from the chair: 22nd October 2023: Mercury enters Scorpio, 24th October Sun enters Scorpio

Hi everyone!

The intensity of this year continues as we face up to the shadows of inequity which have come to light during the Libran solar month and now brought to a new recognition, flushed out by the New Moon in Libra Solar Eclipse.

Nothing quite like Libran energies to expose the imbalances, inequities, injustices and shortfalls in love, harmony, peace and beauty in the psyche. The New Moon in Libra sets the agenda for our lunar ‘inner’ work until the next New Moon in Scorpio on 13th November. The eclipse energies will continue to play out in sudden and unexpected ways up to the next 6 months.

The challenges of letting go of the ‘tribal’ mind:

Our need for belongingness needs expansion of the parameters for acceptance!

The tribal differences and conflicts continue to emerge from within our memory banks, homes, neighbourhoods, cultures, races, governments and nations. The last week of escalation of conflict in the middle east has been echoed around many nations in the world, ongoing for years.

Australia’s referendum on giving ‘a voice’ to our indigenous peoples was defeated as much by ‘the colonising’ forces as from the indigenous peoples who clearly are not yet ready to come to agreement amongst themselves on the way forward. The masses continue to hold to ‘the tribal identity’ at the expense of growth and expansion spiritually.

With the influx of Scorpio energies in the eclipse vortex, we are guaranteed change and transformation. The nature of that change is up to us as divine powerful beings bringing our light into our hearts, minds, bodies and spirits.

The final death throes of the status quo:

Challenges for us all as we aspire to the heights of spiritual growth and expansion

The complacency and apathy of a world rooted in desperate survival fears, clinging to the status quo as a comfort zone even when it’s evidently uncomfortable for so many is set to be in ongoing disruption, chaos and collapse as Pluto continues his progress through the final degrees of Capricorn until January 2024.

It’s a slow death/Pluto of the old order, status quo and the ‘system’ which is impacting us all as the structures of ‘materialism’ as the primary force for existence are dismantled and collapsed. Capricorn is about responsibility. The increasing pressure on the masses to take responsibility for issues that have been created by the powers that run the world is likely to increase as we move into the Pluto in Aquarius energies of 2024.

From 2024 we’ll start with building new foundations based on common spiritual principles of unity.

22nd October: Mercury enters Scorpio 5.49 pm AEDT

...discovering divine truth in our ‘cave’

Until 10th November

Into the dark to find the light within: Relentless Scorpio finds our truth!

Scorpio is the forensic examiner, the investigator of truth, within and without. Scorpio takes us to the most hidden sources within the psyche and the world. He is the undercover ‘spy’ here to explore the mind and the mental body. Whatever is ‘out of date’ has to go!

Scorpio is the observer pursuing truth and diagnosing problem areas:

As the psychic surgeon, Scorpio invites us to ruthlessly examine ourselves and cut free those psychic attachments which block our divine mind from clarity. The sword of truth is our ally freeing us from denial of who we are. So, time for us to ‘fess up and accept love.

It requires observation skills and the ability to collate that information into a source of wisdom and knowledge which can inform decision making and change.

On the hunt for our divine destiny: Hidden talents, gifts, hopes!

Mercury in Scorpio is here to help us uncover our divine pathway forward, our greatest potential which has been hidden within the limitations of past thinking, embedded memories and belief systems about who we are. We are still on the trail of revealing, accepting and living in divine truth in divine love.

Powerful Healing:

Scorpio is a powerful healing energy as it assists us in the transmutation of energies, from old to new, dark to light.

Mercury rules the nervous, respiratory systems along with communication and commerce. We can expect positive changes, growth and healing resolution in these areas as we work with the powerful Scorpio energies of death/rebirth.

23rd October: Moon returns from out of bounds

7 degrees Aquarius

Light relief coming: Rest up kids and trust, trust, trust...all is well.

On the stairway to heaven feeling the exhaustion of the past few days of the Moon out of bounds. This one's been an intense one as there's been so much full on planetary energy challenging us to drop the karmic load of responsibilities we no longer need to carry. Ongoing challenging planetary transits may well have left you feeling exhausted.

We have been processing mountains of ancestral memories which are no longer relevant to our forward growth and expansion. So much has been ‘body work’ with the moon in Capricorn, an earth sign ruling systems, structures, societal mores and benchmarks for worldly success and respect.

On the last day of the Moon in the quantum field she completes her journey in Capricorn at 5.06 pm AEDT giving some relief from the karmic treadmill of the physical body providing those excess responsibilities have been jettisoned.

Then Moon to Aquarius at 5.06 pm. More focus on nervous system and hopefully a lessening of the physical 'load'.

Mercury is on his final degree/29 degrees of Libra pushing the intensity of balancing the mental body, nervous and respiratory systems. He's on the karmic completion of the Libran balance, equity, justice brief with the promise of love, harmony and divine reunion in the mind. He moves to Scorpio at 5.49 pm AEDT today.

These last few hours we're really being pushed to just drop everything emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically which is not 'in our divine brief' this lifetime. We have divine work to do in a whole new way which will be disclosing as we continue moving through Scorpio Solar month and the ongoing eclipse period.

24th October: Sun enters Scorpio 3.21 am AEDT

...and so we transform...rising together!

Until 23rd November

How much do you want it...to rise up to the spiritual heights of divine reunion?

Here comes Scorpio, the sign of life, death, rebirth and transformation to test our deep desires for spiritual growth and expansion. There’s no second guessing for Scorpio who is prepared to take us to the depths to recover all that we need so we can soar to the heights, the fulfilment of our divine potential this lifetime.

How deep can we go? We’ve already made such huge progress...but there’s more!

It’s an open canvas, an open book begging us to explore untapped potentials which are just waiting for us to open hearts, minds, bodies and spirits to this time of such great soul evolution of consciousness on earth. The deeper we go, the higher we go.

Clearing the fears and denial blocking our divine, magical power:

Scorpio is preparing us to discover our new pathways with massive clearances in these final months of the year. It is inevitable for us to grow and change, expand consciousness to ensure the survival and resultant abundance of humanity.

Clearing the old foundation stones of reality for new incoming needs:

We are preparing the way to open to new directions to activate our gifts and talents with possibly a whole new brief in accord with planetary needs arising as humanity grapples with creating new ways of living on all levels. The societal changes coming in from January 2024 bring a new impetus with new demands for innovative and creative solutions.

Animal magic for Scorpio:

Of course, the scorpion which has a powerful survival protection body yet has the capacity to sting itself.

The bat as the cave dweller is also associated with Scorpio and its ruler Pluto, Lord of transformation and the underworld. A symbol of rebirth

The bat uses radar to navigate through the darkness. Our senses are fully alerted in Scorpio time to activate our inner senses of divine truth and love.

The snake is another messenger for us at this time as we need to shed our skins of identity which are of old systems. We need new skin.

The eagle: An evolved vision of Scorpio to fly high to see the big picture. Scorpio eyes...eagle eye!

Golden Oldies:

Stuck In the Middle With You | Stealers Wheel | Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeTEU4wKtZ4 Libra lunar month ongoing

Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtiJN6yiik

Lyrics:

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony

Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

Upcoming Dates:

29th October: Full Moon in Taurus 7.24 am AEDT5 degrees 09 Taurus Lunar Eclipse

November

4th November: Saturn turns direct at 0 degrees 31 Pisces 7:02 pm AEDT

8th November: Venus enters Libra 8. 30 pm AEDT

10th November: Mercury enters Sagittarius 5. 25 pm AEDT

13th November: New Moon in Scorpio 8.27 pm AEDT 20 degrees 44

That’s all folks! Hugs all around!

We’re the bats of rebirth embracing the darkness and hidden world with love, compassion, forgiveness and mercy as we bring all that we can into the fold of reunion with the light of consciousness. Whether we’re in darkness of war or the light of peace, the call is the same for higher consciousness to emerge from within us all.

We can only do our bit to reach for the stars and the creative power and intent from within to bring into being a more evolved consciousness for ourselves and humanity. Every one of us makes a difference no matter our beliefs, attitudes, values in creating the world.

For those of us who are aware of the unseen forces within us and thus society, we have a particular focus as we are informed beyond those who are dealing with the basic needs of survival. Let’s make the most of it.

Love and blessings to us all as we work through the resistance within as the ignorance of the past is flushed out.