ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS
Fall 2023: Realizing Your Needs
BY MISTY KUCERIS
Fall is often a time when the energies start shifting from adventure and discovery to preparation and renewal. During the summer months you want to wander. Yet by fall you start feeling winter is around the corner and you want to prepare for the shift of weather. For those of you who are gardeners, you realize this is the time to prepare for the harvest and dormancy of your crop. For others, you feel the need to think about the start of school, return to work, and other activities that mean spending more time indoors. While feeling these shifts is common, this year you will feel it a bit more than other years. Although this fall quarter and the month of September start with Mercury in retrograde motion, the real shifts you feel are caused by Venus in Leo turning from retrograde to direct on September 3rd, and Jupiter in Taurus moving from direct to retrograde motion the very next day. Venus went retrograde on July 22nd, and Jupiter will be retrograde from September 4th until December 30th. Retrograde motion always represents that time period where you need to slow down, take a breath, and evaluate circumstances and at- titudes surrounding the energies of the planet in retrograde. Often it’s difficult to start something new that relates to the energies of the ret - rograde planet. Sometimes something from the past comes back into your life because it was left undone and now needs to be completed. The energy of Venus tends to surround love, passion, relationships, finances, spending and savings. When Venus is in Leo, you want to be generous in your dealings with both relationships and finances. You also want other people to acknowledge your talents and skills as well as your generosity. When Venus in Leo was retrograde, you may have realized that sometimes people took advantage of your generosity. Or, perhaps you were too extravagant in your spending and you found it was time to start a savings program.
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