October 5 2023

Thursday, OCTOBER 5

Today’s transits suggest a lack of smoothness–they require us to make minor adjustments to our plans before pressing ahead. With Mercury’s quincunx to Saturn, mental anxiety can interfere with making good, practical choices. There can be communication challenges or mental blocks. Doubts might slow down our movements and initiatives. Even so, this can be a helpful process as we take a break from pushing ahead and check in with our objectives.

A Sun-Venus semi-square can pull up irritations. While they can seem to stem from others, they may very well reflect inner uneasiness. We can also be especially hungry for others’ appreciation. What we want to do and think we should do can be at odds now, and we may not be very productive with this kind of discontent. Ideally, we look for creative solutions for dissatisfaction.

However, we also have a Mars-Neptune quincunx in play, and we can feel a little stuck — uncertain about what we truly want and where to head — until we get in touch with the spiritual or emotional needs we may have overlooked. This transit can temporarily undercut our confidence in taking action or asserting ourselves. However, if our plans are running counter to our ideals, it’s time to recognize our spiritual or emotional needs and make adjustments before pushing forward.

The Moon is void from 2:35 AM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a sextile to Venus), until the Moon enters Cancer at 8:32 AM EDT.