Sagittarius fires burn up lies

Just say it! Pretend you’re talking to Spock, and he’s going to Mind Meld you anyway.

Talk about truth! Venus, Sun, and Moon and are lining up in Sagittarius this week for the beginning of a truth-telling festival led by 76 trombones. Saturn is right on their heels.

Venus gets vivacious in Sagittarius today, November 16th. The Sun gets his adventurous fire on the 22nd when he rises in the Sagittarius constellation. The Moon joins in 3 hours later to form a New Moon (4:32 AM, PST).

On November 21st, feelings and intuition delve into the shadow side of ambition. We’re in the last 4 weeks of Saturn in Scorpio, which began in October, 2012. We’ve had the job of accepting our responsibilities with a serious emotional intensity that has sometimes been burdensome. We’ve all felt a powerful drive for success that has been characterized by thoroughness, persistence and determination.

However, those who fell into Saturn’s shadow subverted their energy into scheming, and a desire for retribution and revenge that brought misery and losses (if you haven’t seen this you will). Beginning December 24th, secrets and lies meet the bright lights of Saturn in Sagittarius for the next two years, which brings a caught-with-your-pants-down kind of honesty. This should be fun!

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”  

Mark Twain

The Force of just say it is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of November 16th to 22nd:

ARIES  ☀  (March 20-April 19)

You won’t mind hearing the truth, in fact you’ll probably be the one telling it, when the goddess of love moves in to your friendly fire sign, Sagittarius today the 16th. This puts love, beauty and art squarely in your ninth house of teaching and education of the higher mind. Since this will make a harmonious link to your Aries Sun, you’re loving your life with great enthusiasm once again. Just hang on, because you’re like a new born butterfly who must sit a while in the Sun to dry her wings before she can fly. Totally worth waiting for. And you’ll probably take off on the 22nd, when the Sun moves into Sagittarius just a few hours before joining the moon for the New Moon (4:32 AM, PST). This is definitely the beginning of a different kind of journey for you, and inner adventure and outer broadening. In the days preceding this, you’ll feel a seriousness about your goals for your career and your ambitions in general. Don’t worry if you feel a little gloomy on the 21st--it’s darkest (and coldest) just before dawn.

TAURUS   ☀  (April 20-May 20)

Sunday morning begins your week with a revelation about something from your past. Because you’ve been willing to look with the eye of a good detective, you’ve come up with exactly what you need. When the Moon sinks into Scorpio around bedtime on Wednesday the 19th, you have an abundance of feelings that are a little too serious, seeping up from a dream. In other words, the solar power of your Taurus Sun sheds light on the shadow in the Scorpio Moon. Visionary Neptune has turned to direct motion, helping you utilize your heightened power for visualization. You’re coming to the end of a month long journey through the deep emotional waters of four planets in Scorpio.  Now comes the drying off. Venus, the goddess of love and your muse, leaps with enthusiasm into the openness of Sagittarius this Sunday, the 16th. This puts her (and the New Moon to come on the 22nd) in your 8th solar house--a classic astrological indicator of inheritance or financial gain through partnership. Friday the 21st is a great day to get work done and to consolidate some financial gains. You may even be caught up in over working. On the New Moon on the 22nd, you begin a new journey in your relationships that will be characterized by honesty and a strong dose of the embarrassing blush of joy from your sensuous nature.

GEMINI  ☀  (May 21-June 20)

It’s a huge understatement to say that your relationships are about to become the focus of your life, and perhaps the kind of focus you see in the center ring of a three ring circus. Beginning Sunday the 16th, the goddess of love moves into Sagittarius and she’s going to quickly be followed by the Sun and Moon, all their way to the New Moon on the 22nd. All of this falls in your 7th house of relationships. The idealism that this inspires does not come with practical feet. However, the gallant romantic gestures, and the flamboyant adventures ahead, more than make up for the mess. You will settle for nothing less then complete honesty in your relationships. People will know exactly where they stand with you, and you rightly expect the same from them. Otherwise you’re not interested. Even though we are entering the winter months, you are restless for adventure, and the more unusual the better. Go for it. Not because life is short, but because life is stretching out as far as your eyes can see. This is only going to get better. When stodgy Saturn moves into Sagittarius on December 24th, he joins the merry band of travelers tromping through your house of relationships. For the next 2 1/2 years he’ll add the pursuit of knowledge and the constructive ideas that will make you a teacher of higher spiritual laws.

CANCER  ☀  (June 21-July 21)

You get kissed by a sweet memory on Sunday the 16th that sets your week off with a little nostalgia, but also brings you the sense of support and love from your family. From your relationships in general. You can expect some surprising occurrences and revelations on the 18th that can lead you to discover what you really need. There is some intensity on the 19th and 20th about your work, and issues of fairness and honesty. The goddess of love moves into the fire sign Sagittarius on the 16th, which lights an itch of restlessness in you for more adventurous relationships. You want to travel but it may require some work to pull it off. You have all the energy and organization you need for that on the 20th and 21st. In fact, you’ll have a tendency to overwork. So easy does it as you approach the Sagittarius New Moon on the 22nd. This falls in your 6th solar house, so health and healing will come from opening up a sensitive part of yourself so that others can see more of who you really are. New Moon’s are new beginnings, and Sagittarius says you always want people to know exactly where they stand with you, and vice versa. This will contribute enormously to your health and sense of well-being over the next four weeks. Just pretend that you are Spock, and you can do Vulcan mind melds. And that works two ways. You know those big rushing rivers of feelings that you think are protected because you hide them? You’ll find out that the people who love you heard them all along. This is a time in your life that will bring you greater knowledge of spiritual principles, and they will help you accept your true Self.

LEO   ☀  (July 22-August 22)

By the end of this week you’ll get your shine back on and feel a renewed vitality. There have been a lot of business and financial issues behind the scenes, some of it shrouded in mystery or tainted by a lie. Now the truth will be evident in the light of the Sagittarius honesty. Beginning at this Sunday the 16th, your relationships begin an adventurous journey as the goddess of love leaves soggy Scorpio and jumps into the big open arms of optimism. You’re interested in spiritual ideals, and you’re more than willing to explore new realms of knowledge. Making your surroundings more beautiful with splashes of color will give you an outlet for that rather flamboyant style you’re drawn to right now. The new Moon in Sagittarius on the 22nd is a very powerful new beginning for you, as it  will get solar powered by your Leo Sun. Your natural spontaneity and playfulness combines with adventurous Sagittarius to fire up an urge to travel. It could be a journey into the higher mind as well as travel to foreign lands. You’ve always had an enormous spirit of generosity toward your family, and this year you’re like a walking cornucopia! You feel the urge to teach, and if you have to present your ideas to someone it will go very well for you. You might even dust off that soapbox you occasionally love to use, and put yourself in the limelight.

VIRGO  ☀  (August 23-September 22)

If you haven’t already invited everyone in your family for Thanksgiving, you’ll want to do so by the end of this week. As 3 planets leave the serious intensity of Scorpio for the idealistic optimism of Sagittarius, they’ll be lighting up your 4th house of home and family. In other words, your home becomes a lavish display of generosity and thankfulness. People will be drawn to your home for it’s beautiful aesthetics. An undercurrent of tension can surface if you try to over do it. All this fire motivates you to act swiftly, so pace yourself. You are headed for a month when you’ll enjoy being outdoors and engaging in almost any kind of sports activity. Take a few trips to satisfy a restless urge to incorporate something new and unusual into your life. The New Moon in Sagittarius comes along on the 22nd, and its time for you is to put all your cards on the table--being open and honest about things that you’ve kept to yourself for fear of hurting someone’s feelings or for fear of being misunderstood. Now you might as well just blurt it out with as much diplomacy as you can muster but without letting that hold you back. Otherwise you’ll just feel anxious. You are very active, you’re in forward gear, and intent on achieving your goals. Friday the 21st could be an extremely productive day. Beneath the holiday festivities that are coming up, you won’t mind attending to some hard work that you know has the potential for success.

LIBRA  ☀  (September 23-October 22)

If you’ve been feeling like you were just a little too late to the party, or that romance and creative projects have bogged down in seriousness--that all changes today. Venus moves into the fire sign Sagittarius, which falls in your third solar house of communications and ideas. She will beautify your words and turn your communications into works of art. This is an excellent time to write and to get your point across with diplomacy. Any legal matters will run very smoothly for the next three weeks, so if you need to settle a dispute this is the time to do it. This is especially true with a New Moon in Sagittarius on the 22nd. It opens your mind to spiritual truths and the pursuit of higher knowledge. Teaching, or being taught, is foremost in your mind through December 10th. The most challenging day for you this week is the 18th, when you may encounter some heavyweight commitment issues--Venus has a stressful encounter with the need to transform and the need break free. The moon is in Libra on the 18th, and surprising intuitive hunches can bring you important revelations. Mark this on your calendar, because they will reappear on December 14th in a bigger way. Friday the 21st you can get a lot of work done if you don’t succumb to that little raincloud that will quickly pass over your head. If you can, avoid overindulgence in daydreams and memories, particularly on the 21st. You can make good use of this time to get your finances in order. Jupiter’s cornucopia is spilling creative ideas at your feet. When the Sun enters Sagittarius on the 22nd, a month of feeling much more optimistic is ahead. It’s no accident that Thanksgiving occurs under the Sagittarius influence of Jupiter’s generosity, which gives voice to your deep sense of thankfulness. You’ll want to say it out loud. Because it is the truth.

SCORPIO  ☀   (October 23-November 21)

A beautiful dream, probably from something stored in memory, begins your week with a revelation. This week is remarkable for you as a Scorpio because one-by-one several planets we’ll be leaving your sign for the fires of Sagittarius. As Venus leaves Scorpio on the 16th, the restless urge for adventure sparks some spontaneity in you. What you are called to do now, is to gather the spiritual wisdom you’ve accumulated, and heat it up with optimism. It’s not to say you don’t already know how to think positively, but let’s face it, it’s not your strength. When the New Moon in Sagittarius comes on the 22nd, you’re going to feel an enormous shift--as if you’ve left a quiet game of solitaire in your library for a neighborhood picnic in the great outdoors. Open air and unusual “strangers” call you to have more fun. The 20th and 21st will be very good days for you, especially to get work done and manage finances. In fact, as you enter the last month of Stern Saturn in Scorpio, wrapping up the responsibilities that have at times been burdensome is something you can focus on and look forward to completing. You may also feel like making adventurous investments.The sometimes wet blanket that Saturn has thrown over your Sun for the past two years is drying out rapidly. It’s not too soon to cheer!

SAGITTARIUS ☀   (November 22-December 20)

Today, Sunday the 16th, you get the old fire back. Venus the goddess of love has entered your sign--your relationships got a get out of jail free card. Your emotional responses come from your ideals and are spiritually motivated. As it is true for your Sagittarius Sun, Venus moving into your sign is a reaction against the secretive shadows of Scorpio. Hence your naturally blatant honesty, even if it steps on some toes, bursts forth from the frustration of being withheld too long. The 18th and 19th will still feel a little too serious for you, so try not to withdraw in discouragement. The fire in you is gaining oxygen. The big blaze comes on the 22nd, with the New Moon in Sagittarius coming just hours after the Sun moves into your sign. This starts your birthday month with enthusiastic celebrations. A new journey begins for you on this day that will set the course for the year to come. It’s an this auspicious new beginning, as something fresh and brand-new is enters your life. You’re on your way to a Thanksgiving this year that is particularly lavish with love. Go ahead, give in to an urge for flamboyant displays of your gratitude. Everyone will love your colorful and spiritually uplifting self.

CAPRICORN  ☀  (December 21-January 19)

Sunday the 16th gives you a wink and a nod from friends who have something important to tell you. This can also work in reverse. You begin to feel the itchy restlessness of the approaching shift of 3 planets from Scorpio to happily adventurous Sagittarius. You may have the sense that you’re not ready to jump, but what you’re leaping into with all your faith is a journey through the higher realms of consciousness. The adventure for you will broaden your spiritual knowledge. As you’re readying yourself, It’s a really good idea to go ahead and act as if people can read your mind--you know you can read theirs. The new Moon in Sagittarius on the 22nd brings optimism and generosity of spirit to your relationships in particular. Sagittarius cares about truth and honesty, but it doesn’t always come with diplomacy or good manners. You’ll fee the adventurous excitement of just telling the truth. You’ll be able to get an enormous amount of work done on Friday and Saturday. For you, the beautiful gift of broader horizons falls in your 12th house of hopes, dreams and visions. Expect miracle--those sudden shifts in perception from fear to love.

AQUARIUS  ☀   (January 20-February 17)

Gregarious is your keyword for the month ahead. You feel how much you love your life, and how vital the support of your friends is to your happiness. On the 16th, as the goddess of love enters the sign of Sagittarius, your relationships start to shift dramatically. It’s as if you’ve decided to suspend judgement, to accept people, including yourself, “as is.” As wonderfully perfect. This week several planets are leaving the intensity of Scorpio for the open and honest big spaces of Sagittarius. They will all journey through your 11th house of groups and friendships, filling everyone’s cup with kindness. On the 20th and the 21st a little sogginess remains that threatens to dampen your spirits. But that lifts with the New Moon in Sagittarius on the 22nd. You want to travel but you don’t want to travel alone. You want to have adventures, but you’d prefer to do it with a group. Honesty will now be everyone’s best policy, but for you this fuels your beautiful sense of justice and fairness for all. For the next four weeks you feel downright zealous about speaking up for the rights of others. The emphasis on career and ambitions, that has been somewhat heavy for the past two years, is coming to a close. You’ve developed wisdom about what it means to have success in the marketplace. Now you want to share it. You’ll also be able to share the load of responsibilities you’ve been carrying. Other people will literally say, “lean on me.”

PISCES  ☀  (February 18-March 19)

The depth of spiritual knowledge and wisdom that you have gleaned over the past two years, particularly since Saturn whet into Scorpio in October 2012, will now find its expression through your career. Starting November 16th, as Venus moves into the sign of Sagittarius, you’re goals and ambitions take on an artistic beauty. Use this week, particularly the 20th and 21st, to complete some work that needs to be brought to a conclusion. You get a not altogether unwelcome surprise on the 18th, and it will set the stage for a spiritual epiphany on the 19th. You have an opportunity to get deeply in touch with what you really need. When the New Moon in Sagittarius arrives on the 22nd, it will initially open up feelings that are awkward and irritating and give you a sense of restlessness. What you’re really feeling is the fresh spark that’s lighting the fire of the professor in you who has something valuable to teach. Just when you thought you had nothing new to learn, the loving force of the universe sends you for your spiritual PhD. Don’t worry, you’re really going to enjoy this.

Scorpio Solar Eclipse is a primal new beginning

October’s not the month for frivolity, or for celibacy. The fulfillment of our instinctual drive for union, both sexual and spiritual, is pitted against unconscious fears of intimacy and love. The archetypal myths of vampires tell the story of our fears--of the penetrating bite we know will transform us against our will, the primal desires that can only come out in the dark.

October’s intensity builds toward the triple Scorpio New Moon on the 23rd. It’s as if we are novices when it comes to telling the kind of truth being called for now. The truth that acknowledges all minds are joined, and there are no private thoughts. Does it spook you?

“...you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life...It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, for you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived.”

― James Hillman, The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling

The Force of brazen truth is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of October 19th-25th, 2014

*(Astrology Wonks see below)

ARIES  ☀  (March 20-April 19)

The powerful Scorpio New Moon on the 23rd isn’t going to feel much like a wake-up call to a new beginning. It’s going to feel more like you’re being put gently to sleep. You’re asked by the Scorpio Sun, Moon and Venus to stop a moment, and let go of the things you think you want, so you can hear the quieter voice of what you truly long for. More meaningful choices are arising from the  underworld, your unconscious yet deeply held beliefs about yourself and what you think you deserve. You have a strong psychic connection to what you need, especially for your health and diet. There’s lots of flux in your emotions right now, and your body is reacting with a need for equilibrium. Stick to a routine. You can build a bridge made out of win-win solutions on the 24th, when you’ll get intuitive hunches about solving a problem that’s been bugging you. When mental Mercury shifts into forward gear on the 25th, you’ll get back in sync with logic and reason and off the emotional roller coaster. The delay has been frustrating, but you need it. Otherwise you might grab onto a solution that would fit your wants, but not your deeper longings.

TAURUS   ☀  (April 20-May 20)

The big news is the partial solar eclipse in Scorpio on the 23rd which will be falling in your house of relationships. You’re in for an in depth look at the power of attraction for you from Scorpio. You get an intense education this week in the law of attraction--opposites have a fierce attraction, across all boundaries of reasonableness. Your primal and instinctual drives are being stirred up by three planets in zero degrees Scorpio--Sun, Moon and Venus. All of them opposing your Taurus Sun. This could be one of the most powerful, yet embryonic, new beginnings you’ve had all year. A win win solution for whatever has been plaguing your relationships is possible on the 23rd. On the 25th, when mental Mercury goes into forward gear in Libra, cooperation will be plentiful. Both from you and toward you. Keep in mind that next week, beginning the 26th, when warrior Mars moves into steadfast Capricorn, your ambitions and goals will really take off.

GEMINI  ☀  (May 21-June 20)

The Scorpio New Moon on the 23rd is a partial solar eclipse, but it is powerful for you in another way. It occurs at 00° of Scorpio, and is a triple lineup of Sun, Moon, and Venus. All three planets move into Scorpio just at the power point of the waxing New Moon. For you this is an awkward new beginning because it will feel like you’re being quickly inaugurated into a new office that you don’t feel prepared for. All of this is happening in your six solar house of work and service. You are clearly called to a deeper look at your reasons for doing the job that you’re doing. Is it meeting your deepest desires for your own growth and your future development? On the 24th you get an urge to organize your work life but in a way that helps you see the patterns that are operating. This is what will help you build a bridge to your own new beginning. On the 25th mental Mercury will turn and go into direct motion in the sign of Libra. Projects and puzzles that have been laying on your desk, will suddenly get forward momentum. Still, don’t look for major achievements or big successes until after December 14th. You’re ideas are still in the incubator.

CANCER  ☀  (June 21-July 21)

If you can keep your self out of your sensitive cancer shell, this week has a dynamite Scorpio New Moon on the 23rd that will lift your romantic and artistic desires into a whole new realm of deeper satisfaction and enrichment for your life. This occurs at 00° Scorpio, critical point of regeneration, for not only the Sun and Moon, but also for the goddess of love who enters the Scorpio sign just at the peak of this solar eclipse. Scorpio is your helpful right arm, your wing-man, and helps you express passions that you often prefer to keep hidden. This week the jig is up. You might as well tell the truth, otherwise it will be revealed for you--but in the most gentle way. Still, you want to be the one in charge of your life. This is a powerful new beginning that sets the stage for next week when warrior Mars marches into ambitious Capricorn.

LEO   ☀  (July 22-August 22)

Your intuition about the upcoming week is probably telling you that you’re about to embark on a brand-new journey, but you don’t have a map or the provisions you think you need. The powerful Scorpio New Moon on the 23rd has you feeling as if you’re in a risky venture, that you’re some sort of rebel without a cause, driven by restlessness. What’s really happening is that you’re asked to stop and realign your goals so that they are more in tune with your unconscious instincts about what is safe, and what brings you security. On the 25th you get the gift of seeing or being aware of a conflict or problem that is finding a solution in your psyche, even if you’re not immediately aware of it. This is the day you will have sudden powerful new insights about it. Projects that have been in the works since October 4th, when mental Mercury went into reverse gear, will start moving forward beginning the 25th. You’ll immediately see a cooperative Win-win Avenue to success. However, the pace will still be rather methodical and slow until after December 23rd. That will be the high water mark for actualizing all the good fortune that Jupiter has been bringing you since July 16th.

VIRGO  ☀  (August 23-September 22)

Full steam ahead begins on the 26th when warrior Mars marches steadfastly into ambitious Capricorn, where his power is exalted. Success is ahead, guaranteed if you do the footwork.

This week’s powerful New Moon in Scorpio on the 23rd will energize your house of communications with brand-new ideas and messages that will be unexpected delights. Virgo has a lovely affinity with Scorpio, so this week you feel like a new beginning is sprouting up in the area of family, particularly brothers and sisters. You have an incessant curiosity, and you’re really on the move. Allow some time for quiet contemplation so that you don’t let emotions distort your reasoning. When mental Mercury shifts into forward gear on the 25th, he will be in the sign of Libra, so your focus shifts heavily toward cooperation in your relationships. Cooperation from you, and toward you. Your ambitions and goals, especially those that have been on hold since October 4th, take a giant step forward beginning next week on the 26th. Much more to come!

LIBRA  ☀  (September 23-October 22)

A powerful week is ahead with the line-up of three planets moving together into the sign of Scorpio, just at the peak of the solar eclipse on the 23rd. This New Moon falls in your house of money and resources. The Sun, Moon and Venus in Scorpio have an easy and often unnoticed compatibility with your Libra traits, since you are generally drawn together in friendship with the sign of Scorpio. The new beginning that’s in store for you will require some fearless looking into what spooks you, but it will be well worth the effort. New understanding is germinating in you’re unconscious, and truths that you have perhaps intellectualized, slowly begin to make sense. You’re looking for a win win solution, which is especially possible for you after Mercury moves into forward gear on the 25th. You’ve had delays in your projects since October 4th. Now it’s full steam ahead as Mercury turns direct in your sign. What has been hidden will be revealed this week, either by you or for you.

SCORPIO  ☀   (October 23-November 21)

Hang on to your seat belt Scorpio, this week is the one for lift-off into higher realms of consciousness. The New Moon on the 23rd is not only the Sun and Moon in your sign, but it is also the day that the goddess of love moves into Scorpio. Sun, Moon, and Venus are at 00° Scorpio right at the pinnacle of this solar eclipse. This is a razors edge new beginning for you. The truth Is revealed from unconscious depths, where shame and guilt are now exposed to the light for your healing. On the 25th, it gets even easier. Mental Mercury turns and goes forward in the sign of Libra. This spotlights your relationships for a rebirth of some kind. Things will really take off for you in terms of your ambitions and goals when warrior Mars moves into Capricorn next week, on October 26th. You have now entered a downhill slide into easier times which begins for you around December 23rd. Go ahead and plan a lovely New Year’s celebration. You’ll have earned it!

SAGITTARIUS  (November 22-December 20)

With all the Scorpio activity this month, it’s best for you to just hire your own private detective, because you will never figure out what all the hiding and secrecy is about. That is so alien to your basic truth telling nature. Although the big lineup of three planets in Scorpio--Sun, Moon, and Venus--forms at the peak of a powerful solar eclipse on the 23rd, you’ll feel this new beginning as an easy invitation to turn over a few rocks and look underneath. No big deal. Scorpio’s like a friendly acquaintance that puts you on the defensive because you’re never sure about what’s left unsaid. Everything seems to clear up nicely on the 25th when Mental Mercury turns to forward motion in Libra. Whatever has been laying on the cutting room floor since October 4th, gets reviewed and set into motion. Relief!

CAPRICORN  (December 21-January 19)

Finally you are going to get a break, and some very good news about your astrological weather. Powerful Pluto has nearly driven you to pull your hair out, with all the insistence on change and transformation whether you felt ready for it or not. Now your restlessness gets curbed. This week a powerful New Moon in Scorpio on the 23rd serves as a new beginning for you hopes, dreams and wishes. Just don’t let your motivation fluctuate with your moods, and you’ll do very well. You can expect people to reach out and help you. On the 26th your life gets a successful momentum going when Warrior Mars moves into your sign. The steadfast march to success of Mars in Capricorn is exalted energy, so good for you in terms of your ambitions coming to fruition. Your projects, your motivation, is now full steam ahead.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 17)

Well dear Aquarius, this week has both good news and bad news. The very powerful solar eclipse on the 23rd is a New Moon in Scorpio. Scorpio is a difficult energy for you since it has a repelling force for Aquarius. You have Sun, Moon and Venus entering Scorpio all at once at the peak of the New Moon. The new beginning that wants to happen for you will seem like a trip to Scotland Yard. This is not the way you like to operate in the world. Scorpio loves mystery, sleuthing, and unearthing hidden truths. You would rather read about it in a well written book. But things will be much clearer for you beginning October 25th when the messenger planet Mercury turns to forward motion in the sign of Libra. Since October 4th your mental processes and communications have had an inward twist. Now ideas you had can come to fruition, and knots in relationships can be un-tied.

PISCES  (February 18-March 19)

Your ninth House of the higher mind and spiritual philosophy is activated this week by a powerful solar eclipse and New Moon in Scorpio on the 23rd. This is a beautiful opportunity for a new beginning, like the rising of the curtain for your debut. Instead of having awkward secrets spill out, you can enjoy the poetry and universal love that you swim in as a Pisces spilling out to the delight of other people. This doesn’t force you on stage, unless you feel ready, but the world needs a voice of peace. On October 25th the messenger planet shifts back into forward gear. Ideas that have been brewing in your unconscious mind since October 4th, are ready to move forward. Your focus will be on relationships. But the best news for you this week, and probably for the whole month, is warrior Mars moving into the sign of Capricorn next week, on the 26th. Then you will have and easy affinity with your assertive drives. Projects and ideas that have been brewing in your unconscious mind, swimming in the oceans of Pisces compassion, are ready to be published. Be brave. Hit send.

*(Astrology Wonks)  

Thursday, October 23rd the New Moon partial Solar Eclipse occurs at 2:56 PM, PDT, in the embryonic zero degrees of Scorpio. Here are the details:

1. Sun moves into Scorpio at 4:57 AM, PDT
2. Venus moves into Scorpio at 1:52 PM
3. The Moon in moves into Scorpio at 2:09 PM  
4. Moon conjuncts the Sun at 2:56 PM, forming the solar eclipse.

“We saw a cloudwall hung many miles to the east and hawks floating in the unforced motion that makes you think they’ve been up there, the same two birds since bible times.”

― Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel

Wish you had a free do-over?

The “Two Step” dance of intimacy is up for review and do-overs since mercurial Mental Mercury backed into Libra October 10th. This planet of mental processing is stirring up blame and guilt that’s been hiding in your unconscious mind. Time for a deeper dive, an opportunity to tell a bold truth.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.  Anais Nin

The Force of combustion is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of October 12th to 18th, 2014:

ARIES  (March 20-April 19)

Your seventh house of relationships is where all the action is for you right now. A powerful yet lovely conjunction of messenger Mercury and the cooperative Libra Sun occurs Thursday the 16th. This can light up your relationships with understanding, or at least clear the stale air. But it also asks the question, “What hides in your memories that keeps you from dancing the two-step with ease?” October is a serious peek into your unconscious mind by way of your dreams. Mercury in reverse gear backed into your house of relationships on October 10th, where he’s going to stay until October 25th. Your thoughts turn inward, to ask yourself for solutions, to make a bold decision.On October 17th your concerns about relationships run into a head-on collision with the goddess of love, who laughs and doesn’t mind a bit. It’s like a drive-by Joybomb. It brings a desire to stop and hug someone, to offer a helping hand. On Thursday the 16th the moon roars like a lioness in loyal Leo, and the play is on. This Friday the 17th is not only a romantic bonanza, but also just plain lucky for you.

TAURUS  (April 20-May 20)

The big action this week all falls in your fifth solar house of romance and creativity. Mental Mercury in reverse gear has backed up into your relationships (October 10th) for a deeper look at ghosts you wish were dead, instead they just stir up fears of surrendering to true intimacy and having playful fun. You can think back to September 14th when an event occurred that was a clue to a deep and important revelation that wants to become conscious in your mind now. Friday, October 17th has you and Venus looking your very best. You’ve got a date with a playful Leo Moon, so imitate a lioness and push yourself to boldness. You’re lucky spot this week comes with jovial Jupiter in your fourth house of home. Money from real estate and communications with your family should work out quite well for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

This week your wordsmith genius is coming through the loud speakers in your 5th house of romance, children and creativity. When Mercury retrograde backed up into Libra on October 10th, childhood memories lit up some stale belief you are still carrying about yourself as an artist or writer. It’s not about getting permission to color outside the box, it’s about throwing the box away! Take a moment to think back to September 14th when something happened related to this. It was an important reveal. This week your  lucky break comes through your favorite place, the 3rd house of communications--Gemini’s home. Expect an unexpected message. TGIFriday has never been more fun. Get tickets early.

CANCER  (June 21-July 21)

Dear sensitive Cancer, this week your mind is pulled to a deeper look at certain memories, as the big energy this week falls in your 4th house of home and family. Family is always the place of your most meaningful relationships, and this week it’s the biggest thing on your mind. When Mercury backed up into the sign of Libra on the 10th, these relationships, particularly your mother or your children, became the focus. Now, this week, you dive into your feelings and see the truth about something that was revealed to you around September 14th. It’s an opportunity to make a bold statement of the truth. Your good luck charm right now is in your house of money and resources. Real estate deals work out quite well for you, particularly if you’re investing with a partner. This Friday the 17th, you have mental fireworks, flashes of insight and the urge to hug!

LEO  (July 22-August 22)

Book a playdate for this Friday. It’s a hop, skip and a fun jump toward the 16th and 17th, your best days this week. Thursday, when the moon moves into your sign, you hand your list to the Santa Claus of the zodiac. This lucky sense of well-being, and enormous generosity of spirit adds to your self confidence and self expression. You will be feeling very good about who you are. But there is a pop quiz about something that happened around the middle of September that’s been rattling around in your mind, but you haven’t taken the time to really think about it. This week your house of communications is loaded! Your mental curiosity is so activated that you may consider it a waste of time to look back, but there’s a revelation waiting.

VIRGO  (August 23-September 22)

You have a wonderful and very fortunate week ahead for anything related to money, or personal resources. This good luck isn’t going to knock on your door, it’s more like a gentle nudge. Still, there’s work to be done. An exercise class for your brain comes this week when Mental Mercury stimulates your unconscious mind about an issue that dates back to September 14th. At that time an event occurred that triggered a snowballing revelation that’s hitting you this week. There is a limiting unconscious belief, associated with money and resources, that is leftover from childhood events. Solutions are in your generous spirit, and your ability to empathize with other people. Your hopes and dreams are activated Thursday the 16th when a playful Leo Moon stirs up memories related to mothering, memories of how you were nurtured. Now you can see it through the eyes of that child. Put your healing hands over your own heart. Remember, Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.  Anais Nin

LIBRA  (September 23-October 22)

Since this is your birthday month, you can expect to have a new start and resurgence of energy. And, this week your first house of self-confidence is bursting at the seams with clarity from Mental Mercury sitting there next to your Libra Sunshine (October 10th-25th). What does this mean? It means you’re attitude towards your abilities, your beliefs about who you truly are, are up for a giant review. The Leo Moon ignites romance this Thursday the 16th, and he’s sitting down for a chat with jovial Jupiter in your 11th house, bringing you good fortune from the generosity of spirit of a friend. Friday the 17th that same loving Leo Moon runs right into your charming Libra Sun. Let the good times roll.

SCORPIO  (October 23-November 21)

Scorpio. Your 12th house of hopes, dreams, and visions for the future is loaded this week with Mental Mercury and the Libra Sun stirring up dreams and memories about past relationships. With so much partnership energy this week in your 12th house of dreams, you must get clear about the one thing you really want. You have a very active and even spontaneous way of communicating right now. And your house of career benefits from this. A lucky and generous act by you or for you comes Thursday the 16th in your 10th House of career, it’s here that lioness Leo always acts as your muse and inspiration. The combination of jovial Jupiter and playful Leo can lighten up your ambitions and your attitude toward your career. Your outbox is very full this week. Mental mercury is looking for you to review an event from September 14th that triggered a dream or memory that you didn’t stop and examine. This week you get the opportunity to do that, and it will be a big reveal about your true destiny--the bliss of having your career in line with your heart’s deepest desire.

SAGITTARIUS  (November 22-December 20)

Sagittarius. Mars showed up with your 76 trombones. Your warrior energy is like a big parade, and you want to show everybody how to have a great adventure. All the action this week takes place in your 11th house of friendships. This is where retrograde Mental Mercury is asking you to review an event from September 14th that holds a solution for your current problem. You have something to say about the state of humanity. And like Pachamama, the World Mother, your benevolent good will is spilling out of your words. With Mars in Sagittarius you self-confidence is at an all time high, and so is your pioneering spirit. The eclipse on the 8th opened a door that will serve you for a long time. You’ve got the luck of Jovial Jupiter blessings your travels, whether by plane or by lift off into your higher mind. The 16th is your lucky day.

CAPRICORN  (December 21-January 19)

Capricorn. You have your 10th House of career absolutely loaded with relationship issues this week. Mental mercury has been sending you messages about your career since October 10th. This week it would be helpful if you would spend a moment to think back to September 14th. An event occurred that was meant to bring you a big revelation regarding your ambitions and the path to your success. Libra is the energy of cooperation and partnerships, and is always the muse for your career. This week, particularly the 16th, your communications are about true diplomacy--speaking with the language of your heart. With the goddess of love hanging out in your house of career, you’ve got a friendly playful style that lightens the issues. Help and good fortune comes through corporate money, inheritance, or joint finances. Your ability to take action is somewhat underwater right now, so just relax. The time to push forward comes in November, around the 10th.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 17)

With Uranus continuing to send lightning bolts through your house of communications, you’re used to those flashes of ideas that feel urgent and revolutionary. Because they are. This week the planet of communications, Mental Mercury, is loading up your higher mind with sudden epiphanies. You’re travels, the path of your Calling, is laid out better than the yellow brick road! You can connect the dots of kismet, and find your way Home.  Jupiter spreads his joviality all over your relationships this week, but especially Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th. Don’t miss the fun! This week is a skip down memory lane without a care in the world, even though a mental review of events dating back to September 14th is being asked of you by retrograde Mercury. It’s your philosophy about life that’s getting stirred up in your unconscious. Can you do one thing this week to end suffering somewhere, in someone? Thursday is your lucky day and Friday is over-the-top romantic fun. You do not want to be alone.

PISCES  (February 18-March 19)

This week is a call to your deepest visionary self. You are the master of hopes and dreams and wishes. Now with the messenger planet in reverse gear, he is stirring up your unconscious desires so they can drift up to the surface. Nothing so startling or quick that it would scare you. Rather, it’s a very gentle looking back, particularly at events around September 14th, just to review what you might have missed because the revelation was only dimly conscious. You’re getting wonderfully generous help this week from coworkers or from an event in your work that helps you take a lighter more playful attitude in your job. This can also mean that a generous spirited action on your part brings healing to someone else. Your healing hands are held by jovial Jupiter this week, and are supported by a the creativity of Thursday’s Leo Moon. Your anxiety gets relief if you stop and have some fun, which will be so easy this Friday.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin

Giant generous Jupiter pot of gold

The first of 3 lucky pinnacles of success peeks today. This marks a 10 month period of good fortune and sudden opportunities to free yourself of self-limiting beliefs. Take a chance! Forgive yourself.

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