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October 2020 Horoscope: Predictions for Taurus
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The following are monthly horoscopes for the Taurus zodiac sign. Cafe Astrology divides its monthly horoscopes into 3 groups (or decanates) 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.
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Overview for this Month: Taurus (All)
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
You're in fine shape for special attention to your health and work this month, dear Taurus. After the New Moon on the 16th, you're especially ready to take charge. Self-improvement is in strong focus. With Mars retrograde all month and Mercury retrograde from the 13th onwards, looking at past projects, discovering inconsistencies in current endeavors and plans, and editing work are all in focus. Aim to get a project right before moving forward or releasing it. This is a strong time for revising, editing, and perfecting. Take the time to work hard at something you love or something you believe in, as you can make significant progress.
October begins and ends with a Full Moon! On the 1st, there can be an important realization about rest, relaxation, or true feelings about a matter. The need to pull yourself back from the routine is likely now. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. Instead, this is a time to recognize your feelings, instincts, and hunches, and then gradually let an improvement plan unfold.
Venus spends the 2-27 in harmony with your sign as it transits your sector of joy, pleasure, and expression. Your magnetism and sense of fun are strong. You not only share your affection more freely, but you also receive love and compliments more confidently. Pluto's direct turn reinforces your desire to improve your relationships.
Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief returns, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction on the 4th. Your interest increases in sharing your ideas, an educational pursuit, or learning experiences.
Nevertheless, Mars continues to transit your privacy sector all month, and it remains retrograde. There is a retiring quality to your personality again this month. You are stepping back from your goals, just a little, to gain a new perspective. You might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest. Some matters are up in the air, and you could feel a bit stuck, playing a waiting game.
You could also suffer from a sense that you're not ready or prepared for a situation. You might find yourself fixating on an unresolved, frustrating matter from the past. Retrograde Mars can undoubtedly stir up restlessness with your current routines. Know that, in time, direction and purpose will reveal themselves! Tame impatience, which can lead to messy situations.
October brings fun opportunities to enjoy and express yourself. You're open to experimenting with feelings, longings, and ideas. Unusual or different pastimes, people, and pleasures can appeal. It's a period for following your heart. Exploring creative pursuits can be in focus. Your feelings for someone can expand and grow, and a person who's holding a torch for you may express their appreciation. You might enjoy a new line of study or develop a current interest. You're inspired to grow, improve, explore, and discover. This is a busy month for bonding through shared interests or ideas. Networking, courses, or extracurricular activities might introduce you to new ideas and people that encourage you.
Mercury's retrograde in your partnership sector from the 13th onwards suggests some slowdowns or delays, likely related to a significant person in your life.
Frustrations with your routines, health, or work can magnify around the 16th, motivating you to make a fresh start. A sense of discouragement or disillusionment can lead to a strong desire to make improvements. In fact, the desire to enjoy yourself more fully can motivate you to make needed changes. You'll pay special attention to getting things right, fixing errors, and sorting things out. It's not the time to push something big–instead, look at the details and get the smaller, essential jobs out of the way.
The 22nd brings the Sun into your partnership sector, and your relationships come into stronger focus. You benefit from the ability to see the dysfunctional elements of the past around the 25th, and new insight can nudge you along a different path. A partner can have much to contribute now, or you might make significant mental discoveries through a one-on-one conversation.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your health and work sector on the 27th, alerting you to projects or programs that require a second look. Venus heads into the same sector on the same day! More interest in your routines, health, and wellness can figure strongly now.
The Full Moon in Taurus on the 31st is revelatory. You are likely to come to a personal epiphany as you recognize feelings that you may have buried. Feelings or realizations occurring now can be surprising! Tensions related to restrictions or limits can be strong, but they help push you to make personal changes.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Taurus (Born April 21 to 30) and Taurus Ascendant from 0 to 10 degrees Taurus:
October 2020 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 22nd:
The Sun continues to spotlight your solar sixth house. This is a busy period that finds you tending to many different details of your daily existence--your work, various projects, organization around the home and office, your daily routines, and health matters. Your ego may be especially tied up in the work you do, so that you are proud and more creative than usual in your job. You may be in the position to take charge in your work, or to take charge of your health and diet. Sometimes this cycle relates to increased activities involving pets. You seek to perfect your skills or methods now, and you focus on the parts that make up the whole now in order to improve your daily life. As a result, you can be more critical than usual, but this process is necessary for you to sort out what works for you and what doesn't.
From October 23rd forward:
The Sun illuminates your seventh house. At this time of year, you have a greater need than usual to be with a partner. Bouncing ideas off someone helps you to better understand yourself. A partner provides a mirror for your own self-discovery. Now is the time to realize your own potential through a significant other. During this cycle, you focus on balancing your personal interests and objectives with your social life, or with those of a partner. The emphasis is on "us" rather than "me".
You need the energies, companionship, and support of other people, and they may also seek out your support and companionship. It's important to include others rather than to go solo for the time being. However, bending too much to the will of another is not advised either. Social interactions of a personal, one-on-one kind are emphasized. Circumstances are such that your diplomacy skills are required. Your popularity is increasing, and is reinforced by your own ability to cooperate and harmonize. Your ego and pride are tied up in how you relate to others now. This may be an especially busy time for people who consult or work with clients one-on-one.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until October 2nd:
Venus continues to transit your solar fourth house now. Domestic relationships and the home environment tend to be especially harmonious and peaceful during this cycle. You may have a desire to decorate your home with better quality items or more attention to aesthetics. An inner sense of peace and security tends to dominate now, or the desire for peace motivates you now. Your affections are strong but you don't wear your heart on your sleeve just now, preferring quiet moments with loved ones.
From October 3-27:
Venus warms your solar fifth house. This is an expressive period for the goddess of love! It's natural for you to turn on the charm without even lifting a finger. You are especially attracted to aesthetic forms of recreation. You feel a little more playful now, and love matters tend to be laced with a touch of drama. That shouldn't be a problem--in fact, you kind of like it that way for the time being. More loving and appreciative relationships with your children may also figure now. Your powers of attraction skyrocket during this cycle. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
From October 28th forward:
Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 27th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your "audience" in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.
At this time, you love to hear others' opinions and perspectives, and it's an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications with lovers or children, and regarding financial affairs, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your judgment with regards to personal finances (Gemini-ruled for you) as well as romantic partners and creative endeavors may not be up to par just now, so do avoid "signing on the dotted line". Speculation is not advised during this cycle.
Occurring in your solar sixth and seventh houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to negotiations, work, and one-on-one communications. Be as non- judgmental as you can with a partner and with co-workers. There may be the need to revisit old issues in a partnership, or there could be some communication problems with a partner. An ex-partner may resurface during this cycle. Misunderstandings with your partner now can do serious damage if you (or your partner) focus on words said instead of meanings behind the words. If you need to talk through problems, do your best to be as non-judgmental as possible, and don't over-react to what your partner has to say either. Mixed messages coming from a partner, or a disappointment, could occur now. You may not be as good at mediating disputes for the time being, but it's a good cycle in which to improve your negotiation skills. Re-thinking a partnership or a job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with partners, co-workers, and superiors, or 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 particularly affect you in terms of your intuition and spiritual matters, because Mars rules these areas of your life. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely. Private affairs and solitary work might need to be put on the back burner, or you could show less enthusiasm for them as you reassess matters.
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 Taurus:
You're in fine shape for special attention to your health and work this month, dear Taurus. After the New Moon on the 16th, you're especially ready to take charge. Self-improvement is in strong focus. With Mars retrograde all month and Mercury retrograde from the 13th onwards, looking at past projects, discovering inconsistencies in current endeavors and plans, and editing work are all in focus. Aim to get a project right before moving forward or releasing it. This is a strong time for revising, editing, and perfecting. Take the time to work hard at something you love or something you believe in, as you can make significant progress.
October begins and ends with a Full Moon! On the 1st, there can be an important realization about rest, relaxation, or true feelings about a matter. The need to pull yourself back from the routine is likely now. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. Instead, this is a time to recognize your feelings, instincts, and hunches, and then gradually let an improvement plan unfold.
Venus spends the 2-27 in harmony with your sign as it transits your sector of joy, pleasure, and expression. Your magnetism and sense of fun are strong. You not only share your affection more freely, but you also receive love and compliments more confidently. Pluto's direct turn reinforces your desire to improve your relationships.
Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief returns, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction on the 4th. Your interest increases in sharing your ideas, an educational pursuit, or learning experiences.
Nevertheless, Mars continues to transit your privacy sector all month, and it remains retrograde. There is a retiring quality to your personality again this month. You are stepping back from your goals, just a little, to gain a new perspective. You might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest. Some matters are up in the air, and you could feel a bit stuck, playing a waiting game.
You could also suffer from a sense that you're not ready or prepared for a situation. You might find yourself fixating on an unresolved, frustrating matter from the past. Retrograde Mars can undoubtedly stir up restlessness with your current routines. Know that, in time, direction and purpose will reveal themselves! Tame impatience, which can lead to messy situations.
October brings fun opportunities to enjoy and express yourself. You're open to experimenting with feelings, longings, and ideas. Unusual or different pastimes, people, and pleasures can appeal. It's a period for following your heart. Exploring creative pursuits can be in focus. Your feelings for someone can expand and grow, and a person who's holding a torch for you may express their appreciation. You might enjoy a new line of study or develop a current interest. You're inspired to grow, improve, explore, and discover. This is a busy month for bonding through shared interests or ideas. Networking, courses, or extracurricular activities might introduce you to new ideas and people that encourage you.
Mercury's retrograde in your partnership sector from the 13th onwards suggests some slowdowns or delays, likely related to a significant person in your life.
Frustrations with your routines, health, or work can magnify around the 16th, motivating you to make a fresh start. A sense of discouragement or disillusionment can lead to a strong desire to make improvements. In fact, the desire to enjoy yourself more fully can motivate you to make needed changes. You'll pay special attention to getting things right, fixing errors, and sorting things out. It's not the time to push something big–instead, look at the details and get the smaller, essential jobs out of the way.
The 22nd brings the Sun into your partnership sector, and your relationships come into stronger focus. You benefit from the ability to see the dysfunctional elements of the past around the 25th, and new insight can nudge you along a different path. A partner can have much to contribute now, or you might make significant mental discoveries through a one-on-one conversation.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your health and work sector on the 27th, alerting you to projects or programs that require a second look. Venus heads into the same sector on the same day! More interest in your routines, health, and wellness can figure strongly now.
The Full Moon in Taurus on the 31st is revelatory. You are likely to come to a personal epiphany as you recognize feelings that you may have buried. Feelings or realizations occurring now can be surprising! Tensions related to restrictions or limits can be strong, but they help push you to make personal changes.
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See also general trends for Taurus in 2020.
See also detailed 2020 Yearly Horoscope for Taurus.
Taurus (Born May 1 to 10) and Taurus Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Taurus:
October 2020 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.
It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 10th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fourth house now. Domestic relationships and the home environment tend to be especially harmonious and peaceful during this cycle. You may have a desire to decorate your home with better quality items or more attention to aesthetics. An inner sense of peace and security tends to dominate now, or the desire for peace motivates you now. Your affections are strong but you don't wear your heart on your sleeve just now, preferring quiet moments with loved ones.
From October 11th forward:
Venus warms your solar fifth house. This is an expressive period for the goddess of love! It's natural for you to turn on the charm without even lifting a finger. You are especially attracted to aesthetic forms of recreation. You feel a little more playful now, and love matters tend to be laced with a touch of drama. That shouldn't be a problem--in fact, you kind of like it that way for the time being. More loving and appreciative relationships with your children may also figure now. Your powers of attraction skyrocket during this cycle. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From October 1-8 and October 19th forward:
Mercury continues to transit your solar sixth house. This is an excellent cycle for improving your skills, objectively identifying your weaknesses so that you can work on them, and for finding flaws in your work methods or approach to daily activities so that you can make necessary changes.
You might be especially focused on list-making and to-do lists, as well as organizing things around you. The need to communicate about your work, health, and other daily affairs, or with co-workers, is especially strong now. Negative expression of this position is worrying about sixth house matters (work, health, pets, and so forth) rather than finding ways to improve these things.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications with lovers or children, and regarding financial affairs, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your judgment with regards to personal finances (Gemini-ruled for you) as well as romantic partners and creative endeavors may not be up to par just now, so do avoid "signing on the dotted line". Speculation is not advised during this cycle.
Occurring in your solar sixth and seventh houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to negotiations, work, and one-on-one communications. Be as non- judgmental as you can with a partner and with co-workers. There may be the need to revisit old issues in a partnership, or there could be some communication problems with a partner. An ex-partner may resurface during this cycle. Misunderstandings with your partner now can do serious damage if you (or your partner) focus on words said instead of meanings behind the words. If you need to talk through problems, do your best to be as non-judgmental as possible, and don't over-react to what your partner has to say either. Mixed messages coming from a partner, or a disappointment, could occur now. You may not be as good at mediating disputes for the time being, but it's a good cycle in which to improve your negotiation skills. Re-thinking a partnership or a job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with partners, co-workers, and superiors, or 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 particularly affect you in terms of your intuition and spiritual matters, because Mars rules these areas of your life. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely. Private affairs and solitary work might need to be put on the back burner, or you could show less enthusiasm for them as you reassess matters.
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 Taurus:
You're in fine shape for special attention to your health and work this month, dear Taurus. After the New Moon on the 16th, you're especially ready to take charge. Self-improvement is in strong focus. With Mars retrograde all month and Mercury retrograde from the 13th onwards, looking at past projects, discovering inconsistencies in current endeavors and plans, and editing work are all in focus. Aim to get a project right before moving forward or releasing it. This is a strong time for revising, editing, and perfecting. Take the time to work hard at something you love or something you believe in, as you can make significant progress.
October begins and ends with a Full Moon! On the 1st, there can be an important realization about rest, relaxation, or true feelings about a matter. The need to pull yourself back from the routine is likely now. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. Instead, this is a time to recognize your feelings, instincts, and hunches, and then gradually let an improvement plan unfold.
Venus spends the 2-27 in harmony with your sign as it transits your sector of joy, pleasure, and expression. Your magnetism and sense of fun are strong. You not only share your affection more freely, but you also receive love and compliments more confidently. Pluto's direct turn reinforces your desire to improve your relationships.
Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief returns, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction on the 4th. Your interest increases in sharing your ideas, an educational pursuit, or learning experiences.
Nevertheless, Mars continues to transit your privacy sector all month, and it remains retrograde. There is a retiring quality to your personality again this month. You are stepping back from your goals, just a little, to gain a new perspective. You might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest. Some matters are up in the air, and you could feel a bit stuck, playing a waiting game.
You could also suffer from a sense that you're not ready or prepared for a situation. You might find yourself fixating on an unresolved, frustrating matter from the past. Retrograde Mars can undoubtedly stir up restlessness with your current routines. Know that, in time, direction and purpose will reveal themselves! Tame impatience, which can lead to messy situations.
October brings fun opportunities to enjoy and express yourself. You're open to experimenting with feelings, longings, and ideas. Unusual or different pastimes, people, and pleasures can appeal. It's a period for following your heart. Exploring creative pursuits can be in focus. Your feelings for someone can expand and grow, and a person who's holding a torch for you may express their appreciation. You might enjoy a new line of study or develop a current interest. You're inspired to grow, improve, explore, and discover. This is a busy month for bonding through shared interests or ideas. Networking, courses, or extracurricular activities might introduce you to new ideas and people that encourage you.
Mercury's retrograde in your partnership sector from the 13th onwards suggests some slowdowns or delays, likely related to a significant person in your life.
Frustrations with your routines, health, or work can magnify around the 16th, motivating you to make a fresh start. A sense of discouragement or disillusionment can lead to a strong desire to make improvements. In fact, the desire to enjoy yourself more fully can motivate you to make needed changes. You'll pay special attention to getting things right, fixing errors, and sorting things out. It's not the time to push something big–instead, look at the details and get the smaller, essential jobs out of the way.
The 22nd brings the Sun into your partnership sector, and your relationships come into stronger focus. You benefit from the ability to see the dysfunctional elements of the past around the 25th, and new insight can nudge you along a different path. A partner can have much to contribute now, or you might make significant mental discoveries through a one-on-one conversation.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your health and work sector on the 27th, alerting you to projects or programs that require a second look. Venus heads into the same sector on the same day! More interest in your routines, health, and wellness can figure strongly now.
The Full Moon in Taurus on the 31st is revelatory. You are likely to come to a personal epiphany as you recognize feelings that you may have buried. Feelings or realizations occurring now can be surprising! Tensions related to restrictions or limits can be strong, but they help push you to make personal changes.
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 Taurus in 2020.
See also detailed 2020 Yearly Horoscope for Taurus.
Taurus (Born May 11 to 21) AND Taurus Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Taurus:
October 2020 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 12th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fifth house. This is a time when pleasure-seeking and creative activities come into focus and grab much of your attention. You are particularly personally charming in a spontaneous, natural way during this solar cycle. This is the time of year when you are ready to perform and to express yourself creatively.
This is a very playful cycle, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. It's a good time for recreation, romance, connecting with children, and enjoying and performing the arts. Your ego is tied up in your children, romantic relationships, and creative output now, so that you can be especially proud of these people and things. You can also be over-sensitive about these matters if you feel you are not getting enough appreciation.
From October 13th forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.
It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until October 19th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fourth house now. Domestic relationships and the home environment tend to be especially harmonious and peaceful during this cycle. You may have a desire to decorate your home with better quality items or more attention to aesthetics. An inner sense of peace and security tends to dominate now, or the desire for peace motivates you now. Your affections are strong but you don't wear your heart on your sleeve just now, preferring quiet moments with loved ones.
From the 20th forward:
Venus warms your solar fifth house. This is an expressive period for the goddess of love! It's natural for you to turn on the charm without even lifting a finger. You are especially attracted to aesthetic forms of recreation. You feel a little more playful now, and love matters tend to be laced with a touch of drama. That shouldn't be a problem--in fact, you kind of like it that way for the time being. More loving and appreciative relationships with your children may also figure now. Your powers of attraction skyrocket during this cycle. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
This month:
Mercury continues to transit your solar sixth house. This is an excellent cycle for improving your skills, objectively identifying your weaknesses so that you can work on them, and for finding flaws in your work methods or approach to daily activities so that you can make necessary changes.
You might be especially focused on list-making and to-do lists, as well as organizing things around you. The need to communicate about your work, health, and other daily affairs, or with co-workers, is especially strong now. Negative expression of this position is worrying about sixth house matters (work, health, pets, and so forth) rather than finding ways to improve these things.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications with lovers or children, and regarding financial affairs, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your judgment with regards to personal finances (Gemini-ruled for you) as well as romantic partners and creative endeavors may not be up to par just now, so do avoid "signing on the dotted line". Speculation is not advised during this cycle.
Occurring in your solar sixth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to work, health matters, and daily routines. Be as non-judgmental as you can with co-workers and/or employees. Re-thinking the suitability of your job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you, or you might need to redo work that you thought was complete. However, you might find that the refinements you make now will be very valuable later. Double- check your work before submitting it. It's a fine time for researching health and nutrition programs, as well as job skills and opportunities, but perhaps not the best time for beginning all-new programs. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers and health professionals; or 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 particularly affect you in terms of your intuition and spiritual matters, because Mars rules these areas of your life. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely. Private affairs and solitary work might need to be put on the back burner, or you could show less enthusiasm for them as you reassess matters.
Occurring in the sector that Mars rules, all of these themes are magnified. See Mars Retrograde for more details.
From the 17th forward: Occurring in your solar eleventh house during this period, enthusiasm for generating business income, for working towards your higher goals and hopes, for group or community activities, and/or friendships may wane, perhaps due to some problems or setbacks in these areas of life. Some of you could be dealing with frustrations and buried anger with friends. Ambiguity in these areas of life may lead you to reassess your friendships, group endeavors and associations, or higher goals. There may be frustration with goals or dreams not manifesting soon enough, when in fact this retrograde period is strong for making important edits to your plans. Refocus, backtracking, and review become necessary and recommended now.
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 Taurus:
You're in fine shape for special attention to your health and work this month, dear Taurus. After the New Moon on the 16th, you're especially ready to take charge. Self-improvement is in strong focus. With Mars retrograde all month and Mercury retrograde from the 13th onwards, looking at past projects, discovering inconsistencies in current endeavors and plans, and editing work are all in focus. Aim to get a project right before moving forward or releasing it. This is a strong time for revising, editing, and perfecting. Take the time to work hard at something you love or something you believe in, as you can make significant progress.
October begins and ends with a Full Moon! On the 1st, there can be an important realization about rest, relaxation, or true feelings about a matter. The need to pull yourself back from the routine is likely now. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. Instead, this is a time to recognize your feelings, instincts, and hunches, and then gradually let an improvement plan unfold.
Venus spends the 2-27 in harmony with your sign as it transits your sector of joy, pleasure, and expression. Your magnetism and sense of fun are strong. You not only share your affection more freely, but you also receive love and compliments more confidently. Pluto's direct turn reinforces your desire to improve your relationships.
Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief returns, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction on the 4th. Your interest increases in sharing your ideas, an educational pursuit, or learning experiences.
Nevertheless, Mars continues to transit your privacy sector all month, and it remains retrograde. There is a retiring quality to your personality again this month. You are stepping back from your goals, just a little, to gain a new perspective. You might identify a pursuit that is better off put to rest. Some matters are up in the air, and you could feel a bit stuck, playing a waiting game.
You could also suffer from a sense that you're not ready or prepared for a situation. You might find yourself fixating on an unresolved, frustrating matter from the past. Retrograde Mars can undoubtedly stir up restlessness with your current routines. Know that, in time, direction and purpose will reveal themselves! Tame impatience, which can lead to messy situations.
October brings fun opportunities to enjoy and express yourself. You're open to experimenting with feelings, longings, and ideas. Unusual or different pastimes, people, and pleasures can appeal. It's a period for following your heart. Exploring creative pursuits can be in focus. Your feelings for someone can expand and grow, and a person who's holding a torch for you may express their appreciation. You might enjoy a new line of study or develop a current interest. You're inspired to grow, improve, explore, and discover. This is a busy month for bonding through shared interests or ideas. Networking, courses, or extracurricular activities might introduce you to new ideas and people that encourage you.
Mercury's retrograde in your partnership sector from the 13th onwards suggests some slowdowns or delays, likely related to a significant person in your life.
Frustrations with your routines, health, or work can magnify around the 16th, motivating you to make a fresh start. A sense of discouragement or disillusionment can lead to a strong desire to make improvements. In fact, the desire to enjoy yourself more fully can motivate you to make needed changes. You'll pay special attention to getting things right, fixing errors, and sorting things out. It's not the time to push something big–instead, look at the details and get the smaller, essential jobs out of the way.
The 22nd brings the Sun into your partnership sector, and your relationships come into stronger focus. You benefit from the ability to see the dysfunctional elements of the past around the 25th, and new insight can nudge you along a different path. A partner can have much to contribute now, or you might make significant mental discoveries through a one-on-one conversation.
Retrograde Mercury returns to your health and work sector on the 27th, alerting you to projects or programs that require a second look. Venus heads into the same sector on the same day! More interest in your routines, health, and wellness can figure strongly now.
The Full Moon in Taurus on the 31st is revelatory. You are likely to come to a personal epiphany as you recognize feelings that you may have buried. Feelings or realizations occurring now can be surprising! Tensions related to restrictions or limits can be strong, but they help push you to make personal changes.
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