Written by Lisa E Zimmerman
Oct 17 – The Libra Sun is in a Cardinal T-square (opposing Chiron, with a Jupiter square to both) that can trigger an old issue or invite you to recognize where you’re operating in low frequency energy. If your past still defines you, you may want to do personal work to be free and discover the truth of who you are, undefined by events or others. Profound and real.
If you feel balanced, the T-square invites you to rise to the next level of your personal evolution, regarding how you may serve from this space of wisdom and awakening. Shining your light may be your blessing to All or maybe it’s time for you to share your experience, strength and hope with others in some new way. Trust your inner guidance on this…
The Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra) indicate a new beginning, and with Chiron in the mix, it’s about healing or being the healer/spiritual teacher. Jupiter squaring both the Sun and Chiron brings can-do optimism, a stretch, or it can be a zealot who tries to do too much. The Libra Sun holds the potential for balance, fairness and harmony, so attune there for a middle ground of neutral objectivity rather than reacting to circumstances or your own emotional triggers.
Oct 20 – Mercury conjunct Mars in Scorpio. The mind and will operating together in powerful Scorpio can express deliberately to deliver an impactful message or it may create/expose secrets, hidden agendas and covert plans that are being hatched or enacted. Words and thoughts have power and can be cutting—in ways that are harmful (threats, attacks) or helpful (emotional breakthroughs or solutions). Never underestimate Scorpio…
This energy will dig deep (research, therapeutic work, truth-seeking), find the courage to speak up, and reveal hidden material that changes the playing field. Mercury-Mars in Scorpio isn’t interested in small talk, superficial info or being nice—it’s about power dynamics that make things happen (or not), and what’s real.
[Note: Mercury turns Retrograde Nov 9-29, so shop now for any major purchases or tech if you want to avoid potential snafus during the Retrograde period.]
Oct 21 – New Moon at 28º Libra @ 5:25am PDT. The New Moon is the time for new beginnings, to take actions and plant seeds toward anything you want to create or increase in your life. Libra is the sign of balance, harmony and beauty, the other-oriented sign of relationships that loves a win-win, as well as justice. Libra is the mirror, as who you call into your orbit is a reflection of some aspect of you for your pleasure, your development and learning and your growth.
This New Moon in Libra has a twist, with Master Healer Chiron in Aries opposing the Sun-Moon in Libra, while Pluto and Jupiter square the Sun-Moon, creating some pressure. The intensity of the Pluto square may be easing, but its lessons are still echoing. There’s also a Yod (fated finger of God) from Saturn, Neptune and Uranus to the New Moon that can bring up subtle relationship imbalances that may be run by a hidden element (unconscious pattern) that you can’t quite figure out, but you feel it. A new “You” is being birthed, whether you recognize it or not.
Your job is to set appropriate boundaries, noticing any sacrifice, people-pleasing, over-giving, pretense to look good, saying “Yes” when you feel “No,” DIY-itis (not asking for help) or anything else that is burning you out or keeping you locked into low frequency patterns. Create more beauty, balance and inner harmony so you can radiate that out to the world.
Your well being is not just for you, although it begins with You.
“I am not a library, I am a lighthouse.
You have to attune yourself to my vibration.
Don’t bother studying me.
Just tune in and soon you will discover
the vibration of the Self.
To try and study takes a long time.
If you tune in, you actually expand a hundred times faster
than studying, but it requires a trusting and a letting go —
the thing your mind is most afraid of.” ~ Mooji
Oct 22, ’25-Jan 27, ’26 – Neptune Retrograde in Pisces. After being in maverick Aries since March 30 (for the first time in our lifetime), Neptune backs into its home of flowy Pisces, as we dissolve the remnants of old structures that are obsolete to vision new directions and callings.
Creative pursuits, intuitive and spiritual practices will serve you well with your sensory attunement heightened in this experiential energy. If you feel confused or low vitality, go within for inner guidance or get support. Even confusion is an opening as your ego structures subtly unwind, which Neptune does so well. Remember, it only takes what you’ve outgrown…
Oct 22 – Sun in Scorpio. Now the intensity is turned up several notches, with the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Mars all in the sign of power and transformation. Scorpio deconstructs what is no longer viable and then facilitates a rebirth or “cosmic upgrade.” It takes you into the deep water to connect with primal urges that you may not be aware of; parts of yourself that have been hidden, even from you. Recovery of anything disowned is truly accessing your wholeness, with courage, compassion and reverence for All That Is.
Even if your life is stable, you are surrounded by a world that is rapidly deconstructing from weather events, power plays, changing structures and the subsequent rules of operating. This requires constant adaptability, updating, learning and controlling your attention in order to reorient and rebalance yourself in this dynamic experience that’s moving at warp speed.
It may feel scary, inconvenient or exciting (depending on your perspective), and the way you envision the future and current events is through your personal lens. This is where your true power lies, in the way you internalize these experiences and how you regard your own empowerment (or lack thereof).
I operate from the perspective that we have a soul contract to be here during this dramatic time of radical upheaval and rebirth, as we usher out the end of an old era and the beginning of a future that we are co-creating with our intentions, attitudes, behaviors, ingenuity and actions.
If you are resistant, mired in worry or feel like a victim, this is a call for healing and support to integrate the beliefs that hold you hostage, keep you small and take you down, so you can recover your vibrant, creative energy of wholeness.
From the space of reconnecting with the truth of who you are, you will know what to do and be able to get your needs met without excess suffering. It takes commitment to heal deep issues, but the rewards are so worth it—and along the way, you will be led to extraordinary people, places and things that will change your life…
There is also a Grand Water Trine operating on the New Moon and throughout the week with emotional, intuitive and creative support that is available to tap into.
The challenges inspire action and the harmonious aspects offer insight, grace and flow. Don’t become hyper-focused on what’s wrong and miss the magic, possibilities and blessings that support your well being and feed your spirit.
Utilize the New Moon energy to serve your intentions (write them down) for the best and Highest Good.
I am always grateful for your presence on our journey together. 🌷
“You must live fully in the now to make your dreams come true.” ~ Florence Scovel Shinn
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“The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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“We must give up our will, give up control, and release our expectations about a specific result. This is where the going starts to get tough. We want what we want, and usually we want it yesterday. We need to open ourselves up to the possibility that we don’t always know what’s best for us.” ~ Kathy Cordova
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“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” ~ T. S. Eliot
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