Today's Astrology Forecast | September 26, 2019 - seeing our wounding through another person, intense conversations, ambitious plans, secrets, power struggles, projecting much?, taking the higher road, honesty

The Moon moves into practical Virgo at 6:37AM EDT - we are nourished by the details, by taking care of our health, the day-to-day stuff, the odds and ends, the paperwork, our pets, whatever needs fixing.

Her only aspect today is a trine (brakes off) to a retrograde Uranus at 3:53PM EDT

(fertility, growth, production, moving in a new direction, changing things up, maybe we are committing emotionally to a new and more future-oriented plan).

The Moon is waning. Finish up what needs finishing up.

Mercury, in Libra, squares a retrograde Pluto (in Capricorn) at 7:49PM EDT. Intense conversations. Relationship drama. Ambitious plans. Getting to the bottom of things. Likely some big news in the collective - secrets exposed. Power struggles.

Verbal confrontations/manipulations.

Maybe a relationship issue. Maybe a challenging work/reputation in the world issue.

Best advice with this aspect is to really listen. Think before speaking/responding.

Do we really want/need to go there? Maybe yes. Maybe no. KNOW social niceties won't cut it. We have to be HONEST. Real. 

Issues might relate back to when the Sun met Chiron in late March. 

We may think we are being polite or nice, but our words can cut someone off at the knees (and we probably know we are not being nice or polite and we certainly don't always have to be). Of course, we can be on the receiving end of this, too. The nice words and cooperative gestures that are maybe not so much could be 1. seen/felt for what they really are underneath (Mercury in Libra can be quite passive-aggressive) and 2. a way to control us (or them).

Check any inclination toward paranoia/jealousy/feeling victimized. Our thinking can go into dark places now.

The Sun is also opposing Chiron in Aries, so we could experience this power/control challenge through someone else. Or maybe someone else is wounded in the same way we are and it stirs up our own injuries.

Pluto is stationing direct in one week (the death that was postponed/the mess that needed to be clean up/the purging/inner power and control). The next phase of transformation is about to begin ... are we ready for the truth? 

For today, take the high road.

And don't be surprised if there is tension no matter what you do or say - remember we won't be able to fluff this stuff off. The relationship is ultimately strengthened by dealing with these uncomfortable issues.

Truth win out.

xo all

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Astrology Forecast for Creatives | September 25, 2019 - quite the mixed bag and an almost all-day void moon, get it done early

The Moon in Leo sextiles Venus at 3:35AM EDT (creative, collaborative, what are you dreaming?) then trines Jupiter at 10:21AM EDT (great for presentations, promotions, expanding our reach) and finally goes void at 12:13PM EDT until tomorrow morning, off a sextile to Mercury - so a good closing aspect. The Moon is a happy camper.

Unfortunately, Venus closes in on this week's square to Saturn - bringing tension/frustration and making today somewhat of a mixed bag. Also keep in mind the Moon will be void after lunchtime (EDT) so lots of things can happen that seem like a bigger deal than they actually are and we might find ourselves having to repeat what we do now later on when the Moon is connecting to something.

Squares to Saturn are reality checks. We had this last week with Mercury (news/information), now our relationships/partnerships/what we want/what we have are getting blocked somehow. Feeling the "no". With Saturn on his final approach to the South Node (Saturday) this will be around old responsibilities (we may or may not have lived up to), old authority.

Saturn/Venus can bring up situations where we just aren't feeling the love, aren't shown the money and/or feel the weight or isolation of age and responsibilities.

Since Venus (in Libra) is also squaring the North and South Node - we are blasted with cardinal energy to get us through this crap and in particular whatever is ending!

The past may look more secure/stable from our vantage point today and the future more vulnerable, but that is actually part of the illusion of Capricorn/Cancer right now.

Keep in mind the future has to be mutable (changeable) - this is cosmic law.  Our mind (and we have three planets in Libra, an air sign now) wants to know what comes next because it thinks B follows A and sees the world as a linear space. Any situation where the mind can't "see what is coming" looks like chaos to the mind (if your natal Mercury is in a mutable sign this might be a little bit less true for you).

Also keep in mind how the North/South nodes of the Moon work. The South Node (right now Capricorn and this is a collective theme, you will likely have a different South Node in your natal chart, but we all have a Cappy South node in play to a greater or lesser degree now) is a very comfortable space for us even when it makes us very uncomfortable - think of a child clinging to the leg of a cold or abusive parent. This familiarity, which our bodies are designed to crave, can become a problem in a mutable/expanding universe.

Natal bodies (like Mercury last week and Venus this week and the Sun and Mars later) moving in aspect to these stuck spaces create a kind of friction to get us unstuck.

Cancer and Capricorn are both about survival. They are our mother/father energies. Everything feels more intense, plus we have Pluto in Capricorn - very life and death.

At this time the "problem" is the South Node. Capricorn is all about achieving and winning and fighting to gain status and fit in, climbing ladders, meeting goals and having a career. Cappy (Saturn's sign) is all about the outer world. The problem comes in when we are too focused on the outer world that we neglect our inner world (Cancer, the mother, the planet Earth). Jumping from one rung to the next requires we be uber focused on the higher goal or we will fall (notice there is alot of falling now).

Life becomes work, work and more work. We start seeing ourselves from the outside instead of feeling ourselves from the inside. The answer to the North Node problem is the South Node "solution" - coming home, sometimes literally but more often to ourselves, nurturing ourselves, building a strong INNER foundation, allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, to be seen as more human, doing the more comfortable thing. When we apply the solution to the "problem" the outcome is REAL achievement (what Cappy wants, but doesn't know she wants), authentic progress.

You might notice the answer this year has not been to work "harder". The harder working person will still fall from the ladder, still have the ground shifted - sometimes very sharply if things are very stuck or we are too invested in something that isn't authentically ours. The answer is to nurture yourself, maybe take a vacation, spend more time with family. The paradox of the North/South lunar nodes is that when we do the North Node we get the gifts of the South Node. By allowing ourselves to be vulnerable we get the gift of stability and structure over time.

With Venus, who rules ALOT of good stuff (love, money, women, values, self-esteem, beauty) squaring the Nodes - this is something to keep in mind now.

Saturn is direct, but still standing still for much of this week.

If our new direction hasn't been settled on yet, decisions will be made this week. We have likely boxed ourselves in - relied too heavily on something that wasn't stable (and we have had plenty of time to realize this thing wasn't stable, but remember we are craving that familiar thing) - to get to the need to hit these hard corners. What are we going to do? Keep in mind the North and South Nodes - take care of yourself. We can't avoid responsibilities, but this is Libra season - we can get help and be helpful to others (within reason). We can find new ways to achieve balance/fairness/cooperation - and remember we are out of balance 99% of the time anyway, think about how we pick up one foot to move forward - this balance thing is FLEETING.

So, here is a thousand words to say - today is a mixed bag. The Moon is happy, but Venus is not so happy. We may have to make a relationship or financial decision or do something about something that is impacting our resources or self-esteem.

Look ahead. KNOW the future is more stable, more nurturing - even if to our mind we only see chaos and disorder. This isn't a linear journey. Jupiter is in Sagittarius and moving away from that fog-producing square to Neptune. Neptune is moving out of that over-blown square to Jupiter and toward a stable and opportunistic sextile to Saturn - we gotta have FAITH.

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | September 24, 2019 - in the flow, relationship agreements, keeping the faith, the seasons are changing and so are we, doing it together

The Moon roars into fiery Leo at 5:19AM EDT. We want to stand out and show up!

We are nurtured through attention (give that girl a hand .. or a fox, give that girl a fox), through our creative projects, children, romance and recreation for the next couple days.

She will sextile the Libra Sun - this month's Waning Sextile at 7:12AM EDT (opportunities for balance/gentle touch with children, creative projects, romance) and square Uranus at 3:12PM EDT (surprise, upset, some frustration).

Mercury will inconjunct a retrograde Neptune and then move into a sextile with Jupiter. Venus will sextile Ceres and Saturn will trine Juno. There is alot going on here.

Sagittarius issues (and our natal Sag house themes) - travel, the big picture, a bigger more optimistic future, foreign issues and people, the media, education, politics, weddings, legal issues - move smoothly. Relationships and communications are nurturing and can go well today.

That inconjunct between Mercury and a retrograde Neptune (and keep in mind Mercury is moving fast now, so his aspects are fleeting) tells us if something seems to good to be true today, it probably is. Or maybe it feels like the words are right on the tip of our tongue and then they disappear. We could also be overthinking something, unclear or imagining worst case situations. We could just oversleep or have trouble sleeping this morning. Those loose ends still blowing in the breeze make it hard to rest.

Immediately after this "rock and a hard place" Mercury moves into an opportunistic sextile with expansive Jupiter. The opportunity comes through faith. Through optimistm, through the embrace of something foreign to us, through a Sag person or theme, through an expert, through sharing what we are thinking. 

We could get good news.

Venus (strong in Libra) sextiles Ceres in Sagittarius. More opportunities with those Sag themes and within our relationships, social activities and dealings with other people and women (wait are women other people - ha!). Parenting issues, change of life issues (the seasons of life - especially endings now), the spaces in our lives where we feel we have no control over what is happening - are helped through our relationships. We are helped and being helpful. Through balance/fairness/kindness. We are better off doing it together.

Saturn/Juno (Capricorn/Virgo) is a solid agreement. The details have been ironed out. Someone is signing on the dotted line. Someone is putting a ring on it. Partnerships are strengthened.

The Moon will go void tomorrow around lunchtime (EDT), so if something needs to go out into the world and you want something to "come of it" - get it out there today. It looks good.

xo all

photo by the amazing Martin Stranka

Today's Astrology Forecast | September 23, 2019 - the equinox, giving and getting, coming into balance, taking stock, a season of relationship challenges and opportunities

The Moon in "mama-bear" emotional and home/real estate/security focused Cancer is very active.

She opposed Saturn and squared Mercury while we slept (EDT) - I think that Mercury square woke me up for the day! Ugh! She moves on to trine Neptune at 6:55AM EDT (our dreams moving us forward), then opposes, a still retrograde Pluto, at 1:21 PM EDT (old power struggles, home/family/taking care of ourselves vs work in the world, the inner vs the outer, authority issues) and finally goes void off a sextile to Mars at 6:05PM EDT (opportunities through practical action).

The Sun moved into Libra at 3:50AM EDT (wait, maybe that's what woke me up, which doesn't seem fair happening in my 12th house of sleep (!) or maybe it was the pup noisily clawing at the corner of the washing machine chasing a tasty dust bunny).

The Autumn equinox. The day and night are briefly balanced. We can come into balance, too, over the next few weeks. In my part of the world we move from summer into fall (and head toward winter) - the season between life and death.

We take stock of our harvest - what do we have, what do we need, what do we need to do to get what we need, what do we need to do differently. Time can feel like it is running out along with the light. We prepare for the winter ahead. We move into an air sign (here's another head cold warning - do whatever it is you do to head that off) and things could feel a bit off-kilter and ungrounded for a couple days.

Libra is the sign of beauty and partnership and balance.

We give and we get.

With all of us burning Libra fuel for the next few weeks any ways this is out of balance in our lives could show up for us - an inability to make a decision could cause us a problem, bending too much to other people could cause us a problem, pouring pink paint on problems and pretending they don't exist could cause the problem to bleed through our crappy paint job in bigger and messier ways.

Taking stock at the time of the harvest could mean literal things - how much money do we have? how much time? energy? how much got done during Virgo season (note Mars is still in Virgo, so we keep at the practical, step-by-step stuff, but here is where we might get a little help)? what do we possess and what possesses us? how balanced are our relationships? who has our back? and how many backs are we supporting?

Some important takeaways for the next six months as we look at the equinox chart include - the Sun's opposition now to Chiron in Aries. The wounds we are projecting onto other people. There could be some uncomfortable periods of self-assertion needed and/or times when we are confronted with a need to be more cooperative/diplomatic.

The Libra Sun is now also squaring that Cappy pile-up (Saturn, South Node - obligations, responsibilities, limits, authority and Pluto - deconstruction, transformation) and the North Node in Cancer (our most authentic way forward, self-care, vulnerability).

Our days in Libra won't be without their challenges.

We will try to keep in mind challenge = opportunity (also our North Node in Cancer's requirement that we take care of ourselves).

A big plus right now is the Jupiter/Neptune square that has made it hard to know what is really real (what is worth keeping/doing and what needs to go, what is too good to be true, when we are over-promising or others are exaggerating, etc) since January is now in our rear-view mirror, growing further and further distant starting today as our CLARITY returns.

Between now and when Saturn gets to Aquarius in March (a sign he co-rules with Uranus) - expect the words personal accountability to take on a whole new meaning in your life. Our bottom line structure has/is shifting and we will all be adjusting to that.

Today is the mid-point of the astrological year that started in April.

So much has changed.

This week will require both 'hard to come by' cooperative/diplomatic efforts and some shifting around roadblocks.

xo all

photo by the talented LaylaRouge

The Astrology of September 2019 - the week of September 23, 2019 | this is the way the patriarchy ends, part III - the reality of the situation, choices, changes, endings, new relationships

Just about got the monthly done before the month is over - ack!

Part I is HERE
Part II is HERE

Here are the major aspects left for the month as I write this. September being our last earth energy before we get to that Cappy pile-up in January - alot has happened and is happening this month for many people.

SEPTEMBER 21st - Jupiter squares Neptune
SEPTEMBER 22nd - Last Quarter Moon in Gemini, Mercury squares Saturn and the North Node & South Node
SEPTEMBER 23rd - Sun enters Libra | Equinox
SEPTEMBER 24th  - Mercury inconjunct Neptune, Mercury sextiles Jupiter
SEPTEMBER 25th - Venus squares Saturn and the North Node & South Node
SEPTEMBER 26th - Mercury squares Pluto, Sun opposes Chiron
SEPTEMBER 27th - Venus inconjunct Neptune
SEPTEMBER 28th - New Moon in Libra, Saturn conjuncts the South Node, Venus sextiles Jupiter
SEPTEMBER 29th - Sun inconjunct Uranus

Looks kind of stressy.

Let's back up and think about Saturn's station direct (on the South Node) just a couple days ago when the Moon was in Pisces.

Endings.

Reality bites.

Maybe we were disappointed. Maybe we were humbled. Grief. Sacrifice.

Always the tide moving in or out. For some, rewards came in for a job well-done.

For everyone a need to make things simpler/less crowded, less complicated - more authentic.

For a couple more days - Saturn is at a standstill. Even with this week's squares to Mercury and Venus, maybe this gives us a little extra time to get our feet on the ground and (Mars in Virgo) proceed realistically.

This (September 2019 thru January 2020) is like Part II of the economic 'humbling' that started back in 2008 when Pluto moved into Capricorn.

Saturn on the south node is eliminating what is no longer needed for our soul growth - we've gotten all the juice there is to be squeezed from this stuff. Happening in the sign of Saturn's rule - Capricorn - the stuff that is leaving can still feel very much needed because it is the structural stuff we (and our ancestors) have built our lives with.

With Uranus crashing his way through Taurus (our resources and self-esteem) and Pluto dismantling Capricorn we may not have access to the resources we have become accustomed to. We may be asked to pare things down. Maybe we lose a job we love/need. A business. A home. A plan. A dream. Maybe our public image takes a hit because Capricorn rules the very top of our chart - our point of greatest visibility; the space we are most exposed. The people and places and situations and institutions we have relied upon can no longer be counted on (this may not be obvious right now for everyone, but it is impacting everyone).

This can be some scary sh*t.

The patriarchy is ending. There is no Plan B for the patriarchy because in reality it has already ended. We are looking at/holding onto something that no longer exists. Most of us are carrying karma and old contracts and commitments that have already ended.

Some good news here, and this is all good news really when we look at the long game and the karma clearing, is we have Saturn set to make his final opportunistic sextile to Neptune in November. PLUS Jupiter will cross the Galactic Center that same month (followed by Venus meeting Jupiter and crossing the Galactic Center).

So, as fast as this hard reality comes in (and we release our expectations and emotions around what we have lost) - we can have a new sense of purpose, the faith to keep going. We are assured we have made the sacrifice for something. More authentic dreams being made real. Truth. Justice. Expansion. Love.

I don't want to make it sound like it's all leprechauns and rainbows in the end, but trust that everything is happening for a purpose. Even the scary ass sh*t.

OK back to THIS week.

Mercury and Venus are following each other's movements through Libra now

(remember they did this in Virgo earlier in the month)

- so we get the news/information then we process what it means for our relationships, money, resources, values and/or self-esteem. There will be road blocks and needs to pivot around Saturn this week - this is a continuation of last week's challenges.

And then the week ends with Saturn crossing the South Node for the final time - whatever has ended is really final now.

The deal is sealed.

The train has left the station.

No more wiggle room.

The New Moon at the same time kicking off a fresh season speaks of new starts within our relationships and brand new relationships and a coming into balance (there is a hurting/healing opposition to Chiron we will need to work through, too - maybe through a struggle to assert ourselves - we'll talk about all of this in a later post).

*****

We start SUNDAY with Mercury (in Libra) squaring Saturn (in Capricorn) and then immediately moving into a square with the North and South Nodes.

Libras do not have it easy either these days folks - squaring the Cappy planets and opposed by Chiron!

The Moon is in Cancer now - so we are all more emotional. Nurtured through home, family, mom and apple pie.

The Mercury/Saturn square might show up something like - being polite out of fear of what will happen if we aren't. Maybe squaring the North/South Nodes tension/frustration between what we want to say and what we have to say to keep the peace/keep things in balance/be nice, etc.

Important choices/decisions or information or discussions that point to relationship CHANGES.

On MONDAY, the Sun moves into Libra kicking off Libra season (Mercury and Venus gave us a little heads up on this LAST WEEK) and ushering in the Fall Equinox.

The Moon is in Cancer focusing us on that home, family, real estate, home business, family business, mother, mothering situation.

A light (the Sun) shines on what is out-of-balance or what is unfair, particularly within relationships. The curtain is drawn back, the light comes in and our Libra houses (and their themes) wake up.

Keep in mind over the next few weeks we move into the shadow of Libra when we are passive-aggressive, pouring pink paint on garbage and pretending it is a Barbie dream house and putting what everyone else needs/wants ahead of ourselves thus building deep pockets of resentment that will explode all over us and everyone else by the time we get into Scorpio season. These are our no-no's now, so head's up.

This week is bookended by the Autumn Equinox (or Spring depending on your hemisphere) which is the Sun's move into Libra and the Libra Full Moon. So lots of fresh energy for our one-on-one relationships!

On WEDNESDAY, Venus squares Saturn AND the North and South Nodes. Venus rules Libra, and with the Sun answering to her now, her aspects have added weight.

With Saturn squares what usually happens is the reality of the situation can no longer be ignored.

With Venus, this is about our love, relationships, money, resources, values, beauty, women and self-esteem. Remember we had these same aspects on Sunday with Mercury.

Mercury and Venus have been on a collision course with this square to Saturn since they entered Libra. So they, as us, have to pivot to keep going. There is a road block here.

In Libra/Saturn this can also show up as issues around loneliness and isolation. Some things need to be done solo, but if this whole "put on your big girl pants and just do it" has become too much - the opportunities will arise now to get help from others; to involve other people.

Also, keep in mind how challenging Venus/Saturn will be for us will depend on the central players in our natal chart (and if the aspects this week are hitting our natal chart). For example, let's say you have a very strong Venus in your birth chart, well, maybe, she has no problem with Saturn and you pivot smoothly past a little hiccup. On the other hand if you have moved too far off course (Saturn rules fate and he is sitting on the South Node) that same strong Venus becomes an obstacle; a hindrance rather than a helper - turns a molehill into a mountain - and makes it harder for us to pivot.

On THURSDAY, Mercury squares Pluto (so we know Venus will do this next). And the Sun opposes Chiron (ouch!). This is tension/frustration over information, a contract, a conversation, a sibling issue (maybe a transportation issue). Secrets. Power struggles. Those Libra shadows coming into the light - out of balance relationships, passive-aggressive tendencies, any need to please or pour that pink paint!

Mercury in Libra wants to be polite and wants things to be fair and Pluto is all hard edges. Intense interactions and conversations. Manipulations. Obsessions. Jealousy. Authority. The need for diplomacy. A push for the truth. An intense focus. Clear your head.

If we still can't figure out these pivots/choices/challenges by the time we get to SATURDAY - we get the Grand Finale when Saturn crosses the South Node AGAIN (we had this aspect on April 30th and July 4th) at the same time as the Libra New Moon (5 degrees).

Now Saturn really is full steam ahead - the train has left the station! No more wiggle room.

We'll talk about the New Moon in Libra (Saturday) later in the week in a BIG post. Heads up - Venus will sextile Jupiter - that's both of our most beneficial energies working together - hubba, hubba!

We'll color in the details in the dailies as we add in the lunar energies.

Keep in mind all week our North Node in Cancer (our brightest future) - the power of family, coming home, building a strong inner foundation, nurturing ourselves, being safe, being comfortable AND being brave enough to be vulnerable.

xo all

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Today's Astrology Forecast | September 21, 2019 - quick vs good, flexible vs that line in the sand, hopes vs dreams, a final reveal, 48 hours of wiggle room but who's counting

The Moon in busy and chatty Gemini opposed Jupiter and squared Neptune while we slept. She moves into another square, this time with Mars at 10:04AM EDT, so watch for arguments, testy communications, assertive language, demanding customers - take care driving!

At 10:40PM (interesting lunar numbers today, eh?) she goes void off her monthly Third Quarter Square. This time between the Gemini Moon and the Virgo Sun (28 degrees) and this is the day we have the FINAL square between Jupiter and Neptune (third of three in 2019).

The Third Quarter Square Moon is tension/frustration. Gemini vs Virgo - something like fast vs. good. Which are small words, but not necessarily representative of small issues.

Maybe we are challenged to be more flexible with something we wanted to go JUST SO. If we thought something was all tied up with a bow and finished, the Gemini square could offer CHOICES.

More information comes in. Minds change.

Time to wrap up all this Virgo, folks!

Jupiter's third square with Neptune becomes exact - things will be much CLEARER once these big boys start unwinding this tangle (after today). We had the first square in the middle of January, the second in the middle of June. Our hopes vs. our dreams. Our faith being tested. What's real here? Has something been taken too far? Have we over-promised and now it's "put up or show up time". Have we been expecting too much? Have we been lied to? Have we been lying to ourselves?

Since this is the final square and then the fog starts to lift - we could get to the TRUTH of something this weekend (if we didn't get the big reveal this week).

Saturn is direct, but very still.

A weekend of wiggle room and then he (as us) is full steam ahead on this new (or old if we didn't shift timelines and we didn't have to if things are going well and we are in our integrity) path ahead.

The cement is setting on this Capricorn house situation.

Back later with the final installment of September's "this is the way the patriarchy ends". This is a BIG month and it's not over yet folks ....

xo all

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