We have some movement and momentum this month after a long stretch of planetary retrogrades. Following Pluto’s station direct on October 6, and Saturn on the 10th, Jupiter joins the forward motion parade on October 17 (10:30 PM Pacific Time), followed by Mercury on October 18 (8:17 AM Pacific Time). Things that were stalled or stuck may begin to give way to more ease and some fruition now, and hopefully during these cycles we’ve been able to cover old mental ground and grow from it. Maybe we had time to deepen our perceptions and even gain greater insights as we move forward. After this rest and reset cycle, we may feel more freedom in the body-mind propelling us to act, decide, implement, or begin a thing, and with fewer reservations and more clarity than if we’d started a few months ago.
We had a potent Full Moon in Aries (27º) on the morning of October 20 (7:57 AM Pacific Time) opposite the Libra Sun and Mars. The sign of the ram is the first sign of the zodiac, head-butting its way onto the scene- this is the sign of will power, drive, action. You may have had to assert yourself in a meaningful way or take a risk - all without losing your temper. Pluto played a part in this lunation, intensifying everything and bringing potential confrontation with our hidden selves, or our shadows. This moon amplifies your passions and powers; assert them in beneficial ways.
Mars (in Libra) is square to Pluto (in Capricorn) on October 21 (exact at 9:19 PM Pacific Time); the planet of will and war squaring the planet of transformation, destiny, and psyche. Whatever we’ve repressed or ignored may surface and demand attention. This square (like all aspects) seeks integration, but it may not be an easy road- the friction and conflict generated could carry the signature of destruction or resolution, depending on the health of your perspective and process.
We leave harmony-seeking Libra season on October 22 (9:51 PM Pacific Time) and enter the portal of Scorpio (fixed water), the land of living intensely, feeling everything, escaping and repressing nothing. What we have been (and will be) processing is placed upon the pyre of introspection.
Affirmations:
I honor and appreciate my depths.
I embrace all aspects of myself and give them space.
Complexity and profundity are appreciated assets.
