October 2025

October opens with a sense of stretching beyond what feels comfortable, as if you’re trying to carry too many plates at once. The desire for harmony and connection is strong, yet reality keeps reminding you of limits and responsibilities. Early in the month, conversations may feel inflated or overblown, and relationships can bring moments of sweetness followed quickly by sober reality checks. It’s as though you’re being asked to balance idealism with practicality, charm with sincerity.

By the first week’s Full Moon in Aries, the air shifts—what’s been simmering under the surface bursts out into the open. Emotions run high, decisions feel urgent, and the polite veneer of Libra season gives way to raw honesty. Mercury’s move into Scorpio deepens this current: words sharpen, probing beneath appearances. The atmosphere is more intense, less about keeping the peace and more about finding the truth.

Through mid-October, Venus undergoes her own transformation. She begins the month in Virgo, weighed down by Saturn’s demands, but by the 13th she steps into her home territory of Libra. It’s like the curtain rises on a second act: where before you were labouring under constraints, now there’s an opening for beauty, connection, and grace. Relationships soften, aesthetics brighten, and a sense of equilibrium returns. Pluto moving direct on the same day underscores this shift—adding a hum of transformation in the background, like an engine restarting after a long pause.

The middle of the month carries an expansive energy, as though doors are opening wider than before. But it’s not without intensity: Mercury’s union with Mars in Scorpio on the 20th sharpens focus like a blade. Words become weapons or tools, depending on how carefully they’re wielded. This is a moment for decisive action and cutting through illusions, though the heat of it can scorch if handled rashly.

The New Moon in Libra on the 21st offers a chance to reset, to lay fresh foundations in relationships and partnerships. Yet almost immediately, the energy turns inward and mysterious as Neptune drifts back into Pisces and the Sun crosses into Scorpio. The tone shifts from daylight clarity to twilight depth—dreamy, emotional, and searching.

By month’s end, Mercury bursts into Sagittarius and collides with Uranus in Gemini, striking like lightning across a night sky. Expect breakthroughs, sudden revelations, and perhaps unfiltered truths. Conversations may feel unpredictable—sometimes chaotic, but also illuminating, jolting you out of any lingering complacency.