a diamond in the rough

October October October. That feeling that has been slowly arising, the one that is hard to clarify, the one that you can dismiss yet always returns, the one that says 'something is coming but not yet not yet'...well this feeling, this voice is going to get louder and will also be farther reaching than you can imagine. October (and early November) is such a big astrological event that I couldn't not write about it. 

As lord of time Saturn slows down in the sky to stillness our time during our every day days becomes warped and slow. This in itself is such curious timing before the craziness begins. And by curious I should probably say: very important. It is very important that you slow down right now, use your utmost patience, discipline and moral action. You will need these gifts as you travel through what is to come. And what is to come? The winds of great change.

As Saturn starts to grind forward on the 24th of October we enter the solar eclipse new moon on the 25th. This year this lines up with Diwali - the festival of the lights in India - and the lighting of the soul is needed through the darkness to see where the winds will take you. This will be like a blast of chaotic energy after the slowing down of Saturn and you could literally be 'all over the shop'. The days before and after this eclipse will scatter your energy - this of course doesn't need to be 'negative'. These winds can swiftly sweep out clutter/dross/negativity from your life or can seriously unsettle if you don't channel it so. This is where the test of detachment and patience of Saturn is vital.

Mars turns retrograde joining Jupiter's backward motion at the end of the month and this will unsettle deeper. Bringing us into the lunar eclipse full moon in Bharani. A culmination of these winds of change will end here as the shakti of this moon will finally take it all that has been lifted up and scattered away. Saturn then is on the home stretch out of Capricorn that began back in January 2020 and we all know what began then...these next couple of months are full of energy but they shall lead us on to great change. And great change is what we all need.

Stay light,
Mark :)

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