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Gemini horoscope for October 2023
As we move into the final three months of the year there is a definite sense of change in the air that has nothing to do with the change in the seasons. Instead, it has everything to do with the fact that after September's lack of movement and its sluggish nature, the gods have found where they lost the remote and have pushed play again. Where last month began with nearly every planet in the solar system in retrograde motion, including those that dictate the pace of daily life and no real change, things are on the move again. With Mercury, your ruling planet back in direct motion you will feel this more acutely and especially when it comes to losing some of that mental fog.
Over two months after returning for what is normally a 14 to 15 day visit to your home and family sector, Mercury is finally on the move and from 5th October to 22nd October will rush through your romantic and creative sector, before ending the month in your busy work sector. Mercury is spreading his influence, with a chance to start the month with your head in the game and the communication lines open on the home front, before moving on to giving your heart a voice and putting heart and mind on the same page and then ending with a chance to work smarter.
At the same time, after four months in your communication sector Venus, the planet of love finally leaves on 9th October, ending her longest mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice in our lifetime. This is something you will continue to benefit from, as she turns her focus onto home and family matters as she steps into the still warm shoes that Mercury has just vacated. Mars is also on the move this month and slightly ahead of Mercury, will end his six and a half week visit to your romantic and creative sector before he too returns to your busy work sector on 12th October. While life is becoming more vibrant and there is a lot more change and variety, having the right work/life balance is now more important than ever.
Love & Romance
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of October in your romantic sector, the solar spotlight is always on matters of the heart and all things romantic at this time of year. However, rarely with so much water having already passed under the bridge, so much ongoing support and with the promise of continued support into the future. In other words, while the Sun might spend the same month in your romantic sector at the same time each year, this began long before and it will continue long afterwards. It was a week before the Sun returned last month that the dwarf planet Ceres wrapped up her last deep dive into your heart's needs and priorities for another four years.For the first time in two years, the Sun also returned to find Mars in your romantic sector and until leaving on 12th October, he is on a mission to fire up your romantic passions and fighting spirit. They will be joined on 5th October by Mercury, who held back by a retrograde phase will be ready to make up for lost time. Until leaving on 22nd October, Mercury will be on a mission to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page. It is three days after Mars leaves that the Moon will move through from 13th October to 15th October, something that was always going to see it align with the Sun to create a New Moon.
However, with the South Node here this will be no ordinary New Moon but a solar eclipse, adding to the potency of what is already a powerful time for new beginnings. With Mercury leaving on 22nd October and the Sun a day later, the month will end with the South Node on its own and no more planetary activity here. However, rather than run its course the best is yet to come with Venus, the planet of love returning next month to begin the most romantically charged weeks of 2023. Meanwhile, with no planetary activity in your relationship sector, the Moon's return from 18th October to 20th October will be a valuable chance to check in.
Business & Career
While the Sun won't return to your work sector until later in the month and the month starts with only the dwarf planet Ceres here, things will have taken an exciting turn by the time the Sun turns the solar spotlight on your work situation and job matters, as it does at the same time each year. While Ceres' return last month officially began the first planetary activity on the job front this year, her focus is more on her first deep dive into your needs and priorities on the job front in four years and not on getting things moving or making them happen. Instead, this is a chance for a deeper look at your needs and priorities and especially when it comes to job satisfaction and a sense of purpose before things start to move.By the time you move into the new month Ceres has already formed a friendly aspect to Saturn, in his last full month in retrograde motion in your career sector, creating a new sense of professional confidence and a sense that change is in the air. While Saturn will be at a standstill by the end of the month, he is slowing down in order to turn direct early next month. However, while on the career front things might be slow but with a lot more confidence, things are getting ready to take off on the job front when Mars returns for his first visit in two years on 12th October. Unlike Ceres, Mars is all about taking action and making things happen.
Until leaving later next month, Mars will fire up your work passions, fighting and competitive spirit as he takes you into what could be the busiest months of the year. What Mars is starting now Venus will eventually bring home in December, with a chance to not only fire things up on the job front now but for the rest of the year. Mercury's return on 22nd October will give you the means to work smarter and will give you better control over where to channel Mars' warrior and competitive spirit, all before the Sun returns to put the solar spotlight on your work situation and job matters from 24th October.
Money
While all planetary activity on the income side of the financial fence ended when the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment left in August, by then a huge amount of water had passed under the bridge. In 2022 the only activity on this side of the financial fence was when the Sun, Mercury and Venus moved through your income sector. This was the bare minimum and was the very least that you could expect. It was a different story this year, with Mars making his first visit to your income sector in two years and Juno her first in four years. At the same time, while Mars' return in March got things off to an early start Juno's departure in August stretched things out the other side as well.Not only has there been more planetary activity on the income front this year but for a lot longer. This means that while there is no longer any planetary activity on the income front you have a huge amount of momentum and potential banked and this could have unexpected implications when things start moving on the job front this month. The main driver of this will be Mars, with the same planet that kicked things off on the income front this year returning to your work sector on 12th October to fire things up on the job front. With the dwarf planet Ceres already here, Mercury returning on 22nd October and the Sun here by 24th October, that momentum will only build.
The Moon will return to your income sector from 6th October to 8th October, something that can sharpen your nose for money and act as a trigger, while ensuring that when Mars returns to fire things up on the job front just a few days later it is with a sense of where the money is from the start. Meanwhile, on the other side of the financial fence, Pluto has come to a standstill as he prepares to turn direct on 11th October. Even then Pluto will be at a standstill for the majority of the month, though with a chance to look to the future as the planet of change and revolution gets ready to leave again in January. The Moon's return to your financial sector from 20th October to 22nd October will give you a better read on money matters and on this shift in focus.