Before Zen the mountains were mountains and the trees were trees.
During Zen the trees where the voices of wisdom
and the mountains were thrones of the spirits
After Zen the mountains are mountains the trees are trees.

I had meant to write this yesterday, the day before or the day before that. Time is slipping from me this week – I seem to be a bit… Preoccupied. It has been a deep and passionate week. The new moon in Aries implies that we should quit sulking and get out and do something with our lives, a trine with Pluto which is always beautiful. Lastly a new moon, which tends to bring on a bit of depression, but this one, was vastly different. It aligned perfectly with Pluto to activate the passion zone, combine that with today being a Taurus moon and hubba hubba. I really didn’t mean that physically, but I sort of did, it’s the first official week of sandals and skirts, the Alaskan girls as always bust out the skirts early and we freeze to death in the sake of hoping to feel sexy. Yes I’m guilty, I froze, but I am never one to not suffer for fashion.

The best part of it is passion, the sort that manifests what you wish for in life. Even though yesterday was a Taurus moon and tomorrow is the first day of Taurus’s piece of the chart - that means sweet nothings, chocolates, massages, bubble baths and all things delicious and all things that feel good become very very important to you. I really should have made the quote of the day “If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart” That’s Budda’s words by the way from The Dhammapada.

There was more to this rant than just pleasure. This week my ruling planet Saturn the responsibility and taskmaster planet comes out of retrograde and begins traveling forward officially this morning. Apparently ignorance is bliss because I didn’t even know this. According to the stars I should have been living in a cave since December. If your part of my everyday life maybe you wish I had been living in a cave! The weight of responsibilities might crack down on you shortly as that’s what happens with Saturn but if you have been doing your homework on yourself you may pass through it unscathed. If you have had your head in the sand – your in big trouble.

Regardless. Don’t let me deter far from my path with sarcastic digressions. Before an enlightening event in your life, you see things as they are, trees are trees, and mountains are mountains. During it, everything is grand, spectacular and divine. All of the sudden with your changed perception you’re seeing life through rose colored glasses and the whole world is sparkly. But after the enlightening event, life is life again, however maybe your more in tune, more in flow and notice more about the world and all of its beautiful secrets. The trick to navigating this – is remembering where your feet are throughout the whole process.

During a week where we can get carried away with sensuality, succulence, and indulgence we can not lose bearings of what the journey is all about and where our feet are. True indulgence is just divine, and as my sweet friend Kristie says “there is no such thing as too much of a good thing” that we are in the midst of our journey. So I suppose even though I played dumb to Saturn coming out of retrograde I am playing the taskmaster in a week where I should be letting everyone frolic and be happy. Sorry kiddies – as long as I am around I shall hand you a chore list!