Early October 2006 - Mercury in Scorpio Triggers the Grand Irrationality

by Robert Wilkinson

October 1-2-3-4 Mercury moves through the Scorpio Grand Irrationality zone, triggering that on-going “destiny provoking” energy wherever we have Gemini, Virgo, and early Scorpio, as well as the other zones discussed in this article. After you finish reading this post, check out the links above to get a broader understanding of the forces pressuring humanity at present.

For those who can’t wait, the hot zones of the Grand Irrationality at present are around 24-27 Sagittarius, 16-19 Aquarius, 7-9 Aries, 29 Taurus-1 Gemini, 21-24 Cancer, 11-13 Virgo, and 1-4 Scorpio. Expect significant events on October 2-3 due to the Moon in Aquarius conjunct Neptune, septile Pluto, and biseptile transiting Mercury. When any one or more points are being transited, you will get resonance in all the other spots, so if you have a planet in those zones, heads up!

Yowzer! Important shifts and changes, deadlocks broken, stagnant energies repolarized, and “spectacular reactions to seemingly insignificant acts.” This period will reveal our “true stature” if we rise to the occasion and use everything at our disposal to bring some conflagration under control.

This heralds major events toward the end of October, since the Sun, Venus, and Mars all traverse the early Scorpio span then. For now, Mercury can be of assistance for all of us to learn what we need to anticipate the series of “destiny producing” events to come in a few weeks. Try not to let the pandemic irrationality get to you, and learn good management skills, since we’ll be dealing with this for some time to come.

Comments

[abacus]

Robert, i cannot begin to tell you how crazy this time has been...last week, the one before this, was wierd - from work to gadgets to relationships failures - everything in my world was shook up and taken away - thankfully my house and sense of home remained - but only that - all that i strived for in the last couple of years is almost taken away...and i did not know how it all hit me at once and nothing that i did - that was the strangest part...i am rambling coz then i held back from posting coz i did not want to scare readers but now that more irrationality is around the corner - i am freaking out...phew! God Bless and lets pray !

[Indigo225]

The past 2.5 years for have been crazy for me. Never in my life have I gone through any humongous changes from friendships, relationships, jobs, and financial structure. Quite frankly, I'd rather eat peanut butter and mustard on top of scrambled eggs, than what I've gone through...and September '06 was the month I was going to reach the end of my rope and lose almost everything that I had been struggling these past 2.5 years. However, all was finally settled yesterday when something extraordinary happened, realizing that all will be okay now. Unlike a previous post that suggested a lot craziness in recent weeks, I've been experiencing it for 2.5 years, so when I reached my ending, I wasn't freaking out...it was just another day for me. I didn't have the energy to freak out any longer...all of that was gone months ago. The only choice I had was to let it be done, and it was. For what it's worth, all that I've learned in these past 2.5 years, I don't think I should have to learn any more, right???...yeh, whatever. Life is all about learning...I just didn't want to learn so much in large chunks at once; instead I wanted to learn bits and pieces every now and again...maybe this is what I'll get moving forward (Pisces Sun, Scorpio Rising, Gemini Moon).

[abacus]

Indigo, i can understand how you feel about changes and yes - i too wish they had been slower, smaller ... as long as you can express and get it out its fine - thats the best one can do in some circumstances, take care !

[abacus]

i was reading a book by Bill Green who is a Zen Buddhist and he had some lovely things to say about changes - i passed the book to a friend or i would have quoted - but he suggests if we rise above and look at changes - howmuchever we may hate what happens to us - or whosoever does something to us that we end up disliking the person - we are one being - its one part of ours creating the change for the other, so who do we blame ? All through the last 3-4 years I have also seen so much change and its caused me so much anger and grief and whats worked best for me is to just forgive, find forgiveness for whatever it is we are blaming and keep moving on. It helps me a lot.

[Don]

Everyone-

It is going to be alright. This thing effects me very directly, trust me, I'm incapable of fibbing about the important stuff in this life.

THANK YOUR BROTHERS,

Don.

[Colleen Sauve]

Well Robert significant indeed nobody had put it as well as you. But for once after Three or so very difficult times I am experiencing relief and progress it's like I am somebody totally different and would not have been so otherwise Endings yes but the clarity to see that these were neccesary and part of the reason for the sense of relief Beginnings for sure :)escape from a narrow destiny EXACTLY unexpected events? AN UNDERSTATEMENT... thank you for your site.Colleen

[robert clark]

Indigo. I have the same sun, moon and rising (2/20/56). The last year and a half has brought both parents passing, a friends suicide and many other losses. Hardest was a long term partnership ended by an affair. I've stopped wondering when the pain will end, though my capacity for it amazes me. I'm sure this is part of the profound unfoldment that is transformation not just change. Thanks for sharing.

[Indigo225]

Wow! I thought I was just a number in the crowd with my 2.5 years of learning in drastic measures within chunks, but to know that there are others in my circle helps the healing. Thank you to those who shared their stories, or those who have read mine and understand. All of us earthbound souls are 1, not many, and as we share, we can overcome the negative connotation of any transformation. My story in a nutshell: got laid-off, went back to school, graduated, couldn't find a decent job. Lived on unemployment, credit cards, loans, and any lower paying job I could find...in the end, almost lost everything I own. Went through friendships like crazy by cleaning house and getting rid of baggage. Relationships weren't to my chagrin either...I found myself in more trouble than what it's worth. Then, a situation came up and put me into a large lawsuit, which was finally settled in my favor. Now, I'm trying to start a new life. Like a previous poster, I'm a someone totally different today than what I was 2.5 years ago...hopefully, all of this will be well worth the pain for years to come. Robert Clark, hang in there.

[msgeminirisin]

Talk about crazy- my uncle, who's Sun is currently being assaulted by Pluto (conjunction), went to Vietnam to marry some woman for $10,000!

[Larissa Pond]

Irrationality..... mess.... too many unexpected events happened within the last 3 weeks of September! You mean more to come? I felt greatly platonically attached to one person - now I am losing him without letting him know. He made a sudden decision to change all things in life. I feel puzzled, lost, irritated to a highest degree, and yet, helpless and overwhelmed.......... what is goin on? I am an Aries and feel that the world is betraying me. I have nevr felt such love before,and now it is leaving me. Events are ruffled, results are unexpected. What is it?

[Larissa Pond]

One more note: I can't handle this energy. Overwhelming, provoking, demanding results and answers. Energy feels like spilled water running without control in different directions. It has to stop somehow, because I can't change its course... I feel destiny slipping away

[Kanya]

Thanks so much for writing these articles. My experience with the grand irrationality started the weekend of my birthday in 2004. It seemeed like the veil really started thinning and I started having really intense visions and dreams. My life has changed dramatically--for the better, yes, but the changes have been painful at times and most of them seem as though they are yet to come. I have many new and supportive friends that really "get me" now. This really helps a lot because there have also been a lot of intense things happening--people dying, killing themselves, job changes, etc. Last week my friend had a freak accident and was dragged under her car in front of my house as she was leaving! I know I couldn't make it if I didn't meditate each day, pray each night, and forgive, forgive, forgive. (Gemini sun, Leo rising, Cancer moon) Thanks again for your great work.

[Don]

Robert- People

One God, eternal. Only people are irrational. I've got my Map and pack, rowing over the rapids.
I'm a Scorpio for any of you that don't know me. Really, things are alright. Trust in God, read Roberts Septile series stuff and deal with things the best you can, as they arise! Astrology=Logic and a plan. (I'm taking a liberty by suggesting your work that really helped me lately, Robert.) Specifically, the "Love Dad" article, or type 'forgiveness' in the search-box, above and right.

No matter what, I love all of you people. Kanya, I do it like that to. My seperate faith(s) work together.

Perservere, be good!

[Patricia]

I completely relate to all comments. These have been quite unusual times. One thing that really makes me think about the influence of astrology, is that I am Leo (born 07/30/1968) and Jupiter is supposed to be on my 4th house.

But, this year I moved to house that only caused me and my husband lots of trouble with neighbors and with the constructors (we are also in the middle of a lawsuit), my father had a stroke last month and entered a vegetative coma state, my mother had a terrible nervous breakdown, and on top of all it seems we have some gremlins in the house, everyday something breaks, which cost lots of time and money to fix.

I never thought Jupiter transits could be like that….

Hang in there. Bless all,

[Robert]

Hi all -

Good to see you back, abacus. Sorry this is such a difficult time for you, but take comfort that you're not alone, as many of us are riding the tiger. Sometimes life does avalanche on us, and for me, they've been the times where I found my strength, knew who my friends were and weren't, and got focused. And to quote a dear friend of mine, "I'm praying as fast as I can." Hang in there, since we'll be living with the irrationality for some time to come. Forgiveness helps, as does a new perspective and new initiatives.

Hi Indigo225 - With Pisces Sun, Scorpio Rising, Gemini Moon you've been hammered by Uranus and/or Pluto, and definitely by the series of Fixed T-squares and Crosses we've all been dealing with for over a year. Glad your worst fears didn't come true, and that everything righted itself when all was said and done. And sometimes it's all for the purpose of our need to freak out and see that when it's all said and done there was really no need to freak out. Burning out the nerve, so to speak, since freaking out never gets the job done, and at best just moves us to move however we move. In any case, glad your crisis is over, and you now stand freed from old fears and traps. I regularly clean house and get rid of baggage, since if I don't, my process will inevitably make me do so whether I want to or not. And yes, transforming the pain and sorrow into strength and joy is worth the work.

Hi Don - Yes, and I know you're speaking from personal experience. Thanks for stopping by.

Hi Colleen - I also know I am a different person than I was even 6 months ago due to recent radical and strange events creating a huge shift in my perspective. We're all escaping from an old direction through strange times and situations. And the trick to surfing the wave is to keep one's balance.

Hi robert clark - Let me express my condolences for your losses. It's tough enough to deal with inevitables, like parents moving on, but partnerships that end through infidelity are a very tough pill to swallow. I also have known the pain of more than one good friend committing suicide, very tough since it doesn't solve their pain but leaves a lot of us wondering why they chose that way to check out. You're no doubt developing strength you never imagined, and have found allies you didn't suspect were there. And there are other friends to enjoy, and other potential partners, one of whom truly is your "Twin Flame." Hang in there, as your strength will be the source of future victories.

Hi msgeminirisin - Wow, that's fairly out there. Pluto tends to create some very extreme thinking, responses, and situations. I'd be more than a little concerned that he initiated this activity under a Jupiter square Saturn opposed Neptune. He may not be aware of some conditions now, but no doubt he will in the future.

[Robert]

Hi Larissa - Yes, there's more to come, giving us all constant opportunities to learn to deal with pressure and stay focused within a giant weirdness. Balance, balance, balance! Friends come and friends go, and all are our teachers.

I also am an Aries, and don't like betrayal or evasions by people I thought owed me better. Still, Aries' strength is in turning to the new, and not agonizing over things already in our rearview mirror. And the love you make never leaves you. You may be longing for the object of your affections, but you can never lose the love in your heart.

You are already stronger as a result of your willingness to love, and when the conditions are removed it opens the door to a greater unconditional love which is yours to value for the rest of this life and beyond. Though painful when they leave, others do teach us our greater strength if we allow it. Perhaps an old destiny is slipping away. If so, it's probably the "narrow destiny" I spoke of, and if you can hold the emptiness and not fill it too quickly, very soon you will be able to fill it with a future more appropriate to your expanded loving heart strength.

Hi Kanya - You're welcome. There must have been something in your 2004 Solar Return chart that triggered the effect. I believe we go through painful experiences through our attachments, aversions, and illusions that create misunderstandings. Then we have to go through experiences where we apply detachment, dispassion, and discrimination. And of course we must find our way to an unobstructed view of goodwill and positivity the best we're able, since the alternative just leads to more suffering.

Really glad you have found new supportive friends. They can be a real comfort in grim or confusing times. And yes, meditation is a way of staying on our equilibrium and remembering we are a greater consciousness than our 5 senses and our minds. As a Leo rising, I know Saturn has brought you a tough rigor of self-discipline, but you're also much more mature and wise than you used to be. Also more able to respond to your higher work.

[Robert]

Hi again Don - Thanks for the encouraging words. As someone who has come back from the brink, you are a miracle of determination, and prove that nothing succeeds like persevering in doing what you know is the right thing to do, even if it doesn't look much like anything before then.

Hi Patricia - Jupiter can create out-of-control situations like all the other planets. Remember it's been afflicted, and that alone can create ever-expanding messes. Sorry about your parents' health problems. Multiple stresses can be very much a problem, in that you're always wondering when the next shoe will fall. Saturn has certainly taught you discipline and perseverence. Despite the Pluto quincunx your Mars and square your Uranus, you should be doing much better by early December when everything in Sagittarius trines your Sun and sextiles and quintiles your Moon. Saturn trine your Saturn should also help you consolidate many things that have been difficult. Remember, Saturn has been conjunct your Venus, Neptune has been opposed, and Jupiter has been square, but that's rapidly ending.

Aum and blessings

[abacus]

thanks Robert for ur kind words, gemrisin, maybe *u* can restore the balance in ur r'ship, why leave loves of life to fate ?

[Larissa Pond]

Thank you Robert for kind words. I agree that old destiny is slipping away, let it go. My 29-old life cycle started in April, according to my astrologer's reading. I feel an edge now to write, to teach, to revolutionize. Chaos will dissolve, I am optimistic. Overwhelmimg energy will find the right direction, I am sure. Thank you all for emotional support. Sincerely,
(Aries sun, Leo ascendant, Scorpio moon).

[Patricia]

Hi Robert,

I have no words to say how much I appreciated your input during these challenging times. Your words and care had the power to bring fresh light where there was darkness.

I visit almost everyday the Aquarian Papers and I want to thank you for all interesting articles you write. I research the web quite a lot and have the impression you are the only astrologer who understood and is writing about the issue of the “Great Irrationality”, which is challenging most people’s lives for quite a while now.

Thanks so much. Best wishes,

[Robert]

Hi again all - Thanks for your supportive comments. Glad that what I post helps you in these very weird times. I'll try to keep up the quality and quantity, though living with the Grand Irrationality in my own life sometimes forces me to be a good juggler. And of course the trick in the midst of chaos is to maintain balance and a sense of humor.