October

The Worldwide Web, Multimedia, Education, Publishing and Your Communication
You probably know you are ruled by Mercury the messenger of the gods. You link faces, places, concepts and plans and are the great translator, who knows how to get the message across – whatever that may be, Virgo. Now that you have Bacchus, Mercury, Venus Retrograde, the Sun and Jupiter in Scorpio in your zone of words and ideas, it is time to summon up all your energy and give a particular project or plan, one final shot. Why final? This is the last full month you will have the mighty planet Jupiter on your side, with all his opportunities and solutions. Even more importantly, Mercury, the planet of communication, information and negotiation – your own planet –  starts moving retrograde shadow, near Monday 29th October. There will be no perfect, complete or whole answer for you, as you will see near the Full Moon on Wednesday 24th October. However, you need to get a wriggle on. Your luck holds in October despite the inner debate, or the polar opposites involved with other people. Jupiter is the great protector and helper of astrology and even though you may feel you are pushing uphill a lot of the time, this is still the best last chance you have to see things grow and prosper. If you have no choice but to launch or conclude your plans after 29th October (say, in November or December) just be aware that you will be doing so in a totally different climate and with the chance of a reversal, delay or rescheduling. I always say this, but have Plan B, C and D if so.

Foreign Faces and Places, Regional Differences, The Worldwide Web and the Big, Wide World
Uranus in Taurus coincided with a dramatically different new beginning for you in May, involving travel or travel in the mind. A journey – or a journey of the intellect or spirit. This is the Ninth House cycle when foreign faces and places, regional differences, the worldwide web and all aspects of education, publishing or academia come centre-stage. You have been challenged to reinvent things. You have succeeded, to the extent that other cultures, nationalities or beliefs are now at the top of your list, as you realise you can no longer go on repeating yourself or staying stuck in the past. This is a whole new world, actually, no matter if your concern is with Europe, America, Asia or somewhere even more exotic. Sometimes the other coast in your own country can seem foreign too! Uranus is the planet of radical change, upheaval and freedom. Very near October 6th, 10th and the Full Moon near Wednesday 24th October you’ll feel the characteristic electricity in the air. Tension precedes relief and release and then everything is different. The trick to this cycle is to embrace who and what is utterly new. This is all here to be produced or created as you and others see fit. If you both/all realise the whole point is to be free, it will work that much better.

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