Weekly Astro Forecast: October 4 -11
A New Moon in Libra While Venus Looks Back
🪨 Sunday, October 4th
- Moon enters Leo at 3:54 PM PT
- Sun in Libra opposes Saturn in Aries at 5:29 AM PT
- Moon in Leo trines Neptune in Aries at 8:37 PM PT
- Moon in Leo conjunct Mars in Leo at 11:01 PM PT
🦸🏻 Monday, October 5th
- Moon in Leo
- Moon in Leo sextiles Uranus in Gemini at 1:15 AM PT
- Moon in Leo trines Saturn in Aries at 11:11 AM PT
- Moon in Leo sextiles the Sun in Libra at 1:38 PM PT
📢 Tuesday, October 6th
- Moon enters Virgo at 7:53 PM PT
- Moon in Leo conjunct Jupiter in Leo at 3:22 AM PT
- Mercury in Scorpio conjunct Venus in Scorpio at 5:10 PM PT
📩 Wednesday, October 7th
- Moon in Virgo
- Mars in Leo sextiles Uranus in Gemini at 3:41 AM PT
- Moon in Virgo sextiles Venus in Scorpio at 10:07 AM PT
- Moon in Virgo sextiles Mercury in Scorpio at 11:56 AM PT
🧹 Thursday, October 8th
- Moon in Virgo
🦋 Friday, October 9th
- Moon enters Libra at 1:10 AM PT
- Moon in Libra trines Pluto in Aquarius at 6:44 AM PT
- Moon in Libra trines Uranus in Gemini at 10:51 AM PT
- Moon in Libra sextiles Mars in Leo at 1:25 PM PT
🌑♎ Saturday, October 10th
- New Moon in 17º Libra at 8:50 AM PT
- Venus Retrograde in Scorpio squares Mars in Leo at 2:31 PM PT
- Moon in Libra sextiles Jupiter in Leo at 4:07 PM PT
🎭 Sunday, October 11th
- Moon enters Scorpio at 8:21 AM PT
- Moon in Scorpio conjunct Venus in Scorpio at 9:26 PM PT
Venus stationed retrograde on October 3rd, and this week the sky hands you the first real doorway inside it. On Saturday, the New Moon arrives in Libra, the sign Venus rules, while Venus itself is moving backward through Scorpio. That combination only happens once in about eight years. What was happening around this time in 2018? You are being asked to plant seeds about love, worth, money, and beauty at the exact moment you are reviewing everything you thought you knew about them.
The week builds toward the New Moon beautifully. Sunday opens with a reality check from Saturn. Monday and Tuesday move through Leo and give you warmth, courage, and one very honest conversation when Mercury meets retrograde Venus on Tuesday evening. Wednesday brings a surprise opening, Thursday goes quiet, and Friday the Moon slips into Libra and the air clears. Then Saturday morning the New Moon lands and you get to choose.
This is not a week to rush a decision. It is a week to get honest about what you actually want, and to let the wanting itself be the intention.
🪨 Sunday, October 4th
- Moon in Cancer
- Sun in Libra opposes Saturn in Aries at 5:29 AM PT
- Moon enters Leo at 3:54 PM PT
- Moon in Leo trines Neptune in Aries at 8:37 PM PT
- Moon in Leo conjunct Mars in Leo at 11:01 PM PT
Just before dawn the Sun in Libra opposes Saturn in Aries, and something you have been balancing may finally show you where it is not holding. A limit, a delay, a responsibility that will not move. Saturn is never here to punish you; it is showing you the weak spot so you can build it stronger before the New Moon asks you to make a choice.
By the afternoon the Moon enters Leo and the whole mood lifts. In the evening it trines Neptune and your imagination opens back up, and then just before midnight it meets Mars in Leo and your courage comes with it. Whatever felt heavy this morning, you are ending the day with more fire than you started with. Let that be the note you carry into the week.
Where is the structure in your life asking to be strengthened rather than abandoned?
🦸🏻 Monday, October 5th
- Moon in Leo
- Moon in Leo sextiles Uranus in Gemini at 1:15 AM PT
- Moon in Leo trines Saturn in Aries at 11:11 AM PT
- Moon in Leo sextiles the Sun in Libra at 1:38 PM PT
The week starts generously as the Moon spends the whole day in Leo. Late morning, the Moon trines Saturn and you get something rare, which is fire and structure agreeing with each other. This is the day to do the brave thing in a way that is also sustainable. Send the message. Start the project. Put the real number on the invoice.
By early afternoon the Moon sextiles the Sun and what you feel and what you want are pointing the same direction. Those windows are shorter than we think. Use this one on the thing you have been telling yourself you will get to eventually.
What would you begin today if you trusted yourself to follow through?
📢 Tuesday, October 6th
- Moon in Leo
- Moon in Leo conjunct Jupiter in Leo at 3:22 AM PT
- Mercury in Scorpio conjunct Venus in Scorpio at 5:10 PM PT
- Moon enters Virgo at 7:53 PM PT
This is the most revealing day of the week. In the early hours the Moon meets Jupiter in Leo and you wake up with more faith than you went to bed with. Hold onto that, because the evening asks something of you.
Mercury in Scorpio meets Venus in Scorpio while Venus is retrograde, and the conversation you have been avoiding becomes the conversation you are having. Mercury and retrograde Venus get straight to the root. It brings words to a feeling you have been carrying without naming. Sometimes it arrives as a message from someone in your past. Sometimes it arrives as your own voice finally telling you the truth about a relationship, a purchase, a job, or a pattern. Say the honest thing and then let it be quiet. The Moon moves into Virgo in the evening and helps you sort what you learned.
What have you been feeling for months that you have never put into words?
📩 Wednesday, October 7th
- Moon in Virgo
- Mars in Leo sextiles Uranus in Gemini at 3:41 AM PT
- Moon in Virgo sextiles Venus in Scorpio at 10:07 AM PT
- Moon in Virgo sextiles Mercury in Scorpio at 11:56 AM PT
Before dawn, Mars in Leo sextiles Uranus in Gemini and a door opens sideways. This aspect works through the unexpected move, the idea that arrives while you are doing something else, the invitation you were not looking for. Mars wants to act and Uranus wants it to be new. If something surprising crosses your path today, give it more than three seconds before you decide.
Through midday the Moon in Virgo sextiles both Venus and Mercury, and yesterday's honesty gets practical. Virgo is the sign that takes the feeling and asks what you are going to do about it. Make the list. Look at the actual numbers. Small, real steps land well today.
What is the smallest concrete action that honors what you admitted to yourself yesterday?
🧹 Thursday, October 8th
- Moon in Virgo
A quiet day with no major aspects at all, which is the sky making room for you two days before a New Moon. The Moon stays in Virgo and the energy is steady, tidy, and unhurried.
Use it to clear the ground. Virgo energy is the reminder that what you are planting needs a place to grow. Clean the space. Close the tab you keep meaning to close. Finish the thing that is ninety percent done. When you arrive at Saturday with your life a little more sorted, the intentions you set have somewhere to land.
What are you ready to clear so there is room for something new?
🦋 Friday, October 9th
- Moon in Virgo
- Moon enters Libra at 1:10 AM PT
- Moon in Libra trines Pluto in Aquarius at 6:44 AM PT
- Moon in Libra trines Uranus in Gemini at 10:51 AM PT
- Moon in Libra sextiles Mars in Leo at 1:25 PM PT
Just after midnight the Moon moves into Libra and begins the final approach to the New Moon. This is one of the loveliest days of the month. The Moon trines Pluto in the morning and something clicks into focus at a level you can feel in your body. It trines Uranus late morning and the insight goes somewhere unexpected. By early afternoon it sextiles Mars in Leo and you have the energy to act on what you now see.
Libra is the sign of relationship, beauty, fairness, and choice. The Moon moving through it always asks the same question: who are you in the presence of another person, and are you still there? Spend today with people who make you feel more like yourself, not less.
What do you see clearly today that you were not ready to see a week ago?
🌑♎ Saturday, October 10th
- Moon in Libra
- New Moon in Libra at 8:50 AM PT, 17 degrees Libra
- Venus in Scorpio squares Mars in Leo at 2:31 PM PT
- Moon in Libra sextiles Jupiter in Leo at 4:07 PM PT
The New Moon arrives at 8:50 AM in Libra, and this one carries more than most. New Moons are always the beginning of a cycle, the moment to plant seeds and name what you are calling in. This one lands in the sign Venus rules while Venus is retrograde, which makes it a New Moon about relationship, worth, and value that also asks you to review before you commit.
So plant seeds, and plant them honestly. Libra wants harmony, and the shadow of Libra is the harmony you keep by abandoning yourself. Ask what a fair relationship would actually look like. Ask what your work is worth. Ask where you have been keeping the peace at your own expense. Then write the intention that includes you in it.
In the afternoon Venus in Scorpio squares Mars in Leo, and the friction is the point. Venus wants depth and Mars wants to be seen, and the square shows you exactly where those two are pulling in you. If something feels charged today, it is information, not a verdict. By late afternoon the Moon sextiles Jupiter in Leo and the whole day opens into warmth. End it doing something that feels like love.
What would you ask for if you believed you were allowed to want it?
🎭 Sunday, October 11th
- Moon in Libra
- Moon enters Scorpio at 8:21 AM PT
- Moon in Scorpio conjunct Venus in Scorpio at 9:26 PM PT
The morning after a New Moon is for protecting what you just planted. The Moon moves into Scorpio at 8:21 AM and the mood deepens. Scorpio does not do small talk with itself. It wants to know what is underneath.
Late in the evening the Moon meets Venus in Scorpio while Venus is still retrograde, and feelings come up from somewhere older than this week. A memory, a person, a version of you that wanted something you talked yourself out of. Let it come. This is the work of these six weeks and it is not a setback. Every time something resurfaces, you get another chance to decide whether it still belongs in your life. Go gently tonight and let yourself feel it all the way through.
What is coming back to you right now, and what is it asking you to finally decide?
Your Tools for This Week
🌙 The New Moon in Libra arrives Saturday at 8:50 AM PT, and the Libra Season and New Moon Workbook is built for exactly this moment. It walks you through the intention setting, the journaling, and the ritual for a New Moon in the sign of relationship and worth, which matters even more with Venus retrograde running underneath it. You can find every issue in the Moon Workbooks collection.
🎙️ Two new episodes of the Spirit Daughter Podcast drop this week. On October 6 it is Rising Signs Explained, the sign that runs your whole chart, and it is the episode to listen to if you have ever wondered why your Sun sign only tells part of the story. Then on October 9 the mini episode is The Power of 30 Days, which is a good companion to anything you set in motion at this New Moon.
📱 We are one week into the Venus and Mercury Retrograde Challenge in the Moment App, and it is not too late to join. It runs all 42 days of this retrograde window through November 13. Every day you get one notification with where the Moon is, what the sky is doing, and one track chosen for that exact energy, a meditation, an activation, a visualization, a ritual, or a pep talk. The New Moon day track is made for Saturday.
📖 If this week has you asking what you truly want and why, Spirit Daughter the book is the whole method in one place, and a New Moon is a good time to start it.
Here is to a week of honesty, clarity, and asking for what you actually want.
xx ❤︎
