What's your dream? Jupiter (abundance) sextiles Neptune (enlightenment) on June 8th. This first half of June is a good time to be reminded of our idealism. Getting back in touch with our dreams can go a long way into giving hope to difficult life events or impossible situations. Regaining our sense of wonder and faith help offer an alternate perspective into an existing issue.

Jupiter reminds us of the best that life can offer. Neptune urges us to look beyond the tangible world. Jupiter represents expansion, luck, happiness, and opportunities. He is currently in Taurus, where his energy seeks comfort and stability. Neptune governs the subconscious world, spirituality, visions, and imagination. She is presently in her home sign of Pisces.

Elsewhere in the sky and on the day that Jupiter and Neptune perfect their sextile, Chiron (healing), who is also transiting Pisces, stations for retrograde motion. As he turns his focus inward, Chiron reinforces the Neptunian/Piscean spiritual/intuitive/reflective nature.

Take advantage of their alliance by broadening your interests, stepping out of your comfort zone, or cultivating a more spiritual approach to daily life. Keep in mind that, at worst, Jupiter can be overzealous or overly optimistic, and Neptune can be confusing or too much of an escapist. So although, this may not be the time take action towards achieving your dreams, it's an ideal time to awaken your conscious self to whatever unconscious or semi-conscious drives you may have. What you eventually do with whatever's unmasked is up to you :)

Jupiter sextile Neptune occurs at almost 1 degree of Taurus (fixed sign) and Pisces (mutable sign). Those born around February 18-21 and April 19-22 or those with natal planets/house angles near 1 degree of fixed or mutable signs may be more sensitive to this Jupiter-Neptune sextile.

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Weeks ago on September 15, when Saturn opposed Uranus, we were urged to shed the old and embrace the new. On October 4, the subject matter of release and change are revisited when Mercury (mind) and Mars (drive) harmonize while both link up with Uranus (awakening) and Neptune (insight).

This time the message is more specific -- we are to awaken the self to its own thought process. Decision, actions, and motivation are all seeded by thought and ideas. Whether we believe we can do something, achieve success, embark on a new project or think we can't be successful, that what we desire is impossible, that we have no support -- all of these begin in the mind.

What thoughts do we choose to entertain? What ideas do we opt to believe in? What plans do we pick are probable or improbable? Hmmm...

Does our thought process require renewal or adjustment? Are we our biggest obstacle, keeping us from that which we desire? Be awakened (Uranus) and enlightened (Neptune) to what truly motivates (Mars) us and adjust the way we think (Mercury) about them. Elsewhere in the sky, Venus (relationships/self-worth) in analytical Virgo is fatefully at odds with Jupiter (expansiveness) in forward-thinking Aquarius. Examine ... without mental boundaries. Free the mind of what binds and welcome clarity.

This celestial get together occurs at 24 degrees of Virgo (Mercury), Pisces (Uranus), Cancer (Mars), and Aquarius (Neptune). Those born with natal planets and/or house angles on or around 24 degrees of these four zodiac signs may be influenced stronger than most. Mercury was last at 24 degrees in Virgo on August 20 and September 24. Events or situations from on or around these dates may resurface now seeking resolution or perhaps just a reflection.

For me, this gathering falls in my natal 12th house while transiting Mercury, Uranus, and Neptune touch my natal Mercury and natal Saturn; and transiting Venus and Jupiter link up with my natal Moon. It's time to uncover what lies in the subconscious (12th house), break away from old ways (natal Saturn), get to the heart of the matter (natal Moon), and make changes beginning with how I think and communicate (natal Mercury).

The time for change is now. We remain under the auspicious umbrella of the Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune triple conjunction and the Saturn-Uranus opposition. Change is often not easy and can even be gut-wrenchingly painful but change is the only constant thing in life. Do you choose to flow with it or resist it?

Worth a mention ~ Full Moon in Aries at 2:10 a.m. Eastern (October 3 11:10 p.m. Pacific). Happenings today may be fueled by the tension created by the opposition between the Libra-Sun and Aries-Moon.


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• Full Moon in Aries ~ October 4, 2009
• Mercury Sextile Mars ~ September 30 to October 4, 2009
  
• Saturn-Uranus Opposition ~ September 15, 2009
• Sun in Libra ~ September 22 to October 23, 2009
• Mercury Re-enter Virgo ~ September 17 to October 9, 2009
  
• Mars in Cancer ~ August 25 to October 16, 2009
  
• Neptune Retrograde in Aquarius ~ May 29 to November 4, 2009
  
• Uranus Retrograde in Pisces ~ July 1 to December 1, 2009
• Triple Conjunction ~ 2009 to 2010
  
  

Brakes are off! Fired up! Ready to go! Ready for action?! Ensure they driven with purpose for optimum, intended results.

On September 29, Mercury stops, turns, changes directions. As he gets re-acclimated to moving forward again, Mercury (thought) will sextile Mars (action) on September 30 (Pacific time) and October 1 (Eastern time). We will remain under the umbrella of their connection until October 4 when their link perfects again which is also the same day as the Aries-Full Moon. Mercury now retraces his steps from 21 degrees of Virgo to 6 degrees of Libra for a third pass; third time is a charm, right?

Mercury is currently in Virgo, where his mind is sharp, analytical, and discriminating; and in conversation, he is friendly, chatty, and animated. Mars has been transiting Cancer since August 25. In Cancer, Mars' fiery impetuousness is stabilized in Cancer's sometimes calm waves and other times torrential waters. Decisions are usually more emotionally based and actions intuitively driven. The combination of this opportunistic link between these two planets gives the chance to put in motion what may have been put in the back burner, especially while Mercury was in retrograde. Mercury's intellectual and practical mind will give Mars pragmatism behind his actions/decision. So, let's get a move on! Make things happen!

During the timeline below, we benefit from the promises of the Mercury-Mars sextile energy (all dates reflect Eastern time zone unless otherwise noted; give +/-2 days for life span of influence):

• September 30 (Pacific) / October 1 (Eastern) ~ Mercury sextile Mars. Mercury & Mars quincunx Chiron. In addition to their alignment with each other, Mercury and Mars also link up and require adjustment with Chiron (wounds). We are offered the opportunity to release old wounds, including ones that mentally bind us from venturing past our comfort zone. Alternatively, we also have the chance to be of service to another and help them "heal" or repair what may be broken. Mercury returns to the same degree he was in on August 18. Perhaps what needs resolution or release may be related to issues or events on or around August 18.
  
• October 2 ~ Adding to the Mercury-Mars sextile energy is the Pisces-Moon (emotional core) making successive alignments to Mercury (mind), Mars (action), Uranus (radical change), and Saturn (reality) today beginning at 3:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Eastern. Our heart seeks to harmony with our mental activities so we can make well-informed decisions and follow through with actions that are well-planned. Keep things light today. If there is any doubt at all, refrain from making major decisions or final actions. Before the night ends, Saturn may come to the rescue and give us the clarity we seek, as he cuts through the fog of confusion.
  
• October 3 ~ Apart from the Mercury-Mars energy, the sky is relatively quiet after the Aries-Moon square Pluto very early in the morning. East coasters may wake to conflicting priorities. The need for individuality and expressing one's self with compromising and conforming what's accepted. The rest of the day, however, is appropriately quiet celestially as we await the Aries-Full Moon at 11:10 p.m. Pacific and October 4 at 2:10 a.m. Eastern.
  
• October 4 ~ Still at the heels of the Aries Full-Moon, Mercury and Mars perfect their alignment again. Later in the evening after 9:00 p.m. Eastern, the Aries-Moon sextile Chiron (wounds) while Mars trine Uranus (awakening). The heart experiences healing, a renewal. Our actions and decisions reflect an awakened state of being and now, having been "awakened" we are eager to begin making the changes necessary to move forward. Mercury now retraces his steps from August 20 when he passed for the first and on September 23 when he revisited while retrograde. If there are issues on or around these two dates that were unresolved, they may resurface now to finally get some type of closure.
  

• Full Moon in Aries ~ October 3 (Pacific) or 4 (Eastern), 2009
• Mercury, Mars, Neptune Yod & Uranus Opposition ~ October 4, 2009
  
• Mercury Direct ~ September 29, 2009
• Mercury Re-enters Virgo ~ September 17 to October 9, 2009
  
• Mars in Cancer ~ August 25 to October 16, 2009
  

Late afternoon, Eastern time, on April 14, 2009, the Moon (inner self, emotions) harmoniously links herself to the Sun (outer self, ego), Chiron (wounds, healing), and Neptune (insight, healing). That same evening, the Sun's growing optimistic alignments with Chiron and Neptune become exact. This fortuitous event signals a time to heal the self, internally & externally.

How am I broken? What needs healing in my life? What wounds do I have that hinder me from moving forward? Someone once brokenhearted cannot forget the hurt associated with love and is unable to fully give the self to another in a new relationship. A woman driven by jealousy is unable to trust her partner, who has given no cause for the distrust. A man who made a costly decision is now afraid to take any type or level of risk. An adult, who as a child struggled to have basic needs met, loses hope for a better future. So many ways each of us could be broken, carrying wounds unnecessarily throughout our lives.

While Venus (love) continues to be within Pluto's (empowerment) grasp, we are able to love and value the self enough in order to dig deep -- layer upon layer, past the symptoms to find the true source of whatever may ail us. With Mercury (thoughts) in Taurus, our mind is stable and practical. He begins an easy connection with Saturn (reality) which might help give clarity to what is revealed as we dig deep. Use the Mars-Uranus energy to act and break away from what has become the established norm, push through the pain, the disappointment, the doubt, the fear, and rise above. Heal the self and move freely towards the life of your dreams.