October pulls your fire home. Venus turns retrograde in Scorpio on the 3rd, landing in your 4th house of home and family, and by the 23rd the Sun joins her there too, with Mercury turning retrograde in the same house on the 24th.
You are built for the stage. This month asks you to tend the foundation behind it instead.
Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio on the 3rd, moving into your 4th house of home and family. A domestic matter or a family relationship you assumed was settled asks for another look. Do not force a house move or a big family decision in this window; revisit instead of deciding.
The New Moon lands in Libra on the 11th, your 3rd house of communication, siblings and the everyday exchanges that add up. A conversation started around this date, or a piece of writing, has more staying power than it looks like at first.
Pluto turns direct on the 16th in Aquarius, your 7th house of partnership, after months retrograde there. A stalled negotiation or a relationship that has felt frozen starts to move again, on its own terms rather than yours.
The Sun enters Scorpio on the 23rd, joining Venus in your 4th house for the rest of the month. Home stays the focus; expect it to matter more, not less, as the month closes.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 24th, also in Scorpio and your 4th house. A family conversation may need having twice, or a household decision may need revisiting before it holds. Slow down rather than push it through.
Let the 4th house have its month. Tend what is actually underneath you before you perform for anyone else. When the Full Moon lands in your 10th house on the 26th, in Taurus, whatever you have quietly built at home this month becomes visible in your public life too. If you want to see exactly where these transits fall in your own chart rather than the general Leo 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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