Astral Weeks
September 2 – 8
August seemed to linger forever, but as soon as September
comes, the speedy Mercury-ruled signs of Virgo and Gemini kick things into high
gear. On Sunday the Sun in Mercury’s Mutable Earth sign of Virgo and the
Moon mark the Last Quarter of the lunar month in Mercury’s Mutable Air sign of
Gemini. Speedy communication is in the air as Virgo and Gemini chatter, rattle
and hum their way through the long Labor Day Weekend. Monday’s sextile
between Mercury in Leo and Venus in Libra fuels dramatic declarations of love, warm
words of diplomacy, and fiery indignation towards perceived injustice.
The Moon
enters her watery home sign of Cancer on Tuesday, refocusing the emotional
lens towards hearth and home. Domestic matters are highlighted, and feelings are
either expressed or repressed around issues of food, home, mother, and money. Mercury
enters his home sign of Virgo on Wednesday evening, where he’ll linger
for only the shortest time (September 5th – 21st), so
make the best of this transit of the Planet of Communication’s journey through
the Mutable Earth sign by upgrading your own communication skills.
Saturn stations Direct on Thursday after having been
retrograde since mid-April in the first decan of Capricorn. The relief will be
palpable as all the hard work which has felt like slogging through mud begins
to pay off between now and mid-December. The Moon enters Leo Thursday evening,
heightening drama as Mercury (“The Sun’s Scribe”) in Virgo trines first Uranus
in Retrograde Taurus and then Saturn in Capricorn on Friday morning,
shortly before the Virgo Sun’s opposition to Neptune in Pisces. Earth signs don’t
traffic in fantasy, nor do they give “fake news” any quarter. We may look for
unexpected news which challenges our perceptions about what is real and what
isn’t.
Saturday bring the last Shabbat of the year, as we
read Parshat Nitzavim and remember that the truth isn’t in far-off
heaven or hidden beneath the sea, but is very near to us, even “in your mouth
and in your heart, so that you can fulfill it." Venus and Mars in the final
degrees of Cardinal signs Libra and Capricorn make a hard square, challenging
us to take the initiative in both thought and deed, as we prepare to greet the Jewish
New Year 5779. May we be strengthened in our faith, in truth, and in love!
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