MONDAY - FULL MOON IN ARIES, Mercury enters Scorpio
TUESDAY - Mercury squares Pluto (retro)
WEDNESDAY - Venus sextiles Jupiter
SATURDAY - Venus opposes Saturn (retro)
Let's unpack the week!
MONDAY - the Full Moon in Aries will have its own post.
The Full Moon is always a time of tension (there is something to all that howling after all) - it's a time of Sun opposite Moon. Oppositions are pretty much just what they sound like. This one is in the "me vs we" polarity of the Aries/Libra axis. This Full Moon is the culmination of the Aries New Moon (which was an Eclipse) that launched the lunar year back in April, so maybe something from that time is finishing up/becoming illuminated/peaking. Feels like years ago. I think I am aging in dog years now. Woof. At the Full Moon things peak, culminate or come to light. Results are delivered. Stuff finishes up.
This is also the day Mercury is leaving diplomatic Libra - hurry up peace negotiations! - and dives into the deeper/more intense waters of Scorpio. Secrets/what has been stuffed/hidden motivations will start to come out. We can find out where the bodies are buried. For journaling, shadow work, or honest conversations that go beneath the surface - this is your green light (just keep in mind that square to Pluto/discomfort at the start of this transit!). We are going deep/talking about and thinking about Scorpian topics - sex, intimacy, merged finances, debts, taxes, insurance, inheritance, who's got the power/holds the purse strings. Our mind will need to focus. We want to puzzle our way through things/get to the bottom of things. Multi-tasking may be harder because our intellect wants to linger with one thing for longer than we usually do.
Mercury is going to leave Scorpio for Sagittarius on October 29th, but because of his/her upcoming retrograde Mercury is going to be back in Scorpio on November 18th (just in time for the New Moon in Scorpio on November 20th). He will finally be totally out of Scorpio on December 11th, so there will be some back and forth here and repeating energies/storylines until then.
TUESDAY - Mercury, freshly minted in Scorpio squares Scorpio's modern ruler Pluto who is retrograde in Aquarius. Any Mercury/Pluto contact means our thinking and conversations are INTENSE, powerful, subject to POWER STRUGGLES, secrets/what is hidden can come out, words are S-P-E-L-L-S, and we are casting them. Inner voices get LOUDER. Watch for rumination or over-analysis, manipulation and compulsions. Scorpio is our fixed water sign, so we are picking up not only what someone is saying, but what is underneath the words. Conversations and information can be UNCOMFORTABLE.
Words carry power and consequences. What’s said (or left unsaid) can shift the dynamics of a situation - keep this in mind.
WEDNESDAY - Venus in Virgo sextiles Jupiter in Cancer. Here is our best aspect and it is most exact on Wednesday, but in play all week. This is, arguably, our two most beneficial planets - and Jupiter is exalted which is even more helpful - forming a smooth aspect; an aspect that provides benefits when we make some kind of effort. Good for expansion with finances/relationships. Increased optimism - maybe especially with work/health situations and home and family. LUCKY day for some.
Venus brings grace, Jupiter brings growth, so together, they open doors to expansion in love, money and creative opportunities.
Optimism rises.
We might see improvements around work and health routines (Venus in Virgo) or family, home, and emotional stability (Jupiter in Cancer). When we make a sincere effort - BLESSINGS follow.
This can be a lucky moment, but remember, it’s quiet luck (Virgo/Cancer), the kind that rewards steadiness (Virgo) and care (Cancer).
Still, we have to know she’s moving toward her opposition with Saturn this weekend and oppositions are stronger than sextiles, so don’t overspend or overpromise now. Enjoy and appreciate what’s good but keep one foot on the ground.
SATURDAY - now Venus reaches her opposition with Saturn - we have seen this coming/can't say we weren't warned. With Venus in Virgo if we have been slacking off (or conversely overworking), not taking good care of ourselves (or being too critical) - here is where the rubber meets the road. Venus in Virgo wants to perfect and improve while Saturn in Pisces asks us to face what’s ending/slipping through our fingers. Saturn is retrograde so whatever this REALITY CHECK is, it is not brand new. We have seen this coming but maybe didn't want to face it and now maybe we have to. Saturn is always reminding us that what is most valuable grows through endurance and not ease, so we may feel tested, limited or just very aware of the passage of time.
Sometimes Venus/Saturn aspects just make me feel my age/the challenge of getting older/or alone. Sometimes there is a financial pinch. With Venus coming off that Jupiter sextile, we want to be knowing that what goes up can also come down ....
so, tend to what is real and sustainable.
Back with that Full Moon post!
xo all
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