Why This Week Feels Like a Tinderbox (and How to Stay Cool)

0:00This week starts off quite tough, gets even tougher, and then hopefully ends quite well. Welcome to my Friday forecast for the week ahead. Alright, so one thing to really vary in mind right now is what you're saying this week could come back to haunt you later. We have Mercury squaring Mars and Enfluto, both on October the 2nd, which is Friday and the day that this video drops. So Mercury with Mars and Pluto, it's kind of intense, it's words under pressure. Just be really careful what you're saying to people if you're in a tight situation you don't want to say too much. You might regret what you say now if you say it in anger. You may feel that you are being corded into saying something you're not ready to say yet, and if that's the case I would highly recommend that you do not say anything. And also this week, the thing is as you know by now we've got Venus about to go retrograde

1:01which is only going to make things more complicated. So don't just say anything this Friday Saturday Sunday because you want to win an argument, okay, just don't because it will backfire. We have a fixed T-square involving Mercury in Scorpio, Mars in Leo and Pluto in Aquarius. It's really entrenched and there's a real feeling that people are not going to want to back down, okay? So if you start to get yourselves into a really tense situation with someone Friday Saturday Sunday, ask yourself, am I communicating or am I just trying to win this point or win this argument? Because no good ever came from communicating just because you want to come out on top. Mercury is Scorpio and we'll be going retrograde before too long and that's why there could be things you say now which sort of come back to haunt you later. But for the simple reason that Mercury will backtrack over where it is right now and there

2:03will be echoes and repeats just as we're having with Venus. So there's a lot of backtracking going on right now. There's a lot of energy that's all about the past, what happened? Do I want to remedy it? Do I want to undo what's happened? There's a lot of energy around for reconciliation as well. And what's interesting is that the missing fixed sign in the T-square is Taurus, okay? And that's really interesting because Taurus is ruled by Venus which is the planet that's going retrograde this week for the first time in 18 months. You could say that Taurus provides the medicine to what's going on in the skies with all this clashing Friday Saturday Sunday. And Taurus is very grounded energy and it's slow and steady. So if you do find yourself getting into an argument with someone or saying things you suspect you might regret later, the thing to do is slow it down.

3:04You know, if you can possibly go somewhere, take your shoes off and ground yourself or if you're like me and you have a grounding blanket, put that on your bed and just make sure you try and use the Taurus energy that's missing from this T-square as the medicine to remedy the problem. And it's really important to note as well that this Mercury Mars clash happening on Friday, happening today, the video comes out, is actually going to repeat itself, okay? So it's happening on October 2 and then as you know, Mercury is going forwards right now. And to actually get a repeat of this clash on October 30, once Mercury is retrograde and then the third path will be December 9. So October 2, October 30, December 9, it's all kind of part of the same conversation that you might find yourself having and having again and having again and having again and it's going to be taking place wherever Scorpio is in your chart, okay?

4:05So you all have Scorpio in our chart somewhere, it might be your love zone or your money zone or your travel zone or your work zone and that's where this energy is all going to be taking place. I will say if you're in my mainly Menology membership, I will of course be sending you a PDF so you can find out exactly where all this is taking place. And if you're not in my membership, it's $1 for a two week trial, sign up at mainlymenologymembership.com. So be aware that what starts now could have three chapters to it, which are going to take us all the way through to the last month of the year and also whatever happens now, if it doesn't go the way you wanted to, you know, don't assume it's over, assume that it's going to be a conversation you're going to continue to have. Menastations retrograde on October 3, so that's going to be Saturday at 8 degrees, 29 minutes of Scorpio. So again, if you know where Scorpio is in your chart, then you know where you're getting all this energy and actually you could also get a free chart, moonmessages.com forward

5:10slash free chart, moonmessages.com forward slash free chart, that's a chart I've created and on the last page it will literally say Scorpio rules your whatever house. So that's another way to find out. Venus going rich, you go to take space just before another massive, massive energy shift, which is Mars opposite Pluto. So one thing that I always have said about in astrology when people say, well, how does astrology work? I'll say, well, you know, say for example, Venus shines Jupiter. That's going to be a generally lovely day for most people. It doesn't matter what star, funny, while where it is in your chart, but Venus trying Jupiter today is always going to be a generally pretty nice day. However, if you want the opposite, like a Mars Pluto day is going to be really challenging for a lot of people and that's what we've got this week because Mars and Mars is angry, Pluto is furious. Okay, and they're clashing, they're opposing. So and that's taking place October 3 Saturday.

6:10Okay, so in the lead up to the weekend, just be aware that tensions are really high. There can be sort of power struggles around sex and people's egos getting put out of joint, jealousy, trust, control issues. Only issues and self-worth issues because we've got that Venus retrograde as well, which also brings up questions about self-worth, what do I value, who do I value, are they taking me for granted, am I taking them for granted and so on. So a really good question to ask yourself, if you do find yourself getting into an upset this week is ask yourself, what are we actually fighting about? You know, what's this actually about? Try and get to the bottom of it because there's so much tumultuous energy right now. And just a reminder, 2018, Venus was retrograde in the same sort of cycle that she's retrograde now, which is moving through Scorpio and then back into the bra in this case. And so ask yourself, how have I felt this before? What I'm feeling now, have I felt it before?

7:12Because maybe you have been through this before and maybe you already know how to deal with the issues that are coming up. Okay, I said at the start of today's episode that the week starts off tricky and then gets even trickier. So that was the Mercury, Mars, Pluto, T-square, clash and then Venus going retrograde and then Mars opposing Pluto and I said it gets easier. It does actually start to get a little bit easier by, well, the end of the week really. We have a few other things to deal with. We've got Sunsatin. That's going to be a reality check. It's Libra Aries. So if you have those two signs prominent in your chart with planets or angles there, you're going to feel it. It's going to be about, you know, you are you and I and me, maybe you want space from someone. Venus retrograde can be a time when people want space. We talk a lot about Venus retrograde being a time when X is reconciled and they often do. But it can also be a time when you want to take some space and detach and really see how you feel about someone or something.

8:13So there could be people putting down boundaries and giving out consequences for not respecting those boundaries. And it's very much a time to face something that you have been avoiding. If you've been avoiding things. And then the good news is end of the week, Mercury, Conjuring Venus, which is lovely. Mercury be at eight Scorpio Venus station at eight Scorpio. And so the conversations that you have at the end of the week are going to give you a chance to sort of catch up with where you are emotionally. The seventh is actually Wednesday. So we get to the middle of next week and things are going to start to make a lot more sense. You know, you can ask yourself, what do I wish that I had said? What deserves another conversation because the conversation went a bit off the rails last time. You know, maybe there could be an apology. There could be a declaration of love. There could be an explanation. There could be a renegotiation. So by the middle of next week, hopefully, things will settle down. My best advice is don't let things get out of control.

9:15Anyway, I'm not really into being an avoidant. In fact, I'm not an avoidant. I don't think my attachment style is an avoidant at all. However, I would say if there's someone you're kind of on tentahooks with right now, this astrology is going to be challenging. And I'm not always a fan of saying, you know, maybe give that person a wide burst if you know that things could go a little bit pear-shake, but I would say it this week because it is pretty tumultuous. Or if you have to see someone or you really, really want to see them, try and transmute all these energies. And I'm going to tell you how to do that really quickly. Number one, Friday, Saturday, have the tough conversation without getting upset, you know? Put a lot of effort into having that tough conversation. And understand that if you can get through that tough conversation, it can literally change everything because Plutus involved Mercury's squaring miles then Plutus. Plutus is the planet of magic, okay?

10:16And it's the planet that lets you throw out the dead wood. It lets you burn things down so something new can come. So if you're brave enough to be able to keep your cool and have the tough conversation, it could work out. Plus we also have something I didn't mention, which is Mars, Trining Neptune, which again is like an hidden escape hatch, you know? It's an energy where you can bring in compassion or kindness or spirituality. So do that. And also, you know, do what you said you were going to do. Be responsible to your ninja, the Sun, Satin energy that's coming up. And also accept that there could be a lot of sexual heat around. And that's a way to work through some of these energies if you're lucky enough to have someone in your life you can enjoy that with. Get into it. You know, like enjoy it because I don't want to give you a prediction. It's like everything's going to be really awful. But it is a little bit of a tinderbox this week. And then finally, we actually get a lovely Mars Uranus alignment. You know, chasing's up, chasing the pattern, trying something different, things can move

11:20really fast by the end of the week. In the spiritual new age community, as they call us, people say you must live consciously. You know, what does it mean to live consciously? Well, you know, living consciously can be as simple as listening to something like this and then thinking, okay, I know things are going to be tricky. I'm not going to maybe do what she said and be avoidant because I don't really think that's great advice. But you know, like I also think of it's a very, very tricky situation. It might be the best way to handle stuff. You know, but I'm willing to go in there and have the tough conversations that can change everything. Okay, if you can live that consciously this week, you will be doing yourself a massive, massive favour. So, something that really early in the week works can inflame, but they might be words having if you can stay cool. Mid-week, there could be some reality checks or a feeling of becoming more stable and solid and later in the week, actually things could start to work out the way you want them to do. Keep meditating, keep praying, keep visualising, keep doing all the things that you do that

12:22make you feel good. Keep walking the dog or walking in nature or taking a long bath or whatever you do. Just look after yourself this week, okay? Because it's the start of a new cycle. This Venus Rector grade is going to be pretty intense because Scorpio is not a walk in the park energy. It's really intense. It's like, what really matters to you? And about time you stood up and put your colours to the mast and told us, you know, or re-evaluating what really is important to me, all that kind of stuff. Those of you who knew here, I'm Yasvan Bolin, I'm the creator of Moonology, I'm an astrology with 25 years experience. Please follow me if you love astrology, the moon, manifesting and all that good stuff.