Michael O'Connor Astrologer

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October 24 – 30, 2025

Tip of the Week:

Most have heard the phrase ‘Bad Moon Rising’. Although every lunation cycle is experienced individually and subjectively, the chart cast for the seed event, the exact moment of the October 21st New Moon, does offer a generic perspective on the themes and overall dynamic in store for the associated period until the next New Moon, 29.5 days later.

The current lunation cycle is indeed ‘charged with challenges’.

The late degree of Libra is strongly influenced by Mercury, which is in Scorpio and in almost exact conjunction with Mars – activating their own new cycle which will only last until November 12, which while retrograde, Mercury forms a conjunction with Mars in Sagittarius by this time, effectively activating a new cycle between the two.

Regarding the current cycle, Mercury and Mars conjunct at the most potent degree of Cancer associated with Scorpio, (where Mercury’s capacity for objectivity is at its lowest), and where Mars is most aggressive, reveals a rancid root.

The fact that the Moon is also in difficult aspect to almost every other planet can be metaphorically described as the setting of a fearsome forest loaded with threatening perils. Among these is a Yod aspect, dubbed the ‘Finger of God’ associated with a theme associated with severe admonition to obey from the lingering Saturn/Neptune conjunction straddling Aries and Pisces, and AI-activation-Uranus at 0 Gemini.

The fruit of this New Moon seed event will culminate at the Full Moon in Taurus on November 5.

So, the spirit of Halloween (Samhain) this year will live up to its eerie, ghastly and haunting reputation. Generally, how we each respond to this karmic trigger is our own affair, but wisdom advises we seek the highest road available and make every effort to manage it as gracefully as possible.

Thus, the waxing New Moon seeded at the late degrees of Libra, with Neptune back in Pisces for its final act (Oct 22, 2025 – January 26, 2026), the Sun in Scorpio, Mercury conjunct Mars in Scorpio and steadily slowing down in its pre-retrograde or pre-shadow period, are some of the more obvious themes currently.

Fortunately, Venus in Libra and Jupiter in Cancer are supporting factors in this otherwise rather deep and complex time.

In the bigger picture, the far planets have entered new signs and are re-entering the previous sign due to turning retrograde, prior to the longer journey when they will push through encompassing many years. Specifically, Saturn and Neptune have now re-entered Pisces for their final push, and both will re-enter Aries in January/February, 2026. Far planets entering new signs are always significant, because they will remain there for years. So since all the far planets have entered new signs (or by close proximity), it is particularly powerful, extra potent, and noteworthy of the revolutions of evolution that are literally transforming the world.

The North Node in Pisces is guiding us all to surrender to this evolutionary thrust. Yet, surrender need not imply defeat or conformity, per se’.

The perennial wisdom is to accept that change is certain, and while adaptation is sensible, cultivating awareness of what constitutes your deeper soul purpose and focusing on creatively fulfilling it, even amidst the ever-changing societal trends and norms, are the keys to inner peace and true success. This is where a deeper dive into self-understanding via your Birth Chart, your soul plan by divine design, comes to the fore, and I can help you.

The near planets – Mercury, Venus and Mars, along with the Sun and Moon, are the indicators of current moods and shorter-term dynamics. Admittedly, Mars can remain in a sign for upwards of eight months due to turning retrograde, and when it does, it contributes to more significant dynamics. Jupiter spends 12-13 months.

Pluto now direct as of October 12, a major power player that transforms whatever it influences, is yet another major factor. After its usual 5-month retrograde process, it will push for resolution regarding evolutionary dynamics for anyone with Natal planets or angles between 1 and 4 degrees of any sign, but especially Aquarius, Taurus, Leo and Scorpio, or Virgo and Cancer, if to a lesser degree. For those with planets in Aquarius at these early degrees, some form of whole new beginning would have been activated, probably on the other side of a significant ending or some form of purging process. For those with planets or angles at the early degrees of Taurus and Scorpio, some hard turns have been endured, and with those with Leo activated, significant changes associated with your lifestyle and health factors have entered some form of renewal, at best activating an upward spiral of more disciplined attitudes, choices and behaviours.

Whatever associated synchronicities you or anyone else you know have and are enduring, rest assured that these are not random, arbitrary, or merely circumstantial, but are features of the unfolding of your destiny, and invariably share close association with factors associated with your karmic account lodged deeply in your subconscious mind, the mind of your soul. Choosing to see it this way is the path of the spiritually awakened and the spiritual warrior. As well, as ever, free will is at play, even if it too is pressured by significant probabilities, the possibility that you will choose wisely is ever-present.

The key to truly understanding what this means for you is securely indicated in your Natal Chart. Would you like to better understand what it reveals, or are you good to go without a map? I encourage you to consult the map because doing so will increase your confidence and your personal power to live with greater awareness and vision.

Have a great week.

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)

You yearn for more harmony, yet based on greater depth, intimacy and passion. Both identifying what stands in the way and how to succeed is on your mind. While your confidence levels have been rising, it is likely that they have also been wavering, subject to significant changes occurring both in the world and within your own mind.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)

Taking key measures to improve the overall balance and quality of your overall lifestyle continues. Circumstances are pushing you to take the lead to achieve your goals. Depending on or expecting others to understand your wants, needs and desires will not work, and in fact are likely to backfire. Replace assumption with intimate inquiry.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)

Enjoying the ease of play and accepting the reality of work is natural and healthy. However, sometimes we have to play hard and work easy, and this might be one of those times. The easy part is achieved by playing it smart, which often does require the added effort of forethought. So, the pendulum could be swinging both ways, as it does…

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

A passionate mood prevails, for better or worse. Sometimes passion is precisely what we want and needs, while at others it can imply exhausting drama. Some people thrive on drama for the sake of feeling alive and to experience excitement, yet often do not realize that they are a major contributor to their own suffering. Realizing, admitting and owning this fact is the key to true peace and power.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)

The overlap of the waxing Libra New Moon seed and Scorpio time is a feature of the complex flow of archetypal dynamics. For you, these indicate both the need for new perspectives and approaches in your public and professional life, and working close to home, perhaps literally, as with repairs and renovations, or figuratively, as with inner work. Or perhaps all the above.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

The Libra New Moon activated the need to take a more assertive approach for the sake of balancing your finances or simply getting your priorities in order. This includes some measure of research, investigation and added efforts to keep accounts and business involvements balanced. In the bigger picture, major changes in your career are brewing.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)

A fresh sense of determination is yours to harness during this lunation cycle. But, if you feel the need or simply the desire to take full advantage, begin it now before the Moon is Full. Taking the initiative is the key and does not probably require hasty follow-through. A deep, slow, sure and committed approach will yield better results, anyway.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)

Thanks to Venus lingering in Libra, the retreat opportunities that were available with the Sun in Libra are probably no longer, save for accessing what love you can, deep in your heart. Otherwise, the call now is to assert yourself fully to activate what changes you can. The key in this regard is to focus on the projector and avoid attempting to change the projection itself.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

Some cycles are deeper than others, and this is especially true of Scorpio time. While an inward draw will call you well into December, the urge to enter new territory will grow steadily as well, but not yet. This week is especially opportune but by the time of All Saint’s, you will feel compelled to express yourself with passion and purpose again. So, rest now if you can.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)

Libra forms a natural upper square to your sign, which implies proactive initiative and action associated with your public and professional life. It also implies that you are probably a natural when it comes to management positions, but there are always exceptions. As it is, this is a call to push through inner and outer resistances to be seen, heard and acknowledged.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)

Seeing a bigger picture is playing a major, background role currently. In the forefront, the time is right to push for promotions or for new positions altogether. Making good of prior experience, education and training is indicated. Accepting the likelihood of another round of training is also important, so be ready to learn.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Taking account and settling debts and scores is the call now. Whatever processes are required, make the effort to meet the situation proactively, and do not wait for it to chase you down. While making extra efforts is required, making them will increase your confidence levels and sense of personal power. Let facts and truths guide you to higher ground.

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October 17 – 23, 2025

Tip of the Week:

The Sun and Jupiter form an exact 90-degree angle on October 17, or what in Astrology is called a ‘square aspect’. The conjunction or start of this current cycle occurred on June 24, 2025.

Because Pluto is still in the early degrees of Aquarius and now direct (since early September), it plays a lead role in the conjunction or ‘seed event’ chart, amplifying the overall power and significance of it.

What this basically implies is that the revolutions of evolution are poised to make yet another major push.

In the more immediate picture, the New Moon on Tuesday, October 21 in the late degrees of Libra will trigger a deeper dive to understand the implications of these dynamics, symbolized by Mercury and Mars both in Scorpio.

That the Sun will enter ‘Scorpio time’, (symbolic of the processes of death that precede those of rebirth) on October 22, adds to the intrigue.

Fortunately, Venus in Libra will help facilitate a smoother process.

That both the conjunction and now the waxing square take place in Cardinal signs, along with both Saturn and Neptune closely conjunct in the early degrees of Aries, adds to the potency. Cardinal Signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) are symbolic of new beginnings and are very action-oriented, revealing large-scale developments indeed – what can be described as a ‘whole new dream’ for humanity as a whole.

Referring to reality as a dream might seem like a contradiction, but it applies to the notions of worldview, paradigm, overarching philosophy, and so on. Since life on Earth can be described as a game of power, where light and dark interact, we are about to enter a whole new time when the control mechanism, or what can be understood as ‘the dark’, will have greater leverage than ever.

The light force seeks power to empower, while the dark force aspires to gain power to control.

Understanding the deeper implications of any such event requires a wider scope of understanding to gain a contextual perspective. These altogether basically point to a whole new era, even in the context to the one we are already in, that of the computer age. It seems quite apparent that this era includes the next major stage of computers and points to AI and digital ID’s, and currencies.

Also implied in this dynamic is the rise of socialism largely due to the degree of control both large corporations and governments will have over people, as with surveillance, credit scores, and an easier than ever ability to censor any whose opinions, attitudes, and behaviours do not align with theirs. The implications of this level of power are… unprecedented.

Have a great week.

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)

A yearning for more harmony is extra strong now. Yet so too are your ambitions. You also want deep answers and will not settle for half answers. While you generally have reason to feel pretty confident, you want to get clear on what you feel you should understand better. Meanwhile, completing unfinished business is important.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)

A passionate mood prevails. For the sake of harmony and balance, you desire more depth, connection, passion, and engagement. A quest for love could cause you to look for it in too many places and faces. Otherwise, you want to do and get more from your deepest commitments and will not take feeling dismissed lightly.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)

Balancing work with play has been keeping you busy. The focus will begin to shift more fully to the work end before this week is out. Making adjustments for the sake of improvement in your routine will likely prove necessary. Making key investments into what will support you to feel more secure is featured and likely requires some research.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

Libra is closely associated with your home and family life. As the sign of the scales, it reveals a moody rhythm with the pendulum ever-swinging. Since the Moon itself is symbolic of the steady flow of change, things may seldom prove calm and uneventful. True to this rhythm, you are engaged in making new plans and designs once again.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)

Some cycles cause us to dig deeper than others, like this one for you now. Your focus could include repairs, upgrades, and even renovations, both inside and out. Inside refers to your focus and attitudes, while out refers to you home environment. Circumstances are guiding you to make key investments, and patience in the process is among them.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

Getting clear on what is important on your to-do list continues to weigh in your mind. In some regards, the answers are clear and obvious. In the deeper end, associated with career directions, more discernment might be required. However, you might have a pretty good sense of what is the best way to go, but are you confident enough to commit?

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)

Taking new leads to both enter new territory, and to express yourself in new, meaningful and powerful ways are all aspects of the plot. Doing some research to determine what constitutes your best investment is also featured. As the story goes, you want the best ROI that you can get and are willing to take your time to be sure before committing.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)

On one hand, you are happy to retreat from the world. On the other, you are taking leads and strides to execute decisive action. Stepping back to see a bigger picture feels necessary as a means of identifying repeat patterns that are not working very well. You know you have to act to break these chains, but you just might not be entirely ready yet.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

Learning to be your own best friend continues. This includes self-like, acceptance, self-acknowledgement, self-embrace, self-respect and self-love. Each of these actions is like filling your system with fuel that empowers you to direct these amplified powers to others. The equation is simple: fill your own tanks and then share your precious energy and wisdom.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)

Libra time marks a call to be seen, heard, and acknowledged for you. Pitching for promotions and new career opportunities generally is featured. A key to success now is breaking from of apathy and laying claim to hidden strengths and faith in your skills and talents. Yet while sometimes its what you know, at others it is who, like now.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)

While aspiring to expand your vision, scope, and understanding of life, some cycles make it easier than others and this is one of them. You yearn to know and understand and are willing to work for it, in the context of a comfortable flow. As significant as key insights are, you are also motivated to gain the foreknowledge that supports you to be forewarned and forearmed.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Libra is a transformational sign in your destiny. It includes transcending negative habits associated with your ego and comfort zone. Discerning if what you deem pleasurable is actually healthy for you is a challenge of self-honesty. Asking such questions and researching for the answers supported by the will to eliminate what is genuinely not healthy for you equates to soul power.

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October 10 – 16, 2025

Tip of the Week:

Eclipse season enters its last quarter for this year on Monday, October 13, coinciding with Pluto turning Direct after its annual 5-month retrograde process, and Canadian Thanksgiving and the end also of Daylight Savings time. So, this does indeed mark a noteworthy turning point.

Out of these, Pluto Direct is the big news since in doing so, it enters the resolution phases of its current evolutionary process, affecting anyone with planets or angles from 1 to 3.5 degrees of any signs, but especially Aquarius, Leo, Taurus and Scorpio.

What the destined themes involved amount to ever depends on the specific details of one’s Birth Chart, the close assessment of which reveals what is referred to as the “Chart Promise”. It outlines the finer details of the karma/dharma themes which are ultimately, intimately personal. This is an example of where Sun Sign Horoscopes do not reach, at least not specifically.

What Horoscopes offer is a generic perspective based on a fractal principle of the holistic nature of existence. Yes, it is a mouthful but understanding how and why Astrology works requires such levels of understanding. This perspective was addressed in my recent ​Master Class – Understanding the Earth, Sun and Moon Relationship in Astrology​. When understood correctly, it can serve to help you break free of common, widely held assumptions about Astrology, the history of which also outlines the very foundations of science.

Let me know if you are interested in this illuminating knowledge, or if and how Pluto’s transformational purpose is at play in your life.

Regarding the final stages of this Eclipse Season, follow this ​LINK​ to gain further details about it and its possible implications in your life.

Have a great week.

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)

Things might be edgy on relationship fronts. Directing the focus to practical matters, and perhaps specifically to money, is important. Investigating new possibilities and seeding and even deliberately designing new dreams, and ambitions, is featured. Yet, some final clean-up of yesteryear is probably necessary to have a fresh start.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)

Making improvements in your daily rhythm and routine continues. Getting others to agree is probably where the bigger effort is required. But are you spreading yourself too thin, taking on too much…? If others are saying so, they are probably right, at least as far as their involvement is concerned. Think deeply about what significant others want and need as well.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)

As eager as you may be to have more fun, you have to work at it, which is not a great combination. The desire to play or at least express yourself creatively will increase starting this week and continue for a few more. Ideals associated with friendships, new and old, are part of the plot. Avoid over-analysis and roll with things, as you are destined.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

A busy time continues. Making key improvements on a variety of fronts is indicated. These could be directed towards yourself as well. Since you are in such an expansive cycle, it can help to determine where best to contract, reduce, or minimize to counter for the sake of balance. Meanwhile, investigations into where and how to best invest is featured.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)

With Venus in Virgo, the inspiration to make key improvements is widespread. For you, these include deeper dives than for most others, including renovations. These could manifest as ‘shadow work’, which generally implies seeing what is hidden. The good news is that in doing so, you can remove the waste but might also discover hidden gifts.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

Getting clear regarding priorities is an ongoing process, but is accelerated now. At least some of the focus is directed to your overall approach, style, image and/or appearance. This includes research or simply being open to inspirations and possibilities coming your way. Positively, you feel energized and motivated to advance your overall position.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)

Acting on dreams that are gestating in the back of your mind is important now. Yet, as determined as you likely feel, you may also feel hesitant, reluctant, or at best happy to proceed slowly. This is one of those ‘measure twice and cut once’ attitudes helping you to not make mistakes. If so, do any more measuring that you feel you must because you are about ready to cut.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)

This is a busy time, both outwardly and in the privacy of your mind and regarding your dreams and desires. With both Mercury and Mars and the Sun soon too, in your sign, you are feeling edgy and deliberate. The higher road is calling you to make some key changes, adjustments and improvements in your life, in a big way.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

Your sights are set on the future. It includes deciphering who your true friends are and allies that you can genuinely rely on. Positively good karmic returns are flowing in thanks to Jupiter’s role. Yet, if the karmic lords deem you to not have been integral and sincere over the years, the opposite is probably true. Use these as a measure of your overall attitude and choices.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)

Fresh starts, ambitions, and opportunities in your public and professional life continues. These could include culture and travel, both literally and figuratively. Meanwhile, the time is right to let go of outworn beliefs and perceptions that are distracting your focus away from what is truly important to and for you, and preventing progress.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)

Libra time is one of seeing a bigger picture, higher principles and creativity too. The creative part is significantly intellectual, but includes cultivating new modes of perception, self-concepts, attitudes and methods of approach associated with your personal power. These are also meant to lead to breakthrough and advancement in your career.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Libra is a transformational sign in your destiny. It includes transcending negative habits associated with your ego and comfort zone. Discerning if what you deem pleasurable is actually healthy for you is a challenge of self-honesty. Asking such questions and researching for the answers supported by the will to eliminate what is genuinely not healthy for you, equates to soul power.

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October 3 – 9, 2025

Tip of the Week:

The Moon waxes to Full on October 6, the culmination of the Solar Eclipse New Moon seed on September 21. Since that New Moon occurred at the critical 29^th degree of Virgo, it carries even more weight than the Solar Eclipse alone.

There are only 30 degrees in each of the 12 Signs, so the last one holds the significance of ‘final testing’ and requires extra patience and resolve to persevere. Collectively, this applies to the social and political implications of how modern technology, specifically that of AI and robotics, is indeed a daunting reality that is moving fast. That these can be regarded as inevitable can prove helpful. The key in this regard is to adapt. After all, resistance to change is futile.

Yet, adaptation need not amount to blind conformity. In fact, these changes merit more consideration than many others, given their immediate and long-term implications associated with the realities of power and authority.

Awareness is ever the first key, followed closely by a clear sense of prioritization and practical adjustment. The larger reality of deciphering who controls these technologies and how transparent they are is the lengthy fine print that is significant to the massively transformational era that is dawning at this moment.

The other timeless, wise consideration is to better understand your nature and destiny so that you can more consciously remain centered and not lapse into reactive imbalance, and this is where ‘good Astrology’ can help. Good Astrology is the kind that helps you better understand your soul contract, as opposed to merely focusing on making sensational predictions, which is the inclination of opportunism, and which is also steadily emerging in our accelerating, information age.

In this regard, I invite you to attend my foundational online Master Class on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 12 pm EDT. ​Learn more and register HERE​.

We clearly live in epic, dramatic, and transformational times. Astrology goes a long way to help understand the current state of the human condition, subject to the collective cycles of destiny. In the larger sense, as is popularly understood the world over, we are in the dawning stages of an Astrological Age which is comprised of an average of 2160 years!

Specifically, the Age of Aquarius has begun, yet we are still in the ‘sunrise process’, which by ratio of its entire duration compared to a single day, in accordance with the metaphor of dawn and sunrise, this entire sunrise process is approximately 110 years. This rationale is elaborated in a subsequent book and Master Class I offer called “Understand the Age of Aquarius”.

Closer to date, the far planets, including Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, specifically, all entering new signs in close tandem between 2023 and 2025, is itself an indication of the worldwide changes underway.

That 2026 equates to a Universal 1-Year in Numerology, marking the beginning of a new, collective 9-Year cycle, is itself a noteworthy factor. A solid understanding of Astrology includes the intimate association it shares with Numerology, especially in its focus on dates, which is the real power of this archetypal science of numbers, as opposed to the lesser, more popular emphasis on names.

Thus, the last 9-Year cycle began in 2017, and upon reflection, it can be observed just how pivotal this cycle has been, and the new cycle before that was 2008, and its predecessor 1999, announcing the New Millennium and Y2K, and the one prior 1990, which saw the steady emergence of the internet as public domain actualized in late April 1993.

While these revolutions of evolution affect us collectively, and the cycles above can certainly be evidenced for having done so, these dramatic and changing times also give us reason to reflect on our life and its deeper meaning and purpose at a personal level. 

Have a great week.

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)

A focus on relationships emphasizes friendships. Circumstances will guide, or perhaps even push you to reconsider habitual perspectives. Deeper considerations of what is true and fair will likely be required, as might some measure of healing. Added emphasis on empathy, which is central to emotional intelligence, will help a lot.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)

Creating a greater sense of balance, harmony and flow in your daily rhythm and routine is emphasized now. Some measure of design and strategy will help smooth the potential conflict that could emerge as your comfort zone is disrupted. Getting your needs met might require a reconsideration of your priorities.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)

The focus of change now is a mix of home, family, relationships and friendships. The emphasis is on being your own best friend as a means of maintaining a clear sense of authenticity. Much comes down to trusting your feelings, with acceptance that you can’t please everyone. Yet, you can take a diplomatic approach to smooth the edges.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

Life is all about relationships, with the most important ones shared with family. Of course, this is also where the most effort is required. In this regard, knowing when to take a break and how to best recharge is emphasized. On the other hand, an emphasis on beautifying implies some measure of renovation, so aim for healthy boundaries.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)

Libra time tends to be extra busy for you, at least intellectually. Yet, Mars in Scorpio indicates that more than thoughts and knowledge are keeping you busy. Clearing the old and replacing it with the new is featured. Investments into improvements of any kind will help solidify your overall foundation and bring many returns over time.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

The fulfillment of dream visions is satisfying, if requiring you to roll up your sleeves. Fortunately, your energy levels should be running strong, or at least your ambitions. This will support your practical ambitions, as well as spiritual. Intend to use this momentum to activate other dreams as well to advance to the next level of self-actualization.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)

Beyond perceptions alone, your overall vision and philosophy for life is changing. The main question is: are you in alignment with these changes or are you feeling overwhelmed and victimized? Cooperation is ever ideal and is a core theme for your sign. Of course, it requires you to show up fully and to decipher how you can support the process.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)

While on one hand you might feel inclined to retreat and recharge, on the other you feel ambitious and determined to enter new territory. This trend will continue and increase, so time is on your side to reflect, dream, and receive instructions from your soul about what to include in your plans and how to best achieve them.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

The flow of change on public and professional fronts might be slow yet still requires your attention. A foundation improvement and strengthening process is implied. Meanwhile, determining who your true friends are, allies and support networks, is also important and they are probably directly related. Sometimes it is who more than what you know,

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)

Nurturing visionary inspirations to contribute to the creative dynamic required for success is in the spotlight. How you are positioned in terms of how people see you, your image and reputation, are important in this regard. The deeper question is how committed and confident do you feel? When your inner state and outer show are aligned and strong, success is likely.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)

A steady flow of change both in your work and your home should be evident. Endings are indicated, yet these are destined to be followed by new beginnings. Improvement is a keyword and includes training and skill development. If you are not already focused in this regard, accept this as your cue. This trend is destined to continue through November.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Making inner and outer improvements is a current common theme. Patience with the process is required, however, much can be achieved at this time, and in retrospect progress could be regarded as certain and fast. In the deeper sense, it is you who is changing and it is important that you identify what attitudes and habits need to be purged.

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September 26 – October 2, 2025

Tip of the Week:

The influence of last week’s historic Solar Eclipse enters its first quarter turn, symbolic of increased determination and decisive action. Since it occurred at the critical 29 degrees Virgo, a theme of patient determination is featured in the otherwise dynamic tone, contributed by other factors.

Sun and Mercury in intellectually proactive Libra, is supported by Mars passionately, even ruthlessly, Scorpio-determined. Grace under pressure applies well to the overall dynamic.

Venus in Virgo meanwhile, is contributing a more cautious reserve to the plot. Where Mars wants results yesterday, Venus is inclined to be more cautious, to deliberate and read the fine print and ask a series of questions associated with the realistic implications of such obsessive resolve expressed by her celestial lover, before diving into that whirlpool of passion. Sure, romance and passion are great, she reflects, but what about the other 93 or so percent of life, you know, the practical material, psychological, emotional, spiritual and social realities associated with healthy, enduring relationship realities too?

This offers an allegorical example of ‘her’ using her discernment (Air) to weigh the practical realities (Earth) or the feverish emotions (Water) lured by the dreams and fantasies of Neptune in Aries (Fire). Using the model of Astrology, founded on principles of 4, (as with Earth, Air, Fire and Water, North, West, South, and East, Body, Intellect (Mind), Emotions/Feelings and Soul) contribute to thinking holistically, which is truly, ‘holy’.

Learning to think ‘astrologically’ transcends the specific aspiration to be able to interpret Astrology Charts. Since Astrology is an archetypal language of the soul, applied to its incarnation in the body/personality vehicle (as you, me, they and them too…) having even a firmer grasp of it, especially if it adheres to its foundational principles, is like an initiation into seeing life through the eyes of your soul, and not just your ego. Like supporting your perceptions with a telescope, binoculars and a microscope too, your perceptual abilities are greatly enhanced with technical tools, which applies to the language that Astrology is.

In this regard, I invite you to attend my foundational online Master Class on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 12 pm EDT. ​Learn more and register HERE​.

Have a great week.

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)

Seasonal turns tend to activate new perspectives, and this is likely especially true this year for you. A whole new level of passionate determination is rising. You yearn for more harmony and fulfillment on relationship fronts. These are directly related to your health, but to the overall health and quality of your daily routines and lifestyle in general.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)

Desires for deeper engagement with the significant other(s) in your life is guiding your focus. Stagnant patterns are your main target. The deeper question includes determining how you are contributing to them. Healthy habits are great, but in accordance with the law of change, they must be updated from time to time, like now.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)

Creativity and beauty are archetypal lovers. By inviting them into your home, you will feel inspired to refresh, clean, clear, uplift, improve and/or embellish your home environment. More willing than usual to do the work required, you could even surprise yourself by the efforts you are willing to make. Focusing to feel more secure and confident is a guiding theme.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

Mars in Scorpio indicates that a passionate resolve is flowing through your veins. That you want to achieve it gracefully and diplomatically, and direct it to practical achievements, is the fine print. In the bigger picture, you are on the threshold of a whole new and significant chapter, but the greater push is still several months away.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)

Many new thoughts and ideas are streaming through your mind. Positively, you are experiencing epiphanies and intuitional downloads of awareness and realization. Determining how you can leverage these for practical return is a key factor. Hitching these thoughts and ideas to your dreams and visions will help you manifest them into reality.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

The Libra factor in your chart indicates that your income tends to come in waves. Recognizing the pattern of these is the key to overcoming the emotional swings that accompany this tidal dynamic. As well, deciphering new means of generating a healthier flow of abundance and prosperity is on your mind. The next step is to ‘take action’.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)

The Sun in your sign is destined to activate new initiatives and take pioneering leads. The timeline for this is prolonged for a couple of months, due to the fact that the coming New Moon on October 21 is in the late degrees of Libra. Yet, this does not mean wait, but be patient with the process. Mars in Scorpio is helping to stimulate a patient, yet persistent resolve.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)

Back-to-back eclipses and two New Moons at the ‘critical degrees’ of Virgo are activating waves of destiny for everyone. Luckily for you, they are largely indicative of inspiration and opportunities. Good thing too, because all the far planets’ positions are exerting pressures to adjust and adapt to their evolutionary purpose. Whatever you decide, take the high road.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

Pushes and perhaps shoves on relationship fronts and directly involving your career, are the destined activations now. Step 1: keep an open mind. 2: do any inner work required to clear the demons of blame, judgment, entitlement, and self-doubt. Thinking less and increasing ‘sincere’ gratitude are the angelic helpers. Say ‘yes’ to the new adventures downloading into your awareness field now.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)

Striking a balance between your public and professional life, on one hand, and your family life on the other is a core theme of destiny emphasized for you now. The balance will shift to the professional front this week. Yet there is another aspect, and that is quality time shared with friends, which is also important going forward.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)

Libra can be described as your big picture sign. It presents a challenge of seeing beyond your projections, which implies identifying them. Qualifying how you are subjectively seeing things, as opposed to assuming that you see things as they are, is a golden key to increasing your objectivity. Approach perceptions playfully, acknowledging the magnitude of interpretation.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Ardent desires to break through habitual approaches to refine your character and make improvements wherever you deem them necessary, is a central theme now. Outlining what these are is a good idea, because the overall process for this round will require some time, like perhaps months, at least. Outline your ideals and back them up with goals.

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September 19 – 25, 2025

Tip of the Week:

‘Eclipse Season’ began with a critical 0-degree New Moon in Virgo on August 22/23, was followed by a Lunar Eclipse at 15 Pisces 23 on September 7, and now culminates as a Partial Solar Eclipse on September 21 at 29 Virgo 05.

Much has changed on the world stage since that first event, as the revolutions of evolution build momentum at this critical juncture of our times and human history in general.

The coming New Moon on September 21 (the day prior to Autumn Equinox) is the second of two in Virgo, but this one is at the critical 29^th degree of Virgo, and is a Solar Eclipse, making it significantly more special, and impactful. Although it is a ‘Partial Eclipse’, this does not deter from the fact that it is an Eclipse and, therefore, qualifies as a true ‘Super Moon’.

Since it is the 2^nd of two in Virgo, it is destined to manifest as a continuation and amplification of the initial event of the Lunar Eclipse two weeks ago, which can be understood as the ‘warm-up’ event to this one…

The focus on Eclipses is a feature of the much wider and detailed scope of my upcoming Master Class on Saturday, October 4, 2025 – Understanding the Earth, Sun and Moon Relationship of Astrology. ​Learn more HERE​.

I often observe a lot of speculation and erroneous understanding of Astrology, leading to widespread confusion, which not only continues to this day, but has increased due to the assertion of strong opinions based on common assumptions by people on social media. Join with me and friends to clear the confusion from your mind, once and for all!

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The basic, general, destined influence of this Solar Eclipse on September 21 for each sign is the focus of this week’s Horoscope.

Lunar Eclipses can indeed have an impact, especially an emotional one, involving attitudes, values, desires, needs, perspectives and so on… It can also manifest synchronistically as events, but not of the same magnitude as a Solar Eclipse. Any Full Moon (Lunar Eclipse or otherwise), is symbolic of some form of ‘arrival’ and realization of purpose, or a culmination of a specific focus that comes to fruition. It can lead to the beginning of new associations, on the other side of the endings of specific, existing relationships, in as much as these no longer align with one’s sense of emerging individuality, again associated with changing priorities.

Solar Eclipses tend to be more eventful and objective than the otherwise subjective leaning of a Lunar Eclipse. It tends to manifest as some form of significant ‘seed event’, activation, or initiation. Often, the signs of these, as with foreshadows, can be recognized weeks and even months prior, but these are often only recognized for what they are in hindsight, after the outer, eventful activation.

If a person is extra intuitive and aligned with their destiny flow, then it may be said that they ‘saw it coming’. This is also true because the event is usually a feature of other, larger, destined evolutionary dynamics. As powerful as a Solar Eclipse is, it is invariably a feature of larger themes and evolutionary processes. Due to its relatively short cycle of 29.5 days from one New Moon to the next, it is the shortest cycle in Astrology and is generally and metaphorically referred to as the ‘seconds hand’ on an analog clock, meaning it represents, both literally and figuratively, the final countdown associated with the larger themes of the cycles of destiny.

Despite the common experience of the event, there is also nothing ‘pat’ about these destined events, and they can be understood to produce very individual and subjective experiences, even though there is a generic factor at play. This is so because experience is ultimately subjective, despite the otherwise common notion of objectivity, which in the fullest sense, can be described as ‘an illusion we share’, again due to the intimate subjectivity of our respective experiences, feelings, and perceptions. This is a fundamental feature, something of a riddle of duality, which produces this subjectivity/objectivity paradox.

This is where the metaphysics of Astrology can be observed, and it invites both philosophical and psychological observation and reflection to more fully appreciate. In the widest sense, the subjectivity factor can be described as the 51% when objectivity is the 49%, based on the understanding that the entire universe in all of its outer and multiple inner dimensions is ultimately a grand continuum, or unity, or oneness, which we generally refer to as God. In this regard, we and everything are an expression of it, thus it can be said that we are ‘it’ (God), yet it ever remains that the whole is greater than the Sum of the ‘apparent’ parts, so it is also true that God is also beyond existence, and this constitutes the ultimate paradox, which endlessly befuddles those anchored into linear logic.

Have a great week.

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Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)

Pushing for change and a fairer deal on relationship fronts is more than on your mind. As willing as you are to negotiate, you are not so inclined to compromise your sense of fairness and what you feel you need. Ideally, you will recognize the same desire in significant others and honor them equally, and with recognition that some changes take time.

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)

Circumstances are pushing you to create a more balanced lifestyle that aligns with your destined needs and personal desires. Changes in public and professional status are also featured, and the push is to diversify your skills and talents somehow. You might even find interest in pursuing more than one direction, as with a side hustle, perhaps.

Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)

Beauty is divine, and you feel inspired to bring more of it into your life. This could include decorating, or renovating, or artistic expressions, or perhaps simply choosing to shift your perspective and attitude to see the beauty that already exists. Nature holds special appeal and the changing colors of nature associated with the season is a good start.

Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

Shifting the way we perceive things is often all the change that is needed. However, sometimes more literal action is required, and this is probably one of those times. The time is right to ‘roll up your sleeves’ and get down to the bottom of things. Clearing the clutter might be all that is needed, but it does appear that you have bigger plans.

Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)

Virgo plays a key role regarding your financial interests. Since it is an Earth element sign, you tend to be especially practical, yet with an emphasis on investments as well as savings. Many changes have occurred over the past couple of years or so in this regard, and now you are eager to tilt the scales again, in your favor.

Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

Activations towards new or at least fresh initiatives should be evident by now, but if not, they will be soon. You are in a proactive and determined mood to express yourself in ways you deem represent beauty, and you are interested in generating returns for your efforts. Fortunately, your confidence levels among friends or associated with groups is running strong.

Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)

The Lunar Eclipse likely had the effect of awakening you to the realization that you need to make some changes to genuinely get your needs met. Now, you feel that much more determined to do something about it. This could well include shaking things up somehow, guided by an assertive push, and perhaps one guided by revolutionary zeal.

Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)

Virgo tends to be a friendly sign for you and you yearn for more such connections. Cultural interests are also featured, supporting shared values and experiences. You may have some inner work to do, some soul searching, however, regarding what you truly value and want. Natural environments will probably hold extra appeal.

Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

Virgo is closely associated with your public and professional life – call it the conservative side of an otherwise wild streak, true of your centaur nature. You yearn for a better balance but realize that it will not happen unless you shake-it-up somehow. Keeping an open mind regarding the possibilities, and your approach is advised and could be supported by second opinions.

Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)

Virgo can be credited with supporting your ability to pay attention to the details of the bigger picture. Like a telescope, it allows you to zero in on the bigger story. Acquiring and/or sharing knowledge and instruction related to needed skills and actions is indicated. Expect that you will be making measured changes to how you get things done.

Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)

Like a geologist examining the rock and mineral deposits in a deep cavern, you are eager to gain precise knowledge of the subtle reaches of things associated with key investments. You are willing to venture some risks, if carefully calculated ones, but you want other inputs, perhaps something of a round table discussion or at least intelligent exchanges.

Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Life is all about relationships and there are indications that yours are destined for change. These could amount to practical improvements combined with creative opportunities. Ambitions for realistic returns is part of the plot. You should be ready to do homework, however, including research. The balancing of accounts is featured.

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