And so….
Astrological events today & this weekend.
Today, Friday –
Scorpio Sun & Venus, Gemini then Cancer moon (Saturday).
Venus squares Pluto today (Scorpio/Aquarius).
Squares challenge us to a new direction, then to anchor that new direction by our actions. It’s a Saturn energy. Saturn is our first Teacher.
Today & Sunday – two retrogrades are in focus.
Uranus re-enters Taurus today, Friday. Continuing its retrograde thru next spring of 2026. Taurus can stabilize us. Uranus can change us, bring sudden revelations, events.
We observe what happens over time –
In retrogrades we enter into a quiet state of review.
Sunday, Mercury stations retrograde, our last Mercury retrograde for 2025. Mercury retrogrades at 6 degrees Sagittarius (almost 7 degrees). Returns to Scorpio, remaining retrograde thru Thanksgiving. It may be a different sort of Thanksgiving this year – with Mercury retro & Saturn stationing. We can plan on this.
A Thanksgiving Mercury retrograde party!
What would that be like? It sounds like fun!
Commemorations, events & national holidays today.
1. Fountain Pen Day – learning how to hand write again using a fountain pen w/ ink.
2. Bittersweet Chocolate w/ Almonds Day.
3. In India – acknowledging & praising the Motherland w/ song & a poem – Vande Mataram –
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Music today – Autumn Jazz – Coffee Shop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Reappearance Meditation today.
Complex day today – so much movement in the skies.
Reflected on earth & into the lives of all the kingdoms.
Scorpio (4) Sun. Venus enters Scorpio this afternoon.
The mysteries deepen in Scorpio. Or we are called to the mysteries (esoteric).
Gemini (2) moon begins at 7:20am (PT).
We talk today, make contact with the kingdoms, walk about here & there, gather information, sharing it. Gemini is like a moth, a butterfly, a firefly. From flower to flower, gathering nectar (information). Sharing it with everyone.
Gemini w/ Mercury together build the Rainbow Bridge, the pathway from the personality to the soul, traveling up & down the Constitution of Man (geography of the 7 dimensions w/ 49 sub dimensions we live in on Earth, building a bridge of light and color. Under the direction of the Soul, the personality becomes calm, quiet, directed & useful. Before the Soul direction, the personality can be like a wild beast to be tamed. This is the entire story of Hercules, the Scorpio Disciples & the 12 Tasks, Tests & Labours. Humanity is (we are) Hercules. And that is our story too.
Mars sextiles Pluto – Mars/action & PLuto/transformation – forming a friendship today in Sag/Aquarius – the vision for the new era comes forth.
Lots of transits today.
Each day we ask our students to hand draw the transits around their astrology charts.
Over time, with observation of both the transits & one’s life & events that occur, the student/aspirant learns about real time and change & realizes the fact that change only happens under the transits. So it’s paramount to study them. Astrology is a timing mechanism. What happens in the heavens, happens on earth too. The heavens is our study room.
And so…
Without the knowledge, study & daily observation of transits to one’s chart (how the planets in the sky in their constant movements affect our lives), we live, see, act thru a “glass darkly.” We are unawakened & unaware. Everything we feel is by chance.
And so….Venus inconjuncts Neptune today – Libra 3 / Pisces 2/6.
We can be in a bit of a fog today w/ Neptune dissolving our thinking process. Libra our thinking. Pisces our feelings. How to counteract this? We love more.
Venus enters Scorpio this afternoon & inconjucts Uranus.
Scorpio (4) & Uranus (7).
Whenever Ray 7 is involved, there is an anchoring of something into form & matter. With Scorpio, it’s a mystery. With Ray 4 it’s harmony emerging from conflict & chaos. We watch for the outcome of this transit – Venus/Uranus.
Revelations happen under Uranus.
Venus is very busy today – Ray 5 – concrete science, truth, knowledge. Scorpio – Ray 4.
Venus brings her love nature, her ability to unify opposites to the trials & tests of Scorpio. Venus is the outcome of the call to discipleship in Scorpio when we accept that call. Venus becomes our guide & elder sister. Venus is also money & resources. Scorpio is what we hold in common w/ others. Venus/Scorpio, a magnetic quality prevails. We seek a deep connection with the other. There is desire, aspiration. We investigate, we solve, strategize, read mysteries.
Upcoming:
Friday – Uranus re-enters Taurus – a stabilization occurs.
Or a sudden change in values, resources, money.
We observe what occurs – for the next several months –
Actually thru February 2026.
Sunday Mercury retrogrades 6 degrees Sagittarius.
We are already in Mercury’s retrograde shadow.
We observe how the retrograde affects our lives.
We find it humorous actually.
It’s National Saxophone day.
https://www.
Contemplating our astrology.
Listening to jazz – Music for an autumn day –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Below – a question, a need, a request to my readers.
See below.**
Today – Full moon festival today. Scorpio festival.
13 degrees Scorpio – the sign of the Magician.
Reaching into the Light – bringing it down to meet the need.
The White Magician – working with the Soul.
The White Magician works with the Soul to affect matter.
The Black Magician works with the form for their own ends.
Disciples are the White Magicians, the warriors triumphant.
Their eyes on the Eagle.
Mercury is the Magician – Mercury the Hierarchical ruler of Scorpio.
***To My Readers.
A request today, a question, a need.
Needing some magic to happen. Divine Intervention.
Seeing a need, responding to a need.
Question:
Are there any readers who live in Woodland Hills,, CA?
Or know someone who lives there, who has a room or place to rent/share?
A young person very important to me is in need of a place to live.
He is in his mid 20s. He wants a kitty. And needs to live in Woodland Hills.
The place needs to be in downtown Woodland Hills, so he can walk to work – to the Mall. He’s intelligent, a quiet peaceful gentle young man. He plays the guitar & sings.
Also, if anyone knows of a long term housesit thru Spring of 2026.
If you have any information that is real & practical (please no vague suggestions or want ads), please email me – risagoodwill@gmail.com – thank you…love, Risa
Reaching into my readership, to meet a need.
Thank you, everyone. Risa
Magical homes below.
Thoughts of home.
Home –
Below – a question, a need, a request to my readers.
See below.**
Today – Full moon festival today. Scorpio festival.
13 degrees Scorpio – the sign of the Magician.
Reaching into the Light – bringing it down to meet the need.
The White Magician – working with the Soul.
The White Magician works with the Soul to affect matter.
The Black Magician works with the form for their own ends.
Disciples are the White Magicians, the warriors triumphant.
Their eyes on the Eagle.
Mercury is the Magician – Mercury the Hierarchical ruler of Scorpio.
***To My Readers.
A request today, a question, a need.
Needing some magic to happen. Divine Intervention.
Seeing a need, responding to a need.
Question:
Are there any readers who live in Woodland Hills,, CA?
Or know someone who lives there, who has a room or place to rent/share?
A young person very important to me is in need of a place to live.
He is in his mid 20s. He wants a kitty. And needs to live in Woodland Hills.
The place needs to be in downtown Woodland Hills, so he can walk to work – to the Mall. He’s intelligent, a quiet peaceful gentle young man. He plays the guitar & sings.
Also, if anyone knows of a long term housesit thru Spring of 2026.
If you have any information that is real & practical (please no vague suggestions or want ads), please email me – risagoodwill@gmail.com – thank you…love, Risa
Reaching into my readership, to meet a need.
Thank you, everyone. Risa
Magical homes below.
Thoughts of home.
Home –
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