New Moon in Libra

This is an extraordinary New Moon. We have Mercury Retrograde conjunct Venus in Virgo. This a time to look toward healing and getting to the bottom of things and finding truth. Virgo not only deals with truth, but using the natural healing methods of herbs and plants; using the things of nature and the earth.

This is also a time, with 6 planets retrograde, to look at your life and assess what it is you want to change and what feels right for now. The world is changing rapidly, but with all of the retrogrades, everything slows down for a time and allows us the space to re asses our priorities as we look to the future. Write down your inner findings to review when all of the plants go direct.

This retrograde season will be mostly finished by December 3rd when only Uranus and Mars will be retrograde. At the tail end, Mercury stations Retrograde on December 29th through January 18th. Mars stations retrograde on October 30th and will transit through the sign of Gemini for 7 months. This should slow Mars down enough where we can learn more from Gemini’s findings and be able to process what we are learning. Mars stations direct on January 12th and doesn’t leave the sign of Gemini until March 26th. Uranus is the last planet to go direct which it does on January 23rd.

This ends a very intense retrograde season. All the planets will be in direct motion for several months until Mercury goes retrograde again on April 21st, followed by Pluto on May 1st. No retrogrades for several months will mean everything moves forward at a faster pace. This will be a good time to focus on projects for a more speedy result.

The last of 4 Uranus/Saturn squares is exact on October 1st and will remain within a 5 degree orb of influence through mid December. They will still be influencing each other for a couple of months after that.The Repercussions of this powerful blending of malefic energies will be felt for years to come. This is the catalyst for global change, great earthquakes and volcanic activity and intense climate disruptions.

By Wendy Cicchetti