Little by LIttle You'll Get There

This weekend the mood is focused, determined, serious. With Moon in Capricorn,  the pressure to hunker down and  get real about what we want to accomplish leaves no room for sentimentality. Emotions-schmotions! There are mountains to climb!

 It's not been an easy climb. Obstacles abound! Maybe you're tired and hungry or just  fed up with all the obstructions;  you just want things to  be smooth for a change. Don't worry- as the energy continues to shift, room will be created  for positive flow. Get  your seeds ready for planting. Prepare the ground. 

Oh darn-   the ground is still frozen (at least where I live). Sigh. It will hopefully be thawing soon. 

I know not everyone lives in the great white north as I do - some of you are in Florida or Spain - or some other lovely place where the sun is beating down and the ground is hot to the touch. Sigh. The grass is always greener (literally) lol. 

I feel like the ground hog  who sees her shadow and crawls back into the ground for 6 more weeks of rest and hibernation.  I know that was 2 months ago - but I feel like I am still hibernating - even my car doesn't want to go anywhere.

Wherever you are - take this as a metaphor. Things are beginning to shift. New energy is coming in. The Sun (conscious awareness) will gradually get higher in the sky - and the air will begin to warm.  As the  literal or symbolic winter  slowly releases its hold  on us,  spring breezes carry the promise of  change, expansion and freedom.

In between - the hard stuff.

There's always hard stuff.

 Mars' impatience   can trigger  overreactions.  Arguments. Accidents.  Watch your step. Monitor  your speed.  Sometimes obstacles are there for a reason. Have respect for no-go zones.

What comes out of our mouths right now can get us into trouble (Mercury Mars).

 Saturn is about how we deal with rules and restrictions. It wants us to grow up  and deal with the physical world of  time - limitations - challenges - structures.  It pushes us to focus - mature - take responsibility for our life.  If you are feeling thwarted, blocked, frustrated -  see if you can find a way to make that work for you. Even if its one step forward  and two steps back - at least you're trying. Much can be accomplished when we take things step by step. 

Limitations are troublesome, but they are effective. If we live economically 
in normal times, we are prepared for times of want. To be sparing saves us 
from humiliation. Limitations are also indispensable in the regulation of 
world conditions. In nature there are fixed limits for summer and winter, 
day and night, and these limits give the year its meaning. In the same way, 
economy, by setting fixed limits upon expenditures, acts to preserve property 
and prevent injury to the people.

But in limitation we must observe due measure. If a man should seek to 
impose galling limitations upon his own nature, it would be injurious. And 
if he should go too far in imposing limitations on others, they would 

rebel.

Therefore it is necessary to set limits even upon limitation.

In other words- don't be too hard on yourself. Or others. Leave a little slack or the rope will break. 

Venus in Taurus will help with that. Nothing wrong with a little self indulgence! What harm can a bit of chocolate do?  Find someone to cuddle up with - or get out in nature and feel yourself soothed by her grounding influence. There's always a good book to be read  and a glass of wine to be enjoyed.

Everything is part of a cycle; like the Moon waxes and wanes- so too things speed up and slow down. Every breath teaches us to find our own rhythm.

 Taurus is slow and steady. It knows Rome wasn't built in a day .  So - relax. Take a step back. Don't sweat the small stuff. You will rise again! Spring will come.

And if that Capricorn Moon/Mars combo wont let you sit idle - find something constructive to do , within the situation you find yourself in. 

"When fishermen can't go fishing- they mend their nets. "

Venus in Taurus is about pleasure. Whatever you do - enjoy it.  

You know you want to :)