The Aries Full Moon at 7:38 pm EDT Friday will also be a penumbral (less than total) lunar eclipse, initiating a two-week cycle. The cycle will conclude with the Scorpio New Moon and hybrid (total and otherwise) solar eclipse on November 3. When you emerge from the other side of the Scorpio solar eclipse, you will probably feel as though you have been on a proverbial whirlwind trip, having traveled further and experienced more than would be usual for two weeks. Hence, for a whirlwind trip you should now prepare.
If you’ve ever traveled to many places in a short period, you know fatigue is problematic. That’s how your first priority should be to get as much sleep as possible during the next three nights.
After going into Friday without a sleep deficit, the next issue in order of importance will be less general and more specific to the impending eclipse cycle. That’s because Mercury will commence apparent reverse motion through Scorpio at 6:29 am EDT Monday, just as your trip has gotten underway.
If you were to take a poll of those who know of but are not actually knowledgeable about astrology, Mercury retrogrades and eclipses would probably be very high on the list of astrological events with a bad name. That’s how your next highest priority (after getting your rest) should be taking the time-honored advice not to believe the hype.
The term “hype” is derived from the less colloquial word “hyperbole.” It’s a term often applied to exaggerations, extrapolations, magnifications or elaborations of fact, usually made for the purpose of selling you on something. If you have any one advantage going into the metaphorical whirlwind trip that begins Friday, it’s the fact that you have been exposed to more hype than any of your ancestors going back to the first sucker punch.