Mercury Mars Combinations Can Really Agitate the Mind

In episode 321 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look ahead at the astrology and planetary alignments for the month of October 2021. The astrology of October features a Mercury retrograde in Libra, plus Saturn and Jupiter stationing direct in Aquarius, and a New Moon in Libra and Full Moon in Aries. At the very end of the month Mars moves into Scorpio, beginning the climactic sequence that takes us into the end of the year. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. The Mountain Astrologer Magazine Our sponsor this month is the Mountain Astrologer Magazine, which is a quarterly publication for students and professionals of astrology. Kelly, Austin, and Chris Youtube.com/KellysAstrology AustinCoppock.com HellenisticAstrology.com/book/ Planetary Alignments for October Mercury stationed retrograde on September 27 New Moon in Libra October 6 Pluto stations direct October 6 Venus moves into Sagittarius October 7 Mercury retro conjoins Sun October 9 Saturn stations direct October 10 Jupiter stations direct October 18 Mercury stations direct October 18 Full Moon in Aries October 20 Sun into Scorpio October 23 Mars moves into Scorpio on October 30   Auspicious Astrological Date for October Chris forgot to mention this in the episode, but the auspicious date this month is: October 24, 2021, at 3:10 PM, with 21 Aquarius rising There's several other charts for October available in our electional astrology podcast. Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:36 October astrology overview 00:02:00 Update from Kelly 00:06:39 September astrology review 00:19:58 October 3-9 weekly astrology graphic 00:20:44 Mercury retrograde 00:23:25 Pluto significations 00:39:20 More on Mercury retrograde 00:41:04 Sun-Mars conjunction and New Moon in Libra 00:46:20 Mars in Libra examples 00:53:12 Mars-Sun conjunction 00:54:55 Venus enters Sagittarius on October 7 00:57:49 Venus conjunct South Node 01:02:30 Mercury-Mars conjunction 01:04:41 Mountain Astrologer magazine 01:11:36 Direct stations of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mercury 01:22:40 Libra planets trine Aquarius planets 01:24:37 Intensification of Saturn when it goes direct 01:26:10 Jupiter in Aquarius 01:27:50 Time to re-balance before November difficulties 01:32:19 Venus sextile Saturn 01:33:00 Sun trine Jupiter 01:33:20 Venus sextile Mercury 01:33:34 Jupiter and Mercury both go direct on October 18 01:34:08 Full Moon in Aries on October 20 01:34:58 Mars square Pluto 01:43:29 Sun enters Scorpio on October 23 01:44:50 Venus Jupiter 01:45:55 Neptune and illusion as a motivating factor 01:47:08 Mars enters Scorpio on October 30 01:49:10 Fixed signs heat up 01:52:03 Uranus 01:56:38 Get supply chains in order in October 01:59:35 Libra season 02:01:06 Kelly's upcoming events 02:03:21 Austin's upcoming events 02:05:07 Chris' book and course 02:06:54 2022 astrology conferences 02:09:22 Closing remarks Watch the Video Version of the October Forecast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgWF-bQGGtE - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 321 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode You can either play the audio version of this episode of the podcast directly from the website or download it as an MP3 to your device by using the buttons below: