Overview
October opens with your engines already running: Mars and Jupiter both sit in Leo, your 1st house of self and vitality, so you begin the month visible, bold and physically hard to ignore. The Moon in Gemini lights your 11th house of friends and hopes, pulling you toward groups, plans and people who share your ambitions. On Oct 3 Venus turns retrograde in Scorpio, your 4th house of home and family, and domestic and family matters start moving backward rather than forward. The New Moon in Libra on Oct 11 resets a conversation or a commitment, and Pluto turning direct on Oct 16 quietly restores your sense of control over a long-running situation. Mercury goes retrograde on Oct 24, then Venus slips into Libra on Oct 25 and the Full Moon in Taurus on Oct 26 closes the month with a public or professional culmination. The single biggest event is Venus retrograde from Oct 3, because it reshapes how you feel about home, family and where you belong.