Monthly Lovescopes October 2017
In the words of Pat Benatar, we’re running with some serious night shadows this month, but if we reach for each other’s hands, we will absolutely be all right. Aries, Libra, and Scorpio have collided at the after party, and the common ground for these three cosmic cheetahs is embattlement, idealism, and the gorgeous grit to belly up to the bar of partnership evolution.
October 5th’s Full Moon in Aries sets this tone, and it’s a red-hot cinnamon lunation for smoking out exactly where you hold back from fully loving yourself and others exactly as you and they are. In addition to being the original badass of the zodiac, Aries energy is also the force of spring growth and there’s a fresh-cut innocence to her ferocious cry that reveals where we can start over. It’s the perfect moment for shaking up any romantic staleness, and for seeing where you might apply your force to fight for your right to the kind of love you deserve.
On October 10th, Jupiter shifts from Libra to Scorpio and this major event (this planet only moves once every year or so) spells deep dives for cosmic lovers. But because Jupiter is a adventurous, expansive, luck-be-a-lady kind of high roller, we can discover that when we bet high on ourselves, and risk opening again and again, we are doing our soul’s evolutionary work. Let yourself collide and let yourself be changed by another person.
The lunar cycle closes out with the 19th’s New Moon in Libra and after duking it out in the Martial mud pit of Aries and Scorpio energy, this Moon comes as a sweet, panned0out relief. We’ve dug into to the trenches and we’ve come back with some treasures. We understand where our values lie, and which of our ideals are realistic. We can slip into these jewels that we’ve worked so hard for and take ourselves out on the town, allowing our partners and ourselves to be exactly as we are, without compromising one bit of what we know we deserve.
Dream bigger. Dream brighter. And wake up to a brand new day.
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I find my footing by leaping heart over heels.
In Your Heart: This is your moment Libra. While you’re classified as a “dreamer,” this dreaming is sometimes of the intellectual variety. Yet this month asked you to full-throttle ahead into the power of dreams that are deliciously irrational and no less serious for it. As the Full Moon ignites your partnership house, this is your opportunity to dive into the deep end of relating without one single shred of defense. You are prepared to put your money where your mouth is. To come clean about past practices that have held you back from truly letting yourself and others exist in the full range of humanness. When the New Moon illuminates your 1st house of identity on the 19th, you’ll be waking up to yourself in a way that doesn’t dishonor all that it has taken to get you here, but that feels like a renewal of your trust in the same old sun to rise but to shine on a completely different landscape. Look yourself in the mirror and see that change.
In Your Spirit: You are arriving to yourself this month, Libra. Prep for it like you would a long lost lover coming back from a foreign voyage at the airport. Get excited to greet yourself. To look yourself directly in the eyes and to see both the same sweet soul you’ve always known, and someone who has let themselves be irrevocably altered by her experience. With Jupiter expanding into your 2nd house of worth and security, there is a new ground for you to stand on, new roots for you to grow down into. This is a month for truly owning it, whatever it is that makes you feel deep into your own earth and onto your own two feet. You are both a tumbling stone and a solid rock Libra. And you’ve got everything you need right here beside you. Let the moss grow or roll on down the mountainside. You are contained, rooted, and present, regardless of your roll.
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Empowering my body breaks my heart wide open.
In Your Heart: You’ve got a smoking hot rep on the cosmic block, Scorpio, but this month is about more than just leather and lace. With the Full Moon uncovering your 6th house of health and embodiment, you’re asked to tap back into how different flavors of love feel in your physical body, and where you need to protect that container. Not every love affair or sexual experience is worthy of your exploration right now. And while you’re notoriously private and protected in affairs of the heart, this is a beautiful month to discover how protection can be more than a defense. How can you actually use time apart and time tapped into how you are feeling in your body to honor your process as it’s unfolding. When the New Moon arrives on the 19th in your zone of surrender and boundarylessness, you’ll be asked to investigate exactly which of the walls are worth policing and which you can let tumble down. Until then, revel in a sense of retreat that’s no less loving for its solitary musings.
In Your Spirit: With Jupiter entering your sign and hanging in your house of identity for over a year, there is an opportunity for unprecedented soul expansion around how you see yourself in the world. You have been challenged to integrate your darkness with your light and to fully own the power of your intensity, and this sweet cosmic shift allows you to affect personal transformations that at other times might feel arduous. Really take a look this month at where intensity feels like a full-throttle “yes” to your life and to the seriousness with which you want to attack it. And notice when this intensity shields something more vulnerable and blocks you from the tenderness of your heart and springs from fears around powerlessness or helplessness. You are most potent, Scorpio, when you bring the full range of your humanness into the ligh. And this is your time to bring it both boldly and softly.
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Believing in the beauty of the dream lets me release from how it has to be.
In Your Heart: Re-up your faith this month Sagittarius, because it’s going to be a beautifully unexpected ride into the rainbow sunset. This may seem like just the kind of ride you’re accustomed to as the zodiac’s premiere amorous adventurer, but this time around is slightly different. There’s a settling into the saddle, and as the Full Moon lights up your zone of direct romance and hearts on sleeves, you’ll be ready for emboldened declarations that just are without having to feel like your words or feelings need to create movement in the world. Just bask in the glow of whatever those emotions contain. Even if you’re not in the kind of partnership you think you want. Even if you’re lonely. Let whatever your feeling state is shine fully and fiercely because it will show you the path forward. With the New Moon cascading into your zone of future plans on the 19th, this way will be clearly illuminated. Reach out for your romantic goals while also enjoying the gap between where you are and where you want to be. In that gap, there lies the deliciousness of surprise.
In Your Spirit: As Jupiter lights up your area of underground healing and spiritual release, this is a month to drop out of your head and into the unseen, mystical, symbolic world of imagining. While you’re a deeply intuitive being, sometimes you shut this off in favor of book smarts or tried and true systems of self-discovery. Throw those systems out the window this month and simply sample the full range of possibilities for understanding yourself. Get wild and strange with it. Investigate radical new healing techniques. As you plunge into this pot of magic, don’t even wonder if it’s “working” or not. Trust that it’s doing its work on you whether or not you can feel it right now. Release from the need to know. Feel yourself getting preciously small as you open up to the width of the world around you.
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There’s simply no stopping us when we dream the dream together.
In Your Heart: With the Full Moon entering your 4th house of roots, foundations, and emotional privacy, this month’s opening may feel like a retreat from the world at large. But trust that this is just a powering up for you to show up by the 19th’s New Moon in a new way. You are revising your concept of security, and diving deeply into exactly what you need from a partner in terms of the delicate balance between caring for and being cared for. The Full Moon illuminates where you’re still gripping to control this process, and where you resist because of your vision of yourself as a warrior queen. Just notice this sensation of having to do it all yourself. Notice any family inheritance or past life sensations of bearing the whole weight of other’s emotions, and where this leads you to avoid your own messiness. And then just drop off those bags. You don’t need them anymore. By the 19th, you’ll be ready to expose some of this journeying and will have lightened the load you’re carrying so you can truly enter into a partnership where you can both give and take without shame.
In Your Spirit: As Jupiter enters your zone of futurism and group consciousness, this is prime time for tapping into the resources of your tribe. Think about how you can share the emotional burden, swap stories, and use this process of emo exchange to power up for the work you want to do in the world. This is not a month to go it alone, and as much as you may want to bury your head in the sand and hole up binging Netflix, you’re being asked to get out there and connect in order to lighten whatever you’re feeling. Identify with others. Testify. Scream together. Dance together. Reach out for someone’s hand precisely when you want to shut down and shut off. There is truly the concept of strength in numbers for you this month Capricorn. Fall back in the open arms of the ones who love you.
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Shaking off the last vestiges of how I think it should be uncovers a bold new love song.
In Your Heart: With the Full Moon tapping your house of perception and communication, it’s an emboldened month for telling it exactly as it is rather than how you think it should be. Notice where you’ve held your tongue, and where you’ve been spinning tall tales to yourself or others about what you wish was going down in your relationship world. This is a moment for coming clean and letting that perspective and clarity blow the path wide open for future adventuring. When the 19th’s New Moon comes around in your house of freewheeling voyages, this shift in perspective will be exactly what you need to race off into a romantic future that’s completely unencumbered by any stale mental patterning. This is a love month for truly coming to the end of the known roads Aquarius. And if anyone knows how to radically leap into stardust, it’s certainly you.
In Your Spirit: Jupiter enters your powerhouse zone of self-sufficiency and public exposure this month, and it’s time to get out there and say it loud and proud. Put yourself on the line in whatever you do and trust that this kind of exposure is exactly the balm your spirit needs. You can even be a little tough with yourself this month without this feeling cruel at all. Power up. Work those muscles. And feel into that pared down sense of caring for yourself and fully taking ownership of what needs to shift without blaming or looking for any assistance in this moment. It’s mountain climbing survival time for you. Prove yourself only to yourself and get inspired by how much you are able to bear when you refuse to turn away from the challenge.
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Cultivating security fuels explorations into the unknown.
In Your Heart: It’s a rock solid month for you Pisces and as the zodiac’s “ether” element, this may initially feel uncomfortable. You want to be everywhere. You want to be free and unfettered to drift along and into and out of other’s feeling landscapes. But that process can sometimes leave you depleted and like there’s no place to rest. With the Full Moon entering your 2nd house of security, this is the time to claim your right to something stable. In partnership, notice where you resist this, and choose partners who either don’t offer this at all, or offer it in a more repressive, stifling form. There’s an opportunity here to cultivate unbreakable bonds that still allow for that give and take right now- that sense of flying away and then coming back down to land. As the New Moon touches into your house of intimate collision on the 19th, you’ll be ready to play with that sense of gripping and ungripping, and to realize that the more you open your palms, the more that the love you crave lands there lightly and softly, and no less solidly.
In Your Spirit: With Jupiter stepping into your 9th house of beliefs and truth seeking, this is a glorious month for recommitting yourself to the adventure. Where can you revise your notions about the “end game” of your life? Where can you both hold your goals in clear sight and then just let the wind throw back your hair as you surrender to the ride. This is a month for empowered adventuring rather than just mere drifting along, so get clear about what kinds of territories you want to explore and then strap on those hiking boots and get going. After all the solidity you’ve been creating during this month’s cycle, these explorations can be calculated forays into new zones rather than bottomless seeking where you’re always looking for an “answer.” Ride on into a night that’s both unknown and crystal clear.
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When I forgive myself completely, I can show up fully for another.
In Your Heart: It’s time for a major heart and soul upgrade this month, dear Aries, and if anyone loves a courageous leap onto another level, it’s certainly you. The Full Moon illuminates every last facet of your being in your house of identity and while this may not be pleasant, it is absolutely necessary. Stand in the center of yourself and any past partnership transgressions and just let it all be true. Feel the pain you’ve caused others, and the pain you’ve felt both from them and from yourself. Know that you couldn’t have done any more than what you did with what you had and who you were in those moments. With Jupiter in Scorpio sliding into your deep, dark underground 8th house, it may feel like you want to turn back from the basement doors. But you’re a ferocious fighter babe and don’t you forget it. You were born for this kind of battle. Made for it. Open the door and let it rip.
In Your Spirit: You’ve been on a mission to understand the relationship between willpower and compromise, and this month lets you channel your power in a more lean, directed way. With your partnership axis igniting by the cardinal, action-oriented Moons in Libra and Aries, there can be a kind of naturalness in the give and take between these poles. While you’re often pegged as a no-holds-barred extremist, you’ve also got a fresh, young spirit that’s ready to learn and this month you can suss out exactly when to effort and when to retreat with more savvy than usual. With Jupiter hanging in that intimate cellar area of your chart, it’s also a delicious month for the inward facing work of dressing your wounds and backstage hyping yourself for your next battle. These cycles of retreat are just as necessary as the rallying cries and this time around, you’ll feel perfectly at home claiming your right to this time apart.
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Romancing my own tender places lets me serve the ones I love.
In Your Heart: The 5th’s Full Moon in Aries uncovers all sorts of buried treasure for you this month Taurus if you’re willing to do the work of releasing into it. This is no mean feat. We’re talking major soul patterning and inheritances, the origin of which you might not even know. This work is about your refusal to let yourself be fully loved. And it starts with the self. There’s a warrior that needs to enter the spaces where you feel like your emotional needs won’t be met, and this warrior leads to slice softly and slowly away at the scar tissue that’s ready to be released. With the 19th’s New Moon entering your house of service and humbling, this is about showing up to do the work of relating without this having to feel like an endless critique of “not good enough.” Notice where you say this to yourself in partnership, and also where you say this to others as a reflection of whatever you think you deserve that you won’t ever get, or as a projection of your own perceived failures. Really feeling into the most tender spaces this month will allow you to see that you’re absolutely deserving of everything you long for.
In Your Spirit: With Jupiter igniting your partnership zone this month, you can radically expand the possibilities when you commit to going far beyond what you think that you “are not.” Notice where you hold back from relating because you fear that these collisions will change you or take something from you and then go there anyway. But know that this doesn’t have to happen solely in the realm of partnership. Notice where you shut down from a choice or even an activity because it’s simply “not you.” Why do you grip against sampling these chances at opposition? Know that you can be in flux and that you can be learning about new places inside of yourself and that this doesn’t mean you don’t know who you are. This kind of exploration is actually one of the most empowered places of self-expansion because you trust so solidly in your core that you can give it up and turn it loose and let what needs to be changed be changed. Open willingly towards it, Taurus.
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When I fully get my freak on, there’s nothing my heart needs to hide.
In Your Heart: With the Full and New Moons setting off your axis of eccentric self-expression, this is the month for getting out there and doing some serious love leaping into uncharted territories. Whether it’s blind dates, or simply networking with others who share your passions, it’s a come to the party moment for your romantic visions. But where you sometimes endlessly butterfly between partners and events, this is a month to really reveal your freaky edge, even when this leaves you standing apart from your partner or the group. Trust that baring some of your more edgy passions has the inspirational ability to bring the ones you love even more fully into their own voices. And then, sweet Gemstone, you can truly sing in the chorus you crave.
In Your Spirit: With Jupiter entering your 6th house of body rituals and health, this is the month to treat your system like a temple. You don’t have to completely overhaul your routine or chastise yourself for indulgent choices, but just really notice what kinds of physical practices make your spirit come alive. While you’re sometimes up far into the intellectual clouds, disconnected from the earth realm, this month is a feet on the ground moment for seeing where you can find expansion in building systems that support your wildest imaginings. Let the earth feel just as curious and compelling as the out-there realms. Get fascinated by your own solid ground.
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When I fight for my right to passion, I trust in my own process.
In Your Heart: With the Full Moon in warrior Aries igniting the most visible part of your chart, this is the month to fight for your right to the kind of partnership you crave, Cancer. No more soft-shelled crabmeat. No more dissolving into a puddle of tears (unless those tears lead to a feeling of righteous ferocity that gets you off of the couch, out of your conch, and into the world). Know exactly what you stand for and what you won’t fall for in partnership anymore. With Jupiter entering your 5th house of playfully present romance, this doesn’t have to feel like demon slaying. Let it just be your rallying cry to say “hell yes” to exactly what kind of love affair you crave.
In Your Spirit: Break out the boxing gloves and the soul cycling gear and get moving, water babe. Ignite your muscles and feel the self-sufficient strength of standing on your own two feet. With the New Moon shifting into your emo home zone on the 19th, you’ll be able to take a break from all these athletic antics in the external world but remember that this is an airy moon- it’s all about getting easy, breezy perspective on exactly when to stay in your shell and when to slough off the cocoon and fly baby fly. Let this month be a kind of muscle building that can be expansive rather than oppositional, celebratory rather than defensive. Delight in the cannon you’re constructing for yourself and then shoot right on into the stratosphere.
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Love is a long road, and I’m ready to ride it all the way back home.
In Your Heart: As October 5th’s Full Moon in Aries sets off your fiery 9th house of freewheeling, it’s a moment to explore the space between you and another person. Where can you dance into adventurous unfolding without feeling like you have to lock it down or control the direction of romance? What would it be like to not have an “ask” or demand from someone you love? It’s a Moon for taking some wide-open space and learning that this doesn’t have to signal that you love someone any less. With Jupiter expanding the horizons of your zone of emotional safety, this is a month for investigating the foundations of your house. What actually feels safe in partnership, like a sweet homecoming, and what has started to feel stale and stifling? Trust that these home renovations can infuse your partnerships with the levity that you’ve been longing for.
In Your Spirit: With the two moons touching off your axis of truth and knowledge, it’s a philosophical month for you to check in with belief systems and upgrade to a new language where you need to. Think of this month as your Foreign Service exam- you’ll need as many tools and perspectives as possible to navigate the terrain. The 19th’s New Moon brings a delightfully buzzy energy to your spirit where you can make like a butterfly and just head out to sample the nectars. Allow yourself to simply circulate this month, knowing that you don’t have to know anything for sure at all. Let there be a kind of clarity in letting yourself be dazzled by all the possible pathways stretching out around you.
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In Your Heart: With the October 5th Full Moon dipping into the nocturnal waters of your down and dirty 8th house, this is a moment for some serious sexual healing. Roll up your sleeves, undo the laces, and commit to probing exactly where you hold back from what truly turns you on. With fiery warrior energy in this zone, it may be time for you to explore a more sexually aggressive stance- play with what you think of as traditionally masculine and feminine and mix it up. See what openings happen in your partnerships, and your own desire nature, from all this directness. With Jupiter entering your 3rd house of clear communication, the more difficult words can be more easily accessed and you’ll find that the more you reveal, the more this opens the pathways to exactly the kinds of partnerships that are worthy of the you, the whole you, the nothing but the you.
In Your Spirit: This is your month to practice some pretty radical forms of self-love. With your axis of desire and pleasure activated by the Full and New Moons, you can surround yourself with exactly what makes you feel lusciously gorgeous on both a body and soul level. The 19th’s New Moon is a particularly potent time to discover the holiness in adornment- whatever this means to you. Whether it’s manicures and makeup, or stripped-down, barefaced beauty, this Moon is really about making your body into an altar and loving up on it exactly as it is. Don’t think of this as a frivolous practice but as the seat of your self-worth. Believe so deeply in this worth that you can celebrate the vessel it comes in just as fiercely.
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