October 2009
Doorways to better relationships Open for us all
Happy Birthday Libra and Scorpio Sun signs and for us all; Let us welcome the energy of fall as we are asked to draw inwards, to reconnect with source and give gratitude’s for the harvest of this year. Look at what you have and be open to recognizing your gifts.
October is the doorway to the darker part of the year, and many cultures celebrate the end of October in honor of those who had died. The ancient Persians celebrated Mordad, dedicated to appeasing the Angel of Death. The Hindus celebrate a festival of the dead called "Durga." The ancient Egyptians celebrated the Day of the Dead in November, and the Mexicans and Peruvians commune with deceased relatives during the "Days of the Dead" at the end of October and beginning of November.
The Christian holy day, All Hallows Eve on October 31st is the day before All Saints Day. For all cultures this is a time each year to honor that which has gone before and as the veils between the worlds grow thinner open to our own intuition and dreams. We call this Halloween but whatever you call it, this is a busy month. What needs to die and be left behind for yourself is the question we all should be asking as we enter this October.
This is the 10th month of a number 11 year of master relationships. This October is anything but calm, and you may have to work much harder than normal to move inwards as many planets begin their movement forward and events around us finally begin to culminate.
And try to push us outwards..
For Romance and creativity this month use the colors of blues and pinks .
Octobers Sacred stones associated with the energy of Libra and Scorpio are Opals and Tourmaline. Opals are said to be the stone of Libra. IF this is your birthstone Libras this is a talisman of hope and embodies the colors of all precious stones. The mercurial color shifts of Opals resonate with the Air sign of Libra and the mercurial qualities of that sign. The essential Oil for Libra is Geranium.
Tourmaline is the lucky stone for Scorpio (Or the house or area within your chart where you have this energy) Tourmalines are many colored but whatever color you choose this stone balances the polarity of its wearer. Green for healing, Blue to more clearly communicate, pink for love and so on. Tourmalines are said to deflect negative energy and many healers have wands made of this wonderful stone. I always advise that for fall we bring in a great deal of black tourmaline, and obsidian to help us create sacred and safe space.
With so many earth changes in place right now, Use the energy of nature this month and find herbs, and stones which feel good to you and use them to create a magical energy around and within yourself.
The sun is now wearing the relationship sign of Libra until the 22nd asks us to balance self with others and recognize that we must care for self before we can care for others. Mercury was retrograde last month and will remain in that retrograde shadow until it reaches 6 degrees of Libra where it retrograded. So, on the 9th as Mercury is back in Libra you should begin to feel things reorganizing themselves and on the 14th we are out of the shadow and on our way.
On the 3rd The full Harvest moon with the moon at 11 degrees of Aries (about self and motivation, bravery and courage) and the sun at 11 degrees of Libra (about balance and others) really works to help us believe that anything is possible. Add to this Jupiter moving forward on the 12th and on the 30th Chiron the wounded healer moving forward.
On the 4th of November Neptune will move forward and these magic 3 energies of Believe (Jupiter) Heal (Chiron) and create a new life with intuition and imagination (Neptune) will have their final connect in your lifetime in Aquarius. Watch for great opportunities to see others and maybe your Mind change, ideas shift, and you will never …ever…have a better month to change your mind and change your life. Let go of doubts, and again, look at yourself, look in the mirror and recognize inner healing as you believe you can change and the change in self often creates changes in others.
Watch for great opportunities but slow down with decisions during the week of the 11th through the 18th as we have a great deal happening in the sky which will change some circumstances for many of us.
Venus the planet of love and beauty moves out of critical and analytical (but healing) Virgo on the 14th and romance and relationships are strong this month. Mars the planet of action wearing the watery sign of Cancer has not been a very happy planet this last 60 days but on October 16th when it enters the passionate sign of Leo things seem to be less emotional and more heart centered.
The Dark of the moon (Magical intention time) is a much more cautious energy this month. We will have a great deal of information coming in on those dark of the moon days 15th and 16th and until 10:33pm on the 17th when we have our October new Moon at 25 degrees of Libra. New moons are time of GROWTH and a time when things happen more easily normally and this one is really trying to move us out to get together with others.
On the 22nd as the SUN (the light) moves into Scorpio we begin to really feel the energy of fall and begin to be more willing to look at deeply within with this watery energy opening us to deeper connection with guides and angels as well as our inner beliefs.
Use the 26th, 27th, and 28th to heal old issues as the moon joins during these days with Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune and creates some energies of opening us to divine connection and healing if we can just use faith and trust.
On the 29th for the first time in 29 and ½ years Saturn the planet of organization and order moves into the relationship sign of Libra. Expect more marriages, and more people partnering in unique and wonderful ways this next 2 and ½ years and for us Libra, it will be time to get out and become all we can be. AND for us all, time to really look at our relationships in a new way of WIN WIN and ask ourselves…. Is there anything more wonderful than love?
Please visit my website http://www.carolbarbeau.com for more free articles on mercury retrograde, Saturn into Libra, and other planets and events. I will be unavailable from the 10th through the 20th as this is my birthday month and I am going to run away and WRITE:
We are in a time which we will never see again for thousands of years, and using the energy for the next 60 days to heal the past and dream the future requires nothing more than trust and being willing to open to a will which perhaps knows more than our own desires.
Perhaps there is something here for us this last few months of 2009 which we could never have even dreamed for ourselves and what if all we have to do is to be OPEN? Welcome in October and Open to the wonderful new future.
Namaste,
Carol Barbeau