October 2008

October will continue the energy from September. The Uranus semi-sextile Neptune and the Jupiter trine Saturn remain tight and strong and positive change will be unmistakable. As the month progresses, Jupiter and Saturn, now moving together in direct motion will move into a new alignment with Uranus and Neptune. Jupiter will move back into the positive position to Uranus and Neptune that we enjoyed in April through June. This time, however, Saturn joins the party, remaining in trine to Jupiter, while opposing Uranus and moving into quincunx to Neptune. This is a powerhouse of outer planet energy and this will be an electrified election season in U.S. politics with broad implications for the world at large. By this time the regime will be completely discredited, but not out of power. This is perhaps the time of greatest opportunity and yet peril for the U.S. and the world. I believe that light will win out and a whole new phase of American social and political life will begin, but it still remains vital that we all participate at every level. Meditate, pray, generate light however you will and certainly prepare to vote responsibly. This is a key moment in history and you are a part of it.

On more personal levels, you will want to remember that Mercury will be retrograde through the first half of the month and turns direct on the afternoon of the 15th. Aside from that and the outer planet energy spoken of above, this will be a rather garden variety month. We have the usual spread of major positive and cautionary energies to read ahead and plan to deal with. There is the three day weekend of the 10th that bears special watching. And there is a flurry of high positive energy at the end of the month centering around the new Moon on the 28th. The only significant daytime Moon void of course period is on the 30th with a few half day voids to work around.

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Dissatisfied with the limitations and misunderstandings created by the familiar Sun sign astrology, Guy Spiro began publishing Astro-Weather in the first issue of The Monthly Aspectarian magazine in 1979. His goal was to make real astrology accessible to everyone. Since then, he has continued to publish Astro-Weather and The Monthly Aspectarian, seeing the magazine grow to be one of the premier spiritual publications in the U.S., and Astro-Weather become an indispensable tool for tens of thousands of readers across the country. A professional astrologer for over 25 years, Guy Spiro is often a speaker at metaphysical events, and maintains a private astrological consulting practice in addition to his other activities. For more information visit www.guyspiro.com.