Moon Musings October's Moon Cycles

Your monthly guide to what's happening in the astrological world

By Heidi Reeves Sol Rising Astrology

October 10th at 6:45am AEST The fullmoon will occur in the sign of Aries.

With the Sun in Libra and the Moon in Aries this Full moon highlights the polarity around relationships! The Sun in Libra is all about our relationship with the ‘other’, compromise, balance and harmony The Moon in Aries in more about our relationship with ourselves. Our self assertion and independence within our relationships.

Relationships are not just about the intimate ones with our partners/lovers but also friends/family and colleagues.

Aries is a fire sign, full of passion, courage and leadership, this full moon may have you feeling a little more assertive or reactive than usual.

With relationships being the focus during this time, take some time to reflect on who you are within your relationships? Who do you want to be?

The Full Moon is about balancing the energy of both the sun and the moon signs, so Libra and Aries. Is there an area you have been neglecting your own needs for the sake of harmony and you need to be more assertive and independent? Or maybe you are incredibly independent and need to focus on softening and compromise with others?

Take some time to dive inwards and see what comes up for you, write it down and then let it go. With the moon in a fire sign, burning the written words (safely) would be appropriate here.

Cardinal signs may feel this one the most intensely, the with their sun/moon or rising signs in Aries/Libra/cancer and Capricorn.

October 25th at 8:48pm AEST the New Moon will occur in 1 degree of Scorpio accompanied by a partial solar eclipse at 9:01pm.

Ahh Eclipse season shines again! This partial solar eclipse will intensify the already intense energy of this Scorpio New moon.

Scorpio doesn’t play around on the surface of things, they need to dive deep, to get to the bottom of things and feel things deeply in order to transform and evolve.

This New moon will call for deeper emotional exchanges with people, shallow relationships will no longer cut it! This energy is can help us really connect with our inner most desires and feelings and what it is we really need in this life, who it is we really want to be.

Matters related to intimacy, power, control and money could be a focus during this lunation.

As a new moon, it will all about new beginnings around these topics.

Overall the energy of this New moon and eclipse can help guide us through our own self mastery, to explore ourselves on a deeper more intimate level to learn what we want to manifest in the future.

The energy of this eclipse may have us acting more impulsively so pay close attention to whether you are REACTING or RESPONDING to situations.

There is a chance to make important changes to move towards the values and future you desire, so lean in…

The fixed signs will feel this one the most intensely, those with Sun/moon/rising or strong placements in Scorpio, Taurus, Aquarius and Leo.