SAGITTARIAN SEASON- On the way up

Are you ready to breathe a collective sigh…not that the world is in a great place, let's be honest, but boy, has this past Scorpio Season been intense. Don’t get me wrong, I love a conscious journey into the underworld, but there was much more in the basement than I had remembered.

With the last of the eclipses across the Scorpio-Taurus axis, I hope many of us are feeling purged and released from any ties that may have bound us to lessons we needed to learn.

As a Sagittarian, I am already planning various celebrations. Yes, it will be my solar return in December, so look out for my Birthday Giveaway on Instagram ( Follow here if you don't already), where I will offer one lucky person an opportunity to win a free full 90-minute chart reading with me. Details to come, so stay tuned.

I am also celebrating a super important milestone. It is ten years since I was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, and I have been on some pretty intense medication every day for ten years. As the Sun moves into Sag, it ends; I have made it to this milestone. Not everyone has been so lucky, and I have lost one very special friend. Still, I feel like I have no lifeboat now and need to swim on my own. It feels a bit scary but also such a relief. I feel incredibly joyful, grateful and blessed to be here still and to engage with the future again as all Saggies should.

So now we are in Saggie Season, it is time to sharpen our arrows and shoot them off into the future, to think big picture and to engage with our personal philosophies of how we would like our life to look, especially as we head toward the end of the year and into 2024. So take a break and allow yourself to do some big-picture dreaming.

The Sun moves into fiery mutable Sagittarius on November 23rd, Eastern Australian Time at 1.03 am. We are followed very quickly after this, with Mars joining the Sun in Sagittarius on the 24th. With both these Firey planets in this Firey sign, we will feel an upward shift of energy, a momentum into the future of blue sky planning and possibly a little partying as we head into the silly season.

Mars and the Sun in Sagittarius are all about increased energy, a desire to activate and move toward what inspires us, helps us grow and gives us a sense of meaning and purpose.

We might feel more inspired now to think about how we would like to expand ourselves, our awareness, and our perspectives. This is an excellent time to envision how we can manifest new possibilities, opportunities, and growth potential.

This is also excellent energy for planning a trip, embarking on an adventure, or starting new projects that require a lot of optimism. We do need to be aware of perhaps making sure we have covered all the details as this energy is all full of enthusiasm but not necessarily staying power. Do remember to plan to plan

In Australia, Saggie season marks a time of moving into Summer, getting our holiday vibe on and letting go of the year's stresses. Sag is our mutable fire energy, the last of the fire signs in the zodiac. It is forward-moving energy, always looking forward to the next adventure, the next great idea or philosophical trend.

Optimism and Sagittarius energy go hand in hand. They have great faith in the bounty of the universe and a tremendous capacity to learn from and gain meaning from life. In general, Sagittarian energy is hard-wired to see the glass half full, look for the best in life, and be consistently faithful that things will be ok.

On the 27th, Mars and the Sun oppose the Full Moon in Gemini at 4 degrees of Gemini. This Full Moon will feel lighter energy than some of our more recent Full Moons. The Gemini Sagittarius polarity includes themes that may come up regarding which piece of the picture we see, are we obsessing over details or spending too much time with our heads in the clouds? We may also have the opportunity to solidify some of our ideas and plans as Saturn is in relationship to this lunation, adding a little more of a serious and grounded note to the equation. Of course, there will be much more about this Full Moon at the time.

We may find our thinking and communication styles more grounded, practical, and real when Mercury moves into Capricorn on December 2nd. This is a positive element throughout this Sagittarius season, helping us focus and solidify our ideas. However, Mercury will turn retrograde on December 13th until January 1st and, on the 23rd of December, will move back into Sagittarius for a while, then turn back into Cap on the 13th of January.

We taste more Scorpio energy when Venus moves into Scorpio on the 5th of December. This will add an element of intense passion to our already Firey Sagittarian Season and motivate us to connect with others on a deeper level.

Sagittarian energy is all about finding meaning and those elements that can expand our understanding of the world and our place in it. On the 7th of December, Neptune, our planet of spiritual mysticism, finally turns direct in its own sign of Pisces. If Sagittarius is about meaning, Pisces is about higher meaning spiritual connection, so we may feel more inclined toward spiritual pursuits.

Neptune falls into the mix during the New Moon in Sagittarius as well, occurring on December 13th. The New Moon will elevate all Sagittarian themes of thinking big, being optimistic, and hopeful, but with Neptune in the mix, we will need to be aware of perhaps wearing rose-coloured glasses and the potential of not seeing the truth in front of us, which can be a very Sagittarian trait. We should be encouraged now to be as realistic as we can but also to embrace this Neptunian energy and tap into our imaginations, intuition, and creativity, allowing us to dream bigger than we have been able to for a while.

Sag season asks us to have fun and expand our awareness to seek new experiences that offer us growth and broaden our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.

As we move toward the end of the year, I will be winding up soon. I only have a few spaces left for you to unlock your future astrology with an astrology birth chart reading for this Sagittarian Season, so if you or someone you love would love a reading, follow the links here to book or e mail me directly for gift vouchers Dijana@aspectastrology.com.au

NEW MOON IN SCORPIO: Hidden Truths

As we approach the upcoming energy shift, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and tired of hearing the same old descriptors of intensity.

However, it's important to acknowledge that we're stepping into a potentially precarious and disruptive energy that may bring about significant change.

With Mars and Uranus joining us for the New Moon, it's time to take a closer look at where we feel our lives could benefit from active change, where we may be feeling stuck or impatient, and where we can move forward more vigorously.

The New Moon in Scorpio will occur in Australia on November 13th at 8.27pm. The Sun, Moon, and Mars will all be lined up in Scorpio, bringing with them the energy of team Scorpio. However, Uranus in Taurus will be in opposition to these three planets, triggering a potential for profound change, dramatic new insights, and breakthroughs, and possibly some instability. While this New Moon energy may not feel particularly comfortable, it does have the potential to bring about life-changing energy and help you have breakthroughs, especially in areas related to Scorpio themes.

As with all New Moons, we can use this energy as a marker for setting intentions and marking the changes we'd like to see in our lives. With the planets in the mix during this lunation, we're set to activate intentions around powerful transformation and change we want to see on a deep personal level.

The momentum, thanks to Mars, can help us actively and vigorously confront our fears and, more importantly, repressed anger that may come to the surface now.

The current energies could work positively to allow us to bravely acknowledge where we may have been holding onto anger and to more assertively find ways to deal with any dormant anger issues and find positive ways to set intentions for how we would like to deal with and express our anger moving forward.

With Uranus in the picture, the theme is very much about moving further toward liberating ourselves from what we may have been holding onto or even dissociating from. We may have sudden flashes of insight, an out-of-the-blue discovery about ourselves, or we may suddenly find out something that has been buried or hidden.

However, when Uranus is in Taurus, it may also manifest as shaking up our core structures and foundations. We might be asked to question the foundations and structures we have built around us and how these are or are not serving us.

Fortunately, during this New Moon, Neptune in Pisces is in a harmonious aspect to team Scorpio and plays a very important part in elevating this energy toward a higher consciousness, helping us see and trust our lives as part of a larger cosmic energy.

The stage is set for receiving some profound messages or downloads if we provide ourselves with enough quiet space to listen to what might drop in right now.

Part of the Scorpio narrative is about deep soul bonding with another, deep connection, and intimacy, and these themes may come up right now. We can set some intentions around where we would like to bring more authentic and possibly energetic intimacy into our lives now.

This can also be a time of working on any issues around trust in our lives, both with others of course but also how the theme of trust plays out in our lives. Are past hurts or anger around where our trust has been betrayed playing out in our lives via unconscious behaviors or indeed via a reluctance to trust and be vulnerable with trusting others?

We can sit with these themes and actively work toward setting new intentions around trust issues. Where may you be prepared to open yourself up more to trusting others without giving away your own sense of self-power?

Be mindful that power plays may arise in relationships now, jostling for power, especially if one person in the relationship feels like they are lacking agency or indeed power. This is just something to be aware of during this period.

Scorpio energy is also all about the quest for truth, for honesty, for revealing what is hidden, and these themes may also come to play right now. Questions may arise around what we may be missing, especially on a depth level. Are we too concerned with following the status quo and potentially missing an exploration to discover more about our own depth?

So yes this new moon is intense; we may be faced with unexpected surprises but we can utilise this transformative energy is such profound ways if we chose to.

I just want to let you know I am going to start winding down after December the 10th. So if you have been considering getting a reading or think someone in your life might like a chart reading, jump onto aspectastrology.com.au/bookonline to book or email me regarding gift vouchers.

Use this new moon to delve deep but remember to be kind to yourself and others

TAURUS FULL MOON ECLIPSE: PEACE AMONGST THE SHADOWS

Ready for our last Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Taurus?

This is our last Full Moon Eclipse in Taurus. Over the previous two years, we have been dancing with the Taurus Scorpio axis during the eclipse seasons. This polarity invited us to work through themes of our own self-value, our sense of worth, our embodiment with our physical resources, how we find peace, and how we activate and work with our senses.

I have created my Free Full Moon Lunar Eclipse workbook to help prompt you to reflect on some of these themes. Rather than including specific rituals, the workbook’s goal this time is focused on questions you may like to ask yourself and reflect on now, to sit with, perhaps journal. It also includes a detailed section for those of you with your natal moon in Taurus

You can download it here:

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If you don't want the full workbook, you can read the details about this Full Moon Eclipse Below:

This Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurs on October 29th at 7.42 am in Taurus. Joined by Jupiter in Taurus, the Moon is in direct opposition with the Sun, Mercury and Mars all lined up in the watery sign of Scorpio. The eclipse is at 5 degrees of Taurus opposite the Sun at 5 degrees of Scorpio. See where these degrees fall in your chart to discover where the major themes of this eclipse will play out for you.

With a few other attendees at this eclipse, such as Mercury, Mars and Jupiter, it is busy, and it's important to be aware that feelings may be elevated, heightened, intense even, to use that overused Scorpio word. What is important to understand is that we should sit with our feelings before acting.

Ruled by Venus, we can pick up on themes that may have come up for us during the recent solar eclipse in Libra, which Venus also ruled. Therefore, we now may feel propelled to move forward on revelations we have had which may include relationship dynamics and where we are out of balance

Both this eclipse and the recent eclipse in Libra are ruled by Venus, so themes of relationships and relating are still on the agenda. We can work with this eclipse to clear out and release some of the issues that may have arisen for us during the last eclipse.

As with all eclipses, it is important to know that eclipses are an energy that propels us forward. What occurs or the themes that arise during a Full Moon Eclipse, in particular, shed light on what no longer serves us, what we need to let go of in order to evolve.

There is often a feeling of a kind of fate that plays out and begins to draw a line between past and future versions of ourselves.

This is a very real-time of showing up to face any restrictions that are holding you back from being your true and most authentic self, the self that the universe has planned for you.

This is a period of facing what is yours on your terms and dealing with what is not.

Taurus, as we know, loves stability, feeling grounded and connected, and perhaps accumulating some of life's material pleasures along the way. Taurus likes to stay put, often resisting change. Taurus loves some peace and quiet and to engulf itself in the sensory worlds, preferring to stay on the surface of life rather than dive into the shadows of life where Scorpio likes to dwell.

Strangely and in contradiction, they both have peace as the end goal; they just go about it in very different ways. Taurus’s desire for peace will come from grounding themselves, connecting with nature, and quieting life. Attending to the senses via massage, touch, food, and music are all the well-trodden Taurus pathways. The pursuit of peace is integral to this sign. In opposition however, Scorpio says the only way to peace is through the honest, raw wading through our shadows, facing the truths about ourselves and dealing with what looms below, only then once these parts of ourselves have been faced, can we find peace.

So part of the theme of this eclipse is where and how do you need to find your sense of peace? Do you identify more with finding peace from aligning with a need to satiate our senses, or more so from working through drama in order to find harmony?

Being aware of the lower vibrations of both of these signs offers us many clues as to how we can get caught up in spirals or loops that may indeed prevent us from finding the peace we desire. We can use the shadow sides of both signs to mask our ability to find real peace, or to move us further away from calm and peace. In Taurus, we can fall victim to the allure of gathering more and more possessions in order to mask a sense of poor self-value. In Scorpio, we can become attached to a loop of emotional drama games, as long as we are feeling something that is better than not feeling at all. Neither is helpful in the long run.

Taurus is very much about how we derive our sense of worth and value in the world. So, big questions or realisations may arise around these themes. Are you getting what you want? Is what you want aligning with your values, and are your values serving your higher self-worth?

This may be a time to revisit old values or feelings around your sense of self-worth. Pondering on these themes during the eclipse being aware of them offers us opportunity to dive into the emotions and explore where we may be lacking in feeling genuinely good about ourselves. What is still potentially lurking below the surface that could be still playing havoc with our perception of ourselves and self-value in the world.

What resources or tools do you think you may still need to help remedy these feelings? Taurus reminds us to utilise resources we have available to us, and if we are lacking the resources that can help us better our sense of self-value, to find them.

The best resource that Taurus has to offer us, of course, is nature itself, so spending time in nature during the period of this Full Moon Eclipse will certainly help to ground us and work to remind us we are part of this planet. Doing something literal like planting trees, getting into the garden, helping out in a soup kitchen, offering some financial help to someone in need, are all acts we can take to help us feel better about ourselves.

Allow yourself to take note of how you are feeling and to align with a deep connection to the planet and your place in it.

This eclipse is the ending of the Taurus Scorpio cycle as we move further now into the Aries Libra eclipse seasons from now on. We can use this Eclipse to release much of what may have come up for us during the recent New Moon Eclipse in Libra.

Themes of where we are compromising ourselves too much for the sake of our relationships or putting other people's happiness first. We can use this eclipse to consciously let go of these traits and forge ahead in speaking and standing up for our own needs. Taurus energy is all about being self-reliant, so tap into this as much as you can right now.

During this eclipse, we have players such as Mars in the mix. Mars in Scorpio is directly opposite Jupiter. Things may feel elevated or taken to the extreme.

We may even feel a sense of opposition from others. It is worth being aware of this energy but to also remind ourselves not to make a mountain out of a mole hill and to take things out of proportion.

We are reminded to try to stay grounded where possible but to also release whatever fears or attachments we may cling onto that keep us stuck in opposition with someone. This is an excellent time for walking away from conflict situations that are doing us no good. It is also worth being aware that Mercury has a role here in the sign of Scorpio as well, and we could be poised to say things we may regret.

The best use of Mercury right now is to write and journal about some of the issues that come up for us now. Mercury in Scorpio loves to go deep, so use this time to write about any unexpressed anger or to write about things we are fearful of saying out loud.

We may feel frustration about certain areas of life. Frustrations can be positive as they highlight where we have become stale and where we need to grow. Where do you feel you need to grow? What feels frustrating in life right now, and what can you do about it?

This axis is all about shining a light on and accessing your deeper consciousness, bringing upward that that has been buried, denied, and not dealt with. This energy can highlight an unconscious limitation or fear you have allowed that is now being brought forth to deal with to assist you on your path moving forward.

With Mercury in the picture and playing for team Scorpio, bringing truths to the surface, dealing with truths that may be denied, sudden truths being revealed or speaking your absolute truth are all themes that could play out now. This is a time when sudden revelations come to light and need to be dealt with.

The Scorpio Taurus polarity on a more mundane level, is also about material resources, finances and sharing resources. Themes around these issues could also arise; in particular, we should reflect on where and how we feel under-resourced and disempowered in these areas and what we may be able to do to turn this around.

We can explore habits or behaviours that take away from our sense of self-worth, financial worth and self-empowerment.

Taking steps toward a new monetary regime, a new relationship with money, and letting go of what may be holding us back from feeling materially abundant and supported are other strong themes for this eclipse. On a collective level, this eclipse could certainly highlight the polarity of the haves and the have-nots, justice and inequity. In particular, our volatile financial markets could be seriously stirred up during this phase.

This is big energy for the fixed signs that traditionally don't like change. It may help to journal and write during this eclipse, taking note of the feelings that arise, the visions for the new that appear the elements of letting go that can hurt.

So take note, and even if it is a small step, take a step toward the change you want to see and remember to be kind to yourself and others along the way. Remember to step outside and connect with nature, to be kind to yourself and not to blow things out of proportion, check in with yourself.

To dive into more detail as to how this Eclipse will affect you and how the Taurus Scoprio axis plays out in your own astrology, book a reading via the booking page on this web site or clicking here

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