Astrological Focus: Air Element

Major Theme: Gaia

Projected Influence: Higher Power

For the Air collective through the month of November, you are being asked to quite literally just focus on yourself with that Air Element coming through as the astrological focus. Specifically, in relation to Gaia, which describes the woven web the connects us to other people, to the planet, and to higher energies and consciousnesses, you are being asked to focus on how you connect to yourself and the world around you, as well as your perception of it all. I’m very focused on thought patterns with this, like coming to understand your own thought process and how your mind goes from one thought to another, how certain external matters trigger internal issues, and vice versa. Within your birth charts, you can look at areas of Air in order to kind of dissect the element in relation to you throughout the month. Focus on Gemini, Libra Aquarius, and the 3rd, 7th, and 11th Houses. You can also focus on Mercury, Venus, and Uranus. Be mindful especially of the aspects between points of Air in your chart and current transits as they can really help you to uncover certain patterns as well.

This is all coming down to Higher Power, or in this case, higher awareness. I was seeing this as a process of breaking away from a mindset that can easily become hyper-focused on internal or external issues — one single internal issue becoming the main focus as other internal issues fall away and there is a clear disconnect from the external space. Same thing the other way around as well where one single external issue becomes the main focus and all the others fall away as you become disconnected from yourself. It’s connected to this very keen, very sharp sense of observation, as well as judgment, especially when it comes to emotional responses, deeming them illogical and either becoming hyper-focused on them in an attempt to fix them or becoming hyper-focused on them out of pure anger and annoyance with no idea of how to actually solve the problem or make a difference either for yourself or for whoever or whatever the external issue is affecting.

Higher Power is calling for you to zoom out, like, really zoom out and obtain a perspective where both internal and external can be viewed at the same time, and where certain patterns of collective and singular motion can be observed and understood. I was seeing this as giving some of you some level of peace in being able to see the purpose behind certain negative issues both within yourself or within the world around you. However, for some, this serves more as an actual map to make changes and to make a difference, helping yourself and others to navigate certain issues. This also brings about a certain level of compassion and empathy for yourself and others that may not be present right now or are most likely being outshined by harsh judgment and criticism.

Messages From Air Element: Six of Pentacles

Messages From The New Moon in Scorpio: Page of Cups + Nine of Cups

Messages From The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Gemini: Eight of Wands + Five of Pentacles

Again, the focus on the Air Element is more so connected to bringing a focus to connections, to the web of Gaia, Mother Earth, which is reflected here with the Six of Pentacles. Specifically, it reflects the exchange of information, knowledge, awareness here — how words can pass from one person to another, turning into certain emotions, which are then projected towards another, which becomes subconscious filler which then turns into words passed on to another. This is bringing awareness to the bigger picture, the collective exchange of information, but also the little picture, the more personal individual exchange of thoughts and feelings, certain patterns of give and take. With this comes an overall balancing act done through the awareness of how the internal is affected by the external and how the external is affected by the internal.

In short, the Six of Pentacles also prompts you to balance out that focus, make sure you are not disconnecting from one side in order to become hyper-focused on another, make sure that all matters are given the attention they need, and that there is a benefit within the act of focusing and observing certain matters. By that I mean, if it’s something you know you can’t change externally, it’s not something you need to focus on, and with that, you also need to work on being real with yourself about what you CAN and CAN NOT change — some of you can get in your heads convincing yourself that you could change the thoughts and feelings of another person, while also convincing yourself that you can’t change the way you think, feel, or perceive the world around you.

The Scorpio New Moon carries a message through the Page of Cups and the Nine of Cups which seems to hold very positive, cleansing, and fulfilling potential in it. It’s room for a reset, a restart, a re-prioritization of sorts that would allow for you to actively pursue or achieve the Nine of Cups, that personal fulfillment. I think balancing everything out with the Six of Pentacles can really open the door for that balanced and centered self-focus that is required to align with the Page of Cups and eventually the Nine of Cups as well. There’s a very clear opportunity there and it comes across as this open doorway that may not be extremely easy to walk through without that more balanced state, or at least a shift in perspective towards where and how you allow your mind to become focused on certain matters.

And finally, following through from the New Moon, the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Gemini presents the Eight of Wands with the Five of Pentacles. If you were to look at the Page of Cups and the Nine of Cups as a new mindset or focus achieved through the balancing work of the Six of Pentacles, the Eight of Wands with the Five of Pentacles is the more active, physical manifestation of it. Of course, the Five of Pentacles tends to connect to both financial and spiritual poverty, it connects to a lack of fulfillment as well as isolation and disconnect. This really reflects the current state some of you might be in with that hyper-focused disconnecting you from a lot of elements in your life. So, basically, the Eight of Wands, this charged up projection from the Page of Cups and the Nine of Cups comes along and starts shaking things up in the headspace of the Five of Pentacles.

Quite literally, I was seeing this energy shaking up a little box that someone had unintentionally trapped themselves in, and it’s a bit hectic but this shake-up does manage to actually set them free, get them out of that restrained and constricted space so that they can move forward and expand outward, well past the limitations of that initial box or perception. That eclipse in Gemini, especially for Gemini’s and for those of you who will hold trines to that eclipse, this can cause very noticeable shake-ups, noticeable releases, noticeable pops of clarity or understanding that, as I said, can be a bit chaotic in the moment, but will ultimately be what helps you break free from the current state.

External Guidance: Porcupine Spirit — Time for beginner mind.

Internal Guidance: New Moon in Pisces — Meditate and contemplate.

This can lend itself as a confirmation of this being a process of personal reset in the realm of perception and thought process. The external guidance gives this extra boost here, a very strong nudge in this direction with a clear, “it’s time.” It’s time to make these changes, it’s time to really break yourself out of those cycles that stretch you too thin while also compress you into something that can’t really move in the way that it wants to. The internal guidance provides a space, suggesting the process of self-analysis and understanding being done through meditation and simple contemplation, simply observing yourself both intellectually and emotionally in order to understand all sides.

Outlook:

Eccentricity (Saturn in Aquarius) // The High Priestess
Fortune (Sun in Leo) // 4 of Wands
Manipulation (Jupiter in Scorpio) // 8 of Pentacles

This all seems kind of perfect as it kind of rolls everything above out into this clean, smooth summary of how things could potentially play out for you through November.

First, you have Eccentricity over The High Priestess which really gave me this feeling of stepping out of these very harsh states of polarity (external vs. internal, collective vs. individual, emotion vs. intellect) in a manner that seems almost rebellious as it goes against these patterns and cycles, these thought processes that are very well ingrained in who you are right now. It seems quite simple, but it feels very “out of the box,” and maybe uncomfortable in the sense that it can feel unfamiliar, but overall, you enter the space of The High Priestess. The High Priestess is the center of all spectrums, she brings together all aspects of polarity into one space and acts as a gatekeeper of sorts. For you guys, this can be representative of leveling out the areas of focus while also coming to have higher standards or certain regulations around how you choose to lend your focus and attention. This process connects to the aspects of the Six of Pentacles.

In the center, Fortune and the 4 of Wands seem to reflect the situation between the Page of Cups, Nine of Cups, Eight of Wands, and the 5 of Pentacles. The higher aspect of good fortune, that energy generated through the balancing and acquiring of the self-focused mindset gives way to this restructuring that is shown within the 4 of Wands. You can even look at the archway of the 4 of Wands as being that doorway that I mentioned as well. Keep in mind, just as before, this seems to be something accessed after a certain level of balance has been achieved as the self-focus and prioritization will make it possible for you to really pursue that fortune, meet that energy halfway.

And then finally, there is a nice summary there at the end with Manipulation and the 8 of Pentacles which really paints a picture of those cyclical thought processes and how deep they can actually go without fully realizing it. The man in the 8 of Pentacles is just doing his job, just doing what he always does, repeating the same design with a perceived purpose and outcome, however, this is overshadowed by Manipulation, but Jupiter in Scorpio where the deeper aspects of the subconscious actually cloud the reality of what he is actually doing, which is just repeating the same design over and over, just for it to be hung up on a tree. It’s not actually going anywhere.

There is a sharp contrast to take note of between Fortune and 4 of Wands, and Manipulation and 8 of Pentacles. For some of you that can see yourself in both, perhaps these are another level of polarity that requires assessment and balance through The High Priestess.

Air Signs - Nov. 2020