Astrology for the Week of September 20th, 2021: Pisces Full Moon, Equinox, & Mercury Retrograde

Are you ready for change?  Did you think that 2021 was bringing "the new," and didn't deliver on its promise?  Well then, get ready, because equinox (Wednesday, September 22nd) is the gateway through which we access the real magic 2021 has for us.  

Up until now we've been laying the foundation, doing the groundwork, for what's in store for us in the remaining months of this year.  

From now through the end of the year, we are in rolling waves of change sweeping us forward into "the new."  2021 is a big year of transition, and we are about to start seeing the results of the work we've been doing all year.  

This change is basically coming in four parts ~ Mercury retrograde in aspect to Jupiter and Pluto from now until the beginning of November along with Pluto, Saturn, and Jupiter stationing direct in October, Scorpio season (sun, Mercury, and Mars in Scorpio squaring Saturn and then opposing Uranus, respectively), eclipse season, and then the big finale-the third and final square between Saturn and Uranus on December 24th, Jupiter back into Pisces on December 28th, and Uranus direct on January 18th.  (And lets not forget Venus' retrograde in Capricorn in December.)

If you've been waiting for the shift this year, this is your week.  This week we walk through the gateway that opens the door to the new.

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The Pisces full moon, exact Monday, September 20th, 2021, is a culmination of whatever began six months ago with March 13th's dreamy new moon in Pisces. 

March 13th was just before equinox (sun into Aries), and about a month after the first of three Saturn-Uranus squares on February 17th (the second was June 14th, and the final one, the resolution of the issue, is coming up on December 24th).

A lot has happened in the past six months. 

Pluto, Saturn, then Jupiter stationed retrograde and have been keeping us in "review mode" over this period of time as well.   This particular full moon is getting intense transformation vibes from Pluto too, giving it substantially more clout.  

And on the heels of this full moon, things are moving forward - in October, all three retrograde planets will be stationing direct and resuming forward motion, plus Mercury stations retrograde for the third and final time this year this coming weekend on September 26th.   (It stations direct October 18th, just after the third of the three planets, Jupiter, stations direct on October 17th.)

Also on Monday, we get the feel for a new energetic dynamic on the scene that will be a major player from now through the beginning of November, as we move through Mercury's retrograde in Libra. 

As Mercury moves through its final air sign retrograde this year, helping us renovate in the area of thinking and communications in our lives, it will trine Jupiter and then square Pluto three times. 

Jupiter is the planet of beliefs, and brings growth, expansion, gifts, and abundance, and Pluto is the planet of shadows, power, transformation, and regeneration.  Mercury rules the mind.  So this dynamic that is weaving together Mercury's final retrograde with both Jupiter's and Pluto's is going to be helping us birth new thinking and ideas into reality in some form, and it's going to be big.

Mon. 9/20
Full Moon 28 deg Pisces 5:54 p.m., MST; moon enters Aries 9:12 p.m., MST; Mercury trine Jupiter (#1 of 3).
Tues. 9/21
Waning moon in Aries.
Wed. 9/22
Waning moon in Aries; sun enters Libra 1:20 p..m., MST (equinox); Mercury squares Pluto (#1 of 3).
Thurs. 9/23
Waning moon in Taurus; Venus opposition Uranus.
Fri. 9/24
Waning moon in Taurus.
Sat. 9/25
Void moon 7:09 a.m., MST, to 6:30 p.m., MST; Mars trines Saturn.
Sun. 9/26
Waning moon in Gemini; Mercury stations retrograde at 25 degrees Libra 11:10 p.m., MST (until October 18th). 

On Wednesday, September 22nd, the sun arrives in Libra, marking equinox, the gateway when light and dark are in balance.

This equinox is an extra special one, as it marks a major turning point in the astrology of 2021.  We still have some bumps ahead as planets transiting Scorpio make the last of the growth aspects for this year to the Saturn-Uranus square, setting us up for resolution on December 24th, but overall, we are moving forward and things are now beginning to fall together.

​Are you ready?

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