Written by Lisa E Zimmerman
It feels like we’ve been traveling through the birth canal for years, with an energetic rhythm that is moving us back and forth. Often in baby steps. Now we’re crossing another threshold as we do every year, but this time it feels different due to all the dynamic movement around us.
Can you feel yourself percolating and preparing to become the next expression of You? It feels as if we’re getting closer, even with all the Retrograde planets. With each healing, correction, integration and step forward, you become a new expression of You.
We open the week with Chiron in Aries until next April and this is a period in which you’re invited to claim your will and take courageous actions. Think: taking a stand for what you know you are here to do and stepping up. If you’ve been holding back, it’s time to challenge your self-doubt and come out of hiding. This is about living in truth and daring to be your Self. You will feel where you belong and you can release relationships that are complete.
Sept 18 – Mercury opposite Saturn
This can indicate a roadblock, a serious communication or a decision that has long-term consequences. You may be implementing new boundaries, downsizing, simplifying or clarifying your priorities. Old commitments may no longer feel aligned for you and where you’re going. Act from your authority and trust your Inner Guidance. It’s not always easy to renegotiate or break away, but you can feel when it’s necessary for your growth and alignment.
Sept 21 – Mercury sextile Jupiter
The week opens with conversations, abundant info, big ideas and possibilities. You may be inspired or inspiring, with bold messages transmitted via writing, speaking, teaching or networking with people who expand your world — or you expand theirs. This is fertile ground for joyful expression, sales, good news and fruitful connections that can happen when you get in the game. Enjoy!
Sept 22 – Fall Equinox / Sun in Libra @ 5:05pm PDT
The Fall Equinox is the official end of the summer season when the Sun enters 0º Libra and you will feel the shift it brings. On the Equinox the light and dark hours are equal, and spiritually the focus is on the harvest and gratitude for our many blessings. With all that is challenging these days, remember to appreciate the gifts of abundance in your life.
The dynamic movement of yin and yang within the Tao is also reflected in the Fall Equinox. It marks a shift from the outward, expansive yang half of the year to the inward, reflective yin half. Light and warmth begin to diminish and darkness, coolness and receptivity increases. It invites us to align with nature by turning inward, conserving our energy and allowing what is ready to fall away.
Libra is the conscious mirror, focused on relationships, beauty, harmony and balance; it seeks cooperation, compromise and collaboration. Libra desires peace and, in our world, that requires you to create inner peace and centering to avoid reactions that disempower you. Be as objective as possible, while deciding what makes sense for you in each moment. Libra is an air sign that processes mentally and can see both sides of a conflict or difference. To be empowered, hold an aerial view and witness both sides from a higher octave.
This is also about giving and receiving, which is one of the most profound relationships dynamics. Many of you are Givers and give generously and willingly, always there to help. This is a beautiful quality, but I invite you to check your ability to receive. If receiving is not easy or familiar, this is your work — and the effects will appear in all areas of your life if you are a DIY-type, always self-sufficient and self-reliant. Remember, you are seeking balance. This will change your life!
Sept 25 – Sun opposite Neptune
The Sun in Libra opposes Neptune in Aries a few days later. This can stimulate your intuitive gifts, spirit and creativity or it can create confusion, doubt and worry. Higher or lower expressions.
Direct your attention to dreaming your future, utilizing your favorite spiritual practices and turning within for inner peace and stability. There is infinite potential available to fuel your spirit, imagination, third eye vision, compassion and empathy. Directing your attention deliberately will prevent your wandering mind from going down dark alleys when left unattended. This is always true.
From Sept 26 – 28, Pluto and Uranus form a Grand Trine with the Sun transmitting powerful transpersonal frequencies for a makeover. You’ve been under cosmic construction for a long while now and this is an activation weekend. With an emotional Full Moon in Aries it will be a major release and reboot for you and your relationships. Next level, with all the outer planets in on the action.
Venus is in its shadow, preparing to turn Retrograde from Oct 3-Nov 13. This will be an intense Venus Retrograde in Scorpio, bringing up issues around worthiness, $$, relationships and love that is ripe for exploration — and it will go deep. This is about transformation, death and rebirth, the Phoenix Rising.
If anything is emerging in these areas for you, it’s a preview of what is ready to be seen, healed, integrated and aligned during this three month process. Rather than allowing fear to disable you, decide that you are ready to transcend the limitations that have made life hard for you. Any work needed is so worth it!
We are all in this Venus Retrograde masterclass together and it will be interesting to experience how we are transformed and will emerge renewed.
As always, I am grateful for your presence on our journey together.
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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton
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“When fear is in love’s clothing, fear takes on the language of love.” ~ Emmanuel, channeled by Pat Rodegast
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“Every day, you reinvent yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.” ~ James Altucher
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“No genuine longing can remain unfulfilled.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
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