By Lola Babalon

Welcome to another ‘slice’ of the astrological pie in the sky. A brief personal sidebar and invitation:
On 11-11 I’ll start a six week online course on Tantra4One at Arcanorium College It’s about empowering your relationship with yourself and others. “Everybody is Tantric, liberate your Ecstatic Self!“ Check out the event page on my site, or visit theirs. The college is a premier metaphysical teaching facility and offers much cutting edge thought and inspiration. Back to the planets:

There is a famous Chinese proverb that says: “May you live in interesting times.” Or maybe it’s rather a curse, or a blessing? Times are certainly interesting these days, with half of the planets convened in the sultry sign of Scorpio, including Mercury retrograde and Jupiter the heavyweight. This creates a certain leverage likely to stir up deeply emotional responses, especially about things that were swept under the rug in the past. The water signs Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio will be in their element, while all others may take turns feeling overwhelmed, irritable or like being thrown into the deep end of the swimming pool.

Scorpio
The sign with the stinger is known for it’s affinity to sex, death and transformation. All of life’s major mysteries rolled into one here. Scorpio’s are the toughies of the zodiac. They go through more radical change and dramatic upheavals than almost any other sign. It’s not that life is just being extra hard on them, it’s more like Scorpio requires a different, more drastic, passionate response. There is much physical resiliency. These people can frequently “eat, drink and smoke just about anything, like a good witch should.”
Scorpio’s have a natural inclination for occult and metaphysical matters. Being the sign of fixed water, Scorpio’s get into deep attachments and may find it equally difficult to let go.

It’s going to be exciting times for the famous Topanga Scorpion’s:
Happy Birthday one and all, especially to Randy Harrison, Dale Franzen (who moved to the Palisades), Roberta Gallager (who has yet to move here), Jane Marla Robbins, Olaf Hartmann, Heidi Light and Jed Levy. May it be your best year ever!

Calendar
Here’s an outlook for the next month, not all dates are listed because there aren’t exact aspects all the time. You will feel this more strongly if your birthday falls on or near them.



Nov 1
Mercury square Saturn, Venus trine Uranus
Communication challenges or mishaps, so be diligent with your expression. A fine day to surprise your lover or try something totally new and different.

Nov 3
Sun trines Uranus
Good for stretching the envelope. In the Tarot Uranus is represented by the Fool. So feel encouraged to leap before you look.

Nov 5
Full Moon 13* Taurus
Good for major shifts in your inner or outer world. It’s a passionate, sensuous time. High emotional tides for the fixed signs: Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio. Enjoy!

Nov 6
Venus square Neptune
This affects your tastes reality perception, so keep your feet on the ground and beware of over indulging. Keep the credit cards at home and think twice about that extra helping of cream pie.

Nov 7
Mercury conjuncts Venus
An impulsive day with little fore or hindsight, as above. It’s like peoples heads are hotwired to their heart.

Nov 8
Mercury squares Neptune, Mars trines Uranus, Mercury eclipses Sun
Adds tension and impulsivity to the mix. Unusual currents, watch out for electrical outages or mishaps.

Nov 9
Sun square Neptune
Hand it over to a higher power, good for meditation, creative artwork

Nov 11
Mercury conjunct Mars
Speak with courage and eloquence, there is no need to mince the words.

Nov 12
Venus square Saturn
Check your finances, Realign yourself with to a higher purpose and focus ahead.

Nov 13
Mercury trine Uranus
Necessity is the mother of invention, great ideas outside the box of commonsense.

Nov 15
Venus conjunct Jupiter
Get carried away. Strong appetites on all levels, enjoy!

Nov 16
Sun square Saturn
Things feel serious today, plan ahead, budget, plan for next year.

Nov 17
Venus enters Sagittarius, Mars square Neptune, Mercury SD
Adventure, look out for things moving too fast, especially if it’s foggy. Mercury does the round about, go ahead, sign those papers now.

Nov 19
Uranus SD (stations direct)
Here the influence of the Fool archetype is felt strongly. Be courageous, leap before you look. Anything can happen and then some, Aquarians rejoice.

Nov 20
New Moon 28* Scorpio
A good time for introspection, nearly ready to let go of the emotional rollercoaster.

Nov 21
Sun conjunct Jupiter
Optimism on all levels, expansion, great ideas. Go ahead: let yourself get carried away.

Nov 22
Sun enters Sagittarius, Mercury trines Uranus
As the planets shift into Sag there is more emotional freedom, optimism and opportunities for everybody. Get unstuck, flexible, go with the flow.

Nov 23
Jupiter enters Sagittarius, Thanksgiving Day
Here is a perfect day for large scale jovial celebration. Try to counteract the tendency to over-indulgence and over-doing things. You may say, eat or drink a lot more than initially planed, so try potion control, restraint and perhaps some digestive bitters.

Nov 25
Venus square Uranus
Feeling a bit bristly these days? Need more time-out, personal space and freedom? Communicate clearly and carefully, try something new and different. If you are shopping today: go for unusual, unconventional things.

Nov 28
Moon eclipses Uranus, Mercury square Neptune, Mars square Saturn
Today is an impatient day with lots of tension and potential for misunderstandings and confusion. Keep your feet on the ground and avoid confrontations with authority figures or huffy young men.

To be continued next month

“A Slice of Heaven” is a monthly Astrology column that provides self help insights on making good use of the planetary influences. If you are curious and would like to learn more, I’m available for consultations and will be soon be teaching an online course on Divination and Tantra4One.
I’m a Topanga Psychic, Astrologer and Herbalist and provide insights, hands-on healing, spiritual counsel and no-nonsense readings for individuals, couples and groups. I also produce herbal tinctures, fine aphrodisiac Lovepotions and can be found online at www.sexpeace.net or call 310/596-0295

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