I'm an astrologer, writer, and psychic medium living in New York. Empowering Astrology is astrology + consciousness with a dash of the other side. Get a fresh look on the planets and learn how to use astrology to unlock your highest potential. Book your consultation now.
Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
Big Mars energies in the sky this week in advance of an Aries Full Moon on October 17. With the Sun also square Mars, it’s a day to create new initiatives, to find our power, to reach towards our goals and ambitions. We may also feel rushed and impatient.
Pluto turns direct at 29 Capricorn, its final leg in a sign it’s been in since January 2008. It’s the end of an era as well as the transition into something new. A key area of our lives has been irrevocably transformed over the last 16 years. What have we learned?
A Capricorn Moon means that we’ve reached the first-quarter moon after a solar eclipse. It’s a checkpoint, a time when events can manifest and we can see what this solar eclipse was bringing into our lives. Capricorn also speaks to maturity and responsibility.
Jupiter turns retrograde at 21 Gemini, the beginning of a second look at what we’ve learned and discovered since late May. Over the next four months we will examine our decisions, we’ll re-explore Gemini, a sign about education, communication, and information.
Today’s Sagittarius Moon points us towards the stars, inspires us to look towards the world, to seek and explore, to find answers. But with Jupiter about to turn retrograde in Gemini, there’s a tension, one that may pull on matters of faith, truth, and meaning.
Jupiter and Pluto change directions, two heavy hitters and that pull at matters of faith and transformation. Emotions are running high, especially a week after a solar eclipse. We’re still feeling ripples. Mercury also arrives in Scorpio; it’s a deep look within.
With last week’s solar eclipse behind us, we’re in a new setting of time, one that takes us into the next six months. It’s still a week of transitions and one that may be marked by events as well as a psychic intensity, especially as we come up to the first-quarter moon.
With all the ups and downs with the recent solar eclipse, we do have Saturn giving us a steady hand this week. Today’s trine between Venus in Scorpio and Saturn in Pisces is an opportunity to find stability as well as common ground in a tense situation.
Fresh off a Libra New Moon and solar eclipse, we’re in a new space of time, one that we are only beginning to open up to. With Venus in Scorpio, we may be feeling strong emotions. There’s a demand to look deep within.
Welcome to the Libra New Moon. This is the time in the lunar calendar when we turn our attention towards relationship and connection, negotiation and compromise, balance and harmony. Also a solar eclipse, we are at a major turning point for the year.
Tomorrow’s Libra New Moon not only opens a new lunar month, but sets the stage for the next six months. After all, the new moon is also a solar eclipse, one that emphasizes the archetype of Libra — harmony, cooperation, connection, peace, and negotiation.
This week we reach our final eclipse of the season, a solar eclipse at 10 Libra that puts a significant focus on relationship and connection, harmony and balance into the next six months. Eclipses strike the hours of our lives, coinciding with major events.