This week opens with a New Moon in Libra, a moment of clean slate and fresh intention. The Sun and Moon both hover around 17–21 degrees of Libra, the sign of balance and relationship, asking what partnerships—with others, with yourself, with your work—need recalibrating. But there's an undertow here that won't let this be a gentle week. Mercury and Venus have both moved into Scorpio, the sign of depth and transformation, pulling our words and values toward what matters most beneath the surface. This is not a week for small talk or surface-level agreements. The cosmos is asking you to mean what you say.
Mars in Leo, supported by Jupiter in the same sign, radiates outward with confidence and creative fire. Saturn in Aries and Neptune in Aries add a sobering note—not every bold move lands, and not every dream manifests as planned. Pluto in Aquarius continues its slow work of dismantling old structures, especially around how we define community and belonging. By October 17, the Moon reaches its First Quarter phase in Capricorn, a moment of tension and decision. This is a week that asks you to distinguish between what you want and what you actually need, and to act accordingly.
The Week Ahead
Key Planetary Movements: New Moon in Libra (October 11) • Mercury in Scorpio (conjunct Venus, deepening communication) • Mars in Leo (trine Jupiter in Leo, amplifying creative drive) • Moon waxes from Libra through Scorpio into Sagittarius, then into Capricorn • First Quarter Moon in Capricorn (October 17) • Saturn retrograde in Aries continues testing your sense of pioneering identity • Neptune in Aries softens and dissolves the sharper edges of that test • Pluto in Aquarius keeps working on collective structures and friendship networks
Day by Day
Sunday, October 11 (Saturday October 10 in some time zones): The New Moon in Libra arrives at 21 degrees, a moment of reset in relationship and partnership. You may feel pulled toward decisions that have been pending—about collaborations, about how you show up in connection with others. Mercury at 12 degrees Scorpio and Venus at 7 degrees Scorpio are already asking deeper questions beneath whatever surface agreement you're considering. This is a day for stillness and listening, not for rushing into commitments. Ask yourself what you truly want before announcing it.
Monday, October 12: The Moon moves into Scorpio at 4 degrees, early in its waxing cycle. This is when intention begins to take form—subtle, underneath, in the realm of emotion and instinct. Your words may feel heavier today, more laden with meaning. Mercury continues its deliberate journey through Scorpio, and Venus follows. Mars at 7 degrees Leo still burns with confidence. This is a day to notice the gap between what you're saying and what you're feeling, and to close it.
Tuesday, October 13: The Moon reaches 17 degrees Scorpio, moving deeper into the sign's territory of transformation and power. Mercury is now at 14 degrees Scorpio, moving steadily forward through themes of psychology, desire, and truth-telling. Venus at 6 degrees Scorpio intensifies your values—what do you really want from a relationship, a project, a commitment? Jupiter at 21 degrees Leo beams down a kind of permission to take up space. This is a day when you might speak something you've been holding back, and find the words land more clearly than expected.
Wednesday, October 14: The Moon reaches 29 degrees Scorpio, the final degree, preparing to transition into Sagittarius. This is a threshold day. You may feel restless, ready to move beyond something that has required your focus. Mercury at 15 degrees Scorpio and Venus at 6 degrees Scorpio are still pressing you toward honesty. Mars at 9 degrees Leo and Jupiter at 21 degrees Leo together say: you have the fire and the luck to try something new. The hesitation you feel is worth listening to, not overriding.
Thursday, October 15: The Moon enters Sagittarius at 11 degrees, shifting the week's energy toward expansion and exploration. After several days of Scorpionic depth, this is a breath outward. Mercury at 16 degrees Scorpio is still cautious, still asking you to think before you leap. But Venus at 5 degrees Scorpio has moved closer to the heart of Scorpio's intensity. This is a day when what you want becomes clearer even as the path to getting it remains obscured. Write down what you're reaching for.
Friday, October 16: The Moon is at 23 degrees Sagittarius now, moving toward the last quarter and the intensity of decision-making. Mercury has reached 17 degrees Scorpio, nearly at the midpoint of its transit through the sign. Venus at 5 degrees Scorpio still holds you in that place of deep feeling and authentic desire. Mars at 10 degrees Leo and Jupiter at 22 degrees Leo are urging action. This is when the week's momentum peaks—you can feel something wanting to move, but the exact direction may still be unclear.
Saturday, October 17: The Moon reaches Capricorn at 5 degrees, meeting the First Quarter phase. This is a moment of decisive tension. The Moon in Capricorn asks: what will you actually do? What commitment will you make? Mercury at 18 degrees Scorpio is nearly at the heart of the sign's transformative power. Venus at 4 degrees Scorpio has moved even deeper into intensity. This is the day the week's questions demand answers. Not forever—just for now. Where are you willing to show up?
♈ Aries
March 21 – April 19
relationships under revision
Saturn at 10 degrees Aries sits in your sign, asking you to examine your own boundaries and sense of who you are apart from others. This week, the New Moon in Libra—your opposite sign—shines a light on how you relate, how you show up in partnership. Mercury and Venus in Scorpio pull the conversation deeper; they are asking you to speak what you actually need, not what you think you should say. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are sextile your sign, offering support to your creative and romantic endeavors. The question this week is not whether to be bold—you'll be that regardless—but whether you're honest about what you want before you claim it.
Cosmic Homework: Tell someone close to you one thing you need from them that you have been afraid to voice.
♉ Taurus
April 20 – May 20
creativity and courage
Mars at 7 degrees Leo sits in your house of romance, creativity, and self-expression, and Jupiter at 21 degrees Leo amplifies that signal. You have momentum, confidence, and luck on your side this week. But Mercury and Venus in Scorpio—your house of work, daily life, and service—are asking you to ground that inspiration in something real. The New Moon in Libra is also touching your house of friendships and community; something in how you belong to a group or collective may need renegotiating. This week, your job is to take the creative fire Mars and Jupiter are offering and direct it toward something that matters not just to you, but to the people you care about.
Cosmic Homework: Start a project or creative work that you have postponed, even if you only work on it for fifteen minutes.
♊ Gemini
May 21 – June 20
home and family foundations
Uranus at 5 degrees Gemini is in your sign, and this week its presence asks you to consider what is shifting in your foundation—your home, your family, your sense of belonging. The New Moon in Libra touches your house of home and domestic life, a moment to set new intentions about where and how you want to live. Mercury in Scorpio is in your house of creativity and romance; Venus in Scorpio accompanies it, asking you to express what you feel rather than hide it. Mars in Leo offers protection and support to your communications. This is a week to speak up about what you need at home, and to be willing to listen to what others need from you.
Cosmic Homework: Have one honest conversation with a family member or housemate about something that has been unspoken between you.
♋ Cancer
June 21 – July 22
words that matter
Mercury at 12 degrees Scorpio moves through your house of communication, writing, and ideas, and Venus follows, asking you to speak from the heart rather than from habit. The New Moon in Libra is in your house of communication and siblings; something about how you express yourself, how you connect with those close to you, is being cleared and reset. Mars at 7 degrees Leo and Jupiter at 21 degrees Leo are both in your house of resources and values, giving you both the courage and the material support to pursue what matters. This week, your words have power. Use them carefully, and use them true.
Cosmic Homework: Write a message to someone you need to reach out to, and send it before the week ends.
♌ Leo
July 23 – August 22
your resources and worth
Mars at 7 degrees of your own sign and Jupiter at 21 degrees of your own sign make this a week when you are radiating confidence, magnetism, and luck. The New Moon in Libra is in your house of resources and self-worth, however, asking you to reconsider what you value and what you're worth. Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Scorpio are both in your house of home and family, grounding your expansiveness in something intimate and real. This week is not about external validation or status. It's about knowing your own worth and being willing to ask for what you deserve. Your boldness this week has real power, but only if it's rooted in clarity about who you actually are.
Cosmic Homework: Name one thing you do well, and commit to doing it more deliberately this week.
♍ Virgo
August 23 – September 22
intention and identity
The New Moon in Libra lands in your house of identity and self-expression, a reset moment for how you see yourself and how you want to be seen. Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Scorpio move through your house of communication and ideas, asking you to think and speak with more depth than usual. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are in your house of home, family, and private life, supporting your foundation even as the external world pulls your attention. This week, the invitation is to know yourself more clearly—not as the person others expect you to be, but as the person you actually are. Trust that clarity, and let it guide you forward.
Cosmic Homework: Journal about who you are becoming, not who you have been.
♎ Libra
September 23 – October 22
release and renewal
The New Moon in Libra is in your own sign at 17 degrees—this is your moment. A personal reset, a clearing of what no longer serves, a chance to begin again with clearer intention about who you want to be. Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Scorpio are in your house of friends, community, and belonging, asking you to examine which connections truly feed you and which drain you. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are in your house of communication and ideas, giving you both the courage and the luck to speak what you've been thinking. This week, something old ends and something new begins. Let it happen without resistance.
Cosmic Homework: Let go of one belief about yourself that no longer serves you.
♏ Scorpio
October 23 – November 21
purpose and belonging
Mercury at 12 degrees Scorpio is in your own sign, and Venus at 7 degrees Scorpio follows, a week when you speak with authority and feel your own power. But the New Moon in Libra is in your house of private life, spirituality, and the unconscious, suggesting that your real work this week happens internally. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are in your house of home and family, supporting whatever foundations you are building. The question this week is: what are you becoming in the quiet moments? What is being revealed to you about your own depths and your own purpose? Trust what you find there.
Cosmic Homework: Spend at least one hour this week in solitude, without your phone, asking yourself what you truly want.
♐ Sagittarius
November 22 – December 21
community and connection
The New Moon in Libra is in your house of friends, groups, and community, asking you to reconsider your place in the collectives you belong to and the people you call your people. Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Scorpio are in your house of home and private life, pulling you inward even as the social world calls. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are in your house of communication and ideas, giving you confidence to articulate your vision and values. This is a week to be both private and public—to know what you stand for within yourself, and then to share it with the people who matter. Where do you actually belong?
Cosmic Homework: Reach out to one person in your community and suggest gathering together.
♑ Capricorn
December 22 – January 19
visibility and purpose
The New Moon in Libra is in your house of career, status, and public presence, a reset moment for what you want to be known for and how you want to show up in the world. Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Scorpio are in your house of communication and ideas, asking you to speak your truth and articulate your vision with clarity and depth. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are in your house of resources and self-worth, supporting both your material security and your sense of what you deserve. This week, what you put out into the world lands with power. Be intentional about what that is.
Cosmic Homework: Update your professional presence or share one piece of work you are proud of with the wider world.
♒ Aquarius
January 20 – February 18
horizons and growth
Pluto at 3 degrees Aquarius is in your own sign, a slow and profound dismantling of who you have been and a rebuilding into who you are becoming. The New Moon in Libra is in your house of travel, learning, and expansion, asking what knowledge you want to pursue and what horizons you want to explore. Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Scorpio are in your house of resources and values, grounding you in what actually matters before you leap toward the next big thing. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are in your house of romance and creativity, offering both fire and luck. This is a week to explore, to learn, to expand—but from a foundation of knowing what you actually want.
Cosmic Homework: Research one thing you have always wanted to learn or explore, and take one small step toward it.
♓ Pisces
February 19 – March 20
depth and transformation
The New Moon in Libra is in your house of intimacy, shared resources, and transformation—a deep reset moment for your closest relationships and for what you are willing to share of yourself. Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Scorpio are in your house of romance and self-expression, asking you to be vulnerable, to speak what you feel, to let yourself be known. Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Leo are in your house of home and family, supporting whatever private foundation you are building. This is a week when the barriers between self and other become more permeable. The invitation is to stop protecting yourself so carefully and let someone in. What are you afraid they will see? That is precisely what they need to know.
Cosmic Homework: Tell someone close to you something you have been afraid to admit about yourself.
