The Libra sun energizes your 6th house of work-related duties, the pursuit of perfection, pets, and the overall state of your health. Since the life-giving sun experiences several significant cosmic bumps in the road, you may need to change your diet or life practices to avoid anything serious in the way of medical intervention. Something that had been hidden comes to light on the 17th-18th. Avoid places that could serve tainted food (and avoid dangerous locations in general) on the 22nd-23rd. There’s a great push to get started on a new project on the 8th-9th as well as on the 17th-20th. The cosmic mood shifts when the sun advances to Scorpio, your house of marriage and partnership, on the 24th. Your partner (or ideal of partnership) encounters a setback on October 31. Patience is the best medicine for dealing with seeming formidable obstacles. There is more than one way up the mountain or to your preferred destination.

The Libra sun excites your 5th house of romance, activities shared with children, and expressing the artist within. Since this is the Zodiac zone linked to speculation, you’re in a risk-taking mood particularly on the 8th-9th, 15th-20th. If you are solo, it’s an auspicious month to get out and about. Romance may find you where you least expect it. But do not bring home a stranger on the 17th-18th or 22nd-23rd. If you are naturally artistic, you could produce a work to be proud of. After all, the 5th house is the stellar sector designated for stage, spotlight, and attention.  Libra supports the true ideal of partnership which is based on both partners holding equal balance within the tie. That ideal is achievable. Nonetheless, there are lessons to be mastered before you advance to that goal. Since the sun will enter your 6th house of health matters on the 24th to later form a harsh aspect to Saturn, you may have cause to reexamine your diet or lifestyle practices in order to maximize overall well-being.

October brings the sun to Libra where it illuminates your 4^th house, the chart’s domestic sector. Family matters should take on greater significance. That can mean anything from a major celebration to a family reunion. It also warrants a keener focus on the dynamics that shape the domestic sphere and its inherent dramas. You may feel an urge to rejuvenate your domestic ambiance. Great times to celebrate are the 15^th-20^th with one caveat: the sun’s square to Pluto which is likely to expose a secret. An event (or comment) could trigger a power struggle among relatives. This is also true on the 22^nd-23^rd. Your lesson this month is to promote harmony while recognizing that you can only lead a horse to water, you cannot make them drink. The celestial mood shifts when the sun enters Scorpio, your romance sector, on the 24^th. There are trust issues to grapple with on the 31^st. On the plus side, your sex drive heats up.

During October you will likely find yourself more involved with short trips, self-promotion, networking, commerce, and even endeavoring to learn a new skill. That’s because the Libra sun will energize your 3rd house of local outings, sales, and communications. Interesting things can be learned along life’s pathways. You may run into someone who offers you an unexpected opportunity. Auspicious dates include October 15-20. During that same interval, your planetary ruler, the sun, hits a tough square from Pluto. Typically this influence expresses either as the need to make a life-changing decision or through a power struggle. You may learn something that doesn’t sit well with you. Loyalties will be tested as a result on the 22nd-23rd. Those are days to get out of the line of fire should you find yourself too close to someone else’s battle ground. When the sun reaches Scorpio on the 24th, you’ll want more time to jazz up your home décor or simply cocoon in it.

As the sun makes its annual passage through your 2nd house of income and investments, money will be much on your mind.  Your sign is known for precision and pragmatism. Still, you are now celestially scheduled to gain keener insights into your long-term security needs. Real estate dealings are indicated. Your planning acumen is highlighted on the 15th-20th with the caveat that amid two wonderful influences, a third more challenging planetary interaction—the sun facing a square from Pluto–shows up. This could mean that a particular event or disclosure acts as a catalyst. The net result is that you end up better positioned as a result of this disruption. Diplomatic efforts will be called for at new moon on the 8th which is also when the sun joins Mars to fire up persons’ tempers. The cosmic mood shifts when the sun enters secretive Scorpio on the 24th. You will be drawn into research of some sort, particularly on the 31st. Your calendar is about to get busier.

It’s your power month… so shine under the cosmic rays as the sun makes its annual visit to your sign to renew you in body, mind and spirit. New moon on the 8^th joins the lights (sun and moon) in Libra. This is your best time to fine-tune your own internal balance and discern your true priorities. Since the sun joins Mars at this new moon, there’s an Aries-like pioneering spirit operating. It may propel you into a new venture or into taking a risk you normally would avoid. Your best dates to see progress and strut your stuff are the 15^th-20^th. However, since the sun will meet resistance from Pluto you can expect to encounter a power struggle. Not everyone is pleased to see you walking in your own power. The cosmic mood shifts when the sun enters Scorpion on the 24^th. It will prompt you to focus on financial logistics and how best to plant your intentions for future growth. 

The month prior to one’s birthday is designed for introspection. As a matter of fact, this 12th house sector governs hospitals, jails, ashrams, and detoxification centers. These zones guarantee introspection; but if individuals willingly seek their inner soul’s counsel, they need not occupy such places. It’s best not to push the envelope when your solar tide runs low. Once the sun enters Scorpio on the 24th it begins the process of your annual renewal drawing your personal Phoenix from the ashes. In this brief phase of vulnerability, you could act out of weakness rather than strength, particularly on the 8th, 9th, 17th, 18th, and 22nd23rd. Be mindful of the adage, “He who controls himself in a moment of anger saves one thousand days of sorrow.” Listening for the still small voice within is cosmically mandated and acting in accord with its insights will help you to set your sails on the best possible course ahead.

The Libra sun energizes your 11th house of friends, social groups, and the power of synergy. Essentially, this means that if two or more gather in the name of Spirit to pursue the same aspiration, a spiritual force will work to manifest your shared dream. Deploy your inner archer to fix your aim at the target goal you seek. You could see real progress at new moon on the 8th or when your planetary ruler Jupiter harmonizes with the sun on the 15th-16th. Ego games may rear or else someone’s dark side may show on the 17th-18th when the sun squares Pluto, god of the underworld. Your personal desires may call for examination. Curb the tendency to project your will onto others. Introspection is highlighted once the sun progresses to Scorpio on the 24th. There it will illuminate your 12th house of solitude and encounters with the inner self. This Zodiac sector draws its meaning from Pisces’ (the twelfth Zodiac sign) two fish. One fish symbolizes the capacity to mesh with the numinous and know the peace that mystics seek. The other path is that of self-undoing and could entail at least one addictive behavior.  You will wrestle with the inclinations of both fish on the 22nd, 23rd and 31st.

The Libra sun lights up your chart’s mid-heaven, a/k/a tenth house, the Zodiac seat of ambition. The secret to your success (or actualizing your professional goals) rests on the sign’s symbol: the balance scales. Deals that respect the needs of both parties progress, while any attempt to lord power over others in order to squeeze the best deal for yourself may backfire. This tendency is truest on the 8th^, the 17th-18th and on the 22nd-23rd. Real teamwork respects and acknowledges the complementary strengths and weaknesses of the various parties involved. The best managers and bosses recognize the unique contributions made by employees in addition to those who seek your guidance. Born to assume the mantle of authority, the Zodiac’s goats grapple with the Machiavellian urge that allows the ends to justify the means. This approach is dangerous with Pluto, the planet of dark powers, crossing your sign. And this month Pluto wrestles against the light of the sun on the 17th-18th and later with the aggressive inclinations of Mars. Translation: Your ego may need to step aside to make room for your soul.

You were cosmically designed to march to your own drummer and lead humanity into a new age of discovery. The best leaders work to expand their understanding of truth which calls for examining both human nature and the human condition. As the Libra sun lights up your 9th house of higher awareness, academic pursuits, legal matters, and the pursuit of knowledge, it’s a vital time to take stock of your personal philosophy and refine it where necessary.  Life sends signals that are designed to assist if not spur this initiative. Key dates for this process are: October 8, and from the 15th-23rd. Long distance travel plans may surface too since the 9th house stirs wanderlust. But the mood shifts when the sun enters Scorpio, the Zodiac’s realm of mystery, on the 24th. Professional duties and responsibilities take on more gravity. You may have a difficult decision to make on the 31st. Be mindful of the adage, “to thine own self be true.” Cutting cosmic corners will catch up with you later. The law of karma is seldom mocked.

October reliably sends the sun to your 8th house of sex, transformation, taxes, and joint monetary funds. Since Libra governs this chart sector on your astrological dial, its mandate for fairness kicks up a notch. If you are straight-forward in your dealings, financial matters will go more smoothly. Otherwise, you can expect some snags on the 8th and 17th-18th. Single women are wise to avoid late nights out on the 22nd-23rd when Pluto, the Zodiac’s abductor roams wild in pursuit of human game. This same combination can prove Machiavellian in that you could fall prey to justifying the means by the ends you seek. Check your morality as well as what’s driving your modus operandi. The cosmic mood shifts when the sun enters the compatible water sign of Scorpio on the 24th.  Influencing your 9th house of higher mind, you’ll have a clearer sense of your own motives and what goals are worthy of your pursuit. A difficult truth must be faced on the 31st. If your lesser fish seeks the path of evasion, matters will twist around to bite you in the butt—or should I say fish tail–sooner or later.