Venus is currently in detriment (Scorpio). There's a lot of venom out there. It's shocking on some level. I'd trace this to Uranus in Venus-ruled, Taurus.
Last night, Mars entered Libra, the sign of it's detriment. However, this also put Venus and Mars in mutual reception.
Some feel a mutual reception between two planets in detriment corrects the problem. Is it that simple? Maybe. Having Libra, I can't decide.
The Venus Mars mutual reception will be maintained until October 7th. I'm going to pay close attention and see if I can truly discern the affect and resolve this question in my mind, once and for all.
Here, the plot thickens.
Mercury will turn retrograde on September 27th. At that point, we'll have six planets retrograde. Now this is odd... the only planets that will be direct at that time are Venus and Mars! This situation will be sustained until October 6th.