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Navigating the Fog—A Road Without Clear Visibility

Imagine driving through a dense mountain pass, no tunnels, just winding roads with short stretches of visibility. The fog rolls in thick, so thick that the headlights barely make a difference. You slow down, gripping the wheel, straining to see what’s ahead. The road exists, but your ability to perceive it is momentarily obscured.

Now, imagine you get a flat tire. No problem, right? You pull over, ready to replace it—but then you realize there is no spare tire. You forgot to replace it last time. Your plan is suddenly shattered.

What now?

You were sure you’d reach your destination by 10 p.m., but that certainty is now gone. Do you wait for daylight, hoping someone will pass? Do you start walking, even though you barely have cell signal and don’t know how far the next town really is?

There’s no universal answer. The choice depends on context—season, conditions, resources, instincts. But this is exactly the kind of moment we are entering astrologically.

The fog is the Pisces convergence—the Moon, Venus, North Node, and Neptune clouding the path ahead Gate / hexagram / Gene key 36. The flat tire is the unexpected realization that what you thought was secure is not. The lack of a spare? That’s the missing 35th gate—the drive to completion—that we don’t have right now.

“The 36th Gift doesn’t freeze. It doesn’t close down. It stays open. Wow. Do you know what that entails? Someone or something completely threatens to overwhelm us, and we stay open. Our heart may recoil for a few moments, but we breathe deeply into our chest, anchor ourself in the belly, and look the experience right in the eye.”

~ Richard Rudd, 64 Ways

A Crisis is a Question Mark

This is not about reacting impulsively to crisis. It’s about recognizing crisis as a question mark, not an endpoint.

Gate/hexagram/Gene key 36 is the emotional impulse to move forward, to act in response to uncertainty—but without Gate 35, there’s no immediate resolution. That means the real challenge is discernment.

What do you truly need? What is actually essential? What are you assuming is necessary but is actually just an expectation?

Crises reveal blind spots. They strip away assumptions and force you to be fully present with what is, not what you expected things to be. The real test is whether you can sit in that uncertainty without collapsing into panic or frustration.

—Reading the Signals in the Fog

I want to give another analogy here because what I see in the upcoming chart, where the Moon, Venus, the North Node, Neptune, and Saturn are trailing in Pisces, resembles a congestion zone. I’ve been learning how to read financial charts using a method called Ichimoku. My dear friend, T, who prefers to remain anonymous, introduced me to it, and I have been fully engaging with the practice.

One of the key aspects of Ichimoku analysis is understanding how price moves through the Kumo (cloud), a representation of equilibrium and uncertainty. When price enters the cloud, it signals a period of indecision—just like we are seeing astrologically. It’s a time to pause, observe, and analyze rather than make impulsive decisions.

Markets, like human behavior, follow cyclical patterns. Ichimoku provides a structured way to interpret these cycles. It incorporates multiple timeframes using five key components: Tenkan-sen (conversion line), Kijun-sen (base line), Senkou Span A and B (leading spans forming the Kumo), and Chikou Span (lagging line).(They sound like foreign language). Each element provides insight into trend strength, support, and resistance levels.

The beauty of Ichimoku lies in its ability to measure historical averages to anticipate future movements. The key period calculations—9, 26, and 52—allow traders to visualize market sentiment. Similarly, in as