October Horoscopes

Astrology of October
Current Configurations
Past Months

Aries	Libra
Taurus	Scorpio
Gemini	Sagittarius
Cancer	Capricorn
Leo	Aquarius
Virgo	Pisces

October 2009

Current Astrology

	The Sun is in Gemini
	The Moon is in AquariusThe Disseminating Moon is in Aquarius: All day
	Moon Void of Course 9:24 pm to 6/9 3:14 am
	Next Mercury Retrograde Aug 23 - Sep 15

Current Configurations

by Henry Seltzer

October 3rd Full Moon
This is an Aries Full Moon and as such it widely squares Pluto in Capricorn making a T-square. We will definitely feel the transformative pressure somewhere in our lives, the feeling that something has to give. Usually what needs to change is the outmoded behavior that we have inherited from prior conditioning. Letting go is the challenge and also the reward. There is at the very same time a Yod or "Finger of God" pattern that forms momentarily to Neptune in Aquarius, with the agency of Mars in Cancer and Mercury in Virgo. This symbolizes that we are seeking adjustment in more practical terms of all our dreams and illusions, and as well our hopes for a more inclusive and just society. Since transiting Mercury is regaining its lost zodiacal ground there is a reflective element that is also involved at this time, as we continue our journey toward a better level of integration with ourselves and with each other.

October 11th Last Quarter Moon
This is traditionally a time of in-gathering of intelligence, preparing for the next cycle. We are well aware by now of what part of the impulse from the previous month has not worked out and ready to cut our losses in certain areas and move on. Since Mercury has also finally re-entered Libra by this time there is also very likely the feeling of a shift in what we have been holding back and not allowing into action. This week before the New Moon reveals itself could be viewed as opportunity to visualize what might be allowed to manifest in the following four weeks of the next lunar month.

October 17th New Moon
This Libra New Moon is an exciting and powerful time, when fresh energy is emerging for relationship with others, and when we also feel an idealized sense of possibility for the fulfillment of social goals. We are being gently or not so gently nudged into including Spirit as an important part of the equation. This is due to the trine that this New Moon makes to numinous Neptune and expansive Jupiter, in Aquarius, and the quincunx to volatile Uranus in Pisces. Uranus and Neptune have been in mutual reception for many months now, meaning that they each reside in the signs of the other's rulership, and we are pulled once again into the rosy glow of possibility for a freer and more spiritually coherent future, even if only for a little while. With four planets massing in Libra we are feeling very inclusive of the opinions and the thoughts of others, and this might even turn out to be a Good Thing.

October 25th First Quarter Moon
This First Quarter Moon, which Rudhyar called the "crisis of action" is likely to represent a moment of tension in the development of the ideas that were born in the New Moon time, and is truly the marker for when the rubber meets the road in our progress. We are filled with the desire for action now, and the need for change. We might have to move mountains in order to achieve our still very idealized objectives but we are prepared to do so. We can bask in this concept of future glory, represented by Jupiter and Neptune, but other energies are also in the mix at this time in the form of Saturn which is in the last degree of Virgo and about to move into Libra. The hard-nosed and difficult side of life comes along to collect the dues that we owe to practical necessity. This will be especially true during the last days of the month.

October 29th Saturn in Libra
As it does so it squares, within one degree of longitude, Pluto in early Capricorn. This combination reads fireworks and the potential for confrontation and polarization. Venus in Libra makes close aspects to Jupiter and Uranus, indicating that relationship has a surprising power to heal us at this time. May it be so, helping us to take the important steps that are necessary now, as we truly begin to birth the new millennium.