…my dreams are the single unpredictable factor in my zoned days and nights. Nobody allots them, or censors them. Dreams are all I have ever truly owned. David Mitchell



September 19th, 2013

Take yourself on a trip today; no need to be elaborate. Get on the rickety subway car that you think is going to “14th St Union Square” when instead the train erupts aboveground to greet a snowy landscape, surrounded by forests. Then, your train transforms into a massive ship, and the ground into cold, salty breaking waves. Where do you land?

Today, you might be reminded of your capacity to dream. We have only barely touched upon the influence of Neptune in Pisces (it retrogrades at 3 out of 30 degrees). Illusions sit on the throne most high—but what is reality, anyway? If you think, “Well, that’s an illusion but this must be real!” then you’re not getting it.

The conversation between Pluto, Saturn, and the nodes perpetuates itself each week. Now, Venus has caught up to Saturn, also sextile Pluto and trine Chiron. The confines of your reality—or perceptions therein—are tested now with the added influence of value and relationship.

Slightly different from the break-up season that comes every now and then, this aspect is more inclined to bring out karma, both past and future, amongst individuals. Unexpressed connections might bubble to the surface and ask to be recognized. Likewise, your truest friends will commit to actions that solidify themselves as thus.

Inspired jousts will feel purposeful, and deep, so choose your opponents wisely. We may be experiencing all lifetimes simultaneously, our own actions ripples to adjacent worlds. Even as tensions rise, know that confrontation is not without purpose.

The full moon in Pisces illuminates the grand water trine we experienced in early summer. You should be getting your report card soon, if not already. Ask yourself, is ice cream in order?

This moon also marks a fitting end to the “self work” initiated since the mark of spring, as we move into the realm of the other on the 22nd, when the Sun enters Libra. On the Autumnal Equinox, Persephone will be taken into the Underworld and Demeter’s sadness will envelop the world, turning our northern hemisphere into a realm for icy faeries.

As an aside, Ceres (Demeter) softly aspects Pluto and Venus from Virgo, in a wide opposition to the Moon. Interesting, considering they’re on in five minutes.

If Ancients were reading this chart, they might see the aspects of a bountiful harvest. Our transition into wintry months will be smooth and free from discord, as long as we appreciate the inner hearth. Though, with a direct opposition to Chiron, the mother may find room to feel pain for the loss of her daughter.

Winter is coming. Too cliché? The dead king will rise and take refuge in the land of the living. Invite transformation into your home; it’s a good thing.

Today, you’d do well to invite the past into your life, if only to remind your struggling identity with any sort of direction. Simply: you’re a baboon, and I’m not.