Welcome November and some freezing weather as we head into the holiday season!

Today Mercury is spatting with Pluto and Venus; however, the moon in Libra will help to detach our emotions in order to change with the flow, hopefully instilling confidence in our abilities to progress in our lives.

Libra moon also opposes Chiron in Aries today, causing havoc with peaceful resolutions.

*Staying focused on occupying your mind with reading, writing, and editing will help you to use the energy of change for the better.*

It's been one of those days where the moon spats early with Uranus, setting us up for wanting things to go our way-or else unexpected disappointments.

Sun in Scorpio is also getting ready for a confrontation with Saturn in Aquarius early tomorrow morning, causing some long term relationships to be looked at practically.

But just in time for the Halloween, Mercury meets up with the moon in Leo stirring up our need to enjoy and let loose.

Stay diligent about your health as Scorpio season can bring colds, flus, etc.

*Meditate on the vital need for deep changes where necessary as Mars prepares to enter Scorpio, his second home with Pluto, and meets up with the Sun.* 

Welcome to the last podcast of Thrill Quill- where I finish up my conversation about NORNAKONA with Golden Guest Taylor Grothe.  

Taylor Grothe is a gothic and literary horror novelist. She is an Icelandic Saga and Arthuriana scholar  with a degree from Duke University. She lives in southwestern Connecticut with her husband and two  children.

NORNAKONA

99,800 words

Psychological, Gothic Horror

On Submission

Intent on a fresh start, Kathryn buys a one-way ticket to Iceland after her writing career and love  life suffer simultaneous meltdowns. While cavorting with the locals and evading her landlady’s  increasingly forceful requests for unpaid rent, she hears a rumor about a witch lurking nearby. At  a forbidding hotel near an eerie, windblown lava field, Kathryn meets Anna.

Though struck by Anna’s beauty and intelligence, Kathryn is disconcerted by her  aggressiveness—and her implication that they already know one another. Kathryn retreats to the  nearby gift shop where Sigrún, the local herbalist, soothes her rattled nerves. Unfortunately, her  contentment is short-lived. On a trip to a nearby beach, Kathryn witnesses the impossible: Anna  raising corpses from the stormy Atlantic. Despite being terrified and repulsed, Kathryn is  fascinated; she returns to determine the truth—and to see Sigrún again.

After waking injured in Sigrún’s apartment, Kathryn begins to suspect her relationship with the  herbalist and Anna is more complicated than she understands. To disentangle herself and escape  with her sanity, she must seek the truth, or suffer the mortal consequences of her ignorance— perhaps becoming one of the corpses in the water herself.

NORNAKONA is a 99,800-word queer psychological horror novel reminiscent of the uncanny,  gothic backdrop in MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and the psychological trauma  and pacing of MIDSOMMAR by Ari Aster.   

Taylor Grothe  [email protected]  

Twitter/Instagram: @TaylorLGrothe 

TaylorGrothe.com 

Represented by: Elle Thompson at TriadaUS [email protected]  

Triada US Literary Agency  

PO Box 561  Sewickley, PA 15143

Today's Leo moon encourages emotional optimism for your lair.

Venus will spat with Saturn today so take it easy on the home front.

Sun will also spat with Neptune later this evening sending us to bed early as we get fuzzy.

However, Jupiter joins in with Venus to bring appeasement to help tide over disagreements.

*Find joy in your dreams in order to push ahead with optimism.*

Today's perfect for daydreaming as Neptune meets up with the moon and Mercury.

Feeling some pressure to achieve those dreams can bring unneeded anxiety- just have fun with inspiring ideas.

*Great time to focus/meditate/reflect on happiness goals today.*

Today Cancer moon is making us very moody and sensitive with the Scorpio Sun.

Venus and Neptune clash today making the emotional puddle cloudy and confusing.

*Stay focused on your goals today through being practical and present in the moment.*

Taurus moon seeks out security and comfort today.

Mars and Pluto move towards a duel later tomorrow morning, causing anxiety and stress all day.

*Find comfort in the familiar in order to think outside the box, making plans instead of acting.*