October’s real story for Aries plays out in your 8th house of shared resources, intimacy and transformation, and it arrives in three separate waves rather than one clean event. Venus turns retrograde there on the 3rd, the Sun moves in on the 23rd, and Mercury turns retrograde in the same territory on the 24th. Three planets, one house, four weeks.
Your own fire wants forward motion. This month keeps pulling you back into what is shared rather than what is purely yours, which will not always sit comfortably, but the pattern is too consistent to ignore.
Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio on the 3rd, moving into your 8th house of shared money, intimacy and what you owe or are owed. For the next several weeks, anything involving joint finances, inherited obligations or how close you let someone get is under review rather than moving forward. Do not sign anything binding in this window if you can help it; revisit old arrangements instead.
The New Moon lands in Libra on the 11th, in your 7th house of one-to-one partnership. New Moons plant seeds. This one plants them in a relationship, business or romantic, so pay attention to what starts or restarts around this date, even quietly.
Pluto has been retrograde in Aquarius since spring, sitting in your 11th house of friendships and the groups you belong to. It turns direct on the 16th. Whatever has felt stalled in a friendship or a wider circle, expect real movement again, not always comfortable, but movement.
The Sun enters Scorpio on the 23rd, joining Venus in your 8th house for the rest of the month. This is not casual territory. Expect conversations about money, inheritance or how much of yourself you are willing to hand over to someone else.
Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio on the 24th, landing in the same 8th house as Venus. With both planets retrograde in the same territory, this is a month for reviewing rather than deciding. An old financial matter or an old intimacy may resurface; let it, rather than forcing new ground before November.
Let the 8th house have its say this month rather than fighting it. Revisit before you commit, delay signing anything you can delay, and let both retrogrades do their quiet work. When the Full Moon lands in your 2nd house on the 26th, in Taurus, bring it back to your own resources and your own values before the month closes. If you want to see exactly where these transits fall in your own chart rather than the general Aries picture, our sister site astromara.com runs a free natal chart on the same ephemeris used here.
Though all our readers love astrology, their working specialities are tarot and clairvoyance. They will not run your October transits, but they will read what is actually moving in your life right now. To see who is available and what they offer, the readers page is the place. If you want to understand what you are looking at once you have your chart, astromara’s Learn section walks through every sign, planet and house in plain language. Otherwise, see you under the next moon.
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