October 19th-25th
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Moon waxes over a not-so-bad week. The heavens are, for the first time in months, not completely contorted. Venus in Libra, as well as Mercury in Libra both provide a certain amount of balance for us to find a workable equilibrium in the wake of the last Saturn-Uranus opposition. The Zodiacal Man straightens out his aching limbs, and does a few calisthenics to get the ole life’s blood pumping. And oh how the blood will pump. The only factor that darkens the astral landscape is Mars in Leo’s slow movement into his shadow. Gouts of heart’s flame flare unbidden, breaking the placid Libran veneer of the week. A little strength can be a dangerous thing.
As the Sun crosses the border from Libra into Scorpio on Friday, the 23rd, it leaves balance and poise behind to drive to the heart of the scorching sun. As the underworld Sun drops lower and lower into the Northern hemisphere’s horizon, we pursue a burning sensation deeper. Into our pants.
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio shifts the spotlight toward intense emotional and psychological entanglements. The Sun in Scorpio, being ruled by Mars, looks to red planet for guidance for how to aggress, while Mars in Leo, being ruled by the Sun, looks to the central star for guidance on how to shine. This loop is called, by astrologers, mutual reception, and it will characterize the intense relationship between the Sun and Mars for the next month.
But it won’t be all hellfire. Venus is holding down the fort, er, tea party, in Libra for next few weeks, which will provide access to a sense of emotional equilibrium and poise amidst the growing shadow of the red planet. Mercury is also in Libra for now, providing the opportunity to keep communications more civil than they may feel.
The key is to hold the balancing scales over the fire and utilize the heat to cook up the alchemic concoctions needed. If you lose control and drop them into the fire, you’re gonna end up singing your paws when its time to retrieve them.
All the while, Saturn strides slowly over the last few degrees of Virgo, getting ready to cross the equinoctial boundary between Virgo and Libra just before Halloween. His entrance into Libra will contribute the last key puzzle piece to the new jigzaw that’s getting shaken out at our feet. We’ll deal with the olde devil’s transformation from Virgo repo man to Libran judge next week.
Descent
A burning orb melts its way into the earth, leaving a molten tunnel in its wake. The sinking, hellbound star that we follow shows the way into the next act of our story. It does not matter if we dare follow, for no other way is open. Our guide Venus, the lady Aphrodite, rides down the glowing walls of the tunnel on a fierce lion. Her cools hands are stretch outward, carefully holding loaded scales. Her face is serene porcelain. Cracks threaten as her poise is challenged by the ferocity of her mount’s movement down the hot tunnels. It’s a journey to the center of the earth, to find thehologram of the sun deep inside. The way down will become an undersea journey through an ocean of liquid magma before we find the burning core, the molten star at its heart. Its there we’ll find the revelation of Self we have only begun to blindly seek.
Horoscopes:
October 19th-25th
Note on Horoscopes: 12 Fold horoscopes are a way to assess the general condition of the splayed rays of the zodiac. Although not without value, they are a blunt tool, and can only describe the archetypal activity in each power-zone. In order to sharpen the accuracy of the horoscopes, read your Sun Sign if you were born in the day-time, and read your Moon Sign if you were born at night. Reading the Sign in which the Ascendant is placed is also advised.
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Aries: The Golden Bough
Mars’ movement into Leo unleashed a burst of energy that will settle into a slow burn you’ll be living with for more than the next 6 months. Take advantage of Mercury and Venus’ movement through Libra by clarifying and smoothing out communications and negotiations with those close to you. The Sun’s movement into Scorpio at the end of the week deepens the focus on relations with others, shining a light on entangled energies and resources.
Taurus: A Place in the Kingdom
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio at the end of the week shifts the focus toward your important relationships, shining a powerful light on the hidden entanglements between yourself and others. Competitive feelings are likely to arise where previously there seemed to be none. Mars’ ongoing presence in Leo unearths your need for soveregnty in your kingdom.
Gemini: Golden Gouts
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio on Friday shifts the focus towards deeply ingrained and largely unconscious habits. If you look within, you’re likely to find a growing desire to take care of yourself a little better. However, Mars slowly unfolding presence in Leo may well see you blowing vast amounts of energy. Keep it in check.
Cancer: Scratching Doesn’t Help
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio on Friday begins to shift the focus from your living space to creative endeavors. It may feel like someone’s lit a fire under your ass, but your just going to have to live with the burning sensation for a bit. The next month is what you make of it, dependent on how you spend and structure your energy.
Leo: The Golden Throne
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio this Friday shifts the spotlight from peripheral social affairs to the earth beneath your feet- your living space and what it contains. In the weeks to come your living space will increasingly come to represent the state of your personal power. Have you made yourself a prisoner? Or perhaps a tyrant?
Virgo: Subliminal Graffiti
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio this Friday shifts the spotlight from monetary affairs to peripheral social ones. As you walk down the connective corridors that shuffle you from home to work to play, don’t be surprised to find messages from your unconscious graffitied onto the walls. The writing’s on the wall, just for you.
Libra: A Place in the Sun
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio this Friday shifts the spotlight from personal issues to the status of your bank account. That status is about to undergo an important shift over the months to come, likely owing to what you’re planning with your associates. You’re getting ready to ascend a throne in the social kingdom you exist within. Hopefully you won’t need to resort to regicide.
Scorpio: Another Day Closer To That Hole In The Ground
The Sun’s movement into your sign marks….your birfday! That’s right, you’re even older now. Eternal respite is just around the corner. Just keep on keeping on. For you birthday this year, you’ll get a new sense of your personal power within your professional life. In addition, you may even get the attention you secretly crave! The other, non-birthday Scorpios also get exactly the same thing, so its not really a birthday present. But we can pretend.
Sagittarius: The Violence of Creation
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio this Friday marks the beginning of a slow fall of energies and events into your subconscious. Your hidden heartstrings will be strummed over the coming weeks, producing a haunting soundtrack that will follow you for the next month. Fortunately, those heartstrings belong to a guitar, and the haunting soundtrack will be death metal. A symphony worthy of creating (or destroying) a world.
Capricorn: Yer Little Wagon
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio this Friday marks a slow shift of energies away from your professional situation and towards your shady web of associates. The resources you’ll be able to pull on are likely to change aplenty in the coming months. Keep an eye out for stars you can hitch your wagon to.
Aquarius: My Friend The Inferno
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio this Friday indicates the beginning of a shift from questions of long term direction to one of professional presence. Meanwhile, your relationships are heating up. You may need to allow people a little extra space to flex and strut in the coming weeks. Properly channeling the power of others in your life is a task worthy of your attention.
Pisces: To Give Birth…
The Sun’s movement into Scorpio this Friday indicates the beginning of a shift of energy from entanglements with other’s resources to bigger plans. Long term aspirations are activated, and a voyage may well be on the horizon for you. That, and work. Work work work. You may have perform surgery to give birth to the dancing star currently burning its way through your bowels.
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Sol in Libra, Luna in Sagittarius
