SATURN STATIONS DIRECT time to move forward with decision leaving the past behind… Saturn will end its annual retrograde period on the 10-11th of October (depending in which part of the world you are) stationing direct at 6°52’ Aquarius (antiscion 23°08’ Scorpio). This is the second planet to turn direct this month. The chart of the station has a predominance of the Air element (5 planets), the ability to plan ahead with the big picture well in focus. Saturn is pretty much alone, the only aspect now being a rather loose (7°) applying square to retrograde Uranus which will [...]
VENUS ENTERS SAGITTARIUS After an almost 4-week stay in Scorpio’s murky waters Venus now enters the more free-wheeling sign of Sagittarius and on the 9th of October goes OOB giving this easy kindled Venus another dimension! Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter and this rather over-optimistic planet might induce Venus to yearn ecstasy in some form. Rules often also mean a lot to Venus in this sign, inviting others to follow our rules as we preach what we often don’t practice may therefore be another way of expressing itself...this trait may also show itself up in relationships where the [...]
PLUTO ENDS HIS RETROGRADE PERIOD ….the soul-searching is over, time to transform! Only hours after the New Moon in Libra on the 6th of October Pluto will station direct at 24°18’ Capricorn (antiscion 5° 42’ Sagittarius) after just over 5 months of being retrograde. Pluto is also parallel Venus, dispositor of the aforesaid New Moon. Pluto is the first of four planets to turn direct during this month of October. Persons with planets or angles between 20-28° of the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) will be most affected by this station. Pluto is concerned with [...]
NEW MOON IN LIBRA The New Moon will take place at 13°24’ Libra (antiscion 16°36’ Pisces) just over seven hours before Pluto stations to turn direct, by sign but not by degree, Pluto is squaring the New Moon, Mars and Mercury in Libra and is parallel to Venus (dispositor of this lunation) adding yet another level of stress to this already explosive lunation…read on…. In this degree of Libra the Moon is peregrine and the Sun is in Fall and they are both exact to the degree in an applying conjunction to Mars. Mars is in detriment in Libra and is in mutual reception by detriment [...]
MERCURY STATIONS RETROGRADE IN LIBRA Rethinking thoughts… Mercury stations retrograde at 25°28’ Libra (antisicion 4°32’ Pisces) and is conjunct the fortunate Fixed Star Arcturus. Mercury will station direct at 10°07’ Libra on 18 October. The last time Mercury was retrograde in Libra, albeit for a short time before re-entering Virgo, was in September 2009. In the sign of Libra, Mercury finds its more tactful side, eager to please (or rather eager not to have to discuss/argue) it is at its complacent best here. A master of playing with words but even when critical never [...]
FULL MOON IN PISCES I feel you The Full Moon will occur at 28°14’ Pisces (antiscion 1°46’ Libra). The Moon is separating from a conjunction to retrograde Neptune, emotional oneness and empathy stand out strongly but the Sun in Virgo takes a more critical view of life and prefers practicality and order over chaos, will we be able (and willing) to find a compromise? Retrograde Jupiter in Aquarius, dispositor of the Moon is exactly trine Mercury in Libra which is the dispositor of the Sun. Mercury is also conjunct the fortunate Fixed stars Spica and Arcturus. Plans for a [...]
MARS ENTERS LIBRA the diplomat…. Mars isn’t particularly happy in the sign of Libra, the sign of its detriment. It’s one of Venus’s home signs and of course fiery Mars can’t possibly be content with all that “harmony and goodwill to all” crap but the good news is that until the 7th of October Venus is travelling through Scorpio so the two planets are enjoying what is known as “mutual reception” (each in one another’s signs) indicating that they should aid each other if need be (but with both planets in each other’s detriment we could more or less liken them to two[...]
VENUS ENTERS SCORPIO Seductively passionate…. After a stay in flirtatious Libra, one of its home signs, Venus, the planet of values (what WE value and desire), love and finances, enters the “still waters run deep” sign of Scorpio on the 10th September. In Scorpio, Venus is in her mythical lover’s nightime den (one of them, the other being in Aries). Venus in Scorpio can lend itself to uncanny ways of seduction with psychological abuse and mental cruelty not being unknown. On the other hand, it’s powerfully attractive and very passionate. Venus in Scorpio, as in Aries, is [...]
NEW MOON IN VIRGO Are all the details out in the open? On the 6-7th of this month (depending in which part of the world you are) there will be a New Moon at 14°38’ Virgo, a Mutable, Earth sign ruled by Mercury (antiscion 15°22’ Aries). A lunation chart heavy in Air and Earth element with no planets in Fire and only one in Water. Planning ahead in a practical way with no illusions and even less enthusiasm and intuition. The Modalities are well balanced in this chart. The New Moon is exactly trine retrograde Uranus in Taurus and quickly approaching an opposition to Neptune, [...]
MERCURY ENTERS LIBRA “That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.” C. Buckle Due to its retrograde period, Mercury will remain in Libra until early November. In the sign of Libra, Mercury finds its more tactful side, eager to please (or rather eager not to have to discuss/argue) it is at its complacent best here. A master of playing with words but even when critical never seems to be offensive. On the downside, Mercury in Libra finds it difficult to reach a conclusion to any matter on hand. Fearful of what others might say or think, [...]