October Horoscopes

Astrology of October
Current Configurations
Past Months

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

October 2008

Current Astrology

	The Sun is in Gemini
	The Quarter Moon is in LibraThe First Quarter Moon is in Libra: All day
	Next Mercury Retrograde Aug 23 - Sep 15

October Horoscopes

by Henry Seltzer

Gemini Horoscope (May 21 - June 20)
Mutable Air. Your ruling planet is Mercury.

You are in flux at this time, Gemini. Your ruler Mercury is in various stages of retrograde all month, and in some sense you are in the process of redefining yourself. Your self-expression is highly articulated at this time, but it is turned inward as you recreate your world around you from first principles. You are likely to be optimistic about your changes and seeing them through. You are learning to see everything not so much from the standpoint of the here and now only, but allowing the broadest possible perspective, when there is suddenly room for Spirit to enter into the equation.

As the month begins, your ruler Mercury retrogrades in your sector of self-expression, meaning that you are likely to be mulling over your situation, re-inventing who you are at the core, and striving to come to terms with what you believe at base value. This is a time when you are a stand for a future path that you can clearly see ahead of you at time, and that also at times seems cloudy and vague. You only know that you are dissatisfied with what is. A philosophical distance is created from everything that you have known thus far, erasing previous conceptions. This uncertainty and divine discontent extends to your career decisions at this time; with each new conception a new impulse. With the First Quarter Moon of Tuesday, October 7th, and the days surrounding it, you are filled with a sense of optimism. The impulse to gamble might be especially strong, although this time period also represents one peak of the retrograde period, when you might expect miscommunication and mechanical breakdowns to become more prevalent, and when you do well to carefully regard any decisions you make, looking before leaping, and waiting until close to the end of the month to act on any new ideas that come to you while the retrograde is still in effect. The Full Moon time that begins over the following weekend and climaxes on Tuesday, represents another powerful time period, when a degree of idealism may cloud the proceedings somewhat. You are attempting to see your way to the next phase, and your future path speaks to you loudly, but you are also may be seeing things "through a glass darkly" and not fully discerning your best move. Again, you benefit if you can wait for the roiling stream of your life to settle. The last half of the month is a time of gathering clarity. You are perched on the edge of important breakthrough right now that will manifest toward the end of the year.