AstroForecast October 2006

by Lance Rodriguez

The month of October is the first entire month of the fall season beginning with the Sun transiting the cardinal air sign of Libra. The sign of the scales is symbolic of all one-to-one relationships, balance, peace, harmony, compromise, fairness, justice, equal give-and-take, diplomacy and grace to name a few of the positive attributes. Negative expressions of Libra include procrastination, indecision, passivity, complacency, non-committal behaviors, apathy, indifference, vacillation and laziness. The ruling angel of Libra is archangel Uriel and the angel of October is Barakiel.

The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map for this Aries Full Moon sensitizes the following United States locations: All of Alaska particularly Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, Far West Texas, Carlsbad, Roswell, Tucumcari and Raton New Mexico, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Greeley, Boulder and Denver Colorado, Cheyenne and far eastern Wyoming, as well as far eastern Montana.

Around the world the following areas are sensitized: British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Newfoundland Canada, Chihuahua, Mazatlan and Guadalajara Mexico, central Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Manaus and central Brazil, Georgetown Guyana, French Guiana, Greenland, Vladivostok and Moscow Russia, the Canary Islands Spain, Nouakchott Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Monrovia Liberia, Maputo Mozambique, Malawi, Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Nairobi Kenya, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Somalia, Khartoum the Sudan, Egypt, San’a Yemen, Mecca and Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem Israel, Lebanon, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Ankara Turkey, Baku Azerbaijan, Erivan Armenia, Kazakhstan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong China, southern Japan, the Philippines, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, Ujung Pandang and the Moluccas Indonesia, New Guinea, all of Australia, Melanesia, New Caledonia, as well as Vanuatu.

This same Friday is the Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes strong intense emotions that can come easily to the conscious surface. Due to this Perigee Moon the above-mentioned Aries Full Moon can be considered a "Super Full Moon". Off the cuff remarks can be considered personal attacks thus provoking scathing retaliation.

Sunday the 8th is the Pre-Shadow Point of Mercury referring to this day’s degree position of Mercury that will coincide with the degree of Mercury’s direct station on November 17, 2006; these two dates can correspond to one another. The housing market can experience financial pressures that can lead to slow and gradual devaluation. A politician can alienate women due to disparaging remarks. Workers’ concerns for compensation and health packages are uneasy once more. Keywords associated with this degree position of Mercury are: The shared experience of fraternity and fellowship is what can stimulate a common bond between all people. Once misery and hatred have expended their energies it is time to realize the psyche incorporates the darkness, anguish and pain and shines forth the eternal Inner Light to perform the miracles of regeneration, resurrection and rebirth! The Phoenix comes to life!

Monday the 9th an adjustment aspect between Venus and Uranus symbolizes partners’ efforts to make amends with hyper-emotional outbursts that were somewhat shocking and surprising. Couples do well with one another especially the practice of yoga and Tantric sex together.

Tuesday the 10th two harmonious aspects are highlighted with the first one being the contact of the Sun with Neptune that unleashes the creative potential for artistically or spiritually inclined individuals. The ability to forgive leads to true magnanimity.

The second aspect is that of Mercury with Uranus symbolizing innovative ideas that lead to wonderful inventions and discoveries that augment existing research and investigations. People tend to finish each other’s sentences. Flashes of telepathy occur.

Thursday the 12th at 2:35pm is the direct station of Chiron, the Wounded/Healer of astrology thus ending its retrograde motion that began May 15, 2006. Chiron, due to its recent retrograde motion, is now at the degree position it held previously January 30, 2006, which was the Pre-Shadow Point; these two dates can correspond to one another. Here is a quote from the January AstroForecast 2006 about this degree position: "This chart symbolizes the ability to heal wounds involving the executive and legislative branches, fathers being supportive by guiding children in regards to career and job directions as well as healthy communications with open dialogues and discerning debate. Keywords associated with this Chiron degree position are: Crises can emerge that require mankind to embrace action or decision of an immediate necessity. What risks are willing to be taken for the good of all mankind? Synchronization with the collective will to return to the evolutionary spiral of the Divine Feminine is important. Are we ready to leap into a new realm of innovation, experimentation and intuition?"

Friday the 13th is a harmonious contact of Venus with Neptune that is excellent for romantic interludes, ideal partnerships, social fundraisers, artistic inspiration as well as the appreciation of spirituality in all of its manifestations. This is also a beautiful aspect for world peace meditations, peace movements and peace initiatives.

Sunday the 15th two celestial aspects occur with the first one being a harmonious contact of Mars with Pluto that symbolizes actions and initiatives that have global implications particularly with exports, imports, international diplomatic missions, global cooperation with terrorism counter-insurgency, as well as espionage intelligence. Partnerships experience newfound passions that are exciting and titillating. Broadened viewpoints that are mutually supportive do well.

The second aspect on this Sunday is an inharmonious one involving Mercury with Neptune that affects some individuals with fuzzy thinking, wishful thinking and/or escapist thoughts. Required detail work becomes clouded, confused and/or outright forgotten. Allow a couple of days after this day for things to become clearer.

President George W. Bush experiences transiting Jupiter inharmonious to his birth Venus that can symbolize issues involving females in general or a female in the administration that could be experiencing political difficulties. There can emerge an adversarial posturing that can be less than graceful or diplomatic. Inharmonious contacts of Jupiter with Venus can sometimes witness compensatory behaviors that are excessive. Previous statements may have to be retracted or edited.

Also this same Sunday in the US Sibly Chart Solar Arc Directed Uranus conjoins birth Pluto that can symbolize revolutionary, radical and surprising developments that affect the US economy. Stock markets, commodities, banks, real estate, currencies, agri-business products, petrochemical products, pharmaceuticals, the film industry, legal commitments, legal decisions, as well as espionage intelligence are all in the bull’s eye of Uranus. Uranus is the most highly unpredictable planet in astrology and sometimes can be experienced as a rip saw utilized to cut paper dolls. This conjunction of Uranus with natal Pluto has never occurred in the history of the United States and for it to be witnessed again the wait would be 360 years! Uranus is also the planet of inventions, ingenuity and innovations that startle the world with rapid developments attending its discoveries (that is why it is considered so revolutionary). Surprising bankruptcies can also erupt on the scene for once stable and solid corporations. Due to the very slow motion of this Solar Arc Direction a year and a half before and after this date is applicable.

Monday the 16th a harmonious contact of the Sun with Saturn occurs that is excellent for executives, leaders, fathers, celebrities and royalty being effective with measured assurances, discipline, steadfastness and responsibility as long as efforts are employed. Fathers take pride in the accomplishments of their children. Children earn the respect of their elders.

Tuesday the 17th is a harmonious aspect between the Sun with Pluto that bestows grit, determination, drives to persist in spite of oppositions, as well as the identification of psychological motivations and/or ulterior motives of people. The identification of positive discussions about sexuality is helpful.

Wednesday the 18th Venus is harmonious with Saturn that is beneficial for mature approaches in regards to financial affairs particularly with partnerships. The appreciation of discipline, accountability and reliability is a wonderful expression.

Thursday the 19th Venus makes a harmonious contact with Pluto that symbolizes financial profits especially associated with the stock markets. New highs can be reached. Intimacy involving partners becomes deep and profound.

There is an Apogee Moon (greatest distance from the Earth) that symbolizes the ability to cultivate objectivity and impartiality with emotions/feelings on this Thursday. Care needs to be taken in regards to instigating grudges, resentments and spats that are unnecessary.

This same Thursday is the declinational shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities. Individuals who are caught up in utopian visions collide with more pragmatic, cynical or critical individuals.

Saturday the 21st is the entrance of Jupiter into the 12th house of the US Sibly Chart and will remain in this house for an approximate 1-year period. In ancient astrology Jupiter is the natural ruler of this house and expansion, opportunities and growth can occur with spirituality, maritime affairs, the arts, hospitals, prisons, drug companies, wineries, as well as the film industry. The negative side of this Jupiter entrance of the 12th house can be expressed in mundane astrology with secret enemies plotting nefarious acts. This entrance of Jupiter into the 12th house of the US Sibly chart only happens once every 12 years. It is interesting to note that twelve years ago Jupiter entered the 12th house of the Sibly chart in early November 1994 that witnessed the congressional elections Republican Party sweep that riveted Washington DC politics since then. There was a Scorpio Solar Eclipse on November 3, 1994 that introduced a powerful and intense energy to that election year. There isn’t a Solar Eclipse this November election date but with the recent talks about an election year upset, who knows? The proof will always be in the pudding.

Sunday the 22nd at 12:15am is the annual Libra New Moon that symbolizes the new beginnings/new initiatives phase of the Moon. Themes to emphasize with this Libra New Moon are peace, harmony, cooperation, consideration, kindness, justice, appropriateness, fairness, equality and balance. Angel Adriel is associated with this Libra lunation. This is an extremely social New Moon with both the Sun and Moon conjoined together with Venus and Mars with all four planets in the sign of the Scales. This gathering of the inner planets is indicative of a lot of discussions, banter, repartee and advocacy of what is right, balanced, appropriate and just in all aspects of life. This lunation is oriented to bringing intelligent, reasonable, judicious and fair assessments with whatever can be offered as healthy compromise with issues that are extremely violating. There is almost a sense, the word that comes to mind is "hemorrhaging", associated with the executive branch of government, leaders, authority figures and financial officers. Military personnel, civil servants, the police and firefighters also come to mind with this association. A woman or a couple of women emerge with a potent message and vision. Keywords associated with this Libra lunation are: The faith of the individual in his own reasoning powers must have every chance to prove itself. The budding impulse is toward the new kind of community, toward sisterhood and brotherhood unlimited.

The A*C*G Map of this Libra New Moon sensitizes the following locations across the United States: Nome and Anchorage Alaska, Hawaii, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, St. Petersburg-Tampa, Key West and Tallahassee Florida, Augusta and Atlanta Georgia, Asheville North Carolina, Greenville and Spartanburg South Carolina, Lexington Kentucky, Knoxville Tennessee, the western tip of Virginia, the western tip of West Virginia, Toledo, Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio, Fort Wayne, South Bend and Indianapolis Indiana, Bay City, Ann Arbor, Saginaw, Flint, Kalamazoo and Detroit Michigan, Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin, western Arizona, western Utah, Idaho, western Montana, Bangor Maine, as well as Las Vegas Nevada.

Around the world the following areas are sensitized: Yellowknife, Calgary, Thunder Bay and Quebec City Canada, Mexicali Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, San Jose Costa Rica, Isla de la Juventud and Havana Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Medellín Colombia, Iquito, Arequipa and Cuzco Peru, Chile, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Sao Paolo Brazil, Paramaribo Surinam, Greenland, Iceland, the Azores, Finland, Tallinn Estonia, Riga Latvia, Vilnius Lithuania, Krakow and Warsaw Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Vienna Austria, Zagreb Croatia, Brest Belarus, Palermo, Naples and Rome Italy, Budapest Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgrade Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Sakhalin Island, St. Petersburg and Moscow Russia, Tripoli Libya, Agadez Niger, Nigeria, N’djamena Chad, Kinshasa Zaire, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Nairobi Kenya, Ethiopia, the Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Alma Ata Kazakhstan, western Mongolia, Sapporo, Nagoya and Osaka Japan, Beijing and central China, Kashmir and Bombay India, Mandalay and Rangoon Myanmar, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, the Moluccas and Indonesia, Marble Bar, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney Australia, as well as Melanesia.

This same Sunday is the conjunction of Mercury with Jupiter that symbolizes expansion of the mind, intellectual growth, opportunities associated with important discussions and contracts as well as commercial affairs that can be promoted. Due to both of these planets in the sign of Scorpio opportunities involving investments will be important to promote. Research and investigations can also be highlighted. Huge secrets can be revealed through the media that have a heavy impact with the public. These two planets will oppose one another next May 23, 2007 so these two dates can correspond to one another.

Monday the 23rd at 8:26am is the entrance of the majestic Sun into the mysterious sign of Scorpio for its annual 30-day journey. Themes of sharing, merging, bonding, intimacy, shared resources, taxes, insurances, the occult, transformation, regeneration and personal rebirths are highlighted with this solar passage. Issues of negative compulsive/obsessive behaviors, jealousy, envy, deep-seated rage due to inhibited emotions from the past, as well as control and manipulation can surface over the next 30 days. The angel that rules the sign of Scorpio is Barakiel.

Monday the 23rd at 11:38am is the entrance of Mars into its ancient ruled sign of Scorpio for the next approximate 45-day period. Investigations and intense research reap bountiful rewards. Speak softly and carry a big stick is a prevalent attitude with this planetary activity. "Take good care of what is yours, and do not wish for what is not yours; so nothing can prevent you from being happy" Epictetus. Sexuality draws attention whether favorably or unfavorably. Military secrecy can either be surreptitious or essential for maneuvers.

This same Monday is the conjunction of the Sun with Mars that is excellent for partners to coordinate actions to launch social initiatives that improve social contacts. Psychologically this alignment is about harnessing the ego’s assertive energies to accomplish what the true self wishes to create in the outer world. A dynamic, eloquent and potent leader leaves a lasting impression with the public. Earnest peace initiatives are launched that enable reconciliation.

Also this Monday is an inharmonious contact of Mercury with Saturn that can symbolize "stinking thinking" for some individuals prone to pessimism, inflexibility and/or inadequacy. Some individuals experience delays that are disheartening. Obstructionist and stubborn behaviors can arise especially concerning the control and manipulation of information.

Tuesday the 24th at 4:57am is the entrance of Venus into mysterious Scorpio for an approximate 28-day journey. Strong Scorpio emphases will revolve around Venus’ associations with relationships, finances and values. Positive work can be accomplished to bring a greater sense of intimacy in partnerships. Partners can truly address financial matters to liquidate debt. The ability to improve shared values will also be strong. Negative issues that will destabilize this Venusian orientation would be possessiveness, jealousy, envy, control and manipulation through power games and mind plays. Particularly with women, Venus in Scorpio can symbolize the following quote by Severo Ochoa: "A woman can change the vital trajectory of a man".

Also this same Tuesday is the inharmonious contact of Jupiter with Saturn. This is the third and final inharmonious aspect of these two planets with another; the previous two contacts occurred December 16, 2005 as well as June 22, 2006 with all three dates corresponding to one another. Here is a quote from the December 2006 AstroForecast about these two planets’ inharmonious contact: "These two planets were conjunct one another May 2000 and this is the first inharmonious contact these two have with one another since that conjunction. Jupiter and Saturn in astrology are the "social" planets that can symbolize the expansion and contraction of social parameters and they definitely have an impact on economic trends. The timing parameters to consider will be 2 – 4 weeks before and after these three dates as to what social and economic impacts will be made. In the Washington DC chart of this alignment these two planets are in financial houses and Saturn is also particularly in the house involving the people as a collective group experiencing restrictions and limitations especially from what may be perceived as draconian measures relating to legislative acts. Jupiter in the house of financial resources principally dealing with taxes, insurance and possible bankruptcies don’t quite fit well with Jupiter’s more expansive and aggrandizing modalities. Jupiter’s challenges involve the exorbitant excesses famous to this planet and Saturn’s challenges are pessimism, fear and inadequacy. Corporations bloated with excesses in all fields will be pared down and/or knocked out of business. Fledgling businesses are challenged to remain disciplined, organized and patient through what may be a storm period. Another consideration will be worker’s compensation, benefits and pension packages and how they will fare through what maybe a tumultuous business climate over the next year. Personally individuals can be challenged with tendencies to objectify individuals as if they were property/chattel with the "I paid for your debt, gifts, belongings so therefore I own you lock, stock and barrel"! Friendships can be challenged with morose, melancholic individuals caught up with personal limitations that drag the friendship into the ground. Old, brittle friendships begin to fall apart and some individuals experience sudden losses whether financial and/or through even death of friends. The more important orientation is what do we, as individuals really want to commit to in regards to life, love, dignity and ultimately respect? Can we grant and bestow those ideals to one another? We strengthen one another through these commitments and eventually reap the rewards of what we truly cherish, treasure and value for each other."

Thursday the 26th is an inharmonious contact of Pluto with the North Node that symbolizes stress, conflict and tension surrounding executives, leaders, business people, fathers as well as individuals in positions of power and authority associated with corruption, greed, bribery, betrayal, sexual affairs, espionage, negative secrecy, torture, false imprisonment, scandals, pollution, dumpsites, victimization, deception as well as confusion. Power struggles and power plays can erupt violently. Terrorist acts can be perpetrated or attempted.

This same Friday both of these planets have an inharmonious aspect with Chiron that can represent wounds, vulnerabilities and weaknesses instigated by behaviors associated with jealousy, manipulation, betrayal, bitterness, sourness, emotional hijacking, rape, violence, abuse as well as homicide involving partners who literally have gone off the edge.

Saturday the 28th at 2:16pm is the station retrograde of Mercury launching the classic Mercury retrograde Murphy’s Law associated with snags, snafus and snits about schedules, delivery systems, transportation, mechanical breakdowns and computer viruses or dysfunctions over the next three weeks. The classic Mercury retrograde is also a time period to review, reevaluate, reanalyze or reassess documents, contracts, important signatures, learning or teaching materials, and important communications. Be sure to back up all important computer related materials before this retrograde of Mercury by at least a week. Those individuals born the following dates in order listed will be strongly sensitized to this Mercury retrograde: November 2nd – November 17th, April 29th – May 16th, January 29th – February 14th as well as August 1st – August 18th. Fathers, executives, leaders, business people and individuals in positions of power and authority experience or act out double speak, hypocrisy, exaggerations, tall tales, coercion, blatant lies, obfuscation, suspicion, distrust, manipulation and disturbing secrecy. The degree position of this station of Mercury will repeat again on its Post-Shadow Point on December 4, 2006; these two dates can correspond to one another. Keywords for this Mercury station are: When the individual feels like the last drop of blood has been squeezed from the turnip, that all has been exhausted and consumed suddenly an opportunity presents itself for a nuclear flash of transformation. The collective, awestruck and stunned, flows into the life current to resurrect, resuscitate and rebirth the life seed. Hope is eternal. The A*C*G Map of this Mercury retrograde sensitizes the following US locations: the Aleutian Peninsula and Anchorage Alaska, Hawaii, St. Petersburg-Tampa, Ocala and Jacksonville Florida, Savannah Georgia, Sumter, Columbia and Charleston South Carolina, Fayetteville, Winston-Salem and Raleigh North Carolina, Lynchburg and Charlottesville Virginia, Frederick Maryland, Williamsport and Harrisburg Pennsylvania, Elmira, Watertown and Syracuse New York, Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota, Des Moines Iowa, Omaha Nebraska, Springfield and Kansas City Missouri, Dodge City Kansas, Fayetteville, Fort Smith and Texarkana Arkansas, the Panhandle of Oklahoma, Amarillo, El Paso, Texarkana, Beaumont and Port Arthur Texas, Shreveport and Logansport Louisiana, Hobbs, as well as Clovis and Carlsbad New Mexico. Around the world the following areas are sensitized: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Churchill, Thunder Bay and Ottawa Canada, Coatzacoalcos, Los Mochis and Chihuahua Mexico, the Dominican Republic, the Lesser Antilles especially Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, Maracaibo Venezuela, Bogotá Colombia, Iquitos and Lima Peru, Santa Cruz Bolivia, Santa Fe Argentina, Manaus Brazil, Greenland, Reykjavik Iceland, London England, Copenhagen Denmark, Krakow Poland, Stockholm Sweden, Finland, western France, northeastern Spain, the Czech Republic, Vienna Austria, the southern boot of Italy, Zagreb Croatia, Hungary, Bucharest Romania, Ankara and Istanbul Turkey, Belarus, the Ukraine, Kishinev Moldavia, St. Petersburg Russia, western Africa, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, Zaire, Angola, Windhoek Namibia, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Sudan, Alexandria Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kazakhstan, India, Nepal, Beijing China, Laos, Cambodia, Ujung Pandang and Jakarta Indonesia, Palawan the Philippines, Malaysia, Marble Bar Australia, New Caledonia, as well as Vanuatu.

Sunday the 28th at 1:56am is the station direct of Neptune thus ending its retrograde motion that began last May 22, 2006. Neptune has now returned to its Pre-Shadow Point degree position it held last January 30th of this year. A powerful woman emerges with important messages of reform, transformation and reorganization. Here is a quote from the January 2006 AstroForecast about this degree position: "There is scandal in the air with this chart and it is riveting the public attention. Issues of slander, innuendo, libel as well as outright lying can occur. Keywords associated with this degree position are: The ability to master knowledge and understanding cracks open the toughest shells of resistance and stubbornness. Certain individuals act out outrageous appearances and behaviors to shock and surprise even the most liberal. "Leave me well enough alone" is a motto for some people."

The A*C*G Map of this station of Neptune sensitizes the following US locations: Barrow, the Aleutian Peninsula, Fairbanks and Juneau Alaska, Far West Texas, Carlsbad New Mexico, Pueblo and Denver Colorado, Cheyenne Wyoming, far eastern Montana, Spokane Washington, Boise Idaho, Eugene Oregon, Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, San Diego and Los Angeles California, western Utah, as well as Flagstaff and Tucson Arizona.

Across the globe the following areas are sensitized: Vancouver and Newfoundland Canada, Hermosillo, Chihuahua, Mazatlan and Guadalajara Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Montevideo Uruguay, French Guiana, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Lisbon Portugal, the Balearic Islands and Barcelona Spain, Toulouse and Marseilles France, Monaco, Turin and Milan Italy, Switzerland, Innsbruck Austria, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich Germany, Copenhagen Denmark, Stockholm Sweden, Poland, Prague the Czech Republic, Finland, the Ukraine, Sakhalin Island, St. Petersburg and Moscow Russia, all of west Africa especially Monrovia Liberia, Algiers Algeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, Nairobi Kenya, Ethiopia, the Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, Madras, Hyderabad, Bhopal, New Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay India, Nepal, Bhutan, Lhasa Tibet, Mongolia, western China, the Philippines, Pyongyang North Korea, Seoul South Korea, Sapporo Japan, the Moluccas Indonesia, western Australia, New Caledonia, as well as Vanuatu.

Monday the 30th is a repeat conjunction of Mercury with Jupiter due to Mercury’s current retrograde motion. Please refer to the previous written paragraph of Sunday October 22nd for information about this celestial alignment.

Also starting this Monday half of the zodiac planets will be in the sign of Scorpio until November 16, 2006; this is a lengthy stay of planets in this most intense sign of the zodiac particularly with Mercury retrograde as one of the featured planets. All of the fixed signs of the zodiac (Scorpio, Taurus, Aquarius and Leo) are particularly sensitized to these planets in zodiacal sequence. It is almost as if everyone is sitting on a razor’s edge with bamboo shoots embedded in the fingernail beds.

There is also an inharmonious contact of Mars with Chiron on this Monday that can represent physical issues of wounds such as hernias, hemorrhaging, ankle breaks, problems with the shins and calves, torn muscles, diarrhea, constipation, reproductive system problems, colo-rectal tears, and overall nervous exhaustion. Biting sarcasm, provocative aggression, cruelty, torture as well as inhumane treatment can erupt.

Tuesday the 31st the last important aspect to conclude the month of October is an alignment of Jupiter and Pluto, exact by degree position, of what is termed in astrology a "Mutual Reception". Jupiter is currently in the sign of Scorpio, the sign ruled by Pluto, and Pluto is in the sign of Sagittarius, the sign ruled by Jupiter; they are thus in each other’s sign of rulership. Executives, leaders, celebrities, royalty as well as children are in the spotlight. Financial issues of limitations and embargoes can emerge. Scandals leading to legal quandaries can impact the judiciary system. Foreign intrigue and diplomacy are precariously on the edge. A leader may have to backpedal with information as well as present a unified front that consolidates long-term commitments, loyalties, steadfastness, and uphold ethical values and judgments. National security as well as new, bold initiatives that appeal to the masses as fair and balanced will engage the public.

"No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making other bastards die for their country".
-George Smith Patton

"Get the facts first. You can distort them later".
-Mark Twain

"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence".
-H.L. Mencken