Holding Each Other In Love As We Breakaway From Our Old Skins
Daily Horoscope for Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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Good morning, friends!
I had weird dreams last night and then I woke up with two songs in my head:
Breakaway1 by Big Pig, from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, and the second one I will reveal at the end of the newsletter, but I feel that these two songs are really representative of my own feelings right now and maybe others can relate to them as well.
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Okay, let’s get into… the astrology
Today may feel really weird. We just had the eclipse yesterday and it could feel like we are waiting at the top of the lift hill of the roller coaster. It feels a little bit like we’re holding our breath right before the break releases, and our passenger car goes flying down the first hill. We may also feel vulnerable and exposed—like an easy target for a big bird to grab and fly away with. So, there’s a feeling of needing to be hyper-aware of our surroundings today.
The moon in Scorpio today, will break out of the via combusta, the burnt path from 15° of Libra to 15° of Scorpio. She will have now broken away from that tumultuous part of the heavens and is embarking on her individuation from the light of the Sun. We can’t see her yet, but we soon will be able to see her beautiful crescent emerge on the Western horizon after sunset, in a day or two.
The Moon is also making an opposition to Uranus early this morning, so there could be a feeling of some sort of shock that has happened over the last day or so that has opened your eyes to some things and they may not be pleasant realities. You may be feeling ‘some type of way’ about them all, but also wondering what can you do to change them at this time.
Jupiter is minutes of arc away from retrograding back into Pisces, which will be exact on Friday, the 28th at 1:09 am ET, so by late Thursday night. This zero-degree Aries point that Jupiter is at right now is a really potent and powerful degree that literally starts the whole zodiac! We have the Greater Benefic, Jupiter here, almost like he is taking in the scene so that when he passes back over this point in his direct motion, he knows what reinforcements, aid, and help to bring. That won’t be for another month and a half, though.
Jupiter stations direct at the end of November and then won’t hit the zero degrees of Aries until the day before the Winter solstice! Which is really interesting— to have the Spring equinox point at zero Aries, conjoined by Jupiter—on the Winter solstice point of the year, when the Sun is at its lowest declination in the sky and we have the longest night of the year. It’s like Jupiter is going to bring in major reinforcements, hope, and benefic fortitude when we most need it.
Also today, we have Mercury in Libra applying to a trine to Mars in Gemini. This brings up easy conversations and ease with which we can act and make rapid changes to our environment. I think this is a really positive aspect and one that will support some of the things we want to get done today. This aspect gives us smooth and hassle-free passage.
Thieves will have an easy time doing their bidding.
A little side note: I drew up a chart for the moment my husband called me about the truck breaking down and I could clearly see that the truck was in danger because of this aspect, Mercury trine Mars, being only a few degrees away and representing the truck being an easy target for thieves with malicious intent. Maybe I’ll make a video about that chart because it’s pretty interesting to look at in retrospect.
The Moon will square Saturn today at 11:28 am ET, and so this could represent an action that you decide to take that is serious. You’ve had a lot of time to think about things and now it’s time to make a move and commit to them. Make sure that the opportunity that you are committing to is bonafide and not a scam. With the Moon having just traveled across the South Node, there could be a feeling of desperation and wanting to take whatever opportunity crosses your path. Just make sure that you’ve vetted the people, the company, or the deal and that it’s real and not someone taking advantage of you at a vulnerable time.
Mars is also about half a degree away from perfecting a quincunx to Pluto, but he won’t because he is going to go retrograde before that aspect would become exact; I believe, in traditional astrology, this is called refrenation2. So, it’s a little bit like saying, “psych!” which was a hugely popular slang term in the 90s. Almost like Mars, the god of war is posturing and threatening some sort of attack, but then backs out at the last minute to rethink his strategy. So there could be something in your life that seems to be going on a certain trajectory and then suddenly changes course or a person changes their mind and starts doing something else.
Let’s move on to the card for the day:
What is the guidance for today?
XIII Death
On this card from the Motherpeace Tarot, we see a skeleton, laying in the fetal position at the base of two birch trees. A venomous coral snake encircles the skeleton as it sheds its own skin. One tree stands inside the circle made by the snake and the other one outside. Thirteen leaves have fallen on the forest floor.
The Death card is about change and letting go. Very fitting with the eclipse energy.
The snake sheds its skin, watching itself go through the process of rebirth. The leaves have fallen off the tree, representing change, and the skeleton is literally representing death. This card is usually only signifying a metaphorical death and not a physical one, but the pain and grief caused by letting go of something inside can be just as intense as letting go of someone or something in the physical form.
We are all transforming and changing and it’s a bit painful. The snake in the Death card has found two Birch trees to rub against and help facilitate the old skin releasing and falling off—we must use the gifts that the Universe has provided to us to help facilitate our own changes. By accepting and acknowledging that we are going through a metamorphosis, we can embrace it and honor it, and consciously open ourselves up to the process. This will allow us to lean into the change and eventually heal, revealing our new “fresh skins.”
I feel like this card came up to remind us of everything we are all letting go of right now…our world is changing, shedding its old skin, and a new world is emerging. This is happening in the greater collective and also in our personal lives.
The second song that was in my head this morning, is an original song by my niece, Sophia Raven Rose, called “Hold Me.” I have linked to her YouTube page below for your listening pleasure.
I feel like these two songs, BreakAway and Hold me, are really representative of our feelings right now—wanting to change our destinies, but feeling trapped by them, and also wanting to be held by love while we go through it.
Maybe we can all hold each other with love while we go through these changes.
I hope this horoscope and card reading offer something insightful and useful for getting through this vulnerable time. Please let me know in the comments!
I hope this is helpful!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
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Breakaway
Song by Big Pig
Lyrics
All my life I wanted to fly
Like the birds that you see way up in the sky
Making circles in the morning sun
Flying high in the sky 'till the day is done (I can't break away)
Like a child in his fantasy
Punching holes in the walls of reality
All my life I wanted to fly
But I don't have the wings and I wonder why (I can't break away)
I can't break away
Woah, well, momma told me when I was young
"Stand tall girl, you're number one" (She said)
"You can't be what you wanna be
But you can change the course of your destiny"
I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
Well no, no, no, no, no
I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
Oh yeah, I share, I share, woo-hoo
One is one (One)
And two is two (Two)
You want me and I hang you
Black is black (Black is black)
And white is white (White is white)
So come out in the middle 'tween day and night
I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
Well no, no, no, no, no
I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, hey
Well, momma told me when I was young
"Stand tall girl, you're number one" (She said)
"You can't be what you wanna be
But you can change the course of your destiny"
I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
Well no, no, no, no, no
I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
Well, I can't, I can't, I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
No, no, no, no, no
I can't break away (Ah-min-ah)
Do-ki-do, ah-mah-neh-la
Woo, woo-woo-woo
I can't break away
Source: Musixmatch
Refrenation means that if planet A is applying to planet B, but then goes retrograde, the aspect will fail to perfect.
Frawley, John. “Chapter 9/Aspects.” The Horary Textbook, Apprentice Books, 2014, pp. 109–109.
Really Well Said on so many levels!