Lunar Eclipse

The Lunar Eclipse Sunday, September 27 is a very powerful one. Everyone is feeling the push and pull and uncertainty of everything and Mercury being retrograde is not helping. Things that have been hidden from us could reveal themselves. Best to clean out those drawers and closets for now, maybe just give ourselves a break.

Mercury Retrograde

I like this explanation from Rob Brezsny on Mercury Retrograde, sort of puts it in to perspective. Uh-oh. Mercury is retrograde. You know what that means: garbled phone calls, fouled-up travel plans, missed deadlines, embarrassing slips of the tongue. Right? Wrong! It makes me sad when the sacred art of astrology is turned into just another excuse to be superstitious. Using half-baked horoscopy to justify self-fulfilling prophecies is astrology abuse in the extreme. Sorry to get so riled up. I'm a little sensitive about this. I truly love astrology's power to enhance our willpower, and it bugs me when it's ignorantly invoked to accomplish the very opposite. Mercury does not mean communication snafus are inevitable. Rather, it tells you this is a propitious time to refine the ways you exchange information . . . and to concentrate harder on saying what you mean and meaning what you say . . . and to meditate on how to improve the ways you connect yourself to the people and resources you need and like. Some people say that when Mercury is retrograde, as it is now until October 9, it's a bad time to begin anything new. During one such period two years ago, an acquaintance of mine decided to delay accepting a dream job offer as editor of a magazine. By the time Mercury returned to normal, the magazine had hired another applicant. I wish I'd have known, because I would have told her what I'll tell you: Some of America's biggest, most enduring Fortune 500 companies began when Mercury was retrograde, including Disney, Goodyear, and Boeing. My deep skepticism about big corporations notwithstanding, the fact that their founders had great success in launching them during Mercury retrograde is a telling statement about Mercury retrograde. In my understanding of astrology, there's no such thing as a bad astrological aspect. It's true that some may be more challenging than others, but every one of them presents an opportunity. Having said that, I don't regard Mercury retrograde as being dauntingly challenging. If you fear and expect it to be, you may tend to be slightly more attractive to disruptive events. But then that's true about how every superstition works. P.S. My general approach is to consider anomalous, one-of-a-kind cosmic events as more likely to be fraught with uncertainty and requiring special vigilance. But the Mercury Retrograde is reliable and predictable, always coming three times a year.

Saturn moves in to Sagittarius, Jupiter oppose Neptune, Mercury Retrograde

September 17, Saturn will station in to Sagittarius after being in Scorpio for 2.5 years. Those with Sagittarius prominent in their charts will experience a time of learning and perceived restriction. Don't get discouraged with expectations learn to keep your faith. Jupiter oppose Neptune will feel as though you can do anything, be careful of deception. Mercury Retrograde is a time of completion, clearing away the old, not a time for new starts until October 6.

Saturn in to Saggitarius

For those people who have Scorpio in their charts, are Scorpio Sun, Ascendant or Moon signs the next two weeks are going to be challenging. If you are noticing unusual restlessness, annoyances, lack of patience, sleeplessness and general feeling out of sorts it is because Saturn is changing signs. Saturn is moving out of Scorpio in to Sagittarius and when Saturn leaves a sign it causes havoc, however, it will reward you for keeping the faith once it settles down. Sagittarius, well, button down the hatches for a while.