October 2022 ‘Scopes
Aries
The Full Moon in your sign occurs on October 9, Aries, and it’s the major lunation that you’ve been working your way toward these past six months. Everything that you’ve been putting effort into this year is about to pay off. It’s a good thing that the full moon happens in the first half of October, because from October 30 onwards your planetary ruler Mars will be retrograde for two months, and that’ll significantly slow down your momentum. But before we get to Mars Retrograde, the rest of Libra Season, plus your annual full moon, will have you focused on your relationships with others, and with yourself.
Dramatic friendship breakups or romantic shake-ups may have occurred during Mercury’s Retrograde in Libra and Virgo, but once Mercury shifts direct on the 2nd you’ll start to notice things being less confusing in your partnerships — you may even change your mind about a decision you made in the past, or someone may re enter your life, either to forgive you or to ask you for forgiveness.
Once Saturn, the Planet of Challenge, ends its retrograde in Aquarius on the 23rd, and Scorpio Season begins that same day, you’ll notice a no-nonsense side of your emerging, especially since your sector of tech and social networks is activated by Saturn’s shift direct. Your revolutionary mission around the end of the month is to spread your message loud and clear, perhaps around the 25th due to the solar eclipse new moon in Scorpio. The people are ready for what you have to say! Speak your truth.
Taurus
Taurus, your planetary ruler, Uranus, has been causing cahoots since it entered your sign in May 2018, but this month you’ll start to feel more stable than you have in quite some time. Mercury Retrograde ends the 2nd, Pluto Retrograde ends the 8th, and Saturn Retrograde ends the 23rd. The mental gymnastics you may have been doing are likely to start slowing down significantly, especially around October 9th, when you experience the full moon in Aries activating your sector of spirituality and healing. You now have a much more clear and specific idea about what you want in your life, and about what you can and won’t tolerate. This assurance and certainty is making you much more attractive to others, and to yourself as well. But it can also shock others, and yourself. You’ll feel magnetic and irresistible to others around October 23, when the Sun enters Scorpio, and prepares us for eclipse season to begin on October 25.
The portal between the Scorpio New Moon and your Taurus Lunar Eclipse Full Moon occurring November 8 is one of the most revolutionary turning points that you’ll experience this year, Taurus, so give yourself plenty of personal space as the month of October ends, because the person you were at the start of the month is not the same person that you’ll be by the month’s end. The most revolutionary act you can do this month, Taurus, is to not fear change. It’s happening because you’re ascending. Trust these changing tides. Transformation looks amazing on you!
Gemini
Gemini, by the end of October, Mars, the Planet of Action, will begin its two-month retrograde in your sign. You probably already feel the pre-shadow period of Mars Retrograde, because your sensitivity is deepening, especially once Mercury shifts direct in Virgo on October 2, marking an end to the third Mercury Retrograde cycle of the year. Whewww. You’ve been feeling cosmically targeted lately, but it’s all for a reason. You’re going through growing pains, Gemini, but the person you’ll be on the other side of that blooming process is incredible. And you can already tell they are.
By the Aries Full Moon on October 9th, your communication skills will have significantly deepened, and if someone is getting on your nerves or misunderstanding you, you’ll be able to assert the necessary boundaries with ease.
Your revolutionary mission, however, is to not burn bridges as you put those boundaries in place. Mars Retrograde’s pre-shadow, plus Mercury Retrograde’s post-shadow, may lead to you misunderstanding other people’s actions, behavior, or intentions, and you run the risk of being overly reactive. Wait until Saturn shifts direct on the 23rd and Scorpio Season begins to make any major relationships shifts. Eclipse season starts the 25th, and this can make you feel emotionally exposed. Your revolutionary mission is to accept the fact that you’re an emotional creature, Gemini.
Sit with your emotions. Meditate on them. Do not run from them. Let them speak to you, let them see you, heal you, and course through you fully.
Cancer
Cancer, the Aries New Moon that occurs on October 9th is activating your sector of career and reputation, and since Pluto, the Planet of Transformation, shifts direct in Capricorn, your partnership sector, on the 8th, the month of October will take you to new heights both romantically and professionally. You won’t have to choose between work and love — you can find bliss in both, and your revolutionary mission this month is to release the need to worry about how you’re going to “maintain” your success or your happiness. Success and happiness aren’t states of being that are meant to be maintained, but rather something that’s meant to be nurtured.
Libra Season continues until October 23, and your mission is to nurture yourself unconditionally. Yes, people will be magnetically drawn to you and will seek your energy in their lives, especially once Venus enters Scorpio on the 23rd, followed by the Sun (both activate your sector of pleasure, true love, and fate). But the question is: what are these people bringing to your life? In what ways do you feel fulfilled and cared for by them?
Eclipse season begins on the 25th, and the solar eclipse new moon in Scorpio will revitalize the romantic and lover in you in ways that surpass logical understanding. You are saying no to past versions of yourself who used to settle for less than what they deserved. You are saying yes to your big Empress/Emperor energy, who has high standards because they know their worth.
Leo
Leo, you’re going to feel activated by the Full Moon in Aries taking place October 9th, because Fire Sign energy always gives you life, and recently the most dominant energy in the cosmos has been Earth and Air. You’re seeking rebirth in several aspects of your life, but you may have previously put those plans on hold due to retrograde season causing plot twists left and right.
But now that Pluto ends its retrograde on the 8th, followed by Saturn shifting direct in Aquarius (in your partnership and marriage sector) on the 23rd, you’re going to feel more stability and structure in your life. As a Fixed sign, that feels good to you. Mars, the Planet of Action, is still in Gemini until 2023, activating your sector of friendship and social networks.
We’re in the pre-shadow period of Mars Retrograde, which means that you may start to fall back from certain digital routines, or even from your in-person friendship group, as you reflect on which influences truly benefit you, and which ones you may have held on to due to loyalty or habit, but that actually don’t align with the person you currently are or who you want to be. The most revolutionary act you can do this month, especially around Scorpio Season and the Scorpio New Moon eclipse (which activates your sector of home and roots), is be honest with yourself about the cords that you must cut in order to reach the next level of your ascension.
Virgo
Congrats, Virgo — you’ve made it through the 3rd Mercury Retrograde of the year. You’re ruled by Mercury, and Mercury was in your sign during part of this retrograde, so you may have gone through major overthinking periods that left you feeling overwhelmed. But in the first week of October, you’ll feel a strong sense of mental clarity, which will help you understand why you had to go through all that turmoil last month.
Your revolutionary mission this month, Virgo, especially once Pluto shifts direct in Capricorn on the 8th, and then Saturn ends its retrograde in Aquarius on the 23rd, is to release the need to obsessively figure out why all the perceived problems or plot twists are occurring in your life. Scorpio Season, and the solar eclipse in Scorpio, will help you tap into the more spiritual aspects of your nature. You’re encouraged to trust that your higher spirits, your ancestors, your divine guides, and the Universe will take care of your problems, without you needing to micromanage them along the way. They see things you don’t yet see. They feel things you don’t yet comprehend.
So let them open you up to healing beyond practical measures. This is the month where you’re being asked to enforce spiritual boundaries — if people have been requesting too much of your time, money, or attention, and not pouring into you the way you pour into them, eclipse season can lead to you cutting off such dynamics and preserving your peace. Good for you!
Libra
Libra, your planetary ruler Venus entered your sign at the end of last month, and remains in your sign until October 23. It’s your birthday season, and you’re more magnetic and irresistible than ever. Your revolutionary mission this month, is to be aware of the power you possess, and to not use that power to manipulate others. Use it to amplify yourself and your gifts, especially around the Aries Full Moon which occurs in your partnership sector on the 9th of October. Many people may be pouring their emotions out to you around the middle of the month, and while you’re often flattered by the attention, what you’re going to start seeking this month is true intimacy, particularly once Scorpio Season strikes on the 23rd. Saturn Retrograde ends the 23rd too, in your fellow Air sign of Aquarius, and this helps you absorb key lessons about emotional detachment.
You may have come off as super aloof and emotionally detached these past few months, but you’ll be surprised by a newfound level of intensity and passion that courses through you as eclipse season begins. You’ve learned a great deal during Mercury’s retrograde in your sign last month, and you’re not as shallow as people often assume you are. But the only way to truly be aware of this is to release your need to be approved and loved by others. It’s not easy, Libra, because you’re such a loving person who wants to receive love. But if you always wait to receive it externally, you’ll end up feeling empty, void, and numb. October reminds you that you’ve always been more than enough — so start acting accordingly.
Scorpio
Scorpio, welcome to October — the month that gives birth to your birthday season: Scorpio Season! But before we get there, we enter October still taking in the lessons from the Libra New Moon which activated our spirituality sector. You may still be grappling with the themes of closure, forgiveness, emotional detachment, and release. The most revolutionary act you can do this month, Scorpio, is to treat yourself with love and profound compassion. With the South Node remaining in your sign until July 2023, you’re going through one of the most intense psychological and spiritual rebirths, and hardly anyone can tell what you’re experiencing beneath the surface.
By the Aries Full Moon on the 9th, your sector of health and wellness will be activated, encouraging you to pay attention to the progress you’ve made (or the backtracking you took part in) ever since the Aries New Moon occurred six months ago. Saturn and Pluto both end their retrogrades this month, helping you feel more optimistic about your long-term objectives. And once the Sun enters our sign on the 23rd, followed by en epic partial solar eclipse New Moon in Scorpio on the 25th, you probably won’t recognize yourself — that’s how much your entire spirit will have glowed up, magnificently. All that shedding of old skin and releasing of outdated habits or relationships will have paid off.
You’ll end the month of October feeling determined to make your deepest dreams come true. Retrograde season taught you to put yourself first, lovingly, and consistently. And that’s what you’re here to do. Happy Scorpio Season! Keep soaring.
Sagittarius
Sag, October 2022 is the month it all changes. Your planetary ruler, Jupiter, shifts out of Aries on Oct 28th and re-enters Pisces, where it will remain for its final two-month stretch. This may make you feel like everything you’ve been seeking to repress emotionally is now rushing to be felt and expressed.
When Jupiter was in Aries, even during its current retrograde, you were better able to focus on yourself and tune out most of the messier, or more complex emotions. But now that we’ve experienced last month’s Pisces Full Moon, you’re tapping more into your vulnerable side, and the month of October encourages you to not run away from your emotions, but rather embrace them fully.
Pluto and Saturn both end their retrogrades in October, and this helps you have more patience in your daily interactions, while also thinking about your long-term objectives with greater maturity and discipline. Mars, the Planet of Action, is preparing to shift retrograde in Gemini at the end of the month, and we’ll feel its pre shadow period all month. Your partnership sector is going to be most influenced by Mars Retrograde, which means you’ll have to make some major re-evaluations over the course of the next two months.
The most revolutionary act you can do this month, especially once Scorpio Season begins on the 23rd, is be honest with yourself about spiritual hurdles that you’re undergoing. Part of being a Sagittarius superhero is admitting that you’re still fallible, and that there’s so much more to learn.
Capricorn
Capricorn, this October, you’ll notice that all those boundaries you put in place during Saturn and Pluto’s retrogrades definitely have served you, but it may now be time to loosen up those boundaries and let yourself trust others more. Pluto and Saturn both end their retrogrades on 8th and 23rd of October, and since you’re ruled by Saturn (which is currently in Aquarius) and since Pluto, the Planet of Transformation, is currently in your sign until 2024, you may feel like significant aspects of yourself, your values, and your lifestyle have transformed. They have. This will become quite evident during the Full Moon in Aries which occurs on October 9th. You’ll feel like a werewolf that’s fully unleashing their power around this time, which also means you won’t be held back by the opinions of others.
One of the most revolutionary acts you can do this month is be honest with yourself about what makes you feel angry, and also about who makes you feel safe. Mars, the Planet of Action, is in its pre-retrograde shadow period up until the 30th, and this transit will force you to flow down and assess some psychological truths you may have previously buried. Once Scorpio Season begins the 23rd, you won’t be able to deny those truths anymore — your emotions will feel stronger than ever, like a tsunami.
This is become we’re entering eclipse season this month, Capricorn, and you’re about to figure out why vulnerability can be a superpower. Hold on tight, because it’s about to be a life-changing, profoundly rewarding month.
Aquarius
Aquarius, your planetary ruler Saturn has been retrograde for over four months, and on the 23rd of October it shifts direct in your sign. This means Saturn won’t be retrograde in your sign again for over 28 years! You’re experiencing five more months of Saturn in Aquarius, and then in March 2023 it will enter Pisces for 2.5 years. The month of October feels like a spiritual and personal turning point for you, Aquarius.
You may notice that some of the friends or acquaintances who were in your life at the start of the retrograde no longer have the same role in your life now. Alternatively, many relationships may have solidified themselves during the retrograde, especially the relationship you have with yourself. You didn’t give up on yourself, or your dreams, and you should spend time this month celebrating this.
It wasn’t at all easy, and in fact you had to slow down considerably during retrograde season, and start over many times as well. But by the Full moon in Aries on October 9th, which activates your sector of communication, you may find that you’ve reached one of the most important milestones of your life.
Scorpio Season will therefore feel like celebration season — one where you can fully step into your power, and let yourself outwardly showcase your joy. Your most revolutionary act this month is to not let yourself get bogged down by external events. You can still raise awareness about political disarray without letting it dampen the joy and blessings which exist in your life.
Pisces
Pisces, October 2022 is an exciting month for you, as Jupiter, the Planet of Expansion, which also happens to be your planetary ruler, prepares to re-enter your sign on October 28th. Jupiter remains in your sign from October 28 to December 20, making the final two months of the year some of the most stimulating, sexy, magnetic, and expansive you’ve experienced so far this decade. Think back to where you were in your life in May 2021, when Jupiter first entered your sign.
Many events from back then will re-align in your life this month, and even if it feels too good to be true, your revolutionary mission is to believe in the best case scenario and trust that it’s all happening and aligning for you for a reason. You deserve bliss. You deserve lightness. You deserve abundance. You deserve to fully trust and to be fully trusted. And around the Aries Full Moon on October 9, you may receive a huge sign or message from the Universe, from a friend, and/or a lover, showing you that they’re aware of your worth, and that you should be too.
With Mercury Retrograde ending on the 2nd, and Pluto and Saturn retrograde ending on the 8th and 23rd of this month respectively, you’re starting to come out of the fog and grounding yourself in what feels true to you. But Mars is still in the Mutable sign of Gemini until March 2023, and Saturn is preparing to enter your sign in March 2023 as well, so this month you may find yourself grappling with your past and your future. It’ll feel much easier said than done to simply “be present”.
That’s why the most revolutionary act you can do this month, Pisces, is be present with your blessings, and also with your challenges.