We hope that you and your families are doing well enough in these very unusual times. It seems to me that these are the best of  times, and also the worst of times.  This also seems to be the

 experience of many people during these extraordinary planetary phases. I am writing this in mid-September, at the time that seven out of nine planets are dignified.  In spite of the fires in the Western U.S., and civil unrest, and hurricanes and flooding in the Southeast U.S., and political and social unrest throughout the world - there must, somehow, be some good effect rising out of this very rare energy!  

It may be that the sattvic/creative/constructive placements of many planets now - will manifest mainly on an individual level. We can, each of us, strive for higher ideas and ideals, and better states of consciousness, and support ourselves and our environment in that way. We can hope for the cumulative effect of many separate beneficial intentions. We can pray for each other, too.