Symbols and Guarantees

The Solar and Mercury are working as a bunch this week, and on October 18th, they tag-team the Moon’s North Node with a pair of oppositions (at 5:45 am and 10:34 pm PDT, respectively). The Solar and Mercury at 24º52′ Libra are on a Sabian image that’s actually about studying symbols: 25 Libra, Info within the image of an autumn leaf. Indicators are throughout us, in even the only issues.

This mixture in Libra encourages us to inform new tales about {our relationships}. Let go of previous narratives about who’s the great man and who’s the unhealthy man; why does there even should be a nasty man or a very good man in any respect? The North Node is on image 25 Aries, which gives A double promise that these new tales are the appropriate ones for you.

Insights and Overview

The Solar and Mercury come collectively in a conjunction this week (Oct. 19, 2023, 10:38 pm PDT, at 26º34’ Libra). Because it approaches this side, Mercury is weakened, misplaced within the highly effective rays of the Solar; we could really feel confused and overwhelmed. However on the exact second of the conjunction, Mercury is cazimi –”within the coronary heart of the Solar” – symbolizing sudden readability and vital insights, notably within the realm of relationships.

This explicit Solar-Mercury mixture in Libra is nicely suited to determining how issues work, what is required to finish the image, and what’s true and honest. The Sabian image for the conjunction, 27 Libra, An aeroplane hovering overhead, suggests taking a wider view of issues, as if we have been trying down from the sky, in a position to see all sides of the matter.

Attending to the Prime

Has a matter been resolved, or is there nonetheless area for negotiation? Will depend on whom you ask this week, as Mercury in Libra squares Pluto in Capricorn (Oct. 20, 2023, 5:50 pm PDT). Libra likes to discover all sides of a matter earlier than making a call, whereas Capricorn prefers making unilateral, government determinations about which plan of action to pursue. It’s powerful to argue with Pluto in Capricorn, however each planets in a sq. side have to determine work collectively to make every of them stronger. So we have to take heed to Mercury in Libra’s aspect of the story, too, which is that no one will get to the highest on their very own. No person.

Clear Sheets and a Vast-Open Future

It’s simply after dawn and also you’re starting the day in a moldy-smelling laundromat, ready in your sheets to dry. Your thoughts wanders again to a fateful choice, and a possibility that subsequently slipped via your palms. Passing on a possibility as a result of the timing isn’t proper, or as a result of your plate is simply too full with belongings you love, is one factor; however letting self-doubt derail you is one thing else totally. The Solar’s sq. to Pluto (Oct. 21, 2023, 7:09 am PDT) offers you a chance to face that call squarely; why did you actually say no?

It’s a sobering internal dialogue. However by night’s finish, Venus trines Jupiter (Oct. 21, 2023, 9:32 pm PDT) and the sky brightens. All of the detours you’ve taken alongside your path, all of the completely different pursuits and courses and initiatives that appeared like distractions, have led you abruptly to one thing outstanding. All of the paths converge and lead towards a joyful, wide-open future. You’ve handed via the slough of despond; you go to sleep on freshly washed sheets, dreaming of a wild blue yonder.

Legacy

The First Quarter Moon (October 21, 2023, 8:29 PM PDT, 28º28’ Capricorn) is the primary motion level of the lunar cycle that started on the earlier New Moon–on this case, the Oct. 14 Photo voltaic Eclipse. What is going to we do with the sentiments or occasions that emerged at that highly effective eclipse, particularly in our closest relationships?

On the First Quarter Moon, our actions are instinctual, a greatest guess at what must be completed; and the Sabian symbols for this explicit first quarter are each fairly intuitive. The Moon is on 29 Capricorn, Lady studying tea leaves, and the Solar on 29 Libra, Humanity in search of to bridge information. Though Capricorn is usually pragmatic, this explicit First Quarter Moon reaches towards a future that’s solely dimly perceived and connects with information past our standard expertise.

This First Quarter can be a part of a Lunar Part Household that started on Jan. 21, 2023, on the Aquarius New Moon (1º32’), carefully conjoined Pluto in late Capricorn. Aquarius is at all times trying forward, past at the moment or this yr, to what we wish for the longer term. It’s the signal of the five-year plan, at a minimal. As Pluto toggles between Capricorn and Aquarius via subsequent yr, we ponder what comes subsequent, after Capricorn’s preoccupation with private success: what’s the legacy we wish to go away behind?

No Extra Small Speak

Once you’re interacting with the UPS supply individual or a checker on the grocery retailer, nice chit-chat is simply the ticket. Since Oct. 4, Mercury in Libra has favored simply that: being what the individual in entrance of you wants you to be, mirroring them again to themselves. However as Mercury enters Scorpio (Oct. 21, 2023, 11:49 pm PDT, via Nov. 9), that’s not the best way the conversational wind is blowing. Bored with idle chatter, we lengthy to dig deeper, ask probing questions, and maybe name out hypocrisy after we see it.

Virtually talking, Mercury on this signal is great for analysis, writing, enhancing, and cleansing up monetary affairs, amongst different issues. Magically talking, Mercury in Scorpio is richly inventive, with a robust expertise for reworking uncooked emotion into transferring artwork and delightful writing – or the rest that deepens and enriches the soil of the soul.

Tackle the Not possible

At any time when a planet connects with Saturn – an exacting planet, even in light Pisces, and impatient with mediocrity – it could possibly develop a flinty edge and an over-the-top work ethic. These aren’t endearing qualities, however then again, diligent work can yield good outcomes. Whereas Mercury, planet of mind, trines Saturn (actual on Oct. 22, 2023, 9:12 am PDT), direct your focus and intelligence towards good, helpful work.

Mercury in Scorpio symbolizes a form of x-ray imaginative and prescient, and deep insights in addition to instinct information your efforts. Right here is the second to finalize what you’ve drafted, to signal on the dotted line, and to tackle initiatives which can be demanding to the purpose of impossibility. You could have the psychological stamina now to perform spectacular issues. However be conscious of the language you utilize with your self and with others; within the curiosity of digging deep and telling powerful, unvarnished truths, Mercury in Scorpio can generally get a little bit tough.

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