Okay…well this is bet­ter now. The two “benefics”, Venus and Jupiter, align today to offer you phys­i­cal, social and spir­i­tu­al joys. Venus is what you val­ue or want; Jupiter is how you relate to your world. Their com­bi­na­tion lit­er­al­ly means that today you will relate to what you want with sub­lime satisfaction!

Venus, danc­ing through the nur­tur­ing feel­ing-roots of Can­cer is gen­tly touched now by Jupiter whose Tau­rus song imparts the appre­ci­a­tion of earth­ly delights. Enjoy the sun ris­ing, take a walk in the woods, mar­vel at the great beau­ty that sur­rounds you. Or, go to a muse­um and won­der at beau­ty-past, or attend a per­for­mance and share in beau­ty-present. Then turn to those you love and cel­e­brate the glo­ri­ous beau­ty that is life before you.

Live the teaching:

“Beau­ty before me, beau­ty behind, beau­ty below, beau­ty above, and beau­ty within…surrounded by beau­ty, it is done in beauty.” 

So be it.

Today is also a day for the stead­ied and dis­ci­plined mind to shine. Mer­cury is stretch­ing itself now to per-form through Leo. Sat­urn in Libra pro­vides that steady form, that cen­tered space, to extend your­self from.

The puz­zles and prob­lems that stymied you are pierced by your lucid mind as it reach­es across the cross­ing point to the light of under­stand­ing. You com­bine in equal mea­sure the self-con­fi­dence of Leo with the con­sid­er­a­tion of Libra.

Today you will understand…and you will be understood.

Last­ly, one of the great ones, Uranus, turns ret­ro­grade today till Decem­ber 10. The ret­ro­grade of the out­er plan­ets is a func­tion of Earth “catch­ing up” and pass­ing the out­er plan­ets (sort of like being on the inside track in a race); we come to our clos­est approach to them at these times. Many would argue that means their influ­ence is stronger as a result.

The expe­ri­ence for you of this ret­ro­grade, as in any ret­ro­grade, is that it turns the ener­gies of Uranus inward, it becomes inter­nal­ized. The gifts of Uranus will help you grow from with­in out­wards as you dis­cov­er some as yet unre­al­ized part of yourself.

Uranus is the awak­en­er and frees you from less­er forms so you may con­tin­ue your jour­ney of becom­ing the becom­ing. Wel­come the magi­cian who quick­ens your soul, the wiz­ard of won­der as he dances the dance of creation.

Free your­self, be yourself!