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

October Horoscopes

by Henry Seltzer

Pisces Horoscope (February 19 - March 20)
Mutable Water. Your ruling planets are Neptune and Jupiter.

This is an important season of change for you Pisces, and it's not so simple. You are quite a mixture of inner and outer these days. Your spiritual center is operating in high gear, pulling you away from the merely mundane affairs of the world around you, but practical reality continues to assert itself, perhaps in the form of partners in your life. You are feeling the contrast between critical voices that urge you to conform and your own die-hard individualism that rebels. You seek and might even find the elusive compromise that allows you to progress along your naturally intended path with your dreams more or less intact, and with a reasonable shot at enlightened forward motion.

As the month begins, you are still caught up in the whirlwind of energy from last month's dynamic New Moon. The trick is finding innovative ways to prosper and thrive in the midst of the tension of polarity. Something inside you is urging you to get out of town and blast off into adventure while another part that might easily be played out by partners in your life is urging you to stay on track with plans and commitments. Yet another part of yourself just wants to hide out and forget the whole thing. Forging a blend has not been easy but it is possible, as you are discovering. You might be reveling in the equanimity that comes from keeping your wits about you as you let go and let god, as they say. The Two of Pentacles could easily be your favorite Tarot card right now. With the Full Moon of Saturday evening, October 3rd, the balancing act reaches one culmination. You are mediating issues of self and other, mind and heart, action and passivity. Somehow the right blend will present itself and your task is to be present for it when it does. There is a spiritual place inside that is very alive for you right now. Even though this secret place corresponds to more of a retreat from the world than an advance into it, this place and this mode of operation actually does represent your best chance of getting through with a cheerful countenance and with the best possible solution all ëround. In the same vein, the Last Quarter Moon of the following weekend, taking place on Sunday, October 11th, might be a time when you can see your way clear to reinventing yourself along more productive lines, letting go of everything that doesn't serve your higher purpose. The New Moon of Saturday evening, October 17th, could serve as a new beginning in this way, a final adjustment. The last two weeks of the month will constitute a working out of the principles that you have come to you during this tumultuous first half. It may be that the time has come to act on your beliefs, and to fully espouse your ideals, or at least as fully as is practical under the pressure of modern day society. During this entire month you are moved by the grace of inspiration as much by the crush of circumstances, and when you pause to reflect on this simple yet irrefutable fact, a beatific vision of glass-half-full rather than half-empty can pervade your being. At times like this you are able to perceive that the balance and the reunion within yourself that you seek is indeed only a gesture away.