{"id":61940,"date":"2012-10-02T00:02:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T04:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=61940"},"modified":"2012-10-03T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T00:49:11","slug":"planets-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/planets-on-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Planets on the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note, Inner Space horoscope for October will be mailed to subscribers this morning. — efc<\/em><\/p>\n

This week, four planets change signs. Mercury and Saturn ingress Scorpio, Venus ingresses Virgo and Mars ingresses Sagittarius. Planets changing signs means changes in our lives. Even one planet making a move can freshen things up, though four changing signs in close proximity means that many things are cycling to a close and new things are beginning.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Eric Francis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As planets move through the last degrees of their signs, they can take on a pressured, rushed or even desperate feeling. Notice when you’re feeling this pressure or sense of being moved against your will, as if you have to get it all done for some reason you don’t understand.<\/p>\n

Actually, there may be an element of truth to that — notice what’s currently on your radar that is ready to be wrapped up, over and\/or done with. Notice what you’ve been delaying and ask if you’re not actually experiencing an opportunity. This is an excellent time for completions. However, given the pressures involved, and the sense of inevitable movement, and the fact that many of these planets deal with sex and emotions, if you’re going to have conversations about significant topics, please do so in a clear state of mind: rested, sober, and not physically in bed (in bed is one of the least helpful places to discuss sex and sexual relationships; the kitchen table is much better).<\/p>\n

It’s also time to think about what you want that’s new and different, or that you feel you’re ready for. Each of these sign changes brings a different energy into the mix, though the interesting thing is that all of the planets are in aspect to Neptune when they change signs. Neptune is about imagination, vision, sensory experiences and creativity, though it’s also easily corrupted. It’s one of the most challenging energies out there, more often associated with delusion than with anything spiritual or pleasant.<\/p>\n

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Yet just about everything we experience that is pleasant to the senses, connected or creative has Neptune as its source (or at least a strong enhancement), so we do need this quality of the spirit, and we need to master it. Planets aspecting Neptune provide the opportunity to do just that. I’ll go over the sign changes one at a time.<\/p>\n

Venus ingresses Virgo Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 2:59 pm EDT. Conjunct Transpluto and opposite Neptune, this is about focusing your efforts and your resources. It’s also about being realistic when it comes to love, ‘love’, infatuation and affection. Love is all you need and love, reduced down to a certain set of emotions, is a drug not unlike refined sugar. Clue: if you’re feeling self-critical, it may may be something other than love.<\/p>\n

Thursday is St. Francis Day. Bring your dog, cat, bird or llama to church!<\/p>\n

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Mercury and Saturn about to change signs on Oct. 5. You can tell because both planets are near their maximum value of 29 degrees and 59 minutes, and are moving in direct motion. Toward the top of the c hart, Mars is about to change signs as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, Mercury and Saturn form a conjunction, not just in the last degree of Libra but also in the last few arc minutes of that sign. Mercury then goes into Scorpio, followed a few hours later by Saturn. It’s as if Mercury the messenger speeds along and opens the way for Saturn to change signs — and also reminds us that Saturn arrives with a message. (For those watching the election, this sequence may come with some interesting revelations, since both planets will be right where Mercury stationed direct on Election Day 2000.)<\/p>\n

Saturn changing signs is a major event, as Saturn will remain in Scorpio well into 2015 — through the final contacts of the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square. There are many interpretations to this, and it will represent a sea-change in our emotional lives — and indeed in collective life. One basic, obvious interpretation is that it’s time for some integrity in areas of sexuality, which means conscious growth and focusing on reality (though embracing imagination — Saturn is trine Neptune) and time to get busy with all that sexual healing we know is necessary and overdue (Saturn trine Chiron).<\/p>\n

The last sign change in this sequence is Mars, which ingresses Sagittarius on Saturday, Oct. 6. This is probably the most challenging of the lot, because Mars squares Neptune first thing when it ingresses Sagittarius. This is the kind of aspect that suggests there’s a potential strain or leak in integrity somewhere. It can also be lusty and imaginative and visionary, but where Mars and Neptune are involved in an aspect of this type, it’s potentially a fine line from there to self-destructive.<\/p>\n

Many people believe that being self-destructive is necessary for creativity. Could that really be true? Also, this is when to question the veracity of what you hear — and to wait for an answer. Something isn’t necessarily not true because it doesn’t seem to be true, nor is it untrue if it’s coming from a source that’s unreliable. However, Mars square Neptune is a big hint to ask questions, slow down a little and proceed with caution.<\/p>\n

There are many reasons to do that in a moment of change, and I just listed them all. Caution and awareness doesn’t mean hesitation or needless delay. It means waking up and proceeding with clarity, intention and a conscious process of making decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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