Lynda Hill's Sabian Symbols

Gold Rush! November's Scorpio New Moon

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkien

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk. Shirley Hufstedler

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher

Gold will be slave or master. Horace

November's new Moon on Tuesday 28 October in the United States and Wednesday 29 October in Australia has a particularly Scorpionic theme - the Gold Rush. The Sabian Symbol is Scorpio 6: A Gold Rush Tears People Away From Their Native Soil. 

The Gate Opens to the Garden of All Fulfilled Desires: October's Aries Full Moon

When the doors of perception are cleansed, Man will see things as they truly are, infinite. William Blake

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell

Be an opener of doors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. Sun Tzu

Paradise is always where love dwells. Jean Paul F. Richter

This Aries full moon, happening on the 15th October in Australia and the 14th October in the United States, is one of promise, a desire for happiness, hopes and dreams for the future, along with a need to find one's place and part in the greater scheme of life. The full moon occurs at 21 Aries 50 - the Sabian Symbol for which is Aries 22: The Gate Opens to the Garden of All Fulfilled Desires.

As this is an Aries full Moon, we're being asked to analyze our own desires, our own wants and needs - although, as usual, we have to allow for and integrate the needs of others. It seems that the trick with this full Moon, with the Sun in Libra, is to keep one eye focused on what's expected of you, but to also make sure that you're not sacrificing your needs, your wants, your desires in order to keep others happy. If we're so busy caring about what others want, need or demand of us, we can miss our opportunity to slip into that place that truly rewards us in so many ways.