MERCURY's stationing on an exact square to SATURN (Nov 1-6) brought on a raft of serious realisations that not only hit home in an ego-shattering way, but we're about to learn the consequences of being too stubbornly tied to traditional ways of thinking.

The Virgo Moon will try to winnow some healthy orderliness back into our lives using the earth-trines to Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto to cut out "the crap".

Such is the fear and loathing among us, that our common vexations appear to be the main thing uniting us. Problem is, whichever side you're on - you think you are the one being oppressed.