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by Boots Hart If we were looking for words with which to typify October, they might well be caution, contention, care, internal questioning, reconsidering/consideration, and all those many "feeling terms" we connect with when instinct makes us want to hedge our bets. None of this is necessarily negative, mind you...though if you're one of those people who likes to think life is about dancing on rainbows you may feel a bit underwhelmed. Put another way, October is about getting down to realities. It's about ending whatever splurges of fanciful overindulgence remain on our plates. Some will find this harder than others to deal with—and generationally speaking, this is going to cramp the style of Yuppies (Pluto in Virgo), Gen X'ers (Pluto in Libra) and Gen Y (Pluto in Sagittarius) folks, all of whom have grown up during the particularly rambunctious "sky's the limit" 1980's-early 2000's period. Such folks have less experience with living life with the brakes on; those born prior have sense memory on the subject. Yes, it's all a cycle. Some generations are born into years of privation or times when scarcities and economy are still fresh in parent minds. Other generations get their life "interrupted" by world events. It's not about "right or wrong"—it's just that we all learn the same lessons, if at different times and through different means. In any case, the month begins with Sun at 8 Libra—a degree all about recognizing our personal individuality. Will you interpret this as "aloneness"? Or the freedom to be who you are? With Saturn on one side at 7 Libra and Diadem's crowning glory at 9 Libra, we seem to be posed to make a choice. Will we hold ourselves back? Will we "shrink"? Or will we move on with something which takes an effort (yes), awareness of ourselves (and others) in some sort of situation which is Libran by nature? What does that mean? "Libran by nature" merely means it's not all about us. Or just about what we "get" from something. Things Libra are all cause/effect: who we are what we do earns a reaction, response... and either acceptance and applause or rejection and criticism. More than that, we're all feeling a wee bit sensitive at this moment. With constructive, creative, fertile, generative Venus and Mars at 12 and 11 Scorpio with Huya "rainmaker" and needy Scylla alongside? If nothing else, we're all on notice to expect quandaries. It's a push-pull. Are they prompting us or should we expect from them? Who goes first? Can we please just agree on the goal and stop debating (read: arguing) the process? Just remember: whoever you are looking at thinking this...they're looking at you, thinking the same thing...which metaphysically says it's time to look in the mirror. In particular, the internal one—the one which shoes your feelings as manifestations of your values. Huya is a very new astrological point. But from looking at its placement in charts and the myth which lies behind Huya, it would appear that we get by giving. We achieve success by contributing to the lives of others. With needy Scylla here, this could indicate a moment in which you really, really don't give a peanut about anyone else. Or it could be them not giving a fig about you. The venue may be global or local—that's not the issue. What is? Motivation. The why of it all. There's nothing wrong with earning a bundle or getting more adoration than you can handle so long as it's a result of using your resources to deal with a need. Their perception of your worth is what produces the "fertility," the rain, the warmth, the glow, the sense of wellbeing in their lives which causes them to think you so darn wonderful! Also: with the Nodes rolling backward (as is their way) through early Capricorn/Cancer, basic needs and values are emphasized. "Basics" count all month. In fact they count all the way from here to March 2011, when the nodes change signs! So don't get stuck in frills and doo-dads—concentrate on essentials! This Venus/Mars conjunction perfects on October 2 at 12 Scorpio, a degree known for defensiveness as a symptom of internal balance lost. It's as if we're all attracting exactly those people and situations which tip us into falling into our own potholes. If you're someone who believes life is about growth, and that cosmic events must therefore push you to recognize your own weak points? Then this works just fine. If not? If you're all about your comfort zone? Then this isn't likely to be your favorite moment. Yet this is again, merely a moment in a process. It's not the end of anything...it's part of getting from where you are now to where you're going to be soon enough! As Mercury moves into Libra at 15:05 (UT) on October 3, added (Libra) perspective does help. But since Mercury is making this shift opposite Eos (over-focus) and Byblis (old ways) in the sign of Self and self-interest (Aries)...and as in the next day or so as Mercury moves over Black Hole M87...yes, we may begin seeing things from new perspectives, and thus come to feel less "married" to entrenched ideas. But if you need to ask something, or get assistance or present something to others, you might want to wait until after the 4th or 5th until after a wave of contentiousness passes you by! None of this is helped by Venus slowing down to take its station, either. Whatever goes on, it may feel bizarre—like a leap being made in slow motion. Either we're reluctant to change now...or those around us are reluctant/slow to respond, agree, pony up, alter priorities or just make time. In many cases, situational "blockages" won't be allowing for huge and sudden shifts. And while one could say "patience, patience, people!" that isn't quite the issue. Correct: there is nothing to be gained now by pushing. Yes, supportiveness and understanding are best, to be sure. You may even learn something very insightful and important/profitable by indeed taking your time. Just don't think in terms of "cures" just yet! With the October 7 New Moon at 14 Libra there's some movement as some people come out from behind "masks." Yet since 14 Libra is a degree which tends towards "theatrical performance" and as this New Moon is colored by Haumea (the ultimately self-defeating desire to "shape-shift" or mold one's image), we have to be a bit careful about how we present ourselves, how we are seen by others and maybe most of all, who we believe. With this New Moon in opposition to platonic Amor in Aries, issues as to who people "are" and what their intents/intents are (or have been) start anew. And with an ego-bruising semi-sextile to Mars in Scorpio included in this picture, answers are not those we expect. Or want! That Venus is on station now pictures our feelings being ripe—even over-ripe—for personal tolerance. Yes, everybody's going to be sensitiveÉNo, it's neither just about—nor all about—you! And no, it isn't all likely to be peaches and cream. Venus turning to retrograde October 8 at 13 Scorpio (at 7:06 UT) is a picture of isolating strength—or strength in isolation motivated by stubbornness and/or a cunning ability to proceed on one's own course...which in Venusian terms sounds more than incompatible with fun and frolic. That this station occurs with Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune/Chiron and all three of these celestial travelers retrograde in Aquarius adds a note of heightened "mistrust of the world," too. That "mistrust" may be of a greater world, those outside a "group" or anyone beyond your personal skin. With Dionysus (sacred celebration) fused to Nessus (poisonous jealousy) at the Neptune-Chiron end, much ill will, bad feelings and bad behavior have come to the fore. But so have arguments about whose thoughts are on straight! With Uranus/Scheat just ahead of Jupiter and Hebe/Lust just behind, most of us get it—there is a need to change. But with Venus going retrograde, change isn't going to be easy to effect: it will require some sort of "pulling back" and "ceasing support." All sides of all discussions want to change (Uranus) negative public opinion (Scheat)—the problem is that everyone has also over-focused (Lust) on what needs they see meriting that Hebe sort of servicing touch. And does it help that Mercury is now sitting at that highly isolating degree of 8 Libra? Uh, no. It does say that some of us will be willing to pull back. But from what? Some of us will now feel entitled to think for ourselves, some will just mope and some will just hide. What does it all mean? Probably nothing just yet, so don't be shocked at what you see and/or hear happening. A lot of it is drama. Then again, given that the two days on either side of a planetary station are both intense and often important as a "turning point" in life's doings, "Venusian dynamics" (the ability to attract and concrete things in your life) are well worth paying attention to. Also: though Venus retrograde on the whole tends to be about needing to appreciate ourselves rather than rely on others for "feel good" moments, this is a great time to work on personal emotional issues, particularly as they pertain to how your values (or what you value) interfaces with the values and aims of others. If they work, great. If they don't...it's a sign—and though you may want to think that sign is about "them," like as not it's about you! Come October 20, Mercury enters Scorpio at 21:20 (UT) in the company of asteroid Lilith (our "dark side") and Panacea (healing peace). Are we making peace with our dark side? Are we interacting with others because we feel "in the dark" about something? Are we "in the dark" about who we're dealing with? It may be one, it may be all. Mercury in Scorpio is always a probing, challenging time when our inner knowledge and understanding of Self gets provoked by others. We so often think it's "them" (hearing a theme here?) but it isn't—the crux of this dynamic is the understanding of self. This creating of the inner struggle against what we want to be true and what may be actually true for many creates trust problems. And (ugh!) truth problems. Yet better to be safely realistic than sorrowfully blissful! Our last October notes come to us in the form of Saturn entering the shadow of the retrograde it will enter in January 2011 on October 22, with Saturn one degree past fixed star Diadem's crowning glory moment. So we're beyond some "crest" and it's on to doing the next thing, but our plate is pretty much full. With the Sun entering Scorpio on October 23 at 12:36 (UT) in the company of Chaldea (old ways), Child (our childish or childlike nature) and our personal "dark side" (asteroid Lilith) all in a row, things are intense. There's some blind acting out likely and some clinging to old ways in the works. Are they clogging things up or is it actually useful to hold the "old line"? With Venus now in retrograde, sorting through the issue carefully is the actual way forward. But with Venus in retrograde, more likely than not people are going to opt instead for hissing like snakes at each other, favoring control over sensibility. Plus then comes Mars entering Sagittarius on October 28 (at 6:49 am UT), doing so in the highly evocative, provocative, and often carnal company of asteroid Eros. Intimacy and a desire for "intimate knowledge" increases to be sure! But considering where Sagittarius' ruling Jupiter is, the real question is why do you want what you want? Where does that come from? That's the ticket forward; in understanding that, we gain the opportunity and upper hand. Now that you know why October will be full of deliberate deliberations, what course will you choose? Yes, that would be the timely and timeless question!
Boots Hart, CAP
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