Pay close attention this week, for we will see a direct reflection of what and who we actually are in every person we meet, and each situation we are in.

There will be mirrors all around us. Look deep into them; what and who you see standing before you will help you to decide who you really want to be for the rest of your life. Do you like who you see looking back at you? Only you can change the person you see. Of course there are people to help you, but it is your choice. Life is YOUR looking glass.

For the week of October 26, 2008

LAST WEEKEND: Oct 25-26:
From the site http://www.skywatchastrology.com:

The Moon in reliable Virgo sails through calm seas on Saturday. So it’s an excellent day to take the kitty to the vet, balance your checkbook, and to fix something healthy for dinner--all Virgo strengths. Evening hours hold a note of tension as the Moon squares inflexible Pluto at 8 PM and turns V/C until she enters Libra at 9:47 PM. And the level of static increases later on--save the long talk for another night.

Communication problems, misunderstandings and perhaps a severe storm somewhere are all more likely Sunday morning, as Mercury squares Jupiter at 7:14 AM. Smells like you burnt the toast, too. But astrological skies begin to clear on the other side of the square and green lights come on for work or play. The kiss of the day appears at 4:15 PM when the Moon sextiles Venus--this is a good time to make some calls or to shop for something expensive. Clear skies follow into the evening hours--reach out. As times change.…

All times given are US Central time. That's Chicago on the World Clock.

This was sent to me by an astrologer friend of mine: lindalee650@aol.com. It can be complex for non-astrologers, but you will get the general idea. Not written by me:

Dear Friends,

The next New Moon, which forms on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:14 PM PDT at 6º Scorpio, marks a spiritual crossroads, where the consequences of our choices are particularly momentous. The old paradigm is dying; a new one struggles to be born. Will we cling to the old, or move toward the new? Fear is a sign that we are on a frontier, advancing where creation has not yet gone. Pluto, the modern ruler of Scorpio, represents the descent into the Underworld, the unknown terrain of the unconscious, a purgatory where we discover that sin means only “to miss the mark,” to mistake the transitory for the sacred. Scorpio teaches us that there is no real death, only a constant metamorphosis; the infinite, eternal dance of spirit in matter.

Saturn is the symbol of established form and convention; Uranus, the symbol of reform and unconventionality. The contrast between the US major party candidates mirrors their approaching opposition. Conservative John McCain reflects the archetype of Saturn; at age 72, he would be the oldest man ever inaugurated as president. Barack Obama --the first biracial candidate for the Oval Office, who at 47 would be one of the youngest presidents in US history, embodies Uranus, the energy of new possibilities and progress.

Saturn and Uranus oppose each other only every 45 years or so; the first of five exact oppositions* occurs on November 4, 2008, the very day of the US presidential election (at 19º Virgo-Pisces. The New Moon aspects both Saturn and Uranus, adding to the build up of this extremely dynamic alignment. Venus in Sagittarius moves into an exact square to Saturn and Uranus on November 3, further energizing the conflict between old and new, established and experimental. (*The next exact Saturn-Uranus oppositions occur on 2/5/09, 9/15/09, 4/26/09, and 7/26/09).

The previous time Saturn opposed Uranus was 1965–67, a period of tremendous social, political, and cultural turmoil, along with extraordinary creativity, massive civil rights and antiwar demonstrations, Eastern spiritual traditions coming to the West, China’s “Cultural Revolution” in the East, space-walks by Soviet and US astronauts, and the first commercial microcomputers. Saturn was then in mid Pisces, opposing Uranus in mid Virgo (12–24°), with both greatly intensified by Pluto in Virgo and Chiron in Pisces. Oppositions relate back to the last time the two planets were in conjunction; those occurred at 27–29° Sagittarius in 1988, which marked the end of the Cold War, the beginning of the Red Army’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Iran-Contra Affair, the first Fair Trade label, and Jesse Jackson’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Several other aspects add to the revolutionary tailwinds around this New Moon. Chiron, the archetype of the Wounded Healer, ends its five-month retrograde phase on Saturday, October 25. (Chiron stationed retrograde on May 25 at 21º09’ Aquarius’; it turns direct at 16º02’ Aquarius, and once again reaches 21ºº09’ on February 9, 2009). During a retrograde period, we discover the patterns and release the beliefs which have been holding us back. Chiron in Aquarius supports healing the wounds of alienation incurred from being an agent of change. Those wounds close as we find and join with other resonant souls who have also chosen to be on the front lines of the Aquarian Age.

On November 1, Neptune ends its yearly retrograde phase, amplifying the call to manifest the ideals of the Aquarian Age--to shift from hierarchy to collaboration, from war to peace, from separation to unity. Neptune turned retrograde on May 26 at 24º15° Aquarius and direct at 21º28’ Aquarius. And just in case we need a further nudge, at the beginning of November, the Sun squares the degree of the last solar eclipse (August 1 at 10° Leo), impelling us to take a giant step forward, personally and collectively.

What are your dreams? What are your fears? What is your truth? Everyone counts. Everyone matters. Everyone makes a difference.

"Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another. Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act."
-- Ram Dasse