Awesome Days: A Celestial Preview of the Yamim Noarim, 5784

Mercury/Kochav stations Direct in Virgo on Erev Rosh HaShanah (Friday 9/15), and the Sun in Virgo makes a sweet Earth Trine to Uranus/Oron in Taurus. Should be a "home sweet home" kind of day (though busy!) Take some time to smell the roses or the coffee, or whatever gives your sense of smell pleasure, and appreciate amidst all the pre-holiday hubbub that you're actually alive!

“Look to the Stars, Children!” A Vintage Rosh HaShanah Greeting Card, circa 1895

Venus/Noga in Leo squares retrograde Jupiter/Tzedek in Taurus on Rosh HaShanah Day 1 (Saturday 9/16). That's a cosmic warning not to over-indulge (especially while eating!). The Moon is in Venus-ruled Libra during both days of Rosh HaShanah. Pleasure, partnership, company, and social activity galore - don't fool yourself regarding the stamina you think you possess!

The Moon enters Scorpio for Tzom Gedalyah, Monday 9/18. NOW you can be hard-core.

The Sun in Virgo opposes Neptune/Rahav in Pisces on Tuesday 9/19. With the Moon in Scorpio that day, the tendency is to be super-sharp and probing, but get lost in segues to nowhere. Details lead down slippery slopes. Be prepared for what's at the bottom.

The Sun in Virgo trines retrograde Pluto in Capricorn on Wednesday 9/20. It's the perfect time to come to terms with the reality of your personal material world, and your relationship to power - your own, and that of others.

The Autumnal Equinox / Tekufah Tishrei comes on Friday 9/22, preceded by several hours by the First Quarter Moon at 29 degrees Sagittarius. That means the Sun in Virgo's final aspect to the Moon at the First Quarter Square (all Squares, Conjunctions & Oppositions are in the same Modality, in this case, Mutable) before the Sun enters Libra (23:50 Pacific time on 9/22, 2:50am Eastern time on 9/23, 21:50 Israel time on 9/23). 

Shabbos Shuva, Saturday 9/23, Venus in Leo trines "Wounded Healer" Chiron in Aries. "Confession is good for the soul" and vulnerably courageous truth-telling heals hearts.

Mars/Ma'dim in Libra opposes Chiron in Aries on Sunday 9/24, Erev Yom Kippur. We already know there's no vertical forgiveness without horizontal forgiveness! Dare to be vulnerable and do the right thing. A thousand pounds of regret will lift from your heart.

Yom Kippur sees Mercury in Virgo trine Retrograde Jupiter in Taurus. It all comes together on a perfect perfect day for expressing how you really feel to G*d in a really BIG (Jupiter) way! Don't hold back - ask for everything!

May your High Holy Days be

THE HIGHEST

OF THE HIGH!