Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Week of October 19th - 26th, 2020 - an old opportunity comes back around, financial/relationship commitments, unexpected/liberating/disruptive information and conversations, truth comes out


 

MONDAY - Mars squares Jupiter, Venus trines Jupiter while inconjunct Mars, Mercury conjunct Juno opposes Uranus

TUESDAY - Venus squares the North Node

WEDNESDAY - Venus trines Pluto

THURSDAY - Mercury inconjunct Chiron, Vesta into Virgo, Sun into Scorpio

FRIDAY - First Quarter Moon (0 Aquarius!)

SATURDAY - Venus trines Saturn

SUNDAY - Sun conjuncts Mercury

 

This is ANOTHER busy week. We finally get all the nice trines Venus has been promising us - relationship, financial commitments are possible. Mars repeats his square to Jupiter (although they have changed positions) while Venus is trining Jupiter - an old opportunity can come back around, probably in a new way, so pay attention and be moving forward/taking action. Huge leaps from tall buildings will not be needed. Secrets can be exposed this week. Information/conversations can be liberating or disruptive, but either way will not be pushed back into the closet or ignored. We won't be either! Vesta moves into Virgo so make your health, the cleanliness of your environment and the organization/structure of your daily routine a top priority.

 

Let's unpack the week, then we will add in the Moons in the dailies.

 

MONDAY -  Mars squares Jupiter, Venus trines Jupiter while inconjunct Mars, Mercury opposes Uranus, Ceres stations direct (Sunday). Whoa! This is the second Mars/Jupiter square - we had the first back on August 4th, so maybe we are going back over something from that time that needs to be re-done. Maybe we are changing our position on something. This is tense, but probably motivating, maybe driven by constraints/a time or maybe resource crunch. This speaks of big moves, power-plays, and keep in mind Mars is retro and with Mars inconjunct Venus (in Virgo) too much work/pushing could undermine our health/the quality of whatever we are doing/shoot the hell out of our daily schedule. At the same time Venus is trining Jupiter, so something about this 'go big' thing or maybe our Cappy career/goals can fall into place now if we focus on the day-to-day/the details/our service to other/the quality. There could be something here we really can use (even if it's not perfect) as

 

an old opportunity can come back around!

 

As with any Mars square in Aries - tend to your personal safety. No dark alleys. Avoid unnecessary dangers. Drive safely. Get some exercise.


A retrograde Mercury is conjunct Juno (Juno is a huge player in 2020) and opposing Uranus. The opposition is a repeating aspect from October 7th, so this could take us back to a surprising conversation or unexpected news from that time. Relationship agreements/contracts being discussed. Mercury is in deep Scorpio, so our thoughts/conversations/the information that comes in and is exposed now - is intense. Juno represents not only our marriages and committed partnerships, but the hierarchical structures that underpin things (remember she would do anything to hold onto her position) - she is in Scorpio now, determined to KEEP WHAT SHE HAS. Mercury is retrograde, so we are re-thinking/re-assessing maybe intimate/financial situations. 

 

Secrets can come to light. News/conversations can be unexpected, liberating or disruptive. This can happen into Tuesday, since it is exact late on Monday night EDT.


TUESDAY - Venus (in Virgo at 18 degrees) squares the North Node (in Gemini). Both answering to a retrograde Mercury. Tension/frustration - a need to change/adjust. Relationship, financial, self-esteem, values issues - we are confronted by what isn't working/doesn't line up with the future. The cost of love. The price of these intangibles. What can be fixed and what needs to be left behind. Squares motivate action - what are we going to do about this?


WEDNESDAY - Venus (in Virgo at 22 degrees) trines - brakes off - Pluto (in Capricorn). Trines are smooth/easy, and this speaks of an intensified focus on Venusian themes - our relationships, love, money, self-esteem, resources, what we want - without anything manipulative/compulsive. We get the best of Plutonian transformation without the STING of the life and death obsession. We can use this energy for a deeper look - rather than nit-picky critique- at what isn't working/what is missing (again via those Venusian themes or our natal Virgo house theme) and can uncover practical and workable solutions. If we have been letting something slide - our health, daily obligations/schedule - this energy can power-up/enable us to hang in there/get back into something healthier or more organized. We can deepen our commitment to what is healthy. Again this is Virgo/Cappy - staying on task = success, staying healthy = success, being of service = success. See SATURDAY for Venus trines Saturn - this could be all the same thing.


THURSDAY - the veils thin as the Sun enters Scorpio - our annual month of intensity/merging/purging/excavation - deciding what gets to stay and what has to go (and, of course, it's not always up to us). And, often, if we allow ourselves to go deep enough into our buried fears/unconscious taboos uncovering unexpected (especially with that opposition to Uranus these days) sources of power, intimacy and stability. Scorpio is very black and white - we commit or we quit. The Sun will be in Scorpio until November 22nd.


Now Mercury (at 6 degrees Scorpio) inconjuncts Chiron (in Aries). Information/truth can hurt. Make us feel alone/unstable. Maybe not enough as we are. Mercury is getting to the bottom of things/looking under rocks, showing us important stuff we may not want to see. Chiron in Aries is our wounded masculine/warrior. He requires us to show up/be brave/keep going/pull our own asses out of that well. Scorpio/Aries isn't so soft/comforting anyway and they are both answering to Mars who is retrograde. We are confronting and confronted by very deep and very old wounds - childhood, familial, past-lives. Maybe this is about our need to take care of ourselves/stand up for ourselves. Here is an inconjunct, so there isn't any kind of band-aid/no quick fix. It is a good time to listen. If you are triggered (and about to over-react), try asking yourself - "isn't it interesting I am having such a strong reaction to this - what is this reaction of mine really all about". If we need to speak our truth, know the other person's reaction, if over the top, is likely coming from a deeper/older wounding. Know these triggers serve a purpose, but let's do our best to language things kindly now. Take the high ground, it has the best view.

 

As Venus starts finishing up, preparing herself for next week's return to her home sign of Libra, Vesta enters Virgo. Now it's our Virgo house theme or the collective Virgo themes of - our health, our work, our pets, our day-to-day routine, our daily obligations, our service to others  - that is keeping us up at night. We'll talk more about this as we move through this transit. Vesta will be in Virgo for the rest of the year.


FRIDAY - the Moon (at 0 degrees Aquarius) squares the Sun at 0 degrees Scorpio. This is our first quarter square - moving the Libra New Moon story from last week forward via tension/frustration.

 

0 degrees Aquarius is also the degree Jupiter will meet Saturn on the December 21, 2020 Solstice - our third and final (and we only get one of these) major aspect of 2020.

 

If we thought 'time running out' was big - well, 'time starting back up' looks ABOUT 10 TIMES BIGGER.

 

The chart for 12/21/2020 is totally cray-cray and makes me think of 12/21/2012 - the Mayan calendar expiration date - when we thought something was going to happen that didn't (although maybe it actually did, and here is where we catch up with it). I will need two shots of whiskey - and I don't drink - to even begin to unravel this. It's not easy to move into Aquarius when we are refusing to let go of these dying Cappy structures!

 

At 1:20PM (!) on December 21, 2020 - we will have Jupiter exactly conjunct Saturn at 0 Aquarius (starting a 200 year cycle in air), the Sun at 0 Cappy conjunct Mercury (within 1 degree), Mars exactly conjunct Eris, Pluto exactly squaring Eris and Mars, Lilith exactly conjunct Uranus (!), Vesta exactly opposing Neptune, Pallas exactly sextiling Chiron, the Moon exactly opposing Pandora and Wuhan opposing Hygiea (within 1 degree), Saturn and Jupiter exactly sextiling Juno who is exactly conjunct Astraea (Goddess of service, peace and justice who became the constellations Virgo - and possibly Libra - when she left the Earth after Pandora's box was opened at the end of the Golden Age/Silver Age and was said to return at the time of the New Earth/new Golden Age and you know we are going to have to look into THAT). And there's MORE.

 

Nothing is random, so maybe a clue/crumb gets dropped now for later - pay attention. This is Aquarius/Scorpio. The Sun is intense/going deep and the Moon wants to keep a little distance/think or overthink things through. These are fixed signs, so heels are dug in/our thinking inflexible. Scorpio rules (among other things) big money/life and death and Aquarius ' the people'/our higher thinking/the future, so we'll see what develops. 


SATURDAY - Now Venus (25 degrees Virgo) trines Saturn (25 degrees Cappy). 

Venus rules love, money, our values, women, beauty, our self-esteem (Libra and Taurus) and in Virgo, ruler of our 6th house house is currently concerned with our day-to-day activities, our routine, work, co-workers, pets and our health. Saturn rules structure and things that are real and have weight, time, goals, hard work, discipline, fathers, older men and responsibility (Capricorn).


Trines create smooth energy - the brakes are off - the vitality will flow and work together naturally. This trine will apply to our natal Virgo and Capricorn houses and their themes.

Now these houses are always in trine, but today, inhabited by attractive Venus and hard-working Saturn, the vibes are particularly useful.

If Venus and Saturn were people they would be a young, loving, attractive woman and a serious, responsible older man. You can see how these two people could bring out the best in each other (not in a sugar-daddy kind of way - Saturn ain't nobody's free ride).


We carry both these archetypes within us - what can we do now to cement their merger?


We could make a commitment (Saturn) within a relationship (Venus) now. We could make a commitment with our money. We could make a commitment to valuing ourselves. We could commit to the hard work of being more beautiful (ie Venusian) or birthing something beautiful. We could beautify (Venus) our career (Saturn). This would be a great time for cosmetic changes within a business. Spruce ups now will pay off over time.


Venus/Saturn is not going to be about developing some trendy thingamajig because with Saturn the payoff comes over time and our trendy thingamajig will be gathering cobwebs in the corner. For creators this isn't so much about new styles as new methods. Both form (Venus) AND function (Saturn) will matter here. People will be drawn to more traditional, quality items that will last. Venus/Saturn will only be together for a couple days, but this is the card to play now.

Our existing relationships can grow stronger. There is a mutual respect here. Relationships between people of different ages started now would likely be long-lasting.

Mentors (Saturn) and muses (Venus) can show up. Take what you want seriously. Maybe you will get it.

 

On SUNDAY - the Sun (at 2 degrees Scorpio) meets Mercury. We are now at the mid-point of this Mercury retrograde season, HERE - what is illuminated now - is what this Mercury retrograde season has been/is about for us. Something important can come to light, and since this is Scorpio, it might be something that isn't so pretty to look at (but not necessarily). On the other hand it will be just what we need to know.

 

xo all

 

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