Energies of the Week ✨🌌🍂
October 21-27 2024
As we continue processing and attempting to leave behind the intense energies of the Full Moon in Aries, we face another equally intense, transformative, and revealing week. This period reaffirms that we are in a transition phase with no return, shaping the next steps of our journey.
✨🍂On Monday, October 21st the Sun forms a sesquiquadrate with retrograde Saturn at 28° Libra-13° Pisces, approaching its final square with Pluto in the last degree of Capricorn, which becomes exact the following day. Combined with the semi-square between Saturn and Pluto, these aspects suggest a challenging period ahead as Pluto completes its major work in Capricorn before permanently moving into Aquarius.
The Sun-Saturn tension, particularly affecting those in the late degrees of Cardinal signs and the mid-degrees of Mutable signs, indicates that the traditions, structures, and beliefs we once relied on no longer serve us. These structures have fulfilled their purpose and are now proven to be outdated, ineffective, or even oppressive. We need improved, more reliable frameworks and systems—both collectively and individually—that provide security and support our growth and it’s time to fight for these changes, even if the process is difficult and daunting.
✨🍂On Tuesday, October 22ndthe Sun squares Pluto at 29° Libra-Capricorn, marking a critical turning point, especially for those with placements in the late degrees of Cardinal signs. This is a time for acknowledging that something needs to end, transform, or be sacrificed to restore truth, balance, and justice.
Relationship matters, partnerships, and diplomacy will be at a crossroads, requiring resolution, adjustment, and final decisions. On a personal level, it’s a call to change direction, habits, and behaviors—to let go of old versions of ourselves and demolish the old structures to build something new.
This period brings to the surface shadows, fears, secrets, obsessions, hidden desires, and deeper motivations for final resolution. At the same time conflicts, power struggles, and resistance against outdated institutions, laws, and authority figures will be inevitable and necessary parts of this transformation.
Despite the pressures and urgent situations that may drain us, both mentally and physically, it’s wise to avoid conflicts and the urge to control or dominate. This is a time to embrace the changes, understand the broader plan that urges you to leave behind old patterns, take a new direction, and rediscover yourself.
On the same day, Mercury trines retrograde Saturn at 13° Scorpio-Pisces, offering a beneficial influence to organize thoughts and manage time, energy, and daily life more effectively.
This planetary synergy, particularly favorable for the second decan of Water signs and Earth signs, is ideal for planning and committing to something long-term that will bear fruit over time. It grants persistence, concentration, systematic thinking, and depth, making it perfect for studies, research, professional agreements, and projects requiring focus and dedication. With more confidence in your ideas and abilities, this aspect also helps build the networks needed to communicate them effectively.
With Mercury in Scorpio seeking deep, transformative communication, this is an opportune time for mature, serious conversations, connecting with those who have valuable insights to share, and seeking guidance from experts and advisors.
✨🍂On Wednesday, October 23rd the Sun enters Scorpio, ushering in a revealing, creative, and alchemical period. With the Sun shining from this introspective and intuitive sign, we will be urged for the next month to learn from intensity, depth, and power, exploring and transforming various aspects of our lives. This energy allows for diving deep into the essence of matters, uncovering secrets and hidden truths, and using the alchemical strength and intuitive wisdom in your Scorpio-ruled house to overcome obstacles, heal, and transform what is needed.
From this space, we can better connect with the subconscious and the mysteries of life, make connections between visible and invisible realms, and understand cycles of decay and rebirth, undertaking personal transformation.
On the same day, Venus at the fiery, optimistic, and adventurous Sagittarius (from October 17th until November 11th), forms a trine with the North Node at 6° Sagittarius-Aries. With Venus in a degree described by the Sabian Symbols as “Cupid knocks at the door,” there may be an irresistible call for many to step out of their comfort zones and embrace a new dream, ideal, or love.
Venus in Sagittarius encourages us to approach relationships with a spirit of freedom and to be drawn to those who broaden our horizons, uplift our spirits, and support personal growth. And when Venus meets the North Node in a trine, new paths open that foster harmonious relationships and collaborations, allowing you to expand your social circle and connect with abundance and individuals who belong in your future and propel you forward.
This is a moment to consider where you want to go and with whom you wish to be. Be bold in pursuing your desires, broaden your intellectual horizons through new knowledge, travel, and cultural exchanges, and share experiences with those who share your worldview encouraging independence and exploration.
✨🍂On Thursday, October 24th the Last Quarter Moon in Leo at 1°24′ may release pent-up emotions and toxicity, with the Sabian Symbols warning of risks from misjudged social exposure and accidents, requiring caution. However, the dynamic energy of Leo helps to see what dims your light, what holds you back from being authentically yourself, and what distances you from your passion and purpose, enabling you to heal, forgive, and release what needs to go.
✨🍂On Friday, October 25ththe sextile between Mars and Uranus at 26° Cancer-Taurus boosts the Water and Earth signs, providing quick reflexes, pioneering action, and new opportunities for positive change. Under this influence, if you are directly affected, you might release emotional tension, find ways to start something new professionally, or even experience a romantic breakthrough, overcoming previous obstacles and limitations.
Mars’s protective and nurturing approach in Cancer, combined with Uranus’s innovation and independence, can signal a renewal in home and family matters, helping you to safeguard what is precious while daring to take the next step without fearing loss of security or dependence on others’ expectations.
✨🍂On Sunday October 27th, Mercury at 20° Scorpio, is positioned at the apex of a Yod formation with Chiron and Jupiter. This alignment will affirm for those affected that the path to enlightenment often begins in the darkness, through facing painful truths.
This Yod formation could signal a turning point in communicating, expressing yourself, and perceiving the truth. It invites you to reevaluate long-held beliefs, embrace new knowledge, and address old wounds that require understanding and healing. It may bring uncomfortable revelations that push you to delve deeper into inner and psychological matters, encouraging a shift in perspective and the courage to confront fears, obsessions, desires, and shadows.
As the forces of light weaken and we enter more deeply into the season of darkness, the inner work we undertake during Scorpio season—and the choices we make about what to release and transform—will shape the fruits we reap in the coming year, setting the stage for a new chapter in our lives.
Wishing everyone a blessed and enlightening week ahead!✨🕊☮🍂
With love💓💓💓
Sofia Semeli