Astrology Forecast for September 16-22, 2013
by Kathy Biehl
This is a milestone week. Long-pending developments are falling into place, internally and externally. We’re in for awakening, action, commitment, emotional healing, and construction milestones in the reworking of our foundations. It’s as if we’re hurrying up to get a new regime in place before the Fall Equinox on Sunday. And also as if destiny is behind it all — which even nonbelievers will be suspecting, out loud.
Several planets make major journeys this week. The one that grounds it all is Saturn, ruler of order. He signals that it’s time for concepts to come down into reality, then sprinkles the week with opportunities to do so. He sounds the cosmic alarm clock when he meets with the North Node of destiny on Monday, imposing responsibilities, announcing ramifications and consequences, and requiring us to commit to our most precious shared resources and use them wisely. Rearranging the playing field to fit follows next, as he and Pluto, lord of death and rebirth, move into a beneficial sextile, which is exact on Saturday.
Against this backdrop, the week launches with a new viewpoint fresh on our minds and soon brings an opening to act on it, as cosmic communicator Mercury stares down radical change agent Uranus (Monday) and then links with action hero Mars (Tuesday).
Hearts, desires and values come to the fore by Wednesday, when their ruler Venus encourages big-time, fated commitment — and accepting a passionate desire moving from something we want into something we have. She’s firming up a connection that is powerful and future-oriented, by meeting with structure-loving Saturn and the North Node. She’s also reaching out to Pluto, her primal, beyond-mortal-comprehension counterpart as far as desires and money go. Itches demand scratching and magnets turn into tractor beams when these two cooperate. That natural tendency goes exponential with her currently in Pluto’s home sign of Scorpio. This collaboration promises steamy, irresistible and not at all rational developments, but they should also be stabilizing, what with Saturn as chaperone, who should minimize the forbidden fruit danger that is typical when Venus and Pluto connect.
