At the FCEA, we have been watching Jupiter and Saturn dance in the night sky all year. Last December, they were so close, then a bit apart, then even farther apart, and soon Jupiter will re-enter Pisces for a very quick passage (for Jupiter!)  through the zodiacal sign. I have been thinking a lot about hard work and opportunity, how one often follows or accompanies the other. I often hear from FCEA students about how they are frustrated by the steep learning curve, the amount of detail, all the calculations to figure out, the nuts and bolts of software, counseling skills, synthesis and integration, all the pieces of the Steven Forrest method to master. This seems like a higher and higher mountain to climb.  Saturn times can be so tough. I personally find it helpful to remember Steven’s now-famous saying, “Saturn helps us to do what we don’t feel like doing.” Boy, isn’t that the truth?! Then, who knows, maybe we can put our hope in Jupiter, when we might, just might, be able to sweep up all the goodies after Lord Task Master Saturn has done his work.

Going through the program here at the FCEA takes a little bit of Jupiter’s faith and hope. With time, effort and discipline, mastery, or maybe getting just one step closer to being a “master,” will eventually come down the road. I am writing to you this morning on the eve of a New Moon in Libra. One heart and soul to another, I say go easy on yourselves, calm down, allow the art and joy of practicing evolutionary astrology slowly bloom within you. We can’t grasp the skills and Steven’s abilities to integrate all the pieces of a chart reading over night! Ease into it and let it sink in. I just want to encourage you and let you know I understand, I get it. I’m in my own Saturn time at the moment and plodding through all I have on my plate overwhelms me each day.But anything worth learning and accomplishing takes time.