Pisces, inspiration and instinct add an additional dimension to the troubleshooting group.

Perhaps you’ve obtained your personal pocket book stuffed with drips and drabs that want consideration round the home, in your enterprise, at the same time as a part of your life targets. This week is a chance to get severe about them.

Container for the Spirit

As many readers know, my late father, a textbook Capricorn, was a farmer. He was by no means happier than when he was using a tractor, tilling the soil in neat rows. He liked the filth, the warmth, the humidity, the bugs, all of it, and when he got here dwelling for dinner he was exhausted and as tranquil as a Capricorn ever will get.

I don’t imply to romanticize arduous labor. However one factor’s for positive – people aren’t designed to sit down nonetheless indoors for hours each day below synthetic mild. We could get pleasure from what we’re doing throughout these hours, and should not even think about ourselves very bodily beings; however our our bodies beg to vary. Simply consider the glow of well-being and rest that follows a vigorous exercise.

Because the Solar makes its annual conjunction with Saturn this week (Feb. 28, 2024, 1:25 pm PST), we could really feel confined, regimented, achy, drained, or disgruntled – particularly within the day or two main as much as the precise facet. The bodily physique could be an uncomfortable, Saturnine container for the intense spirit of the Solar, particularly when it’s affected by disuse. However the Solar’s union with Saturn reminds us that our our bodies are spirit made seen, that it’s a privilege to be alive, and that we owe it to our our bodies to present them as a lot use as we give our minds.

Sure, Extra, and Sufficient

Even when the schedule is already packed, we’re out of groceries, and we’ve been carrying the identical garments for days as a result of there’s no time to do laundry, it may be surprisingly arduous to show down tempting alternatives to do much more. However the Solar and Mercury’s sextiles to Jupiter (Mar. 1, 2024, 4:15 am PST and Feb. 29, 2024, 1:53 am PST, respectively) are a reminder that we needn’t take each alternative that comes our means.

The Solar loves making contact with Jupiter. Each inventive concept, each alternative for enjoyable appears much more dazzling together with the god of Large Concepts. Jupiter is that terrific buddy who says “Sure! – and extra!” to every part you intend. An evening out with Jupiter is such enjoyable… till it turns into exhausting.

Don’t go too far, too quick. Suppose issues by means of earlier than you leap. Have enjoyable with Jupiter, however know when it’s time to say “sufficient.”

Surprising Developments

A sq. between Venus and Uranus (March 3, 2024, 5:17 am PST) is a type of diabolical connections that may symbolize surprising bills. Proper on schedule, one of many computer systems I exploit for my enterprise fell prey to some noxious malware, and the price in cash and (particularly) money and time to construct a brand new system has been appreciable. I’m nonetheless ready and hoping for the surprising earnings that will also be symbolized by this facet!

Relationships are additionally Venus’s terrain, and this week may convey a brand new and stimulating enterprise or private connection – or, perhaps, stunning developments in current ones. When Venus and Uranus join by sq., stress arises across the acceptable stability between togetherness and independence. However this facet may wake us as much as somebody near us, in addition to to others whom we’d have beforehand neglected.

Redemption

How did you arrive at this second? Are you on observe to achieve your required vacation spot? And if not, is there time to shift course?

The Final Quarter Moon is a part of redemption. It’s the pivotal third act in a story, once we endure a disaster of confidence, come to phrases with our circumstances, and take motion to resolve one thing. This Final Quarter Moon in Sagittarius (March 3, 2024, 7:23 am PST), with its optimism and humor, is likely one of the extra uplifting Final Quarter Moon indicators. We’re a tad extra more likely to consider that we will pull off a redemptive third act.

This Final Quarter concludes a lunar part household that started with a New Moon at 12º22’ Sagittarius on Dec. 3, 2021. It’s now-or-never time for one thing we envisioned then, first acted upon on the Sep. 3, 2022 First Quarter Moon, and noticed come to fruition on the June 3, 2023 Full Moon. Now, we resolve how one can conclude this chapter with perspective and charm – and how one can inform the ending of the story.

Writing and pictures © 2017-24 by April Elliott Kent

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