October 2006

Light on the Path
Watching the Vedic Moon

The Full Moon of October 2006 happened on Friday, October 6, at 8:13pm Pacific Time, in the lunar sign of Revati.

Revati is gentle, tender, soft and nourishing. The
energy during this full moon, if we can drink it in, will be
profoundly nourishing to our inner contentment and sense of
security.

This sign is associated with the deity Pushan; a shepard for
flocks, a guide for travelers, a protector for those going
through transitions, a Light on the Path. We may feel, during
this full moon, little hints about aligning with the Path that we
started out on ages ago, whether that's a career objective, a
financial goal, a self improvement mission, or a spiritual
journey. Opening up to this particular full moon's energy can be enormously psychologically replenishing.


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Planning & Scheduling
Living In Accord With The Seasons

The astrological landscape includes:
Venus and Mars sharing the sign of Libra with the Sun
during the 2nd half of October (exact on Wed. October 25)
, which brings out the passion in each of us for
socializing with flair, fashion & style, bringing out our own
inner "pretty people", and design. This is a time when we're
all apt to feel a little more flirty.

Saturn in exact opposition to Neptune
from Aug. 29 - 31: This transit point is the first of three
oppositions made by these two planets with very opposite
energies. (The next two exact oppositions occur from Feb. 21
- Mar. 4, 2007; Jun. 17-27, 2007.)

Where this transit occurs in your chart, will represent an
area of life in which you may feel a little stretched by your
own, inner, conflicting needs for right brain vs left brain
approaches.

Venus is debilitated in Virgo from Sept. 26 until Oct.
19, exposing any of our hidden tendencies to be critical,
with ourselves, with our friends and associates, and
especially with those whom we dearly love. This placement
of Venus also motivates us to look at any blockages in giving
and receiving love and affection, and critically apply
ourselves to behavioral change.

Ketu (the South node of the Moon) travels in the same
sign as Mars from Sept. 1 until October 14 creating
dissatisfaction with our actions, with our ambitions; this
conjunction can cause the most committed of us to doubt our
own goals, or at least our methods. Ketu and the Mars
together, if they are triggering any sensitive points in your
own horoscope, can create impulsive, rash actions motivated
by unclear, hazy objectives. If you're considering some
sweeping changes right now, try to wait until the 2nd half of
October to act - let your impatience simmer a bit first.

Ketu (the South node of the Moon) travels in the same
sign as the Sun, from Oct. 18 until Nov. 12 creating a
nebulous, unidentifiable feeling of malaise that stems from
uncertainty about Who We Are, on the deepest levels. This
lingering trace of the eclipsing of the Sun, has the potential
to send us into radical, spiritually productive questioning
about ourselves and the nature of our existence.

Mercury goes retrograde from Oct. 29, 2006 until
Nov. 17, 2006
Do while Mercury's retrograde:

* reconnect with old friends
* revisit older ideas
* edit and review art projects, writing projects, photo
albums
* clean up your hard drive (back it up first!)

Avoid signing contracts, embarking on journeys, or
scheduling yourself too tightly, until Mercury's direct.
(Appointments tend to change, events have a higher chance
of being canceled, information gets lost..)