The gorgeous conjunction of Venus with a waning crescent Moon, visible in the eastern morning sky on Wednesday and Thursday March 26-27 2014, at dawn, symbolizes the 2nd of 7 steps or gates on a journey of purification, discipline and self-examination which lasts thru the summer. Gary relates this step to the higher or transcendent principles of Mercury, which are spiritual growth and self-actualization. We also explore this conjunction's square to Saturn and trine to Vesta as they relate to the principles of cronos/kairos and the theme of "doing time" vs creating "sacred time."