Today is an interesting day, in that it is the first day since Uranus went direct on January 2 where we have encountered a retrograde planet. Jupiter begins its annual retrograde today, not going direct until July 10, and we will also see Mercury entering its shadow phase prior to its second retrograde of 2018. I bring your attention to these, because in the last couple of days, with both Venus and Mercury having entered impulsive Aries, you may have been gung ho to go forth and conquer. By now, you are probably asking what any of this has to do with the Temperance card.

Temperance is a card of balance, patience, and moderation, and Aries representsanything but. Now that our unencumbered road ahead is going to develop a few twists and turns, we are being called upon to make sure we strive for balance in all things. Very…