Well, how have you survived your encounter with Mars and Uranus over the last few months? What have you gained on an internal basis in terms of meaningful experiences and transformation? I expect that many of you feel more vulnerable and more attentive to the spiritual quest with a growing understanding of what clearing energy and karmic patterns are all about. I also imagine that many people realize that their own life lessons have been exposed and that the dark forces really do exist and need to be reckoned with. I assume that many people have opened their eyes to what previously was more obscure, hidden, or denied, and are now ready to take their next steps with some caution added in with greater awareness.
As I see it, we are all in some form of preparation or transition involving cleansing and releasing past patterns, and now we begin to test ourselves to create results in our lives in harmony with higher purpose. Some of us have been in assertiveness training while others have been learning how to surrender. All of us have been in a holding pattern and now it is completing. We get to enter into the adventure of whatever we have been preparing for, with the assistance of the inner connection to intuitive guidance and the process of healing that comes when we let go and let God.
I have been anticipating October with rapture, knowing that the critical energy bringing the obscure challenges we experienced in the summer months will begin to wane. Mars and Uranus still travel closely together for the next few months but there is less to dig up and less to confront. Some of us be begin to relax, feeling safer and more inwardly confident, but others will still feel close to the edge. At this point of this year, it is appropriate for the challenge of action and participation to keep us on the move, although the Libra influences could bring some indecision or concern about accommodating others.
The delicate balance necessary for moving forward in harmony with one's own destiny and in respect of primary relationships will be the current challenge that we are all working with on some level. With some anticipation and uncertainty, new stages of development are best to occur gradually. Although, for most people, the excitement and the anxiety continues with the risks each of us are taking, as we face or limitations, and remain open to out-of-the-box ways of thinking an acting.
Problems within relationships and within the material world are easier to identify and easier to overcome in October now that Mars and Mercury are direct, but inner balance is a delicate matter. The Fall Equinox chart and the Libra New Moon chart each indicate release and moving forward, especially with matters that include other people. The rightful place in relationships is sometimes difficult to understand. With the added support of Venus in Libra and Mercury entering Libra on October 6th, each of us has a greater ability to access the tools and to apply clearer perceptions in the way that we manage our relationships.
Get rid of the urgency and the impatience that accompany fulfilling your desires by surrendering to the guidance available moment by moment. With that said, I encourage and support the continued value of taking the risks that free you from the limiting conditions and thought patterns from your past. As you test yourself in new territory you gradually will get closer to the target that is correct for you. Aim for the beginning of next year for making the changes that restructure your life.
Inner balance is most challenged at the time of the Aries Full Moon, felt most acutely on October 9-10. Don't allow yourself to give in to the negative forcefulness of other people while simultaneously practice being aware of your own behavior and expectations projected on to others. At the same time of the Aries Full Moon Venus enters Scorpio, intensifying internal reactions to whatever occurs in significant relationships. Awareness manifesting based upon emotional encounters can be helpful for navigating toward a successful outcome.
Venus and Libra are archetypes sharing a common ground. They are both interested in love, beauty, harmony, and the sharing of inner values in an intimate manner. Libra has the symbol of the scales, also related to finding equilibrium and the balance in the face of opposing forces. That is a big job to achieve on a day by day level of all we confront that seems to be outside of ourselves. The inner harmony challenge is a big one requiring constant vigilance.
Venus in Scorpio is more demanding operating with more will and power, aimed at the gain we each can have with reciprocal exchange. The balance of giving and receiving is noted, be this positive or negative in one's perception. Reactions are felt even if they are not expressed. To protect the delicate inner balance will involve the responsibility of clearing your own energy field, allowing for more constructive interaction with others for the clearing and balancing necessary for creating and maintaining the most fulfilling relationships.
All month we are tested to stay positive on our track by the continued close contact of Mars and Uranus. Stay open to new perspectives, including more transformation as you participate with others, but late month, there is a significant turning point. Neptune turns direct, Mercury enters Scorpio, and the Scorpio New Moon cycle begins when Saturn turns retrograde, respectively from October 22 -24th.
So, what does this mean? Instead of the delicate inner balance we are working with right use of power with regards to spirit and material matters, perception of reality, boundary issues, and anything else related to the search for truth. That sets the tone for November when much more will be revealed and significant changes will set the tone providing momentum for 2004.
Develop and maintain the principles that are at the base of true inner and outer success and those that lead to freedom. Sustain the relationships you have through love, service and by contributing what you most easily and naturally can give. Improve your communication skills and have fun in honesty and vulnerability. Take care of yourself and include the light and your spiritual source in all of your work and play. Forgive as soon as you judge. Focus your energy in any way that adds value and healing personally, within your close relationships and within our world. Movements for peace and organizations focusing on prayer and mediation are numerous. Join in the experience of joy when you are able to give from your heart.
