Mercury retro

Starts tomorrow today at 3:49 am EDT, 12:49 am PDT. You know the drill: Don’t buy electronics, cars, computers, etc. Expect things or people from the past to turn up now; you can also use the period to resolve something from the past, too. (This seems to be a time I’m more prone to lock my keys in the car, for some reason.)

When you make plans with people, double-check. Did you say Third Street at 2 p.m., or Second Street at 3 p.m.? Miscommunication is more likely.

Also: BACK UP YOUR COMPUTERS.

Hmm

Again, with the healing:

You will heal. You need patience and confidence in your ability to do so. Many members of your noble sign are probably being reminded, and maybe rather harshly, that Libra is supposed to be all about justice and fairness, not passive-aggressive control. If you’ve got right on your side, you need now only to negotiate the best deal for everybody. If, however, you’re playing the injured party and cannot see or refuse to see your participation in the game, then any resolution will be long, drawn out and excruciatingly painful. Getting older can mean getting wiser, too. To repeat: You will heal. You need patience and confidence in your ability to do.

Libra this week

Michael Lutin, Jungian astrologer:

Saturn’s slowdown can be a stinky little moment for anybody. Once the retrograde actually kicks in you will adjust to the fact that healing takes time. OK so you don’t feel sparkling bright. The body doesn’t always cooperate as quickly as we wish. Be patient with yourself, for God’s sake, and get off your case. Remember that although we are all mortal, fragile beings, there’s something brilliant within that never fades or tarnishes. Bet you don’t feel that way right now, though.

Coming up

Mercury goes retro tomorrow and then we have this solar eclipse in Sagittarius (which hits me directly, so that’s interesting for me).

As usual: If you’re going to buy anything electronic or mechanical, it’s better to wait until Dec. 14, when it finally goes direct. Double-check appointments (is it on Third St. at 1 o’clock, or on 1st St. at 3?) because it’s a time when we’re more easily confused. If you’re traveling, plan for delays.

But enjoy the fact that we frequently gain new insights into old problems during a retro, which reminds us that dead ends aren’t always.

7.2 in Turkey

And once again, astrologer Richard Nolle called it in advance:

The October 26 new moon SuperMoon at 3° 03’ Scorpio anchors a geocosmic shock window that runs from the 23rd through the 30th. Opposing Jupiter – putting the Giant Planet in its annual closest approach to Earth – and happening with Mercury and Venus just a couple degrees apart in the evening sky, this looks like a respectable storm and seismic signal. And something of a financial up-tick as well: it should be good for bonds, stocks and good strong currencies. Increased production and hiring look like part of this SuperMoon. This isn’t the Second Coming, by any means: the return of prosperity is years away yet, and this will prove a welcome yet only temporary respite along that path. Moreover, economic disruptions due to storm-related (or seismic) infrastructure damage can take the bloom off the rose at least for a time.

The likelihood of destructive storms, seismic events (including magnitude 5+ earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) as well as extreme tidal surges associated with the October 23-30 SuperMoon shock window is planet-wide in potential. If there are signs of particular target zones, they may be suggested by the astro-locality map for this alignment. This includes a longitudinal zone running from Iran up through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia; and along the middle Pacific coast of North America (including Alaska, British Columbia, and the Pacific Northwest as well as California in the US). There’s also a horizon arc sweeping northeasterly through Australia and across Papua New Guinea, on through the Pacific to Kamchatka, crossing the Bering Strait and running along northern Canada before turning southward to pass through the Atlantic just off the eastern tip of Brazil. When the headlines of the day are written, they’re bound to include some extreme storm, tide and seismic activity along one or more of these zones. (Note that some of the same target zones are emphasized in both the full and new moon astro-locality maps.)