This is the season of the sleuth

The Aries Full Moon occurs Tuesday evening at 7:06 PDT. This pioneering, innovative Moon may be lit with impatient fire, but she'll propel you to start something fresh and new. Being in exact opposition to the Libra Sun provokes a yin-yang balancing act between your passions and your need to keep the peace.

But Aires emotions will likely dominate the scene, since the Aries Moon gets a kick out of Warrior Mars in Leo. Plus, Saturn in Libra is currently levying heavy responsibilities and hard work on the gentle Libra Sun--sapping solar vitality. However, this combo could be just the ticket to get you off your butt and into action, without having to endlessly weigh the pros and cons!

Thursday the mercurial trickster, Mercury, will take the sense of Justice he learned in Libra, and dive into the sleuthy, secretive waters of Scorpio. He'll stay there, side by side with Venus, until November 1st. We will be gathering clues, getting to the bottom of things, and planning costumes with long black capes. Mercury in Scorpio is the craftsman of joint finances--wills, taxes and corporate resources. Just remember, if you're negotiating a deal, you're not likely to know what the other person is really thinking.

Luckily, Mercury is not left to do his detective work alone. Venus has already spent four days in Scorpio, stirring up dangerous liaisons. Mercury paired with Venus would ordinarily mean Valentine notes, but in Scorpio it will be darkly encrypted messages captured in a bottle. You're gonna have to fish for them! Or, more in tune with the beautiful upcoming harmonic (stay tuned for next week!) of Jovial Jupiter and Powerful Pluto, you could sit quietly by the seashore and wish upon a star.