Astrological Insights: October 7 - 13, 2024
What's Real Gets Revealed: The Jupiter and Pluto Stations
Here are some insights about the opportunities and challenges that this week’s astrology may offer us collectively. If you’re looking to access personalized astrological and self-care insights to help you navigate the now, I’d love to do a Stellar Guidance Session or a Stellar Constellations Session with you.
As everything may seem especially extended and inflated, notably when it comes to receiving and processing information, I’m going to attempt to do the opposite and keep this week’s reflections brief.
On Wednesday, Jupiter enters its retrograde phase, adding a hue of expanded possibility, a desire for growth, and an urge to widen the landscape. We may find ourselves wanting to take up more space, feel a greater sense of potential, and seek a perspective that gives us an understanding from a higher vista.
Given that the planet of fortune is in the mercurial sign of Gemini, don’t be surprised if you find yourself at the receiving end of streams of varying facts, figures, details, and data points. Go slowly and breathe, steadily taking in the information that seems necessary—and eschewing that which appears superfluous—so that you can synthesize the varying facets of what’s being presented, and discover a truth that can ground you in understanding.
Just days later, we have Pluto shifting direct, with the dig-deep planet doing its final (at least for our lifetimes) forward-moving saunter in earthy Capricorn. With Pluto stationing the same week as Jupiter, the realm of the archetypal underworld may hold extra sway in our attention. We’re called to dive under, to explore the subterranean layers of our minds, as well as what others are presenting to us as reality.
As it’s often challenging to look at the BS that abounds, sometimes our inclination is to assume partial avoidance mode. Yet, this week, we may not have a choice but to come face to face with what’s both visible as well as what’s shrouded from view (whether by ourselves or others). After all, the concealed may take on volcanic force in its desire to be revealed.
And so, dig, look, and unearth. Release what’s outworn, make friends with your grief, and be honest with your feelings. In that, you’ll find the power to take on what’s in front of you, with a determination and ferocity sourced from the well of what drives you, what you love, what makes you human, and what connects you to the pulse of life, that which streams through you and everyone and everything.
Have a deeply transformative week!
xxStephanie
PS. In this month’s So Divine! podcast, Megan Skinner and I explore the Jupiter x Pluto station week, and speak to it in the context of the October Surprise. You can check out this exploration beginning at the 8:32 marker. Listen to it here on our website, or wherever you stream your podcasts.
Astrological Highlights
October 8: Mercury/Jupiter Trine; Venus/Mars Trine
October 9: Jupiter Stations Retrograde
October 11: Pluto Stations Direct
October 13: Sun/Chiron Opposition; Sun/Jupiter Trine; Mercury/Pluto Square; Mercury enters Scorpio
All days reflect Eastern Daylight Time (- 4 hours GMT)
Photos: Dawid Zawilla and David Cohen, via Unsplash
One of the things that I adore about astrology is its ability to connect us to cycles and rhythms, which is a topic I recently explored when I was a guest on The Outerknown podcast. In discussions with the co-hosts Jackie and Lane, we examined how to use astrology for self-discovery, how to ground oneself during collective turmoil, and how to quell our astrological anxiety. Tune in to this episode and dive deep on the cycles of the Moon, the movements of Pluto, how to work with planetary archetypes, and much, much more. Find it here on their website, or wherever you stream your podcasts.