JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN @ KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM for a new podcast that drops October 25 & reviews this month’s lunar cycle—as we head toward the November 1 Scorpio New Moon!

We’ll trace Sun/Pluto cycle of empowerment/disempowerment in the charts of the two U.S. presidential candidates as it reached its waning square just before the Sun moved into Scorpio October 22. We discuss also if this election’s October surprise involves the word “fascist” since the revealing (Mercury’s in Scorpio now!) of a certain past president’s “fascist tendencies” at the third-quarter lunar square of the Leo Moon to the Scorpio Sun October 24.

It pays now to remember that the Libra New Moon solar eclipse on October 2 asked us to plant seeds that could grow into a stronger sense of how to become our own best partner without the need to rely on others, especially if/when those relationships prove unsustainable and/or toxic.

The Aries Full Moon October 17 then asked us to release any of these partnerships that no longer sustain us in healthy ways and asked us to continue to think and act independently, free from the influence of others.

And now--as we reached the “crisis in consciousness” third-quarter lunar square October 24--& we’re eleven days from one of the most important elections in U.S. history, we’re faced with taking what we’ve learned since the Libra New Moon on October 2, which carried the them of loss & separation. Can we shed “old patterns & beliefs that no longer serve our highest good,” as renowned astrologer Dane Rudhyar described this portion of the lunar cycle? Especially as these old patterns relate to this month’s lunar cycle theme of partnership?

In short, it’s decision time! Aiding us during this lunar cycle’s waning period Venus in Sagittarius’s square to retrograde Saturn in Pisces on October 28, as we grapple with what Rob Hand in his “Planets In Transit” book calls the necessity to “separate yourself from the illusions that run through even the best relationships & to look at what is really there.”

Given that voting is done in secret, a nod to Scorpionic archetypal energy—it’s not a bad idea to heed Hand’s advice be “have awareness of yourself as an independent, even isolated human being, realizing that no one can get inside of you and feel what you feel.

This may, in fact, be heightened by the Mercury in Scorpio opposition to retrograde Uranus in Taurus by October 30, followed by Mercury trine to retrograde Neptune in Pisces October 31 & the November 1 Scorpio New Moon.

The Mercury/Uranus opposition October 30 may result in revelatory “secrets” coming at us rapidly—causing shock & surprise which cause us “aha!” moments. Perhaps the October surprise period will not have ended until then with the U.S. presidential election then only seven days way, who knows?

However, the Mercury/Neptune trine that follows on October 31 may result in a more empathic mindset; one where we feel more sympathetic toward others and “genuinely want to aid anyone who needs your help…” according to Rob Hand.

Hence, by the time we reach the Scorpio New Moon on November 1, we’ll be ready to plant seeds that allow us to better understand how we really FEEL deep down in our bones about who we can trust. That’s because we’ll be fine-tuning the deep bonded trust we have in ourselves.

As Polonius said in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”: “This, above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

Don’t miss Karmic Evolution’s Astrologically Speaking podcast @ KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM--or any of your favorite podcast stations—which drops October 25! Namaste…