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October 2nd, 2018: Crisis

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  • Third Quarter Square between the Cancer Moon and Libra Sun (9 deg)

  • Mercury in Libra square Pluto in Capricorn (18 deg)

Third Quarter Square

The Third Quarter Square can bring up emotional crises that get you thinking about the nature of give and take in your relationships. Insecurity, mother/child issues or situations from the past can trigger imbalances that feel unfair. It may feel uncomfortable to question the nature of certain associations now, but the discomfort is a sign that all is not well.

Ultimately, you want to move to a place of balance and compromise, but that will involve honouring your needs and paying attention to what feels unsafe. Only by acknowledging what feels right for you can you achieve true balance with another. And this also means acknowledging when you have been immature, needy or helpless.

Mercury/Pluto

The square between Mercury and Pluto echoes the crisis of the Third Quarter Square. Thoughts and discussions will be intense and not straightforward. Guaranteed that there’s more going on behind the scenes, so take note of what’s not being said or what’s lurking on the edge of your awareness.

Pluto is the shadow behind Mercury in Libra’s socially acceptable words or thoughts that say “Everything is fine.” Everything is not fine, and ignoring this won’t make it go away. What don’t you want to admit? Pluto is also the uncomfortable truth – the sooner you look at what’s really going on, the sooner you can move forward.

The Mercury/Pluto square also connects to yesterday’s Mars/BML conjunction.

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New Moon in Libra Conjunct Ceres

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The October 8th Libra New Moon (15 deg) conjoins Ceres and squares Pluto. The Pluto/Ceres myth is energized here – Pluto (King of the Underworld) took Ceres’ daughter and as she mourned the crops withered. They made a deal and he allowed her daughter to spend part of the year with her (during which time the crops grew).

Ceres is about the cycle of nurturing and loss – a square to Pluto is the crisis of loss (the threat of loss). So this new beginning will undoubtedly be intense, because it will involve an amplified desire to hang onto someone/something, due to the real or perceived threat of loss. In Libra, we see a distinct imbalance – one person does all the nurturing. This could be due to a partner’s illness (the imbalance cannot be avoided) or obsessive smothering of a desired object. Ceres square Pluto is the devouring Great Mother whose power lies in her ability to feed and starve. At the root of her power is her fear of losing what she loves.

These dynamics can play out in different ways. Because Libra is involved, there’s always projection to consider. Who really has the power? Under these aspects, the person who feels compelled to offer care may have an agenda.

Apart from relationships, Ceres is associated with food and the square to Pluto could indicate a new diet/approach to sustenance that is (initially) unbalanced. Pluto means transformation, but tension of this aspect means transformation due to forced or excessive change.

Whatever the situation, the start will probably be extreme in some way. Adjustments will need to happen before you can reach that point of equilibrium, and part of the journey will involve accepting that loss of some kind will be involved. It may happen down the road, or it may be the trigger for this new beginning. You can’t circumvent the natural order of things.

This Moon will also make an inconjunct to Neptune Rx in Pisces, so you’ll be dealing with a couple of fantasies or unfounded fears. Too, Neptune reminds you that some of what’s happening is beyond your control – nothing lasts forever. You can dwell on what you’re afraid of losing, or you can enjoy what you have while you have it.

And this is a new beginning, so there’s a suggestion that we are at the part of the cycle where Ceres’ daughter is released (temporarily) from the Underworld. There can be growth and abundance ahead, as long as you remember that it’s part of a cycle.

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Monthly Horoscopes: October

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The first day of October is shining brightly outside my window as I write this. The rose bush at the end of the garden is covered in a late flush of magenta blossoms, a dew-hung spider’s web across the  window glistens with diamonds, and the birch and laurel leaves flutter, lambent with a light that seems to come from within. I hope site members have already received your monthly horoscopes in your in-boxes. I had to finish them a little early this month because I was participating in The Goddess Weekend here in Oxford yesterday. To subscribe to the monthly […]

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Venus retrograde in Scorpio: October 5, 2018 – November 16, 2018

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Venus retrograde

Deviant Art.  Venus turns retrograde on October 5th and will be retrograde until November 16th, 2018. Venus usually slips through our lives like a whisper, and we barely experience her fleeting transits. Her influence is usually soft and encouraging and I often say that we only really take notice when we experience discomfort of some kind. […]

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October 1st, 2018: Black Moon Lilith Conjunct Mars in Aquarius

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  • Mars conjunct Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius (6 deg)

This is volatile energy. Mars is the activator, and in this case, what’s being activated is Lilith’s agenda of female rebellion and empowerment. But we must remember that she is feared and disliked by many – she is the outsider, especially in Aquarius. So power and liberation will come at a price.

Anger is part of BML’s vibe, because she was cast out. This is the anger of not being accepted, of being repressed, of being denied. Mars is, of course, about anger. So rest assured that what comes out today will be fuelled by this. Mars is also male energy and sexuality, so we may have a clash of the sexes or confrontation over a sexual issue. Lilith could act out by expressing herself in ways that threaten men. Or, she could be threatened herself.

The best-case scenario is an opportunity to take action and express part of yourself that’s honest and makes others uncomfortable. This can be about liberation, but expect resistance or even anger from some quarters. Some interpretations of BML try to paint a pretty face on her, but in my experience she is not pretty. Even when her power is being expressed in the most constructive way, there will be people who react strongly and unpleasantly to her, because she is strong and unpleasant (although she can be powerfully seductive).

Dawn Bodrogi said it best in this post from her site, The Inner Wheel:

“…I’ve yet to discover a true positive side to her aside from the raw power which emerges from her intimate connection to occult abilities, and her propensity to distribute post-rage clarity…the only way we can tap into the great power of BML is to sacrifice our fears, terrors and hungers.”

And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with “not pretty.” Not everything is pretty. Not everything is positive. Sometimes you have to go dark.

If you feel this conjunction (if you have anything from 5 to 6 deg of the Fixed signs) consider what needs to be liberated and why others might find it unacceptable or uncomfortable. You may be confronted, or you may be the one doing the confronting.

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