Hello you beautiful people and welcome to Aligned Advantage for October!
I’m so excited to go on this deep dive of each month’s calendar together using the power of the woo-woo tools my momma taught me. š
Hooray!
It’s time to tackle the October calendar so here we go!
NOTE: Our Zoom on October 20th will be about November’s magic. Scroll down to get registered to be a part of that *next* session! ’til then, it’s all about October.
As always, we’ll cover what the numerology of the days mean, what the moon phases tell us, and of course how all this plays out in your favor in the most intriguing and powerful ways! During the Zoom, you’ll get a chance to hop in the hot seat — be sure to bring your chart (render it at a site like Astro.com) so I can work my magic with you — and we’ll talk about how the woo of the month aligns with YOU!
Please feel free to ask questions in the comments area below and while some will be best-suited for our live Zoom, certainly I’ll do what I can to help explain some of how I make the calendar work for me in the comments before and after our Zooms.
If you need support materials for interpreting the various notations on this calendar, head back over to your Aligned Advantage Welcome page, where I have stored all sorts of goodies for you!
And now… the replay of our live Zoom session about the October calendar and all its juicy goodness! Enjoy!
Here is the fab cheat sheet from Natalie (Soulshine Astrology) — thank you, Tamika!! Don’t expect yourself to know all of these inside-out and through-and-through. Just have them avail so you can begin to lean into what this all means. Take it easy. No stress; no rush!
For your numerology of the name, there are all sorts of variations on this. The simple, straightforward version we did on the Zoom just needs a row of numbers, 1-9, and then the 26 letters of the alphabet sorted beneath in almost 3 complete rows. š Add down to a single digit and there’s your numerology for the name you’ve chosen!! Yay! Share below what you’re learning about your variations (middle name, adding an initial, using a nickname, etc.). This is fun!!
If you’re craving a “You in the Stars” report (these make great GIFTS, by the way; thank you to those who have been getting these for your friends) or if you’d like to book a one-on-one with me for more all-about-you-woo, all the info on these offerings is here. Woo HOO!
Questions? Keep ’em comin’! I love these discussions SO MUCH and really enjoy sharing all this learning with you.
Y’all, thank you for joining me in this exciting woo-woo venture! I’m so proud to be the astrologer’s daughter and I know Charlsie is so happy to see this happening right now. š
All my love,
Wanna join us for our next monthly LIVE interactive Aligned Advantage meeting? Register here ASAP! Our next meeting will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, October 20th, at 1:30pm PDT. Translate that to your time zone here.
After you register, you will receive an email with information on how to connect. You are welcome to go on camera for this Q&A session, or simply unmute yourself to participate live audio-only. Yes, we will be recording the meeting and putting its replay up (along with the next calendar) in next month’s page for you to consume. Hooray!
Before the Zoom, please post questions *here* (even though the robot email from Zoom includes an email address for questions). Thank you. š
If you’ve never Zoomed before, we recommend you get all set up *before* our meeting. Zoom is free, and there’s info on how to get going here.
And of course, any questions for me, pop ’em in below! Woo HOO!
I’m not really sure if I have an actual question, but I’m really intrigued by a Sign ruling a House. I know you’ve mentioned it casually in Zooms and I feel like Im not quite there yet with easily connecting the dots as to how it affects me and my astro but I assume it is yet another variable where, when things align positively in a natural way to support it in Big Astro *and* also with your natal chart, Great! but where there are natural disconnects in Big Astro, and also with one’s natal chart well, one might feel some struggle or resistance in that specific area. I want to know all the things!
This is where I’ll confirm that you can, in fact, KNOW ALL THE THINGS… but you cannot learn them all at once.
*I* still struggle with the mind-bender that is the whole overlay of:
~ here’s what your natal chart looks like
~ here’s what today’s transits look like
~ here’s what your progressed chart looks like
~ here’s what your geo-progressed chart looks like
~ and here’s what the interplay of any combination of those looks like in seemingly endless configurations
To strip it down using numerology, which is way simpler than astrology, that’d be like:
~ here’s your birth number
~ here’s your personal year
~ here’s the numerology of THIS year
~ here is the interplay of your birth number, in this kind of personal year YOU are in, in a year that has the numerology of this other thing
So, even with that, where we’re dealing with waaaaaaay fewer factors than houses and planets/placements and signs, it’s still a bit of a mind-twist at some point.
Basically, there are 12 houses and each one has its natural ruler. However, when WE were each born, *our* houses were set, each with its own sign (or two or three signs, depending on which house system you choose to follow). On top of that, there are 12 major placements/planets, and each one has ITS natural ruler. However, when WE were each born, *our* placements were set, each with its own sign.
Meaning, in the world, 1st house is ruled by Aries. Mars is ruled by Aries. But in my chart, my 1st house is Libra (and this is true no matter which house system you choose to follow). My Mars is in Cancer. And Aries is way over in my 7th house (which is — irrespective of my chart — ruled by Libra). Oh, and Cancer? It’s ruled by the Moon. Where is my Moon? 1st house. Libra. But Libra is ruled by Venus. Where’s my Venus? 11th house. But what is the 11th house ruler? Aquarius. Hmm… where’s Aquarius in my chart? And on and on and on and on and on.
So think of it like we have *a* chart that is “the world” and the rules of all of this. 12 houses laid out a certain way, with signs ruling each. And planets also being ruled by certain signs. These are where things are said to be exalted or in domicile. (You’ll hear these terms the more astro podcasts, vids, webinars, etc., you drop in on.)
But in our individual charts, we may have things that are in exalted or domicile placements… or in detriment. In “fall”. Places they do NOT like to be. Think about how much Pisces and Mars would hate being together. The wateriest of water signs, all dreamy and empathic and timeless… in the planet of war and fire and fighting and cutting and burning and impulse. So, if you had this placement, it’s not all bad news, but it is something to think about… and we’ve not yet even gotten to what house we might be talking about, in this theoretical Pisces Mars situation. Let’s say it’s a Pisces Mars in the 2nd House. 2nd House is ruled by Taurus, but obvi in this chart, Pisces is what’s there.
~ So we have an Aries ruled planet hanging out in Pisces for this person.
~ We have a Taurus ruled house hosting Pisces for this person.
~ We have the planet that takes care of motivation in an ambitionless sign, in a house that governs money and values and desires and putting in the work to feel good.
Do you see the pitfalls of a combination like this?
And we haven’t even BEGUN to look at what transits may be happening AT THAT MOMENT. (Subtle and not-so-subtle generational things like our current three-planets-in-Capricorn shaking us to our core for a good long while situation.) Those transits “do things” to our natal placements that give us the opportunity to change or grow. To lean into hidden strengths in our own charts or to use the gifts of the transits and the ways they energize things that would otherwise be dormant for us.
OMG, is your head spinning?
BTW, I love how much you’re loving this. š I do too!
But I also remember attending an astro webinar just a year ago and nearly crying, I was so confused. However, I trusted that I was just oversaturated and that I could revisit the material and know more, feel more clear about what I was consuming. Sure enough, next lap, I understood more.
And now, just between weekly sessions in my astro class, I can TELL my fluency is exponentially improving and it’s clicking in some really lovely ways. I’m beginning to just look at charts and KNOW what things mean that previously I had to “blur out” in my mind so as not to get overwhelmed.
All this to say… yay!
And thanks for kicking me off Instagram. What a dick, right?
Haha. Glad I could give you an outlet.
My head started spinning pretty early on in your response, fyi. I’m so intrigued by how everything interrelates with everything else yet I realized a few weeks ago that I need to slow down and focus on the immediate micro of it all instead of trying to compile some master astro show bible with cross-referencing and color coding where I’d ultimately end up like Carrie in Homeland. I’ll leave that to the pros. At least this way I can follow along and get the gist since I know the vocab. In time “exalted or in domicile” will actually mean something to me!
Ooh, just landed on this astrological dictionary. Bookmarking this and perhaps you’d like to too?
Hey luvs,
Wonderful to see all the smiling faces in the replay!
Looks like an interesting month ahead!
For numerology:
Full name: 6
Short: 7
And I live in a 1
Hmmm.
Congrats on the new hire with your business manager Bon!
xo
~B
WOW. Just received and opened your email with the ‘meme-thing’. Fucking cool. Fucking brill. It is a new way to look at some of the astrology stuff. I may have overlooked-assertive and talkative-but this makes sense. Amazing work! Thx!
Oh I’m so glad to know you love it! š Yay! Going to be doing some fun little gamification stuff with this. Stay tuned! Hooray!
Keep sending good vibes to help us with this next stage of growth! Love you, Bex.
I’m excited for all fo us including you! So good, so good and beautifully divine.
Anybody feel that retrograde kick in like being pushed back from an explosion? YAY. Leaning in to it. Along with self care!
Love to you too Bon!xoxo
Yes! The “memes” were great and looking forward going through everyone’s tomorrow. Curious why you chose “upholder” for Fixed modes? Trying to tie in 4 tendencies? I was thinking “Stability” would have the word of choice. Upholder is definitely appropriate for me, but curious.
I don’t want to turn this into *that* thread, but briefly, I know you follow Rachelleangastrologer on IG, and I’m sure you saw her post about Drumpfs natal chart. Am I…. am I reading this chart correctly….? Mars. In Leo. 12th House. Say what? Soooo his super masculine, aggressive, “see me” energy… will be his undoing? Ummm…… yeah.
I haven’t looked at 45’s chart so I can’t speak to its layout or interpretation. I love that you’re letting your curiosity drive your exploration of how certain aspects and placements express in real life. That’s awesome!!
“Upholder” had nothing to do with Gretchen Rubin’s work; it’s that I needed a noun for the Fixed modality and what Fixed folks do is maintain the status quo. They aren’t interested in change. They aren’t leaders of new ways of thinking or being. Those three modalities (Cardinal, Fixed, and Mutable) are the trio that get all things done. Cardinal signs lead the way whether others want to be led or not; Fixed signs are fine with what is and resist change; and Mutable signs require change even if they’re not headed in the best direction.
Let a Cardinal see what needs to be done and explain how to do it. Mutables will catalyze change and possibly be what it is that allows Cardinals to see the potential. Fixed signs will remind everyone that change isn’t always the best solution and help us all remember why things are the way they are.
So… upholder seemed the best fit, in the NON-Gretchen-Ruben sense. Her upholders meet inner and outer expectations. So, they make a commitment and keep it. Non-Gretchen upholders maintain the what-is state. If you didn’t know about Gretchen’s work, would upholder be the right word? Do you have another idea? I’d love to hear it! “Maintainer” didn’t turn me on. I’ve now made all 108 combinations and next up is the instructions for folks to be able to DIY their own cards. š
*squeeeeeeeeee* This is so much fun!
The only words my mind keep going towards are more about physicality (at least in my mind) like stable, stalwart, stubborn, rigid, opposed to one’s beliefs or mentality. I think this version of Upholder works and makes sense, just was not what I was anticipating. I also like it more than Maintainer..
Yep. You’re bumping up one of the same things we did, being filled with adjectives where we need a noun. Also, definitely, you’re focusing on physical traits (which the elements share way more than the modalities do) more than sense of purpose or function as a whole.
Fun, right?
Ooh… another prezzie for y’all!! Clicky-clicky!! š
WOW! I LOVE prezzies. Fantastic. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!
I have been following a witches almanac for colours, scents etc this past year and it has invoked more creativity in all things. I was going to get the one for the next year but think I may stick with this, Bon! It feels soulful and makes 100% sense.
xoxo
Yay! That’s awesome!!
And in case you need to revisit the fun memes I made for y’all: Clicky-clicky!!
Bon – Date scheduling question for you –
I have to schedule a vet appt for my cats on either Thursday, November 12 or Friday, November 13th.
I would like to have good energy for what is usually a stressful day.
It depends on the doctors’ schedules, but assuming I can choose – which one would you go with?
I was thinking Friday the 13th because Mars goes direct that day (yay), and it’s a 1 day.
Only thing is that it’s Friday the 13th. Haha I don’t ever really put much thought into Friday the 13th days (although sometimes my mind says – “But yeah – maybe you SHOULD put thought into it!” haha), but wondered if you did? Does it bother you at all?
If so, then I can go with Thursday the 12th, which is a 9 day, but Mars is still in Rx. Or maybe it will start to feel better since it will almost be direct at that point?
What do you think between the two days?
Thank you!
What I would take a look at is what Mars retrograde does. It turns energy INWARD. It turns motivation OFF. So Mars going direct just means that our mojo comes back and we’re no longer turning that war energy on ourselves. Outer fire rather than inner war. š Yay!
More than that, though, I’m looking at a very cool transit that perfects (that means “it’s exact”) on the 12th. That’s the day that Jupiter and Pluto are conjunct in Capricorn. Jupiter is our planet of growth and expansion and abundance and prosperity. Pluto is our generational planet of change/transformation. And when Jupiter is WITH another planet, it works to amplify that other planet’s focus. What that means for the 12th is a big jolt of growth for the greater good. Big transformation for ourselves and the world.
BTW, astrologers are predicting that the 12th and 13th will be when we know who won the election in the States on the 3rd, because everything will be contested and slowed down and there will be fraud to deconstruct and all that jazz. Some astrologers are saying we won’t know the results of the election for far longer (they’re leaning toward our big astro events in December, in fact; a few are even looking as far out as January before there’s a real answer to what’s happening with our election).
But if this were me, choosing vet appointments on either the 12th or the 13th, I would go with which energy (9 or 1) feels aligned with what’s going on with the animals. If there’s a condition you’re hoping is now all clear, choose the 12th. If this is just a check-up/wellness visit and everyone’s generally feeling GOOD, either day will be fine for that. PERSONALLY, with the moon shifting into Scorpio on the 13th, I’d go with the 12th, just because I like the Libra moon more (especially for anything collaborative, which your relationship with the vet and keeping the kitties calm may be). Scorpio moon INTENSIFIES things. If the babies get anxious (and if YOU get anxious), getting this all taken care of on the 12th may be the kinder choice, energetically.
Lemmeknow what you decide and what you end up being able to do… and of course, how it all pans out! š
Stellar, per usual, Bon! Thank you so much! <3
I learn so much all the time in here.
Thanks again <3
Welp. That was anti-climactic! Those dates don’t work out for the vet. Ha!
So, back to some questions/learning –
I see on Astro Seek’s Moon page that in the “Surgery” column it says “no” for November 15-30. Do you know why that would be? I know it usually says “no” during Mercury Rx and for New/Full Moons. But, not sure what’s in that two week stretch.
Asking because I try not to schedule vet appointments when it says “no” for the “Surgery” column just because I assume it’s not good energy.
The appointment has to be a Thursday or Friday, so that leaves me December 3, 4, 10, 11.
The 3rd and 4th is in the Cancer moon, which I tend to be more emotional in.
And the 10th and 11th is the same scenario that we had above – Libra moon going into Scorpio moon.
So, I think I’d choose Thursday the 10th, with the 3rd or 4th as a back up and I’ll just try to keep my emotions in check. š
Does that deducing sound right to you?
Thank you!!
Interesting! I can’t imagine what would be a long swath of time like that, Abs. There are a few things going on between the 15th and 30th of November, but I’m not sure what would create a more than 2 week long “no” on the surgery column there. Hmm. Interesting!
Your deducing is spot-on!! š Well done, Abs! I love seeing you work this out. The only adjustment might be that the 4th is actually a Leo moon as of 4:52am PST and it’s a 2 day. The Libra moon is on ’til 5:58pm PST on the 10th and that’s an 8 day. So, *for me* the first choice would be the 10th then the 4th as second choice. š You may prefer the 4th to the 10th since you’re a Leo.
Lemmeknow if you find somewhere on the Astro-Seek site about that big stretch of no surgery in November!
Thanks, Bon! <3
One other thing I meant to ask that I was thinking of – you know how each moon rules different body parts – and we're supposed to pay more attention to those parts during that time. I was thinking in relation to the cats, that since one has bladder/kidney issues sometimes, I would NOT want to do a vet appointment during a Libra moon, which is the moon that covers those body parts, right? OR – is the thought that since we're supposed to pay more attention/take care of those particular body parts during those particular moons, that doing a vet appointment during that time is GOOD? And obviously, this concept and subsequent question applies to humans, too. Wondering how that works!
Okay, did some more deducing – haha – and deduced that the Astro-Seek long stretch of no surgery is because it's a waxing moon. I looked at the other months, and it always does the same thing when it's a waxing moon. But it doesn't say WHY to not do it during a waxing moon.
When I Googled "why should you not get surgery during a waxing moon," I didn't find a lot of explanation for it.
I don't have the energy nor capacity to do a lot of reading/searching right now, so I just scanned through. When I am able to do a more thorough search, maybe I'll find some more information.
But – I did find a couple cool things during my quick scan.
This article talks about the history of how astrology plays into health and how the concept of doing things on certain moons came to (and I didn't know Hippocrates was an astrologer!):
https://hekint.org/2020/02/05/blood-under-the-moon-the-role-of-astrology-in-surgery/
And this one, I super-duper scanned so not sure if it's any good, BUT I was amazed at the fact that it was a published study/article in a journal about the moon phases and health:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4590136/
I love this shit so much, Bon!
Thank you for guiding me – and all of us – through it like the rockstar you are!!
<3
So, I like flowing energy and focus TO those body parts during the moon that rules them. It allows me to do a full body inventory in less than a month, with just the tiniest little thought and feeling about a love bomb being popped onto those parts. I feel as though I have the boost of the cosmos behind that energy at that time.
I so enjoy doing this work with you, Abby! And I *love* the way you protect your energy by NOT doing a deep dive when you know you’re at the end of your flow state. Well done, goddess!
Okay, so does that mean in relation to something like a vet appointment or a human doctor’s appointment, it would be GOOD to do those appointments during the moon that focuses on those body parts because the cosmos are behind you brining energy to them. Do I have that right?
And I’ve learned a lot about protecting my energy from YOU! <3
Yep! You’ve got this!
Despite what looks like decent energy to move forward the last two weeks, since around Monday September 28th through even now October 8, 2020 I am feeling massive heaviness and a lot of cloudiness, grief and immobility, especially when it comes to moving forward with my business. I feel like I am walking through quicksand and shut down on all my woo senses – especially intuition – which I hadn’t realized I use as much as I apparently do in day to day life! I keep seeking to clear out the root of whatever is happening, and at this point, two weeks in, am feeling like a hamster on a wheel getting nowhere fast.
All the start new things energy and plan now at the beginning of the month before the next Mercury retrograde in particular felt very off for me. I tried to work with it and things were so heavy and fuzzy feeling I literally couldn’t think. And that has me bummed a bit because I wanted to get offers up and start reselling this month by the 15th and instead literally the only thing I have been able to do that felt really good and on is what I am calling PROJECT CLEAN & CLEAR – which feels more like Feng Shui at this point than anything. More than dust and boxes for donation and clearing out. Which should be cool, but at least on the surface it doesn’t grow my business.
In tracking how I react to astro energy and trying to figure out what is happening, I have observed that sometimes I feel the energy of something way in advance.
Curious if there is anything happening in the world of woo or something I should pay particular attention to on my chart that would help me figure out what may be going on?
You’re describing a good chunk of my energy for the past week-ish. I’ve been chalking it up to Pluto going direct — a few astrologers have specifically been talking about this massive fatigue that’s layered upon everything else right now, and Pluto’s shift is why. They’re also saying tomorrow’s Mars squaring Pluto is a big “Watch out!” for everyone.
Outside of astro, let’s also consider this is a big fatigue point for quarantine, pandemic culture, with a bigger bombardment of news and chaos than we’ve grown used to, right as we were all seeing a light at the end of the tunnel (as Libra season always creates a lightness, for everyone). So, to be smacked back down into a funk (if not a full-on depression) is feeling bigger than it “should” and the planets, obvi, are not helping.
As I read your comment though I’m seeing way more that’s about your disappointment with expectations. (We did a whole deep-dive in Expansive Capacity on “Your Relationship with Expectations” and boy oh boy is that a BIGGIE for creatives.) If you had *zero* expectations for what you would’ve created by now or executed before Mercury retrograde or any other timeline-related expectations, how would you feel about where you are? I’m betting much of the disappointment you’re describing would be non-existent. And I’m willing to bet the heaviness you’re feeling is not as heavy once anything to do with time and expectations is out of the equation.
Still heavy but not AS heavy. Just guessing.
That you have a gamified Feng Shui-like project going is fabulous for the energy right now! And especially with so many natal retrogrades, you have a very different relationship with retrogrades than those who have few or none in their natal charts. š Keep tracking data! And let yourself off the hook for anything that’s not working while…
~ quarantined
~ in a pandemic
~ big astro is being its cruelest in a long while
~ managing chronic illness
~ and being enough of an empath as to feel everyone’s despair on the regular
The fact that we’re able to get out of bed most days is a fucking victory to be celebrated! It’s a LOT right now. Self-hug! You’re showing up. That’s enough.
Just rewatched my KLT livestream from last week and in it, I talk about how the whole week before THAT I was really struggling in the mental health department. So, that means I had an uptick last week, then the Pluto direct fatigue started up for me Sunday. So… we’re talkin’ three weeks of some dark shit, off and on?
Maybe watch that replay if you have time. I talked a little about big astro stuff but there’s other goodness in there you might feel is right on time.
Thank you! Will give the replay a watch!
Feeling all this big time. The past few days I have been so lethargic and feeling under the weather. And then today, kind of shaky and just totally off. Like I’m coming down with something (on top of everything I’m already dealing with health-wise).
I have a note about Mars squaring Pluto today – so like you said, that’s probably contributing to it, too.
Reminding myself what you said about just getting out of bed is a victory.
Hang in there, Kristen.
<3
Thanks Abby! I just caught your note. Reread everything in this thread, and I wish the heavy energy would just let up!
Hoping you are doing better!
All super good points. I have had to pull out my whole tool belt and have it handy to keep from sliding into depression. It’s been a harder battle than usual to wage.
For your expectations point, on reflection that may be playing a bigger role than I realized. I had a lot of change in the physical world I was hoping to make happen that just hasn’t worked out yet for one reason or another, and it feels super heavy. On the other hadn’t there are ground up personal and business shifts that I am super excited about and proud of, but that does often feel over shadowed by the desire to have the “real work” happening, too, which is what I was shifting into when the heavy energy really moved in and gave depression a big boost.
Lately it feels like we could all use a self-hug every five minutes or so! š
Thank you for your wisdom.
Just reading these comments has helped me mentally as well. We’re all going through some rough shift right now in myriad ways.
Thx for sharing!
This is exactly how I have felt and been working through. Along with several phone calls with friends all feeling the same way.
Been doing some deep gentle work with the Polyvagal Theory in combination with yoga/movement/breath and it has been in alignment with this incredibly tense time. Have had some physical breakthroughs during this time.
And of course, always checking in with the calendar.
Cool about the vet appointments.
YES on polyvagal theory! YES!! So much yes! Glad this is all aligning for some breakthroughs, darlin’. Wow, what a difference those (even little) shifts can make! SO good seeing you today. Love you!
Hi Bonnie, As I read through all the comments here I realize that what I came here to ask about seems to be common right now…I am in a funk, lack creativity, feel stuck, and just want shit to start flowing freely again. In the last 3 weeks I’ve had massive travel delays twice – the first time delaying me leaving San Diego for over 24 hours due to mechanical issues with the plane and the second not making it from WI to Nashville on a planned road trip when the truck pulling my travel trailer blew and engine outside of Indy. The one has cost me $$$$ and a week of lost time which did have the upside of getting me stuff in a rather pretty campground in Indiana where I could sit and enjoy bonfires nightly. But WTF??! We’re not even at Merc Retro yet (when I do expect travel to have snafus) so I’m more than a little apprehensive about what this cycle will bring. I’m still not clear on how to read my chart but is there something in it that is triggering the travel issues? If so, is there a counterbalance or antidote to any of it?
MW
It’s Mars. It’s Pluto. It’s the Capricorn “stack” (AKA COVID stack) of Jupiter + Saturn + Pluto… all *squaring* Mars, which is in retrograde. There’s a combination of things that would — each on their own — feel tense and even aggressive and also lethargic all at once — and they’re all happening now.
WHILE we’re at a fatigue point with the pandemic.
WHILE an election (with nefarious nonsense to the extreme) is going on.
WHILE global warming has stressed our planet’s resources in whole new ways, impacting us on a cellular level (we’re fighting off things we didn’t used to have to combat, just in the air).
I wish I could say it’s going to get better — I mean, it WILL… but not for a while.
We are ACTIVELY switching our setpoint from 200 years of generational EARTH sign action (Jupiter and Saturn in Capricorn together, escorting us into the Age of Aquarius, an AIR sign — the transition from a “put in the work, with your hands, and you’ll build things” setpoint to one of IDEAS and AIRWAVES being where the power and wealth and sustainability comes from). We have a 20-year cycle (Jupiter and Saturn conjunct in any sign) plus a 200-year cycle (Jupiter and Saturn conjunct in the Earth element, shifting us INTO the Air element) plus a 38-year cycle (Saturn and Pluto conjunct) ALL AT ONCE. And that convergence hasn’t happened in many hundreds of years. Like… when empires fell and new economic systems were established.
When does all of this reach its peak?
December 16th to 21st, 2020.
I know.
And of course Mars is retrograde until November 13th, making EV.er.Y bit of this feel extra pointy, stabby, cruel. And turned in on ourselves. And our reaction to it is impulsive (Aries). It all makes us want to run away. FAR.
The gift of Mercury retrograde is that it snags us in a way we’re used to. So I’m actually looking forward to that slow-down (except for the fact that it’s in Scorpio; that part SUCKS for intensity).
I’m staying focused on the lovely Jupiter/Neptune sextile happening on the 12th (mind-expanding, very creative and innovative and filled with magic), the new moon on the 16th (plant those seeds, especially about partnership and parity), both Venus and Mercury moving into Libra on the 27th (each going in a different direction, though) as Libra lightens things UP, and then our glorious full moon release on the 31st.
For me, right now, it’s keep my eyes on my own shit, remind myself what tiny things I can do that keep me feeling safe and sober and strong, and get from each of these benchmark days to the next, knowing that each creates a shift and right now ANY energy shifting provides the potential for a different relationship with the whole of it.
It’s not forever. It’s not even for that much longer. The reason it’s so sucky right now is because of how much we’ve already endured this year, honestly. Hug yourself. It’s a lot. And it’s not just you. {{{hugs}}}
Thank you for the detailed reply!
EPIC.
Just for fun, Patti Lupone:
Number from birthday:3
Name: 8
Sun: Taurus
Moon: Aquarius
Mercury: Taurus
Venus: Taurus
Mars; Aries
Jupiter: Aquarius
Saturn: Leo
No water at all, nothing mutable until Gemini in Uranus.
Top 3 quotes when I Googled “what is Patti Lupone like”
“Hell hath no fury like a Patti LuPone scorned.”
“Rubinstein once noted, āI am extravagant in my anger, as I am in all things.ā The same could be said of LuPone. She nurses grudges like cognac.”
“The actress on her hard-won tough-as-nails reputation,”
and an NYPost article headlined: “How Patti LuPone became the biggest trash talker in Hollywood”
So fun! (for me, I mean, probably not always so much for Ms. Lupone!)
Damn, Patti Lupone! No wonder she’s a ballsy broad. This is a fun activity and a great way to practice our “homework”. I’m gonna have to try it for myself. Thanks, Denise!
Oooooooooh. I love this recon, Denise!! This is FUN!
I am in some degree of funk but one of the things that has been helping me is having low baseline expectations. I have a big list of things that I want to do, but my standards for every day are
1. Be there and at least minimally prepared for every craft class, reading, and related rehearsal that I commit to.
2. Even on days when I am not held accountable for functioning in that way, at least put on different clothes than I slept in, wash my face, brush my teeth, and put on lipstick.
3. Do not gain weight.
Lots of other things I would like to do, but I have given myself permission to NOT do a lot of things people are forcing themselves to do. I don’t like socially distanced, masked meet-ups so I don’t do them. I don’t like social Zoom calls so I politely decline those as well. I don’t enjoy watching live-streamed events taped in people’s homes unless they’re up to the level of Michael Urie’s rendition of Buyer and Cellar, so when friends invite me to watch theirs, I say, “Break a leg”. Some people are finding solace in nesting, cocooning, slowing down, crafting…I am sure Bonnie knows from looking at my chart that that would drive me INSANE! I also get A LOT out of not doing what other people do and not responding the way most people respond.
Knowing my chart helped me clue in to the fact that I need A LOT of stimulation. SO, I am in 5 craft classes (Mercedes Ruehl’s Scene Study class, an Uta Hagen process class, a Shakespeare monologue text analysis class, a Tennessee WIlliams class, and a directing class involving the works of Lorraine Hansberry), taking weekly classes in Hip-Hop, Ballet, and Tap, learning Spanish on Duolingo, and learning how to cook* and in August I learned how to swim.
*I spent my first 3 decades in California and Texas and I am specifically teaching myself how to make Cal-Mex and Tex-Mex food that I cannot get properly here.
What I am not doing is spending a lot of time creating anything. The equation has changed and I used to need a little stimulation to create, now I need a healthy dose of stimulation to function and I kind of can’t make time to get in enough stimulation to create, and also create, but I am letting myself off the hook because this isn’t forever,
Fucking love this, Denise!
Such a great example of boundaries, enoughness, and astrology all together!
Thank you for the inspiration!
*fist bump*
On the 1st day of Merc Retro a client that I had courted earlier in the year during a Merc Retro (and who then ghosted me for 9 months) has asked for a meeting tomorrow because they now have a need for what I do now. Woot! I love paying attention to patterns now that I am starting to understand them a bit more. Thanks Bonnie for the Woo lessons!
Nice! They were just waiting for that Retro again.
Yessssssss! Mercury retrograde is SO GOOD at bringing back things we once started. LOVE this! And so glad you’re enjoying the pattern-tracking! š Meeeeee toooooo!
Question/Comment/General “let’s talk this out”:
I finally got around to profiling my family by diving into their natal charts. It’s a good thing I was delayed in this task because I’m much more knowledgeable now and don’t need to spend as much time cross-referencing all my facts to figure out where their characteristics are in their charts and then crying about how certain aspects are just inherently in them through no fault of their own.
One thing I’m still working on and narrowing down is my Mom, since I don’t have her birth time. I got charts for every hour and minus a couple planets, everything is in the same sign, but of course the Rising and Houses are what I’m working on narrowing down. Here’s my “this doesn’t make sense to me” question. She’s full on Scorpio… which, doesn’t seem overly accurate. Depending on the chart, 5-6 signs, all closer planets (up to Jupiter). It’s appropriate in a couple aspects, when it came to things like being the one in control of money for the family, planning out her and my Dad’s yearly trips the day after they get back from the trip they just took and intimacy issues, but that “be wary of those Scorpios digging into your shit” does not fit at all, especially for having that many planets in it. So… might it just be “dormant”, or maybe it manifests in another way that’s less subtle or I’m not thinking of? Still working on the Houses, which I’m sure will help, but so far in the time I’ve spent (couple hours), Scorpio just doesn’t seem to fit.
Awesome! I love how you’re layering your knowledge around all of this and going deeper. That, BTW, is a Scorpio activity. š Research, deep dives, getting to the bottom of things, wanting to know all the things. That’s why Scorpio can trend toward the negative, the shadows, the paranoid… because they want to know all the things to prevent themselves from being hurt by what they didn’t see coming.
When it’s not negatively aspected in any sort of way, for sure, Scorpio is a history buff, a numbers junkie, an analyst, a librarian, a sensitive and intuitive and passionate expert in all things (especially great with money). But almost always, Scorpio has some level of shadow work going on. Some “getting to the bottom of things” not for curiosity’s sake but to avoid being manipulated by the unknown.
Definitely, knowing what house hosts which planets is going to make a difference in WHERE this tendency shows up in her life, and it’s absolutely possible it shows up in a place where it’s so positively and healthily used that it doesn’t express in ways that have that biting edge Scorpio generally brings to the party.
And perhaps she’s like me, with both Rising and Moon in the same sign, and in the 1st house, which then REALLY overwhelms stelliums and Sun signs that otherwise would appear dominant. (This is how my Cancer is way overpowered by my Libra.)
Love love love that you’re doing this profiling! And I totally agree about the timing of things. I love it when someone new orders a “You in the Stars” report because they’re getting better and better each time I do them because of how much I am actively learning! š
Okay. Cool. Thanks. This all makes sense. Really looking forward to tackle the Houses again soon.
I can’t wait for tomorrow’s Zoom. I am drowning and it is imPOSSible to tell from what. (big astro, tiny astro, peri-menopausal rage and hormonal roller coaster, trying to get sober again, no auditions for an epoch, empath overload and still unpracticed in how to protect my own energy, etc. etc. blah blah blah).
But will it even matter the cause? What matters is what I do about these feelings, and how I cope with them. Anyways, so looking forward. And I finally realized that I qualify for pandemic unemployment (whyyyy didn’t I look into this in May??) and my first thing I’m saving up for is a one on one Astro dive with you. Why? Because I feel intuitively called to do it, and it’s important to me on a level I can’t really describe. <3
Looking forward to our 1:1, Kellye. I know it’s a LOT right now. Hang in there! I know I’m program-hopping with this suggestion, but have you explored the cord-cutting/belief-clearing stuff in the woo-woo section of the vault? I wonder if that + Miracle Tone on top of your regular EFT and work here with us might help take the edge off a bit? Sending love and hugs! You did great today!
That means a lot! Thank you for that suggestion. And for your assumption that Iām regularly doing EFT, which I am not, but being a believer in signs, will schedule in to my week more often. Lol.
I will check out that area of the dojo too; I often think I have so much woo built in to me that I think I should focus my efforts elsewhere where Iām not so knowledgeable/connected, like the content creation track, which Iām on now with my 100 day restart. I forget I can access all of it now. š Really grateful for you and your guidance. ā¤ļø