17 September Why does life seem to require so much? Why is so much expected of us? We just want to go go go. The mind is active, but implementing dreams or creative energies is somehow both unwise and contrary to our highest values! It leaves us in something of a spot–what we need to recognize is this is just not a great time to do what we want to do. We may feel like a car revving its engine, pressing on the gas, but with the brake still on! Racing thoughts spur us forward, but if we respond we find that things don’t exactly go well. Today it’s best to plan–we’ll have lots of energy and imagination for that. (Neptune opposed Vesta, quincunx Pallas, Mercury sextile Mars)

From ECLIPSE, available here