Virgo Horoscope for October 2016

This is another very interesting month for you, Virgo, one in which internal elements of soul growth are on the table, in the wake of the potent retrograde of Mercury, your ruler, lasting all of the previous month, that is only just now actually ending. This brings an intense period of self-reflection to an end, precipitating the next stage of your voyage into cosmic awareness and self-knowledge. Part of your recent evolutionary journey has involved recognition of the painful places inside you. These have more fully emerged over the past weeks of the Mercury Retrograde period as inter-personal relationship has stirred the pot. In this current month, you are reaching out for a better metaphorical position to stand, an Archimedean landing place to survey your own turmoil in a way that empowers you to move the events of your life with greater surety.

As the month begins, you are reveling in the energy of the New Moon in your resources sector together with a powerful presence of feisty Mars in the area of your solar chart that corresponds to creativity and artistry. You are also feeling the pinch of a renewed cosmic nudge from troublesome Chiron. This is indicated by the third pass of a powerful opposition from your ruler Mercury to this archetype of the Wounded Healer, located in your opposite sign, or your relationship sector. This presence there of Chiron signifies that potentially painful places inside you have been brought closer to conscious awareness over the past few weeks of this important, and perhaps trying, retrograde of Mercury through your own sign. There are many possible ways to approach this material, from despair to cheerfully ignoring any indications of less than smooth sailing, and they are all to some extent justified. The best timing to address the issues of long-buried trauma that Chiron usually signifies is a matter of individual response, depending on the level of hidden upset that lies within you and your alertness to it; there is no wrong or right here, only allowing for possibility.

This month is also an optimistic one for your values and your resources, including your finances. If you do continue to be subliminally aware of something troubling you below the level of consciousness, this Libra cycle is a good opportunity to get closer to the root cause. You are better resourced now to open yourself further to what is below the decks of your ordinary awareness. Your dreams can provide clues and so can the interpersonal reactivity that could potentially come up for you as the month unwinds. As is indicated by the astrology, symbolized by the significant factor of a strong presence in your chart of energetic Mars, in an otherwise very positive month, long-buried rage could also surface. You find that your creativity blossoms, and as well a propensity for over-confidence or a sharp tongue, or perhaps the possibility for hidden anger to emerge. As these manifestations potentially develop, you benefit by remembering to be mindful, and as full of self-examination as is humanly possible. This month you also have the optimistic presence of a strongly placed Jupiter that goes a long way toward seeing you through. The poles of despair and over-optimism are equally false mirages, with the real truth of your condition lying somewhere in between.