Our High Point

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Today, the Sun and Mercury conjoin in Libra marking the culmination of Mercury’s retrograde station and the high point in our awareness of how we communicate what is of value to us. In nine days, on October 15, Mercury will station direct and the passing days between are offering us the possibility for assimilating and dispersing a more genuinely honest, what Terry Lamb refers to as authentic, communication with ourself, and between ourself and others. Both the Sun and Mercury in Libra make a square to Jupiter in Capricorn, presenting us with a dress rehearsal for tomorrows Capricorn waxing Moon. These two celestial conversations, the Sun and Jupiter and Mercury and Jupiter, introduce the theme of self-discipline, personal responsibility, and stable commitment to our perception of our purpose and cause in life.

Jupiter is that aspect in each of us reaching beyond ourself seeking to connect with something greater than ourself, which is one reason why Jupiter is associated with expansion, optimism, and the future. The square aspect indicates conflict and can speak in the voice of inflation, over-extension, and unrealistic expectation, but if we are willing to listen Jupiter can offer us the opportunity for change.  Jupiter is known on occasion to exaggerate a situation, and in the case of the Sun and Mercury Rx we are well advised to thoughtfully re-consider what we want to communicate before expressing our unique individuality to others. Jupiter in Capricorn, approaching a trine with Saturn in Virgo, bestows the distinct possibility that we can give beneficial form to our future albeit not without improving certain structures along the way.

Venus in Scorpio makes a square to the Nodes accentuating a definite fixed attitude we have with regard to holding onto what we value even at the expense of our future emotional and spiritual well being.  A Scorpio Venus intensifies our relationship to what we value, including the people in our life, often leading to power struggles and issues of control which ultimately diminish our relationships. Today is a good day to observe ourself while relating with those whom we love and see if we unwittingly enter into any power struggles. The strength and healing presence of Venus in Scorpio is our capacity to eliminate conflict and discord in our relationships by transforming old forms of thought and feeling into new non-experienced forms. Our creative potential is absolutely boundless says Jupiter.

At the end of today, Venus and Saturn, ruling Libra and Capricorn, make a harmonious aspect together and bring a soft landing to our personal self-doubting suggesting that we can creatively balance our belief in the future with solid, realistic accomplishments. Venus in Scorpio allows us to deeply penetrate the superficial reflections in our relationships, and Saturn in Virgo insures that we can improve upon the old forms if we are willing to accept the imperfections of our mortality. In ancient mythology, Venus and Saturn are eternally connected: The sky god, Uranus, angered at the imperfection of his creations, his own children, refused to  let them live, until one child, Saturn, castrating his father took his place in the pantheon of gods. The genitals of Uranus fell into the sea and agitating the waters into a frothing foam gave birth to the goddess Venus.