The Astrology of October 2026; The Past is Back For a Reason...

0:10 Who gets a cold? Can't sleep. Feel like a train hit you when you woke up. Who gets a cold in the middle of summer? I mean, I guess it's technically autumn. Me. My immune system, I tell you what, I thought it was just allergies. I thought, well, the seasons are changing, even though it's still triple digits here in Texas.

0:32 But oh no. My body decided getting a cold in late September when it's still very hot and dry was the thing to do. But nothing like a good hot cup of umka tea, and I'm feeling better now that I'm up and moving around. So if you hear my voice sound a little stuffed up, that would be why. But we don't miss a beat here at the Astrology Lounge because we've got stuff to talk about this week, guys.

0:59 Today we're gonna discuss the astrology of October. Goodness. I'm looking at my notes here. We'll talk about it. Bring it on October. Let's go. But yes, those Venus retrograde horoscopes are also up this week. So hi everybody, welcome to another episode of the Astrology Lounge. I'm your host, I am your astrologer, and I am your internet friend, Stephanie Powers, coming at you live outside of beautiful Austin, Texas.

1:28 You know, technically the ranch is in Wimberley, Texas, a beautiful hill country town that's about 40, 45 minutes southwest of Austin. So I always say Austin just because most people around the world know it, but we're technically not in Austin City limits. We're just right over the border. So let's get into October.

1:50 Happy Halloween! Happy Libra season, happy almost Scorpio season. I know I'm already like, wait, it's labor season, right? Okay, I already have to get Scorpio season rolling, life of an astrologer. But as I was purchasing some Halloween decorations, I'm really excited for it. My bonus boys are of the age where like I still have a handful of years left to make things whimsical before it's like, yeah, that's stupid.

2:13 I'm a teenager and I'm cool now, right? So I was buying some Halloween decorations, and I got this little spooky cat, I got this little spooky witch, and it's just soft. It's like a cat covered in a white sheet with little black cut-out eyes and a little witch's head. It's so cute and soft. And I love Halloween.

2:30 I always have my mom made it so much fun with dry ice. We would decorate our cheap little minivan and open up the back and drive through the neighborhood blasting spooky music. Uh my mom was always big on volunteerism, and so we would volunteer at haunted houses to act in them and scare people. I was always like, I'm not scaring people, I don't want to do that.

2:52 I tried it and I was like, no, I feel I would I would go like and scare people and they'd get scared, and then I'd go, Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. That's me. And they're like, Why are you sorry? I paid to come get scared. But um, we used to do haunted hay rides. Now I grew up in New Hampshire, I grew up in New England on the Massachusetts border.

3:12 So hello, Salem witch trials was something you study in public school up there. It was amazing going to Salem, Massachusetts. I dream of going back. I can't believe I grew up like an hour away from that and I didn't go every year. Like, hello, hocus pocus witches. But um, I love it. I love Halloween.

3:30 However, the past few years, I've done some serious reflection where I have looked at Halloween and I was uh I've been more spiritually affected by it. And I don't know if things have changed culturally or if it's me. I don't know. Still investigating it internally. But what I'm talking about is last year I went to Dauphin Island, Alabama.

3:53 Do you guys remember that? I think I posted about it on Substack. It was a beautiful solo writer's retreat on this tiny little island outside of Alabama, total hidden gym. I was just looking at a photo of it last night, going, wow, I can't believe I I did that and I went there. It was just it was so beautiful, I almost couldn't write.

4:10 I just wanted to sit and stare out into the ocean, and the house that I was renting was literally in the ocean. Like it had these long planks down into the water. And so as I slept with the cracked open the door, all you hear is waves. It's kind of creepy if you think about it. But I I loved it. When I was on that island, it was mid-October, so you know, a week before Halloween.

4:32 And I drove around and there was this one house that had what looked like someone took red paint and rubbed it on their hands like lotion, and then slapped their white garage door and smeared it down, and then just like put more red paint on their hands and just slapped as if it was like a person getting murdered, running away and banging on the door to get in for help.

4:55 And I was like, and they spelled out help me with dripping red blood paint, and they had, you know, all the standard like pumpkins and witches and blah blah blah blah blah blah bats hanging from the trees, and then some people who hang white cloth ghosts from trees. I'm always like, uh, we're getting a little KKK here, it's a little awkward and gross.

5:17 I don't know, maybe it's just me. But I'm starting to see things like that, or like I hope people don't do it. Like last year when Charlie Kirk was assassinated in front of the whole world, and the algorithm forced it onto all of us to witness something like that. And I remember saying, like, I everyone talking about it, and I said, Don't show me, don't show me.

5:36 I I know myself now. I cannot watch scary movies. I can't even really listen to like intense, dark, dark songs now with lyrics like that. I used to come on, you guys know me. I loved DMX when I was eight years old, flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood. I was rocking that shirt. I don't know what happened, but I'm just so spiritually affected by it.

5:57 I can't get the image of that house I saw on Dolphin Island out of my brain. And I'm like, I think of people who, whether it was through a crisis, an awful thing like murder, someone might have had a family member murdered and are left to wonder what their last minutes of life were like. And they see things like that.

6:14 And then, like, some people dressing up like Charlie Kirk with blood coming out of his neck. Eventually, that video found its way to my feed and I knew it. I shouldn't have gone off social media, but it was almost like whatever algorithm gods wanted everybody to see that. And it was, oh I'll never unsee it.

6:34 I can't. We watched, um I mean, granted, I was so sick last night I could barely keep my eyes open, but we watched Disclosure Day, and it was a good movie, it was pretty cool. I thought it'd be more about that algorithm that I constantly cry wolf about. Like, how does it know I need paper towels? Um, but even that, like, there was just guns and knives, and I can't do that stuff.

6:59 And so, what I'm trying to just share, I guess, about October is uh I love Halloween, I've got happiness. My whole thing whenever we were house hunting or land hunting was always, is this neighborhood trick-or-treatable? It was a running joke with me. Is this neighborhood trick-or-treatable? But I feel like today, like kids don't play outside, they don't get the freedom of that.

7:21 My goodness, when I was a kid, you could not get out with your costume and your bag of red candy fast enough. And you're I don't even know where my mom was for hours. I'd just go to complete strangers' house and be like, what's up, trick-or-treat? Like, yeah, candy, and then pet everybody's cat and dog.

7:38 So I love I have beautiful, fond memories of Halloween, but I don't know, lately I'm just like some of these Halloween decorations and costumes of people like making their face look dead and blood spilling out and like creating wood. Now my mom would do this. She loved Leo Moon dressing up. When I tell you that woman can dress up, she is so good.

8:01 She never wore a lick of makeup growing up. So I like just learned how to put on lipstick when I was 29. But when it comes to Halloween makeup, my mom should have definitely worked in Hollywood. She would crush her costumes. I was the kid that like everybody else was like, I'll be Superman. I'm gonna be Cinderella.

8:19 I was like, Can I be a cow? You can I think I've told this story before, and you guys sent me pictures of your kids dressing up as cows. Can I be a hog? Can I be something can just be a horse this year? No, I think I went through like a string of four years where I wanted to be a cat. First, I wanted to be a a lion, like Lion King, Nala from Lion King, and then I wanted to be a cougar or a panther, and then I wanted to be a black cat.

8:46 Yeah, I should have like starred in the theater play of cats. Maybe that's my ultimate goal. It's my mid-heaven and Aquarius showing. But I don't know, man. I got all the super cute Halloween stuff, and I'm like, how do some people just rock out with the blood? Like, what is going through their mind when they're like, Yeah, let's make it look like someone died in my house.

9:09 I just want to go up and be like, are you uh are you okay? Did something happen to you? Like, talk to me. What's going on behind those walls? I mean, actually, maybe I don't want to know. Guys, visit the website astrology-lounge.com to book a private reading with me. We got a lot of talking about, so you better come see me.

9:28 And guys, oh my gosh, let me just read to you the latest email I have in my email inbox. It's from Form Spree, which is a service we use for that contact form where you put your sun sign, your moon sign, what you're calling about, and then you fill it out. Form Spree Notice, approaching submission limit.

9:48 You've reached over 50% of your monthly limit. You may have da da da da da da on your current plan. Upgrading is easy. Come give us more money. Guys, you like broke the website sending me your Leo placements. My ascendant's 29 degrees, Leo. My Saturn is 28 degrees, Leo. I have a Leo Saturn. I didn't realize I have a lot of Leo placements listening to me.

10:14 That's flattering. But guys, okay. I think I jumped the gun with the Mars retrograde. In my mind, though, don't be scared, be prepared. And so with Mars moving into Leo, I just went hard on that subject in the last episode because I really want you to take notes, physical notes, notes in your smartphone, whatever you've got, to just reflect and remember.

10:32 Because if you can recognize and bring awareness to what's coming up right now, then you have the remembrance for when Mars actually goes retrograde in Virgo January 10th, next year. You're like, oh, Steph prepared me for this back in September and October. This is cake. I'm ready for this. And so maybe starting in January, February, when Mars actually goes retrograde and gears up to go over those Leo placements again that we talked about.

11:00 I'll have a separate episode, maybe do some horoscopes on it. But what I will say is this if you have something between 20 and 29 degrees Leo or 0 to 10 degrees Virgo, you are going to experience this retrograde on a very personal note. And that's not a bad thing, that's nothing to be scared of. Mars is energizing.

11:22 I don't have anything of those placements, but if I did, what I would do is look at what specific placements I have. Like, let's say I had Mars at 28 degrees Leo, and I was like, oh, my Mars return is going to be in retrograde. What's going on? I would look at it as, well, have I been motivated lately?

11:38 Have I been working out? Have I had physical energy, stamina? Have I been going after what lights me up? If my answer was no to all or one of those things, I would be like, thank goodness Mars is going retrograde because I really need to reconsider and rethink where my stamina went. Where my drive? Where my get up and go?

11:55 Where'd my motivation go? Thank goodness there's a Mars retrograde. Retrogrades are going back in the locker room. You're getting off stage, you're going back into the dressing room. If you're an athlete, you're going back into the locker room. Look at the placements you have at those degrees and do not be scared.

12:11 Be prepared. Look at them and truly ask yourself: have I felt energized in this placement? If it's a Leo sun, have I felt happy and joyful and expressive and truly in my Leo? If it's a Leo Venus, have I felt really happy? Have I been putting in work into my relationships? Am I earning money doing something I love?

12:28 If the answer to all those things isn't a shocking no, then Mars retrograde is awesome. It's like, yes, I, you know what, I do need a break because I'm feeling so burnt out with this Leo or this Virgo placement. And yeah, I would really like to go back into the locker room and talk to the coach, the coach being God or the universe, cosmos, on what's going on here.

12:47 Let's uh let's see what's going on. So it's a wonderful thing. I don't look at retrogrades as negative or scary at all. I love them. I'm like, yes, this placement could use a little TLC and some inspiration. So picture Mars pulling your Leo or your Virgo placements back, squirting Gatorade in your mouth, putting an ice cloth on your neck, and it's like, all right, what's going on?

13:08 What do you need? Electrolytes, what do we got? And you're like, yeah, I just need a break, actually. Can I close my eyes for 10 minutes? And yeah, go give me some sliced oranges. And Mars is like, I got you. And then you go back out onto the field when Mars goes direct for that third pass that we spoke on over those placements, but you're going after it.

13:25 Things are amazing. That third pass. Um, Mr. Virgo has nearly all of his Virgo placements in those degrees. And so I we were sitting at our fire pit the other night under the Aries full moon, mind you. It was gorgeous coming up over the hill country. And I was trying to explain explaining astrology to male brains is a different process than female brains.

13:47 I love it though. It's a challenge and I really appreciate it. But I he was like, wait, what does this three pass thing mean? And he he was getting just underwater with this. I was like, all right, we need we need some physical pieces here. So we were snacking on pretzels and we had mocktails. So I took out pretzels and I put them on uh the mantle of the fireplace or fire pit, and I was like, look, here's three pretzels.

14:09 Here's Mars direct, the first pretzel, the second pretzel is Mars going retrograde, and then the third pretzel is when Mars goes back over it again. And so I use a little mocktail can. I was like, look, this can is Mars. Oh, I'm Mars, and I'm going over all these pretzels. Wait, I'm tired, I'm going backwards.

14:25 Boop, boop, boop, boop. Okay, you know what? Never mind. I'm good. I got my electrolytes, took my snack, took my nap, I'm ready to go home again. Bloop, bloop, bloop, and it goes over the pretzels. He loved it. I think he got it, but it's a wonderful time. Consider yourself very blessed. If you have any placements between 20 degrees Leo all the way to 10 degrees Virgo, you're getting your energy back.

14:47 You're getting your vitality back. If you have any placements between 22 degrees Libra and 8 degrees Scorpio, you're getting your love back. You're feeling happy and wholesome and loved and adored and admired. And maybe you're getting your finances in order too. Yes! That's amazing. And guys, where is it?

15:06 Where is it? I know I wrote it down. I swear during October, Mercury's going retrograde. I feel like I was about to tell you guys, and then you guys would break the internet again and be like, there's another retrograde. I'm done. Yes, October 24th, Mercury Station's retrograde. Woo! Are we having fun yet?

15:29 All we're all in this together, okay? We are just Q4 is a season of rewiring everything. The way we think, the way we value things, all of our relationships and our getting our finances in order. And honestly, collectively speaking, what is going on with diesel and gas prices and mortgage rates at a record high?

15:49 And like, let me tell you, when I had those Halloween decorations in the cart, and then I saw the total plus $30 for shipping. I've never seen that before. I was like, excuse me, hold on. Let's just say we had to go back through it and trim the fat. And then I have a little Taurus rising thing for myself.

16:06 Because let me tell you, don't tempt me with a credit card on the internet in a good time because I will go there. But I was like, walk away, go do the laundry, go get a snack, come back, and then I go through my card. I'm like, do I really need this? Can I wait until this is on sale? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

16:23 But what is going on? And I think Venus Retrograde collectively is gonna have the discussion of income and the mass wedge between the haves and the have-nots. It's it's almost like there's a bubble about to burst. And I don't know about where you live, but here in the Texas Hill Country, a lot of wealth.

16:40 There's a ton of wealth here, and there's a lot of wealth in Austin. I feel like we're the new tech mecca over Silicon Valley. It's crazy here. But we're seeing more houses in our little neighborhood, and we're seeing more huge ranches up for sale than we've ever seen before. Now, of course, I only have like a few years of data being a new resident of Texas, but Mr.

17:00 Virgo, born and raised South Texas, is like this is nuts. Everybody's putting everything up for sale, but then nobody can buy anything. So it's this weird pickle, and that is Venus retrograde. People think of Venus and they think of love, and you should, but Venus is also money and the value of things.

17:18 So it's gonna be a very interesting collectively and individually if you have placements uh between those degrees and those signs as well. But always, you guys always have me or another fave astrologer. Like, don't go at this alone. Don't sit on ChatGPT and get yourself lost in the sauce. Come see one of us.

17:36 If me, I'm honored and flattered. If it's someone else you love, rock on. But I I highly suggest at least one professional reading in your life. I just booked one myself last week, actually, because I like to perfect my craft, see what it's like being on the other side of these things. And I believe that there are so many incredibly talented astrologers that pull things out of my own chart that I don't see.

17:58 And boy, do they ever. It's it's so cool. In fact, when you guys invest in the universe package, which is the five-session mentorship where I teach you how to become an astrologer or how to use it in your current career, a lot of times the final, the season finale, episode five, or our fifth and final session together, I'll have you read my chart.

18:16 I'll pull it up and be like, ooh, what do you see? Point it out, ask me about it. And you guys have pointed out things, and I'm like, what? Wow, I didn't even see that myself. Thank you. So you guys are so talented. You're so cool, you guys are so successful, your hearts are huge. A lot of you are so open-minded.

18:33 I feel very blessed that I have attracted you guys because for the most part, we don't get much hate, we don't get much negativity, we don't get many people sending me forms saying, I am typing this with my middle fingers, and I want you to know if you mention Charlie Kirk one more time. We don't have many of that.

18:50 You guys are awesome, awesome people. Whether you're a silent listener who doesn't enjoy anything in the show notes or come see me, I still love you and appreciate you so, so much. Or my people who are listening to this, who I have seen multiple times, or for a lot of you, you come see me on your birthday for a solar return reading, and it's been so fun getting to know you over the past few years.

19:11 I just feel so blessed. So, so blessed. You guys ready to talk about October? Yes, you are. Okay. So September 30th, Mercury enters Scorpio. I wanted to preface it with that because Mercury shadows the way we think and speak. So we are walking into October with our mindset in Scorpio. Depth, darkness, darkness, not in a negative way, but Halloween.

19:38 There you go. I'm gonna put blood on my house. Let's go. I mean, you mine. But um, I love Scorpio Mars, Scorpio Mercury, because at its disempowered, it's manipulative, it is it is power hungry, but at its highest expression, these are these are people who are like feed me to the wolves, I come out leading the pack.

20:00 I am all you are playing checkers, I'm playing chess. Is that the right phrase? They these are just powerhouse people, and I absolutely love it. So when we enter the month of October, we are fully in the mindset of we are we can all feel it. We're about to go through a collective transformation. I I feel like we've been saying this for years, but like I feel like while we've been saying this, we've been waiting for like, I don't know, aliens to touch down so that we have something in front of us that we're like, I know it, it's going crazy.

20:33 Or we're like waiting for the grocery stores to be empty so we can say, I knew it, I got my cans in the basement. But I feel like it's been happening or eroding chip by chip by chip by chip to where it happened so slow that we didn't notice what's going on, if you will. Are you guys keeping up with me on that?

20:52 I feel like these changes that we've been feeling are coming have been happening and are here right now. Like when people talk about the fear of AI, I'm always like, you you realize AI has been around for a lot longer than just 2023 when Chat GPT hit the scene. I would say it's been around for decades.

21:12 I personally fully believe that AI was reverse-engineered from alien spacecraft. And I love that I don't have to feel like a woo-woo or say I was raised by an Aquarius, so I think No, that like it's real. There are beings out there in the cosmos. Duh. I love that we are finally at a point where it's like people who don't are like, I don't believe in aliens.

21:33 It's like, ooh, you're woo-woo, you're weird. You like they're right there and they're right in front of you. I see them in the sky all the time. All the time. And I'm like, oh, this is I've seen this my whole life. Okay, nice. This is normal now. So, with that said, October 1st, there's nothing specific happening.

21:51 Just know it's a continuation of labor season, relationships balance, me versus we. We we're looking ahead. At a month of retrogrades, Pluto will be moving direct, though. So that's like Pluto transformation. Aquarius doing things differently, liberating ourselves from very longstanding patterns. The fact that he's moving direct during a month of retrograde type energy is so telling that it's like, hey, these retrogrades will revise, reassess, rethink, but there is a greater, deeper transformation going on here.

22:25 The new moon in Libra is very gentle. I like her. Of course, she'll have her own episode. The Taurus full moon, though, coming up on October 25th later in the month, will be conjunct Chiron during the Venus and Mercury retrograde while Jupiter is conjunct Mars. That's the date we talked about last time.

22:44 And squaring Pluto. Guys, I can't wait to do that episode later this month. So that's definitely a season finale Super Bowl type energy towards the end of October, if you will. But let's go. Let's do it. October. So we're entering the month with the detective brain activated. We are, we're not just listening to what people say.

23:07 This is so Scorpio. We're watching what's happening underneath of it. They say this, but what are they doing? That's so my Scorpio moon. I've got my Mercury and Sagittarius on my son, but I'm also like, I'm not asking you what you like. I'm watching what you like. What's my favorite line from Singer Hazlitt?

23:28 I know what you're like, but don't know what you like. I know what you like, but don't know what you're like. Get it? I know what you like, but I don't know what you're like. He's gotta have something in Scorpio. I think he's a Sagittarius Aries moon, though. Maybe Scorpio Mercury. Mm-hmm. But what he means is like you can look on someone's social media and see, like, oh, I know what they like.

23:49 They like the beach. They like iced coffee. They like matcha. But I don't know what you're like. Cool, you like all those things, but what do you what do you like at home? What do you like when you're emotional? What do you like when you're stressed? Oh, it's so good. Now, this is also going into this month.

24:04 Pay attention to that because Mercury's going to go retrograde in Scorpio. It's going to be in here unusually long because of that upcoming retrograde. So October 1st, it's we're entering a month of review. Relationships, money, power, boundaries, self-worth, all being examined. So we can stop carrying what no longer belongs in the next chapter.

24:27 That's ultimately why we do all of these retrogrades. Um, it's definitely a month of cleansing. And I like that. Again, don't get scared. Don't think reckoning, cleansing. Like, come on, we need to take showers every now and again. Can't be stinky all the time. I love retrogrades. I love squares. They challenge me to grow and change.

24:45 I've got goals I want to complete. I've got things I want to do that, yes, I know will be hard and require sacrifice and require me to do things that are uncomfortable. That's squares, that's retrogrades. I've been confused about things in life. I don't know when's the right time to do it. When's the right time to go?

25:02 How do I do it? Retrogrades help you figure those things out. Remember. Okay. October 2nd, we have Mercury, planet of thinking, speaking, squaring friction, Mars and Pluto. This can be said to be a little volatile, if you will. Mars is fighting, Pluto is deep-seated aggression. So watch your mouth, watch your reactions.

25:28 Some buried truths, because this is a Scorpio Mercury squaring Mars and Leo, Pluto and Aquarius. This could be like something comes out with dating, relationships, or something with kids, something with fertility. Something might come out, but I would say listen more than you speak on this day. One conversation can either turn into a battle and you get a truth that you've wanted that gives you clarity on what to do next, or one conversation can make you feel stronger, more motivated, and give you the courage to transform something you've needed to do.

26:02 Boo. October 3rd, we have Venus retrograde, the thing we've been talking about for a long time. If you're not familiar with it, go back into the archives and listen to that Venus episode. Very important. And I'll be back later this week with those horoscopes for you. But also on that same day, Mars action will be opposite Pluto.

26:23 Instead of square, it will be opposing it. So squares are typically intertention. Oppositions are external events, things, people pulling it out. Interesting that this Venus retrograde kicks off with that opposition. Love goes backwards while Mars and Pluto go do war. What we want, who we want, and how we fight for it or how we go after it reveals where desire may have become control, obsession, or ego.

26:51 Okay. So we have Venus going retrograde. We are reassessing, reviewing, rethinking our relationship, but especially to our Scorpio and Libra area of our chart. Mars opposing Pluto in the Leo and Aquarius side of your chart tells me that there's external events on that axis that kick off. Like, oh yeah, something's out of balance here.

27:15 And the Venus retrograde house is probably where we need to put things back into perspective. October 4th, the very next day, we have the Sun and Libra opposite Saturn and Aries. Oppositions, external events. This is a reality check day, if you will. This is a I need to get my shit together day. Universe.

27:35 The universe may put up a wall or delay simply to show you where stronger boundaries, patience, hard work, or accountability are needed in the Libra Aries axis. October 6th, a couple of days later, we have Mercury conjunct Venus. Now Venus is retrograde. Mercury is in Scorpio. I would highlight this day for any conversations, texts, thoughts, feelings that come up, dreams, old conversations, old feelings.

28:04 This is where, when a lot of people say Venus retrograde, ex lovers come back into your world, spike up, this could be the day that they do, October 6th. These things are people can resurface so you can finally have that conversation or hear what your heart was trying to tell you the first time. It's almost like, have you ever had an ex come back into your life and you were like, ooh, like it's cool to see your name again, but also I don't, I don't, I don't know how I was attracted to you.

28:33 I just my heart doesn't skip a beat anymore. Like it was just so easy. I don't feel sparks, I don't feel butterflies, I don't feel uh it's almost like this. Or it could be that someone from the past comes back and you long for them and you're like, wait, I thought I was over them. Why is my heart still a little connected here?

28:50 Circle that date. That's an interesting date. Now, four days later, on October 10th, 1010, Libra new moon, plus the same day, Venus retrograde, will be squaring Mars and Leo. A new relationship chapter, chapter wants to begin. But first, new moon, new seed, new intention. We have to stop confusing what keeping the peace with abandoning what we actually want means.

29:15 The entirety of Libra season's lesson. Venus squaring Mars is masculine versus feminine. This could be, okay, in my past relationship, I was too passive, I was too docile. I need to incorporate more Mars energy. Or it could have been I was too dominant, I paid for everything. I was the person who initiated things.

29:36 I was too masculine, and I don't want to be that anymore. I don't want to be angry anymore and reactive. So that is a day where I would wish, send up a little wish for a new relationship that's balanced and fair. If you're in a relationship under this day, um reflect on how you can be better and do better and train people to treat you like who you want to be treated as today, as you've changed and evolved.

30:00 But it's a Libra new moon. So wherever Libra falls, I believe it's at 17 degrees in your birth chart. That's the area of life that's like, okay, there's a little friction between what we want to go after and what we value, but it's time to really plant a new seed in this house. And then of course, we will revisit that seed six months later, come next April, to see what's going on in that Libra ruled house.

30:23 For fun, I don't know. I felt like pulling it, but the Sabian symbol for that Libra new moon is two men getting arrested. I'm like, oh guys, Libra is scales of justice and law. Anybody have any court dates coming up? Anyone being sent to court? Anybody dealing with attorneys, the legal system? It could be something coming up that day.

30:42 Maybe a battle gets extended. Maybe you have to give more evidence or get more legal counsel advice. I don't know. That was very interesting. But what two men getting arrested means, whether you have court dates or not, that around that time is consequences for your actions. I think the Sabian symbol is those two men were on the run and they were untouchable.

31:02 They're like, uh, we can rob every bank and get away with it. And it's like the 17-degree Libra new moon says time is up. You can't keep getting away with what you have in the past. And that could be externally, like you can't keep treating people the way you have been, or it could be internally, where you are like, you know what?

31:21 I'm tired of letting people treat me this way. I want them arrested and gone. Get them out of my life. I'm done. Take them away, put them in jail. Metaphorically speaking, of course. So I like that new moon. It's got a little spice to it, but it's also gentle. It doesn't make many other aspects, just that Venus retrograde square to Mars.

31:38 So then five days later, we have October 15th. I wrote five days off to process the Libra new moon. Um, I always take notes and add my own little things here, but on October 15th, Pluto stations direct. Everything you've been transforming internally since May, when Pluto initially went retrograde in Aquarius, is ready to become an action.

32:04 And it's probably gonna be through the Venus retrograde and the Mars transit, and of course, Mercury coming up next in its retrograde. But it's the transformation is ready for action. So potent to be during these retrogrades. I love it. I love this passionate energy. Now that you know what has to change, do something about it.

32:25 And when I say that, it could be a conversation, it can be a small act like researching. It doesn't mean blow up your life and run away at all. I mean, maybe if you're a Gemini rising and that's what's calling, dude, maybe. Or maybe a Pluto. I mean, I'm sorry, Aquarius risings with Pluto on their ascent, maybe you guys do.

32:44 But for the rest of us, it's just little things. It's like, hey, we feel, and this isn't shocking, or um, it's usually like, oh, I've felt this for a long time, and I've gotten to a point where it doesn't scare me to take action. It feels right, it feels like the time is right. So I love this. Bring it on.

33:02 Pluto turns direct at three degrees Aquarius. So if you have anything at that degree, pay close attention. I got my mid-heaven at one degree Aquarius, so I've got my eye on this. Oh yeah, I've been working with it. October 19th or 20th, depending on where you live in the world. Venus will square Pluto.

33:22 Think back to mid to late September when she did this in her forward motion, because now she's going to revisit anything that happened in mid to late September, and she's revising it. She's bringing consolidation to it. She's like, okay, if there was any conflict or stress or pressure with money and relationships and love around that time, now we are revising it around this time.

33:45 We're in the locker room of love and money. Ooh, yeah. Love and money enter the underworld. Jealousy, attachment, obsession, control, unequal power dynamics, unequal financial dynamics can reveal what can no longer continue as status quo. What has to completely change. So that's a friction day. It's almost like if someone from your past pops up, it's like you might talk and then have the Libra new moon where you learn something new about love and relationships.

34:16 But come October 19th, you're like, oh, I don't think I'm actually meant to be with this person. It's kind of like the couple that's like super toxic and just can't get out of that loop. And I don't say that to make fun of people in really difficult relationships at all or make lighthearted of it because it's not.

34:31 Uh the toxic dynamic of relationships is so heartbreakingly sad to watch and witness and experience. It's like the person who is your nastiest poison that makes you sick is simultaneously your only source of medicine and healing. It is such a loop to be stuck in that takes a lot to break out of. So this, if that is you listening to this, this Venus retrograde could be a beautiful time to break that infinity loop and excuse yourself from that table for good.

35:01 That's why I love these retrogrades. If you know anyone in a situation like that, remind them of this retrograde. I love it for that purpose. So October 21st, we have the sun in Libra, opposite Chiron, currently at 29 degrees. Aries, I've been, I believe it'll be at like 28 degrees by the time we get this.

35:22 So notice where keeping everybody else happy and pleasing them has required betraying yourself. That is the Chiron and Aries wound of individuality, sun and Libra, balancing partnership and relationships of all kinds. This could even be you to your children and caretaking. It doesn't have to be just romantic relationships.

35:40 It could just be a time where you say, Where have I abandoned myself to take care of others? This could be you and your clients. Say you work in a healing industry, you're a massage therapist, you're a skincare specialist, you're someone who is consistently, you're a nurse, you're a public school teacher, you're just caregiving, caregiving, caregiving.

35:58 This could be a time where you're like, okay, I love what I do, but there's got to be balance here. I feel like I have betrayed myself for years, maybe even since 2018, and I'm ready to bring balance because I want to care and show up for these people in the best way I can. And as is, it ain't gonna happen.

36:17 And there could be something to do with money where it's like, but I need to see clients because I need more money. I can't not see you'll figure it out. I'm not gonna go all the way down my mind to figure out different scenarios with that, but get a professional astrologer to look at your chart and they can help you out with that.

36:35 So that's what could come up around that date, that sun opposite Chiron. We're simply it's a sore spot day that's showing you where healing still needs to happen when it comes to give and take in your life, period. October 23rd, happy Scorpio season, happy birthday, or solar return, as we call it in the astrology world, to all of our passionate, delicious, amazing ride or die best friend Scorpios.

37:05 I'm on such a mission to repaint the gothic dark Scorpio dynamic into uh, I'm sorry, you want someone who stands the test of time and loves you through your absolute worst and laughs so hard and is just such a joy to be around because they alchemize the awful things they've seen and experienced into such an appreciation for life.

37:27 Get yourself a Scorpio. Now I know a Scorpio son, especially, is here to learn the lesson around those things. But get yourself a Scorpio moon, get yourself a Scorpio rising. I love you, Scorpio risings. I'm I'm biased. I switch up who I love the most. It's like the zodiac is my children, and I'm a fairy godmother living in a shoe, and I change up who's my favorite.

37:51 Like it's like if I had 12 kids of all different ages, yes, I would switch up who's my favorite all the time. Who's easiest? Who likes me the most? Duh. No, I uh I I go through. I love Aquarius Suns, always a good time. Uh obsessed with Scorpio ascendants, Sagittarius, you guys, any Sag placement is constantly just an instant BFF to me.

38:17 Um what else do I love? I'm loving Mars and Cancer. I'm liking that. Taurus risings, come on. I'm biased, but I also have a bonus baby with a Taurus rising. My clients who are Taurus risings just ease. Delicious, sweet ease. I love it, love it, love it. Anyways, um, there's many more, but I'm loving Aries moons too.

38:42 And a lot of Capricorn sons have been booking readings with me lately, which makes me extremely flattered because they ain't believing just nobody. So I appreciate that. Capricorns, thank you. Let's see. We got this October 23rd. It is Scorpio season, and on that same day we have the it's called kazimi.

39:00 It's when the sun and Venus conjunct sit on top of each other to form a beautiful conjunction in the sky. So I like that day. I'm digging October 23rd. It's like a delicious piece of cake before the giant Taurus full moon. Scorpio season begins with a heart and sun connection. What do you love enough to transform who you are for?

39:20 What are you finally ready to let die off? Change, transform. The sun enters Scorpio and joins uh retrograde Venus on that same night. It's delicious, it's passionate. I feel like this is a powerful day that even though we're not done the Venus retrograde, it's almost like this is the day that you're like, aha!

39:41 Finally, I see the entire puzzle. It's like Venus goes into retrograde on October 3rd, and then by Scorpio season, October 23rd, 20 days later, we're like, oh, the whole puzzle is a picture of a cat having a tea party. That's what it is. Okay, because scattered around, I have no idea what the image of this puzzle is, but it's almost like from October 3rd until October 23rd, we're getting little puzzle pieces through the squares, through the oppositions on the Libra new moon, we get a handful of them, and we're finally starting to see what our Venus retrograde picture is, what our story is.

40:18 So I like this date because then we're on the downslope, which is okay, I got it. Let's let's fix this, let's heal this. Give me my electrolytes, I'm ready to go. October 24th or 25th, Mercury goes, depends on where you live. Mercury goes retrograde in Scorpio. So now the mind, Mercury joins the review.

40:40 Conversations, decisions, unresolved truths go back under the microscope because there's more to the story. Mercury stations retrograde at 20 degrees, Scorpio. So if you have anything at that degree, that is my descendant. Oh goodness, my relationship line. We'll see how that goes, whether it's business or love.

40:58 I'm not scared of it. I'm not afraid of it. Some people might see Mercury going retrograde on their marriage relationship love line and go, what's gonna happen? I don't know what's gonna happen. The Venus retrograde is in my sixth house of health. So maybe I find out something about my health, which I do have a lot of diagnostic testing.

41:18 I always get everything done towards the end of the year. Maybe something comes up that I did not realize, kind of like that cavity I had back in August. I don't know. But maybe my Venus retrograde story is I'm going to partner with a functional medicine doctor, which I've already been thinking of doing.

41:33 I'm not, well, my immune system's clearly taking a beat as you listen to me with my stuffy nose. But I went to this place called Alive and Well in Austin. Amazing place. Can't recommend them enough. And I was talking to the girls about astrology. Hi guys, if you're listening to the podcast, I hope you decided to join us.

41:50 And we were like, we should get together and collaborate and do an astrology night. I'm like, yes. So maybe that's my retrograde story is I'm partnering with someone new. I am transforming the way I teach astrology. It doesn't have to be me and Mr. Virgo. Could it be? Sure. And if it is, our twin Scorpio moons will rise to the occasion.

42:10 So if it's something difficult, I know I've got a Scorpio moon. It can transform through anything. I know I've got a Sagittarius sun, and if I just get out of Texas to go for a little Airbnb trip, I'm good. I'm solid. I'll feel the pain. I'll transform. You see, I I share this because a lot of people get very afraid when they see direct hits or retrogrades on their chart.

42:31 And like, yeah, life is gonna life, man. No matter what astrology says, like life is going to do things to us. But your chart is the toolbox, it's the things you came here with to get through difficulties, and it's the things you use to create more happiness and flow and joy in your life. But even if you do everything to create happiness, joy, and all that fun stuff in life, life is gonna be freaking hard.

42:56 It's almost like the more you find your purpose and find your joy and you fall in love. Like those are amazing things, but have you thought the more you get all of those things, the more you have to lose? If you have your dream career, do you know how awful it would feel if you lost it? Or if the economy did something where you can't do it anymore?

43:21 You know, like if you have a job that's just well, it's my job, I get paid, and you lose it, it's like dang, I gotta get a new job. That sucks, but eh. But if you have if you do what you absolutely love and through sickness, through something happens, you ah, if you fall. I'm not saying this to be like such a pessimist.

43:36 I feel like you guys might be like, Jesus, girl, come on. But still go after the things you love. But what I'm trying to say is life is going to do things. We we can't control it. God, I wish we could. But your birth chart has all of the tools and the preparation that you need to get through anything.

43:56 I always wanna, I always hope you guys leave these episodes armed with the That knowledge of empowerment, of how strong you are, of how you've already been through so many things before, and you will get through whatever comes up through any retrograde. And by the way, a lot of you were born during Venus retrograde, during a Mercury retrograde.

44:16 Go look on your chart, look for that little R. I mean, I don't know what you guys use for it, but look for a little R next to your Venus or Mars or Mercury placement. Retrogrades are your go time, baby. This is when things happen and things fly and things move. So just remember that. Okay. All right.

44:34 We're good. October 23rd. It's Scorpio season, sun's conjunct, Venus retrograde. That's a that's a juicy day. October 24th, Mercury goes retrograde. We are processing, we are rethinking. Mercury is like, okay, now I know through that Venus Kazimi conjunction what I need to change so I have more value, wealth, love in my life.

44:58 And now my mind is actually working in my favor. Let me reassess, review, rethink that 20 degrees. It's gonna be like 20 back to probably early degrees Scorpio placements. Where's my ephemeris? I'm gonna give it to you guys now. Even though we'll probably have a whole episode on it. So here's Mercury going retrograde on the 24th at 20 degrees.

45:22 That on a oh on a Scorpio moon too. That's a day for me. I better highlight that. It's a zero degree Scorpio moon though, so kind of far away. And then it goes okay, it turns direct at five degrees Scorpio. So anybody with five to 20 degree Scorpio placements, we are really reassessing and reviewing those things.

45:44 That's gonna be a time for me, too. I got my Pluto, my moon, and my Venus all at 16 degrees Scorpio. So it's sandwiched right in the middle of that. And guys, I'll just be transparent with you. All this diagnostic testing that I have coming up, this is gonna be when probably I'll get the results for these things, is when Mercury goes like almost to the degree, right?

46:05 Because it takes probably like two weeks to get stuff back. And so when I look at this, there is a weather forecast that tells me I don't like the results. There's something about them. Do I think I have terminal cancer? No, I'm not going there. Do I think I'm getting results back that I expected? Probably not.

46:26 And so something tells me, and this is all just a guess, because remember, astrology cannot fully predict it. There's way too many interpretations. It's just a wide scope prediction of this. Could happen. Are you prepared for it? Mine could come back as there's something about the results that requires a revision.

46:46 It could be my blood gets lost in the mail, or something about like, oh, we couldn't pull the full scope of it. Can you come back and get your blood redrawn? Can you come back and get this diagnostic test done? Sorry, the results were skewed. It could be something like that to where I'm like, come on, like that's a whole half of my day going downtown Austin, blah, blah, blah.

47:04 Or it could be, oh, I didn't realize I'm anemic. I never would have thought that. But now that I think about it and see it on my labs, shoot, I gotta change my diet or I gotta go get a different supplement or an IV of something to fix this. That's what it could be. Does it scare me? No. It tells me, like, if I get these results back or the doctors call about it, I'm gonna be like, oh, saw this coming.

47:27 But all right, what's the game plan? What's the game plan? Let's get one going. I never had to research this or I never had to research that. Just like with my cavity. I didn't look at the transits for that because I truly, okay, miss perfect teeth over here. Never had a cavity my whole life until 37.

47:43 When they told me I had a cavity, I was like, stop, stop! Like, what mouth do you have on that screen? That's not mine. But I had to research what it means to get a filling, what is it like? What is this resin? All these subjects I never knew anything about, and boom, I got it done. Wasn't bad at all.

48:00unknown Boom.

48:00 Could it be that? Absolutely could be. Time will tell. So I just wanted to share that on a personal note because I'm a human too, and I see these things happening to my chart. And I just want to show you how a professional astrologer takes these transits, right? My results could come back, something that I'm like, didn't I see that coming?

48:20 Okay. But with the Libra new moon in my sixth house of health, it tells me this reared its head to bring balance to something I probably can't see yet. It's almost like a guardian angel. It comes in to help me with something that could have gotten worse had I not gotten tested or noticed this first. If you will.

48:38 Okay? Now that you guys are invested in my medical care, I guess I gotta update you, right? I feel like you guys are gonna go on the form spring and be like, oh my gosh, tell us what happens in mid-November when Venus moves down, when Mercury moves direct. I will. You guys know I will. I love keeping you up to date with these things.

48:55 I'm an open book, and you guys have this incredible insight where you share your personal stories of similar things. And I learn so I have so many books from you guys when I meet you during readings, or when you're like, check this out, check that out. When I talked about my pinch C6 nerve, oh my gosh, you guys send me so many cool resources.

49:12 So thank you for listening and uh for sending me all the stuff that you have. Okay, full moon in Taurus, October 25th. This is where I'm wrapping it up. This full moon in Taurus is spicy. It's got the what did I put? It's squaring Pluto. It's near the Jupiter conjunct Mars date. It's during Venus retrograde.

49:36 And on this day, though, Venus retrograde goes back into Libra. So Venus is going home to her home sign where she's much more comfortable rather than in Scorpio. To me, October 25th, even though it's a culmination of May, May 16th is when we have the new moon in Taurus. It's a culmination of anything that happened in that month.

49:58 It's Venus retrograding back to her home sign, even though it's it seems from where we sit now, like an intense full moon, it's it's a relief full moon. It's a oh okay, okay. I got this full moon. So I like it. And it's going to be at two degrees Taurus, so quite early degrees Taurus. I think the Taurus new moon was in late degree, like 20 to 26 degree.

50:25 So ironically, that guys, May, there was a full moon on the first in Scorpio, right on my Scorpio moon. And then the new moon in Taurus on May 16th was right on my Taurus rising, and then the full moon in Sagittarius on May 31st was right on my sun. That was a that was a month. That was a month. But I was so happy and healthy and feeling amazing on May 16th.

50:51 We were in the Florida Keys for the Big Keys 100 race. It was one of the best memories for me personally as an individual, but also for me and Mr. Virgo as a couple. And my health was thriving back then. I was so proud of myself for getting through that freaking 48-hour race. So I don't know. I don't know.

51:10 We'll see what comes up. I will keep you guys posted as a real-world example of this. But the month culminates with a question around our self-worth. Yeah. Venus is self-value and self-worth, and Venus rolls Taurus. So this is like a big grand finale of that Venus retrograde story that's not over yet, but the end of October is like, oh man, we know what it is.

51:33 We see the puzzle. What actually makes you feel safe? Who makes you feel safe? Who makes you feel valued? What and who makes you feel secure in life? And are your relationships giving as much as they take? Is there something about money or not wanting to give up where you're currently comfortable that needs to be let go of around this time?

51:58 Or simply revisited and revised? It's a pretty interesting day. So, guys, I'm done here. October is, it's not asking us to make any fast decisions. In fact, during retrogrades, I don't encourage you to make huge, life-changing fast decisions. This time frame is asking us to finally see clearly or cleanly.

52:19 I was like, which word should I use? Cleanly enough that when you do move forward, when all these planets are done, you don't recreate what you just outgrew. That's it. This whole month just feels like reviewing our relationship to people and to money, uncovering the truth on those dynamics, reclaiming our self-worth and our value.

52:44 Then we move. Like this, to me, this is one of those months that we reflect back on and say, that's when it all changed. And after that, I made money, I had valuable relationships in my world, and I felt more like myself than ever before. That is the gift that sits at the end of this stuff. Okay? So don't be scared.

53:04 Be prepared. My favorite quote from Ryan Hall. Okay, and on Halloween, I wrote down for fun. The sun and moon will be tried in each other. That is so fun. That's just supportive. The astrology of Halloween this year, the sun's in Scorpio, the moon is in Cancer, Mars is still near Jupiter and Leo. It screams fun and family memories.

53:26 So don't put blood on your house. Put a cute little pumpkin. Carve some pumpkins, whether it's with you and your cat and your dog or you and your children and your family. Get everybody together and the world's on fire right now, but we can still go to Walmart and grab a pumpkin and carve it together.

53:41 And Jackson wants to participate in the festivities, but it looks like a very beautiful day for making family memories. I loved it. It looks really fun. So, guys, I am sending so much love from the Astrology Lounge in Wimberley or outside the beautiful Austin, Texas. Happy October, happy birthday to our Libras.

53:58 I'll see you guys later this week for those Venus retrograde horoscopes. Promise my voice will be a little bit better. But thank you so much for being here. Visit the website astrology lounge.com. Check out the show notes, and we'll see you on the next episode. Me and the pugs are sending so much. Bye guys.