Mercury the sleuth in Scorpio

Messenger Mercury sojourns in the house of the sleuth, Scorpio, for the next nine weeks.

 This mercurial trickster transports souls from heaven to earth, to hell and back, excavating ideas from our buried desires.  In the sign of Scorpio, Mercury uncovers clues and operates in secret.  

Friday is a cliff hanger!  An edgy New Moon in Libra at 5:34 PM, PDT, gives us the wobbles!  The god of lightning shakes up your relationships by suddenly moving the ground beneath you.  You’re off balance just long enough to take a new stand.  

Stodgy Saturn makes Saturday a pressure cooker.  Your dreams of greater freedom suddenly seem too idealistic, and you restrict your desire to act on them.  Remember, freedom carries with it great responsibility, but it’s worth the effort.

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird; it would be a jolly sight harder to learn to fly while remaining an egg...we must hatch or go bad.”  C.S. Lewis

♡ Date Night:  Venus in Scorpio and Mars in Leo

The dark of the Libra New Moon Friday marks new beginnings in the way you relate to each other.  Restless, irritable and discontent, the latent rebel in you pops up.  The place where you need more freedom in the relationship will  become very itchy.  Suggest a change that allows for more open equality.  Eye to eye.  

The Force of investigation is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of September 29-October 5, 2013:

(★ Astrology Wonks see bottom of page)

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)

A lot will be happening behind the scenes!  And underneath the microscope.  You are on the trail of profoundly important information, which is best kept under wraps while you formulate your strategy.  Yes, there’s mystery and intrigue, but you’ll get to the heart of the matter.  A powerful New Moon this Friday has you wanting to create some excitement at the same time you’re looking for safety and security.  Go with your intuition.

Taurus ♉ (April 20-May 20)

Talking (a lot!) about partnerships has you burning up the lines of communication for the next nine weeks.  Mental Mercury in Scorpio gives your a sharp eye, and sharp tongue, for speaking the unvarnished truth.  Don’t worry, your logic is excellent and from October 21st to November 9th you’ll have the chance to rethink everything.  Final decisions should wait for the clarity you’ll have November 10th to December 4th. Careful about caring too much about what other people think, it’s deadening.  

Gemini ♊ (May 21-June 20)

Mental Mercury, your muse, has moved into Scorpio’s house of sleuthing.  You have nine weeks ahead of keenly alert senses and intellectual prowess.  Just don’t let yourself be swayed by emotions.  Stay objective.  Put order in your environment and your health will improve.  It’s a fertile time under the Libra New Moon this Friday for finding your emotional balance with those you’re tied to by dependency.  

Cancer ♋ (June 21-July 21)

Do the research then write your story.  For the next nine weeks your efforts to investigate what’s really going on will pay off.   You’re in a very creative period mentally.  The pieces of the plot just fall together because you can see the overall pattern that’s been operating.  The week is building toward Friday’s New Moon and you’ll find yourself uncharacteristically impatient.  You want and need a nest that’s comfortable and secure.

Leo ♌ (July 22-August 22)

You’ll enjoy working at home and sharing intellectual pursuits with family members.  Messenger Mercury has moved into your living room, and his communication agenda is about family, real estate, environmental and ecological issues.  For the next nine weeks you’ll investigate and research these areas, but it’ll be behind closed doors where disagreements are worked out before you go public.  Edging up to Friday’s powerful New Moon, you find yourself daydreaming; imagining peace.  If you can see it, you can create it.

Virgo ♍ (August 23-September 22)

Superior intellectual reasoning and mental agility are your gifts from Mental Mercury as he takes up residence in Scorpio for the next nine weeks.  You may spend lots of time on the phone or writing, but you’re sure to come up with the practical solutions for yourself and many others.  The New Moon this Friday is a crossroads in the relationships that you depend on for stability.  Peace comes from surrendering your need for the “safety” of approval from others.

Libra ♎ (September 23-October 22)

You’re in a great position mentally to make plans that produce concrete results, improved earning power, and money.  For the next nine weeks you are methodical and determined.  A bit of secret strategizing will minimize the obstacles you’d ordinarily face.  Your uplifting visions of hope are temporarily weighted down by a necessary look into the shadows on Tuesday.  It’s like shining your light on the imaginary boogie man who hides under the bed.  In reality, nothing is there!  The Libra New Moon will bring a tense opposition this Friday; a critical decision point.  If there’s a change that needs to be made, do it!  It’s inevitable!  Jump into the fire.  It transforms.

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)

Your inquiring mind picks up a magnifying glass for a closer look at your environment.  Mental Mercury moves into your sign Sunday morning at 4:38 AM.  Your intuitive logic is powered up for some profound insights in the next nine weeks.  Nothing will escape your notice.  The New Moon Friday forces a decision.  Good relationships are two people walking side by side into the light.  Partners who remind each other of the peace found in offering love.

Sagittarius ♐ (November 22-December 20)

Your mind will be preoccupied with memories that will surface over the next nine weeks, and help you realize the way in which your unconscious is influencing your habits.  With Messenger Mercury now in your house of compassion, dreams, and memories you will make decisions based on feelings rather than logic.  It’s right for you because you’re learning intuitively.  Your imagination brings you valuable ideas.  Do what you love and you’re affirming a life of plentiful good and joy in service to others.

Capricorn ♑ (December 21-January 19)

Thoughts that have been swirling around your brain, and uncomfortably nebulous, settle into a sharp perceptiveness now.  For the next nine weeks, you’re keenly interested in exchanging ideas and you’ll benefit from the help of friends.  Your love of truth, originality in the way you think, and your objectively make for profound insights about the larger picture.  Shadows still haunt with images of the past, but by Wednesday you’re starting to see that it’s all in your perception.  Powerful Pluto still dogs your steps, demanding complete metamorphosis.  Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic simply won’t do it!  

Aquarius ♒ (January 20-February 17)

Your mind is deliberate and fixed on planning for the future.  Your thoughts are exceptionally well organized for the next nine weeks.  Even so, if you find yourself in a circumstance in which you cannot speak your truth, you’d rather remain silent.  You’ll have lots of communications with people in power that will have a secretive edginess.  Your week builds toward the New Moon this Friday which puts you at the crossroads of deep emotional attachments formed in childhood, which now hold you back, and the call to move in a new direction in your relationships.  If the juice is gone, you haven’t been following your heart.

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)

Your decisions are governed by high ethical and moral standards, and they have very practical feet.  For the next nine weeks you’re concerned about the evolution of people’s attitudes, and how that determines the facts they consider important.  You have your philosopher’s hat on, and you won’t mince words just to avoid conflict.  You pick up a harmonious spiritual vibe this Tuesday, and your right brain lights up with imagination. This weekend you’re loaded with psychic sensitivity that is picking up unseen influences.  The Libra New Moon asks you to take off the cloak of smallness or unworthiness.  It’s hiding your true power.  

✶ Astrology Wonks

Moon enter playful Leo Sunday at 12:57 AM, PDT.  Mercury enters Powerful Scorpio this Sunday at 4:38 AM, PDT.

Monday the Leo Moon pairs up with Mars for some fun and fireworks at 7:03 PM, PDT. Then the Leo Moon makes a tense square with Venus in Scorpio at 9:48 PM.

Our feet get firmly planted on the ground Tuesday morning when the Moon sweeps into the clarity of Virgo (11:51 AM).  

Mercury in Scorpio picks up harmonious spiritual vibes from Neptune this Tuesday at 2:45 PM, and your right brain lights up with imagination.

An edgy and bold Libra New Moon at 5:34 PM, PDT, this Friday rocks the boat of your relationships forcing you into the deep waters of transformation.

Seventh Sign is peace

The attainment of peace through loving relationships is the work of Libra, the 7th zodiac sign.  The Sun enters Libra this Sunday at 1:45 PM, PDT, marking the autumnal equinox, the perfect balance of day and night.

Biblically, the seventh sign is the final trumpet call, heralding the symbolic return of God incarnate on earth, the return of love and peace through unconditional forgiveness.  

♡ Date Night:  Venus in Scorpio and Mars in Leo

The attraction of love is strong, magnetic, as though you’re compelled to be together.  Your inner desires are unbridled, and you know it.  Fears of losing self-control are at odds with gratifying the passions you feel.  Yet the goddess of love shows up with optimism and a happy mood reminding you that your fears are unfounded, false evidence appearing real. This calls for faith, not blindly, but with assurance that love is bigger than any obstacles the ego can throw at you!  

“Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.”  Look what happens with a love like that--it lights the whole world.”  Hafiz

The Force of a holy relationship is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of  September 22-28, 2013:

(★ Astrology Wonks see bottom of page)

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)

Restful, easy start to your week doesn’t mean nothing is happening; it’s just below the surface.  A breath of fresh ideas arrive Tuesday, with a jittery edge that gets your attention. The equinox  and the Libra Sun are challenging you to use more cooperative diplomacy and less do-it-yourself.  Your personal relationships are solar powered for the next 30 days. You’ll attract loyal friends and form strong partnerships.  The need for companionship (yes, don’t deny it!) softens your independent streak and lights up your charm and popularity. Take the lead.

Taurus ♉ (April 20-May 20)

You see the change you need to make, and it looks so easy to do.  Right now it is.  Your 6th house of health is solar powered.  You’re interested in improving your physical health and you have the willpower to do it.  The self-esteem you derive from your work is fine and dandy but now you’re asked to balance that with attention to your personal needs as well as your dietary habits and health regimen.  A change in your job is on the horizon.  Why?  You want to know that you’re noticed and appreciated for the hard work you do.  You have a keen analytical sense of what is needed to improve your relationships.  You’ll find yourself in the role of peacemaker and fair judge.  

Gemini ♊ (May 21-June 20)

There’s an equinox in your 5th house of romance and children, meaning this is where you’re trying to achieve balance.  The Sun lights this up and you’re in for a very pleasant 30 days of creative self-expression, and the best way for you to do this is through joining your imagination with that of a child.  Your presentation will be more dramatic, but others will enjoy it as you shower them with your happiness.  If you’re having trouble letting go of something from your past, Tuesday and Wednesday are going to free you.  Dreams you dare to dream get a surprising twist, an open door appears out of nowhere.

Cancer ♋ (June 21-July 21)

As a Cancer you’re always seeking security in your home and your family.  For the next 30 days your drive to beautify and care for home and hearth, to tap into the riches of your heritage, and to protect mother earth is solar-powered.  You can take the lead to buy or sell real estate and it will go very well for you because you know just how to get the cooperation of others.  Even if there’s an uphill battle you don’t mind because you see the prosperity this will bring in the long run.  Thursday is your lucky day for opportunities just landing on your doorstep.  Unwrap these gifts.  Friday you’ll have both feet on the ground, but it’s shifting sands!  A sudden storm of restless agitation gets you moving in a surprising new direction if you trust your hunches.  

Leo ♌ (July 22-August 22)

It’s a Mario Andretti moment.  Check your brakes before a midweek race around tight corners that will require all your intellectual attention.  This challenge to focus your thoughts ignites brilliant ideas and gives you the drive to find the right words, the most powerful way to “sell” it.  Exciting jitters that may first feel like too much caffeine.  Look for breakthroughs this Thursday, perhaps through brothers or sisters and people close by.  the Libra Sun lights up your house of communications (including electronic messages) for the next 30 days with love letters.  This is not a time to go it alone.

Virgo ♍ (August 23-September 22)

You slip off the old skin as easily as stepping out of  a worn out shoe.  You’re getting celestial help to transform your paper money into gold coins by making wise investments.  For the next 30 days, wealth comes through the correct use of your material resources. Cooperation is your keyword to make this happen.  You may also spend money on luxuries, art, and beautiful clothing.  Sunday and Monday are pleasurable and restful.  Thursday is a joyous peak experience for your week, featuring acts of generosity, either from you or to you.  

Libra ♎ (September 23-October 22)

The Sun in Libra lights up your self-confidence, heralds a time of good relationships.  The next 30 days, as you approach your birthday, carry an emotional depth that rocks your world and wakes you up.  Wednesday the balance of light and darkness is perfect, and you have a deep sense of the peace in living one day at a time.  A cornucopia of good fortune tips your way this Thursday, courtesy of your muse Venus.  Never has your will been stronger, your vitality greater.  This is a period of intense self-awareness.

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)

Others may think you’re uncharacteristically shy and withdrawn at this time, but actually you’re retiring into yourself for some introspective work.  For the next month you focus on intimate relationships, and you want to “see” for yourself what is really going on.  You have no trouble cooperating, but you want it to be a two way street.  You insist that it’s fair.  Your psychic antenna are way up, as this is a clairvoyant period for you.  Joy, joy, joy on Thursday when your heart overflows with love and you look and feel beautiful.  Rarely have you felt such high self-esteem.  Accept this gift and pay it forward, otherwise you’ll be fighting to keep it this weekend.  

Sagittarius ♐ (November 22-December 20)

Your fire didn’t go out, it was just smoldering for a while.  Take in a deep breath of life as the Sun, now in Libra, ushers in a time of balance and peace in your relationships, particularly with close friends and the groups you belong to.  You’ve got 30 days of oxygen for your creative passion, helping you add clarity and diplomacy to your words.  The goddess of love is under a few dark shadows this week.  Remember that the love is still there by letting go of your past hurts and disappointments.  Take the initiative and enjoy being very determined!  

 

Capricorn ♑ (December 21-January 19)

Your emotions are getting a much needed energizer bunny.  Your courage is fueling a powerful determination to overcome those obstacles; they’re no match for you.  You’re regenerating your Rocky Mountain goat for the push to the summit, coming November 1st (Remember you’re not even related to the domestic goat--you live securely on the cliff’s edge!).  The Libra Sun is shining on your career ambitions, bringing you 30 days of stronger managerial abilities and the willpower to succeed.  If you find yourself acting like a dictator, dial it back just a notch!

Aquarius ♒ (January 20-February 17)

Enjoy a quiet start to the week.  The equinox, and therefore the Libra Sun, shine on your higher mind.  You have a month ahead of dynamic growth in spirituality and your intuitive senses.  Look for epiphanies, flashes of inspiration, that tell you exactly how to solve certain problems.  Expect visions that border on prophecy.   Mark your calendar for Tuesday, when your mind takes flight with new concepts about your relationships, and how to help people cooperate with each other.  Foreign affairs and foreign travel will be powerful avenues of interest to you, and you’ll even feel compelled to explore alternative cultures.  Your strong moral convictions that all people have a right to be happy, will guide you.  

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)

The hidden mysteries of life, the nature of consciousness itself, has your interest for the next 30 days.  Although you can understand the physics of it, you’re really going for an experiential knowledge.  You want to know directly how the true nature of reality transcends the material needs of being in a body.  You insist on a broader justice, and your sense of fairness makes you fearless.  Your boat is rocked this Thursday and Friday by the hand of sudden change.  Not enough to destabilize, but just enough to get your attention away from mundane concerns.  When your neatly organized stacks of paper blow off your desk, look for the “accidentally” upturned message.  

✶ Astrology Wonks

The Autumnal Equinox occurs at 1:45 PM, PDT, this Sunday when the Sun enters Libra.  The perfect balance of day and night actually occurs in California on Wednesday when the Sun rises at 7:00 AM and sets at 7:01 PM.

Dancin' in the Light of the Harvest Moon

The Moon surfs in on the sweet waves of a Pisces ocean beginning Tuesday morning, dancing her way to Thursday’s Full Harvest Moon.  She carries an alchemical cauldron of awe and wonder.  

"Come a little bit closer,

Hear what I have to say.

There's a full moon risin'

Let's go dancin' in the light." Neil Young. Harvest Moon

Thursday at 4:13 AM, PDT, the plump Pisces Moon calls to the Virgo Sun to put away the ledgers and soften up in a warm bubble bath.  It’s a call to sing songs of praise, enjoy a tidal wave of compassionate energy, and transform those worrisome problems with a spiritual solution.  Like dancin' in the moonlight!

♡ Date Night:  Venus in Scorpio and Mars in Leo

Star-crossed lovers will need to rely on diplomacy and compromise this weekend.  He’s going to think she’s a wet blanket, and she’s going to think he’s a show-off.  It’s like surfing with two on board.  Thankfully, Messenger Mercury is in diplomatic Libra so conflict is off the table and love is on!  It’s time to say, ”because I’m still in love with  you.”

The Force of dancing is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of September 15-21, 2013:

(★ Astrology Wonks see bottom of page)

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)

Sunday starts a feel good week when you’ll receive sudden lightning bolts of new ideas about how to elicit more cooperation in your partnerships.  The Virgo Sun in your 6th solar house of work and service have you contentedly managing necessary tasks.  Efficiency is high, thinking is clear and on point.  The opposing Pisces Moon is in your 12th solar house of compassionate visioning.  You’ll want to withdraw, keeping your feelings to yourself or sharing yourself fully with a close trusted friend.  It’s a mystical time in which your understanding comes easily, like children sleepin’.  

Taurus ♉ (April 20-May 20)

Inspire yourself by joining your imagination with that of a child’s.  The Virgo Sun shines in your 5th house of creativity, romance and children; the home of the courageous lion.  This is a happy place for you.  The happiest really.  You feel free to express your Self and do what you want to do.  The Harvest Moon in PIsces is pulling up compassion in your 11th house of friends and fellowship.  You reach out and touch friends at genuinely gut level, knowing this it the time to say it.  You’re surrounded by protection and support of friends.  

Gemini ♊ (May 21-June 20)

Your week opens with two days of a lighter mood in which your friendliness brings lots of fellowship.  Yet an underlying tension sparks the question, “have you stepped to the plate and committed yourself in relationships, in whatever way would foster it’s growth?  Your harvest is ripe in your 4th solar house of home and family, where the Virgo Sun is now shining on your most intimate concerns.  You need to touch homeplate, feel your center. The Pisces Harvest Moon stirs up the roots of hopes, dreams and wishes in your 10th solar house of career and ambitions.  Your true Self is put on display, revealing more sensitive info than you’re comfortable with, but freeing you from reservations you’ve had about speaking up.  

Cancer ♋ (June 21-July 21)

The warmth of the harvesting Sun in Virgo is in your 3rd solar house of communications, burning up the air waves.  Your attention is on your neighborhood, friends, relatives.  Lots of information exchanges between you and the people you deal with on a day to day basis.  Restlessness may have you wanting to move, to travel or at least plan a vacation.  The harvest Moon in Pisces swells with hopes and optimism in your 9th solar house of the higher mind.  Time to get away from routine, stretch your spiritual journey.  Go out and feel the night.

Leo ♌ (July 22-August 22)

You’re harvesting your resources, cushioning your bank account.  The Virgo Sun in your 2nd solar house of wealth, has you acknowledging and appreciating what you value the most. The Pisces Moon is full in your 8th solar house of transformation, calling issues of ultimate concern.  You’re likely to have powerful emotional encounters, even with your past.  You’re not in the mood for superficial anything.  It’s a “you can’t take it with  you” sharpened awareness.  Oddly, you desire greater control over your possessions at the same time you recognize the attachment serves no true purpose.  These understandings are the ashes that the Phoenix rises from.  Reborn, renewed.

Virgo ♍ (August 23-September 22)

This is the peak of the harvest for your year, as the Sun in Virgo calls you to reap the self-confidence you’ve earned through a brilliant attention to bringing order out of confusion.  Self-esteem through doing esteemable acts.  You’re too smart to be a martyr to the demands of others.  The Moon in compassionate Pisces rises in your 7th solar house of partnerships, the place where a spirit of cooperation has deepened your sympathy and understanding of those close to you.  Still, Pisces is not known for setting boundaries, which you’re called to do, because the deep empathy you feel now allows opponents to manipulate you with a play on your sympathy.  In other words, don’t be a sucker for a sob story!

Libra ♎ (September 23-October 22)

Your week opens with a light and airy mood, and some inner tensions about responsibilities in relationships.  Have you been impeccable with your word?  Kept your promises to others and see that they keep theirs to you?  While you’re sleeping Monday night, your sharp mind is taking a decisive turn into the fires of “tell it like it is!”  With the Virgo Sun warming your 12th solar house of compassion, you’re reaping the harvest of your hopes, dreams, and visions of the past 12 months.  Get alone time to reflect and release old childhood stories about who you were supposed to be, and tell the truth about who you truly are.  The full Pisces Moon rises in your 6th solar house of work and service, putting your eye on necessities.  This is the place of healing through compassionate touch.  Make it a necessity to stop pretending something is alright with you when it isn’t!  It’s time for a reorg of your personal needs.

   

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)

The harvesting warmth of the Virgo Sun falls in your 11th solar house of friends and fellowship.  You’ve done plenty of soul searching on your own, and now you’re asked to do the same process in the company of friends.  You can bring your whole, true Self into a team and blow them away with the way you think out of the box.  The Pisces Moon rises full of creativity in your 5th solar house of Lioness courage and loyalty to your heart’s desires.  Don’t even try to hide your feelings (you’re actually too good at that!) they’re all over your face!  You have an enormous need to just be yourself with everyone.  Don’t you love the way your dog just spontaneously jumps on you with joy and licks your face?  

Sagittarius ♐ (November 22-December 20)

You are harvesting the rewards of career successes over the past 12 months.  With the warmth of the Virgo Sun in your 10th solar house of ambition shines a light on your life direction.  This is not a time of introspection, but rather a time you are called upon to take over a project or task because people see that you know you're strengths and weaknesses. This makes you super strong! At the same time you’re pulled toward your private sanctuary at home for some comfort.  The Pisces Moon fills your 4th solar house home with a deeper sympathy and compassion for yourself, and the trials and triumphs that you have endured.  Home, sweet solid home.

Capricorn ♑ (December 21-January 19)

The Full Pisces Moon rises in your 3rd solar house of communications, stirring the expression of a deeper compassion in your thoughts and words.  You speak from a very gut level of feelings, challenging shallowness and subterfuge.  At the same time, the warmth of the Virgo Sun brings harvest in your 9th solar house of the higher mind.  You are reaping the rewards of the optimism and positive thinking you’re gathering as you travel through the philosophical worlds and new spiritual frontiers of your mind.  Your horizons get much bigger this week.  I want to see you dance again.

Aquarius ♒ (January 20-February 17)

Your mood is light, airy, and friendly as this week begins with the Moon in your sign.  You want fellowship and your offer goodwill to all.  The warm Virgo Sun helps you harvest the golden kernels of the transformational work you’ve done over the past 12 months.  Your 8th solar house of regeneration and metamorphosis calls for the birth of a new you.  Your true Self is released into the world, like a butterfly whose new wings have been dried by the sun. You know where the music’s playing.  What are you waiting for?

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)

This is your week to shine on!  Your exquisite antenna is picking up waves of prayers for peace from all over the world, giving you renewed hope for a tired world. Bow down on Tuesday, the most spiritually uplifting day for you this week--or ever.  The Full Moon in Pisces in your 1st solar house of self-identity has fertilized the compassionate way in which you now express your true Self, your true Thoughts.  Sympathy and love for yourself has grown over the past 12 months, and now you reap the rewards of warm companionship in your 7th solar house of partnerships.  Free hugs!

✶ Astrology Wonks

The Moon enters Aquarius at 5:05 AM, PDT, Sunday morning, opening two days of fellowship.  However, some inner tensions about responsibilities and relationships are stirred up Sunday afternoon when the Aquarius Moon makes a squared challenge to both Venus and Saturn in Scorpio at 1:55 PM, and 7:10 PM, respectively.

Tuesday morning at 6:57 AM the Moon enters Pisces, on her way to the Harvest Full Moon Wednesday at 4:13 AM, PDT.

A watery eyed Moon in Pisces pairs up with Visionary Neptune this Tuesday afternoon at 12:38 PM, PDT, then lassos the lovely Venus in Scorpio and draws her into the mix at 8:15 PM, making Tuesday the most spiritually uplifting day of this week (this is so rarely true of Tuesday, which is ruled by Warrior Mars!).  

The Pisces Moon continues to sing songs of praise to Love as she makes a harmonious trine to Jovial Jupiter at 11:16 AM Wednesday morning.

The Harvest Moon, Pisces-Virgo, occurs at 4:13 AM, PDT, this Thursday.  A harvest moon is the Full Moon closest to the autumnal equinox, which will occur September 22nd.  Catch this plump orange Harvest Moon Thursday night at moonrise (7:14 PM, PDT).  

Note:  by the time of Thursday’s moonrise, 15 hours after the exact Full Moon, the Moon will have entered Aries (9:57 AM Thursday).  Moonrise Wednesday evening is 6:39 PM, PDT, and may be the best viewing of the Pisces Moon.  

Friday the 13th is your lucky day

Puritanical fears of idle hands, devil’s workshops, and unmade beds leading to “lazy” pleasurable indulgences is why Fridays, the day named for the goddess of love, started getting a bad rep.  Dies Veneris is Latin for Friday, and translates as “Day of Venus.” It’s Viernes in Spanish, Vendredi in French, and TGIF in American!

Fun Fridays then picked up the “unlucky” number 13, which is symbolically associated with death.  “La petite mort” (little death), the French descriptive phrase for sexual orgasm, probably sealed the admonition against Friday the 13th!

Working in partnership with like-minded others will be deeply satisfying while Mental Mercury is in Libra (September 9th-29th).  “Let’s talk about it” carries the goal of peace and cooperation, rather than trying to be right.  You’ll be less interested in winning the “argument” than in finding a fair compromise.   

Messenger Mercury moves into Libra Monday, and your thoughts turn to relationships.  Human relations, the psychology of intimacy, and  Communications with others just seems to flow with a natural harmony of understanding.  You can see the benefits of compromising.  

Venus enters the Scarlet Letter depths of sensuous Scorpio this Tuesday.  It’s going to be four weeks of deepening the bonds of intimacy, confronting possessiveness, and owning your passion.  

“Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance that it overflows upon the outward world.”  Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

♡ Date Night:  Venus in Scorpio and Mars in Leo

Ever eat salty movie popcorn mixed with sour strawberry Gummy Bears? Your mouth watering, puckering, and exploding with delightful tastes?  Strange bedfellows can make life very exciting, even explosive.  Romantic, storytelling Mars in Leo is dating the zodiac’s most seductive temptress, Venus in Scorpio.  Fire and rain.

The Force of being juicy is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of September 8-14, 2013:

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Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)

Your mind gets some fresh air for the next four weeks, and turns to concerns about fairness and justice.  No matter how proficient you are in the art and craft of relationships, Mercury in Libra challenges you to a new balancing act; learning to surf with two on board!  Hope you’re not attached to your old way of doing things, because electric bolts out of the blue will make your mid-week exciting and full of surprises.

Taurus ♉ (April 20-May 20)

Your mind attended to details and some rather picky, critical reviews of your finances while Mercury was in Virgo.  Now the messenger planet enters a graceful period in Libra, and your writing and communications take on beauty and balance.  Venus, your muse, dives into her deeper passions in Scorpio this Tuesday for a four week swim.  When Venus’ love nature meets Scorpio’s intensity you can expect heightened passions, as well as a temptation to jealousy. Don’t expect to be content with superficial interactions.

Gemini ♊ (May 21-June 20)

Your mind has a “get out of jail free” card beginning Monday when Mental Mercury, your muse, moves into harmonious Libra.  Your words spill out with grace and ease.  Happiness in partnerships is your main concern, and cooperation is your tool. Venus’ dive into deeply intense Scorpio this Tuesday will stir any unconscious habits that want to bubble to the surface.  Thursday’s the day that Miracle Grow pays off with new greener shoots and branches for those dreams and ambitions you set on the New Moon last week.  Step by step.

Cancer ♋ (June 21-July 21)

A little detective work on your feelings will bring powerfully meaningful results, especially after Tuesday when the goddess of love enters your harmonious sign of Scorpio.  Relationships take on a depth that feeds your sensitive soul. Messenger Mercury has finished editing and proofreading some very technical work while in Virgo, and beginning this Monday your mind will be flying in the intellectual airwaves of Libra, adding grace and beauty to your speech for the next four weeks.  Your thoughts are pulled into your head, rather than your heart.  Objectivity is the gift.

Leo ♌ (July 22-August 22)

Your warrior instincts get a challenge.  For the beginning of this week, the urge to actively go out into the world with all your creative genius seems to be stonewalled by Saturn’s austere insistence on discipline. It’s as if you’re a virtuoso violinist whose hands are in a cast!  Hang on though, because the heavenly choir pumps up the volume this Wednesday and you’re off for a wild ride into adventurous new territory. Breakthroughs galore.  This Saturday Mars in Leo strikes a harmonious and brilliant chord with Uranus and lightning bolts of genius ideas combust.  

Virgo ♍ (August 23-September 22)

If this happens to be your birthday week, the gods are smiling on your solar New Year.  Logic and reasoning, which have been your key tools of late, take a backseat to a peaceful easy feelings.  The goddess of love is back in your corner starting Tuesday, encouraging your to get a massage, buy a new jacket that’s not even practical!  Those crystal clear beautiful eyes of yours are focused on letting go of dutifulness and moving on to authenticity.  You’ll just feel very comfortable in your own skin.  Happy Birthday!

Libra ♎ (September 23-October 22)

“Marry Me” says Mercury in Libra.  “Let’s co-create.” Mental Mercury moves into your sign this Monday evening.  For the next 21 days you’ll have an intense curiosity about the thinking and behavior of others.  Your relationships take on a happiness that you previously considered only an ideal.  It gets real on Tuesday when Venus, your ruler and muse, moves into passionate Scorpio.  Intense!  Not much sensibility but lots of sensuality for the the next 4 weeks.  If you think he’s worth it, you’ll go to any lengths!  This weekend you’ll be trying hard to keep matters pleasant and tempers calm when truth-telling Powerful Pluto gets you into an intense debate. Look under the surface for answers.  

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)

The Moon enters Scorpio this Sunday at 6:44 PM, PDT, and you dive deep into the secrets of your recent psychic “research.”  What did she really mean by that?  You know, no matter what is said.  By Monday evening you're frustrated, as if your every attempt to fulfill your creative ambitions is blocked.  It’s like forcing a military career on a concert violinist!  But it’ll all iron out Tuesday when the goddess of love moves into your sign for 4 weeks of grace, beauty, and artful relationships.  Time for love as you head toward next week’s Harvest Moon.

Sagittarius ♐ (November 22-December 20)

Your brains light up with intellectual curiosity for the next four weeks.  Mentally, you think before you act.  But emotionally you jump with the Moon into Sagittarius Tuesday night, and you start two days of feeling very upbeat and positive about yourself.  You’ll make friends with Love over a bowl of sweet ambrosia for breakfast; then catch a ride across the Golden Gate bridge with your visionary spirit, where you’ll enjoy hanging out with a Shaman and even try some spelunking. Time to get comfortable going underground.  You bring the light to the darkness.

Capricorn ♑ (December 21-January 19)

The intentions you set at the Virgo New Moon last week are taken to a new level of growth this week, peaking on Thursday.  In spite of any inner or societal prohibitions, Venus wins your heart this Tuesday and takes you away from work and into the pleasures of a “gay Paree” for the next four weeks.  Then the bright orange Moon leaves philosophical Sagittarius for the ambitions mountain peaks of Capricorn this Friday.  For the weekend you are cool, calm and collected.

Aquarius ♒ (January 20-February 17)

It’s lift-off for your mind!  Messenger Mercury enters the harmonious ivory towers of Libra this Monday.  Thank God a few creative ideas survived the nagging pickiness of Virgo!  Relationships dive into too much intensity for your tastes when Venus starts four weeks in Scorpio this Tuesday.  Behind the scenes, secretiveness, is not your style in partnerships, but it will be the norm for a while.  Might as well make friends with your deepest desires.

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)

Sweet visions.  Your green thumb produces results from those new intentions you set on the Virgo New Moon (keep your eye on the Full Moon Harvest coming in your sign!). Venus enters Scorpio this Tuesday, where the depths of your compassion mingle with your deepest desires. Romance doesn’t get any sweeter.  This is the dreamy, deeply empathic soul love of a Romeo and Juliet.  Timeless. Venus in Scorpio trines Neptune in Pisces Friday evening at 11:32 PM. Notice any shift in your direction and go with it.  It’s meant to be.  

✶ Astrology Wonks

The Moon enters Scorpio this Sunday at 6:44 PM, PDT, beginning an intensely passionate week.  

Mercury leaves Virgo and enters Libra at 12:07 AM, PDT, Monday.  Then, Warrior Mars in Leo is in a tense square with Serious Saturn in Scorpio at 4:05 AM this Monday morning.  This is one of astrology's most difficult pairings; rigidity and seething anger.

Tuesday at 11:15 PM, PDT, Venus enters the Scarlet Letter depths of sensuous Scorpio.  

Wild Wednesday starts with the Moon in Sagittarius in an energetic trine to Mars in Leo at 3:54 PM; then trines Uranus at 7:13 PM.  Surprises catch fire.