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By adding the universal year 2003, (2+0+0+3) = 5, to the 10th month of October, we come up with the vibration of 15/6. The 6 month asks us to tune into how we can be of service to others through expressing the healing power of love. The challenge this month is to learn how to tap into your love of beauty and harmony so that you can come into balance. Take some time this month to work on beautifying your environment. By doing so you will feel more harmonious and balanced and others will feel healed solely by being in your space. Try to see yourself as a channel for unconditional love flowing through. As you tap into this love yourself you will be able to give it to others without feeling burdened or drained. October 7-24 Develop Objectivity and Detachment. With Mercury now moving direct (September 20) and in the sign of Libra from October 7-24, the emphasis is on coming into balance through pulling on our mental qualities of objectivity and equality. With Mercury in Libra the challenge is to look at our addiction to being nice; to the way we accommodate the needs of others to the point that we lose ourselves. You have an opportunity now to step back and be more objective and detached about what needs to be communicated. The focus now is on communicating what is just, fair and equitable. With Mercury in Libra you have the opportunity of speaking the truth without fear of what others will think. October 10 Practice Authenticity. On October 10 the moon is full in Aries. Moon in Aries asks us to speak out boldly about what we need for emotional fulfillment. The full Moon in Aries is calling us to bring full awareness to our needs so that we then can be totally present and authentic with others. Only when we can truly nurture ourselves and honor our own needs for independence, autonomy and freedom can we truly be in relationship with others. October 8-9 Break Free. Venus in Libra has an enlivening trine to Uranus in Aquarius, October 8-9. Venus/Uranus provides an opportunity for opening our heart chakras by literally running high voltage through the heart. This is represented physically and etherically through the process of channeling universal energy (Uranus) through the heart chakra (Venus) as in Reiki. Allow Venus/Uranus to help you break free from any restrictions you may be feeling in your emotional expression. October 9-November 2 Embrace Your Shadow. Venus moves through the sign of Scorpio from October 9 through November 2. Venus in Scorpio is a very powerful placement and calls us to pay attention to the deepest parts of who we are. The reason the sign of Scorpio is so often maligned is that it represents the process of purification of what psychologists call the shadow. These are the powerful emotions that most people find very difficult to deal with; rage and other forms of intense anger, jealously, sexual intensity, and grief. The Scorpio process demands that we dive into the center of this intensity and embrace it as a vital part of our humanness. For many, though, there is great fear that if they truly embrace their intensity they will surely die. As a result many people choose to repress their emotional intensity, their sexuality and their vitality. Venus in Scorpio is a call to integrate these "taboo" areas into the heart of who you are. Use this time to access how open you feel to expressing the Scorpio force in your relationships. Are you suppressing your passion or vitality because of restrictive messages you received during childhood? Do you fear that if you were to express the intensity of your emotions you would "blow" your loved ones away? Venus in Scorpio is a time to be a spelunker of your emotional depths - to explore how you can access and release more aliveness and vitality in your relationships with others. October 12-13 Access Your Intuition. Mercury is in a positive flow with Neptune from October 12-13. With Neptune aspecting Mercury, the ruler of all areas of communication, you can expect major breakthroughs in your thinking process this month. Neptune activates your ability to access higher intuitive states so by being receptive at this time you might receive guidance that can be quite illuminating. October 13-14 Implement Your Plan. With Mercury in Libra in a challenging relationship with Saturn in Cancer you have an opportunity to align your ideas with a definite plan of action. What is the form or specific plan that you can begin implementing that would really contribute to your overall sense of mental well -being? Mercury/Saturn aspects are a great time for taking on any project where you need to focus the mind on specific details. The main challenge is to not become too rigid or attached to the specific outcome you have in mind. October 16-17 Speak Out Powerfully. Mercury in Libra is in a flowing relationship with Pluto in Sagittarius October 16-17. Mercury/Pluto combines the universal power of Pluto with the communication function of Mercury. With Mercury/Pluto the focus is on speaking out powerfully about what we see as the truth. The challenge of this conjunction is to do so without being attached to being right or making others wrong. As we practice speaking our truth to others we create a new sense of the power of our word. Since it is through communication that we create our own reality it behooves us to learn to speak with clarity, purpose and power. Use this time to speak the truth that you’ve been withholding. If you speak your truths with love and non-attachment to the results, the "truth will set you free". October 22 Connect to Your Guidance. Neptune completes its five-month retrograde on October 22 as it goes direct again at 10 degrees Aquarius. During the retrograde period we had an opportunity to see how deeply connected we are to being guided by spirit. Do you now feel more connected to some form of guidance that informs and gives direction and meaning to your life or do you still feel you are drifting on the current of the tides of your life, rudderless, without a direction? The Neptune retrograde period called us to open ourselves up to receive guidance. Through meditation, imagery work, visualization, journalizing, and breath work you can now awaken the sixth chakra between the eyes, the center of intuition. As this center opens you can become more aware of the subtle energy of Neptune that can give you guidance on your journey. October 23 Transform Darkness into Light. The Sun moves into Scorpio on October 23. The Scorpio process corresponds to the beginning of an inward turning period in nature when outer things gradually decay and life returns to the earth. The external forms have died back to leave nothing but bare trees and bushes above the exhausted earth from which life can flourish anew. The Scorpio principle involves the descent into darkness to transform the ego and to emerge as a powerful bearer of light. Our job in Scorpio is to be role models for others in the highest use of passion and power. October 24- November 12 Cut to the Core. Mercury travels through the sign of Scorpio from October 24 -November 12. Mercury in Scorpio is like the surgeon’s knife; cutting to the core of a problem and excising it! Use Mercury in Scorpio this month to learn to tell the microscopic truth. Even though telling the truth seems hard and painful sometimes the side effects of not telling the truth are even worse. If we withhold our truth we also withhold our love and eventually shut down our ability to be intimate with others. Mercury in Scorpio calls us to bring to the surface and acknowledge what’s bothering us. Sometimes just the simple act of telling the truth can help us release a tremendous amount of energy that has been suppressed and that has been getting in the way of us being intimate with those that we love. October 25 Let Go of the Old. A new moon occurs when the sun and moon are in the same sign and signifies the joining of solar and lunar energies. With each new moon we have an opportunity for a new quality to emerge into our consciousness. With the new Moon in Scorpio, the focus this month is on letting go; trusting that it is safe to let go of old ways of being that may have prevented you from deeply sharing yourself, your vision, and your wisdom more fully with others. With the new Moon in Scorpio you have an opportunity to learn how to speak your truth more fully and to learn how to truly honor the deep passion and intensity of your emotions. October 25 Develop Inner Security. Saturn, at 13 degrees Cancer, goes retrograde from October 25 until March 7, 2004. The challenge with Saturn retrograde in Cancer is learning how not to contract (Saturn) emotionally (Cancer) when faced with emotionally challenging times. Since the sign of Cancer is associated with the Moon, when Saturn is in Cancer our emotional body seeks protection from the emotional roller coaster of life. It's interesting to note that Saturn was also in Cancer from June of 1944 until August of 1946 during the last years of World War II. There's no doubt that a lot of people were feeling very contracted emotionally at that time considering the state of the world and the effects of a prolonged war. Almost 60 years later we are again feeling the effects of war and threats to our external security. The challenge during this retrograde is to ascertain how we are dealing with the current situation. Are you numbing out or getting depressed? Are you losing hope that conditions will improve? Are you feeling that your life is on hold? If so, know that you are not alone. We are all being challenged with retrograde Saturn in Cancer to develop an inner security that is based upon our connection with Spirit rather than the ever-changing drama of the external world. Use this time to affirm and deepen your connection with Spirit so that you know without a doubt that you are not separate. This will not only enhance your own sense of security, peace and hope, but also will help shift collective thought patterns and contribute to peace and harmony in the world as well. James Jarvis, M.A. is a master astrologer, professional life coach and transpersonal counselor. Through his teaching, coaching and counseling, James has helped hundreds of people draw out and productively use their inherent wisdom and talent. For those who want support in discovering, clarifying and manifesting their vision and life purpose, James is available for astrological consultations and life coaching sessions by phone. 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