Astrological Winds for Week of 1/10/11

As I mentioned last week, all of the planets are in direct motion now, and it's an ideal time to push/take action on projects. This week Mercury, still in its retrograde shadow, and Mars, are acting together to blow the wind into our sails by aspecting the seperating Jupiter/Uranus conjunction and changing signs. Monday and Tuesday Mercury in Sagittarius sextiles Neptune and Chiron and squares Jupiter and Uranus. This will give subtle intuitive awareness of mystical/spiritual planes and inspiring ideas and contacts with others with a strong desire to learn more in order to heal ourselves, others, and the world around us. However, the square to Uranus/Jupiter can have us jumping out of our skin. Nervous systems could be frayed by the immensity and frequency of events now. It's very easy to fall into a flippant/sarcastic type of mental attitude towards anyone or anything that we perceive as to trying to hold us back now. One of the big dangers of this combo is to overlook the details and pay a steep price later on. Fortunately, on Thursday, Mercury ingresses back in to Capricorn, which should have the effect of grounding these ideas and sketching out detailed plans on how to achieve what we set out to do. Mars, still strong in Capricorn, meanwhile sextiles Jupiter/Uranus on Wednesday and Thursday giving us the opportunities to start the actions we need to take in order to move towards success. Both of these aspects usually give us the opportunity to use our natural talents to gain some success. Much of this is because we have a better attitude now that rubs off on whatever we do. Uranus involved shows however that it would be best to focus this on something we normally don't do or we could easily get bored with the routine and only give a half-hearted effort that is not as likely to reap desired results or to go as potentially far as something a bit more radical for us would. So it's a good time to seek out something new: a new relationship, objective, daily pattern, activity, etc. On Saturday, Mars ingresses into Aquarius until February 24th, reminding us that our actions should not be so egocentric that they exclude benefits to others. Working with groups or on projects that benefit more than yourself is the best ways to honor this energy and be in congruence with it. In summary, this is a week to pay attention to what your intuition is telling you, make connections with those or with info that is important for your current affairs, look for and/or create the opportunties that open the door, and start taking the actions you deem necessary to get the ball rolling. Remember, as I mentioned last week: next Monday and Tuesday are the 2 most potent days to act during this window of no retrograde actions. Set it up this week. Good luck!