Celestial Events
October 09: Mercury enters Libra.
October 12: Jupiter goes Stationary Direct in Aquarius.
October 14: Venus enters Libra.
October 16: Mars enters Leo.
October 22: Sun enters Scorpio.
October 28: Mercury enters Scorpio.
October 29: Saturn enters Libra.
Overview
For the first ten days of the month, critical thinking is emphasized, with Mercury transiting Virgo, a sign of its rulership. Retrograde Uranus in Pisces opposes a Virgo stellium consisting of Venus, Mercury and Saturn. Thought processes concerning health and welfare, as well as work procedures, can become confused by conflating belief with fact in issues requiring a changing ideology of compassion. Balance, accuracy and common sense are required to sort out fiction from fact. Mars in Cancer trines retrograde Uranus in Pisces, giving the courage to change in caring ways. Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune in Aquarius add an idealistic trine to the Sun as it moves to the mid-degrees of Libra, indicating the will to create homeostasis in all systems, now changing in structure with Pluto recently having gone direct at the first degree of Capricorn.
The second week of October takes on even more of a balanced tone as the Sun moves into the latter degrees of Libra to create strong harmony with the Aquarius stellium engaged in healing the wounds of humanity. Venus and Mercury join the Sun in Libra, creating an atmosphere of beautiful intellectuality.
Around mid-month, the atmosphere becomes contentious as Mercury and Venus in Libra square Pluto in Capricorn. Fairness and social justice conflict with the interests of aggrandized wealth in government. The mood becomes more contentious on October 16 as Mars, the bringer of war, moves into Leo, the sign of kings and leadership, indicating a desire to use force in order to show who’s boss in the world.
In the third week, the Sun moves into Scorpio, so the desire to transform cirmstances for bettter or worse prevails.
During the last week of October, the Sun in Scorpio moves to square Mars in Leo, indicating that certain leaders might have no compunctions about taking military action for self-aggrandizing purposes. This would be a good time to exercise caution where the urge to be in conflict with others might arise.
Towards the end of the month, Saturn makes the big move into Libra, forcing us to heed our responsibilities to others. We will, in the next two-and-a-half years, realize that an honorable peace depends upon responding to the needs of others, even if now, the lession may not seem all that obvious, with Saturn in Libra squaring Pluto in Capricorn.
October 01 to October 10
October 03: Luna in Aries opposes Sol in Libra: Full Moon in Aries brings a time of balancing the needs of self and others.
October 04: Mercury in Virgo sextiles Mars in Cancer at the 23rd degree. Critical thinking opens the door to caring for the home and family.
October 04: Mercury in Virgo opposes opposes retrograde Uranus in Pisces at the 24th degree. A practical mind needs to be balanced with changing attitudes toward compassion that hearken to the past.
October 04: Mars in Cancer trines retrograde Uranus in Pisces at the 24th degree. Active caring is in harmony with internalized spiritual change.
October 07: Mercury conjuncts Saturn in Virgo at the 28th degree. Deep thinking is accurate.
October 09: Venus in Virgo opposes retrograde Uranus in Pisces at the 24th degree. The beautiful benefits of diet and exercise could fall by the wayside if health habits be allowed to temporarily slide into the erroneous ways of the past.
October 09: Mercury enters Libra. Balanced thinking is in the air.
October 10: Sun in Libra trines retrograde Jupiter in Aquarius at the 18th degree. The will to create beauty and fairness through a balanced approach is in harmony with a review of scientific doctrine dedicated to ameliorating the human condition.
October 10: Mercury in Libra squares Pluto in Capricorn at the first degree. Fair thinking could be blocked by the power of money entrenched in corporate and governmental structures. Critical issues come to the fore.
October 11 to October 17
October 12: Mars in Cancer sextiles Saturn in Virgo at the 28th degree. Protective action is aided by careful planning.
October 12: Jupiter goes Stationary Direct in Aquarius at the 18th degree (17AQ10). Humanitarian change gets new impetus.
October 13: Venus conjuncts Saturn in Virgo at the 28th degree. Longterm beautification projects requiring close attention to detail are favored.
October 13: Venus in Virgo sextiles Mars in Cancer at the 29th degree. Housekeeping chores beautify the environment.
October 14: Venus enters Libra. The beauty of perfect proportion and balanced thinking is emphasized.
October 15: Venus in Libra squares Pluto in Capricorn at the first degree. Fairness conflicts with the power of money.
October 16: Mars enters Leo. Sabre-rattling comes to the fore in leadership.
October 16: Sun in Libra trines retrograde Neptune in Aquarius at the 24th degree. The will to maintain balance is aided by a return to a humanitarian ideal.
October 17: Luna conjuncts Sol in Libra at the 25th degree: New Moon in Libra. Seeds of peace may be planted in the soil of practical spirituality.
October 18 to October 24
October 20: Mercury in Libra trines Jupiter in Aquarius at the 18th degree. Beautiful ideas are in harmony with scientific growth.
October 23: Sun enters Scorpio. Transformative desire may be willfully expressed.
October 24: Sun in Scorpio sextiles Pluto in Capricorn at the second degree. The will to combine resources is in harmony with the transformation of political and economic structures.
October 24: Mercury in Libra trines retrograde Neptune in Aquarius at the 23rd degree. Balanced thinking is aided by returning to the belief in scientific or humanitarian progress.
October 25 to October 31
October 28: Mercury enters Scorpio. Mentality may be used to solve a mystery.
October 28: Venus in Libra trines Jupiter in Aquarius at the eighteenth degree. Intellectual beauty is in harmony with a humane ethical outlook.
October 28: Mercury in Scorpio sextiles Pluto in Capricorn at the second degree. This could be an opportune moment to investigate economic or political reforms.
October 28: Sun in Scorpio squares Mars in Leo at the sixth degree. The will to express a hidden agenda could provoke violence.
October 29: Saturn enters Libra, the sign of its exaltation. A major change in responsibilities that involve necessary limitations takes place. We move from such responsibilities in the matters of routine in health, along with work and service, to the matters of responsibility in relationships. To maintain balance, we will find it necessary to respond to the needs of others for the next two-and-one-half years.
Beauty is the pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good.
— George Santanaya (1863-1952, The Sense of Beauty, IV, Expression.
June 4, 2010 11:27 am | 
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