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Better in Balance
Cosmic Conversations: Explore The Cosmos Within You! WITH JULIE HEDGES
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Libra in Profile
October is the month of Libra, the Great Balancer. Beginning on the Autumnal Equinox (in the Northern Hemisphere) through October 22 each year, the Sun begins his descent into the lower realms. In fact, the symbol for the zodiac sign of Libra looks like the orb of the Sun sinking into the horizon.
The sign of Libra belongs to the element of Air, in which diplomacy and decisions are key for balancing day and night, high and low, inhale and exhale and the give and take within relationships. Through the first half of the zodiac, the signs and elemental energies focus the attention on self-development.
Yet, when the Sun reaches the mansion of Libra, we are introduced to Other. We become aware of the need to relate and balance with Another. The intellectual power of Libra is especially key in the autumn because provisions must be made for the coming winter months. The stores of food, household goods, sturdiness of structures must be leveled and balanced in order to support life through the colder, non-growing seasons of the year.
Libra is ruled by the love goddess, Venus. In this mansion, the goddess reveals her keen perceptive prowess and her ability to discern what’s valuable not only to Self but in Balance with another and in balance with circumstance. As the power behind Libra, Venus may engage in chameleon-like behavior to be in harmony within all aspects of her environment.
However, if out of integrity, Libra energy is petty, passively narcissistic, shallow and accepts the closest energy around it. This means that an unintegrated Libra energy can show up as the chameleon personality that takes on a persona in order to fit in but doesn’t have any real substance; he just goes along with the crowd.
Those with strong Libra characteristics might need to work on personal and energetic boundaries. Assertiveness training might be a good idea. Delegation as well as cooperation are special Libra attributes that might need to be strengthened.
Each of us has Libra energy within our personal make-up, whether we were born during the time of Libra or not. We demonstrate Libra attributes through our individual Soul charts (our personal Astrology natal charts) and by our personal choices.
Libra Attributes:
Balance
Diplomacy
Harmony
Peace-making
Attorney/Advocate
Mediation
Find Virgo in your personal astrology chart to understand the area of life wisdom that is calling for you be Balanced within your Body-Mind-Spirit. This domain of your personal astrology chart is asking you to:
Discern & Harmonize
Cooperate
Share Beauty & Beautiful Ideas
Advocate for what you love
Planets In Transit
The Astro-Energy of October 2020 is about Cultivating Balance in all ways. I will echo what I shared last month: The planets are asking us to finetune our inner resilience in order to have Balanced and Responsive contact with the outer world¹. When I originally wrote that, I didn’t realize how that frequency will carry through the end of the year. It will be the guiding light through 2020.
2 October: Full Moon 9° Aries; This Full Moon in fiery Aries may certainly stir up some steam. On the sidelines but still impacting this Full Moon is the square of Mars to Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto. Through the rest of the year, you can expect J-S-P to stay together. Those three planets have the sacred job to “take out the trash.” Jupiter is magnifying the putrid toxicity and abuses of Power that Pluto is pointing out, while Saturn is showing us what too much governing looks like. Kinda like what’s going on now?! However, don’t be dismayed or alarmed. Don’t be frightened. “Do Not Lose Heart, We Were Made for These Times” Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes².
14 October: Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio and then turns direct in Libra on November 3. Mercury, the Mind, is now taking a tour of the deep, sacral watery realms of our unconscious and its dreams and emotions. It’s a creative cauldron of insight but also a place that has no words. Allow yourself patience before speaking. Now, even more clearly than any other time, check the details five times before taking action.
16 October: New Moon 23° Libra; Could be a battle of wills with the Libra Moon intent on peacemaking. Mars (Fiery Passion & Assertiveness) squares up to the Sun and Moon in Libra. This may cause passive-aggressive friction in relationships, if you are not clear on your Yes and No. Be kind but firm. Trust your gut and verify. If asked, make sure you know what you want. “I don’t know” or “I don’t care” may cause a blow up.
22 October: The Sun enters the mansion of Scorpio, the alchemist of the zodiac. I love the magic of Scorpio season. In ancient Astrology, Mars was also the ruler of Scorpio. Now that Mars is retrograde in the sign of Aries and the Sun is in Mars’ other ruling sign, things can heat up emotionally, sexually and in relationship tensions. Be clear. Be honest. Have good boundaries.
31 October: Blue Moon – Full Moon in 8° Taurus; Wild Card! Beware of some super revelation information to come through your sacral center. This may blow your paradigm or bring you a sudden and very unexpected change in (fortune). In ancient astrology, the Moon was thought to bring one’s fate/ fortune. Uranus, the Cosmic Enlightener is exactly conjunct the Moon (Mood/Sensitivity/Soul) on the night of fullness and completion (Full Moon). This is very strong energy of “Let Go, Let God.” In fact, if you take the merciful leap to let go with grace, you might have that instant (in)sight to know how that release is supporting you. Or, because this is Wild Card energy, the Universe just might pluck it out of your hand. Definitely watch for sudden relationship revolutions or revelations (which may lead to endings – for your highest good, of course).
All October: Mars is still retrograde in Aries until November 14. Mars has been in its home domain of fiery Aries since June 27, 2020 and will stay within the mansion of Aries through the rest of 2020. This means we are all learning Mars lessons more intimately. Again, a good reminder: Mars teaches us how the Body handles tension, stress and how we dissipate strong emotions. Mars IS the Life-Force, the Chi, the Yang energy of Being. This sojourn through Aries is about how you use your Life Force Energy¹. �
Sources:
1 Hedges, Julie. “Service, Satisfaction & Sensibility.” Star Nations Magazine 10 September 2020. Print.
2 Pinkola-Estes, Dr. Clarissa. “Do Not Lose Heart, We Were Made for These Times.” Daily Good. 13 Mar. 2020 Web. 28 Sep. 2020 https://www.dailygood.org/story/1538/do-not-lose-heart-we-weremade-for-these-times-clarissa-pinkola-estes/
“Full Moon in Taurus.” Astro-Seek.com. n.d. Web. 28 Sep 2020. https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/ moon-phase-day-31-october-2020.
“New Moon in Libra. Astro-Seek.com. n.d. Web. 28 Sep 2020. https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/ moon-phase-day-16-october-2020.
“October 2020: Planetary Overview – Major Astrological Aspects and Transits.” Tarot-Astrology. Co. 9 Sep. 2020. Web. 28 Sep.2020. ht tps:// tarot-astrology.co.uk/2020/09/09/october-2020-planetary-overview-major-astrological-aspects-and-transits/
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