Astrology Forecast October 2022
The Astrology Forecast October 2022 tells us to strap in. There’s little chance of boredom in October. It’s action-packed, backward and forwards, and even the relatively still times are rife with purpose and meaning. Of course, by Halloween rolls around, we may be gasping for breath – but my perceptions will clear up, and events will progress dramatically.
Astrology Forecast October 2022 – Strap In
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The Astrology Forecast October 2022 states the month begins and ends with retrogrades that affect the quality of communication, information, and transportation systems. Messenger god Mercury is involved in both, being the retrograde planet in the first instance and the ruler of Gemini, the sign of Mars’ retrograde at month’s end. We come into the month with Mercury already retrograde, which began in Libra on September 9 and retreated to Virgo on September 23. As it stations direct on October 2, at 24 Virgo, the pace slows and creates the feeling of being suspended in time. The effect enables unrushed and close inspection of details and missing bits and shows where dots remain to be connected.
Before he gets up to speed, the month revives up a long-standing clash between old and new ways, as Saturn and Uranus pit the need for the order against demands for change. They have been forcing the issue since early 2021, demanding new forms for structures and imposing structure on radical or innovative impulses. The pair come close to a square on October 4, stress testing fault lines, scaffolding, and networks of all kinds. (The process is prolonged for most of the month since Saturn remains at this spot until the 23rd.) Pay particular attention to changes that have been building since the beginning of July, when Uranus arrived at the degree of his current location. The square’s impact could work like a centrifuge, flinging some components out of the picture.
Focus follows almost immediately. Candor, tackling weighty topics and cutting out fluff all flow as Mercury trines Pluto on October 6, with Pluto’s direct station adding to a lighter, quickened pace by October 8. Energies soar at the Aries Full Moon on October 9, with an assist from its ruler Mars making for rambunctiousness, chattiness, and unabashed self-promotion.
Communication feels back on track and definitely more two-way and polite when Mercury enters Libra on October 10. Apart from mixed messages and, sigh, more gaslighting (Mars square Neptune October 12), stabilizing is on tap mid-month, for yourself and relationships, with the Sun and then Venus trining Saturn October 11 and 14. Tie your grounding (or maybe bungee) cord tightly; it will soon come in handy.
Within days, actually. Sitting still is impossible, and so is quieting your mouth, mind, or media flow when the Sun and Venus trine go-getter Mars on October 17 and 18. The collab slingshots you far out into creation. Jump from subject to subject; keep multiple browser tabs open; pepper spray the world with questions, queries, and invitations (and watch the same come at you). Still, you can’t do it all, and you’ll know what to drop – or maybe circumstances will handle it for you – as the Sun squares Pluto on October 19. Their teamwork is empowering, setting up a satisfying fusing of heart and mind when the Sun joins Venus on October 22. The sequence fosters a conscious awareness of what you desire, value and the sense of being entitled to indulge. The comfort level you enjoy has the power to draw people and situations that resonate and align with it, so take note of who and what crosses your path.
A decided vibe of stability has been coming along, with Mercury trine Saturn as the planet of adulting stations direct on October 22. Information, conversations, negotiations, and thoughts alike are shaping up, calming down, and taking reliable form. Something is locking into place or moving onto sturdier footing, and probably involving situations affected by the October 4 Saturn/Uranus square. Treat the stabilization as a reminder to double-check those grounding cords from earlier in the month. Emotionality, mysteries, and boundary-blurring are creeping into the atmosphere surreptitiously at first, with Venus entering Scorpio on October 23, Jupiter backing into Pisces on October 28, and Mercury entering Scorpio on October 29.
Venus and Mercury are in Scorpio until the middle of November, bringing intensity and undercurrents to interactions of all kinds. She makes the air fraught with secrets, with ghosts and a general Halloween vibe, with hints of powerful forces and moves outside our conscious perception. The cosmic messenger underscores her work by taking thoughts and communications into the deep, heightening ESP and X-ray vision and stirring suspicions, fears, and other non-rational responses. Jupiter is finishing his lingering business in Pisces until December 20, amplifying sensations, suspicions, and awareness that we are all in this together.
Amid these sign changes, the month’s big finale ramps up. Venus’s entry into Scorpio is paving the way – or, more appropriately, softening the ground for the first big bang. Check those grounding cords. You’ll need them for the triple-whammy of the Scorpio solar eclipse (October 25), Mars retrograde (starting October 30), and Taurus lunar eclipse coming in November.
The eclipses promise a tsunami of revelations, departures, and endings as they bring up and reboot issues of resources and investments, which color not just the current weeks but the months well into next spring. The Scorpio solar eclipse doubles, triples, and maybe even quadruple the usual force of a new moon. Dramas will be impassioned and possibly lurid as the solar eclipse (and next month’s lunar) dredge up laundry and obsessions that generally stay out of the public eye. On the plus side, the reset potential of an eclipse may bring upgraded situations (here involving resources) and will certainly boot out people or situations in the way of that. Another bonus: if you’ve wanted to rework a financial arrangement, these moons support you.
So does the last big event of the month: Action hero Mars stationing retrograde at 25 Gemini on October 30. He’s about halfway through his time in the sign, which he entered on August 20. He’s retrograde until January 12, going back as far as 8 Gemini. As with a Mercury station, the days around his retrograde station might create the sensation of time standing still – especially likely so close to the solar eclipse creating a blackout. At least at first, surface events may be completely beside the point; the important action will be below, behind, within, or out of sight.
Once he gets going, though, retrograde action – and snafus – will speed up. Thoughts, papers, and communication may go every which way. Mars will bring many old businesses and topics back around while also putting a lot of information into a blender and pulsing it to shreds. Bursts of aggression and frustration occur when Mars can’t move in his way of forward-ho! The fact that he’s in a Mercury-ruled sign means his retrograde will, in many respects, be simulating a Mercury retrograde, only with a lot more oomph and arguing amid the confusion and worse. His backward march does, however, give opportunities and motivation to redo and renegotiate – and to take action on the previously supplied information.
That’ll come in time. The spooky vibes of month’s end encourage quiet responses to eclipse dramas and hubbub: exploring mysteries, scrying, peering through the veil (it’s thin), honoring the dead, psychic deep-sea diving, watching old monster movies, and celebrating Halloween in private ways. If the big action shoots you into an underwater cavern…take the opportunity to explore. Treasure could be lurking.
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Kathy Biehl is a professional astrologer with more than 30 years of experience. She has been translating astrology for the mainstream since high school and has a knack for combining humor and pop culture with her guidance. Visit EmpowermentUnlimited.net to sign up for her mailing list, listen to her forecasts, and book a session for her. Find her on Facebook at Empowerment Unlimited and the Astro-Insight Lounge, and on YouTube at the Professional Aquarian Channel. Listen to her radio show Celestial Compass on OM Times Radio
