After October 13, Venus will be in Libra, blessing you with favorable PR and maybe even a substantial professional boost of some kind. The next three weeks are an opportunity to enjoy the good lighting and attention you’re receiving, as well as deliver your thank you speech ever so gracefully when you walk up to receive your award. Don’t forget to mention the people you couldn’t have done this without—Venus is getting substantial support from Jupiter right now, which is pulling helpful people into your orbit and maximizing the goodness of your favorite partnerships in crime. However, all current influences also point to you potentially figuring out the right formula for your current life’s work (and being in a position to command your legions accordingly). Exercising soft power can be really effective in times like these. Wrap your iron fist in a velvet glove, and see it to fruition.
Aquarius Rising
Maybe it’s a little dramatic to say so, but this month may amount to a bit of an exorcism for you. As Pluto stations direct in your rising sign (exact on October 13), Venus haunts your eighth house of ghosts and fears with her moody discontent (also up until that date). Reminders of relational ruptures may surface to be examined, and all of love’s uneven remainders that prevent you from balancing the equation in a way that makes sense. There could also be some very real and present anguish associated with grief, codependency, and financial entanglements that no longer feel very good to be part of. As you take stock of where you are in all of this, you will probably need to draw a line somewhere and cut any cords that are contributing to your pain, even if it makes you sad to do so. In doing so, you not only sever unhealthy attachments, but you also get to call back your power after giving it away for so long.
Even if that sounds a little heavy, you’re also in a strong position to make progress on your goals right now. Mars spends all month in Scorpio, your tenth house of career, visibility, and reputation, and it’ll be approaching a grand trine with Jupiter and Saturn, exact on October 28 and 29. This is take-charge energy, a time to summon your best game face and take focused, consistent strides toward victory. You could be leading a team project, doing the metaphorical equivalent of competing at the Olympics, or stepping into the public arena in a bold and maybe controversial way. This last part may ring especially true if you’ve got a message to get out there right now. On October 6 and 7, there’s a full moon in Aries and a Mercury-Pluto square—does all of this begin with you stirring the pot in some way, or sharing some of your spicier thoughts?
Fortunately, there’s also some lightness in the mix this month. On October 13, Venus enters Libra and whisks you into a three-week period of lovely philosophical banter, travel romance, and study hall meet cutes. This is all in all a really nice time to connect with others over shared beliefs, metaphysical interests, and topics one or both of you is knowledgeable about. It’s also your best travel astrology of the year, and you can definitely walk away from this one with some pleasant memories, beautiful photos, and new connections. Still, you might be doing yourself a disservice if you remain on the level of surface-level pleasantries. Go beyond the small talk and really get to know another person’s culture, way of life, and worldview. Do an Anthony Bourdain and share an intimate meal with their family. Trust your social IQ to let you handle the “politics and religion” stuff with grace. The beauty of connection is that it makes your whole world bigger.
Pisces Rising
You’re on a mission to know things this month, or maybe just more decisively get to the bottom of a big mystery. Mars spending all month in Scorpio (and being aided by Mercury for most of that time too) gives you the focused, deliberate energy of a detective or researcher spending late nights at the lab, analyzing the same microscope slides until the answers stop evading you. Fortunately, all signs point to “figuring it out eventually, with consistent effort.” Though this could take the form of a few academic all-nighters, political debates, or an impressive court-room defense, this astrology could also very well send you packing in a literal sense. An object in motion stays in motion, and you might be reaching a sustained clip of momentum in your travels this month—your stamina to keep moving will be high, and so will your desire to keep asking questions. Be aware that your curiosity can unlock all kinds of doors that are doing their best to remain closed to you, and it can maybe get you into some trouble too. Hopefully it’s the good kind, because that’s more or less what the symbolism suggests.
