The Sun in Scor­pio and the Moon in Tau­rus come to their oppo­si­tion today. Their jux­ta­po­si­tion speaks to the ten­sion­al truth between Ever­last­ing Val­ue and the Imper­ma­nence of the phys­i­cal world.

We find beau­ty in so many forms, in a sun­rise or sun­set, in the scent of a mead­ow or at the seashore, the twin­kle in some­one’s eye or the touch of their hand. Yet, we all know that all these beau­ties are only for a time…and then they are gone. We want the good to last for­ev­er, but every­thing must pass away…so that it can come again… and pass away, so that it may come back again.

So, it is at this time of year, when all of nature is turn­ing inward, drop­ping her fruits and seeds into the earth…when the days are grow­ing short­er and the light is fading…It is now that we face our mor­tal­i­ty, and our eter­ni­ty in spir­it. We have the gift of self-aware­ness and we know what is coming.…Winter is coming.

Here at the Full Moon of Scor­pio we cel­e­brate the truth that all things must pass so that new things may come forth. It has always been so…it will always be so.

Mer­cury aligns with Mars today so watch out for quick thoughts and words.…We might need to slow things down, to pause and reflect, rather than jump to con­clu­sions or to speak too hastily.

Mer­cury rules thoughts and com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Mars rules desires and actions. Their com­bi­na­tion encour­ages us to speak about our desires and to act upon our ideas. We are eager to con­tribute to the con­ver­sa­tion, our thoughts come fast and furi­ous. But that means we can more eas­i­ly say too much and/or not lis­ten enough. 

All forms of com­mu­ni­ca­tion are sped up. But, we must be care­ful not to be so quick, and seem­ing­ly “intel­li­gent”, that we lose the bal­ance that comes with giv­ing some time for reflection.

Some­times quick­ness wins, but being thor­ough and steady is a truer sign of intel­li­gence. We must also remem­ber that our minds require mutu­al stim­u­la­tion for true growth. There­fore, we must make an even greater effort now to lis­ten to one another.

The Sun trines Uranus today, a pos­i­tive push from the plan­et of inven­tion, inge­nu­ity and inde­pen­dence. Their last aspect was the oppo­si­tion on Sep­tem­ber 2 at which time we felt the ten­sion between our need for Free­dom and Inde­pen­dence (Uranus) ver­sus our need to be Loved and Appre­ci­at­ed (Sun).

Today we will find our­selves in a “sweet spot”, where we can rea­son­ably stretch our expres­sion and show how we are dif­fer­ent or unique, with­out los­ing the respect of those that mat­ter to us. We can reveal a lit­tle more of our true self and be assured that it will be met with applause instead of shock.

Thurs­day should prove to be a sig­nif­i­cant day since not one but two plan­ets change direc­tion, mov­ing from ret­ro­grade to for­ward motion. When­ev­er plan­ets change direc­tion, we feel a shift of ener­gy in our lives. So, hav­ing two shift on the same day should be inter­est­ing… and powerful.

Forty days ago we took a turn inward to reex­am­ine our val­ues when Venus went ret­ro­grade. As I point­ed out in my post on Octo­ber 28, the answer to our search for some new under­stand­ing with regard to our val­ues was released on that date, the mid­point of the Venus ret­ro­grade cycle. Now we need to take up the chal­lenge to renew our quest for beau­ty, grace and love as Venus moves direct. We have repaired and restored our per­son­al aes­thet­ic, now we must act on it.

Four months ago we began a jour­ney with­in to reex­am­ine our beliefs and prin­ci­ples when Jupiter turned ret­ro­grade. About 2 months ago, on Sep­tem­ber 21, we were giv­en an answer to our prayer for guid­ance dur­ing the align­ment of Jupiter with the Sun. Now we have to move for­ward and become the truth we wish to expe­ri­ence. We have ques­tioned and sought under­stand­ing as regards our moti­va­tions, truths and aims. Now we need to expand out­ward with a new­found enthu­si­asm for the next part of our journey.

Mer­cury sex­tiles Sat­urn today. Mer­cury rules our thoughts, intel­li­gence and com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Sat­urn rules our real­i­ty, respon­si­bil­i­ties, struc­tures and lim­i­ta­tions. The sex­tile between them pro­motes the work­ing out, or more sub­stan­tial man­i­fes­ta­tion, of our ideas, plans and con­cepts that we have been try­ing to bring to fruition.

What were mere­ly hunch­es, con­cepts or ideas have now tak­en on a real­ized form or con­crete real­i­ty. What­ev­er plans, ideas or inspi­ra­tions that were first devel­oped at their last con­junc­tion, (Octo­ber 8, 2010), have now reached a point of clar­i­ty and objec­tive real­i­ty. Sol­id progress can be seen now. We have not com­plet­ed the project or endeav­or, but real progress is visible.

The shap­ing of our thoughts, ideas, plans or a project at this time requires the appro­pri­ate pre­sen­ta­tion of long-dis­tance com­mu­ni­ca­tion and plan­ning, cul­tur­al aware­ness and beliefs. These sen­si­bil­i­ties are being shaped and lim­it­ed by the real­i­ty of the agree­ments, part­ner­ships or rela­tion­ships involved in the mat­ter. Our men­tal life is stead­ied now, though we are rang­ing far, we are also ground­ed by Saturn.

We must pre­pare for Mer­cury and Sat­urn’s next sig­nif­i­cant align­ment, which is the wax­ing square on Jan­u­ary 26, 2011. At that moment we will face a choice and deci­sion about which path to take in the fur­ther devel­op­ment of the idea, project or issue.

The rea­son the next moment in the cycle is so delayed is because Mer­cury will go ret­ro­grade on Decem­ber 10 until Decem­ber 30. That peri­od will pro­vide us with an oppor­tu­ni­ty to reex­am­ine many of our thoughts, plans and ideas before mov­ing for­ward in the New Year. It will, hope­ful­ly, help us to pre­pare for the choic­es we must face at the end of January.