OCTOBER 2018 GLOBAL ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW PLUS YOU SUN SIGN HOROSCOPE

 Interestingly this month, the full Moon on the 24th, always a potential for eruptions, is especially powerful, as it coincides with the Sun opposing Uranus on that date, hence the full Moon (i.e.when the Moon opposes the Sun) is therefore conjunct to Uranus simultaneously then. The Sun opposing Uranus alone (once a year) characteristically equates with the likes of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves; any event that shows us natures unpredictable potential on our planet. Also on a human behaviour level, this event can also bring shock, the unexpected, risk and danger geopolitically.

Hence , this ,combined with a full Moon, (high tide of the unconscious and eruptive events) does indicate therefore some ominous signs around the 24^th. 

 

Because the  Moon is equated with women's issues, there is also likely to be a strong sense of the power of women's rights needing to be fought for then. Uranus is very much equated with rebellion againt the status quo and stands up for freedom and human rights.

It seems fairly certain that Uranus (shock/change /instability) newly in Taurus (security issues) has created some anticipation of financial uncertainty and even talk of another crash … Unpredictability because of Brexit and Trumps trade wars aside, there is a growing feeling that personal debt has reached critical mass point, causing fear of crisis (inevitable anyway in the natural economic cycle).

Taurus is also very connected to land and natural infrastructure; and insecurities about environmental and agricultural sustainability, especially about soil quality, and the impact of climate change, is also getting flagged up increasingly.

The pace of extinction of natural wildlife in Britain alone has rocketed since the early 80’s and wild life commentator Chris Packham and the environmentalist George Monbiot can fill you in fully about that. This will, over the next 7 years or so, increasingly be a truly alarming issue that will need serious attention, just as the whole economic system will face existential challenges… The whole concept of the wholly grail of eternal growth will have to be reconsidered.

The period around the 10 and 11^th also sees Mercury opposing Uranus a time of communications and news that are indeed unpredictable and somewhat surprising.

Mars in Aquarius now is pretty stubborn and ideologically unflinching globally, so the building tensions between populism and the rest is accentuated and uncompromising. Binary positions are stubbornly adhered to.

Venus moves retrograde on the 5^th for 6 weeks. This event correlates with a need to use the principle of Venus (love/harmony, money and touching on the arts) in a more sensitive less materialistic way. Subtlety, sensitivity reflection, empathy and the need to let a more spiritual harmony and fairness prevail is something that will be absolutely essential for any progress with others and on the planet. This especially true next month when Venus will be in its own home sign of Libra, and that need for harmony, fairness and balance, will then scream out loud.

The tenability of the positions of Teresa May and Donald Trump is increasingly being speculated on. Astrologically, It is not until late November and first half of December that both their charts are stressed to the point of potential fracture.  Saturn just happens to challenge them both significantly then.

The England chart, if one uses the 25^th Dec 1066 at midday as the historical constitutional template, which in my opinion seems very likely, indicates a very rocky road in December and for some months thereafter, with the outer planets Pluto, Neptune, Uranus and also Saturn, are all bringing significant challenge to the country.

     

ARIES

Relationships figure strongly for many of you and indeed before the 10^th, if born after April, communications with others are vital, important and potentially very successful and you will learn something important things from others.

After the 5^th, Venus moves retrograde and since this in currently in your Solar 8^th House it may be important to be cautious and meticulous when it comes to complex joint financial issues and intimacy may be needed on a soulful level.

For all born March 25^th to April 11^th, Mars will be enabling your energy to be directed constructively and intelligently, particularly towards your personal goals, and more importantly in-group endeavours, preferably for the greater good. 

However, Saturn, now in square to your sign, is currently directly challenging the energies of those born March 23^rd to 26^th, as he did in January and early February.  Yet again, you are feeling restricted and limited, blocked and frustrated, tired and you need rest.  Work and reputation can be particularly challenging.  Do what you have to do.  Face facts, step up to the plate, be patient.  You are learning something important. 

Pluto is still in his long march, since February 2017, but finally coming to an end of the journey of challenge for all born April 7^th to 9^th.  You have been used to a inner power struggle about power itself, and endings of chapters have been in the air.  This has been a very important learning curve about you, your destiny and your boundaries with others.  After this rather challenging period, you will feel stronger and know who you are and with a greater sense of your purpose in life. 

TAURUS

Work and health may be a focus in a positive way and after the 10^th, all of you will find a great deal of progress made in your ability to communicate well with others and to give and receive wisdom.

For all born up to May 2^nd, there may this month, particularly the 5^th, be a period of time when one has to give love in an indirect, compassionate and more spiritual way and other people will be very much there for you in the same context.  Significant relationships need meticulous care.  Great self-awareness and spiritual development can come through significant others and also you will be greatly sensitised to the aesthetics of life, although there may be some reserve , shyness or inhibition in one’s display of affection.  It is important to value one’s self and know that one does deserve love.

Mars, however, is for those born April 25^th to May 12^th, bringing an element of impatience and irritability with others or from others, possibly in the work place.  Stop and think before acting or speaking and rigidity and stubbornness is not your friend.

Jupiter is now very much enhancing the lives of those born May 12^th to 21^st.  Enjoyment is abounding, but over-extension, over-expansion and over-extravagance is possible in life in general, not least in relationships.  Don’t jump in too quickly.

Saturn is bringing a note of very positive discipline and caution, which is valuable, to those born April 23^rd to 26^th.  Hard work is yours and successful you will be.

Uranus meanwhile is creating some chaos for very early Taureans born around April 21^st.  This energy will be with you until December of this year.  Just look before you leap, but a desire for uniqueness and more liberty is valid. The unusually powerful full Moon on the 24^th will also directly impact this same group. This could be quite a day of the unexpected and some eruptions in your life.

Neptune is wonderfully enhancing of the spiritual and the emotional and the artistic if born May 3^rd to 6^th. 

Pluto continues to really empower and give a sense of destiny to learning, higher education or internationalism if born May 8^th to 10^th. 

GEMINI

Much emphasis on your Solar 5^th house brings a desire for enjoyment, party time and love life and can flag up issues with offspring as well.

If born after June 5^th, communications with offspring and lovers are very much enhanced and valuable. 

After the 5^th, within your workplace, you understand everybody’s motive. 

There is a great sense of determination and courage for all born from May 26^th through until June 12^th.  Travel is very underlined and assertiveness in legal and intellectual issues is yours in a very constructive way and your intelligence is tweaked with also a big picture philosophical understanding adding to this expertise.

Neptune is a little tricky now if born June 3^rd to 6^th.  This will take you back to what you are experiencing in Spring and Summer of last year and once again the message is one needs to be very careful over the next three months about deceptive circumstances either through self-deception or from other people.  You are not as grounded as you could be and easily influenced over-idealistic, particularly around your work situation.  Check everything out.  Nothing is as it seems and don’t be taken advantage of, but you’re yearning to do what you want to do with your heart, rather than just with your intellect or your bank balance may well be strong and your emotionalism will be underlined, unusually strongly for a rational sign such as Gemini.  This can be disorientating.  Value this increased sensitivity because certainly other people will value it in you, but don’t assume you know exactly what’s going on at work and don’t trust implicitly everyone and everything.  There are smoke and mirrors in the air.

CANCER

Domestic issues call for attention and for those born after July 7^th, there is a need, before the 10^th to make sure that you understand absolutely all communications relative to the family and that they understand all yours as well but there is room for some mis-speaking or confusion. 

After the 10^th, all of you will be able to really enjoy creative communication: writing, anything to do with the arts and also communications with those whom you love will be successful and creative. 

Venus, in your Solar 5^th House, will be interesting after the 5^th and will mean that all born up to July 3^rd may after that date feel that they need to be a little more sensitive than usual in order to deal with and cope with complexities in relationships and depth and sensitivities that may be called for more than usual and also this is true with offspring as well.  Empathy, sensitivity will be needed and all artists can thrive on this power of Venus retrograde.  He remains retrograde until the 16^th of next month.

Jupiter is a wonderful influence now if born July 14^th to 22^nd.  He is bringing fertility at all levels, creatively, in whatever context, confidence, growth, belief in oneself, success and travel and the area of love life and speculation can be particularly exciting and opportunistic.

Saturn, however is opposing again the Suns of those born June 24^th to 27^th, as he was last January and again in February.  Once again, you are having to learn some lessons about other people’s demands on you and obligations and duty and only you can decide if they’re valid, but blocks and restrictions from others and situations are in the air, but reality checks are there for you to work out. 

Uranus is great now if born around June 23^rd/24^th as he is giving you a real stimulus for change, for innovation, for the future and to express your unique self, particularly also your humanitarian side.

Neptune is very much still tweaking the desire for travels, for empathy, sensitivity, and compassion and to pursue the arts and a spiritual path if born July 5^th to 8^th.  This has been around for a year or so and now is clearly the time to complete satisfaction in that area. 

Finally, Pluto is also finalising his journey, opposing the Suns of those born July 10^th to 12^th, underway since February 2017, but now about to finish.  For this group, this has been a long, hard road where one has felt very much coerced or controlled by some people and where one has had to stand up and draw boundaries, find your true power and integrity and walk away from abusive situations or any misuse of power in self or from others.

LEO

Clarification of thinking should be relatively easier this month than usual,, particularly before the 10^th for those born after August 7^th, when communications can be valuable and progressive. 

For all born up to August 4^th, there will be, after the 5^th, and indeed until the 16^th November, a period of time where there may well be sacrifices needed in home and family relationships and your value system may have to be turned upside down so it’s not so much about you and appearances . Deeper issues need attention, as does sensitivity. 

All month, Mars in your opposite sign of Aquarius impacts those born July 28^th to August 14^th.  This will bring confrontations and challenges from others .  Handle these wisely, don’t fight fire with fire unless it is really justified, but don’t take people’s acquiescence for granted.

Jupiter is also quite challenging now to those born after August 14^th.  There is an element of arrogance and complacency and an assumption that you can do what you wish, or at least over confidence, which could get you into some hot water, through no fault of your own.  It can also indicate self-indulgence and over-spending on the domestic scene can be a risk.

Uranus is now an agitator for those born July 23^rd, 24^th.  He is making you restless, uncertain and other people are not helping.  Work issues and professional issues are feeling unpredictable.  Impulse is not a good idea in response, but change is in the air.  Be prepared.  This is with you on and off until April 2019.   Hold your nerve and don’t make moves that are irrevocable.

VIRGO

After the 10^th you will all find that your intellectual prowess is strong and your ability to give and receive positive information.  An enhanced communication progress is strong.

For all born up to September 4^th, Venus in your Solar 3^rd House is allowing you to combine your charms and your sensitivity with your intellect.

After the 5^th, until the 16^th November, this will be needed with communications and relationships being hypersensitive. 

Jupiter is also particularly enhancing of your wisdom if born after September 14^th.  A larger philosophical picture will be more easily accessed in your thinking.  Travel too can be very positive and generosity of thought and speech is yours, as is increased confidence and success. 

Even those born August 26th to 29^th, despite the constraints of Saturn currently, are finding that hard work is easy to address and acceptable as you know it will bring progress in the future and that includes in emotional terms as well as practical ones.  A grown up, serious approach to life is beneficial. 

Uranus is brilliant now for those born around August 24^th.  He is allowing you to look for more excitement, freedom and risk in life and travel can be a real opening door for you and restlessness needs to be acknowledged.  There is the confidence to be more uniquely true to self.  This will be with you until next spring, so enjoy. 

Neptune however, is a little tricky for those born September 5^th to 8^th and indeed like last January, there is a sense of some potential confusion or smoke and mirrors coming from others.  Relationships are not clear and others are not necessarily being straightforward and you may well be projecting on to them the image that you want to see.  Have a care that you are grounded and use your usual discrimination. 

However, if born September 10^th to 12^th, you are still and will be until the end of November, in fighting mode with a sense of determination, power, confidence, creatively and in love life.  Enjoy.  This is a destined period of success. 

LIBRA

This is your month and indeed it is an excellent one for confidence and increased abilities and communications.

Before the 10^th, for all born after October 8^th, there is a special underlining of your communication skills.

Have a care with money after the 5^th as Venus is retrograde in your Solar Second House and that is true until the 16^th of next month. 

Mars is empowering for all born September 29^th to October 15^th.  There is a feeling of real progress to do with love life and offspring and your determination, will and intelligent action allows you to continue speedily down the successful path. 

Saturn however, as last January, is a little troublesome possibly for those born September 26^th to 29^th.  There may well be some blocks or restrictions connected to domestic issues.  Lack of confidence and also a need to get rest is likely.  Some reality checks are there for a reason.  Remember Saturn is a benevolent despot.

Finally Pluto is, as he has been since early 2017, is continuing, but on the last lap, of his square to the Suns of those born October 11^th to 13^th. 

Endings of chapters have been in the air and you have felt very challenged internally as you have fought to pursue your true destiny.  This is now approaching a situation where you can look back and realise what you have achieved.  As long as there is no abuse of power and humility has been present, this can be, although difficult, a ultimately successful journey.

SCORPIO

October is a time for some privacy and true reflection on the past.

After the 10^th you will all find that your desire to communicate your thoughts and your feelings will be strong and your input in communications will be concise, forensic and constructive. 

Venus is in your sign now and, for all those born up to November 4^th, there is a need to recognise that after the 5^th and all the way though to the 16^th November, the retrograde motion of Venus will mean that there will be a lot of reconsideration and extra sensitivity needed.  Maybe you will feel less confidence when it comes to relationships, but other people will not be easy to handle unless you really stop and take very sensitive stock of the situation, but when you do show love it can be with an extra spiritual and indeed creative dimension.

Mars is not so friendly now to those born October 28^th to November 14^th.  There is a feeling of anger, irritation, impatience and a sort of ruthless, obsessive quality, particularly connected to home, domestic and real estate issues and others may be really standing up to you as well.  Fixity and rigidity is the name enemy here.  Let pride go if it’s not gong to really help.  Pushing too hard, too fast can be very counter-productive. 

However, Jupiter is wonderfully now sitting on the Suns in his once every twelve-year visitation of those born November 14^th to 22^nd.  This brings great confidence, growth, happiness, inner or outer, travel and good opportunities.  It can also bring over-expansion, over-confidence, but with care and modesty, this can be a wonderful period, not least financially.

Saturn is warning those born October 26^th to 29^th that hard work is in the ether, but it will serve you well and you will have the ability, focus and the patience to address it; and also serious thinking is necessary. 

Uranus, opposing the Suns now of those born around October 24^th/25^th is bringing the unexpected in relationships.  Others will be demanding more freedom and good relationships may go through a significant wobble.  Bad ones will just need an adjustment in order to manifest the individualities of the two of you.  The exceptionally strong full Moon this month on the 24^th will directly affect this group too. Expect the unexpected around then, especially from others.. Your birthday (solar return) period can be extra powerful in influence.

Neptune is creating wonderful inspiration, extra emotionalism and sensitivity if born November 5^th to 8^th.  This has been with you for some time, particularly when it comes to the arts.

Pluto your ruler is certainly empowering those born November 10^th to 12^th as he has been for a few years and now you’re recognising just what you are capable of in terms of your insights and power to influence others.  This is a wonderful gift.

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SAGITTARIUS

This, in theory, can be a very sociable month.

Before the 10^th, all born after December 7^th can find themselves having good leadership potential, particularly in terms of negotiating group projects and your views get listened to which respect.

Mars is also very constructive now for all born November 27^th to December 14^th.  He is bringing determination, strength, courage and wilfulness in a very constructive way in all that you think, do and communicate.  Intelligent action and thought is very much yours. 

Since around April 2017,   there is an energy that has been working on and off, and continues to do so until February of next year, for all born December 5^th to 8^th i.e.  Neptune Squaring their Suns.  This is brought uncertainty, a feeling of dissolving, a feeling of travelling without certainty of direction or goals in many ways.  Insecurity – literally, physically and psychologically has been part of this journey.  It’s rather a blind one.  This is nearly over and you will start to feel more secure, but what you’ve gone through, you will realise, has been an evolution of consciousness.  A time when you’ve had to let go and let god and trust the trade winds to get you to a more comfortable emotional, spiritual and possibly professional place.  Neptune has not a concern for the material but leads you to feel comfortably in tune with your soul and your spirit, even though that can feel very inconvenient in this day and age. 

CAPRICORN

Focus is very much on career and status and before the 10^th, all born after January 5^th will certainly have to do your fair share of communications and negotiating in your working life and you need to make sure that everything is clearly understood. 

After the 10^th, all of you will feel much more relaxed in terms of communications, particularly socially and in terms of your personal goals. 

Venus, in Scorpio, will be, for all those born up to January 1^st somewhat interesting.  You may find yourself having to be a lot more aware of the subtleties and sensitivities of other people, notably with friendships and in your goals.  Everything needs to be a bit more indirect, spiritually orientated and empathetic and less ego centred when dealing with others.  That will be true until the 16^th of next month. 

Jupiter is supportive, if born January 12^th to 20^th.  He will bring courage, determination, luck, and ease at work, possible travel, but also leadership skills as well.  He is a supportive and constructive energy. 

However, Saturn in your sign is, as he was last January, once again sitting exactly on the Suns of those born December 24^th to 27^th.  For this group, you may be revisiting what was happening at the beginning of the year.  Blocks, restrictions, tiredness, re-thinking, lack of confidence.  You also had this in July and August.  This is the final hit and you will work through something and you will look back and realise how much you have learnt.

Uranus is inspiring if born around December 22^nd/23^rd.  Creatively, romantically and connected to offspring there is a new sense of awakening, enlightening, opportunities to freely express yourself and your uniqueness. You’re being kick-started into a new awakened future. 

For those born January 3^rd  to 6^th  you are still hugely aware of hyper-sensitivity, greater sensitivity to the planet, to others and to self.  Your thinking is absolutely awash with emotions, but they are breeding an evolution within you.

Finally, Pluto is still strong for those born January 8^th to 10^th, but coming to the end of this long road.  Intense changes, endings, some power struggles, a feeling of having to handle power and intensity within yourself, courageously and with humility and having to come into contact with some of the harsher realities of life in your own situation and in the world around you.  This is a very profound one, and a once every 248-year journey which has been with you for a year or so, and which is now coming to an end, but it will have strengthened you and brought respect if handled wisely. 

AQUARIUS

It’s a great time for the arts, for creativity and for love life particularly before the 10^th if born after February 4^th.  Writers are particularly favoured.

For all born up to February 1^st, there is a need after the 5^th to be aware of hyper-sensitivity being necessary in dealing with colleagues and in your work context; and don’t expect too much of others; and that’s true until the 16^th of next month.

Mars is in your sign, is bringing extra power, verging possibly on over-assertion, even aggression, for those born January 25^th to February 11^th.  You are very driven, competitive, determined, ambitious, but make sure it doesn’t tip into destructive energy towards other people or even towards yourself.

Jupiter is suggesting that, for those born after February 11^th, there could be some over enthusiasm, over-reaching, and over-confidence, potentially on a professional level.  Don’t allow any arrogance to get the better of you. 

Uranus is now potentially disruptive for those born around January 21^st, 22^nd.  You will be feeling jumpy, impatient, and claustrophobic even and may be over-reactive.  Issues that you haven’t dealt with, which may have been repressed, are now volcanically erupting.  It is a time when you need to acknowledge frustrations and deal with them calmly, rather than unconsciously.  Change is needed, but don’t throw out the baby with the bath water. 

PISCES

Complex issues in relationships and in joint finances may need addressing this month.

After the 10^th, all of you will find great progress and growth through study, legal issues and particularly through travel.  Long distance communications will be constructive and positive and your mind is broadened.

All born up to March 2^nd will have Venus enhancing your energy.  It is a wonderful time for travel, for spiritual or creative reasons and particularly when it comes to enhancing romance, which can go very well in a long distance context. 

After the 5^th, be aware that hypersensitivity is needed and love and caring and the arts need a very profound input.

Jupiter is wonderful for all born after March 12^th.  This augurs particularly well for travel and internationalism of all sorts.  Confidence and success is underlined and academic and higher learning bounties are also very significant. 

Saturn is also constructive for those born February 21^st to 24^th.  He is giving leadership skills in terms of being disciplined, mature, practical and pragmatic and you do not take your eye off the ball. 

Uranus is also currently very liberating for very early Pisces, born around February 20^th/21^st.  He is opening your mind.  He is giving you skill and intuition combined with intellect and you will be confident enough to demonstrate your uniqueness and this will be with you until the end of the year. 

Neptune marching through your sign now is still very powerfully impacting the lives of those born March 3^rd to 6^th.  For this group, your Piscean qualities are just exploding both the positive. i.e. sensitivity, creativity, empathy, psychic powers, spirituality and redemptive qualities, but also the negative, which can be over-idealism, self-deception, escapism.  Keep grounded.  Keep real and use this energy for the greater good.  It can be magnificent.

Finally, Pluto is still empowering those born March 8^th to 10^th in a way that makes you feel absolutely the finger of destiny.  This transit is nearly coming to an end, after several years and it is going to force upon you a sense that you have made a leap into a new future which is absolutely unavoidable.  The only thing you needed was humility in order to use the power wisely. 

    

SEPTEMBER 2018 GLOBAL ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW PLUS YOUR SUN SIGN HOROSCOPE

 Well at least we have a direct Mars and Mercury now (and Saturn goes direct after the 6^th).  Hence we will now see a quicker, more decisive direction of travel in our lives and indeed in the global socio-political realm. I am not guaranteeing that it will be all good, just that we will start to know more clearly where we stand… even if the chaos is just more clear chaos.

The Trump saga will hot up and the Brexit journey will become more intense in its controversy, now the seemingly crazy show is really back on the road.

Uranus in Taurus (the bull) now, is and will indeed produce a bull market, which initially will be celebrated, but its overvaluation will soon become apparent and its volatility will cause some economic havoc globally. This Uranus shift into Taurus started back in May this year and teases us till November … and then resumes his rather unpredictable position in Taurus from March 2019 till May 2026. The whole business of money and how we handle it will be revolutionised and old ways dismantled during that period. There will also be significant and probably justified rebellion against the financial establishment. The last time Uranus was in Taurus correlated with the Wall Street crash.

However with Saturn (conservative, grounded reality) in positive alignment with Uranus (unpredictability) right now, there is currently some sense of steady as we go in the air, but from next March we will really see some “interesting” changes.

Uranus (shock /change) in the sign of Taurus, which is a sign, as well as being linked to money, also has strong connections with nature, hence we will see shocks re the behaviour and events in the natural world and the landscape. This has already been apparent with unprecedented heat, floods and fires over the last few months. Climate change will not be easily predictable in its manifestation, but big and disturbing changes in our weather and the natural world will happen very significantly over the coming 7 years or so. Issues about sustainability of land /farming /produce/seas, long overdue, will be in our face.

Although Neptune, so strong in its own home sign of Pisces now and since 2012, can create more empathy with, sensitivity to; and a valuing of nature (especially in the generation who are born with this placement i.e. 2012-2025). Its down side however, is that it brings a potential powerful collective brainwashing effect, or subliminal influences to bear (smoke and mirrors/fake news etc).  Neptune rules the collective unconscious and knows no boundaries and is amorphous (like the sea and music, both ruled by Neptune). He has a hypnotizing effect and rules addiction /escapism.

This effect has become gradually increasingly more apparent through the power of social media. Social Media originally was (and still is) a great way of breaking barriers and connecting/merging with others (Neptune) but only now are we really seeing the downside and potential damage that this phenomenon can do to individuals and collectively. It has also allowed people to hold power and influence because they are able to take full advantage of and be exploitative and abusive of the social media gateway to influencing public opinion and which has in turn, also produced a sort of psychotic mood in some of those who hold or influence power.  Populism has been very much of course, directed/influenced by the power of social media..

Alternative facts are fast and loose, so that we have a powerful, emotive counter narrative that often completely contradicts solid facts.  Binary politics and opinions increasingly dominate. There is a sort of passive (at the moment) civil war apparent in many countries. 

We have ended up with often not knowing what is true or false and indeed those in power, who may lie, can be delusional enough to believe their own lies (extreme Neptune influence). Hence we can teeter into controversial queries re mental health. The problem with Neptune is that he can range in influence from enabling an inspiring and hugely benign creative imagination, right up to creating a web of dangerous/distorted and often slightly paranoid fantasy and illusion that is perceived as truth. . The idea put forward to the populace by certain politicians vying for power and some powerful current leaders, that they are a saviour (Neptune in Pisces) of their country, is often a cover for the reality of their motive, which is more often about their own increased power/glory and ego gratification. The word “ narcissist” has become a familiar one now when describing the personalities of many in positions of power or indeed vying for power.

The ongoing combination of Pluto (power) in Capricorn (establishment) from 2008 –2025, with Neptune in Pisces since 2012 -2025, has created an interesting and unique mix of idealism and often mistaken fantasy/illusion and misleading information, combined with ruthlessness.

Inconvenient and often obvious truths are all too often brushed aside or denied on the altar of power, money (and fear).

The influence of Neptune is strong this month around the 7/8^th when it is opposed by the Sun. This can bring inspiration, spiritual interest and hypersensitivity, but it can also bring real confusion, deceptive circumstances and fog too. Also when Mercury opposes Neptune on the 14^th, there are dangers of communication confusions and deceptions for all.  However those same dates can be truly beneficial for those involved in the creative arts. The power of the sea during those periods will be also be potentially significant on our planet.

Times of danger and significant unpredictability and indeed accident proneness globally is strong between the 13^th-21^st when Mars squares up to Uranus. We all need to look before we leap more carefully than usual at that time.

The Moon is full on the 25^th at 1 degree of Aries. Since Saturn will be squaring this aspect, this may be tricky in terms of endings of chapters and dénouements being in the air that are a bit tricky, and painful to behold.

The Moon is new on the 9^th at 17 degrees of Virgo, a good day for the initiation of new chapters.

ARIES

Your ruling planet Mars, now in full direct mode, should give you all a boost and you may be completing projects you started, or wanted to push forward last May. 

Before the 6^th, if born after August 13^th communications can be very constructive.

Before the 9^th, if born after April 13^th Venus is smiling on you in terms of relationships and affections.  Cupid is definitely proactive. 

Despite the renewed sense of direction, just be aware that before the 11^th if born after April 18^th other people may be feeling a little over reactive and assertive in your working life, or in connection with any authoritative figure and you yourself may be a little impatient. 

However, after the 11^th, if born up to March 26^th projects, group work and leadership abilities are very much in full successful throttle. 

Saturn is still, until the end of the month, is squaring your Sun affecting all born between 22^nd and 24th March, in a way that can make one feel a bit frustrated at work.  If feels like you’re climbing a mountain or walking through deep mud and situations and possibly people seem to be holding you back or blocking your path. You are also likely to be feeling very tired and it is a time to pace yourself. However, after the 6^th you may get a handle on what the problem is and deal with it constructively.

Pluto is once again, as he did last December and early January squaring up to the Suns of those born April 7^th to 9^th.  This particularly transit has been around on and off since February 2017 and will be completed by the end of November.  It has been and continues to be significant in terms of challenge to you, with potential power struggles within yourself and with others.  There has been a slightly ruthless feeling within you and the endings of chapters have definitely been evolving and the denouement of the situation is nearing, however. Trust that after this period is complete a new sense of identity will be born with the phoenix rising out of the ashes.  Meanwhile, be conscious and don’t abuse power or let others do the same to you.

TAURUS

For many of you this can be a period of fun and enjoyment of life, being extremely creative as well.

Before the 6^th, however, if born after May 11^th ensure that your communications are clear and not careless. 

However, between the 6^th and the 22^nd communications romantically and with offspring can be very positive and successful for you all 

Venus moves into your Solar 7^th House on the 9^th, which indirectly indicates that for all born up to May 1^st there can be a great sense of joy in romance, affections, harmony and other people can really enhance your life. 

Before the 11^th, if born after May 18^th very constructive progress can be connected to travel, travel plans, academia and legal issues. 

However, after the 11^th there is, if born up to April 27^th, there is potential for some impasses and fixity and immovability in some context, passive or active with people, possibly in authority or at work.  Stubbornness will not help. 

Jupiter is still in your opposite sign, bringing currently for those born May 7^th to 13^th a great desire for pushing forward, confidence, belief in self, enjoyment, travel.  Just beware of over-confidence; over-doing or biting off more than one can chew. 

Saturn is offering some disciplined control currently, as he has been doing all last month, for all born around April 21^st to 23^rd. (very early Taurus)  Hard work really does pay off. 

Uranus, of course, now in Taurus and established there, is however for the same group, April 21^st to 23^rd, bringing a very strong sense of restlessness that you haven’t felt before, a desire for change, freedom and this is an awakening time, but be careful that you don’t jump into something too quickly or throw out the baby with the bath water. This once every 84 year transit needs careful handling and will be around on and off until Feb. 2020, but the new is definitely in the air, but don’t push the river.

Neptune is incredibly inspiring now for those born May 4^th to 7^th.  He is bringing empathy, sensitivities, spirituality and compassion to your hearts in a way that can’t be denied. 

And for those born May 8^th to 10^th, Pluto continues to bring you power, strength, big picture vision and a sense of destiny in a very positive way. 

GEMINI

Matters may be on hold for family issues is some wayand some frustrations maybe in the air .

Before the 6^th, if born after June 12^th, communications with family members, particularly siblings can be very constructive. 

Between the 6th and 22nd however, you will all need to be careful during this period .. so take care throughout, about a real potenial for misunderstandings and confusion with others , noteably on the home/family and domestic front .Checkthe literal and metaphorical small print  in all communications to and from those around you..

After the 22^nd, if born up to June 5^th, communications in love life and with siblings are then significantly enhanced . 

All of you born after June 14^th will find that this month has got a real note of creativity and fun and there is a need to shine somewhere, somehow and romantic themes are notably positive as are issue connected to offspring, both literally or artistically. 

After the 11^th, if born up to May 28^th, enthusiasm over travel, legal issues and higher learning is strong and successful.  Also your energies arewell coordinated and forthright on a constructive way.

Neptune is now in Pisces and has beeen since 2012.. which is in a square angle to your sign. (90 degrees) Currently he is hovering around 14 and 15 degrees.. so  just be wary, if born June 4^th to 7^th that this month, as he is  now squaring your Suns, there is a potential for some miscommunications, confusions, deceptions and uncertainties in your working life and you are also feeling the need for more sleep than usual.Your body maybe more sensitive too and your emotional levels are more sinsitive and susceptible. Your idealism is string and there may be a sense of perceiving things, or even people, not exactly as they are.  This influence has been around on and off since May 2017 but is still underway.  It is a very gradual, rather blind journey but trust that what’s happening is that your heart is growing and your direction of travel is changing a little, but it is very subtle.  Let it take you on this slow but evolutionary change, This transitional journey is nearly complete.

CANCER

This can be a period of time when you are very aware of the need for thinking things through and communicating clearly and this can be very successful.

After the 22^nd, if born up to July 7^th be wary that there can be some misunderstandings connected to family. 

There is also the possibility before the 9^th that if born after July 16^th, rather more money than is advisable can be spent on self or home.

After the 9^th, however, if born up to July 4^th, there is definitely a boost to enjoyment, creativity, love life and some self-indulgence.

Mars however, back in Capricorn, may before 11^th remind those born after July 21^st of events that were underway in May and indeed last month, which are ongoing, which is causing some confrontation with other people, who are no pushovers and it’s very important to deal with these people in a measured and patient way. 

Jupiter is very much supportive of all born July 9^th to 15^th in a way that is conducive to creative success, romantic fulfilment, confidence, growth and enjoyment of life. 

By contrast, Saturn, back in early Capricorn now, is as he was last month, still targeting those born June 23^rd to 25^th.  Other people are distinctly burdensome or blocking your path in some way, either consciously or not and this transit which lasts until the end of September needs careful handling and demands that you don’t push your energy too hard, but stepping up to the plate, being realistic, doing what one has to do and sense of duty is very much on the cards.

Uranus is helpful however, for this same group.  He is giving you the ability to get the balance between obligation and freedom and you do need to get it.

Neptune is also extremely inspiring, as he has been for several years now, for those born July 6^th to 9^th.  Travel, philosophy, ideology and the power of your heart continue to grow. 

However, Pluto is still bringing his rare once every 248-year challenge to the door of those born July 10^th to 12^th.  This phenomenon has been in the air since early 2017 but is nearly over.  Your boundaries should be strong around those who are in any way coercive or abusive of power, and certainly don’t sink to their level, and know that you are going through this for a reason and that it is bringing to an end a chapter that has been necessary for you to understand something about human nature and yourself. 

LEO

It is important for all Leos to remember that Uranus is now in Taurus, which is not a particularly compatible sign with your own.  He is initially only affecting those born July 23^rd to 26^th and that is certainly true right now, but he will continue to affect you all at some point for the next seven years.  When Uranus is in a square sign to your own it just makes you feel very restless and life throws some curved balls and initially for the above group, who are now being directly affected, it is affecting your status, a your reputation, your career direction, in a way which can feel unnerving, but which ultimately strangely is truly liberating, but the unexpected within yourself and from outside events, can mean that the status quo has to shift; and for those very early Lions this is certainly true on and off  until  Feb. 2020.  It is a bit of a magical mystery tour .

Meanwhile, Mercury is currently supportive of all those born after August 13^th.  Your communications skills are strong and you really will want to be heard and you can be successful but do listen to the others.

After the 22^nd, if born up to August 7^th, your reasoning skills and insights are strong, but this time with less ego involvement.

Before the 9^th, Venus brings a lot of charm in your communications and effectiveness if born after August 16^th and your aesthetic sense is also strong. 

However, after the 9^th, if born up to August 4^th, beware that you need to be very careful that you do not behave in any kind of sycophantic way to others and that self-indulgence does not get out of hand.

After the 11^th Mars moves into your Solar 7^th House, suggesting that after that date, for all born up to July 30^th, there may be some people who are squaring up to you or challenging you in some way and there is little room for manoeuvre, therefore it is beholden for you to be more flexible, but you will certainly have to justify yourself. 

Jupiter, now for all born August 9^th to 15^th is currently squaring your Sun, which means that there is a tendency to be over-confident, or even a little arrogant at times in the eyes of others.  Enjoyment is desired and possibly experienced but at the expense of potentially later regret, so have some moderation.

VIRGO

This is your time of the year, so a time to shine and certainly after the 6^th and before the 22^nd, you will all have an opportunity to get heard in an impressive way and your mind is sharp.

After the 9^th, Venus, for all born up to September 4^th allows you to operate with others in a way that is very persuasive and charming and creating harmony. 

Before the 11^th, Mars, back in Capricorn, will be allowing all born after September 20^th to re-visit constructively issues from last May and indeed last month that need to be pushed forward, particularly connected to creative projects, romantic issues and offspring issues.  This is a constructive time. 

Jupiter is also helpful if born around September 9^th to 15^th now.  Wisdom and confidence is yours and sense of luck is in the air, mainly created through wisdom.

Saturn is also on the side of all those born around August 26^th as he has been for the last few weeks.  You’re constructive, controlled, hard working and disciplined with deferred gratification assured, particularly after 6^th. 

Uranus is also very much supportive now from Taurus and is stimulating the desire for freedom, excitement, change and innovation for the same group, (born around August 26^th.)  This is an excellent tie for the early Virgos to progress, particularly connected to higher learning, long distance issues and legal issues.  This is an awakening time. 

However, Neptune is still presenting a word of warning to those born September 6^th to 9^th as he has been on and off since early 2017, as there are people around who can be not as black in white as you would like.  Smoke and mirrors are in the air still and this is certainly in the ether until aprox. April 2019.  It also makes you idealistic, but possibly projecting on to people what you want to see, so keep grounded.

Finally, Pluto is very empowering, as has been for over two years, and has nearly completed his mission for those born around September 10^th to 12^th.  He has brought you into your own, given you a sense of destiny and courage and determination, creatively, in love life and connected to offspring issues.  You know your strengths and you can use them now.

LIBRA

Saturn has been, for most of last month, and certainly all this month a little troublesome possibly for those born around September 25^th to 27^th.  Feelings of tiredness and frustration are in the air and this was first felt in January 2018, but you will sort it out by the end of October, but it is definitely a time when you need to pace yourself and recognise that certain reality checks are in the air, possibly on the home front.  Blocks and restrictions are there to teach you – it is important to keep strong.

However, before the 6^th, if born after October 16^th, there is an opportunity to make headway with projects and in a social situation successfully. 

Venus is in your sign before the 9^th, moth directly benefiting those born after October 16^th and this does bring charm to your appearances and manner.  There is a sense of magnetism around you and warmth and love given out and received.  Enjoyment can be very much in the air. 

However, Mars, although now direct is still as he was in the second half of last month, slightly challenging for all born after October 19^th/20^th.  There are potentially a few issues of frustration and contention on the home front and also within you.  Impatience and intolerance is in the air from you or others.  Keep your cool. 

After the 11^th, for all born up to September 30^th, there is a very constructive input, as Mars moves back into Aquarius bringing strong overtones in terms of love life, creativity, energy, drive and determination that is all constructive and reminds you of last July/August in terms of progress.. 

Finally, Pluto is continuing,( but  over by the end of this year) to challenge, as he has done since early 2017, the energies of those born October 11^th to 13^th.  This journey has been frustrating around some impasses with other people and indeed within you.  Power struggles and a feeling of lockdowns and endings are not unlikely and this has forced you to stand up and drawn boundaries and to be humble and honest and to know when to walk away, but endings of chapters have definitely been in the ether, from which you will emerge stronger.

SCORPIO

Uranus, now in Taurus, is bringing for all of you, a few potential changes that will be definitely affecting you all at some time over the next 7 years; but initially those directly hit are born after October 24^th.  This energy will resume in April/May of next year and hover till Feb. 2020. Meanwhile be prepared for shifts and changes in other people, affecting your relationships, a sense of irritation and impatience and a desire to free oneself from frustrations that have been building for some time.  The force for change can come from other people, but ultimately it does kick starts you into a new consciousness.

Mars before the 11^th is a helpful energy to those born after November 19^th. He provides impetus and determination n thought and constructive action. However after the 11^th, for those born up to November 30^th, there is a distinct danger of having a   sense of your being like a bull in a china shop at home and family members maybe somewhat belligerent.

Jupiter is beautifully in your sign now, bringing advantages to those born November 9^th to 15^th.  For this group there is definitely a feeling of some sense of euphoria, enjoyment, love of life, great for travel and it can also be quite good financially, At the least, confidence is definitely underlined and you will want to shine. 

Saturn, is bringing, despite the influence of Uranus to very early Scorpios (October 24^th to 26^th) a sense of concrete, sure progress and a groundedness and wisdom that is guiding a need for change. 

Neptune, as for the last couple of years, is still encouraging for those born November 6^th to 9^th, a greater sense of spirituality and creative empathy and compassion.  Your heart centre is strong, as are your ideals and relationships benefit.

Those born around November 11^th continue to benefit from the power of your ruling planet Pluto’s current enhanced angle to your Sun.  Insights, truth, power of communication and transformational abilities are yours.

SAGITTARIUS

This is a month which may focus on career and may be not in such an easy way, as there is a possibly a bit of cognitive dissonance about how you are feeling about it.

However, before the 6^th, if born after December 13^th, some wisdom and higher understanding and communication skills are strong. 

After the 6^th and before the 22^nd, you should all ensure that your communications, particularly with authority figures are clear and try not to let stress get the better of you. 

Before the 9^th, Venus is kindly benevolent of all born after December 15^th.  Friends and support groups are of great value and your leadership skills are filled with empathy and love.

After the 11^th, for all born up to November 29^th your ability to translate thought into action in a very constructive and a very determined way is admirable. 

For many of you, with Uranus’s recent move into Taurus, there is a definite feeling of shift in your attitude or interest connected to work and there is a feeling of change in the air and this is necessary in some way, but don’t push the river as this particularly journey of Uranus is going to be on and off for 7 years.  Not for all of you all the time, but through the whole of your sign, and right now those born at the very beginning of Sagittarius are feeling it to some extent, but this is a general shift in the mood for all of you, often connected to global events.

Neptune is still causing a sense of confusion and possibly some disillusionment for those born December 6^th to 9^th.  This has been ongoing on and off since early 2017 and will be complete by March next year.

Meanwhile, for this group there is this feeling of uncertainty and confusion about your roots, where you want to be, a feeling that you can’t commit to a particular location and a sense that things are dissolving and new things need to be born.  There is also an idealism and confusion which can sometimes be a little depressing.  This is a voyage that feels as if there is no compass and no oars.  You have to trust the trade winds and by early next year this group of Sagittarians will feel as if the fog has lifted and they can see a destination, but meanwhile you need patience.

CAPRICORN

Saturn is still in Capricorn as he will be until December 2020.  He is currently directly affecting, as he did in January and has been again in the last half of last month and all this month, those born December 23^rd to 25^th.  For this group there is a need to get rest.  One can feel slightly vulnerable, low, tired and burdened and blocks and restrictions seem huge.  It is also a time for very grown up, realistic attitudes towards life and possibly for a major restructuring.  Saturn is the karmic schoolteacher so he does force you to face things and do things that are necessary which you are grateful for in the future, even if at the time it feels like an uphill climb.  By October this weighty feeling will have gone and you will have completed something you needed to complete. 

Simultaneously, Uranus, for the same group (December 23^rd to 25^th) is bringing a great ray of sunshine.  He brings a desire for the new, for change, for freedom and to fully enter into your own uniqueness and look outside the box to all the possibilities that you haven’t looked at before, so this is a very interesting period for this early group of Capricorns 

Pluto, in his once every 248 year visitation since February 2017 on and off, is now once more sitting directly on the Suns of those born around January 8^th to 10^th.  This journey is over by December, but it is still ongoing and demands that you acknowledge your destiny, your power, endings of chapters, followed by regenerative work and although one has to acknowledge the intensity of life, but also the power potential that you have.  It is important to not abuse power, to have humility, to be hyper-conscious of the forces that are at work and bring them to birth in a controlled, honest, fair and regenerative matter. 

However, Jupiter currently is also on your side and for all born January 7^th to 13^th there is a real boost to confidence and wisdom and a sense of support from the universe.  It also brings a sense of leadership skills and other people and causes are very much on your side.

Neptune is also hugely sensitising now for those born January 4^th to 7^th.  This has been on and off since the beginning of 2017 and the journey is nearly over.  Meanwhile he has caused you to be much more emotionally aware of your thinking processes, your heart has been very much more conjoined with your brain.  Your empathy, your sensitivity and your spiritual side have grown to your great advantage. 

Mars, in your sign for the second half of last month and all this month is now directly reminding those born after January 17^th, in a final way, of work that needs to be done and there is an assertiveness and a positive determination in the air with this group, but beware it doesn’t become over-assertion or even aggression.

AQUARIUS

Uranus’s recent move into Taurus, in his once every 84 year visitation is continuing and he has since May to bring a little bit of a wobble to the consciousness of those January 21^st to 24^th.  This will return in April of next year and continue on and off, till Feb 2020.  Meanwhile, know that the signs are that there are changes afoot, you feel restless within and there is a need to acknowledge the need for changes without rushing into it, or without being too impulsive or destructive.   There is a need to acknowledge your true Uranian nature – (he is after all your ruling planet) which will bring alive your awakened, enlightened, big picture, unique individuality. Just don’t become rebellious for its own sake. 

Jupiter is for those born February 6^th to 12^th, bringing a tendency towards rash indulgent behaviour or over-confidence, particularly possibly in one’s public standing or career.  Stop and think.  Over-confidence and biting off more than one can chew can be ultimately disadvantageous.  It may also be important this month to take time out to look at the more private factors of your life in terms of relationships, and  in terms of complex financial organisation.

Between the 6^th and the 22^nd, Mercury is going to be very kind to all your minds in terms of giving extra wisdom and very good for travel, education and excellent communications. 

Before the 9^th, if born after February 12^th, love life and travel go hand in hand and a real appreciation of wisdom and harmony is yours. 

After the 11^th, Mars moves back into your sign suggesting that for all those born up to January 27^th there may be a time during this period when your assertive qualities are strong, to the point where they can be over-strong or even stubborn and too pushy, but used wisely, this is a time for great progress and constructive forward moving.  (This group had this same energy in the last half of May /early June, earlier this year).

Just a word of warning as well, after the 9^th, if born up to February 1^st, be careful about being charming to others just for your own gain.  Hypocrisy may not serve you well. 

PISCES

Neptune, your ruler is still of course in your sign, which it is every 165 years, so it is powerful and currently, (as he has been on and off since Spring 201), he is still haunting in a potentially very positive way the Suns of those born March 4^th to 7^th.  For this group there is hyper ability to have empathy, sensitivity – all the Pisces stuff and also to become quite psychic.  The danger/downside is escapism, hypersensitivity to a fault and illusion or delusion about issues. However in terms of the musical and creative and artistic side, this is peak ability and your ability to have insight on a spiritual level is also profound.  Your heart is dominating, but ensure that you do keep grounded.

Uranus is very constructive now for those born February19th to 22^nd  (the earliest

 Pisces) and will be so on and off until February of 2020.  He is offering to this group, a real sense of intuition, eureka moments and a wake up call to your true potential and destiny and a need for the new and the awoken. Saturn is also allowing this same group right now the added ability to be focussed and disciplined and constructive in your tasks, which you are happy to do. This is great and successful combination of planetary influences.. 

Pluto is also again offering to those born around March 8^th to 10^th, as he has been enabling since early 2017, a chance to really show your ability to lead in things you are passionate about and to have very intense connections with people who are constructive and empowering for the greater good. 

Jupiter is very supportive now for those born March 7^th to 13^th.   This influence is very good for travel, internationalism, study, and a feeling of luck and confidence and indeed protection. 

Successful communications with others is great for all of you between the 6^th and the 22^nd. 

After the 9^th, if born up to March 2^nd, love lives is enhanced in an international context and indeed love of learning is a real inspiration.

Before the 11^th, if born after March 17^th you will be continuing on a course of action, that started last May, in way that is forthright and constructive.