Weekend of October 20-21, and Week Ahead

~Self-Reliant Purpose~ (Coming Week)

Saturday 20 October

Moon in Pisces

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week begins at 11:11p PT | 2:11a(Su) ET | 6:11a(Su) UT

Sunday 21 October 2018

/moon in Pisces-->Aries

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues (until Tuesday evening)

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:48p PT | 7:48p ET | 11:48p UT

until it enters Aries at 11:59p PT | 2:59a(M) ET | 6:59a(M) UT

The week of October 20-26 (Saturday through Friday):

The high-focus planet is the sun in a bowl-shaped chart, much calmer, and more self-contained rather than self-promulgating.  Fixed Natural Disposition indicates a strong desire to find and uphold values. Values seemed to clash more a week ago because of the harsher aspects and the Venus square Mars plus Uranus as the handle planet. This week there remains an interest in values and upholding them, but without so much anger and hoopla. Venus is in a bi-septile aspect with Mars so there should be somewhat better relations between the sexes and within them, somehow fateful or destiny-laden, as if one were seeing what a relationship is all about and its value. 

Previous weeks' charts had Mars at point focus, with squares from Uranus on one side and Venus on the other. Nothing could more clearly suggest a "battle of the sexes" such as we experienced. It seems that friendships were fractured, which is very frequent with hard Uranus-Venus aspects, but this time especially because Mars too was involved. The current chart does not have a T square, removing much pressure. We will feel more poised and less challenged. Uranus remains important through its opposition with both Venus and the sun. Not all of the hurt or rejection will disappear but it will be easier to deal with because the opposition is more of a mental aspect, one of gaining perspective, while the previous square is often the instigation and exacerbation of conflict. 

There is more of a focus on minding one's own business, rather than minding everyone else's.  It is true that Jupiter and Mercury are square Mars, but this could be a focus on intellectual tasks or projects, not necessarily rash or painful arguments. Those can happen with Mercury square Mars but other helpful aspects suggest that this is a more utilitarian rather than contentious use of mental forces. 

The formula for the "dynamic aptness" aspect Uranus opposite Sol, is an experimentative approach to purpose. This is self-contained, that is, not insisting that everyone else come along, understand or agree to what one is doing. And so we may find ourselves able to actualize some hopes and purposes calmly rather than feel the world is against us.

{Week of October 20-26}  ~Self-Reliant Purpose~

Cosmic Piper