Astrology Today: Oracle for Monday, October 21, 2013

Today’s Oracle takes us to the Pisces monthly for Feb. 22, 2012

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Dane Rudhyar, one of the 20th century’s deep philosophers of astrology, once wrote that, “Piscean winds of destiny may impel men of vision and courage to discover many a ‘new world’, as much as they do destroy or suffocate the many who stubbornly resist change.” Neptune, god of the sea and earthquakes, is newly arrived in your sign, and the Sun is racing toward equinox. This is a good time to remind you of this connection of Pisces to inspiration, vision and bravery. I know that for years, you’ve lived with the radically alien influence of Uranus in your sign, and may not quite trust that the world has grown a little closer to being your home. That, however, is exactly what is happening now. And in addition to Neptune in your sign, you also have Chiron — a source of reassurance for the underdog and an influence that will serve as a vehicle for your visions and desires. Very little happens fast in Pisces. There’s always a process of flow, and the previous seven years of Uranus (a pushy influence) may have you feeling burned out. Fortunately you’re in a time that will help you cool the fires of your soul and proceed with patience, clarity and a healthy touch of urgency. For your birthday, I will again quote Rudhyar: “Transcendence, overcoming, piercing through illusions and false security, severance of social ties, embarking for the great adventure with utter faith and in denuded simplicity of being: all these things are to be learned in Pisces. [Humanity] is here face to face with [oneself], and with that Greater Self which [s/he] names: God.”

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18 thoughts on “Astrology Today: Oracle for Monday, October 21, 2013”

  1. nilou, Daniel, thank you two for all you’ve given me today. It seems impossible that Mercury just stationed this morning. That has to have been a week ago already! I swear, time stretches to contain all we need to do within the cycles it offers.

    You’re both in my heart. <3

  2. Hugs to you Strawberry, hang strong. It sounds like you’re very in tune with different parts of yourself and that you’re looking for tools to use in order to understand your personal archetypes speaking. Hey, if you’re consistently feeling uncomfortable with the Thoth, find a deck you feel empowered with. Trust that! I agree with Nilou about the Voyager. I use it in partnership with the Rider Waite. I pull a “Card-A-Day” every morning:

    http://www.voyagertarot.com/?page_id=811

  3. Strawberrylaughter, I know that territory, in my personal landscape – that’s how I know about the well, under the well, and, well, i always come back up in better condition than when i set off irrespective of what set me off. “If you can feel the fear, you can find the courage” 🙂 If i find myself going that way now, i pack a bag – flower remedies, homeopathics, salt on hand for the bath, essential oils, and, most important for me, writing materials; and sometimes if i can spit it out in time i’ll shout to someone i trust. I posted this a while ago, but can’t find the link, so here it is again.

    zero gravity in the deep

    though i often wondered
    what it could be
    to drown in the depth
    behind some other’s
    eyes
    i never thought through
    going to that place
    i would need
    to feel
    so much
    of me.
    and in that window
    i dropped into deepness
    and underground hollows
    so often
    they began
    to feel like the home
    of a prodigal’s return.
    in the depth,
    erotic fevers and
    the vulnerability
    at the core
    of being
    alive.

    the price exacted for entry
    to this wondrous fall of freedom –
    simple clarity.
    in this profoundly
    dark and disturbing
    place of quite
    sublime desire,
    all expectation
    is fallen
    upon that same
    death that befalls
    all who care
    to know
    that that which forced
    us to understanding
    is the same that, having
    plunged and pulled us
    to the lowest point,
    will force us up to breathe
    again
    with new
    appreciation.

    PS Voyager deck is beautiful, even the tower is beautiful in this deck, i’m actual starting to feel falling is not only necessary, but also beautiful…hug

  4. Thank you, Daniel. I think that’s what happened when I got spun out yesterday. I’ve begun using the Thoth tarot deck (walked into the store looking for a Rider-Waite Smith & this is what she had. Apparently I need to keep it visceral; the Thoth scares me.) & drew the Devil http://planetwaves.net/news/reading-tarot/tarot-the-devil-taking-that-walk-on-the-wild-side/ and after working with it a bit, I kinda lost my shit. In a way that’s opened up a lot of space for new life to emerge (nilou, in case you’re curious, the Tower showed up two cards later. These bad boys won’t let me rest.) but it does feel chaotic & messy.

    As much as I know I’m not dirty, it’s incredibly sweet to hear someone else say it. It makes me cry “great big alligator tears,” as they said when I was 3. Thank you for taking the time. And, yes, I am afraid to hit the bottom; I’m afraid of what’s living down there. Quite afraid, actually, now that I think about it.

  5. love that imagery Nilou.

    Strawberry, just wanted to add something you said I think. Sometimes when energy comes rushing into new spaces, it can feel a little messy or chaotic, and perhaps with a sensation of dirty secrets. But you are not dirty. You are safe. Don’t be afraid to hit the bottom of the lake, you can breathe. Hang out there. Take your time.

    Today, I’ve noticed a prominent playful feeling all day, and with it, many lovely things surface. Perhaps it’s my own recollection of early sexual memories that weren’t understood and nourished. Thank you.

  6. Hey, Daniel, Strawberrylaughter – so much scorpioness, or is it phoenixness? Either way, knock me down with a customised feather! My dreams left the realms of physical possibility many years ago. One of my favourites is the one with the many-me’s…inception style in level two (wouldn’t want to get lost in there), that’s always fun…totem, architect, consciousness, gravity-free, mmm, serious fun… lots of love, nilou

  7. That’s awesome Strawberry. I love how open you are. It’s the Universe perhaps allowing you room to make space for it, and you’re filling it, but in stages. I remember first going down on a gal and I wasn’t sure I liked it. Well, that didn’t last long. Now, I’m down there for like 30 minutes. Go figure. 🙂

  8. Daniel, your story makes me think back to the final signifiant dream I had during the spring’s eclipse cycle: when I was blissfully sucking my cock, feeling like it was the most natural thing in the world & why haven’t I been doing this all along? And now, here we are again, halfway across the wheel, & I feel the cosmos saying to me “I gave it to you, what did you do with it??” Well,….I guess I hid it away, with all my dirty secrets.

    Maybe from here, I can bring the perspective of the past 6 insane months, & finally work up the courage to own this part of me. Once again, you light my way through waters entirely foreign. I’ve got my eye on you.

  9. I don’t know where this memory came from today, but here goes. I remember being in grade 2, lying on the ground during storytelling time, and feeling incredibly horny. I remember taking in deep breaths and wondering what this was all about. I was getting goosebumps and shivers everytime she spoke.

    My point is, I don’t think lite is possible even if I really wanted to. There is something about vibrating on that level that is mystifyingly delicate, beautiful and open of spirit, that makes me joyful and incredibly peaceful as I fall back into mySelf. To take it to the border and then some, well, that’s a journey to a power source that is both terrifying and brilliant. And I wouldn’t want it any other way. To be unburdened, unfettered, uninhibited, unapologetic – is not possible imo on a diet of lite and fluffy. I am however, very ticklish, and am prone to uncontrollable fits of laughing…just don’t tell anyone, okay?

  10. Hey, Strawberrylaughter! Talking about moons – Mars is in Virgo-moonland playing eager-to-please with mercury transit of natal mercury/neptune conjunction – yes, in Scorpio. I dare not look to see what Venus is doing, yes, she the sex-o-matic one! I wish Saturn the best of luck containing this lot – I think he’ll have to work with the timing. I am combustible! [Not for the first time – I have a ‘Fire’ playlist somewhere, and i was a girl guide!] Love, nilou

  11. “Life Light!!” I love the audacity of your ambition, nilou! When you mentioned “relationship lite” the other day, I was with you 100%, thinking — Why would anyone bother?!? — and for the first time, began to identify with my Scorpio Moon, which I’ve never singled out as a force of its own. (I’m kind of emotional & underworldly all the time. Obvi.) So I’m with you in thinking there must be a way to make this all less damnably heavy. For me, though, releasing attachment to what comes is the way to bring lightness in. I don’t intend to pull back on how deep I go, because that would be untrue to me. But I can make use of the breathing apparatus provided by releasing attachment & offering up the clusterf*cks for the Divine to manage. I forgot this yesterday & got myself completely spun out. Today, I try again to remember.

    I’m not sure I can work up this kind of enthusiasm today, but I’d like to: “embarking for the great adventure with utter faith and in denuded simplicity of being.” It’s a worthy goal 😉

    And I do wish you every success in your lighter approach. When it works, & lifts you from the darkness, pleased do let me know!

    enjoying this journey with you, <3

  12. I have a Pisces Ascendant, and my North Node is in Pisces. I have felt out of place in the world, and shaken by Pluto in Sagittarius, and when Uranus was in Pisces in my adolescence. I feel much more comfortable with Uranus in Aries (it’s still in my 1st house, but it’s easier to deal with by comparison). I do feel more at home in the world with Neptune and Chiron in Pisces, even if there will be positive and negative aspects to my chart surrounding these transits (Neptune square Jupiter, Neptune trine Chiron, Chiron and Neptune conjunct Ascendant, trine my Pluto and square my Moon, and Chiron and Neptune square MC, and finally Chiron and Neptune opposite Sun, square Saturn as well as Uranus…). I am gradually gaining self-confidence and bravery, but it’s mainly for my own interests, which I strive to match with those of the public at large. I also have to keep in mind the wheel of fortune, so I have to be above reproach, even if my position in the world is slowly rising. I make sure that every single skill I have is earned, in order to handle every step of the ladder.

  13. Dear Oracle

    You know what the skies are like. You know we Scorpios are getting ready for Scorpio time. You know i’m on a wavelength of consciousness that is really pissing me off right now – not fun at all…SO WTF IS THIS THIS MORNING??!!!!!

    “Get a grip. You’re not actually carrying the world on your shoulders. But if you feel you are I suggest you quickly outgrow what is a true-blue Leo tendency to think you have to do it all now. Whatever problems you think you have you’ve already gone a long way toward solving. And for the most part just about everything is going to work out on its own. But not if you burn yourself out. Eventually you’ll get used to the odd effects of Saturn in your sign which I can sum up as follows: your job is to be no more and no less than you are. Just exactly who and what you are.

    Writing horoscopes is serious business. You don’t get to clown around that much, because everyone, including me, is afraid that someone will take a joke the wrong way and suddenly freak out and have a terrible life. Being a SCORPIO (October 23-Novmber 22) is also serious business. Astrologers are terrified of you guys because you’re so intense and your hair is so dark and a fleeting moment of eye contact with you can be as exhilarating than a night of sex with two people of any other signs simultaneously. [this is how i feel when i look at my nakedness in a mirror – and i’m over forty… xx] However, this is to inform you that I am putting us both on a diet of Life Light for the next six months. Lighter relationships, lighter philosophical ponderings, a lighter outlook toward love and especially toward sex. Take a breath. Everything’s gonna be fine.”

    Okay – don’t know if i’ll be able to hold out for six whole months of lightness though…worth a try i suppose, maybe if i approach it in six minute increments. But i’m in feeling space…lightness of feeling…light intensity….what is that…oh, we’re still playing paradoxes, right??

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