October

The world is not quite your oyster in October, but it’s pretty close. Maybe a smoked oyster, Pisces. You have Bacchus, Mercury, Venus Retrograde, the Sun and Jupiter in Scorpio, which means trines to your Pisces Sun (and trines chime perfectly in any horoscope). Even if none of these form that beautiful angle with your Sun, you still end up with a tempting spread of choices about travel, foreign people and places, regional connections, emigration/relocation, academia, education or publishing. This is the Ninth House, which is about the biggest of all big pictures. Religion also falls here, as do foreign languages and lofty subjects for a thesis. Most of all, this house of your chart is about travel (and travel in the mind) and that is why you may want to wrap things up quickly. Mercury, the planet of communication, information and negotiation starts moving retrograde shadow, near Monday 29th October and you could be dallying with delays, changes or even reversals by December. If you have absolutely no choice about (say) university admission or a website, a trip away or a move – then at least allow for that, if you must proceed after the 29th. It would make sense to have more back-up than usual, some Plan B and C support and a healthy sense of what might stick, rather than what might usually click. If you are flying, for example, after the 29th make sure you check your airline or airport for updates as Mercury is notorious for triggering messy situations when he goes retroshade, or Retrograde Shadow. By and large, though, whatever goes down before the final days of October is meant to be, and it will expand your horizons in a lasting and wonderful way. The Full Moon on Wednesday 24th October finds you in two minds, or dealing with polar opposites, over a project that matters, a course you are counting on, or an online plan. This is really deep breath time, as you need to front up to what is going on here, and it’s much more than the usual lunar inner conflict or me-versus-them situation. The reason for this is Uranus, the planet of revolution, on the march near October 6th, 10th, near the Full Moon itself, then peaking again near Halloween on 31st October. This is your departure gate for an entirely new and different approach to being heard and read. Go through it and don’t look back, or turn back either. New technology will likely play a part, as Uranus has long been associated with wow-factor breakthroughs. This will no doubt be online or linked to a phone or microphone for you!

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