Venus moves into Earthy Capricorn

The Sun is in Sagittarius, the Moon has entered Capricorn as has Venus. Both will meet up with the Transformational Pluto which is making its long passage through this Earth sign. Venus is trine benevolent Jupiter (Taurus) this afternoon. With Saturn's (the Great Teacher) passage through Libra (25 degrees), there is movement alive in the world to create harmony, to find balance, to weigh ideas against one another to determine what's worthy of doing and what's not, what's left to be concluded and what's completed. Whatever your plans were at the start of the year, the academic session, or the last time you sat down with your long-range calendar, you may be feeling the extra push to finish things up or to get to the end of the season or project that's been in the works for a while.

Monday, Mercury in Sagittarius, provides us with a lot of fiery energy and motivation in areas of communication Depending upon where this falls in your chart/life, you'll notice more conversations, ideas, paperwork, and creative projects related to various forms of communication. Use the energy you have recuperated over the long weekend, and enjoy entering back into light-hearted conversations on Monday. At 3 in the afternoon on Monday, the Moon in Capricorn squares Saturn in Libra. Depending upon how you use the energy, this indicates that paying attention to your emotional responses will help you pinpoint how you are dealing with the bigger lessons of life. Our emotional temperament plays a big role in the way we relate to people handle both positive and negative experiences, and learn to balance the ups and downs of our own emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical well being. Carry a sense of peace around with you, so you can find grounding, centering, and calming ways to maintain your equilibrium. Late Monday night (11:02 PM), the Moon moves into Aquarius, opening us up to a more detached and less emotional perspective.

Tuesday, provides another day of relative calm. The Sagittarius Sun is sextile the Aquarius Moon, lending an air of optimism to our view of life. Rather than feeling the need to push and adjust to the prevailing tides that seem to be pushing us along, we may be able to see how we can make the best of things, and look at situations that might have floored us last week, as adventures or at least, merely minor stumbling blocks that can be overcome. Learning to change our own perspective on uncomfortable, upsetting, or conflict-producing situations and events, we can change the way we respond. Practicing mindfulness and slowing our pace and response to events and communication, can help us move more fluidly through the day and week. While we have time for a breather, it's a good time to build a spiritual practice to help you through the more strenuous and challenging times. It takes about 20 days to build a habit, so use the Advent Season or the count down until New Year's to create some better practices. Avoid waiting until you're in the middle of a situation to decide it's time to start a new routine. Start instead, when you aren't rushed or harassed.

Wednesday, brings us to the end of November. The Moon and Mercury aspect one another in the early morning (around 5:36), so you might wake up with a busy mind full of ideas. Or you might have some vivid dreams just before you wake up. Whatever the effect, be aware that if you wake up with lots on your mind, you may simply be feeling the energetic effects of the lunar movement. Resist thinking that you have to deal with all the details of a situation before noon. Mercury in Sagittarius is quintile Neptune in Aquarius in the mid-afternoon, creating inspirational and imaginative ideas and solutions to problems (the ones you might have been wrestling with for a while).

A reminder. What we believe, may or may not be so. If we are operating out of incorrect beliefs, we can be hurting ourselves and others because we are not able to assess situations, communication, or decisions clearly. All this to mention that just because Mercury is in retrograde does not mean you can't count on communication or ideas. What it does indicate is that we sometimes need to brood on ideas, let seeds take root, and let plans develop. Our timing is not God's timing. The Divine Clock doesn't revolve around our individual plans; rather we have to operate with a greater understanding of the Divine sense of time. Regardless of our plans, we live in a world where what we decide may or may not be accurate, right, or intended to happen. That doesn't mean we don't make plans, choices, or suggestions. What Divine timing is about is being open to the fact that living in this moment, doing what is necessary right now, meeting our obligations now, eventually lead us to the right timing with most choices, plans, or relationships that are going to work out and be right for us. The more we can be open to the idea that trusting the Divine plan for our lives, means doing and being the best we can be right where we are, and not trying to "push the river." Most of our plans have to do with other people, and though we think we understand each other, very often we don't. Be patient with yourself and with others. Be grateful for what is working right now. Trust that you needs will be met, eventually, and you have enough to do right now to keep busy. Who knows what may open for you when you wait in patient and loving expectation of the fulfillment of Divine Right being.