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October 2023 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 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
A mostly balanced focus between work and play is with you in October, dear Taurus, and any imbalances in the mix are quickly corrected. You continue to put a lot of thought and energy into dealing with your daily affairs, improving your work, and attending to your health and wellness. But as the month advances, relationships are in high focus and are livelier.
From the 8th, you have lovely Venus in arguably the best position of your solar chart, second only to Venus gracing your sign. This transit enhances and supports your popularity and likability while working on smoothing over your relationships and attracting mutually beneficial friendships. Artists and lovers get extra attention and positive feedback at this time. This transit is fun, playful, and flirty. Opportunities to enjoy pleasurable pastimes and entertainment emerge now. It's a good time for leisure, recreation, writing, decorating, creating, vacationing, and enjoying hobbies. You're seeking ways to shine your light and share your ideas, love, and creations.
In many ways, you're busy working in the background in the first half of the month, which allows you to get a whole lot done. Good energy is with you for solving a work problem or straightening out misconceptions and reputation problems. You can be particularly inspired for a work or health pursuit, project, or lifestyle adjustment. There can be much activity and many details to attend to at this time of the year, and a stronger focus on the systems in your life and how to make them run smoothly can be incredibly beneficial.
The Solar Eclipse on the 14th is powerful and can motivate you to take care of unfinished business related to work and health matters. Decisions you've let hang or otherwise put off can suddenly seem urgent. In the weeks following this eclipse, you can be motivated to take charge of your health, start a wellness program (slowly but surely is best), or organize your daily affairs and work.
While work and health goals are in strong focus, increasingly, you are turning your attention to your social life or partnering. Mars heads into your opposing sign on the 12th, and Mercury and the Sun follow suit on the 22nd and 23rd. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship or negotiations. Much activity related to your social life or partnerships is in the spotlight. There can be a new relationship, or you can experience new levels and layers in a current one, and perhaps unusual desires and plot twists.
Pluto's direct turn this month also moves forward relationships, partnering, negotiations, education, transportation, and publishing matters. Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief could return, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 28th occurs in your sign, and it's a significant one as the final eclipse in a set. This set has been around for a couple of years, and this eclipse is the final nudge towards asserting your independence, understanding your relationship needs, and finding yourself. It's a powerful period for self-understanding and personal epiphanies. This lunation can help point you in the right direction toward correcting imbalances, particularly in the me-you department in relationships.
If you've been defining yourself largely through your relationships, now is the time to draw up your own terms. Aim to honor your needs and personal plans while also taking care of your relationships - your needs and the needs of a partnership are not mutually exclusive. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship and animated or impulsive communications. Issues of independence and partnership can challenge you to make a decision, and it can be a time to confront, learn, and grow. If you assert yourself, do so with knowledge of your heart. Otherwise, impulsiveness can get you into a sticky situation. Consider that, around the time of an eclipse, you don't see the whole picture, to take your time with drawing conclusions.
Fortunately, you're open to experimenting with feelings and ideas, and your powers of attraction grow as you do. You're more inclined to follow your heart, and you express your affections through your sense of fun. You might treat yourself to some extra time to enjoy yourself or create something unique as you close out an especially creative month.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Taurus (Born April 21 to 30) and Taurus Ascendant from 0 to 10 degrees Taurus:
October 2023 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 23rd:
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.
Eclipses
A Solar Eclipse occurs on October 14th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar sixth house, suggesting a new approach to work or health is in order. A new set-up in existing jobs or a new job altogether may be formed in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to your daily activities, health routines, and attention to practical matters. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of the daily routines that keep you organized and of your own health.
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on October 28th:
A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.
The Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar first house. Surprises surrounding your personal plans and your personal presence may be in store. Something that has been "in hiding" or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your sector of personal appearance, initiative, and "me first" energy is involved. This could manifest, for example, as a sudden assertion of independence (even a temper tantrum), a situation that tests your leadership skills, a culmination or fruition of an important partnership, and other such possibilities. Finding a balance between autonomy and dependence is what this Lunar Eclipse is about for you.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until October 8th:
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 9th 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
Until October 4th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
From October 5-21:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
From October 22nd forward:
Mercury transits your solar seventh house. You tend to weigh the pros and cons of every issue during this cycle, taking into account others' needs as well as your own. Some indecisiveness is possible now, simply because you naturally entertain opposing viewpoints. You have a strong desire to cooperate and communicate with others now. You feel most comfortable spending time with people on a one-to-one level, or with those with whom you share a personal history.
Interestingly, your own thoughts become clearer through dialogue with others during this window. You may be doing public relations work, counseling, negotiating, or arbitration during this cycle. There is a lot of emphasis on communications with partners and best friends at this time. You can use the power of words to advise others or to make peace with people in your life. You are more diplomatic than usual during this transit.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 11th:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
From the 12th forward:
Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
A mostly balanced focus between work and play is with you in October, dear Taurus, and any imbalances in the mix are quickly corrected. You continue to put a lot of thought and energy into dealing with your daily affairs, improving your work, and attending to your health and wellness. But as the month advances, relationships are in high focus and are livelier.
From the 8th, you have lovely Venus in arguably the best position of your solar chart, second only to Venus gracing your sign. This transit enhances and supports your popularity and likability while working on smoothing over your relationships and attracting mutually beneficial friendships. Artists and lovers get extra attention and positive feedback at this time. This transit is fun, playful, and flirty. Opportunities to enjoy pleasurable pastimes and entertainment emerge now. It's a good time for leisure, recreation, writing, decorating, creating, vacationing, and enjoying hobbies. You're seeking ways to shine your light and share your ideas, love, and creations.
In many ways, you're busy working in the background in the first half of the month, which allows you to get a whole lot done. Good energy is with you for solving a work problem or straightening out misconceptions and reputation problems. You can be particularly inspired for a work or health pursuit, project, or lifestyle adjustment. There can be much activity and many details to attend to at this time of the year, and a stronger focus on the systems in your life and how to make them run smoothly can be incredibly beneficial.
The Solar Eclipse on the 14th is powerful and can motivate you to take care of unfinished business related to work and health matters. Decisions you've let hang or otherwise put off can suddenly seem urgent. In the weeks following this eclipse, you can be motivated to take charge of your health, start a wellness program (slowly but surely is best), or organize your daily affairs and work.
While work and health goals are in strong focus, increasingly, you are turning your attention to your social life or partnering. Mars heads into your opposing sign on the 12th, and Mercury and the Sun follow suit on the 22nd and 23rd. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship or negotiations. Much activity related to your social life or partnerships is in the spotlight. There can be a new relationship, or you can experience new levels and layers in a current one, and perhaps unusual desires and plot twists.
Pluto's direct turn this month also moves forward relationships, partnering, negotiations, education, transportation, and publishing matters. Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief could return, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 28th occurs in your sign, and it's a significant one as the final eclipse in a set. This set has been around for a couple of years, and this eclipse is the final nudge towards asserting your independence, understanding your relationship needs, and finding yourself. It's a powerful period for self-understanding and personal epiphanies. This lunation can help point you in the right direction toward correcting imbalances, particularly in the me-you department in relationships.
If you've been defining yourself largely through your relationships, now is the time to draw up your own terms. Aim to honor your needs and personal plans while also taking care of your relationships - your needs and the needs of a partnership are not mutually exclusive. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship and animated or impulsive communications. Issues of independence and partnership can challenge you to make a decision, and it can be a time to confront, learn, and grow. If you assert yourself, do so with knowledge of your heart. Otherwise, impulsiveness can get you into a sticky situation. Consider that, around the time of an eclipse, you don't see the whole picture, to take your time with drawing conclusions.
Fortunately, you're open to experimenting with feelings and ideas, and your powers of attraction grow as you do. You're more inclined to follow your heart, and you express your affections through your sense of fun. You might treat yourself to some extra time to enjoy yourself or create something unique as you close out an especially creative month.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Taurus in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Yearly Horoscope for Taurus.
Taurus (Born May 1 to 10) and Taurus Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Taurus:
October 2023 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2023
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.
Eclipses
A Solar Eclipse occurs on October 14th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar sixth house, suggesting a new approach to work or health is in order. A new set-up in existing jobs or a new job altogether may be formed in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to your daily activities, health routines, and attention to practical matters. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of the daily routines that keep you organized and of your own health.
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on October 28th:
A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.
This Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar twelfth house. Surprises surrounding the compassionate care and attention you give others, as well as the work and service you render, may be in store. Something that has been "in hiding" or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your sectors of self-undoing, privacy, and dreams is involved. This could manifest, for example, as a situation that tests your faith and compassion, a culmination or fruition of a service you render, an event that calls on your urge for privacy and reflection, and other such possibilities. Finding a balance between practical concerns and spiritual or non-material matters is what this Lunar Eclipse is about for you.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
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 October 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
Until October 10th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
From October 10-28:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
From October 28th forward:
Mercury transits your solar seventh house. You tend to weigh the pros and cons of every issue during this cycle, taking into account others' needs as well as your own. Some indecisiveness is possible now, simply because you naturally entertain opposing viewpoints. You have a strong desire to cooperate and communicate with others now. You feel most comfortable spending time with people on a one-to-one level, or with those with whom you share a personal history.
Interestingly, your own thoughts become clearer through dialogue with others during this window. You may be doing public relations work, counseling, negotiating, or arbitration during this cycle. There is a lot of emphasis on communications with partners and best friends at this time. You can use the power of words to advise others or to make peace with people in your life. You are more diplomatic than usual during this transit.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 26th:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
From the 26th forward:
Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
A mostly balanced focus between work and play is with you in October, dear Taurus, and any imbalances in the mix are quickly corrected. You continue to put a lot of thought and energy into dealing with your daily affairs, improving your work, and attending to your health and wellness. But as the month advances, relationships are in high focus and are livelier.
From the 8th, you have lovely Venus in arguably the best position of your solar chart, second only to Venus gracing your sign. This transit enhances and supports your popularity and likability while working on smoothing over your relationships and attracting mutually beneficial friendships. Artists and lovers get extra attention and positive feedback at this time. This transit is fun, playful, and flirty. Opportunities to enjoy pleasurable pastimes and entertainment emerge now. It's a good time for leisure, recreation, writing, decorating, creating, vacationing, and enjoying hobbies. You're seeking ways to shine your light and share your ideas, love, and creations.
In many ways, you're busy working in the background in the first half of the month, which allows you to get a whole lot done. Good energy is with you for solving a work problem or straightening out misconceptions and reputation problems. You can be particularly inspired for a work or health pursuit, project, or lifestyle adjustment. There can be much activity and many details to attend to at this time of the year, and a stronger focus on the systems in your life and how to make them run smoothly can be incredibly beneficial.
The Solar Eclipse on the 14th is powerful and can motivate you to take care of unfinished business related to work and health matters. Decisions you've let hang or otherwise put off can suddenly seem urgent. In the weeks following this eclipse, you can be motivated to take charge of your health, start a wellness program (slowly but surely is best), or organize your daily affairs and work.
While work and health goals are in strong focus, increasingly, you are turning your attention to your social life or partnering. Mars heads into your opposing sign on the 12th, and Mercury and the Sun follow suit on the 22nd and 23rd. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship or negotiations. Much activity related to your social life or partnerships is in the spotlight. There can be a new relationship, or you can experience new levels and layers in a current one, and perhaps unusual desires and plot twists.
Pluto's direct turn this month also moves forward relationships, partnering, negotiations, education, transportation, and publishing matters. Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief could return, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 28th occurs in your sign, and it's a significant one as the final eclipse in a set. This set has been around for a couple of years, and this eclipse is the final nudge towards asserting your independence, understanding your relationship needs, and finding yourself. It's a powerful period for self-understanding and personal epiphanies. This lunation can help point you in the right direction toward correcting imbalances, particularly in the me-you department in relationships.
If you've been defining yourself largely through your relationships, now is the time to draw up your own terms. Aim to honor your needs and personal plans while also taking care of your relationships - your needs and the needs of a partnership are not mutually exclusive. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship and animated or impulsive communications. Issues of independence and partnership can challenge you to make a decision, and it can be a time to confront, learn, and grow. If you assert yourself, do so with knowledge of your heart. Otherwise, impulsiveness can get you into a sticky situation. Consider that, around the time of an eclipse, you don't see the whole picture, to take your time with drawing conclusions.
Fortunately, you're open to experimenting with feelings and ideas, and your powers of attraction grow as you do. You're more inclined to follow your heart, and you express your affections through your sense of fun. You might treat yourself to some extra time to enjoy yourself or create something unique as you close out an especially creative month.
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
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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 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Yearly Horoscope for Taurus.
Taurus (Born May 11 to 21) AND Taurus Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Taurus:
October 2023 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 13th:
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.
Eclipses
A Solar Eclipse occurs on October 14th: A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings. The Solar Eclipse marks a new beginning for you. Letting go of the past is necessary in order to move forward. This eclipse occurs in your solar sixth house, suggesting a new approach to work or health is in order. A new set-up in existing jobs or a new job altogether may be formed in the coming months, as well as a sense of renewal and reinvigoration with regards to your daily activities, health routines, and attention to practical matters. This is a phase when you have an increased awareness of the daily routines that keep you organized and of your own health.
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on October 28th:
A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.
This Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar twelfth house. Surprises surrounding the compassionate care and attention you give others, as well as the work and service you render, may be in store. Something that has been "in hiding" or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your sectors of self-undoing, privacy, and dreams is involved. This could manifest, for example, as a situation that tests your faith and compassion, a culmination or fruition of a service you render, an event that calls on your urge for privacy and reflection, and other such possibilities. Finding a balance between practical concerns and spiritual or non-material matters is what this Lunar Eclipse is about for you.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until October 29th:
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 30th 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
Until October 16th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
From October 16th forward:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
A mostly balanced focus between work and play is with you in October, dear Taurus, and any imbalances in the mix are quickly corrected. You continue to put a lot of thought and energy into dealing with your daily affairs, improving your work, and attending to your health and wellness. But as the month advances, relationships are in high focus and are livelier.
From the 8th, you have lovely Venus in arguably the best position of your solar chart, second only to Venus gracing your sign. This transit enhances and supports your popularity and likability while working on smoothing over your relationships and attracting mutually beneficial friendships. Artists and lovers get extra attention and positive feedback at this time. This transit is fun, playful, and flirty. Opportunities to enjoy pleasurable pastimes and entertainment emerge now. It's a good time for leisure, recreation, writing, decorating, creating, vacationing, and enjoying hobbies. You're seeking ways to shine your light and share your ideas, love, and creations.
In many ways, you're busy working in the background in the first half of the month, which allows you to get a whole lot done. Good energy is with you for solving a work problem or straightening out misconceptions and reputation problems. You can be particularly inspired for a work or health pursuit, project, or lifestyle adjustment. There can be much activity and many details to attend to at this time of the year, and a stronger focus on the systems in your life and how to make them run smoothly can be incredibly beneficial.
The Solar Eclipse on the 14th is powerful and can motivate you to take care of unfinished business related to work and health matters. Decisions you've let hang or otherwise put off can suddenly seem urgent. In the weeks following this eclipse, you can be motivated to take charge of your health, start a wellness program (slowly but surely is best), or organize your daily affairs and work.
While work and health goals are in strong focus, increasingly, you are turning your attention to your social life or partnering. Mars heads into your opposing sign on the 12th, and Mercury and the Sun follow suit on the 22nd and 23rd. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship or negotiations. Much activity related to your social life or partnerships is in the spotlight. There can be a new relationship, or you can experience new levels and layers in a current one, and perhaps unusual desires and plot twists.
Pluto's direct turn this month also moves forward relationships, partnering, negotiations, education, transportation, and publishing matters. Faith in a system or conviction for a particular belief could return, and your desire to explore the world increases with Pluto's change in direction.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 28th occurs in your sign, and it's a significant one as the final eclipse in a set. This set has been around for a couple of years, and this eclipse is the final nudge towards asserting your independence, understanding your relationship needs, and finding yourself. It's a powerful period for self-understanding and personal epiphanies. This lunation can help point you in the right direction toward correcting imbalances, particularly in the me-you department in relationships.
If you've been defining yourself largely through your relationships, now is the time to draw up your own terms. Aim to honor your needs and personal plans while also taking care of your relationships - your needs and the needs of a partnership are not mutually exclusive. There can be an accelerated, energized pace to a relationship and animated or impulsive communications. Issues of independence and partnership can challenge you to make a decision, and it can be a time to confront, learn, and grow. If you assert yourself, do so with knowledge of your heart. Otherwise, impulsiveness can get you into a sticky situation. Consider that, around the time of an eclipse, you don't see the whole picture, to take your time with drawing conclusions.
Fortunately, you're open to experimenting with feelings and ideas, and your powers of attraction grow as you do. You're more inclined to follow your heart, and you express your affections through your sense of fun. You might treat yourself to some extra time to enjoy yourself or create something unique as you close out an especially creative month.
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