Starcodes Oct 23, 2020 Heather Roan Robbins

The light shifts towards autumn, the Sun just entered deep and focused Scorpio creating the time of year when we face our fears for the long winter, and for the tough election, ahead. It’s time to look deep within our souls and our culture, investigate our suspicions and look for concrete truths underneath.

Investigation is essential now because it’s hard to figure out what’s really going on as Mercury retrogrades until election day and Mars retrogrades until mid-November. These two planets can complicate our lives as they appear to back up against the zodiac. Mars retrograde in fiery Aries can help us get going, but when a fire starts, whether real or metaphorical, it can burn hot.

These retrograde planets ask us to review everything we’ve done, thought, learned, or fought over this last year. Pluto, now direct, recently retrograded back to where it was last January as Covid-19 built momentum and the impeachment trial conflagrated. These planets ask us to go back and remember, what we have learned since then, and how can we make good use of that knowledge before we go forward. That doesn’t mean to fight the same fight, though we may, but more likely we still have to hold steady from outside pressure. A new chapter begins in the new year, but right now we’re reviewing that last chapter to squeeze every bit of knowledge, understanding, consequence, and karma out of it.

Continue to practice basic Mercury retrograde survival skills. Keep an eye open for technical glitches. Pay extra attention to follow through…