Planetary Influences - October 2017

Mars Transits Virgo-( October 12 – November 30)

Mars joins Venus in Virgo on October 12th. Sun and Mercury are already posited in Virgo, however they would be shifting to Libra soon. By October 16th, Mars and Venus would be left behind in the house of Virgo. Mars rules building and protecting while Venus is connected with beauty, and connections. This combination of Mars and Venus would be quite tricky though for the time being.

Mars in Virgo, the house of Mercury is usually productive and hence is a good time to plan and move forward. Mars would be left alone in the zodiac sign of Virgo during the start of November when Venus switches to Libra.

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Mercury Goes Direct Leo :October 5

Mercury in Virgo, its hometown moves over to Libra on October 13. Mercury would have a speedy travel here and there would be an exchange of signs between Mercury and Venus. Hence both the planets are at their highest in terms of their energy levels.

Mercury joins Jupiter in Libra. Jupiter is traditionally considered as the teacher and Mercury as the student. Hence this would be a good time for academic pursuits. Mercury speeds past the house of Libra between October 13 and November 1st when it moves over to Scorpio. Be prepared for the Mercury retrograde that is coming around the first week of December. Probably Mercury is racing towards the same now..

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Full Moon in Pisces- October 5

The Moon is just opposite the Sun forming a full Moon on the 5th of October which happens to be a Thursday. This occurs with the Moon at 19 deg Pisces. The Sun is in the house of Virgo now in conjunction with Mercury. Mercury is combust here and is also in its sign of Exaltation.

This full Moon is a period of strength when you can let go off old concepts and ideas and enter new phase of understanding in your life. Periods of trouble and difficulties now vanish and there would be a clarity as to how you can proceed ahead in life. Mercury ruling over analysis and dissection of information and Moon ruling absorption of the information are quite strong this October. And the power of Sun helps us to see the difference between what is true and what is not.

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Saturn Enters Sagittarius - October 25

Saturn transiting the final degrees of Scorpio for the last few months had been a major reason for the deluge that happened around the world. Saturn was further given strength by the eclipse pair. Saturn was then aspecting the house of Leo where all these events happened. Saturn has been in Scorpio right from November, 2014.

Now Saturn enters the house of Sagittarius on October 25th. With that Saturn enters the territory of Jupiter. Saturn would continue to hover in Sagittarius till January 2020.

Saturn in Scorpio implied, Saturn in the house of Mars and this is a powerful combination for causing difficulties in life. From the start of October Saturn would be moving towards the junction of Scorpio and Sagittarius, be prepared for the unexpected. Some of life's hard lesson would be learnt till October 25th, when Saturn transits Scorpio.

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Venus Transits Virgo-( October 9 – November 2)

Venus enters the zodiac house of Virgo on October 9th. It would be followed by Mars entering the same house. Venus in Mercury's house of Virgo is said to debilitated and hence the expression of Venus would be quite limited now. Though Venus is a natural friend of Mercury, its position in Virgo forces us to be too much analytical.

Venus in Virgo makes us think that we are living a thankless life and prevents us from enjoying life's fruits already given. A good time to get down to the basics. Also do note that this is a condition that is not going to last long. Venus in debilitation does not mean totally powerless, there is still some good picture behind the mess that you have created for the time being.

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Sun Enters Libra- October 16

The Sun would be transiting to the house of Libra from Virgo on October 16th, thus it occupies the house of Venus now. Sun is debilitated in the house of Libra while Venus is debilitated in Virgo now. Mercury and Venus are already in an exchange of house positions. This brings about a very diplomatic disposition that would be reflected in the happenings around us.

The debilitated Sun now has lesser energy while Venus and Mercury have an upper hand for now. However Jupiter in Libra would bring about a positive influence for now. Sun in Libra along with Jupiter now helps us to find ways to balance our life and priorities.

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New Moon in Libra- October 19

The Moon joins the other luminary Sun at 3 degrees Libra forming the New Moon. And this is happening in the house of Venus. The New Moon in Libra helps us to strike a good balance between ourselves and the world around us. A good time to give up bad habits that have been haunting you for quite some time now. This effort would be supported by Jupiter and Mercury also posited in the house of Libra now. There is scope for garnering of new knowledge and new avenues for growth.

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Mercury Transits Libra -(October 13 – November 1)

Mercury in Virgo, its hometown moves over to Libra on October 13. Mercury would have a speedy travel here and there would be an exchange of signs between Mercury and Venus. Hence both the planets are at their highest in terms of their energy levels.

Mercury joins Jupiter in Libra. Jupiter is traditionally considered as the teacher and Mercury as the student. Hence this would be a good time for academic pursuits. Mercury speeds past the house of Libra between October 13 and November 1st when it moves over to Scorpio. Be prepared for the Mercury retrograde that is coming around the first week of December. Probably Mercury is racing towards the same now..

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