Astrology for Wednesday, 30 October 2019:

​Today Venus makes a conjunction to Mercury in Scorpio just before Mercury stations retrograde tomorrow. Venus is coming to the end of its time in Scorpio, but we may not yet have words for all that we have been uncovering about ourselves and our relationships to love, desire, and pleasure. Even as we begin to integrate different approaches to what it means to love and be loved, we are just beginning to find how to translate these experiences and perspectives to others in our lives. This conjunction is part of Mercury’s assignment for this retrograde: Mercury is preparing for several weeks of reviewing, reflecting, and remembering its way through the part of our charts occupied by Scorpio. Venus conjunct Mercury today reminds us to also ask ourselves how this process of review and reflection relates to our experiences of our own lovability and how we express love for others. This is emphasized further by Mars—the ruler of Scorpio—in Libra, the sign of Venus. The Moon in Sagittarius makes a square to Neptune in Pisces, and we may lose track of the focus of our journey. Why you are moving in the direction in which you are moving may feel diffuse or disoriented. In these moments of disorientation, notice what else comes into view. Neptune can derail our pursuit of linear progress, but in so doing, we may also encounter unexpected inspiration or invitations into different states of reality.