There is an unusual amount of back-tracking within this month. There is still so much to be cleaned-up, especially in our government. It feels like we have not gotten anywhere. Uranus and Neptune have retrograded back into the previous signs that originally caused so much grief and frustration. Neptune is in Capricorn and Uranus is in Aquarius. This means there is another opportunity to clear out the unfinished business in our government, clean out the problems unaddressed in the financial markets, as well as to process any unfinished business in our own lives and relationships.

October 10th Mars will conjunct Ketu causing weakness in the infrastructure of our country. Mars in the sign of Cancer causes problems with families and homes. People are struggling to keep their lives and families together. This represents discord and breakups in marriages. It represents letting go and giving up after a hard strong battle.

Mars in Cancer will cause difficulty in the housing markets again. More and more people are losing their homes. Industries involved in lending or real estate are in deep trouble. Many homes are unoccupied. Looting and crime escalates around these vacant properties.

There is a sadness and a sense of loss when Mars conjuncts Ketu. This was the exact astrological configuration that occurred on September 11th 2001, Mars conjunct Ketu opposed Jupiter with Rahu. This can indicate there will be attacks again but I feel like the attacks are not from an outside force but rather our own people attacking their own. The radical extremist come from our own circles and people we don’t expect. As the Moon transits through Capricorn on October 12-13, and Cancer on October 26-27, this dangerous opposition will be activated. Since Capricorn rules government and Cancer rules family, it can mean a personal attack on our homeland and our leaders. This is a very difficult time in history. It will take years to recover from the damage this fall.

Looking at the chart for the USA the Mars/Ketu conjunction occurs in the 8th house conjuncting Mercury ruler of the 7th and 10th houses which could be indicating either radical changes in the leadership of our country or even the death of a leader.

Mars is problematic in the water sign Cancer, its sign of debilitation, and Ketu rules disease. Mars and Ketu in Cancer can indicate diseases infiltrated through the water. Biological warfare is a possibility during this dangerous time.