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Weekly Starcodes—Planetary Aspect Interpretations & PredictionsHeather Roan Robbins is a practical, intuitive, choice-oriented astrologer, writer, celebrant, and spiritual counselor. Active for 30 plus years, she practices in St. Paul, Santa Fe, and New York City - 914.315.5001 Email Heather. |
The comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas just passed Earth heading towards the sun, it swings back again, visible in the night sky after October 12. This comet circles in from the Oort cloud hovering past Pluto on an orbit of roughly 80,000 years. Comets bring in material from beyond our known solar system.
Think of this symbolically, our world is exposed to new particles and new information. New ideas can spring up in the wake of a comet, and so can solutions and problems we hadn’t even thought of. Traditionally comets were associated with earthquakes, winds, and the death of kings. No one claims comets will cause this, just bring a synchronistic resonance.
We can add this to the exciting ongoing solar flares and a few grand trines which build momentum, both momentum in our work, but also momentum in oncoming storms, wars, and the turning tides of history. Last week a grand trine between Mercury, Uranus, and Pluto in earth signs brought the earth-moving winds, this week a grand trine with Venus, Mars, and Saturn can build compassionate action. Let’s work with this symbolism and ponder where we could use hopeful new approaches, what changes we would like to invoke, where good momentum can be built, and do our best to support a healthy turn.
This weekend begins with some serious, thoughtful aspects that ask us to look at the real issues of our life, and the structure underneath, as Mercury and the Sun quincunx Saturn and square Mars as Venus trines Saturn. We can get uncomfortable, notice problems in the system, and get pointed in our critique, but let’s make sure that we have the right target and don’t project our discomforts on a scapegoat. Look for the root cause and work there. This impulse to deal with tough issues will support recovery efforts where real disasters exist.
Weaver © Colleen Clifford 2022
This week’s grand trine with Venus in Scorpio, Mars in Cancer, and Saturn in Pisces, all water signs, can stabilize our efforts and let our hearts reach out past our normal distances to create real connections. It offers emotional stability, which is helpful because emotions will run deep and strong, like a flooding river. Compassion and good relationships can stand us in good stead unless we get defensive, possessive, or feel attacked, in which case our response can be fierce.
This deep conduit could funnel compassionate action into disaster recovery but also fierce, steady, self-protective fuel into the Mideast confrontations. Because these two trine Saturn, what happens now lasts, whether it’s a deep curse or heartfelt vow.
Mercury in friendly, fair-minded Libra generally helps us collaborate, but this week also form a square to Mars in Cancer and a quincunx to Saturn; these aspects clear and precise communication on a good day but can become barbed and sharp when our hackles rise.
The weekend begins under a Scorpio Moon which brings serious thoughts and keeps our eyes on things that matter. We can show we care with less words and more action. Early next week the Moon in Sagittarius can help us get ready for a journey, whether we’re traveling, thinking in a new landscape, or need to move. On Wednesday, the Moon enters competent Capricorn. Jupiter retrogrades and could put some expansion, PR project, or hoped-for leap forward temporarily on hold while we go back and handle some necessary work.
Day By Day:
Friday, October 4: Overnight worries or concerns could call for logistical juggling this morning and a day of concentration and progress later as Mercury quincunx Saturn. The Moon in Scorpio keeps us serious and easily defensive but encourages us to act from compassion and friendship. It’s a good day to make important design or architectural decisions. We can defend our own; if people get feisty, look for how what they are protecting. Old friends, familiar comforts further tonight as Venus trine Saturn.
Mercury quincunx Saturn 12:46 AM, Moon square Pluto 4:40 AM, Moon enters Scorpio 5:22 AM, Venus trine Saturn 11:03 AM.
Saturday, October 5: Details can be annoying, so can too many words or useless activity. Take a few minutes alone or with old friends and just savor the present moment. Walk on the land and feel the presence of a tree, a mountain on the horizon, or the sky overhead. It can help expand our hearts without the details of human life cluttering for a minute as the Moon conjunct Venus in Scorpio. Then expand that heart into helpful action as the Moon trines Mars this afternoon. Anxiety can make some people annoyingly voluble or busy; if so, step back and only engage where it can be helpful. Breathe deep and enjoy a personal project.
Moon trine Saturn 9:46 AM, Moon conjunct Venus 12:28 PM, Moon trine Mars 4:27 PM.
Sunday, October 6: Cranky or accidental aspect overnight can leave us edgy this morning as Mercury squares Mars and the Scorpio Moon opposes Uranus. Travel and speak with care. Watch impulsive decisions, let them marinate before acting on them, and count to five where needed. Midday brings new competence which can help us make serious decisions as the Sun quincunx Saturn. Feel a breath of fresh air tonight as the Moon enters more spacious Sagittarius.
Mercury square Mars 12:36 AM, Moon opposed Uranus 11:08 AM, son quincunx Saturn 12:28 PM, Moon trine Neptune 1:46 PM, Moon sextile Pluto 4:52 PM, Moon enters Sagittarius 5:34 PM.
Monday, October 7: The farsighted Sagittarius Moon can help us move on, release some recent heaviness, take a short trip, or try on a new metaphysical perspective. Let’s not use this to bypass needed real work but we can use this movement to break inertia and step into the next chapter. Tonight, rather than get cranky or feel old, catch up with logistics and rest as the Moon squares Saturn.
Moon square Saturn 8:50 PM, Moon sextile Sun 11:48 PM.
Moonbow © Pearl Coburn 2019
Tuesday, October 8: Express the heart’s warmth as Venus trines Mars and Saturn. Remember that one of the most loving things we can do is set healthy boundaries and respect another person’s decisions. We’ll value loyalty and dependability, while any slights to our trust will be remembered. Mercury trine Jupiter can also call us to make a liberating decision, walk away from some limiting entanglement and walk towards a farther horizon. These trines support sending out resumes, following up on contacts, pitching a proposal, or just finding a potential for joy in the future after a tough turning point, auspicious even if there may be a delay in the process.
Venus trine Mars 4:21 AM, Mercury trine Jupiter 6:22 AM, Mercury opposed Chiron 8:36 AM, Moon opposed Jupiter 11:09 AM, Moon sextile Mercury 11:53 AM, Moon square Neptune 11:53 PM.
Wednesday, October 9: An industrious Capricorn Moon can help us make progress where the goal is clear, but it can be hard to agree on plans as Jupiter goes retrograde. The Capricorn Moon can bring out a controlling streak as a way of dealing with anxiety; if so, try to neither agree nor disagree with the controlling person but step forward without endangering their plans. Feel the satisfaction of a job well done, another thing checked off the list.
Jupiter turns retrograde 1:04 AM, Moon enters Capricorn 3:38 AM.
Thursday, October 10: The day brings both loving and difficult aspects, honor one another’s efforts to juggle complications and deal with a grand square as the Moon opposes Mars, and both square the Sun and Chiron. Tendencies to be suspicious can trip us up. Before we pull back, let’s ask if withholding will get us what we want. Instead, try and stay in there and negotiate for a balance between everyone’s needs as Venus quincunx Jupiter and Chiron, forming a potentially healing yod that calls for loving fairness. Rather than ask for cooperation, notice how efforts can dovetail and work towards a common goal.
Moon sextile Saturn 5:16 AM, Venus quincunx Jupiter 9:43 AM, Venus quincunx Chiron 10:56 AM, Moon square son 12:55 PM, Moon opposed Mars 4:21 PM, Moon sextile Venus 7:57 PM.
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It’s a good week to accomplish. The last few weeks have been an important strategic time to dream up and sketch out plans as the Sun and Mercury formed a constructive grand trine with change-inducing Uranus and Pluto, an aspect that could suddenly change our minds or cause us to adapt to changing circumstances. This week we can build momentum on those plans as energizing Mars forms a collaborative trine with organized Saturn.
This sounds positive, but we’ll not be the only ones motivating, those activating transits fall on wild storms and all people, both those with love in their hearts and those ready for a fight. So, let’s watch the weather and notice who makes their move.
Underneath this practical momentum, we could feel unusually tender, a little touchy in our digestive systems, and wary of risk. Both planets which symbolize our emotional flow, Venus, and Mars, are now in deep-feeling water signs symbolized by creatures with an exoskeleton, Scorpio’s scorpion, and Cancer’s crab. Both signs help us tap into our deep tenderness within, which can be lovely where we feel safe but can bring out hellacious defenses when we feel attacked. So go gently with one another. When the claws or stinger show, stand back and consider how to make one another feel safer.
We might also have stomach issues if we’re feeling nervous about the world with Mars in Cancer the sign that rules the stomach, Venus in Scorpio, the sign that rules organs of procreation and elimination, and with the Moon heading into Virgo on Sunday, and Monday, the sign which rules the intestinal tract. If so, sip that peppermint tea, eat gently, and contemplate how to feel safer building the future. Venus in Scorpio moves into a grand trine with Mars and Saturn- all in sensitive water signs- exact next week- and can herald a time to make important emotional decisions.
Pink Starfish & Her Bubble © Shelley Irish 2013
The weekend begins with the Moon in Leo who likes to do things on a grand scale. That Leo Moon squares Venus in Scorpio, both fixed signs, so we might feel stubborn. We can also feel tension between that part of us that wants to go out and engage the world, and another part that might want to just stay home and tell the world to go away. Timeshare between these two rather than force either side. This Leo-Scorpio tension can also act out between couples or in politics, between our loving side and our grumpy side.
The Moon enters thoughtful Virgo on Sunday as Mars trine Saturn, making it time to get some work done and get organized for the week ahead. On Monday, the Sun and Mercury conjunct in sociable Libra. Although the Sun and Mercury conjunction can focus the mind, it can also blow our objectivity out of the water.
The Moon enters Libra on Tuesday. On Wednesday all three conjunct on the New Moon-Solar eclipse in Libra at 10°. Eclipses can act like astrological acupuncture to unblock blocked energy. Now for most of us, this can be a pleasant and sociable day, a chance to organize the aesthetics of our house, though some event could trigger a new awareness of what’s out of whack in this world. But this is also a clarion call to step away from the computer and work towards the great Libra values of peaceful social justice. A call for peace can ironically intensify war, but we can choose to search for that beautiful way of peace and balance.
Friday, September 27: We’ll want to be fair and friendly today but could get stuck in our perspective as the Moon in Leo Moon squares heart-centered Venus. In the morning it furthers to dive into this, consciously put us in the center of our world, and take responsibility for what we need. With our wells re-filled we can then be more magnanimous and inclusive this afternoon and respond with curiosity when the Leo Moon calls us out to dance tonight.
Leo Moon sextile Sun 1:50 AM, Moon square Venus 2:47 AM.
Saturday, September 28: Performance art and political rallies shine as the Leo Moon sextiles Jupiter. So does silliness over the family breakfast or a midday chance to socialize. People will be generally positive, but it will be important to rotate who leads and whose needs are met first- so no resentment builds up. The mood can get edgier tonight, leaving us easily irritated or spontaneously difficult unless we roll with it; and manage unexpected events or outrageous comments as the Moon squares Uranus.
Moon sextile Jupiter 10:04 AM, Moon trine Chiron 11:37 AM, Moon square Uranus 9:35 PM.
Sunday, September 29: Be nice to the guts, nerves can hit the digestive system after the Moon enters Virgo, and we can internalize our worries and critique. We can focus on what we are against more than where we are going or set huge goals and feel discouraged because we don’t live up to them. Instead, put Mars’ muscle and enthusiasm into productive saturnine plans and focus on reasonable expectations as Mars trines Saturn. Listen to the soul’s calling, work things out, and celebrate every step forward.
Moon enters Virgo 3:41 AM, Moon sextile Venus 8:49 PM, Mars trine Saturn.
Monday, September 30: Our bias may be showing our awareness of the situation can be heavily influenced by our conscious or unconscious emotional flow, our hopes, and fears. We’ll have access to intelligence but not much objectivity as the Sun conjuncts Mercury under that waning Virgo Moon. So, let’s be kind to ourselves as well as others and look for the facts needed to make a clear decision. Worry less, fix one thing at a time, and savor moments of alignment.
Moon opposes Saturn 8:37 AM, Moon sextile Mars 9:11 AM, Sun conjunct Mercury 3:09 PM, Moon square Jupiter 10:29 PM.
Tuesday, October 1: Review recent work, follow through on unfinished details, close the deal, and clear the decks before tomorrow’s new Moon. Deal with a sleepy or introspective moment midday as the waning Moon opposes Neptune, then finish up some unfinished business that’s been hanging around for months as the Moon trines Pluto then enters spacious Libra just before dinner. Check-in with companions tonight and share from the heart.
Moon trine Uranus 9:59 AM, Moon opposed Neptune 12:42 PM, Moon trine Pluto 3:38 PM, Moon enters Libra 4:19 PM.
Wednesday, October 2: The Sun, Moon, and Mercury conjunct as the Sun is eclipsed at 12:49 PM, which can call for a clearing of the decks and heralds a new beginning. Let go of old situations, relationships, and items that are ugly, unfair, or drain energy. Eclipses can unstick stuck energy, and remove things just waiting to shift; it may be time to release an unrequited love or some important thing or process that has not been working, whether we want to or not. Libra calls for social justice, peace, and balance, but every sign holds the threads of its opposite; some will seek peace in response to this eclipse, others will go to war for their idea of peace.
Moon conjunct Sun-solar eclipse at 12:49 PM-10° Libra, Moon conjunct Mercury 4:21 PM.
Thursday, October 3: Venus, Mars, and Saturn form a grand trine in water signs the next few days which can help us make emotional commitments on a good day but can also sharpen our feelings and make people want to jump back to safety if they feel overexposed or not treasured. What we do now interpersonally will be remembered, so let’s make it worthy and loving. Plant good seeds
Moon square Mars 12:59 AM, Moon trine Jupiter 11:40 AM.
