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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
This week’s article is being written under the light of a Void-of-Course Taurus Moon. The Moon will remain in that mode until it enters Gemini at 8:36 pm (EST) on September 25th. The ‘Off the hook’ energy that kicks in whenever the Moon is Void-of-Course, will give us one whole day to let things slide. Don’t invest too much in trying to get things done. Instead of pushing for results, take a deep breath and allow yourself to be refueled and replenished by what doing nothing does for the soul.
Mars entered Libra in the last week or so, Venus entered Scorpio on September 11th, and Mercury will turn retrograde at the 25th degree of Libra in the wee hours of the morning on September 27th. As much as the Moon is the queen of what I call the ‘small stuff’, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are on the same page. These three planets are less amorphous than the Moon, in that they govern specific portions of ‘the small stuff’ but even so, they influence the apparent insignificance of things and filter into the thoughts, and feelings, and actions that we take for granted.
From one minute to the next these impulses add up, but because human beings do not live in the moment, we miss the extent to which our response to these triggers shapes the bigger picture. By the time we wake up to the fact that something major is going on, it is transits to Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto that get the credit for the changes that would not have come into being if Mercury, Venus, and Mars had not done the ‘prep work’.
When I look at a horoscope, I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to inner planet transits. It is the big stuff that provides me with the information that I need. At the same time, I know that any time a major change is in play, it has been fueled by the way we respond from moment to moment to the fuse that has been lit by the inner planets. With that in mind, let’s use this article to talk about ‘what is up’ with Mercury, Venus, and Mars - because major changes are afoot, and our response to what these three planets are generating, matters more than anything right now.
Starting from the inside out, let’s take a look at Mercury. Mercury governs the way we think. The sign that it occupies layers the qualities of that archetype onto our thinking processes. At the moment, Mercury is stationed in Libra, the sign of the scales. Fairness and justice become important to us under this influence. Over and above all things, it is Libra’s job to make sure that everything is beautifully balanced, that ‘all men are created equal’, and that everyone’s rights and opinions are being respected.
In a perfect world we might assume that Mercury’s passage through this sign would generate enough harmony to make it easier for all of us to ‘Live and let live’, and that Libra’s passion for balance and equanimity would see us all floating peacefully along, on an even keel. This makes sense on paper, until the Law of Polarity reminds us that no matter what is going on, equilibrium and disturbance occupy opposite ends of the same pole. In this dimension you can’t have one without the other. If life were a bed of roses all of the time, the Libran impulse would be like tits on a bull, hanging around the zodiac with nothing to do. Thus, it follows that during Mercury’s transit of Libra, more than a few things are bound to be contentious, unstable, and at the very least, disturbed.
The fact that Mercury turns retrograde on September 27th, and that it will remain in that mode until October 18th adds weight to this possibility. I say this because, if up until now we have been at odds with each other, and arguing over whatever we can’t agree upon, beginning on the afternoon of September 27th, in the midst of high levels of disagreement, minds will be changing. This could be compared to everyone shifting into reverse in the middle of a traffic jam. Bones of contention that have been chewing us up until now will enter a period of confusion as Mercury’s retrograde influence calls us to back up and review the way we see things. Let’s cross our fingers and pray that the Libran filter will be there to act as a mediator and make it easier for us to meet in the middle, settle our differences, and reach a state of concordance.
Which gets us to Venus. Venus is often portrayed as a cooperative archetype. This is true up to a point, but it does not apply 100% of the time. Why? Because when you get right down to it, ‘The Goddess of Love’ is a selfish, vain, and sometimes narcissistic entity who wants what she wants. If being cooperative is what it will take for her to get what she wants, Venus will cooperate. If being ruthless and domineering is what it will take to get what she wants, she will project those qualities. The saying goes that ‘Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets’ and Venus will do whatever the situation requires in order to get it.
Venus is the co-ruler of Taurus and Libra. Keeping in mind that she is The Goddess of Love, the fact that she governs these two signs means that her innate qualities express themselves well in both of them. Venus loves to party and have a good time and Taurus is a sensual, wine, women, and song sign, fond of physical delights and earthly pleasures. Libra is fond of beauty, and balance, and peace and harmony. The Goddess of Love is the archetypal beauty queen who feels right at home wherever the surroundings are comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. She’s happy as a lark in Libra because with Libra the living is easy, and everything is ‘nice as pie’; no wonder whoever invented the zodiac gave Venus rulership over this sign.
At the moment Venus happens to be moving through Scorpio. For a number of reasons, Venus has a hard time in Scorpio. Said to be in her ‘detriment’ she doesn’t function well in this realm: why? Because Scorpio opposes Taurus, one of the signs that she rules. For what it’s worth, Scorpio is also co-ruled by Mars, and Venus can’t do what she does best when Mars is running the show. To add to her troubles, for the next week or so, she will be traversing the tail end of the ‘Via Combusta’, a stretch of the zodiac that is infamous for its trials and tribulations.
In order to come out of this Scorpio transit in one piece, Venus will have to, put on her big girl panties and figure out how to create peace in a hostile environment. Feminine wiles won’t work here. She will need a bullet proof vest and a set of balls. Because Mercury is in Libra, shooting for peace and harmony, there is an outside chance that Venus will be able to keep her eye on the ball and her mind on making the best of a bad situation.
Let’s hope the Winged Messenger uses the Libran filter constructively. I say this because on a bad day Mercury in Libra can be wishy washy: On a good day, the sign would endow the planet with a level head. We can only pray that instead of feeding her doubts, that for the next week or so, Mercury keeps Venus on an even keel by reminding her not to lose her cool - Hold that thought while we take a look at how Mars will be fitting into the picture.
Mars is the archetypal male. He is the natural ruler of Aries, and the co-ruler of Scorpio. At the moment Mars is moving through Libra, and guess what? He does not do well in this sign. The God of War can’t express himself constructively in a realm that is governed by Venus, where peace and love reign supreme. All the same, the Libran vibe could be just what the doctor ordered right now. I say this because there are times when the ‘passive male’ is a Godsend. If the Libran filter does what I think it will do, instead of acting all warlike and belligerent, Mars will use his strength to take a cooperative stance and support Venus as she works her way through the Via Combusta’s end zone.
When I first looked at this, I thought, ‘Oh my God; Mars is moving through a Venus ruled sign, and Venus is moving through a Mars ruled sign. The spirit of cooperation is spiteful and contentious, and the force that is normally there to defend and protect us is wearing a skirt; how are we going to get through this?’ And then all of a sudden it hit me – you have to know a little bit about how planets and signs interact to get this, but, from an astrological perspective Venus and Mars are transiting in a state of what is known as, ‘Mutual reception’. Not only are they well disposed toward and supportive of each other, this condition strengthens and exalts BOTH OF THEM.
So what does this leave us with? These patrons of ‘the small stuff’ will be all over the place for the next few weeks. Mercury will be running around trying to get us to see eye to eye, Venus will be battling her way through the toughest stretch of the zodiac, and Mars will be wearing eye-liner and getting in touch with his feminine side. At a time when the big outer planets are in a stand-off with the winds of change, the last thing we need is for the little guys to fall apart at the seams in the face of petty differences, or be less than conscious about what is required of them right now.
Bringing all of this down to Earth – I said earlier that, ‘Major changes are afoot and our response to what the inner planets are doing matters more than anything’. It’s time to remind ourselves about ‘The Law of Attraction’. The Abraham material came out back in the mid-1980’s. It was Jerry and Esther Hicks who refurbished Dale Carnegie’s, ‘Power of Positive Thinking’ system and popularized a concept that has been axiomatic in 3-D since the dawn of time. If you understand the ‘Law of Attraction’ you know that it is based on the idea that whatever we focus on, or think about. is what we attract.
Mercury governs our thinking processes. It is currently stationed in a sign that, in its highest expression, will allow us to focus on whatever it takes to restore peace and harmony here on Earth. Like I said earlier, ‘Fairness and justice become important to us under this influence. Over and above all things, when Mercury transits Libra, it is his job to make sure that everything is beautifully balanced, that ‘all men are created equal’, and that everyone’s rights and opinions are being respected’. Instead of getting all worked up over conditions in our outer reality that have been engineered to pit us against each other, it would work out better for all of us if we ignored the party line and gave thought to what it might take to see eye to eye, or at the very least, figure out how to agree to disagree.
No matter what’s going on, the power of thought is the bottom line. If the Mercurial end of the inner planet equation pulls itself together long enough to get us to focus, less on who’s right and who’s wrong, and more on the idea that everyone’s rights need to be respected, it will open the space for us to collectively balance the tensions that are currently being faced by Venus and Mars.
Venus is in a pickle right now; she needs all the help she can get – so how about this? How about we get over our petty differences and focus our thoughts on seeing her safely through the end of the Via Combusta? While we’re at it let’s get down on our knees and pray that, for the time being, Mars finds a way to hand his strength over to her just long enough for the ‘Warrior Queen’ aspect of the Goddess to show up and pull all of us through the ‘Eye of the Needle’.
As an astrologer, I have been accused of being too symbolic, too into the mythology of things, too much of a story teller. Others, who are more adept at this craft than I am have encouraged me to deepen my relationship to astrology’s exactness and to work on cultivating my technical expertise. They are absolutely right about this and I take their words to heart. In the meantime, I am here to say that I write the way I do because whenever it’s time to get the point across to people who don’t know anything about astrology and who are unfamiliar with the lingo, it’s best to speak in human terms.
So, here we are. Believe it or not, we’ve been here before. Thirteen-thousand years ago we were standing on the same precipice. At that time Venus, AKA, the female of the species, went through Hell and high water to triumph over the darkness – to no avail. This time? The odds are in her favor and the big outer planets are ready and waiting to usher in the Light. If what is currently flowing in from Mercury, Venus, and Mars inspires all of us to come from the highest and best aspects of ourselves, God help us, the dawn will break, the Light will prevail, and we will be out of the woods in no time.
Till next time XOXOXOX
Copyright - Cal Garrison: 2021: ©
Mars entered Libra in the last week or so, Venus entered Scorpio on September 11th, and Mercury will turn retrograde at the 25th degree of Libra in the wee hours of the morning on September 27th. As much as the Moon is the queen of what I call the ‘small stuff’, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are on the same page. These three planets are less amorphous than the Moon, in that they govern specific portions of ‘the small stuff’ but even so, they influence the apparent insignificance of things and filter into the thoughts, and feelings, and actions that we take for granted.
From one minute to the next these impulses add up, but because human beings do not live in the moment, we miss the extent to which our response to these triggers shapes the bigger picture. By the time we wake up to the fact that something major is going on, it is transits to Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto that get the credit for the changes that would not have come into being if Mercury, Venus, and Mars had not done the ‘prep work’.
When I look at a horoscope, I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to inner planet transits. It is the big stuff that provides me with the information that I need. At the same time, I know that any time a major change is in play, it has been fueled by the way we respond from moment to moment to the fuse that has been lit by the inner planets. With that in mind, let’s use this article to talk about ‘what is up’ with Mercury, Venus, and Mars - because major changes are afoot, and our response to what these three planets are generating, matters more than anything right now.
Starting from the inside out, let’s take a look at Mercury. Mercury governs the way we think. The sign that it occupies layers the qualities of that archetype onto our thinking processes. At the moment, Mercury is stationed in Libra, the sign of the scales. Fairness and justice become important to us under this influence. Over and above all things, it is Libra’s job to make sure that everything is beautifully balanced, that ‘all men are created equal’, and that everyone’s rights and opinions are being respected.
In a perfect world we might assume that Mercury’s passage through this sign would generate enough harmony to make it easier for all of us to ‘Live and let live’, and that Libra’s passion for balance and equanimity would see us all floating peacefully along, on an even keel. This makes sense on paper, until the Law of Polarity reminds us that no matter what is going on, equilibrium and disturbance occupy opposite ends of the same pole. In this dimension you can’t have one without the other. If life were a bed of roses all of the time, the Libran impulse would be like tits on a bull, hanging around the zodiac with nothing to do. Thus, it follows that during Mercury’s transit of Libra, more than a few things are bound to be contentious, unstable, and at the very least, disturbed.
The fact that Mercury turns retrograde on September 27th, and that it will remain in that mode until October 18th adds weight to this possibility. I say this because, if up until now we have been at odds with each other, and arguing over whatever we can’t agree upon, beginning on the afternoon of September 27th, in the midst of high levels of disagreement, minds will be changing. This could be compared to everyone shifting into reverse in the middle of a traffic jam. Bones of contention that have been chewing us up until now will enter a period of confusion as Mercury’s retrograde influence calls us to back up and review the way we see things. Let’s cross our fingers and pray that the Libran filter will be there to act as a mediator and make it easier for us to meet in the middle, settle our differences, and reach a state of concordance.
Which gets us to Venus. Venus is often portrayed as a cooperative archetype. This is true up to a point, but it does not apply 100% of the time. Why? Because when you get right down to it, ‘The Goddess of Love’ is a selfish, vain, and sometimes narcissistic entity who wants what she wants. If being cooperative is what it will take for her to get what she wants, Venus will cooperate. If being ruthless and domineering is what it will take to get what she wants, she will project those qualities. The saying goes that ‘Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets’ and Venus will do whatever the situation requires in order to get it.
Venus is the co-ruler of Taurus and Libra. Keeping in mind that she is The Goddess of Love, the fact that she governs these two signs means that her innate qualities express themselves well in both of them. Venus loves to party and have a good time and Taurus is a sensual, wine, women, and song sign, fond of physical delights and earthly pleasures. Libra is fond of beauty, and balance, and peace and harmony. The Goddess of Love is the archetypal beauty queen who feels right at home wherever the surroundings are comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. She’s happy as a lark in Libra because with Libra the living is easy, and everything is ‘nice as pie’; no wonder whoever invented the zodiac gave Venus rulership over this sign.
At the moment Venus happens to be moving through Scorpio. For a number of reasons, Venus has a hard time in Scorpio. Said to be in her ‘detriment’ she doesn’t function well in this realm: why? Because Scorpio opposes Taurus, one of the signs that she rules. For what it’s worth, Scorpio is also co-ruled by Mars, and Venus can’t do what she does best when Mars is running the show. To add to her troubles, for the next week or so, she will be traversing the tail end of the ‘Via Combusta’, a stretch of the zodiac that is infamous for its trials and tribulations.
In order to come out of this Scorpio transit in one piece, Venus will have to, put on her big girl panties and figure out how to create peace in a hostile environment. Feminine wiles won’t work here. She will need a bullet proof vest and a set of balls. Because Mercury is in Libra, shooting for peace and harmony, there is an outside chance that Venus will be able to keep her eye on the ball and her mind on making the best of a bad situation.
Let’s hope the Winged Messenger uses the Libran filter constructively. I say this because on a bad day Mercury in Libra can be wishy washy: On a good day, the sign would endow the planet with a level head. We can only pray that instead of feeding her doubts, that for the next week or so, Mercury keeps Venus on an even keel by reminding her not to lose her cool - Hold that thought while we take a look at how Mars will be fitting into the picture.
Mars is the archetypal male. He is the natural ruler of Aries, and the co-ruler of Scorpio. At the moment Mars is moving through Libra, and guess what? He does not do well in this sign. The God of War can’t express himself constructively in a realm that is governed by Venus, where peace and love reign supreme. All the same, the Libran vibe could be just what the doctor ordered right now. I say this because there are times when the ‘passive male’ is a Godsend. If the Libran filter does what I think it will do, instead of acting all warlike and belligerent, Mars will use his strength to take a cooperative stance and support Venus as she works her way through the Via Combusta’s end zone.
When I first looked at this, I thought, ‘Oh my God; Mars is moving through a Venus ruled sign, and Venus is moving through a Mars ruled sign. The spirit of cooperation is spiteful and contentious, and the force that is normally there to defend and protect us is wearing a skirt; how are we going to get through this?’ And then all of a sudden it hit me – you have to know a little bit about how planets and signs interact to get this, but, from an astrological perspective Venus and Mars are transiting in a state of what is known as, ‘Mutual reception’. Not only are they well disposed toward and supportive of each other, this condition strengthens and exalts BOTH OF THEM.
So what does this leave us with? These patrons of ‘the small stuff’ will be all over the place for the next few weeks. Mercury will be running around trying to get us to see eye to eye, Venus will be battling her way through the toughest stretch of the zodiac, and Mars will be wearing eye-liner and getting in touch with his feminine side. At a time when the big outer planets are in a stand-off with the winds of change, the last thing we need is for the little guys to fall apart at the seams in the face of petty differences, or be less than conscious about what is required of them right now.
Bringing all of this down to Earth – I said earlier that, ‘Major changes are afoot and our response to what the inner planets are doing matters more than anything’. It’s time to remind ourselves about ‘The Law of Attraction’. The Abraham material came out back in the mid-1980’s. It was Jerry and Esther Hicks who refurbished Dale Carnegie’s, ‘Power of Positive Thinking’ system and popularized a concept that has been axiomatic in 3-D since the dawn of time. If you understand the ‘Law of Attraction’ you know that it is based on the idea that whatever we focus on, or think about. is what we attract.
Mercury governs our thinking processes. It is currently stationed in a sign that, in its highest expression, will allow us to focus on whatever it takes to restore peace and harmony here on Earth. Like I said earlier, ‘Fairness and justice become important to us under this influence. Over and above all things, when Mercury transits Libra, it is his job to make sure that everything is beautifully balanced, that ‘all men are created equal’, and that everyone’s rights and opinions are being respected’. Instead of getting all worked up over conditions in our outer reality that have been engineered to pit us against each other, it would work out better for all of us if we ignored the party line and gave thought to what it might take to see eye to eye, or at the very least, figure out how to agree to disagree.
No matter what’s going on, the power of thought is the bottom line. If the Mercurial end of the inner planet equation pulls itself together long enough to get us to focus, less on who’s right and who’s wrong, and more on the idea that everyone’s rights need to be respected, it will open the space for us to collectively balance the tensions that are currently being faced by Venus and Mars.
Venus is in a pickle right now; she needs all the help she can get – so how about this? How about we get over our petty differences and focus our thoughts on seeing her safely through the end of the Via Combusta? While we’re at it let’s get down on our knees and pray that, for the time being, Mars finds a way to hand his strength over to her just long enough for the ‘Warrior Queen’ aspect of the Goddess to show up and pull all of us through the ‘Eye of the Needle’.
As an astrologer, I have been accused of being too symbolic, too into the mythology of things, too much of a story teller. Others, who are more adept at this craft than I am have encouraged me to deepen my relationship to astrology’s exactness and to work on cultivating my technical expertise. They are absolutely right about this and I take their words to heart. In the meantime, I am here to say that I write the way I do because whenever it’s time to get the point across to people who don’t know anything about astrology and who are unfamiliar with the lingo, it’s best to speak in human terms.
So, here we are. Believe it or not, we’ve been here before. Thirteen-thousand years ago we were standing on the same precipice. At that time Venus, AKA, the female of the species, went through Hell and high water to triumph over the darkness – to no avail. This time? The odds are in her favor and the big outer planets are ready and waiting to usher in the Light. If what is currently flowing in from Mercury, Venus, and Mars inspires all of us to come from the highest and best aspects of ourselves, God help us, the dawn will break, the Light will prevail, and we will be out of the woods in no time.
Till next time XOXOXOX
Copyright - Cal Garrison: 2021: ©
“The Walk of Life”
I have been a working astrologer for fifty years. The column that you see posted here every Sunday has been in print for the last thirty. Over time, my horoscopes have gained quite a following. Of late, they have expanded to include articles that showcase more than just run-of-the-mill, sign-to-sign predictions. If you learn something from what you find here, or if what I write helps you to make sense of things, or inspires you in some way, it means a lot to me. While you are on this website, you are welcome to take a look around. There are short stories, articles, videos, and free downloads that you won’t find anywhere else. All of it is free, and shared with a desire to bring light to the world. On any day when what’s written here opens your heart or your mind to something new, and you feel called to ‘pay it forward’ with some ‘loose change’, a donation, large or small, made to my PayPal account (paypal.me/calgarrisongmailcom) would be greatly appreciated, and make it possible for me to not only share the very best of what I have to offer, but to continue, “The Walk of Life”.
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“The Walk of Life”
I have been a working astrologer for fifty years. The column that you see posted here every Sunday has been in print for the last thirty. Over time, my horoscopes have gained quite a following. Of late, they have expanded to include articles that showcase more than just run-of-the-mill, sign-to-sign predictions. If you learn something from what you find here, or if what I write helps you to make sense of things, or inspires you in some way, it means a lot to me. While you are on this website, you are welcome to take a look around. There are short stories, articles, videos, and free downloads that you won’t find anywhere else. All of it is free, and shared with a desire to bring light to the world. On any day when what’s written here opens your heart or your mind to something new, and you feel called to ‘pay it forward’ with some ‘loose change’, a donation, large or small, made to my PayPal account (paypal.me/calgarrisongmailcom) would be greatly appreciated, and make it possible for me to not only share the very best of what I have to offer, but to continue, “The Walk of Life”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTHn_sxrN0&list=RD_qTHn_sxrN0&start_radio=1&t=0paypal.me/calgarrisongmailcom
