Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas - The Week of October 10th, 2022: The Full Moon in Aries occurs and Mars squares Neptune

Episode Date: October 10, 2022

In this podcast, New York Times bestselling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all. The astrology of the week of October 10th, 2022, reminds us that healing and hope go hand in hand. On Sunday, a big, bold Full Moon in Aries occurs conjunct Chiron — the minor planet we associate with our inner aches, pains, and growth edges — illuminating the ways we repair, share wisdom, and bear witness to ourselves. On Tuesday, Mars makes a sloshy square to Neptune, which could leave us feeling somewhat fatigued, run-down, or off-track. Then on Wednesday, Mercury makes its third and final opposition to Jupiter in this cycle, ushering optimism and good news back around. To close out the week, Venus then makes a lovely trine to Saturn and strengthens our commitments to the things that bring us joy. For more, check out your free daily horoscope on the homepage of the CHANI app. Android users can receive their free daily horoscope on the CHANI website. The CHANI app is currently only available for the iPhone, but we are working as hard and as fast as we can on an Android app. In the meantime, Android users can access our content by purchasing the Android Workshops on chaninicholas.com. The music featured in the podcast was created by Latashá.

The full moon in Ares is really active. It's going to make something incredibly obvious. It's a very energetic full moon. And it's also sitting right next to Chiron, the minor planet that is called the wounded healer. So one of the things that this full moon is going to highlight or bring about or make conscious is one of our wounds, what activates our wounds, how to hold them, how to work with them, and how to learn from them, how to be a mentee of them, if you will. And I don't know about you, but when something in me gets activated, I try to push any big feelings I have away.

But it's not until I pause, take a deep breath. and think to myself, what part of me is feeling this? And what kind of truth is that part of me making out of this feeling? It's not until I do that, that I actually have the ability to learn from what's coming up for me. And I think that this full moon is going to give us ample opportunity to do just that. This is the astrology of the week ahead podcast, and I'm your host, Chani Nicholas. In this podcast, we look at the astrology of the upcoming week and how it will be landing for all of us collectively. For a more personalized reading that dives into the ways that this week's astrology will play out for you,

download the Chani app for iPhone. In this episode, we are looking at the week of, of October 10th, but because our content comes out on October 9th at noon Pacific time, and because the full moon happens at 155 p.m. Pacific time, we're including the meaning of the full moon here in this episode and in your weekly readings. And before we get too deep into that, I just want to go over the tempo of the week. We start the week with a big full moon that happens on Sunday slash Monday, depending on your time zone. So we're starting after we've already peaked, right?

We need some time to recoup after the full moon. So Monday might feel a little slower than you'd like. You might be like, I already did the big thing and now I need another weekend. And just let yourself be in that state as much as is humanly possible. and be kind to yourself if it's hard to get things done or if it's hard to get going. For some of you, this full moon will just energize you and you can roll with that energy. But, you know, after you climb the hill, which is what a full moon feels like, it's often like, let me just stop and catch my breath for a second.

Now, there is some really, really helpful astrology after the full moon, save for one thing that happens midweek. Monday, Mercury moves into Libra and has us rethinking how we want to communicate in our relationships, yet again. On Tuesday, the sun makes a trying to Saturn, which is so lovely for building harmoniously with others. However, also on Tuesday, like late into Tuesday slash Wednesday, Mars makes a square to Neptune. Things get a little sloshy, and again, we might feel somewhat fatigued or low energy or just not quite on track. We might feel a little aimless and a little directionless, which, you know, is fine.

But just so that you know the red flag of the week is definitely that Mars Square Neptune happening Tuesday, Wednesday. And even if this astrology leaves us feeling a little unmoored, temporarily speaking, we've got some really good stuff happening on Wednesday and Thursday to help us through. So on Wednesday, Mercury makes its third and final opposition to Jupiter. This means that there's some kind of good news coming back around. The first time you heard about it was September 2nd. The second time was around September 18th.

And now on October 12th, we are finally closing the loop. Mercury is almost done with its post-retrograder. shadow. And this is the good part of it. This is when we get to make good on our promises or maybe other people get to make good on their promises or facts and figures get exaggerated, but it might actually help us in the end. There's definitely some big message that comes through and it does feel positive and optimistic. And it might help us to see the bigger picture or keep the bigger picture in mind when we're planning things and when we're ideating. Then on Thursday, Venus makes a trend with Saturn, which is very helpful in terms of committing to the things that bring us joy and

pleasure and ease and also to committing to each other, to making real, to making pledges to the people that we love and to feeling the commitment and the kind of confidence that can come when we commit to, a relationship long term or for the long haul. This is a mark of something being easy and lovely and helpful. Okay. So let's circle back around to the full moon. On a collective level, the full moon is going to be a big event that feels fiery, it feels active. It's probably going to create a stir. And one of the things that it might speak about, again, on a collective level, is something to do with healing and maybe even with health care. How do we care for those that are wounded? How do we take care of those that are in pain, physically, mentally, emotionally, et cetera?

So you might notice those kinds of themes going on on the world stage. And then just like interpersonally and. for your own life, you might just notice people being a little stretched, things being a little bit more challenging or, again, leaning towards a burnout kind of situation because it's Aries. Now, Aries is really exciting. It spurs us into action. We love getting all riled up. But because Kairan is in the mix, it's like getting riled up about the thing that hurts, which again can help us clarify. what that actually is. And we need a little bit of space to unpack that. So give yourself this space. Ask yourself those questions. What part of me is feeling this? Or what does this feeling remind me of?

What age was I when I first started to feel like this? And what meaning is my mind making out of this feeling? And is that really true? Or is it something that a, say, six-year-old would come up with in terms of logic because that's the best my little six-year-old brain could come up with. And am I still in that habit of thinking when this feeling comes up? So that's one way to kind of think about this, look at it to do with anything that's come up. And because you're probably listening to this on Sunday, you might be like, yeah, that's how I've been feeling all weekend or that's what's been happening all weekend because the full moon is one of those big events. that will color the day before, the day of, and the day after.

So we don't want to get lost in the personal. Astrology is not for just understanding ourselves. We want to also think of this collectively. And we are much better at serving the world and being in service of the world when we're really clear on who we are, what we need, and how to cater to our own needs so that we can show up in the world. the world. So also thinking of that collectively, this is a full moon. A lot of other planets are in Libra, which is about justice, and it is about other people. And so while the full moon is activating this place of self, Ares, it is balanced with the sun and Venus. And then on Monday, Mercury

moving into Libra, which is very other focused and very focused on equality. So what do you need to give yourself so that you can better show up for the things that you want to make sure are equal in both your life and your local environment, but also in the world. And I think this is a really great setup that reminds us that to honestly, realistically, be of service in the world, we have to be in it. We have to just be doing the thing and learning as we go. There is no waiting till we're healed or figuring stuff out and then, you know, trying to do the thing that we want to do. There's just being in it.

And living in life fully completely stretches us in the ways that we need to grow. And because Jupiter is in Ares right now and co-present with this full moon, it reminds us of that. It's like, hey, okay, have faith. You're going to figure it out as you. you're in motion. You're going to figure it out. You're going to come to awareness around what it is you need to do and learn and how you need to grow as you're in movement. As you are saying yes to something. And that is part of the balance is saying I'm not maybe all the way ready, but I'm ready enough. Let's go. And sometimes that in and of itself is the healing. So the part of your chart that contains

Ares is getting this big boost and this mass. moment of Chiron's medicine. If you want to understand more about that, definitely read your horoscope on Sunday. It will talk about the full moon and where it's landing for you, your daily horoscope. And also check out your weekly reading

because I go in deep with this one. And I think it's a really important full moon because of the kind of impact and imprint it's going to leave on us. like we're going to be unpacking the meaning of it for quite some time. Thank you all for writing to us for leaving App Store reviews. They help us so much and they really do lift our spirits. Here's a little note that we got recently from 10 Ciren.

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I'm sending you so many full moon blessings. Remember to be kind and caring and gentle with yourself. and each other when need be. Bye for now.