This Month in Astrology – October 2017

October is a busy, mostly balanced month for you, dear Aries. It should be gently challenging -- just the way you like it -- and the major focus is on work, health, and relationships. It's an excellent month for creative projects and workarounds. While work and health continue to capture your strong attention, as the month advances, relationships tend to take center stage.

The first week of October is excellent for feeling that you're on top of things, contributing, helping, and healing. It's a particularly winning time for bringing new, more creative energy to your daily life, or the work you do and services you provide. This is not the time for coloring within the lines -- you're ready to mix up the ordinary and do regular things differently. Entertain new possibilities, such as taking a friend or partner along as you pursue fitness goals, or looking around you for different ideas and input from people you may not have thought to consult in the past. Venus in your work and health sector until the 14th means people can help you reach your goals. You can be working especially hard for your money these days, but you're also finding ways to inject routine work or daily life with more excitement. This can translate to increased earnings, but even if it doesn't happen right away, you're having a lot of fun.

This is the perfect time to channel your passion into productive pursuits and to move a work or health project forward. Perfectionism can be a driving force and powerful motivator, but avoid taking this to counterproductive lengths! You are magnetic now, and you're likely to stand out for your services or the work you do. This can be a fortunate time for making significant purchases, working on a budget, and researching your options. Improving your health and daily routines can go a long way towards reaching or getting closer to your goals. This can also be a time of accurate diagnoses, remedies, or an improved health program.

Also in the busy first week of October, epiphanies, personal triumphs, and incredible discoveries about your life plan, body, and attitude/outlook can happen around the Full Moon in your sign on the 5th. Some of you may be putting an attachment behind you and embracing the joy of independence or improving a current relationship by improving your self-reliance. This is a time for recognizing a need for positive change.

Jupiter moves into your sector of joint finances, intimacy, and transformation on the 10th, where it will transit for just over a year. This is a power year for you on a financial level. It's a time for tackling existing debt or for seeking a much-needed loan. Support from others is more possible than ever. Others may be released from debt or some form of dependency on someone else for support.

As far as intimacy goes, your ability (and desire) for deeper levels of experience is paramount. Superficial connections simply will not do! Some of you will be taking a relationship to a deeper level, and others will be working with a partner with excellent results. Combining your resources, whether this is about money, time, or talents, can bring rich rewards. In your relationships, the focus is on increasing your satisfaction on an intimate level. And, it's about quality and depth rather than quantity. Expect a pursuit of pleasure that touches the soul. Jupiter's transit will last thirteen months and will take time to unfold, but you can see hints of its benefits now, particularly on the 17-18 and 26th.

All month, your partnership sector is busy and relationships are in strong focus. From the 14th forward, especially, you'll enjoy your relationships, and you're likely to draw in friendly people. Partners can be distracting at times, but thoroughly helpful much of the time.

In the last week of October, you may want to do some work on organizing your financial affairs or start a new plan for emotional health and wellness.

There is particular emphasis on your working life, health, routines, entertainment and relationships in October, dear Taurus. A major headline this month is Jupiter's move into your partnership sector, launching a thirteen-month fortunate period for one-to-one relationships. The year ahead is excellent for pairing up! However, you have some work to do, and you're likely to find more joy from your routines.

While there is a lot of attention to your work and health sector this month, this is not the time to hide away. In the first week of October, your ruler, Venus, comes together with energetic Mars in your romance and creativity sector, and you are on fire in the personal appeal department! It's a perfect time to pursue your desires, but using some restraint and strategy will take you to even better places since Pluto is involved with this configuration. You can be especially motivated to get going on a creative project, hobby, or even a relationship. This is certainly a good time to bring a more lively spirit to a relationship. Connections, or re-connections, can be made now and can be quite rewarding, and in some cases, profitable. This is a time for demonstrating your commitment, making plans or firming up existing ones, and showing confidence in both yourself and the people around you. Others, especially love interests or partners, are receptive to your advances, and you can be particularly persuasive now. People are magnetically drawn to you. You can form meaningful and mutually beneficial agreements now. This is a good week for meeting others who introduce you to deeper levels of your own personality, or to new ideas, beliefs, lifestyles, and perspectives. You can find your creative voice now or share yourself with others more confidently. Creative work and publishing or promotional efforts are also favored. You're looking good and feeling good!

Also in October's busy first week, a Full Moon occurs in your privacy sector, and there may be buried matter and secrets coming to light. You're receiving powerful messages from your hunches and intuition. Feelings about a past issue are now undeniable. This is a time for deciding to either embrace or let go of a situation or attitude.

From the 10th, Jupiter, the planet of expansion, works its magic on your close partnerships and relationships. This transit lasts until November 2018 and is only just getting started, but you're likely to see hints of its positive influence on the 17-18 and 26th this month.

In the year ahead, you're liable to place quite a bit of hope in your close personal relationships. If you are unattached, this could be a time when you meet someone special. If already involved, you're inclined to want to spend leisure time with your significant other. Legal matters or challenging relationship problems from the past may reach an agreeable resolution. Negotiations, counseling, advising, and work with the public are favorable. A romantic or business partnership could form through connections you make in your pursuit of lifestyle changes, or a lifestyle makeover may result from a collaboration. A partnership may strengthen as you combine and merge your resources. For some, there can be a new connection that becomes intimate quickly.

All month, your work and health sector of your solar chart is active and busy, and especially from the 14th forward, you're in excellent shape for enjoying your job and/or routines.

In the last week of October, you tend to attract strong and intelligent people into your life, and you're taking more pride in your close relationships.

The emphasis in October is on your personal life, family, home, work, health, entertainment, and romance, dear Gemini. Jupiter changes signs only once every thirteen months or so, making its sign change this month big news. It launches a cycle, lasting over a year, in which work and health pursuits are especially favorable for you. Those looking for a job, better working conditions, or improved routines will especially enjoy this beneficial transit.

In the first week of October, Venus and Mars join in your home and family sector and connect harmoniously with Pluto. This configuration can stir strong desires and feelings, as well as a craving for more emotional interaction or a deeper connection with someone. Your heart may be ruling your head now, but you have plenty of opportunities to channel this energy meaningfully. You're likely to come up with exciting and creative ways to improve your home or to enjoy family.

This is the perfect time to transform a project or situation from mediocre to thriving. Knowing what to let go of or cut from your life helps you tremendously in this regard. You may feel closer to yourself and your innermost needs, and for some, an intimate relationship grows and strengthens now. This is a decent time for seeking out support, financial or otherwise, and for making purchases for (or investing in) the home. You're also in good shape for decorating and organizing around the home, real estate or work from home, and discovering creative ways to interact with the people closest to you, whether they're family or roommates.

Also in the astrologically busy first week of the month, a Full Moon occurs and brings a turning point or illumination to a friendship or project. There can be revelations, unveilings, and important discoveries related to creative endeavors, your love life, relationship with children, networks, friends, and goals. This Full Moon is about being true to yourself and, by extension, to others as well.

Jupiter moves into your sector of work, health, and daily routines on the 10th. As mentioned above, this transit has over a year to unfold, but you'll get strong hints of what's to come this month, particularly on the 17-18 and 26th when Mercury and the Sun align with Jupiter. The nature and breadth of your daily activities and routines expand under this influence, making it a good time to begin a new job or work project -- or to pour more energy into an existing one. Things feel better at work, and you feel good about the work you do. Opportunities for improved working conditions and fulfillment are abundant this year with Neptune and Jupiter highlighting the two sectors of your solar chart that have to do with the job you do. Your good attitude towards work and people you share your day with can help you attract opportunities. It can also be a good year for health and healing.

All month, your romance and creativity sector is active, and while work and home life are important, so is your world of entertainment and self-expression in October. Particularly from the 14th when Venus joins in, and even more so after the New Moon on the 19th, you're in a fabulous position to attract who and what you want into your life. You're also actively pursuing your desires and more confidently expressing your unique personality now.

In the last week of October, you're bringing more pride and intelligence to your work, habits, and health. This is a great time for sensible approaches to improving your daily life.

October is excellent for communications, creativity, self-expression, and family life, dear Cancer, and it begins on a particularly sweet note. In the first week of the month, you have Venus and Mars in your communications sector harmonizing not only with your sign but with Pluto in your companionship house as well. The airwaves open up for you, and meaningful conversations can ensue. Creative interactions are in focus now. You're in great shape for getting your message across eloquently.

You're bringing increased personal appeal to your communications in the first week of October, and you're also feeling quite a bit of passion about a particular project, learning endeavor, or person! Conversations can be stimulating, and ideas are uniquely creative. Motivation to get a project started or to put finishing touches on a project already in progress is through the roof. This is also a good time to make a romantic connection. This week, you're embracing new ideas and experiences as well as transforming and developing current relationships and projects. Emphasis is on communication, teaming or partnering up, and negotiating. You are warm and engaged, commitment-ready, and willing to go the extra mile for people and projects you care about. A friendship or partnership can move forward in meaningful ways. Good energy is with you for breaking new ground in a relationship or your studies. Collaboration is powerful for you now. This is a time for ironing out kinks and focusing on improvement -- quite happily at that!

Also in the first week of the month is a Full Moon that pulls up buried feelings about a matter or new information that changes your life in subtle but notable ways. There can be a culmination of a project, recognition for your work, or a sudden realization of your true calling! For some, a flurry of activity in your career or an emerging responsibility reminds you of the need to pay more attention to your public or professional life.

Jupiter's change of signs is the big news of October, but its transit will unfold over the course of thirteen months, so it's only just beginning. You'll receive strong hints of its beneficial effects this month, and especially around the 17-18 and 26th.

In the year ahead, Jupiter transits in a beautiful trine to your sign from your sector of love, romance, pleasure, children, creativity, and speculation. You are coming out of your shell now, and much of your attention is likely to revolve around expressing yourself in satisfying ways, dating, romance, creative hobbies, or the pursuit of pleasure. Matters of the heart can be magical during this transit. There can be wonderful connections made through travel or educational endeavors, or shared adventures to enjoy with Jupiter's upcoming trine to Neptune. A lover, child, or friend can open your mind or heart to new experiences. Your sense of drama expands now. This transit highlights your natural charm and encourages confident self-expression.

All month, your home and family sector is busy and active, and particularly after Venus moves into it on the 14th and the New Moon happens here on the 19th, you're in great shape for enjoying home and family life. Focus on bonding and harmonizing with great results.

In the last week of October, you bring more intelligence, consideration, and pride to your work and health routines.

October is a strong month for creative improvements to your home, comfort levels, and business, as well as for the enjoyment of studies or personal interests, satisfying communications, and an increased feeling of security and comfort with family and in your home, dear Leo. Jupiter's move into your home and family sector is a big headline now, launching a successful cycle for establishing yourself that lasts over a year.

The first week of October is a great time for bringing creative flair to business endeavors, discovering new ways to earn more, and increasing your enjoyment of an endeavor. You might also devise creative ways to make your home life more enjoyable and comfortable. There can be creative, enterprising ideas and projects, bonuses or gifts coming your way, or exciting purchases now. You might earn some praise or admiration for your creative talents, and a financial boost is possible. Editing or revamping work, especially related to home, business, or creative plans, can be unusually successful now. You can feel especially passionate about your job, business, and personal possessions -- whatever you're currently building can excite you now. Your heart is engaged, and feelings are intense but steady. You'll see quite clearly which areas of your life that can use some reinvention, and you're ready to roll up your sleeves and get to business!

Also in the first week of the month, a Full Moon occurs, stimulating a turning point or confrontation with previously buried or overlooked emotions and issues in your life. This can be a time of awards, announcements, publishing, promotion, commitments to travel or learn, and epiphanies about belief systems and projects.

Jupiter moves into your solar fourth house on the 10th, where it will stay until November 2018. This is only the beginning, but the year ahead is excellent for getting established, enjoying family and home life, and putting down roots. You might begin a new, long-term initiative -- perhaps a project or business venture -- that will benefit you in the years to come. This is also a perfect time for long-term financial planning and strengthening your financial picture through the pooling of resources. There can be more power and resources available to you to establish yourself, in particular through a home or property, but also for long-term business endeavors. There can be more steadiness or comfort in a romantic relationship for some of you. This will take thirteen months to unfold, but you're likely to get strong hints of this beneficial influence on the 17-18 and 26th. These are good dates for activities related to home and finances.

In the last week of October, you bring more pride and intelligence to your domestic world. You can benefit from making lists of your priorities around the home and spending more time with family or on home and local activities now. All month and particularly after the 14th, you enjoy opportunities related to siblings, acquaintances, friends in the neighborhood, classmates, and personal interests. You're particularly charming in your communications in October.

Major areas of focus for you in October are personal fulfillment, money and resources, and satisfying communications, dear Virgo. Perhaps the biggest headline of the month, though, is Jupiter's move into the sign of Scorpio. This sign change brings Jupiter into harmony with your sign not only in October, but for the coming thirteen months, improving your studies, communications, and possibly your mobility or transportation options as well. October begins on a particularly sweet note with Venus and Mars aligning in your sign, boosting your appeal and confidence.

In the first week of October, you are turning heads and making things happen! Some healthy self-focus is entirely appropriate and quite beneficial now. Configurations occurring now can bring positive attention and admiration your way. It's a time for following your heart, expressing yourself more authentically and confidently, pouring energy and love into a creative project, or pursuing a romantic desire. A creative pursuit can capture your interest, and you can be passionately involved with taking it to a new level. There is strength in the way you carry and express yourself right now. Communications are more effective than usual, and your ability to focus is excellent. This is a time for enjoying your passions without apology.

A Full Moon on the 5th adds wide-open emotions to the mix! This can mean awakening to a desire or feeling that you've buried or overlooked, likely related to sharing, give and take, power dynamics, ownership, intimacy, and finances. There can be epiphanies about financial and emotional support as well as dependencies. Settling debt, receiving money or credit, a shuffling of money sources, or a surprising relationship development are possibilities now.

Jupiter's move into your solar third house on the 10th begins a cycle that lasts over a year and improves your communication skills. It also serves to open up new channels for expressing yourself, learning, and connecting with others. In the next thirteen months, you're likely to be especially mentally alert and busy, and you might widen your social circle, update your skills, communicate more effectively, read and write even more than you do now, advertise, or publish in fun, fulfilling ways. It's a strong time for growing your knowledge base. Your mind is open and you more enthusiastically (and with less inhibition) share your ideas. Social media may figure more strongly for some of you. For others, transportation options now available make life a little more enjoyable.

All month, your finances and resources sector is active and busy, and from the 14th, your financial ruler, Venus, is in its own sign and sector, making it a particularly good time for earnings. You're coming up with great ideas to increase your bottom line or make better use of your existing resources. Venus is also moving rather closely with Mars all month, a secondary financial ruler in your solar chart. After the Venus-Mars alignment on the 5th, these planets are close but separating, and this encourages you to be more level-headed and less impulsive with money. Money-making ideas can be golden now.

The last week of October is busy and pleasantly so! You're motivated to pursue a study or personal interest now.

The month ahead is a power period for you, dear Libra, with major cosmic showing in your sign all month. Your sign is well-represented all month, and this means you feel in charge. Even so, Mars remains in Virgo (the sign just before yours) until the 22nd, and while the Sun and Mercury are grabbing you some attention until then, you are not moving full-speed ahead just yet. You need some time to process things before making the big decisions!

Vesta is in your sign all month, and Venus and Mars from the 14th and 22nd forward, respectively, and these are powerful motivators. Yes, Jupiter is leaving Libra in October, but it's just what you need right now. In fact, Jupiter helps you build upon exciting ideas and prospects that you've picked up during the lucky planet's journey through your sign.

The first week of October is fertile. There is animation in your private life, whether this takes the form of powerful daydreams and intuition, or a private, exciting connection. There can be drama in your love life and excitement about bringing something to a new level or breaking new ground. This is also a strong time for personal appeal, even if it's of the mysterious variety! You're discovering deeper feelings and desires. Coming to the point of understanding someone or something from the past, perhaps as far back as childhood, can empower you now. Revelations and epiphanies are also likely with a Full Moon in your opposing sign on the 5th. A matter that's been brewing, buried, or hidden reaches a head, and there can be significant discoveries or epiphanies about your feelings or about a close relationship. There could be new clients, invitations, and sudden interest in your services or simply your presence!

Jupiter's transit of your resources sector lasts thirteen months, so it has some evolution ahead of it, but you can get some hints of its positive vibes this month around the 17-18 and 26th. This transit augurs well for your financial picture and outlook. You have the chance to discover new or untapped resources on a financial level that can translate to a boost to your financial well-being. Jupiter gave you a real confidence boost last year while it transited your sign. In the thirteen months ahead, it's moving through your sector of money, resources, and values, offering you the chance to discover new ways to boost your income, enjoyment of material pleasures, and your overall sense of security. It's an excellent time to build something solid for yourself, especially a business, but this can extend to a relationship, home, hobby, or more.

Venus in your sign from the 14th is your magical yearly transit. Venus is your ruler and finds easy expression when it transits your sign. You feel in your element now, and others notice your finer qualities, want to be around you, and find you especially attractive! It's the perfect time to magnetize things your way.

The New Moon in your sign occurs on the 19th, and while there can be some ripples in your close relationships around then, this is a time for asserting your needs. You'll feel more confident about doing so once Mars enters your sign on the 22nd, however, so take your time with new beginnings, but think seriously about ways to reinvent yourself if you've been feeling the need for a fresh breath of air.

The last week of the month is well-balanced. You are pumped up, more assertive than usual, and ready to go after what you want, but you're also in a practical frame of mind. You're courageous and motivated, and very little can keep you down.

The big headline of October is Jupiter entering your sign on the 10th, dear Scorpio. This transit only happens every twelve years and sticks with you for just over a year. It's an excellent time for self-confidence and discovery. It occurs at a time when the Sun is still in hiding for a couple of weeks so it may not feel quite so dramatic right away, but you have plenty of time ahead of you to enjoy its bounties, which include new opportunities to advance your interests and express yourself more freely. It's also a good period for money and business.

While Jupiter's transit of your sign is exciting and primarily outgoing, you are in and out of an introspective phase in October. For example, just when the Sun enters your sign on the 22-23, Mars enters Libra, the sign behind yours, and the result is very mixed! Part of you is sociable, and another part needs more time to yourself to process all that's going on.

The first week of October is particularly creative. Venus and Mars align in your friendship, groups, and wishes sector, stimulating your social life. Both bodies harmonize with your ruler, Pluto. The emphasis is on pleasure, love, and attraction. You can also come up with some very creative ideas for future projects. This is a beautiful time for discovering people and projects you love, or for moving a relationship or endeavor to a new level. Good energy is with you for getting close to someone, negotiating, and connecting. Your powers of attraction run high. This is a time for drawing people and things to you, but don't be afraid to reach out to others as well, as results are likely to be excellent. You and a partner might come to an understanding, and ties can strengthen as a result. It can be a strong time for personal influence, particularly with friends and associates, as well as for agreements or negotiations with a partner. Promotional and networking or marketing efforts can be particularly fruitful now. You seem to know what to say and when to say it.

The Full Moon on the 5th can bring news or a turning point related to health or work. Try to be as flexible as possible when it comes to changes, especially with your routines and work, as this will make transitions much easier. Allow them to happen, or better yet, make them happen! Listen to your body's signals now. There could be some rushing to meet a deadline or a shuffling of priorities involved.

You begin to feel more confident and settled on a psychological level, and you are less affected or intimidated by fears and inhibitions as Jupiter moves closer to your sign. From the 10th, you're ready to put your newfound confidence "out there" for everyone to see. The pursuit of pleasure may be high up on your list of priorities, and, as long as you don't overdo it, you'll be enjoying life more than usual in the coming year. Your hunger for satisfaction is intense during this period. It's a good time to focus your energies on a pet project, get your finances in order, and get yourself out there. You should enjoy more self-confidence, and the projection of a fresh "new you" is bound to attract attention. Promotions are possible, and new connections likely. What you need to do is grab opportunities when they come up, or they might pass you by, but don't overload your plate, either. It's a balancing act that will get easier as the transit unfolds.

The Sun enters Scorpio just when Mars enters your privacy sector on the 22-23. While you're receiving a lot of attention and coming out of your shell on some levels now, you're also reserving some decisions for later and taking your time. Energy is up and down, and you may not feel fully committed or decided about new beginnings. However, you're in a good place for taking extra time to rest, reflect, heal, and enjoy downtime. October is excellent for making adjustments and preparing yourself for an exciting year ahead.

The focus on life path, goals, and career continues this month, but as October advances, you'll find more and more time and attention for your social life, dear Sagittarius. In the last week of the month, some R & R is especially attractive as well!

The first week of October is rich for creative developments and excitement. Venus and Mars join forces in your career and public sector, bringing dynamic energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and possibly passion as well to your reputation or career. Your unique appeal and magnetism, and perhaps your relationships for some of you, can be on display in some way now, and creativity on business or promotional levels is in focus. You can bring strong people skills as well as unique creativity to the table. You are dynamic and engaged. You're in an excellent position to pour energy, passion, and love into your work, business, making money, or something you're building.

You can be motivated to start taking solid, clear steps to fulfill a dream or goal. You can very effectively hone in on those things that matter the most to you deep down inside. You have a special way with people, and this is particularly the case with people in authority or related to business and work. You are persuasive and find it almost effortless to reinvent a project or perhaps even your reputation now. You are loving what you're doing, and it shows!

We also have a Full Moon in the first week of October that occurs in your creativity sector, and there can be significant discoveries or turning points related to hobbies, creative pursuits, children, friendships, and long-term happiness goals or projects. A friend could push you in the right direction, whether directly or indirectly, regarding finding good outlets for your creativity and self-expression, travel, education, or even romance.

A major headline this month involves your ruler, Jupiter, changing signs. While you are busy being productive, Jupiter slips into your privacy sector where it will spend just over a year, and this can lead to a stronger sense of spiritual peace, preparing you internally for outward changes when Jupiter passes over your Sun starting in November 2018. This transit can be almost magical when it comes to a sense of inner peace and the ability to take things in stride. Even though you may be working behind the scenes or a little more withdrawn than usual, this transit helps you to find comfort in some level of solitude. You feel more connected with your natural instincts. Some level of introspection characterizes the period, but it is seldom a lonely sort of self-absorption. Self-contentment is a more apt word to describe it. If you need help during this time, it tends to come just in the nick of time, and it can come from unanticipated or hidden sources, particularly when Jupiter forms harmonious angles to Neptune and Pluto in the coming months. For now, you'll begin to see hints of this positive influence, particularly around the 17-18 and 26th.

Jupiter works in a behind-the-scenes manner for you now. This is an excellent period for giving of yourself on a charitable level, as you will derive much satisfaction from doing so. You may find that a partner’s daily life or health improves dramatically during this period. You can feel protected as if you have a guardian angel watching over you. If you need help or support from others, it tends to come out of the blue and in an almost magically timely manner. Fears and anxieties that may have weighed you down with guilt or pressure can easily be faced and lifted this year.

Even so, enjoy the energy of Venus in your friendship sector from the 14th forward. Venus does exceptionally well here, and you're in a fabulous position to make friends and repair or boost existing friendships. You'll need to act on your feelings and take charge or become active with people in your life once Mars enters this same sector on the 22nd. Collaborate and network now for great results.

However, the last week of October requires more quiet time and emotional space for healing, thought, and reflection. There are great rewards for slowing down the pace now.

The month ahead is a creative and productive one, dear Capricorn. Your month is looking very full, and it's likely to be highly engaging and pleasant. The first week of October is excellent for studies, learning, and exploring. Your desire for exciting connections increases and you might enjoy a new or renewed idea, subject, course of study, or travel destination. Personal desires are robust and hard to ignore! Your romantic life can be particularly active and possibly impulsive. This week is excellent for competitions of all kinds, or simply for challenging yourself to beat a personal best. It's wonderful for sharing your enthusiasm with others. Personal influence is particularly strong, and this is less about your performance and more about your personality.

There is good energy with you for leading, guiding, teaching, and sharing your expertise and knowledge. Making connections is more important than usual for you right now, and your open mind makes others feel comfortable or draws people to you. There can be new channels for self-expression opening to you, or you may be using the current channels available to you in more efficient and powerful ways. Self-promotional efforts can thrive. This is a time for reaching out beyond your usual bounds, and possibly meeting people who introduce you to new cultures and perspectives. Fascination with different ideas and individuals can figure strongly now.

Around the 5th, you can reach a turning point related to your home and family life. An epiphany can occur now as you come in touch with your true feelings on a matter. After facing or dealing with issues that you may have overlooked, buried, or brushed aside, you can more effectively move on. There may be house repairs, family drama, or possibly even career changes that affect home life to deal with now. If your focus on the outside world has taken you away too often, there is a reminder now to find a balance and to bring more quality attention to your personal life.

One of the big headlines of the month is Jupiter's move into your social sector, where this bountiful planet will transit for the next thirteen months. You'll get hints of this beneficial energy this month, particularly around the 17-18 and 26th. These are great dates for meeting people or enjoying valuable connections. Jupiter's travels here have you pinning your hopes on some beautiful things, making mutually beneficial connections, and dreaming and planning for the future. You may meet new acquaintances who help you to further your goals, or you could join a new group or association that gives you considerable pleasure and satisfaction. If you don't already belong to a club or organization, this can be a good time to do so, as you can derive much joy through these connections. Business endeavors will go more smoothly for you if you recognize the value of the team in the year ahead.

All month but particularly after the 14th, you are in a fabulous position for work, career, goals, and reputation. Your professional and public appeal are excellent now. This is the perfect time for bringing more creativity, energy, panache, and charisma to your career or public life. You have the chance to shine, and you may even meet someone new through your business dealings. The New Moon on the 19th can bring a sense that you're starting anew when it comes to your reputation or work.

While you're not moving away from your responsibilities or professional goals just yet, from the 23rd forward, you're allowing far more time for personal and interpersonal activities. Especially with Jupiter's help, you're in great shape for expanding your horizons through your connections to others.

The month ahead holds mixed energy but mostly balanced, dear Aquarius, as you're paying particular attention to your need for life experience and spirited activities, as well as your career or responsibilities and your relationships. You're dividing your time well, and you're set to gain something valuable in all three areas.

The first week of October is especially creative and dynamic. With Venus and Mars aligning in your intimacy sector, you can experience powerful emotions, attractions, and discoveries. There can be a sudden emergence of a buried desire to discover and manage now. Relationships are in strong focus, but so is your relationship with yourself. These planets' connection to Pluto suggests the right channels for expressing yourself. You may be putting more energy and love into your private life, an intimate relationship, research, or investigation. Good energy is with you for private conversations, understanding, and connections. You may be sharing an emotional burden with someone, and this can be a relief, or you may thoroughly enjoy delving into a personal project or interest on your own. Combining your resources or talents with someone can be beneficial for reaching a goal, and getting financial or moral support is almost effortless now.

Also in the first week of the month, you can benefit from power behind the scenes and an incredible ability to put something negative behind you. You're in great shape for making a lifestyle change. Feelings that you buried or overlooked in recent weeks or even months can emerge now and surprise you with their strength or their truth! A writing or learning project can come to completion, there can be publicity or promotion playing a significant role in your life now, or you might experience stress over a looming deadline. Try not to be too hasty, both in your movements and with communications, but listen to your heart.

Jupiter makes a sign change on October 10th, and because this only happens every thirteen months or so, it's big news! Jupiter's influence in your life in the coming year is strong as it will hang out at the top of your solar chart. You are bound to feel restless and adventurous on the career front, and you may be the recipient of some form of reward or recognition. A career opportunity may suddenly emerge. Your reputation improves many times over this year.

In the last week of October, you have both the Sun and Mercury at the top of your solar chart as well, and with the support of Jupiter too, you're in a great position to deal with long-term goals, business, responsibilities, and rules and structures in your life. You're more visible than usual now, making it a good time to show off what you can do.

All month, you're in excellent shape for learning, sharing ideas, and promotion or publishing. This is particularly the case after the 14th when your personal appeal strengthens as well. You might enjoy more spontaneity, adventure, or excitement in your love life as well. A new perspective may be gained from a new topic of interest, line of study, person, or experience.

There is an emphasis on relationships, observation, and the breaking of routines for you in October, dear Pisces. Exciting developments in a partnership or your relationships, in general, can figure strongly, particularly in the first week of the month. You're also seeking out more substance in your projects and pastimes. Jupiter's move into harmony with your sign gives you a boost, not confined only to the month, but for the coming thirteen months.

The first week of October can reveal some substantial needs and desires in the area of partnering. Opportunities emerge to make creative and dynamic changes to your life through or about people. Strong feelings and emotions related to a partnership are likely, and you may be looking for others to fill your desires. Of course, this can be a bit problematic if taken too far, so watch for overidentifying. However, you are certainly magnetizing people to you now. There can be impulsiveness in relationships and possibly with money or the pursuit of pleasure. This can be a good week for bringing a little more excitement or passion to an existing relationship and for some of you to meet someone new who becomes significant.

This can also be a good time for quitting a bad habit, especially if you have some support or a team effort to help back things up. The key is to include trusted others in your plans. At this time of year, solo efforts don't fare as well as those done with others. Brainstorming, particularly one-on-one, will yield best – possibly even profitable – results. You can derive much pleasure from a relationship right now, and others respond well to your emotional engagement and passion. Some of you could be working towards a cherished goal or important cause with increased motivation and confidence. Contributions to and from a group as well as networking yield rich rewards.

Also in the busy first week of October, there is a Full Moon in your resources sector, and with this, there can be revelations and unveilings centered around money, ownership, valuables, values, talents, sharing of responsibilities, and power dynamics. Look for clues that give you a new perspective on an old issue, but watch for a tendency to blow things out of proportion. Of course, this can sometimes act as a strong motivator to work on vulnerable areas, but big decisions shouldn't be based on this kind of in the heat of the moment, paranoid energy. Give things time!

Since Jupiter changes signs only once every year or so and transits a particular sign only every twelve years, Jupiter's transit of your solar ninth house is big news. This sign shift occurs on the 10th, and its beneficial influences will stick with you until November 2018. While its harmonious trine to your sign may be subtle at times, the results can be nothing short of fabulous, especially with Jupiter's upcoming trine to your ruler, Neptune. Your ability to communicate your ideas is improved multiple times over, and your popularity increases. You are an idea machine this year, and your hunches are spot on.

All month, your intimacy sector is well-lit, and especially from the 14th, you're in particularly good shape with shared finances, loans, support, research, and intimate relationships.

The last week of the month reveals an emphasis on your sector of spirit and adventure, and this stimulates your need to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond the usual routine of your life. If a getaway, new course, promotional campaign, or a publishing project are possible, this week and into November can be excellent timing.