Libra Monthly Horoscope
{Monthly Horoscopes 2020}
A horoscope guide to the month ahead for Libra Sun and Libra Ascendant.
October 2020 Horoscope: Predictions for Libra
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We divide our 2020 monthly horoscopes into 3 groups (or decanates/decans) per sign for more accuracy. Remember that if you know your Ascendant, read forecasts for both your Sun sign and your Ascendant sign. If you know your birth time, but don’t know your Ascendant, be sure to see How to Obtain Your Astrology Chart here or use Cafe Astrology’s Ascendant Calculator.
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| Libras born September 24 to October 3 | ||||
| Libras born October 4 to 13 | ||||
| Libras born October 14 to 23 |
Overview for this Month: Libra (All)
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
October is strong for self-development, dear Libra, and you can find yourself quite devoted to settling in, building, and planning. You're putting more energy into building your money, resources, and talents. Taking care of valuables and attending to prized personal possessions can be part of the picture. You may be putting more effort into creating a comfortable, updated, or otherwise improved home life.
You have a greater desire to be independent and take care of your own needs in October. At times, there can be frustrating or inflamed situations with a partnership or significant person due to retrograde Mars in your opposing sign. Relationships can require extra care around the Full Moon on the first day of the month.
There can be an important realization about your feelings for someone or about a particular partnership that motivates you this month. Relationship goals may need refinement. You’re approaching your relationships differently now, so expect different results as a matter of course! Mars is retrograde in your partnership sector continuing this month, and a review of your situation is vital before you can go forward with more confidence.
From the 22nd, you'll be especially motivated to improve your financial state, but new initiatives may need some review and extra thought before moving forward with them.
While this is a time of personal power each year, a reflective turn is likely as your ruling planet, Venus, spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your privacy sector. This transit encourages spending more time to yourself, going under the radar in some areas of life, and sorting out or processing your feelings.
External or material achievement assumes less significance to you than what's going on in your private life in October. You may be a little more tentative than usual about your affections or pastimes. You may instinctively sense that you're not quite ready for brand new beginnings in some areas, although the New Moon on the 16th can clear the state, helping you reinvent yourself.
Pluto turns direct this month, and both finances and domestic matters can see a positive turning point. Your determination builds to resolve challenges as you feel increasingly more equipped to manage problem areas. Letting go of something that's been dragging you down may be part of this energy, and home-related projects move forward.
There can be continuing drama this month if you feel a little torn between others' wants and needs and your own feelings and fears. If you've been holding onto something too tightly or if you're nursing some resentment, things can reach a head early October.
Fortunately, this gives you the chance to resolve long-standing problems. The goal now would be to ease off just a little to release some pressure. Frustrations with others' behavior or confining situations tend to run high, particularly if you've felt that others seem to be putting their agendas ahead of yours. Avoid ego wars that keep you stuck in frustrating situations. You may need to take a look at the problematic issues in a partnership so that you can later take action to make some crucial changes. For now, sudden moves are not advised.
Your affectionate nature is a little withdrawn, pensive, and more private than usual until the 27th, after which Venus transits your sign, bringing pleasant attention your way. While you have personal presence and power this month, you can be rather hard to get in touch with on some levels.
October has its magical spots. Improving relationships with family and co-workers through increased understanding can figure strongly. You have a new way of looking at your work, services, and health that benefits you all around, immensely improving your spirit.
You might also feel more valued and valuable in your work or inspired to take better care of yourself. Incredible energy is with you for resolving a business or money problem or an issue of respect in a relationship.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th in your finances sector, and will eventually dip back into your sign on the 27th. The need to review your finances or budget can emerge. It's a period for looking to the past for answers to current problems or delaying some matters while you make changes and refinements, especially related to finances.
The New Moon on the 16th is all about you and presenting a new look, image, or more authentic version of "you" to the world. Yes, you're still reflecting and considering your next step, but you have more power than usual to take charge and to make an impact in the days after this lunation. This is a time for a new beginning of sorts. It's likely to cause a few ripples on the home front or with family. Still, it's a good time to resolve to leave a bad situation behind you, mainly related to money matters and relationships. If you've had the feeling of being in the background, overlooked, or ignored, you’ll want to make changes now. You have fantastic support for turning over a new leaf in the weeks ahead of this lunation, although there can be some challenges juggling everything you want to accomplish.
Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism increases considerably from the 27th onwards. The last week of the month is more outgoing--it's a great time to turn a few heads and one of the better times of the year (continuing into November) for personal attraction.
Around the Full Moon on the 31st, there can be new information about finances or a reveal of intimate feelings that rocks your world a little, nudging you in a new direction. Revelations related to debts, support, what you owe, and dependencies are meaningful now since they lead to a new perspective. Unpredictability can stir up problems, but this is also a highly creative, stimulating time for connecting with your true feelings on a matter.
See also This Month in Astrology.
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Libra (Born September 24 to October 3) and Libra Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Libra:
October 2020 Libra Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 22nd:
The Sun continues to move through your solar first house. You experience a renewal of energy and vitality now, and it's a strong time for increased personal confidence. The emphasis is on self-expression, what kind of impression you make on others, and beginning new personal projects.
You are a little more self-centered than usual, and this is quite natural and healthy as long as you don't take it too far. You are more decisive and forward-looking now, and you put more faith in your own abilities. Physically, you are likely feeling strong. This is an excellent cycle for making personal changes in your manner or appearance, and for any self-improvement endeavors. Personal projects that you begin now are likely to blossom nine months down the road.
From October 23rd forward:
The Sun highlights your second house now, and your focus is on material affairs and comfort issues. Security is a driving force for you at the moment, and you might find that you are especially interested in accumulating possessions. What you have and what you don't have come into focus--what makes you feel comfortable, your sense of security, and what you value.
This is the time of year when personal finances and possessions receive maximum attention. Pour your energy into your work and your finances, and you might just be able to take your ideas to the bank.
Extravagance with your pocketbook is something you may want to look out for, however. If you find yourself itching to make unnecessary purchases, know that at the root of this urge is the desire to pamper and comfort yourself. Nothing wrong with it, but there are inexpensive (and even free) ways to make yourself feel good.
This is not the most eventful time of year for you. You are more inclined to dig in your heels and hang on to what makes you feel most secure than to take big risks.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until October 2nd:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From October 3-27:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
From October 28th forward:
You could find it hard to deny yourself much of anything during this cycle! This is a time when you naturally let loose your softer, receptive side. Romantic matters, as well as pleasure-seeking activities, come to the fore now. You are more likely to pay closer attention to your physical appearance and mannerisms, aiming to improve and enhance your attractiveness. Others find you especially agreeable and cooperative. You are more gracious, well-behaved (superficial if you are not careful!), and likable now. Take advantage! It's a time when you turn heads, and it's also a period for extra attention to pleasures, pampering, and enjoyment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 27th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar second house. You might play with various ways to increase personal funds, resulting in more than one avenue for monetary gain. Avoid letting undue pressure from others push you into signing important papers that may create a serious financial commitment. Shopping when experiencing nervous tension should also be avoided. Your mind is always active with new ideas for an increase of income during this cycle. Brothers or sisters, or communications, may be a source of financial or material gain or loss now.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications involving legal affairs, travel, and education, as well as communications about the past, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. With Virgo ruling your twelfth house sector, somebody might be deceiving you or working against you, or nagging issues from the past may crop up and demand attention. Put off making solid travel plans if possible.
Occurring in your solar first and second houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives and body language. Reviewing your budget rather than jumping into new purchases is in order now. Go over any financial documents carefully. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. Take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from September 9th to November 13th:
All Mars retrograde cycles affect you in the areas of close partnering and negotiations because Mars rules these areas of your solar chart. Enthusiasm for a partnership or coming from a partner could be waning or not as clear. A partner could seem to be less direct or hard to reach. Partnering projects or initiatives, or negotiations, could stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in a one-to-one manner. Watch for pent-up anger and passive-aggressiveness in your partnerships, and learn from experiences with these things.
Occurring in the sector that Mars rules, all of these themes are magnified. See Mars Retrograde for more details.
Note that Mars sticks around this area of your solar chart for much longer than usual–until January 6th, 2021, but is only retrograde here until November 13th.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
October is strong for self-development, dear Libra, and you can find yourself quite devoted to settling in, building, and planning. You're putting more energy into building your money, resources, and talents. Taking care of valuables and attending to prized personal possessions can be part of the picture. You may be putting more effort into creating a comfortable, updated, or otherwise improved home life.
You have a greater desire to be independent and take care of your own needs in October. At times, there can be frustrating or inflamed situations with a partnership or significant person due to retrograde Mars in your opposing sign. Relationships can require extra care around the Full Moon on the first day of the month.
There can be an important realization about your feelings for someone or about a particular partnership that motivates you this month. Relationship goals may need refinement. You’re approaching your relationships differently now, so expect different results as a matter of course! Mars is retrograde in your partnership sector continuing this month, and a review of your situation is vital before you can go forward with more confidence.
From the 22nd, you'll be especially motivated to improve your financial state, but new initiatives may need some review and extra thought before moving forward with them.
While this is a time of personal power each year, a reflective turn is likely as your ruling planet, Venus, spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your privacy sector. This transit encourages spending more time to yourself, going under the radar in some areas of life, and sorting out or processing your feelings.
External or material achievement assumes less significance to you than what's going on in your private life in October. You may be a little more tentative than usual about your affections or pastimes. You may instinctively sense that you're not quite ready for brand new beginnings in some areas, although the New Moon on the 16th can clear the state, helping you reinvent yourself.
Pluto turns direct this month, and both finances and domestic matters can see a positive turning point. Your determination builds to resolve challenges as you feel increasingly more equipped to manage problem areas. Letting go of something that's been dragging you down may be part of this energy, and home-related projects move forward.
There can be continuing drama this month if you feel a little torn between others' wants and needs and your own feelings and fears. If you've been holding onto something too tightly or if you're nursing some resentment, things can reach a head early October.
Fortunately, this gives you the chance to resolve long-standing problems. The goal now would be to ease off just a little to release some pressure. Frustrations with others' behavior or confining situations tend to run high, particularly if you've felt that others seem to be putting their agendas ahead of yours. Avoid ego wars that keep you stuck in frustrating situations. You may need to take a look at the problematic issues in a partnership so that you can later take action to make some crucial changes. For now, sudden moves are not advised.
Your affectionate nature is a little withdrawn, pensive, and more private than usual until the 27th, after which Venus transits your sign, bringing pleasant attention your way. While you have personal presence and power this month, you can be rather hard to get in touch with on some levels.
October has its magical spots. Improving relationships with family and co-workers through increased understanding can figure strongly. You have a new way of looking at your work, services, and health that benefits you all around, immensely improving your spirit.
You might also feel more valued and valuable in your work or inspired to take better care of yourself. Incredible energy is with you for resolving a business or money problem or an issue of respect in a relationship.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th in your finances sector, and will eventually dip back into your sign on the 27th. The need to review your finances or budget can emerge. It's a period for looking to the past for answers to current problems or delaying some matters while you make changes and refinements, especially related to finances.
The New Moon on the 16th is all about you and presenting a new look, image, or more authentic version of "you" to the world. Yes, you're still reflecting and considering your next step, but you have more power than usual to take charge and to make an impact in the days after this lunation. This is a time for a new beginning of sorts. It's likely to cause a few ripples on the home front or with family. Still, it's a good time to resolve to leave a bad situation behind you, mainly related to money matters and relationships. If you've had the feeling of being in the background, overlooked, or ignored, you’ll want to make changes now. You have fantastic support for turning over a new leaf in the weeks ahead of this lunation, although there can be some challenges juggling everything you want to accomplish.
Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism increases considerably from the 27th onwards. The last week of the month is more outgoing--it's a great time to turn a few heads and one of the better times of the year (continuing into November) for personal attraction.
Around the Full Moon on the 31st, there can be new information about finances or a reveal of intimate feelings that rocks your world a little, nudging you in a new direction. Revelations related to debts, support, what you owe, and dependencies are meaningful now since they lead to a new perspective. Unpredictability can stir up problems, but this is also a highly creative, stimulating time for connecting with your true feelings on a matter.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Libra in 2020 and the full 2020 Yearly Libra Horoscope.
Libra (Born October 4 to 13) and Libra Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Libra:
October 2020 Libra Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your first house now, bringing issues surrounding your personal identity, appearance, outward behavior, and self-expression to the forefront. This marks the peak of your physical solar cycle, and you are in the position to make an impression on others, and to assert your personal influence. Spontaneity of expression is what this transit is about. You are ready to put your past behind you and to start a new personal cycle. You have presence and you project confidence. Increased energy and a renewed feeling of confidence is with you now, so take advantage.
It's a great month to do something entirely new and pioneering—to go solo in some area of your life. This particular season of the year smiles on your personal endeavors. This is a time when you more easily get in touch with a true sense of your identity and purpose. The most enterprising side of your nature surfaces, and it's time to seize opportunities. Existing problems in your life may be overcome now by bravery and a straightforward approach to your life.
There's nothing wrong with a bit of self-centeredness during this cycle, but avoid taking it too far. It's not the best time for teamwork and other cooperative endeavors. The spotlight is on you and your ability to lead, so make it a good one! Take steps to improve how you come across to others. It's time to carve your own path in life.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 10th:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From October 11th forward:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From October 1-8 and October 19th forward:
Mercury continues to transit your solar first house. During this cycle, you are more communicative than usual. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that conversations are at their best right now, simply because you are more interested in expressing yourself than listening! You are especially alert and a little cerebral now. You have a receptive audience for your ideas.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications involving legal affairs, travel, and education, as well as communications about the past, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. With Virgo ruling your twelfth house sector, somebody might be deceiving you or working against you, or nagging issues from the past may crop up and demand attention. Put off making solid travel plans if possible.
Occurring in your solar first and second houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives and body language. Reviewing your budget rather than jumping into new purchases is in order now. Go over any financial documents carefully. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. Take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from September 9th to November 13th:
All Mars retrograde cycles affect you in the areas of close partnering and negotiations because Mars rules these areas of your solar chart. Enthusiasm for a partnership or coming from a partner could be waning or not as clear. A partner could seem to be less direct or hard to reach. Partnering projects or initiatives, or negotiations, could stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in a one-to-one manner. Watch for pent-up anger and passive-aggressiveness in your partnerships, and learn from experiences with these things.
Occurring in the sector that Mars rules, all of these themes are magnified. See Mars Retrograde for more details.
Note that Mars sticks around this area of your solar chart for much longer than usual–until January 2021–but is only retrograde here until November 13th.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
October is strong for self-development, dear Libra, and you can find yourself quite devoted to settling in, building, and planning. You're putting more energy into building your money, resources, and talents. Taking care of valuables and attending to prized personal possessions can be part of the picture. You may be putting more effort into creating a comfortable, updated, or otherwise improved home life.
You have a greater desire to be independent and take care of your own needs in October. At times, there can be frustrating or inflamed situations with a partnership or significant person due to retrograde Mars in your opposing sign. Relationships can require extra care around the Full Moon on the first day of the month.
There can be an important realization about your feelings for someone or about a particular partnership that motivates you this month. Relationship goals may need refinement. You’re approaching your relationships differently now, so expect different results as a matter of course! Mars is retrograde in your partnership sector continuing this month, and a review of your situation is vital before you can go forward with more confidence.
From the 22nd, you'll be especially motivated to improve your financial state, but new initiatives may need some review and extra thought before moving forward with them.
While this is a time of personal power each year, a reflective turn is likely as your ruling planet, Venus, spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your privacy sector. This transit encourages spending more time to yourself, going under the radar in some areas of life, and sorting out or processing your feelings.
External or material achievement assumes less significance to you than what's going on in your private life in October. You may be a little more tentative than usual about your affections or pastimes. You may instinctively sense that you're not quite ready for brand new beginnings in some areas, although the New Moon on the 16th can clear the state, helping you reinvent yourself.
Pluto turns direct this month, and both finances and domestic matters can see a positive turning point. Your determination builds to resolve challenges as you feel increasingly more equipped to manage problem areas. Letting go of something that's been dragging you down may be part of this energy, and home-related projects move forward.
There can be continuing drama this month if you feel a little torn between others' wants and needs and your own feelings and fears. If you've been holding onto something too tightly or if you're nursing some resentment, things can reach a head early October.
Fortunately, this gives you the chance to resolve long-standing problems. The goal now would be to ease off just a little to release some pressure. Frustrations with others' behavior or confining situations tend to run high, particularly if you've felt that others seem to be putting their agendas ahead of yours. Avoid ego wars that keep you stuck in frustrating situations. You may need to take a look at the problematic issues in a partnership so that you can later take action to make some crucial changes. For now, sudden moves are not advised.
Your affectionate nature is a little withdrawn, pensive, and more private than usual until the 27th, after which Venus transits your sign, bringing pleasant attention your way. While you have personal presence and power this month, you can be rather hard to get in touch with on some levels.
October has its magical spots. Improving relationships with family and co-workers through increased understanding can figure strongly. You have a new way of looking at your work, services, and health that benefits you all around, immensely improving your spirit.
You might also feel more valued and valuable in your work or inspired to take better care of yourself. Incredible energy is with you for resolving a business or money problem or an issue of respect in a relationship.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th in your finances sector, and will eventually dip back into your sign on the 27th. The need to review your finances or budget can emerge. It's a period for looking to the past for answers to current problems or delaying some matters while you make changes and refinements, especially related to finances.
The New Moon on the 16th is all about you and presenting a new look, image, or more authentic version of "you" to the world. Yes, you're still reflecting and considering your next step, but you have more power than usual to take charge and to make an impact in the days after this lunation. This is a time for a new beginning of sorts. It's likely to cause a few ripples on the home front or with family. Still, it's a good time to resolve to leave a bad situation behind you, mainly related to money matters and relationships. If you've had the feeling of being in the background, overlooked, or ignored, you’ll want to make changes now. You have fantastic support for turning over a new leaf in the weeks ahead of this lunation, although there can be some challenges juggling everything you want to accomplish.
Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism increases considerably from the 27th onwards. The last week of the month is more outgoing--it's a great time to turn a few heads and one of the better times of the year (continuing into November) for personal attraction.
Around the Full Moon on the 31st, there can be new information about finances or a reveal of intimate feelings that rocks your world a little, nudging you in a new direction. Revelations related to debts, support, what you owe, and dependencies are meaningful now since they lead to a new perspective. Unpredictability can stir up problems, but this is also a highly creative, stimulating time for connecting with your true feelings on a matter.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Libra in 2020.
Libra (Born October 14 to 23) and Libra Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Libra:
October 2020 Libra Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 12th:
The Sun continues to shine its light on your solar twelfth house. This is the time to listen to your intuition, to take a break from the hectic pace of your life, and to reflect on what you have learned in the past year. You might naturally retreat a little and take more private time for yourself now.
Your physical energy levels may not be up to par for the time being, and this is your body signaling you to take a break. This is not an ideal time for pushing forward with new personal projects and plans. It is better to finish up projects and tie up loose ends now.
From October 13th forward:
The Sun illuminates your first house now, bringing issues surrounding your personal identity, appearance, outward behavior, and self-expression to the forefront. This marks the peak of your physical solar cycle, and you are in the position to make an impression on others, and to assert your personal influence. Spontaneity of expression is what this transit is about. You are ready to put your past behind you and to start a new personal cycle. You have presence and you project confidence. Increased energy and a renewed feeling of confidence is with you now, so take advantage.
It's a great month to do something entirely new and pioneering—to go solo in some area of your life. This particular season of the year smiles on your personal endeavors. This is a time when you more easily get in touch with a true sense of your identity and purpose. The most enterprising side of your nature surfaces, and it's time to seize opportunities. Existing problems in your life may be overcome now by bravery and a straightforward approach to your life.
There's nothing wrong with a bit of self-centeredness during this cycle, but avoid taking it too far. It's not the best time for teamwork and other cooperative endeavors. The spotlight is on you and your ability to lead, so make it a good one! Take steps to improve how you come across to others. It's time to carve your own path in life.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until October 19th:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From the 20th forward:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
This month:
Mercury continues to transit your solar first house. During this cycle, you are more communicative than usual. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that conversations are at their best right now, simply because you are more interested in expressing yourself than listening! You are especially alert and a little cerebral now. You have a receptive audience for your ideas.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications involving legal affairs, travel, and education, as well as communications about the past, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. With Virgo ruling your twelfth house sector, somebody might be deceiving you or working against you, or nagging issues from the past may crop up and demand attention. Put off making solid travel plans if possible.
Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others--not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from September 9th to November 13th:
All Mars retrograde cycles affect you in the areas of close partnering and negotiations because Mars rules these areas of your solar chart. Enthusiasm for a partnership or coming from a partner could be waning or not as clear. A partner could seem to be less direct or hard to reach. Partnering projects or initiatives, or negotiations, could stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in a one-to-one manner. Watch for pent-up anger and passive-aggressiveness in your partnerships, and learn from experiences with these things.
From the 17th forward: Occurring in your solar sixth house during this date range, enthusiasm for your work or health regimes, or for work projects and daily routines, could wane perhaps due to setbacks or stalling. Work itself could seem to be less straightforward or satisfying. New initiatives with these matters may appear less exciting, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in these areas of life. For some, there can be much preoccupation with your health or work endeavors, and possibly frustration with daily routines. Watch for pent-up anger and passive-aggressiveness on the job. Refocus, backtracking, and review become necessary and recommended now. This Mars retrograde emphasizes practical and work matters. How you organize your time is in question now.
Occurring in the sector that Mars rules, all of these themes are magnified. See Mars Retrograde for more details.
Mars will continue to transit these areas of your solar chart for longer than usual–until February 2021 but is only retrograde until November 13th.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Libra:
October is strong for self-development, dear Libra, and you can find yourself quite devoted to settling in, building, and planning. You're putting more energy into building your money, resources, and talents. Taking care of valuables and attending to prized personal possessions can be part of the picture. You may be putting more effort into creating a comfortable, updated, or otherwise improved home life.
You have a greater desire to be independent and take care of your own needs in October. At times, there can be frustrating or inflamed situations with a partnership or significant person due to retrograde Mars in your opposing sign. Relationships can require extra care around the Full Moon on the first day of the month.
There can be an important realization about your feelings for someone or about a particular partnership that motivates you this month. Relationship goals may need refinement. You’re approaching your relationships differently now, so expect different results as a matter of course! Mars is retrograde in your partnership sector continuing this month, and a review of your situation is vital before you can go forward with more confidence.
From the 22nd, you'll be especially motivated to improve your financial state, but new initiatives may need some review and extra thought before moving forward with them.
While this is a time of personal power each year, a reflective turn is likely as your ruling planet, Venus, spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your privacy sector. This transit encourages spending more time to yourself, going under the radar in some areas of life, and sorting out or processing your feelings.
External or material achievement assumes less significance to you than what's going on in your private life in October. You may be a little more tentative than usual about your affections or pastimes. You may instinctively sense that you're not quite ready for brand new beginnings in some areas, although the New Moon on the 16th can clear the state, helping you reinvent yourself.
Pluto turns direct this month, and both finances and domestic matters can see a positive turning point. Your determination builds to resolve challenges as you feel increasingly more equipped to manage problem areas. Letting go of something that's been dragging you down may be part of this energy, and home-related projects move forward.
There can be continuing drama this month if you feel a little torn between others' wants and needs and your own feelings and fears. If you've been holding onto something too tightly or if you're nursing some resentment, things can reach a head early October.
Fortunately, this gives you the chance to resolve long-standing problems. The goal now would be to ease off just a little to release some pressure. Frustrations with others' behavior or confining situations tend to run high, particularly if you've felt that others seem to be putting their agendas ahead of yours. Avoid ego wars that keep you stuck in frustrating situations. You may need to take a look at the problematic issues in a partnership so that you can later take action to make some crucial changes. For now, sudden moves are not advised.
Your affectionate nature is a little withdrawn, pensive, and more private than usual until the 27th, after which Venus transits your sign, bringing pleasant attention your way. While you have personal presence and power this month, you can be rather hard to get in touch with on some levels.
October has its magical spots. Improving relationships with family and co-workers through increased understanding can figure strongly. You have a new way of looking at your work, services, and health that benefits you all around, immensely improving your spirit.
You might also feel more valued and valuable in your work or inspired to take better care of yourself. Incredible energy is with you for resolving a business or money problem or an issue of respect in a relationship.
Mercury turns retrograde on the 13th in your finances sector, and will eventually dip back into your sign on the 27th. The need to review your finances or budget can emerge. It's a period for looking to the past for answers to current problems or delaying some matters while you make changes and refinements, especially related to finances.
The New Moon on the 16th is all about you and presenting a new look, image, or more authentic version of "you" to the world. Yes, you're still reflecting and considering your next step, but you have more power than usual to take charge and to make an impact in the days after this lunation. This is a time for a new beginning of sorts. It's likely to cause a few ripples on the home front or with family. Still, it's a good time to resolve to leave a bad situation behind you, mainly related to money matters and relationships. If you've had the feeling of being in the background, overlooked, or ignored, you’ll want to make changes now. You have fantastic support for turning over a new leaf in the weeks ahead of this lunation, although there can be some challenges juggling everything you want to accomplish.
Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism increases considerably from the 27th onwards. The last week of the month is more outgoing--it's a great time to turn a few heads and one of the better times of the year (continuing into November) for personal attraction.
Around the Full Moon on the 31st, there can be new information about finances or a reveal of intimate feelings that rocks your world a little, nudging you in a new direction. Revelations related to debts, support, what you owe, and dependencies are meaningful now since they lead to a new perspective. Unpredictability can stir up problems, but this is also a highly creative, stimulating time for connecting with your true feelings on a matter.
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