The Libra New Moon takes place Monday night, in a strikingly close conjunction to Ceres. Ceres represents the feminine principle as we associate her with Gaia, the Earth, the Virgin Mary and — fittingly given Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation — the collective grief of women.

We’ve been witnessing the effects of the Venus shadow this week, and now Venus is about to station retrograde. This week will end on a different note from the one it is beginning on, particularly in the public sphere.

Tomorrow’s Full Moon is conjunct Chiron and Salacia. I didn’t mention that in Friday’s special edition on the Full Moon. I said most of what I wanted to say there; I add some more in tonight’s Planet Waves FM; I’ll take a moment here and add Salacia and two other asteroids to the mix.

Let’s look ahead to an aspect on Oct. 10. That aspect is Venus retrograde in Scorpio, square Mars in Aquarius. As of this time, Venus will be newly retrograde, and Mars will have just cleared its shadow phase and have entered new territory for the first time.

Even people who are not into astrology know there’s a little something extra about Scorpio, in terms of its emotional depth, intensity, and something about sex and sexuality. In our times, this whole range of feelings is in the verboten category.

We have just lived through Martian Summer, and are about to experience Venusian Autumn. It would seem like for about half the population or more, this has been a particularly rough summer. We have some pieces to pick up, some damage to assess and repair, and maybe some issues to settle.

By the time you read this, the Pisces Full Moon will have already peaked earlier in the day. Yet even if you can feel a situation resolving or softening in one regard, you might still be experiencing a little agitation: tomorrow, at 10:05 am EDT (14:04:52 UTC), Mars finally stations direct after having been retrograde for two full months.

You might think of this week under the header of “transition.” Of course, we’re always in some kind of transition or another. But consider this: Mercury just stationed direct early this morning; we’re entering the final week of Mars retrograde, which has characterized the entire season; and on Thursday, the Sun enters Virgo.