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Astrologically, when Mercury stops being Retrograde, it is called the Direct Station. All Retrogrades are called stations because the planet seems (from our Earth perspective) to stop moving. [There are no Retrogrades in Heliocentric, or Sun-centered, astrology.] The apparent standstill is why it’s called a Station. Today, November 1, 2007 @ 6:59 pm edt, Mercury makes a Direct station. There are more details about this Mercury Retrograde on artcharts.

On this day after Halloween, called All Saints Day, when the spirits go back to the underworld, we get the symbolism of Neptune and Mercury making Direct stations. It’s time to give your subconscious a voice. Turn your daydreams into step-by-step plans. The separation of illusion and reality may seem like an illusion as you awaken to how directly the nature of your thoughts influences your experience. Reality is in the eye of the beholder. If you expect things to stay the same, that’s what will happen. If you want to change, start planning. Instead of just thinking about it, vision it. And write down every step. Wanting something is a great start, now as Mercury and Neptune station Direct together, start writing the proposal, sending the emails, reaching out to share your dreams.

As Mercury and Neptune station Direct, the Sun and Moon square, forming the Last Quarter Moon [5:18 pm edt]. The Last Quarter Moon makes a Fixed T-square with Chiron [Chiron squares Sun squares Moon]. The Sun is at the apex of the T-square as Sun squares Chiron. To heal old wounds, it will help to see, feel, and accept the projections you are carrying for others– so you can release them and get your energy back. Carrying the past is really about our own ego’s need to keep things the way they are– known. Stepping outside what is known, familiar, and expected can bring up fear, and that can keep you from taking a risk and hold you back.

The Sun is also starting to form a Grand Water Trine with Uranus and Mars, which will be a strong influence through Spring 2008. Listening to the advice mentors or experts can seem to keep you endlessly confronting the same challenges. It can feel like it’s time to strike out on your own, yet an impulsive move may not create any real change– at least until till next Spring. If your work brings joy and creativity to the world, shamelessly self-promote. But a seemingly strong tide of publicity can start to disappear as Mars slows in its orbit, preparing for a Retrograde station on November 15. What felt like a strong current can seem to subside— before it returns full force in April. Meanwhile, it’s time to give more thought to packaging, presenting, and publicizing your work so you feel confident when you get noticed by the public.

Mars and Uranus will be trine through April 2008. This is the winter to create networks within and without. If you want to connect more effectively with others, make the space within to allow yourself to receive and access energy, instead of blocking it off with negative thoughts and emotions. Holding onto beliefs and emotions that make us feel worthless or hopeless is really not about what “she” said or “he” did, but about our own fears that come up when we think about how to go on, what to do next, how we can avoid a risk. The trine of Mars-Uranus-Sun is about increasing courage, without bravado or ego, and for the greater good.

in Love&Light,
Lauren

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Happy Halloween

Halloween is the time you can see through the veil, or shadow, to gain a greater understanding of the dark. What’s in the dark? Whatever keeps you in a self-sabotaging pattern. All self-sabotage comes from unacknowledged fear and shame. You may ACT and TALK like you’re secure and in control, but if you’re not really sure deep inside, over time this builds toxic emotions like resentment, anger, jealousy. Ya’ know, the dark stuff.

Scorpio is a symbol for release, recycling, and rebirth. How do you keep your angry feelings alive? What stories do you tell yourself to prove that fanning the flames of your anger is justified? Do you disown what you don’t like about yourself and pin it on someone else? Because, duh, you’d never do THAT. Anger is all based in fear. We get angry AFTER we feel fear. But instead of feeling safe saying we feel fear, we get angry. Scorpio is the time we can look at our fears, see them for what they are, and let them go…

Trick o’ Treat
When the veil is the thinnest, we have access to our ancestors– just to visit. The treats you give the trick o’ treaters are symbolic treats that honor your ancestors.

Halloween is the last day of Mercury is Retrograde in Libra, while dreamy Neptune stations Direct on Halloween. And Mercury will station Direct in Libra (23 Libra 22) on All Saints Day, November 1. Mercury and Neptune appear to be in an approaching trine. But since Mercury will station Direct, it will not become exact. This is the time to let your imagination out of the box. To achieve balance and harmony while Mercury is direct in Libra, give your creative vision fair representation. On this Halloween, use your ingenuity to unmask your subconscious. Let your imagination be free! Mercury stations Direct tomorrow, All Saints Day, and then you can write down your visions and put your ideas on paper. Meanwhile, on this Halloween, it’s time to give your imagination a night to remember.

Happy Halloween!
Lauren

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As the Moon transits Gemini (Sunday and Monday, October 28 and 29) becoming the Disseminating Moon predawn on Monday (4:13 am edt), she completes a Mutable Grand Square. This Moon transit can personalize the side effects of this week’s Venus-Jupiter square and Jupiter-Neptune sextile. Venus and Jupiter are both square Uranus in Pisces, and the transiting Moon fills in the 4th leg of the square– creating a Mutable Grand Square that echoes the Mutable Grand Square of the recent Solar Eclipse on September 11, 2007 (see blogs below). Tension builds, something needs to improve, yet overindulging can fill you up with all the wrong things. The need to succeed and create abundance can feel stalled; is this a calling or an impossible dream? There is a release valve. It’s your intuition.

Jupiter has been square Uranus all of 2007, so you may feel that your luck is being tested, or that you want to change your luck. You want to grow, if only everyone would support it! There is help, if you’re willing to be open to your dreams and intuition.

On Halloween, Nepune stations Direct. There is access to your subconscious exactly at the time the veil is the thinnest. This is an open invitation to delve into your inner self. Jupiter is sextile Neptune this week (exact Nov 1 at 12:01 am edt) and Mercury stations Direct the night of Nov 1. To get past the feeling that everything you want is an impossible dream and you “should” keep your full attention on reality, that will only bring more of the same things. Why not try shifting your focus to what makes you feel better. Notice where you have succeeded, give more thought to what you want to happen next. If you contradict every positive thought you have, you are focused on what you don’t want, and continue to attract more of the same. Change takes planning and the willingness to do something differently. As Jupiter sextiles Neptune, taking one step in a positive direction can lead to a thought shift you may have never been able to see — until now.

Mercury stations DIRECT on November 1st. This is Halloween followed by All Saints Day, when the veil between the worlds of the senses and the extrasensory is the thinnest. And as dreamy Neptune stations Direct along with Mercury, this the time to take what you learn from your inner guidance and manifest your dreams and desires– start by putting it in writing. What are the steps you need to take? Write it down. Having a dream or hoping for the best is a great start. Now it’s time to draft your proposals, write your resume, detail your plans, follow up on your requests. Don’t just wish it and feel frustrated when it doesn’t happen. What actions are you INSPIRED to take? Making any intentional movement to reach out and connect can be the ripple that starts something big. Let something wonderful grow.

in Love&Light,
Lauren

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