Greetings, Bitches…or maybe I should substitute with the word “Witches” for this week. *witchy laugh* Blessed Samhain, Happy Halloween, and Feliz Dia De Los Muertos. It’s the latter that I really enjoy getting into, to be honest. I am fascinated by genealogy and family lineage. I’m fortunate in that I can trace one of our family lines all the way back to Robert the Bruce, 1st King of Scotland. I am descended from a number of Scottish Clan Chiefs, including Hector the Red, “Lachlan the Hairy”, and many others. I am descended from the Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts, the Valois, and some other pretty interesting historical names. Alas, no one has mailed me my crown…yet. But even just in pulling up the info to type this, it is SO easy for me to go down a rabbit hole because I love this family information! So on Dia De Los Muertos, I channel 3% “Aztec and Indigenous Americas” DNA, and set up an ancestor alter. I put up some favorite pictures, and gawk in amazement at resemblance of me and my kids to grandparents and great aunts and uncles. So Happy whatever kind of 8th house Plutonian stuff you celebrate this week.
Venus is very present this week, adding energy this week that touches on relationships, beauty, romance (in the classical sense of the word as well as the modern one), and our desires, pleasures, and vulnerabilities. Saturn goes direct in Pisces this week, and I’m anticipating, as I type these very words, that I have a lot to say about that..so let’s get into it.
Monday the Sun trines Vesta and Uranus is quincunx Pallas. The former gives optimism to the work you do, and the latter says your brilliant mind may not be understood. So if you go into a meeting feeling like you have hit on something genius and you have an amazing solution and everyone is silent and stares at you like you have 3 heads…babe it's not you, it's them. Not everyone is on your level…yet. Let it roll off. The foolish mortals will eventually come around (and probably take credit for your amazing idea).
Tuesday Venus trines Uranus. So in addition to it being Halloween, Venus will take great pleasure in things that are new, exciting, and weird. Venus is in Virgo, which is an underestimated freak in the sheets placement, and Uranus is in Taurus, the sign of the body and pleasures, ruled by Venus. Maybe you will wear your Halloween costume in the bedroom or something. Haha.
Wednesday the Sun is square Chariklo and Mercury is quincunx Chiron. These are challenging aspects where our ego and intellect will square off with our healing and compassion. Solutions and adjustments must be made. We must overcome some insecurities and set better boundaries. I bet when you read that you knew just what it meant, huh?
Thursday is Dia De Los Muertos, officially, and Venus is very strong on that day, but making things a bit awkward. Venus forms a quincunx with the North Node and with Eris. The North Node aspect relates to being out of touch with your true purpose. The Eris aspect is stirring up trouble…Venus loves harmony and Eris loves discord. It’s almost like an angel is pulling on your arm and a devil is pulling your leg in a weird direction and you’re like “hey, I don’t bend that way!”. Something has to give.
On Friday, Venus is opposite Neptune that day, indicating some illusion or vulnerability around love and/or money. The good news is that the Sun is opposite Jupiter that day. All Jupiter aspects are good aspects and this one brings good luck and success. I feel the overall message of these Venusian days is to be doing what is in alignment with your true values, and also to be grateful for where you came from. Even if you came from really difficult people and circumstances, somewhere in your lineage were some people who fought really hard to exist, and therefore for you to exist. Also, there is power in your roots! All living things derive power, nutrients, and the ability to grow from their roots. Even if you don’t know your family lineage, there is still power in your core being.
A few weeks ago I discussed the IC in your chart. This is the very bottom of your chart, directly opposite your Midheaven, or MC. Your midheaven is where you are most visible and activated publicly. Your IC describes your childhood experience, your roots, your family dynamics, and your private self. This is who you are when no one is around, and you’re probably that way because of your Mother. Haha…its true. This could be a good thing or a bad thing but it is true. So this time of year when we celebrate all things dead and Plutonian, it is a nice time to reflect on your roots and where you came from, whatever you know of it. Think about grandparents and distant relatives. Research your surname. Look up the customs of the country your people came from, or a culture you resonate with. Examine the quirky things you do that are totally weird habits you picked up from a parent or other family member and have a good laugh about it. Make Auntie Gertrude’s pie recipe. Meditate, even if briefly or in passing, on your inner child. Whatever age first comes up for you is the right age to ponder. What did that child need but not receive? Spend some time meeting those needs this week. That is how you water your IC roots.
Over the weekend, Mercury and Uranus are both brilliant and weird. Your words have the ability to heal, if you use them properly. The way you nurture both yourself and others might be unusual, but if it yields the desired outcome, then embrace the freakiness! But the big news over the weekend is Saturn stationing direct. Saturn retrogrades every year so it isn’t as big a deal as some other retrogrades. He has revisited a lot of ugly points (I’m looking at you, Congress and Trump) and has begun to dish out Karma where he sees fit. Now he will go direct at 0° of Pisces. 0°, like 29°, is significant. As a planet first moves into a sign, there is this sort of unbridled and wild enthusiasm for the energy of that sign. Please read this article I wrote at the beginning of 2023 that talks about the themes of Saturn in Pisces. Religious zealotry is one of the themes…
One of my predictions was an escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict and here we are. It’s not that a prediction like “this could flare up” is particularly earth shattering, because this conflict has been a hot zone off and on for … ever! But it is interesting to note the timing and this Saturn ingress in direct motion stirring things up. And…the birth chart for Israel (5/14/48) shows their North Node in Taurus, South Node in Scorpio. The eclipse on October 28th at 5° Taurus happened right on their Natal North Node! And…in the 8th house of transformation, death and rebirth! This is potent! It’s a lunar eclipse on their karmic purpose…
Saturn is at 0° of Pisces. This, along with Pluto in Aquarius, makes the world ripe for a fascist dictator, a zealot, a fanatic at the helm. Ummmm….
And I’d like to point out that Hitler came to power during Saturn in Pisces. And Jews are actively being attacked all around the world. AGAIN. And it’s just being accepted. Governments, Universities (establishments of “HIGHER LEARNING”, companies, organizations…they are signing off on the concept of “Kill them all!”
What. The. Fuck?!
The Holocaust is one of the most important and tragic and awful and shameful points in human history…a point we said we’d never forget and never repeat…
Humans 1945: Never again!
Humans 2023: oh, well….*shrug* What can we do?
We have the benefit of instant communication in 2023. The world did not have that when Hitler was coming into power. When he was dangerously rising up through the news, much of the world was unaware. We don’t have that excuse now, but we are still actively and passively signing off on this bullshit AGAIN. And listen, ALL of the suffering is breaking my heart! The Palestinians deserve a place to call home as well. The reason everyone is behaving this way is because they all feel homeless. The root chakra is all fucked up! There is no sense of security, so of course there is insanity. And it is all AWFUL. And we can't make excuses for it on either side!
The last time Saturn was in Pisces, South Africa held its first interracial election and Nelson Mandela won. War and genocide raged in places like Bosnia. The Oklahoma City bombing happened. The World Trade Organization was founded (Pisces is about boundaries or lack thereof). All of this happened in the 90’s…along with another Piscean theme: drugs. Grunge, Heroin, Kurt Cobain…All during Saturn in Pisces.
so Saturn entering Pisces is a big deal for sure.
But on a personal level (Kelly does deep yoga breathing to settle the fuck down) - Venus this week is asking us to look at our relationships, our values, and what gives us pleasure. What are your personal roots and how do you water them? Where are Saturn and Pisces in your chart and how might you be a bit of a zealot regarding boundaries? Scopes will look at all of this. Read for your Rising sign this week.
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