So we’ve gone from a time of no alignments to one with a very clear indicator of bad news.  We’ve talked about all the bad blood between Kronos/Saturn and Zeus/Jupiter and why when they’re together things are just downright catty.  And how that they are both in retrograde making everything worse.  And of course, part of retrograde motion is it makes you hang out in a particular sign longer which is why Capricorns have been having a really shitty time of it and will continue to do so for the next couple of weeks (though things will start getting better in mid-September, I promise).  Well that giant pile of suck slots into position this week with… Mercury.  The planet of luck, change, news, disorder, chaos, potentially for the good but come on now you really should know better by this point. Be ready for the gang aft a-gley.  It will be a particularly terrible time to make your living on the water, with the degree of fuckitude increasing with your dependence on other people.  Fishermen might experience some electronics failures, navigators on CVNs or SSBs would be better served by being on shore.

Having said all of that, it will still be an excellent week for Virgo and a decent week for Cancer.  The rest of us will experience an unusually capable or unexpected ability to deal with the aforementioned nonsense.  The actual readings are dealing with shelter (passive protection) warding (active protection) and expeditious retreat.

Virgo:  8 of Cups – giving joy, Mildness, timidity, honor, modesty, the decline of a matter, a matter which has been thought to be important is really of slight consequence

Libra:  3 of Swords – Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion

Scorpio:  5 of Wands – Imitation, strenuous competition, gold, gain, opulence

Sagittarius:  2 of Wands reversed – Surprise, wonder, enchantment, emotion, trouble, fear.

Capricorn:  Justice – Equity, rightness, probity, executive, triumph of the deserving side in law

Aquarius:  King of Wands: – Dark man, friendly, countryman, generally married, honest and conscientious

Pisces:  Knight of Coins – Utility, serviceableness, interest, responsibility, rectitude

Aries:  6 of Cups reversed – The future, renewal, that which will come to pass presently.

Taurus:  Page of Cups reversed – Taste, inclination, attachment, seduction, deception, artifice.

Gemini:  2 of Coins –  Gaiety, recreation, news and messages in writing, obstacles, agitation, trouble, embroilment.

Cancer:  Queen of Wands reversed – Economical, obliging, serviceable, opposition, jealousy, deceit, infidelity.

Leo:  3 of Coins – Métier, trade, skilled labor, nobility, aristocracy, renown, glory