Astroview Weekly Column
Planetary Transits for October 23rd – October 29th
(Interpretations based on the Systemsʻ Approach to Vedic Astrology)
Notes: There is a Partial Solar Eclipse on October 25th, which will be visible in Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, and western parts of Asia.
For USA, this takes place between 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. CDT. This eclipse will be followed in two weeks (Nov. 7) by a total lunar eclipse, (Blood Moon), which is visible from Asia, Australia, North America, parts of northern and eastern Europe, and South America.
It is generally noticed that the two weeks between the eclipses is a time of stress. Be alert and patient with negative persons and situations.
Rahu and Ketu remain stationary in the 19-degree range until Nov. 29th. The prolonged (10-week) movement of Rahu and Ketu is not ideal worldwide – and involves extremes and sudden fluctuations. Exercise care and patience and do not take risks or chances.
People, companies and countries with rising signs between 17 and 21 degrees, or with planets between 17 and 21 degrees in Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius should be especially careful and patient.
Transits for this Week:
Sun transits its debilitation sign, Libra, from 05:35 to 12:34°. Leaders, presidents, physicians, administrators and governments should get extra rest. Sun remains closely conjunct Venus until November 9th. Taurus, Scorpio and Pisces rising sign persons, companies and countries should be careful and patient.
Moon is waning/waxing and transits Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. The new Moon is in Libra, Oct. 25th. Moon, in Scorpio, is debilitated Oct. 27 – 28. Be vigilant in crowds and around volatile persons.
Mars transits Gemini, from 01:03 to 01:26°. Mars is weak in degrees until November 29th. There may be issues for the police, military, athletes, surgeons, executives, engineers, and property matters.
Mercury transits out of its exaltation sign, Virgo, and into Libra, Oct. 26th. Mercury is weak in degrees until Oct. 29th. Be patient with stocks, business, technology, and communications.
Jupiter transits its own sign, Pisces, from 06:17 to 05:39°. Jupiter is in excellent strength. This should be favorable for law and justice – and sheds light on the illicit activities of deceptive and manipulative persons and organizations (e.g., those involved in the Jan. 6th insurrection and other illegal or fraudulent practices.)
Jupiter is in retrograde motion until November 23rd. Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn rising sign persons, companies and countries (including USA, Russia and Ukraine) should be careful and patient when Jupiter is within five degrees of their rising sign degree in any house, or any planet, by aspect or conjunction.
Venus transits its own sign, Libra, from 05:40 to 14:26°. This should be favorable for women, romance, beauty, luxuries, entertainment, and the fine, healing or performing arts. This is a (favorable) panchamaha purusha yoga (Malavya Yoga) for Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn rising signs. Venus remains closely conjunct Sun until November 9th. Virgo, Capricorn and Pisces rising sign persons, companies and countries should be careful and patient.
Saturn transits Capricorn, from 24:24 to 24:27°. Saturn is in good strength degrees. This may be helpful for the masses, the elderly, the poor and needy, and working-class persons, along with manufacturing, agriculture, sustainable living, and the oil, gas and minerals industries.
Rahu and Ketu transit Aries and Libra, respectively, from 19:14 to 19:13°. Rahu and Ketu are stationary in the 19-degree range from September 23rd until November 29th. The prolonged (10-week) movement of Rahu and Ketu is generally not ideal — worldwide. Additionally, people, companies, and countries with rising signs between 17 and 21 degrees, or with planets between 17 and 21 degrees in Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius, should be especially careful and patient.
The Impact of the Transit Planets for each “Rising Sign” (not “Sun Sign”)
Aries: Focus on communications, independent projects and entrepreneurial ventures. Connect children, education, investments and spiritual pursuits with marriage, partnerships and joint ventures. These should all do well. Work hard and be of service to others. Income and friendships remain favorably connected with your career through mid-January. Expenses or separations remain possible with father or religious figures and long-distance travel through mid-April. Money and friendships are mostly favorable through March 2025.
Taurus: Spend another few days on stocks, business, technology, communications and intellectual property — and then be careful with these through Nov. 12th. You do have support for retreats, ashrams, foreign lands and institutional life. On the other hand, be patient with losses, expenses and separations, through Nov. 13th. Be vigilant with property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life to manage debts, disputes health or legal issues through Nov. 15th. Good fortune is likely with you at work through mid-January. There may be a marriage, windfall, legal or insurance settlement through March 2023. You can also earn money if you teach, publish and advise.
Gemini: Connect communications and independent, entrepreneurial investments with pets, children, education, and investments. Study or invest in luxuries, entertainment, fashion, design, medicine, and the fine, healing or performing arts. Property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life should do well through Oct. 26th. Connect home life with business, brokering, finance, technology and communications – also through October 26th. Income and friendships are weak, but favorable and forefront through Nov 12th. Take care with father figures and long-distance journeys through mid-January. Count on good fortune with your career — connected with marriage, partnerships, joint/international ventures – through next March. Teach, publish, consult and advise.
Cancer: Enjoy the favorable connection between family, property, vehicles, and home life. Entrepreneurial ventures do well through Oct. 26th. Work out of your home on projects involving business, technology, communications and intellectual property. Consider a new car and redecorate your living quarters. Connect your career with institutions and long-distance places – but be patient to manage losses, expenses and separations through Nov. 12th. Be patient with relationships through mid-January. On the other hand, you should have support against debts, disputes, health or legal issues through next March — except when Jupiter is close to your rising sign degree — or any planet in your horoscope by aspect or conjunction.
Leo: Continue to focus on writing, business, finance, technology and communications – connected with communications, independent projects and entrepreneurial ventures. Do not burn the midnight oil, in other words, get extra rest through Nov. 15th. Continue to be patient with relationships, joint ventures, foreign lands, law and justice matters through mid-January. Mixed results are also likely with children, education and investments – ranging from setbacks, accidents, and obstructions to marriage, inheritance, windfalls, legal or insurance issues or settlements — through next mid-April.
Virgo: Enjoy a few more days of the exalted Mercury in your first house – and then shift your focus onto your wealth, status, speech and family life. These may be connected with losses, expenses, separations, ashrams, institutions or foreign lands. Same holds true with women, vehicles, luxuries, entertainment and the fine, healing or performing arts. There may be stress with pets, children, education or investments through mid-Jan. Fortunately, you have Jupiter in Pisces (a Hamsa Yoga) in your seventh house through mid-April. This may add protective covering and should be favorable for marriage property, vehicles, and home life – connected with partnerships, joint ventures, and life abroad.
Libra: Enjoy the Malavya Yoga (one of the five great yogas, conferring fame and fortune) in your first house through Nov. 11th. Get a haircut, buy new clothes and consider a day spa. Focus on the fine, healing or performing arts. Take a leadership position and connect with authority figures and large organizations. Be patient, however, with expenses and separations Oct. 26th – Nov. 11th. On the other hand, marriage, partnerships, relationships and international ventures should do well through Nov. 12th. Connect children, education and investments with property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life through mid-January. Be vigilant with communications and entrepreneurial ventures through mid-April to manage debts and disputes.
Scorpio: Enjoy a few more days of income and friendships connected with writing, business, finances, technology, and communications – and then be careful with these, Oct. 26th – Nov. 12th. Connect your career and with retreats, ashrams, institutions, foreign lands or international ventures. Be patient, however, as there may also be losses, expenses or separations at work, along with debts, disputes and health issues – through Nov. 15th. Work out of your home on independent projects through mid-Jan. The transit of Jupiter and Saturn (ruling your wealth, status, property, and family life), through favorable houses, should provide protective covering through next March. Children, education and investments may also do well through mid-April.
Sagittarius: Expect support from income, friendships, and your career through mid-Nov. Gain from women, father/authority figures, large organizations, and the fine, healing or performing arts. Earn money from writing, business, finance, technology, communications and intellectual property. Connect children, education and investments with marriage, partnerships and joint ventures through mid-Nov. Be conservative with independent and entrepreneurial ventures through mid-January — but expect long-term success with these through March 2025. You also have a Hamsa Yoga in your fourth house, (Jupiter in its own sign, Pisces), until mid-April. This should support property, vehicles, and home life. Teach, publish and advise, from home. Divine grace is likely with you and your family.
Capricorn: Expect mixed results at work. On the one hand, there may be setbacks, obstructions or accidents. On the other hand, you also have a Malayva Yoga (Venus in Libra) in your tenth house of career. This may bring a windfall and should favor the fine, healing or performing arts. Focus on writing, business, technology and communications. Connect with women who are like sisters and consider a new car or upgrading your work space. Be patient, however, with stress relative to debts, disputes, health or legal issues – associated with property, vehicles and home life through mid-Nov. Fortunately, your wealth, status and family life remain favorable through mid-January. Focus on independent projects – teach, publish and advise – associated with institutions, spiritual or religious centers, and long-distance places through next mid-April.
Aquarius: Connect marriage, partnerships, joint ventures or foreign lands with father or religious figures and long-distance travel of a short duration (a week or two). Be patient with these, however, as they may also be subject to delays, setbacks or accidents. A windfall, inheritance, legal or insurance settlement or lottery winning is also possible. Connect independent, entrepreneurial projects with pets, children, education, investments or spiritual pursuits through mid-Nov. Consider retreats, ashrams or institutions through mid-January. Income and friendships support your wealth, status and family life through next mid-April. Speak up as a teacher, publisher, consultant or religious leader.
Pisces: Enjoy a few more days of the Bhadra Yoga in your seventh house of relationships – and then turn on the “exercise care and patience” warning light. Sun, Mercury and Venus will all be in your eighth house. This may connect debts, disputes, health or legal issues with delays, setbacks, accidents or obstructions through mid-Nov. The positive side of the coin is the possibility of a windfall, inheritance, insurance or legal settlement. Mars, in your fourth house, connects your wealth, status and family life with property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life. Gain from hard work and being of service to others – but be careful to manage expenses and separations relative to income, friendships or siblings through mid-January. Fortunately, with Jupiter in its own sign, Pisces, you have a Hamsa Yoga in your first house until next April. This should indicate favorable professional opportunities. Teach, publish, consult and advise. Many people will come to you for advice.
Note: Planetary remedies add a protective covering to life. Strengthen your favorable planets (with color and gemstone therapy and/or the mystical pendant known as the kavach: (https://astroview.com/mystical-pendant/) and do “Bhoota” and “Deva” “Yagyas” (charities and chants) for the planets that cause adverse effects in your horoscope.
Health Videos of the Week:
Daily Qigong Routine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmNWj9YtAw&t=640s&ab_channel=YoqiYogaandQigong
How to Fix Urination Frequency at Night (Nocturia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwza7s0RbzM&list=FL-oS9BnMrWfkH9eql7P2gpA&index=4&ab_channel=Dr.EricBergDC
Awakening Video of the Week:
Jim Carrey at MIU: Commencement Address at the 2014 Graduation
Quote of the Week:
“You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.”– Eckhart Tolle