This Week’s Horoscope Forecast For October 7th to 14th, 2024

In this week’s Astrology, Pluto leaves retrograde while Jupiter shifts into its regressive motion.

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We have another one of those transformational week’s full of planetary transits. 

In this week’s Astrology, Jupiter enters retrograde, allowing us to rethink how we interact with our surroundings. Pluto’s exiting its regressive motion for the last time in Capricorn. There’s a configuration occurring with Jupiter and Chiron that might encourage us to explore a better path for ourselves. Two yod patterns will form involving Mercury and Venus that may cause us to feel extra pressure about our interactions and romantic life. And Mercury will make the most alignments over these next 7 days, emphasizing why we must work on our communication and thinking patterns. 

10/8 Venus Trine Mars: An Extra Dose Of Romance PT 1 

Tuesday offers us a passionate, flirtatious, and fun alignment from Venus and Mars. 

With a vibe like this, if you needed an excuse to use corny pick-up lines, they surprisingly work better than usual with this configuration. So, it’s an energy that allows us to be playful and butter people up without coming across as disingenuous or odd. 

For those who are single, this could be a time to end a dry spell and reconsider your approach to dating so that you can adjust an ineffective method. Also, this could be when you're more attractive than usual, leading to attention from those interested in you. 

This aspect is excellent for resolving conflicts in existing unions.  

So, if a relationship has been turbulent, this is a good time for reconciliation and moving forward. Venus and Mars in this position helped increase intimacy and encouraged a more playful approach to romance. 

We may have felt motivated to take steps to achieve our career aspirations. Because of the confident nature of this pairing, it helps us take the lead, be optimistic about job possibilities, seek better ways to earn money, and attract the right opportunities. 

Because this alignment is tied to Mars's retrograde, we’ll see it a few more times in the form of a trine again on January 25th, 2025, and on April 6th, 2025, while Mars is in its post-shadow retrograde. 

10/8 An Ultra Active Week Of Mercury Configurations: Optimistic To Caustic Thinking 

Throughout the week, Mercury will make a slew of transits that range from having a positive mindset to experiencing complex thoughts. 

On the 8th, Mercury will connect with Jupiter in a configuration that could help us connect to higher perspectives. 

An alignment like this creates a positive atmosphere. It fosters enjoyable communication and a playful tone in our interactions. It also sharpens our minds, inspires travel plans and fun excursions, and encourages engaging with thought-provoking literature or documentaries. 

On that same day, Mercury will align with Chiron in a problematic configuration that could result in harsh thinking. 

With energy like this, we might fluctuate from the optimistic vibes of the Mercury-Jupiter transit to feeling a sense of letdown. For this reason, we might take this time to understand why we experience dread and how to start a process of healing our mindset. 

As we get to the 11th, a yod formation will occur involving Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.  

Yods tend to emphasize areas where we need to work on the things we ignore or lack insight into. Energy like this could point out issues where we flip conversations in hopes of getting a reaction from others. It might also show us why we keep misinterpreting what others are saying to us or feel misunderstood in our interactions. We must be mindful of written errors or other scenarios involving paperwork that was either skimmed or incorrectly absorbed. 

Then, over the weekend, Mercury will form transits to Saturn and Pluto, which could lead to demotivation and uncomfortable interactions.  

With Saturn's energy, we might feel like a wave of doubt is washing over us, leading to feeling stifled. On Sunday, communication might feel tense due to a Pluto alignment that could rev up scenarios with those overbearing in how they speak. 

10/9 Jupiter Retrograde 2024: Rethinking Your Immediate Environment 

Jupiter entered retrograde on Wednesday, making it the final outer planet to enter its backward motion. 

Although Jupiter RX can be challenging, it is generally less intense than other retrograde cycles.  

During this retrograde, we take the time to reassess our approach to being more knowledgeable, so it could be a period to feed our need to be educated.  

Other ways this could manifest is through pursuing opportunities, recognizing the significance of optimism, embracing travel, seeking a more dynamic lifestyle, and feeling motivated to fulfill our potential.  

Under this influence, we tend to reevaluate our current path and determine if it aligns with the direction we truly desire in life. This phase prompts us to reconsider how we connect with higher perspectives, acquire more knowledge, comprehend various viewpoints, and understand universal truths. It also allows us to reevaluate what is fair and unfair. 

Signs that will feel the influences of this retrograde will be the mutable modality, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, between 10 to 22 degrees of these zodiac placements. 

Jupiter will go out of retrograde motion on February 4th, 2025. 

Just as Juper’s entering is stationing into regressive motion, it will form a yod with Venus and Chiron that could enunciate the urge to get on the right path and work on unconstructive behavior.  

Energetically, we could feel extra pressure to work on our self-awareness and resolve issues in our love life, finances, and other relationships. So, this is a time to understand why we self-sabotage in these areas and that getting on the right path is necessary. 

10/12 Jupiter Sextile Chiron: Opportunities That Lead To A Healing Journey  

Then, on the 12th, Jupiter will connect with Chiron in an aspect that hasn't occurred since 2021. This can encourage us to consider the possibilities regarding self-improvement. 

A vibe like this promotes exploring ways to get back on track with personal growth goals. Another way this could manifest is by considering what habits and patterns hold us back from progress. We might feel it's time to prioritize our well-being and recover from situations that kept us stuck. 

Under this influence, we’ll feel the urge to seek knowledge that aids us in mending emotional baggage, learning how to regain our sense of hope, and understanding the importance of taking an optimistic approach to life. 

Energy like this could inspire us to take a leap in terms of helping others. So, this might be a phase where we’re ready to become mentors who show people strategies for self-improvement. This is excellent for those interested in seeking assistance from others, such as coaches, teachers, psychology, and healers.

10/12 Pluto Direct 2024: The Closing Of Pluto’s Era In Capricorn 

The 2024 inverse season's first outer planet to go into retrograde is now transitioning out of its backward movement. 

Pluto began its regressive rotation on May 2nd, allowing us to concentrate on areas that required transformation. 

Also, this is Pluto’s final retrograde in Capricorn, leading to a finale in all the themes we have experienced with this pairing since 2008. 

Now that this planet is direct we’ll examine the remaining vibes of this pairing to pinpoint areas that need improvement, such as outdated systems, and create more effective coping strategies. 

From October 12th until November 19^th, the primary focus will be on accumulated situations involving the removal of unconstructive scenarios. Over these next 5 week’s it’s a time to release circumstances that no longer benefit us individually and as a society. 

With this planet’s direct motion, we’ll gain clarity about complex issues, things that seemed hidden, and solve disregarded problems. Put another way, issues related to repressed emotions, self-discipline, compulsions, and breaking free from harmful habits will emerge and require attention. 

This wrap up in Capricorn is a phase to conclude old matters by establishing a more solid societal foundation while letting go of things that no longer serve us. Another way this might appear is through addressing problems with authority, power struggles, and situations lacking integrity. 

Aside from the themes in Capricorn, Pluto’s retrograde effects may initially feel internalized, but eventually, the changes become more visible externally.   

So, for those impacted by this inverse phase, it was a 5 1/2-month period for reassessing coping mechanisms, releasing old baggage, eliminating unhealthy behaviors, addressing issues with control and compulsions, and focusing on empowerment. 

The cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, specifically those between 27 to 29 degrees, felt the effects of this retrograde the most. Additionally, those with placements at the beginning of the fixed modality, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, mainly between 0 to 3 degrees, experienced this transition more profoundly. 

This celestial body has a slow orbit, so it will remain in its post-shadow period until January 30, 2025. 

The Pluto In and Out Of Aquarius dates:

• Enters Aquarius March 23, 2023
• Retrogrades Out of Aquarius June 11th, 2023
• Re-enters Aquarius on January 20th, 2024
• Retrogrades Out September 1st, 2024
• Forward in Aquarius November 19th, 2024 and stays entirely in Aquarius until May 8th, 2043 

10/13 Mars Square Chiron: How An Off-Kilter Temperament Prevents Us From Making Progress 

Mars and Chiron will align in a tense connection that could bring out repressed disappointment and irritability. 

A transit like this has two ways it could manifest. 

The more constructive way, encourages assertiveness, self-empowerment and helping others who don’t have a voice. On the flipside, it may give us the nudge needed to confront anger issues, suppressed emotions, and ingrained irritation that needs resolving. 

Additionally, on that same day, Mars will make a complex alignment with Jupiter, which could rev up impulsivity and thrill-seeking behavior, so we need to be mindful of pushing our luck.

Vibes 

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There’s a significant amount of romantic vibes lasting until the 9th, along with a smidge of mental tones. 

Mental vibes will continue until the 10th, making it a significant time for profound thinking. 

By the 11th, there’s a smidge of emotional sensitivity, plus imagination, confusion, and psychic vibes until the 12th. Throughout this time, we’ll need to take a step back and sort out our emotions so that we do not misinterpret conversations and other ways we perceive things. 

Then, from the 11th to the 13th, romantic tones will intersect with good luck, ambition, mental tenors, and social energy. We’ll feel like getting things done during the weekend, especially concerning situations that make us uncomfortable. Also, it’s a time to lose ourselves in romance and seek adventurous happenings. 

Transits For The Week 

The second week of October is intricate, leading to taking action on complex matters. 

Transits for October 7th to 14th:

• 10/8 Venus Trine Mars: An Extra Dose Of Romance PT 1
• 10/8 Mercury Trine Jupiter: A Nice Flow Of Ideas And Communication
• 10/8 Mercury Oppose Chiron: An Urge To Mend Your Thoughts 
• 10/9 Jupiter Retrograde 2024: Rethinking Your Immediate Environment
• 10/10 Venus, Jupiter, And Chiron: Yod Aspect Pattern
• 10/11 Mercury Quincunx Uranus: Flipping The Conversation
• 10/12 Pluto Direct 2024: The Closing Of Pluto’s Era In Capricorn
• 10/12 Jupiter Sextile Chiron: Opportunities That Lead To A Healing Journey 
• 10/12 Mercury Quincunx Neptune: Feeling Misunderstood
• 10/12 Mercury Sesquiquadrate Saturn: A Wave Of Doubt Washing Over Your Mind
• 10/13 Mercury Square Pluto: Overbearing Interactions
• 10/13 Mars Square Chiron: How An Off-Kilter Temperament Prevents Us From Making Progress
• 10/13 Mars Semisextile Jupiter: An Irresponsible Attitude And Actions 

Use this week to review how you can empower yourself and how to improve your circumstances.

Have a wonderful week, everyone.