Starcodes Oct 2, 2020 Heather Roan Robbins

Throughout the next two months the planetary patterns can leave us unsettled, opinionated, and emotional, tossed about like leaves in the autumn wind. Lines of communication can clog with opinions, and people may want to take action, any action on what bothers them. Let’s think through consequences and thoughtfully respond to what weighs on our minds and hearts as Mars in feisty, action-oriented Aries squares the powerbrokers, Pluto, Saturn, and Jupiter conjunct in Capricorn now through the winter Solstice. Do something and feel better.

The energy revs high as the week ends, slows down over the weekend and lets us catch up, then becomes more erratic again midweek. On Friday we love what we love, but may want to rail against all the difficulties, and it can be hard to respect anybody who doesn’t agree with us. They may look like idiots to us, which won’t make opening anybody’s minds any easier, as the Moon conjuncts Mars in Aries and both square that lump of Capricorn planets.

The emotional energy cranks down a notch after Friday as Venus leaves dramatic Leo and enters thoughtful Virgo and approaches a sextile with Mercury in Scorpio. We can think more critically around emotional subjects, but people play their cards closer to the chest, become a little less obvious with their feelings, more obvious about their considered opinions. Next week is a great time to edit, a hard time to pitch a new approach.

That Mercury in Scorpio encourages us to thinks deeply and can send our minds down a…