grand scale indeed: In the last 10 days, I got married (10/17), bought a house (10/22), got layoff papers from
my job of nine years (10/23) and received a new job offer (10/26).
Oh, also had a birthday in there on 10/21.

I do hope the excitement is dwindling now- I'm exhausted!

I am looking forward to saturn handing a nice kick in the pants to pluto in capricorn.

I'm thinking about structuring and cleaning house in the matters of power and authority ... adding a little bit more integrity and things into a mix that in some ways has gotten a bit shady in some ways... or maybe that is just the way things have appeared to be on the surface - who knows, really. I'm not saying that everyone in authority has been corrupted or anything inflammatory like that - just that in some specific cases things seem a bit questionable and hopefully that all gets straightened right out. Of course, it could possibly go the other way to where the last bastions of structure, consistency, integrity and commitment are penetrated and overthrown by a mad grab for power and control (yikes).

I have noted a greater emphasis on a person having partners in life lately. This, I think, isn't restricted to romance. I think it does include romance but also best friends, colleagues, (and enemies).

I'm not totally sure how my aries mercury opposite saturn is playing into things .... I'm thinking that there has been a challenge to it from pluto in capricorn for some time now and kind of thinking saturn could bring some balance to things.
But then again, you know in that case pluto would be at the focus and not saturn .... so I think it might arrange itself differently than I was hoping - either way it seems good to be careful and watch myself.

More than likely the commitment, integrity and structure that saturn demands could shut my firey independent aries mercury mouth and keep me out of trouble from pluto in capricorn for a while (if I let it - otherwise saturn might combine with pluto to totally shut me down if I let myself shoot my mouth off and say unpopular or bold things - whether they are true or not).

I think that if I willingly submit and put a sock in it that this will turn this configuration to my advantage where it could otherwise be potentially devastating in my case. Having my own opinions and appreciating alternate and independent thinking/ approaches to things is even less popular than usual these days. And being unpopular seems more dangerous than usual these days as well.
Of course that aries mercury has still got to be active - just in a way that is more balanced and submissive than usual.

I think that by choosing to balance my natal mercury with saturn in libra, the situation in my case could be one where I get some help from saturn to deal with pluto for a while. I think that refusing to strike a balance with libra saturn would be stupid and I'm sure I'd be thrashed and trashed by the end of it.

We shall see!

The stellium is conjunct my Pluto and opposing my Venus! Maybe I shouldn't go near men for a few weeks. ;P

Yeah, I think this stellium must be bringing up a lot of different partnership issues for me, not just of the pleasant variety. Last weekend, my girlfriend and I had a massive and really upsetting fight that brought up a lot of issues, but we smoothed over much of it pretty quickly. Doing the balancing thing, I guess... Working through the tough stuff, figuring some things out, and then going back to feeling really fondly towards each other and enjoying each other's company. Or maybe the Libra stellium is just making it easier for us to resolve things that could be more challenging to get past, otherwise...

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I had Mercury, Moon, Saturn and Venus conjunct my natal Moon and Sun conjunct Pluto (which is generational anyways) and it's definately been crazy. In hindsight, kinda felt Saturn approaching natal Moon but it wasn't until the conjunction became tighter that I really felt it and it felt like depression. I hadn't felt that helplessly depressive since Saturn crossed my Ascendant years ago. But then came the romance. For a few days there, I wondered if I had $100 bills strapped to my forehead or something. Suddenly, everyone wanted to talk to me. I was getting hit on in random places. It was just bonkers. Which isn't to say I looked that gift horse in the mouth though lol. I dunno, maybe because I'm "Venusian" all this Libra business is heightened. Not to mention that my lunar return's got all this Libraness going on across its 7th/8th house cusps.

I have noticed alot of romance in people's lives around me, too.