FULL MOON IN TAURUS | OCToBER 31, 2020 - part II - what's going out with a bang? through the signs

 

 

We dug into the FULL MOON chart in Part I HERE 

 

Let's back up a bit. 

 

The Moon is void on Friday, October 30, 2020 from 12:12PM EDT until 5:19PM EDT. She has gone void (from her perch in Aries) off an opposition to a retrograde Mercury in Libra. This speaks of a disagreement between us and another person, maybe about an old issue. We've heard this/read this/said this/thought this before. So, there's this kind of tense/frustrating/antsy/maybe angry (imbalanced) news or information and then the Moon goes void. Whether we stew in it or not is up to us - Aries is usually more of a 'shake it off' kind of Moon. 

 

By Friday night (5:19 PM EDT) the Moon has moved into Taurus - a sign she loves. She meets up with Black Moon Lilith (our rebellious feminine energy) at 1 degree, so there is maybe something here about what we have hidden/swallowed to stay safe/stable, maybe to have a roof over our head and food on our table. Our emotions can be primal/instinctive. BML is the motivation within us that we expect to be punished for/abandoned if we use it. The stuff we see happening in the world is also happening in our own homes and our own bodies.

 

It's not until 10:49AM EDT on Saturday morning that the Moon makes her next aspect. She opposes the Scorpio Sun (Full Moon) and then just five minutes later, she meets up with Uranus. We can expect the unexpected here (not totally unexpected), surprising results, unintended consequences, accidents are possible, so stay focused. 

 

With the Full Moon bringing things to a conclusion - something could go out with a BANG. 

 

Uranus is retrograde, so this isn't totally new/new, we can have seen this coming and this can also be US making some kind of unpredictable/liberating change. Full Moons are the best times to end stagnant situations as long as we realize this is going to be EMOTIONAL. 

 

Collectively this will be about our money, our resources, our self-esteem, our sense of security, the skills/abilities we take for granted, something that brings us comfort. 

 

The changes could focus us on what we are losing. 

 

Whatever comes to light/whatever concludes could feel de-stabilizing, even if that is the whole point of the thing (coming unstuck because, well, this is Taurus, fixed earth aka mud!) - keep this in mind. 

 

After opposing the Sun and moving across Uranus, the Moon is going to sextile Neptune, then trine the Cappy planets (remember on Friday she squares them, so now we get the smooth trines AFTER the change/unexpected) - Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. All positive aspects and her final aspect is that trine to stable Saturn. This tells us the Full Moon surprise/disruption/culmination that will play out over the next couple weeks is stabilizing in the end, supportive in the long term. Patience may be required to get to the good stuff, but it's out there.

 

If you have something that needs to end/that you need to stop doing - this is a powerful time to end it. If we don't make needed changes, or if we go off impulsively and do something totally destructive - that rocks our stability - we could come to regret our inaction/action in a couple weeks.

 

I don't usually do a "by sign" - because we can get a better feel, I think, by looking at the collective influence and I'm always afraid people will skip ahead to their sign, which they may or may not connect with, and miss the big-picture stuff which they almost certainly will. But here goes, let's take a quick peek, check your Sun and your rising and if you know the exact house for 8-9 degrees Taurus - this may or may not line up with your rising sign - find that house number and read that, too.

 

ARIES | Aries Rising (this is also a collective forecast) - the Full Moon is happening in your 2nd house of your money, your values, your resources and self-esteem. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. This is about a change in the way you make/use money, the things you hold onto, what you value. Mars is retrograde in your sign - you are changing and the things you want/the way you go about getting them is changing, too. The ruler of this lunation is in your opposite sign of partnership. Have you been overvaluing/undervaluing yourself? More win/win less me-first.

 

TAURUS | Taurus Rising - This is YOUR Full Moon Taurus and happening in your 1st house of yourself. Something about your physical self, maybe your habits, your stability is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this (could be through a relationship/partner), but it is ultimately liberating. Happening in your sign, this is another wake-up call for you. What is coming to light about yourself? What are you discovering? This can be a crisis or an opportunity. Your journey is changing and you are the one changing it.

 

GEMINI | Gemini Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your your 12th house of what is hidden or put away or done behind the scenes, secrets, the ethereal realms, imagination, hospitals, spirituality, addiction, healing. Maybe something you have been avoiding looking at or just suspected comes out and brings an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. Keep in mind with Uranus in your 12th house for the last couple and next couple years - you are moving through a lot of unfinished business, your self-sabotaging crap is coming up, you are learning how to end things with integrity.

 

CANCER | Cancer Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your your 11th house of the collective - your friendships, your tribe, groups, causes, the internet, the public, the goals that bring you into relationship with other people, your advancement, technology. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT maybe bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. Why do you associate with the groups/people you do? Does something here need to change?

 

LEO | Leo Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 10th house of your career, your calling, your achievements, your achievement, goals, dad, business, authority, responsibility. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. An opportunity to really get how much you are worth and what you really value is coming.

 

VIRGO | Virgo Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 9th house of travel, higher education, weddings, politics, legal issues, the media, publishing, foreigners, everything outside your comfort zone, exploration, your beliefs and higher thinking. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. Maybe you think you know something and you find some holes in your thinking/your beliefs. This is a transformation around what you think is possible for you.

 

LIBRA | Libra Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 8th house of other people's resources, other people's values, intimacy, other people's money, spouse's income, loans, debts, taxes, inheritance, death, rebirth, sex, reproduction. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT (maybe through something you haven't wanted to look at) bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. You have Venus - ruler of this Moon - and Mercury in your sign, so unexpected events have a greater impact. What is out of balance here? What are you doing about your debts? Who has done something for you and you owe them something?

 

SCORPIO | Scorpio Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 7th house of partners and partnerships. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT (relationship turning point, partner's action) bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. Keep in mind your partner is going through big changes, most of which you are a major catalyst for. They are mirroring your own need for freedom/liberation.You can get married or break apart. Your partner can offer you something or take something away.

 

SAGITTARIUS | Sag Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 6th house of your day-to-day activities, your routine, work, co-workers, pets and your health. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. Stop doing what is draining you. have you taken on too much? You are about to find out. Take care of your health Sag!

 

CAPRICORN | Capricorn Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 5th house of creative projects, your self-expression, what you give birth to, children, romance and recreation. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. Saturn is past Pluto in your sign (past the death), but leaves your sign for 28 years in just a few weeks, so if you need to get moving with some goal you best get on it - especially after the Scorpio New Moon in 2 weeks.

 

AQUARIUS | Aqua Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 4th house of home, family, your roots, mother, mothering, your ancestry, real estate, renovation or a home business. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. More changes on the home front for you my dear. But we know that's really where your heart is anyway!

 

PISCES | Pisces Rising - the Full Moon is happening in your 3rd house of communication, information, writing, siblings, transportation or your local neighborhood. Unexpected news, fast decisions/answers. Something here is subject to an unexpected (although not totally unexpected) JOLT bringing something out into the light or to a disruption/conclusion. The change will be either self initiated or outside events conspire to force this, but it is ultimately liberating. If news of a new opportunity hits be ready to grab onto it.

 

Keep in mind every ending is also a beginning and in just two weeks we will have a New Moon in powerful Scorpio with both Mercury and Mars direct!

xo all

 

Back with one final Full Moon post where we'll look at the U.S. election and factor in next month's Eclipse!

What to expect of the FULL MOON IN TAURUS | Saturday, October 31, 2020 - part I - surprising results, liberating situations, limits and rules, how do we see what we've never seen before, the divine feminine rising, the virus

 

On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 10:05AM EDT the Taurus Moon opposes the Scorpio Sun (at 8 degrees) giving us October's second Full Moon and only Full Moon in Taurus.

 

The Moon, at 8 degrees, is exactly conjunct change-maker Uranus (retrograde). 

 

So, we have a spooky Halloween Full Moon focused on the very "unspooky" sign of Taurus instead of the usual Scorpio spook - even Halloween is doing its own thing in 2020!

 

Taurus is ruled by Venus and rules our collective second house - our money, our values, our self-esteem, our security and our comfort. She rules our resources and represents Mother Earth. Taurus energy is nurturing/sensual - the Moon is exalted here - it brings us back to ourselves. The shadow of Taurus - the negative of any sign is always the positives taken too far - is our fear based thinking when our security is threatened (real or imagined) focusing us on all the reasons something we want to do won't work or all the reasons we can't have what we want. Taurus energy can be stubborn (like the bull) or passive (like the cow). In Taurus we either own it (whatever "it" is) or it doesn't belong to us.
 

Like all Full Moons, this is a Sun/Moon opposition. The Sun is in deep, dark, transformative Scorpio and the Moon is in earthy, grounded Taurus. Full Moons brings conclusions/results. They are culminations, peak power, endings - they are the moment in our breath when our lungs are full just a second before we begin to exhale.

Let's unpack the chart!

 

We have the Moon at 8 degrees Taurus exactly conjunct Uranus (also asteroid Triumpf who we will use as a stand-in/significator for Trump, but we'll get to that in the third election post) and opposing the Sun at 8 degrees Scorpio. Venus rules Taurus and so is the ruler of this lunation. She is strong in her home sign of Libra, exactly conjunct asteroid Magdelana and opposing Chiron. Mercury, retrograde in Libra and also answering to Venus is exactly squaring Saturn who is exactly conjunct asteroid Wuhan (who seems to be one of the very accurate stand-in/significators for the virus). 

 

Narcissus at 26 Virgo is exactly trining (brakes off) Saturn and Wuhan and inconjunct Mercury (asteroid Narcissus is one reason for the destruction the virus/our response to the virus has caused particularly in the U.S., being at 22 Cappy in the U.S. natal chart which Saturn/Pluto decimated in January - also I noticed last week that former President Obama has Narcissus at 27 Cappy, which is the degree of the U.S. natal Pluto (!) - Pluto's return to its signing of the Declaration of Independence position is THE real story we are living through here in the U.S).

 

I didn't toss our usual cast of characters into this one, trying to keep it as simple as possible. We are going to unpack this through contacts to the Moon and Venus (ruler of the lunation) rather than treat it as a full event chart. You will see why when we get to the U.S. election posts - sorry to be so U.S.-centric, but I think this will apply universally, too!

Now, the Moon meets Uranus every month as it moves through Taurus, but not while the Sun is exactly opposing. The Sun opposite Uranus is a big deal annual transit (of change and uncertainty/a need for greater freedom, surprises that create uncertainty/instability although they are ultimately liberating) - it can bring unexpected events/conclusions and closes out and begins a Uranus solar cycle - happening at the time of a Full Moon will give this aspect an even greater impact! 

 

If you have planets/points near 8 degrees of the fixed signs you will especially be feeling this one!

Uranus is retrograde, so this "unexpected" situation/event will not be so unexpected. Unless our eyes are covered as tightly as our mouths and noses right now - we should be able to see this coming. So on the one hand it will come out of nowhere and on the other hand it won't. 

 

And, remember, this is the Moon's event - a lunar event, so even though there is an opposition, Uranus is conjunct the Moon. The unexpected is coming through our Taurus natal house theme, so we somehow need the liberation/the chaos and something comes to light/or concludes that makes that happen. There is something here about moving away from "what can I/what do I OWN" toward something else. I hope I am making sense here. Of course, if you are a Scorpio rising with Taurus in your 7th house of other people - this unexpected/not totally unexpected change will come through someone else - a partner/another person (although they will really just be mirroring our own need for liberation). 

We'll go through all the signs in Part II!

 

Venus is exactly conjunct asteroid Magdalena who keeps coming up for me in charts lately, so let's take a look at her. I've found Magdelana on the angles of charts of people in my family who are more traditionally religious/Catholic. In the days leading up to the Full Moon - with the Moon's ruler Venus at the beginning of Libra (with Magdelana) and Mercury retrograding through the back end and bookending the sign of our relationships - the Catholic Pope made a statement approving of/endorsing same-sex civil union. Which would normally be a huge thing, and obviously is for some people and will be for everyone, but seemed to be quickly lost in the nanosecond news cycle.

 

(I remember Magdelana was hanging out with Uranus, back when Uranus was squaring Pluto in the summer of 2012 - remember 2012? I think you do! That was also during a Full Moon. 

 

I'd gone looking for indicators of the major timeline shift I was feeling, but couldn't figure out what the hell any of it meant, and yes, I still haven't - ack! - and found her sitting with Uranus as scientists at Cerns were announcing a discovery they thought was their Higgs-Boson, missing "God particle". 

 

At the time I was thinking about the divine feminine energy rising and if you think about Magdelana as a probable stand-in/significator for Mary Magdalene and the way her real story has been manipulated during the Age of Pisces (deceit) and the missing "God" as the missing feminine, it could be one piece of a very large and complicated puzzle. 

 

She was discovered and synchronistically named by astronomers in Nice, France during the 1891 Pluto/Neptune conjunction in Gemini - with the North Node in Gemini, too, as it is now. At that time, and keep in mind the importance of discovery charts, Asteroid Magdelana was exactly conjunct Ceres (19 degrees Aquarius), closely conjunct Juno and the Cancer Sun was situated tightly between Venus and Black Moon Lilith and Pandora was opposing Pallas, so all the ladies were active/animated/chatting it up.)

 

If we see Magdalena as a divine feminine energy relegated to "whore" status (Gnostic texts name Mary Magdelene as an Apostle and it was not the gospels that called her a prostitute, but a Pope in 591 who confused Mary of Magdalene with Mary of Bethany, Mary of Bethany was mentioned in Luke 10:39 as a sinful woman who anoints Christ's feet and then history somehow took on a life of its own and made the wrong Mary the fallen woman) we might see her merger with feminine Goddess Venus at this time as speaking of something of the divine feminine previously unacknowledged/shut out as unholy/unseen. 

 

That something feels invisible because we haven’t been accustomed to seeing it doesn't mean it isn't there. And this kind of brings us back to Uranus - our higher mind and carrier of our long-term memory/past-life trauma that we don't consciously know we know, but we are still reacting to it. 

 

Our brains are literally made to see what we are used to seeing. I remember once reading about a horrible animal experiment where shortly after birth a litter of kittens were placed in a room where they could only see horizontal (or was it vertical?) lines for many months and when they were finally brought into a normal room they kept bumping into vertical things because they literally couldn't see them. And they couldn't see them for the rest of their lives! 

 

The Age of Aquarius is bringing us into a quantum field - where we've probably always been, but now we are without the fantasy of the Age of Pisces, so it is probably more real even as life feels less real! We will eventually come to understand we are perceiving what we choose to perceive or else we will remain in a world of what seems to us like chaos because chaos (and Uranus/Aquarius) represents this range of possibility that was once invisible to us. Does this make sense?

 

So, we've got the ruler of this Full Moon, Venus, strong in her home sign and conjunct asteroid Magdelana. Merged. And we've got Mercury (information, communication) answering to Venus in Libra - so pulling in other people/our relationships/justice/fairness and squaring sober/authoritarian Saturn and Wuhan (exactly) and the other Cappy energies, too. So whatever change this Uranian Full Moon is bringing us - this might be something we don't really want to do/have to deal with. There could be challenging news/negative thinking. With Mercury square Saturn during a Uranus activation - there could be revolt/protests. There might be a connection to the virus or the ramifications/official responses to the virus. Venus is opposing Chiron - this is applying, so maybe the need for change or whatever this change is triggers old wounds/memories that we aren't safe/can't take care of ourselves/need to stand up for ourselves. There are some indicators, and we'll talk about them in the next post, that we could regret later changes we don't make now and over the next couple weeks.

 

Uranus, merged with the Full Moon on Halloween, is the higher octave of Mercury; our higher mind. Co-ruler of Aquarius (with Saturn - and we have multiple Saturn/Uranus squares in 2021 for them to fight this New World rulership out); Uranus represents the future, change, technology. 

 

In Evolutionary Astrology (and the work of Jeffrey Wolf Green), and I see the truth of this again and again in charts, Uranus in our natal chart is a trauma signature. So, Uranus in Taurus until 2026 might bring up fear/feelings of a loss of security/loss of resources. A subconscious terror of being reduced to survival-mode (see how fast hoarding impulses with Taurean ruled food kicked in last winter/spring) - and then we create exactly the thing we are fearing by putting ourselves into survival mode - making ourselves smaller/less intimate with others/building a wall around ourselves and shutting ourselves off from NEW possibilities which is what Uranus is all about, too! 

 

That's just what we don't want to do (and I know it sounds like what we are being told to do to stay safe!). Over the course of 2020 it has become increasingly evident that, whatever's really going on, our perception of it is being manipulated.

 

Keep in mind the mind-blowing astro for 2020 that we talked about back in January HERE wasn't about a pandemic at all (although this was the date the virus moved countries which is of course the definition of a pandemic). 

 

What I wrote back then was:

"There are two basic ways this could be playing out in our lives and in the collective.

1. limits/rules/authority is transformed - death (Pluto) of tradition/security (Saturn - the patriarchy)
or 2. authority (Saturn) is cemented - because this is happening in Saturn's sign - authority is made more powerful (Pluto)

And we may think we know what is happening, but with so many cycles ending/beginning with these conjunctions it will be hard to know.

What is really happening is we have both of these things going on at the same time."

 

Tricky times we are living folks, maybe the absolute trickiest - so stay in your magic! 

The keys to this Taurus Full Moon will be to keep things simple. There could be a surprising result or something that comes to light that rattles our resources/values/habits/our natal Taurus house theme (next post). Hold on loosely. Movement is needed but too much impulsivity/anger could make us regret changes we make. On the other hand not making needed changes can also bring regret later. Best use of this energy - liberating ourselves from a stagnant/life sucking situation. It's tricky, but you're a smart cookie and will know what to do. Every ending is a beginning and every beginning requires an ending. What we lose/what we gain - in the end this Full Moon and the two weeks that follow - is all about LIBERATION. 

 

By the middle of November both Mercury and Mars will be direct, we will have a New Moon in Scorpio and it will be all systems go!

xo all

Back tomorrow night with Part II where we'll look at this Moon by sign and pull in whatever else I missed and then in part III we will look at the ways this Moon and next month's Eclipse which is reaching backward toward this Moon is likely to impact the U.S. election, one hint I think is Kamala Harris's natal Narcissus exactly conjunct the November Eclipse degree, but with Mercury stationing direct on Election Day and this weekend's big Full Moon (both Trump and Harris were born on Full Moons) conjunct "anything-can-happen" Uranus, maybe life is determined to make it anyone's game for as long as possible  ...

xo all

Today's Astrology Forecast | Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - taking action, saying it again, encouraging independence, being kind and fair, making an adjustment/bringing something out of the shadows before it comes wandering out on its own and bites us in the ass

 

The Moon moved into fiery Aries while we slept (EDT) - now we are nurtured through our physical actions, our bodies, our passions, through men, by doing/starting/independence. She can be brave here, but sometimes too hasty. She opposes Venus at 5:32AM EDT (our actions/initiative/impulsiveness conflicting with fairness/beauty/balance maybe), then goes on to conjunct a retrograde Chiron while inconjunct the Scorpio Sun later today.

 

We are building toward Saturday's BIG Full Moon and today we reach this month's Waxing Inconjunct through the Scorpio Sun/Aries Moon (while the Moon sits with that retrograde Chiron). The Aries Moon is about some action/assertion that needs to happen - even though uncomfortable, it's more uncomfortable to ignore - before the Moon reaches its fullness. With the Sun in Scorpio this could have a Scorpian theme - merged monies, intimacy, obsession, manipulation, compulsion, life/death - or could be something we don't want to look at/confront. The stars say "confront we must" even through the inconjunct speaks of rocks and hard places. Old wounds triggered.

Our best way through this - Mercury retrograde (from 28 degrees Libra - keep in mind we are closing out October with Venus and Mercury bookending Libra - other people, our relationships, our sense of fairness/balance/beauty) is trining Ceres in Aquarius.

We had the first pass of this back at the end of September - multiple aspects this week are pulling us back there - so maybe an old issue needs to be talked about again, re-looked at, revised. 

 

Ceres in Aquarius is dispassionate nurturing/not hover-mothering - we can keep conversations calm, loving but not controlling. We are encouraging independence/smart decisions. Maybe we, or someone else, is moving through challenging 'change-of-life' issues/situations that feel out of our/their control. Aquarius can be friendly because it's not overly attached, so the key here can be to emotionally detach ourselves a little bit and then have the conversation/share the information/listen (the Moon in independent Aries can help, too, just don't be too impulsive or insensitive). 

 

Mercury is in good-natured and balanced Libra, so our words can be kind/fair. 

 

With the Sun/Moon in the Scorpio/Aries inconjunct we might need to be brave, but we don't want to be manipulative/controlling/too defensive. Cooperative/collaborative conversations are favored. Know this isn't a final/final because Mercury is retrograde and the waxing inconjunct is about adjustments more than solutions. Sometimes adjustments are all we get. Sometimes adjustments are all we need.

 

We have so many planets in cardinal signs right now - wanting to START something AND we have two personal planets retrograde advising us to continue to re-vise/re-think/re-do. We might be antsy, situations can be stressful/frustrating/depressing. We just want to be done with them, but we aren't/can't be yet. Tomorrow the Moon in Aries is going to start squaring those Cappy planets, so will pull us into more challenging energy before the Moon gets into Taurus, where she is EXALTED on Friday evening (EDT). 

 

October has been about a major transformation to restore balance and it still has one last trick up its sleeve ....

xo all

back with the Full Moon posts

 

photo by the talented Marina Coric

Weekly Astrology Forecast for Creatives | October 25th - November 1st, 2020 - a major transformation to restore balance, October goes out with a bang

 

SUNDAY - Sun conjunct Mercury, Waxing Trine - Pisces|Scorpio

MONDAY - Pallas sextiles Neptune, Mercury sextiles Vesta 

TUESDAY - Venus into Libra, Mercury retrograde back into Libra

SATURDAY - Full Moon Taurus conjunct Uranus

SUNDAY - Mercury squares Saturn, Venus opposes Chiron

So, this is a BIG Mercury/Venus week (re-negotiating the ins and outs of our close relationships/partnerships/money and values with multiple aspects taking us back to the end of September) with a jolt of surprising/disruptive Uranus tossed in ... on a Halloween Full Moon which is an unusual second Full Moon in October! Ack!

Remember what October is all about, and we talked about this theme in the Trump/Covid posts and it applies to all of us - this is about a major transformation to restore balance. Keep this in mind as we move through this final week!

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. Clarity. It may or may not be pleasant - this is Scorpio - but it will be just what we need to know. Pay attention. And, yes, this could have happened yesterday or the day before as the conjunction tightened up. With Mercury retrograde this could bring someone from the past or an old situation to our attention. News comes in. Important and intimate, maybe financially focused conversations.

At the same time the Moon has moved into Pisces and into her monthly waxing trine with the Sun. This month Pisces/Scorpio. So here is support/compassion for the Scorpio message that is delivered. Something may have to be released to get something else. We might have to give up something we have used as an escape. The trine is our most positive aspect in astrology. The brakes come off. And in Pisces - our dreams/our connections/God/life/our higher self/our past lives/our ancestors are helping us.

 

MONDAY - Pallas at 18 degrees Capricorn sextiles a retrograde Neptune in Pisces. Our practical, measurable plans/work/strategies to establish security/build something real can lead to the manifestation of a dream. With Neptune retrograde this can be an old dream. This is Cappy/Pisces, so we might have to make a sacrifice/give up something to get something else.

 

At the same time Mercury at 1 degree Scorpio sextiles Vesta in Virgo. We are talking about important things/the things that matter and keep us up at night. Intimate conversations. Financial conversations. Communications/information is opportunistic. Again we are dealing with retrograde energy - this time through Mercury - so maybe we've had this conversation before/heard this information before or are dealing with people/situations from our past.

TUESDAY - After being cramped up in tidy and practical Virgo, Venus finally makes it home to Libra. Venus in Libra is about love and partnership, collaboration and compromise. Venus in Libra is about balance.

This transit (until November 21st) makes Libra Suns and Risings, who are already naturally attractive, even more so - both physically attractive and more able to attract what they want/need. Everyone's Libra house gets more attractive, too (what house was Libra in when you were born? what is the theme of that house? Where is Venus in your natal chart? This area of life gets more attractive, too, as transiting Venus grows stronger in her home sign).

We will be attracted to what we find 'beautiful'. We will be attracted to what we find 'just'. We will be attracted to what we find 'peaceful'. And these are the qualities people will find attractive in us and our work in the world. These are the qualities we'll want to bring to the table (and yes, flowers that would be a good thing to bring to the table now, too) to attract whatever we are wanting to attract now.

The potential for peace increases as we (the collective) move from critic (Virgo) to diplomat (Libra). The potential for people pleasing increases, too, so balance is the key now. Making life too much about the other person is Libra's shadow side. It's easier, or I should say, lazier, to just give in to something to have "harmony" than to work out the win-wins or half-assed win-wins that are sometimes required. We need to honor ourselves as well as the other person. It's simple, but not easy. If we think balance is easy we should stand on one leg for a while! 

In Libra, there is power in groups and alliances - but the emphasis (for now) is on the shared human experience of connection rather than on what might emerge later. It's not the time for thinking about how it will all play out, what we are getting or giving. It's just the time for the experience. We come into real harmony when we can see each other clearly. We don't have to always agree with each other. Agreeing isn't step two or even step one hundred and two. 

 

At the same time, Mercury has been retrograding through Scorpio, and now backs into Libra. 

 

This is where we were on September 26th/27th, so maybe something from that time is reactivated. Keep in mind she/he is at the very end of Libra, while Venus is at the very beginning. Now we have Mercury answering to a strong Venus instead of a retrograde Mars. 

 

An old relationship/partnership - romantic or otherwise - can come back around. An offer can be back on the table. We are re-evaluating who wears the pants/signs the checks - is this relationship/partnership/agreement/commitment still fair - is it still working for both parties?

 

Now, usually Mercury enters Libra while traveling direct. He enters via Virgo - our conversations, ideas and communications have been picked through quite thoroughly by now. We all know where we stand, and where everyone else does. We are tired of talking/bickering about this stuff and are probably craving more pleasant and civil interactions.

 

This time is different. 

 

He enters via Scorpio (intimacy/depth/maybe not such pleasant conversations) while moving backward.  

So, we've been through the hard conversations. We've looked under the hood. We've checked the numbers and seen what adds up and what doesn't. We've merged and we've purged. Maybe something has died. Maybe something has died and been reborn. 

 

Life always, always knows what it's doing, so we are back in Libra now for a reason (because this will be a quick back and forth!). Our words/ideas/conversations need to take 'other people/another person' into consideration now. It's not enough to be 'true' - it needs to be 'kind', too. 

We are still covering old ground - we've been here before, but we need to be more polite now. And we won't have to stuff our feelings to do this because Mercury will be answering to Venus, not Mars! We need to listen. If we want our communications to hit their target we need to make the other person feel heard. We cooperate/collaborate. We find common ground.
 

SATURDAY - Are we ready for the SECOND Full Moon of the month (called a Blue Moon) - this time in Taurus and exactly conjunct anything-can-happen Uranus (and exactly conjunct asteroid Triumf which feels like a good stand-in/significator for Trump, so we'll take a look at that and even how because it is an acronym it is usually listed in all capitals, but I am choosing not to see it and share it that way!) and Uranus is retrograde, so anything can not really happen - whatever this is we've had a preview. We can't say we weren't warned. This Moon is also exactly conjunct the U.S. natal (Sibley chart) Uranus.

 

This is also the activation date for the November 30th Lunar Eclipse in Gemini that kicks off our holiday eclipse season. Eclipse events often happen exactly one month before the eclipse (or one month after), so we'll talk about that, too. Breakdowns. Breakthroughs. This is a powerful Halloween Moon - one final BLOW OUT to enable this month's theme of a MAJOR TRANSFORMATION TO RESTORE BALANCE. 

 

Whatever comes in/whatever goes out, will - in the end - be liberating. And keep in mind, this isn't always (or ever, but that's another story) about something happening to us. This can be us making an unexpected/maybe sudden change, maybe that finalizes something - BUT a change that makes us more healthy (and we'll talk about this in the Full Moon post) - and this could be physically healthy or financially healthy or mentally or emotionally healthy.

 

Expect a BIG post. Change can't be stopped folks.

SUNDAY - Here is where a retrograde Mercury, at the end of Libra now, backs into her/his square with Saturn - (this is a repeating aspect and we had this aspect the first time on September 23rd, so again we are back to the end of September with our words/ideas/information/conversations) AND we are going to have this square - tension/frustration - again a third time with Mercury direct on November 6th. Repeating conversations/revising commitments. Reality checks. Our thinking could get a little depressing. We can't have everything we want. Balance/relationships require maturity/responsibility. This is the middle of the three-peat, the space where Mercury is retrograde, so we are re-vising, re-viewing, re-peating, re-investigating now.

On the same day Venus (in Libra) opposes Chiron (in Aries). Us vs me. Together vs alone. This could be all the same thing as the challenging Mercury/Saturn, so maybe the reality check hurts. Maybe we don't get who/what we want. An old/deep wounding around our ability to take care of ourselves/stand up for ourselves/be ourselves is triggered, probably through someone else's words/actions. 

 

This can also show up as regret if we didn't make a change at the Full Moon and now it is too late or if we made a change that is destabilizing and now we are feeling the fear of that. This 'feeling the fear' thing doesn't necessarily mean we made a bad move.

OK, instead of the dailies I think I am going to do the Full Moon by sign and the U.S. election posts. Keep in mind everything we talked about before the Full Moon will be waning/unwinding at the time of the Full Moon, everything we talked about after will be applying/building.

So, October is going to go out with a bang. November is another huge month - Mercury will station direct, Mars will station direct, Venus will start squaring the Cappy energies, Jupiter will meet Pluto for the third time, Eclipse season kicks off. December will be even BIGGER.

 

(that's OK, we'll sleep when we're dead and the one thing the pandemic has probably taught us is that we are glad we aren't). 

 

Remember to take care of your physical body, Vesta is in Virgo - stay hydrated, get some exercise, get extra rest, clean up your messes, wash your hands.

 

xo all

 

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