Hello friends and welcome to my Astrological analysis for the month of September 2016. This is an incredibly important and eventful month as we will be experiencing two eclipses, a Mercury retrograde in Virgo, and Jupiter’s ingress into Libra all within a short time period. This is the point that we’ve been running towards all summer and really, for the past several years. Now is the time to step in, choose the path of truth in your life, and don’t look back! As we traverse this space, no matter where we are in the process, keep reminding yourself and remember that now is about BECOMING. And in becoming, there is growth, change, and sometimes growing pains. But stay with the momentum – because the wind at your back is strong should you choose to run with it.
As a part of this month’s analysis I feel it might be helpful to review the timing process of the current & upcoming cycles to give us a sense of orientation with regards to the events of this month. (Note: I strongly encourage you also read or re-read articles from August, July, June & last November if you are interested in further depth because I discuss many elements relevant now in those posts)
Mercury Retrograde:
August 10: Mercury enters its shadow August 30: Mercury Stations to go Retrograde September 22: Mercury Stations to go Direct October 6 Mercury leaves retrograde zone.
This Mercury Retrograde is in Virgo between 14 Virgo and 29 Virgo. This is an excellent Mercury Retrograde for reforming health, reorganizing your schedule, reviewing your life plans and making adjustments/developing new plans, connecting with mentors, and developing/deepening your own services. This is the perfect time to ask the question, how can I be of greater service? And to look at places where you have chosen selfishness, fear, or a pattern of belief over service.
This Mercury retrograde is powerful because it is in it’s home sign of Virgo and because it is happening during an eclipse period in the same sign of Virgo – meaning the review process is important, and the past issues that come up will be weighty. Take it ALL seriously and keep the big picture of the larger process in mind – there is a reason for everything.
The Recent Mars Retrograde & Saturn Relationship:
February 17:Mars Enters Retrograde Zone (23 Scorpio) April 17:Mars went Retrograde (8 Sag) June 29:Mars Stations to go Direct (23 Scorpio) August 22:Mars leaves Retrograde zone August 24:Mars-Saturn Conjunction (9 Sag)
Throughout this summer, Mars retraced the steps of Saturn’s last arduous years in Scorpio, forcing us to have to review that drudgery yet again (this is specifically a review of 2014-2015, but it weighed in as far back as 2012). The Saturn in Scorpio process and subsequent Mars in Scorpio process was about clearing away all of the emotional and psychological gunk that prevents us from being truly powerful. Saturn has been in Sagittarius since 2015 and in this sign we have been developing our new vision. However, this dance with the Scorpio energy for the past 2 summers has kept us a bit in limbo between all of our stubborn emotional problems and where we are actually desiring to go. Mars finally cleared its Retrograde path and crossed Saturn’s current position in Sagittarrius at the end of August -- meaning that we are now OFFICIALLY moving forward at high speed with our inspiring visions & dreams for the future.
Three Eclipses:
August 18: Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 25 Aquarius
This eclipse carried with it a beautiful energy of grace, friendship, acceptance, and openness. It had a very optimistic and warm vibe, fueling our hopes and visions with a sense of positivity and possibility. Community surrounds us. We have a chance to embrace individuality and uniqueness within ourselves and within the other people in our lives without judgment or fear of these things. Rather, a realization that our power is in what we give from the space of absolute freedom.
September 1: New Moon Eclipse at 9 Virgo
A major call to action. Eclipse on the North Node, opposed Neptune on the South Node (our addictions) and square to Mars & Saturn in Sag (The newly motivated force of change in our lives). Mercury Rx is conjunct Jupiter in this chart also – extremely abundant and productive energy. Do not underestimate the mind’s ability to create under this eclipse. Stay with the positive and the constructive. This is a major choice point about where you’re headed, so choose wisely.
September 16: Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 24 Pisces
Releasing, healing, sensitive energy. We are at the apex of major change – here we will feel both sides of that change on a true heart level. Nonetheless the cross-over has happened and we can’t avoid the lightning strikes to our self concept. Go into the pain, shine a light in the dark. Walk with the scepter of Compassion. Both for yourself and for the others around you. Do it because you need it. Do it because other people need it. Everyone is deserving of love and healing, and we have the capability of giving that energy to each other in times of trouble, confusion, and loss. Embodying the unconditional compassion of higher form Pisces in a here and now, day-to-day, face-to-face way is the key to navigating this time period (and life!) in happiness and fulfillment. Choose LOVE this time over frustration, anger or defensiveness – you will find it a lot more satisfying and there will be a positive return.
Jupiter’s Ingress into Libra on the 9/9/9 Portal
August 12, 2015 – September 9, 2016: Jupiter’s transit in Virgo
The transit of Jupiter through detail-oriented Virgo played an important role in the past year in amplifying the incredible swirl and madness of mutable change energy that swept us under last fall and has been going strong all through 2016. With the nodes of fate in Virgo/Pisces, Neptune in Pisces and Saturn in Sagittarius – this year has been an unpredictable, upsetting, constantly shifting wave of change. Jupiter’s interaction with this whole combo ensured that the waves would be BIG, SCARY, and COMPLEX.
Jupiter in Virgo made us extra aware of the flaws and weaknesses inherent in the dissolving systems but also in the consciousness -- because Virgo has so much to do with body & mind, and its polarity, Pisces has so much to do with emotional consciousness. Jupiter in the same sign as the north node was a call to check our physical, mental, and emotional health or else fall face first into the jaws of Pisces suffering. Jupiter in Virgo in combination with Saturn in Sagittarius reminded us to get real and wake up from our illusions. Jupiter in Virgo in combination with Neptune in Pisces encouraged grand deceptions – but also encouraged the expansion of grand dreams.
Jupiter is a big picture energy and in the sign of details we may have felt overloaded with WORK – there is just SO MUCH to do to fix up our lives and our world – how on earth are we going to do it all? It feels to me that the importance of Jupiter here was not to solve everything at once, but to bring these to do & to fix lists to the forefront with clarity. Keeping in mind the goal is to serve and use managerial capacities to reform the situation, we realized there is a lot that we can do to help each other. It’s not all out of our hands.
Remember what I said last month about Virgos being expert renovators? Well Jupiter is the one that says, “Here’s what it should look like in the end. K. Now figure out the rest.” Needless to say, we all had to step it up some to keep up with the demand and in the process were able to learn a lot about function and application in a short period of time.
September 9, 2016 – October 10, 2017: Jupiter will transit Libra
Accent on RELATIONSHIPS
The shift of Jupiter into Libra is actually going to be a pretty strong shift. First of all, Libra is a much friendlier sign for Jupiter, and with Libra’s ruler Venus also ruling Jupiter and the majority of the other planets at the time of the Ingress, we should find ourselves feeling more pleasant, amorous, and financially supported almost immediately. He’s out of the combat zone. Officially.
One interesting note is that this transit is occurring on the 9/9/9 Portal (2016 is a numerological year 9). Nine from a numerological standpoint is the end of the cycle and represents completion. In the Greenwich mean time Ingress Chart for Jupiter in Libra, Scorpio also resides on the Ascendant of the chart – indicating even further that the energy of transformation is the underlying force of this transit. We have completed a significant portion of our journey and are now ready to move into a new space -- a next level.
The Jupiter-Libra ingress powerfully emphasizes community, cooperative building, and harnesses the strong motivational energy that underlies all of September. With Mars free of its retrograde phase, we have officially hit the ground running into the manifesting process and Jupiter in Libra will both assist and accelerate this process in a friendly way. Because Jupiter in Libra has so much rulership dominance in the ingress chart, we should expect a substantial shift in discourse all around as Jupiter offers something of a Midas touch to the whole situation. Where we are willing to join together we can build together.
I feel there is potential under these influences for a massive shift toward a more collaborative and uniting process than we have experienced for quite some time. Libra energy emphasizes HARMONY, TACT, and CONSCIOUSNESS OF OTHERS. These are highly important for the growth of our world in such a period of crisis and devastation. When we can join together harmoniously, we can accomplish much.
The Dance of Saturn & Neptune
Exact Hits: November 25, 2015, June 18 2016 & September 10 2016
Yep. You heard right.
All through September: Mercury Retrograde, Eclipses, Jupiter changing signs AND a big Saturn-Neptune aspect perfecting … all literally side-by-side?
I was not kidding when I said this is a big month.
This will be the last hit of Saturn & Neptune before the two start to part ways. The collision of the two symbolizes a great clash of consciousness with the hard reality of embedded structures. Neptune energies persistently erode Saturn’s idea of how it is, creating a lot of drama in the process as underneath the decay the truth is revealed and a new foundation awaits.
In the instance of Saturn & Neptune in this waning square pattern (a conflict energy) our struggles go down to our deepest internal core. Saturn must prepare to release everything it holds in order to place a support under Neptune’s new truth. Have things gotten worse, or have the ugly realities just come to light? Is there so much that you see that you don’t like? Why ARE things so crazy? So emotionally extreme? So bizarre?
Jupiter really made this transit larger than life this past year and as they meet for this final time in the midst of all of the energies of September, we may finally have some bearing on what has been uncovered, and what it is we’re supposed to do about it. This involves SELF WORK as well as OUTER WORLD work. We must never forget this fundamental element of transformation, particularly when it comes to the waning square. Change is inward. It is a release, a clearing away, a preparing for the new. So in this case, we must look to history for the answers. And at the same time, we must let go of that history.
And that is precisely the point that we are at this month. The point where we let go of history in favor of the great adventure. The possibilities on the horizon are incredible and the momentum is there for us to run right for them. We must believe in our possibilities AND act upon them with absolute willingness to shed what is unnecessary. No more drama, no more obligation without heart, no more excuses. Virgo energy is all about SIMPLICITY, PURITY, and ROUTINE DISCIPLINE. We are being asked to be absolutely, utterly REAL with ourselves -- our flaws, our weaknesses, our true desires, our real dreams.
How do we keep ourselves from freedom? Who are you really? What do you want really?
What is the discipline that helps us feel at ease -- and do we actually practice what we preach? Whether or yes or no -- HOW can we be as we say we are MORE? How can we be as we say we want to be MORE?
How can we be models, helpers and students all at once?
How can we embrace the ABSOLUTE FREEDOM of our unique, completely personal identity and life path without judgment towards it or towards the absolute freedom, identity and path of others?
Become the path.
Wholly. Fully. Really.
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