all the haunts, drag shows, corn mazes and witch markets between here and the thirty-first. four are below. the rest live behind the wall on one list, sorted week by week. i tag the new ones, so you never reread the whole pile.

ScareGrounds PDX Thu to Sun, Oct 1 to Nov 1, from 19:00 Oaks Amusement Park | $25+ [ more ] seven haunts inside an amusement park. the rides go quiet at dark. the park does not.

31st Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon Oct 2 to 4, from 19:00 Fri Hollywood Theatre | $27 to $85 [ more ] fifty-plus films about things too old and too large for the human mind. thirty-one years in, the cult has a merch table.

Portland Night Market: Fright Market Edition Oct 2 + 3 from 16:00 Alder Block | Free [ more ] a hundred and fifty vendors, bingo, karaoke, and a free station where you build your own broom. the broom is free. the flight lessons are on you.

Crow Manor: Haunting Experience scare nights from Oct 9 2116 NE 18th Ave | $10 to $20 [ more ] somebody in irvington turned their own house into a haunt about crows. the actors improvise. the neighbors did not sign anything.

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Sapphic Fridays Oct 2 at 19:00 Coffee Beer | Free [ more ] hosted by the sapphic sisters. the entire door policy is no boyfriends, no terfs. two rules. i have read longer fortune cookies.

Dyke Nite Oct 3 at 21:00 Nova PDX | $10 [ more ] stas thee boss and jusmoni on the decks. the flyer is in all caps and so is the dance floor.

Ivy Lab Farewell Tour Oct 3 at 22:00 The Den | $32 [ more ] ten years of bass music, one last lap through portland. bring earplugs and a tissue. a farewell drum and bass show needs both.

Barmageddon Opening Party Oct 4 at 18:00 Panther Club | Free [ more ] the portland bar coalition opens its first barmageddon at panther club with bar bambi. the name promises the end of the world. the tab will deliver.

Forestry for the Birds Field Tour Oct 2 at 09:00 Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary | $10 [ more ] [ ~ outdoors ~ ] a guided walk on managing a forest so the birds still have a home in it. ten dollars. the woodpeckers have notes.

The Really Really Free Market Oct 3 at 12:00 Gateway Discovery Park | Free [ more ] [ ~ outdoors ~ ] [ + all ages ] the last really really free market of the year. bring what you do not need. take what you do. i keep scanning the park for the catch. there is no catch.

Fallin' On Fremont Outdoor Festival Oct 3 at 12:00 7137 NE Fremont | Free [ more ] [ ~ outdoors ~ ] food, drinks, vendors and a full local lineup in the lot behind a grocery store, hosted by feral fawcett and desi casanova. the parking lot finally gets a personality.

Connection Campout starts Oct 8 Summer Lake Hot Springs | $150+ [ more ] [ road trip ] a small campout at a hot spring under one of the darkest skies in oregon. dancing, deep talks, stars. bring a sleeping bag and lower your guard. both get used.

When the three wise men followed the Star of Bethlehem to the birth of Baby Jesus, they were using Astrology to guide their path to a predicted outcome.  

The Star of Bethlehem, a mysterious guiding light described in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew,  may have been a planetary conjunction:  Jupiter and Saturn passed very close to each other in the night sky around 7 BCE and 6 BCE.  If not that, perhaps there was a Supernova: a sudden bright explosion of a distant star that temporarily appeared in the night sky.  The Ancient Chinese records note a bright comet in 5 BCE that was visible for weeks.  Perhaps this was the Star of Bethlehem.  Certainly the Star of Bethlehem is more than just a literary device to amplify the importance of a savior, but the point here is that  Astrology is  older than religion, older than Christ, and without Astrology that baby in the manger would have been born unnoticed.    You’re welcome, Organized Religion! 

The ancient Mesopotamians looked to the sky to predict events more than 4,000 years ago; predictions like  “If there is an eclipse, the king will die.”   Astrology became a collection of omens.   Mundane Astrology, also referred to as Judicial Astrology, Geopolitical Astrology, or Universal Astrology forecasts world events.   It is not your horoscope which is a digestible form of Natal Astrology (your natal chart) focusing on you as an individual, where you were born, and what your destiny might be.  Mundane Astrology is more like, “when will the world end and why is it taking so long?”  I might have some answers!   Last month, if I may toot my own horn:  toot toot,  I used Mundane Astrology to predict the rise of a false savior on the exact date of the premier of Trump TV which thankfully, no-one is watching.   Please feel free to send gifts of gold, frankincense, and whatever the hell myrrh is.   Again, you’re welcome.  

If we use Astrology to reflect on this modern age we are living in, that reflection is quite ugly.  Put some makeup on!    The last decade has been marked by the hate of Donald Trump and MAGA.  We have lived through the plague of Covid, and we are currently watching the slow-motion collapse of democracy in the United States, or are we?  Let’s not manifest that into being by saying that it’s true.   Let’s look for some hope in the sky, shall we?  Much has been said about “The Age of Aquarius” since the musical “Hair” in 1967.  So much is said about the Age of Aquarius that it’s easy to be confused about it and think “Are we in it yet?”   Is it over?  What the hell is the Age of Aquarius?”  

   The time of Jesus Christ and his birth was in the Piscean Age, and we have been moving into the Age of Aquarius for some time since.   Only recently have the outer planets entered into Aquarius where they will stay for long periods of time.  People: writers, astrologers, fortune-tellers, astronomers, etc. have been talking about the Age of Aquarius for decades as many of the planets nearer the earth have already been passing through the Aquarian part of the Zodiac.   Only in November of 2024 did Pluto make its historic entry into Aquarius permanently.    Pluto moves incredibly slowly and Pluto toyed with entering Aquarius by dabbing its toe in the waters briefly first and then taking it out.   There was a first taste in March of 2023, a second wave that lasted January 2024 to September of 2024, and the final Ingress of Pluto in Aquarius for the next 20 years took place in November 2024.    The Age of Aquarius, however,  is a much larger astronomical epoch than just this twenty year transit.   The Age of Aquarius is determined by the Earth’s axial precession, (whatever that means?) lasting roughly 2,150 years.   Congratulations!  We are officially now in the Age of Aquarius.  Phew!   How do you like it so far?  I’m on the fence.  

If you want to blame a planet for everything going wrong, l suggest Pluto.  Never mind that scientists can’t agree on whether or not Pluto is a planet.    Pluto is to blame for all of our collective troubles according to Mundane Astrology.   Pluto is currently OUT OF BOUNDS.  A planet is OUT OF BOUNDS or (obo) when it breaks away from the steady boundary set by the Sun’s maximum tilt.   In Astrology, this releases the planet’s archetype from societal constraints and traditional rules.  Pluto is a slow moving force of power symbolizing death and transformation, shadow work, and rebirth.   When Pluto is out of bounds, its intense energy is completely untethered.    Pluto’s orbit, unlike other planets, is highly irregular, thus Pluto is currently dipping out of bounds for just a few months each year, and then slipping back inside.   If Pluto was your boyfriend, I would say, “Girl, you’ve got to break up!” Quit letting him in at night!   But Pluto isn’t just fucking you,  Pluto is fucking all of us!   We all need to break up with Pluto!      The sex is intense and good and then we don’t see Pluto for months.   While Pluto is gone we are torn up inside, lonely, and confused, and we can’t pay the rent.   Pluto comes back, makes no excuses, and we can’t get enough of that dick again.   Metaphorically speaking, of course.    Every time we let Pluto in, he devastates us and leaves us aching for more!    Girl, I am tired of eating ice cream and crying with you and everybody else about the state of the world!  Let’s do something about it!  

Pluto is currently out of bounds to the South.  The last time Pluto went out of bounds to the South was between 1775 and 1796.   That exact window of time brought you the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the chaotic collapse of multiple ancient empires.  Welcome to the last three months of 2026.   Expect massive technological systems and the ethics of artificial intelligence to be part of the Revolution.  Expect centralized power grids, digital infrastructure, and data autonomy to be part of the Revolution.  These themes are the themes of Aquarius.    There is a deep psychological push toward personal freedom.  We all want to break away from societal conditioning.  We all actually want to be like Pluto, breaking the rules so hard that even the snootiest of astronomers are like, “he ain’t even a planet, girl!   Why you laying down with him again!”  

Because we all want REVOLUTION.  That’s why!  This all sounds a bit scary, but doesn’t it also sound necessary and inevitable?   The Age of Aquarius is all about a shift from “Me” to “We”.   Believe in it or don’t believe in it; It is literary happening all around you regardless of your beliefs.   All the information you need is buzzing around you in the Aquarian air and so is all the information about you!   Information about you can be used against you and it’s easy to find, is it not?   Easy as anything else!  Who owns it?  NOT YOU!   The water bearer just keeps pouring as Pluto dips in and out of bounds: death and transformation and then he is gone for awhile.  Death and transformation and then he is gone again!   What kind of world do you want to live in?  Why is the collapse of everything taking so long?   Pluto is here and then he is not.    If I had to make a prediction, and it is sort of my job here:   I suggest that the only way out of this is through it.  We all need to get in bed with Pluto together and have a big ol’ orgy!  Everybody get in the bed and wait for Pluto to come home!  To complete my metaphor:  it is time for you to accept that you are just one of millions of sister wives and stop trying to have Pluto all to yourself.  We all need to get with Pluto together.   It’s one big happy family and we share Pluto!  

The way through it is to focus on helping the “We” and letting go of the ‘Me.”   How do we do that?  (An orgy isn’t actually part of the process, but I don’t think it would hurt.)   Take a small step everyday to help someone besides yourself.  Stand up to data centers.   Take your privacy back however you can.  Do not support the tyrannical government.     The good news is that the Age of Aquarius will end somewhere between the years 3500 and 4300 depending on how you calculate its end.  From here on out we are all apparently going to care more about society as a whole than our individual lives, and that shift is really only just beginning.  Phew!   And I thought we were all just going to waste our lives watching reels on social media.   Get busy!   Auntie Svetty loves you!  Sorry about Pluto!  If you see a bright star in the sky follow it to the savior!  Or don’t?   Honestly, there’s probably too much light pollution, but please, let’s stick together!  We have to stick together!   Stop being so selfish and share Pluto.  I’ll try it as well.   Good Luck!  I think the Revolution could be fun?  It’s sure taking a long time!   Call me if you see Pluto!   Don’t watch Trump Tv!   Okay…….call me.  Let’s REVOLUTION together!