October: After the Gold Rush

Intuitive Insight Weekly Forecast

After the Gold Rush

As the week began with a flourish and intense output of energy with the Full Moon in Aries and the Solar eclipse, we have all been left in the wake of some pretty powerful energy.  A gold rush happens when someone discovers a vein of gold or a large nugget in some stream.  After news makes its way to others, the idea of striking it rich spreads like a wild fire, and people dropped what they were doing, left home and family behind to head toward the place where each one dreamed they would find gold.  After a while, it became apparent that some were destined to make their fortunes and others were not. After the gold rush, the reality of life began to sink in. People had to pick up the pieces of their lives, and begin putting a new life back together. Whatever resources one was able to scrounge up or turn their good fortune into became the basis for the new lives, cities, and fortunes they would go on to create.

The times we are living in are ripe with so much potential, and with all the discoveries of the past century or so, we have within our reach the materials and capacity to create great beauty or prolong great despair.  This Full Moon and Solar eclipse united us in a strange kind of way. People gathered on rooftops and hillsides, in valleys and on the plains to catch a glimpse of the natural phenomenon of the Full Moon and the lunar eclipse. As the shadow was cast over the Moon, it turned shades of red and orange. As the Moon this time of the year is closest to the Northern Hemisphere, the atmosphere creates a kind of curtain that makes the Moon appear redder than it usually does.

For whatever reason we are drawn to such natural beauty, we also are given such great gifts of energy at the same time. Much of what has been transpiring over the last year has to do with cleansing and clearing out our lives, our thinking, and our perspectives. Many have lost what they held dear, unable to hold onto to dying relationships or attachments to worn out commitments. Not necessarily by choice, our lives have been stripped bare of that which could no longer be sustained. The result is a space, vast as a desert sometimes, that reveals an area of life that is uncharted territory. What we do from here on out depends on what we  have sowed and what we have been tending and nurturing. It is time to do an appraisal of what we have to carry forward on our journey, and what is essential in each of our lives as well as what is essential for the good of the whole planet. We can no longer allow selfish and ego-driven interests bully us into forgetting those who need support, assistance, compassion, and consideration.


As October begins, the Sun is at 8/10 degrees of Libra, the Moon is at 27 degrees of Taurus, Mercury is at 5 degrees retrograde of Libra, and Venus is at 24 degrees of Leo. Mars and Jupiter are both in earthy Virgo at 4 degrees and nearly 11 degrees respectively. Saturn is in the first degree of Sagittarius and Uranus is at 18 degrees retrograde of Aries, both turning up the heat. Neptune, the planet of abundance and good fortune is in 7 degrees retrograde of Pisces, and Chiron, the Wounded Healer, is at 18 degrees retrograde of Pisces as well. Pluto, the Great Transformer is at 12 degrees of Capricorn, and the North Node is at 0 degrees retrograde of Libra.

Venus in Leo until October 8 is completing a nearly 3-month transit. For the next week we are putting the finishing touches on some of the creations, redesigns, and plans in the works particularly in relation to all things beautiful and all things related to expressing love, beauty, and power. We desire love in return, and are disappointed if we are not acknowledge for our gifts or appreciated for who we are. Leo longs for the full expression of love, and if it is not forthcoming, it has caused us a great deal of pain. Time to rethink what within us has created this longing. Earlier in the week, on the 29th Venus formed a semi-square to Mercury which manifested as lack of compassion and/or unsatisfying communications around relationships in particular.

Between October 5-6 Venus is forming a seisquiquadrate to  Pluto in Capricorn. This may result in feelings of jealousy arising or in finding us nitpicking and cranky over some of the details or the general nature of our relationships. We may find fault or seek to blame others for aspects of who they are that affect the relationships we have gotten into. The fault is not with the other; it is with the relationship. We can’t fit square pegs in round holes.

Venus also forms a semi-square with the Sun in Libra on Oct. 6-7. This shows itself as a kind of overall dissatisfaction with a lot of external factors or circumstances that are really a reflection of what is going on inside ourselves. Spend some time accounting for your own resources. Avoid trying to expand your sphere or acquire more. Instead look to your own nest and see what gifts you have and what creative solutions you can dream up to deal with what seems like a need, a problem, or a challenge. Look within for answers. Listen to that still small voice, that intuitive, and that Divine guidance that is constantly trying to point you in the right direction.

You may have a hard time doing this when Venus and Saturn form a square on October 9-10.  Saturn’s lesson to us as we move out from under the post-retrograde shadow is to take the internal struggles and inner discomfort and dissatisfaction as a sign of what we are still trying to uncover, release, or understand about how we love, who we love, and what makes us capable of both giving and receiving love. We are learning something very profound about who we are at this time. Each of us is called upon to examine our inner intentions and values, and how those translate to the way we are living and loving.

Last night (Wednesday, September 30) when the Sun formed a quincunx to Neptune, we may have found it very difficult to think clearly or focus. The fuzziness of Neptune created a perplexing situation with the Libra Sun. Libra wants everything to balance out and be in harmony, and sometimes that cannot happen until we are clear about what our individual needs and desires are and what are actual resources and gifts can manage. You might have found yourself distracted, over extended, or extremely tired. Time to take stock and take care of ourselves. We have to maintain our own basic level of health and well being, or we are no good to anyone, and we certainly cannot accomplish much when we are drained and out of fuel.

In the middle of the night Mars formed a seisquiquadrate to Uranus. A sense of restlessness or an unnerving desire to take unnecessary risks may have arisen. Since this occurred in the nighttime for many, it might have been a restless night or dreams might have revealed some areas of your life where you are skating on thin ice or putting yourself in some kind of jeopardy. I myself awoke in the middle of the night as this aspect was forming to find I’d left all my windows open and forgotten some important details to closing up the house when I fell asleep last night. Since the weather is changing, the windows need to be closed up or like last night, the house gets pretty cold. Details and normal routines are affected. Excesses or overwork  can result in us being forgetful or careless in simple daily routines or habits.

Later in the day the Moon transits into Gemini, an air sign. This evening the Moon opposes Saturn and then later squares Mars creating some late-night emotional turmoil. Plan on a calm, relaxing routine for this evening, and avoid overly obsessing over what you should and should not be doing, feeling, or thinking. Take a break, and spend some time nourishing and taking care of yourself. Create a peaceful routine to channel some of the electric energy generated by the Gemini Moon. Through the upcoming weekend, you may have a flourish of ideas and activities, so keep yourself mindful and centered amid the energy that is churning things up. Friday there are a few more squares to the outer planets (the slow-moving ones). Quell your  impatience and take some long walks or runs or do some laps to focus yourself on creating greater unity of body, mind, spirit, and emotions.  By Saturday the aspects of  the Moon in Gemini are more peaceful and gentle sextiles so you will enjoy yourself and feel more at peace in the activities you’re involved in.