The main theme of this week will be the third and final opposition of Mercury to Neptune that's been occurring over the past few weeks and Mercury re-ingressing into Virgo and passing out of its retrograde shadow - all of this will occur on Thursday. You should have been getting a return to a sense of normal these past two weeks with things starting to break. It should be at normal speed by end of week. However, the question is: what is normal now? Is it the same that it was before late July? Or have the events since then changed what normal fundamentally is at this point? Certainly in the US, the political landscape was torn apart by the budget/debt ceiling talks. So is normal politics in the US now one of confrontation only, and no negotiation/collaboration? Is the new normal for the citizenry to expect less and less from the government and a need to take control on local levels? Ponder it in your own life - what has gone on the last six weeks that has shifted/eroded your reality? Is this shift permanent somewhat? Do you need to adjust to a new normal? Neptune can leave us searching for a solid answer when there is none to be found. He teaches us that we must go with the flow - that there may be a higher purpose to Collective challenges/loss that we are unaware of individually, yet all of our lives are somewhat swept away in. Our innocense/ignorance (which we all are to varying degrees) is not a viable excuse for being passed over by the tide - when the flood comes, none are spared at least getting wet. (Note all the wet weather related events across the globe lately - they don't fit in neatly with budgets or human made structures - Neptune does not care about funds/budgets/etc - they are just human made realities that have no function in the larger scheme of things).
Astrologically, this really is a quiet week otherwise. Tuesday is the day our emotions will be stressed the most by the Cardinal T-square this week as Moon in Capricorn squares Uranus, conjuncts Pluto, and squares Saturn, so expect a tough one emotionally that day of wrestling with your demons, especially in issues of your freedom versus your duties and how enraged that can get you inside.
Thursday, Mercury's ingress into Virgo, where it is has rulership and exaltation, is a boost to the mind. This is where Mercury can be most ingenuous/brilliant and come up with detailed plans to take on whatever is in front of it. Intellectual collaboration with others who share your goals is at a premium during this time. It's also a good time to take a constructively critical self-look at your health and take on bad habits by replacing them with better regimes. Mercury is also opposite Chiron this weekend which helps see both sides of problems and give us the ability to make well-informed decisions that are beneficial to self and others. Mercury's semi-square to Saturn at same time will chide us into being serious about this even though we may feel restricted/frustrated initially.
Saturday should be a fun day with Venus sextile Mars and sesiquadrate Jupiter - this brings balance between male/female energies and has people getting along great. A good night to go out to parties, socialize, artistic events, have fun, etc. It can also boost artistic/creative energies. Jupiter may have us overdo it a bit, so be aware to hand off the car keys to someone sober if need be, so to speak.
Mercury trine Pluto on Sunday is excellent energy to delve deeply into something with. Many times the best use of this energy is to do some serious looking within at your own issues, as it won't drag you down as much emotionally to do so, and you have a healthy attitude towards confronting some demon(s) and showing them the door. This is also an excellent day to work on detailed projects like writing, planning, intricate work, etc.
This week the Winged Messenger should be more sympathetic to the world of mammon, but even he must be wondering how we will deal with all the issues going on these days.
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