Starcodes Nov. 12, 2010; Heather Roan Robbins

[WhiteTara]

This week's mood is honest, curious, motivated, with potentially shocking truths but generally agreeable undertones. We have work to do as Mars and Mercury conjunct in straight-shooting Sagittarius and both sextile hard-working Saturn.

Without stress, the mood defaults to pleasant camaraderie provided by Venus in sociable Libra and Mars in forward-thinking Sagittarius, but we may tend to hang with people we agree with and avoid people we don't, unless we're looking for a rumble. Venus in Libra likes everyone to get along. Mars conjunct Mercury in Sagittarius offers an honesty that's perfectly happy to cut through the crap whatever the cost; it means to get real, not to hurt, though it can bring an absolutely tactless, pugnacious, even mischievous compulsion to "tell the truth" as we see it that minute. When these planets work together we can find tactful ways to seek the truth together, remembering that truth is many-faceted and complex. When this Mars runs on its own, we may think we have a monopoly on the truth. While it can be essential to hold people accountable and break open some personal or political mythology, before we speak let's ask if our compulsive honesty is really useful or are we just answering an internal itch to cause trouble.

Sagittarius likes to move; with Mars and Mercury in active, impatient, earth-connected Sagittarius, it can be great medicine to get out and hike in the woods or go see some far reaching non-human vista. Even to feed the pigeons or walk the dog connects us with a non-human awareness and so broadens our own. This impatience can shake things up in the work world, since people want to push the river and make things happen, let's make sure our voice is in there and we are involved in the changes.

This momentum may cramp our social life unless we can work in sociable surroundings. With Venus and Mars friendly, flirtatious, but easily distracted signs, we may have trouble finding the time we need to connect and cannot take it personally if our beloveds are distracted. We all have work to do. It's a good week to straighten out a misunderstanding or technical snafu, deal with some intransigent legal or bureaucratic tangle.

this looks to be a big week.
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