New Moon in libra + venus retrograde
Having been dancing in the shadows since August 31st 2026, Venus finally descended into the murky depths of the underworld on October 3rd at 8° Scorpio, initiating an intensive six week period of reflection and re-evaluation around relational and financial matters.
Having last retrograded through the sign back in October 2018, you may initially find that there are recurrent themes at play during this time, with aspects of your past potentially entering your present, so as to highlight anything left lingering, unresolved.
Asking, what needs to be expressed or released in order to honour and align with the version of you now.
As such, with Venus stationing retrograde in conjunction with Mercury, whilst square to both Mars (Leo) and Pluto (Rx Aquarius), and opposing Chiron (Rx Aries), deep-seated fears, unhealed wounds, unconscious attachments, and power imbalances may all become apparent, so as to offer you the opportunity to finally heal and transform.
This may however require you to first explore certain feelings, especially those associated with vulnerability, as you learn to balance the desire to be seen, known, and accepted in your most raw and authentic state, with the threat of exposure, rejection, or abandonment.
Asking, is it better to accept yourself at the risk of being alone, than be lonely in relationship.
In your attempt to formulate an answer you may find that issues you’ve long been avoiding suddenly arise, forcing the need for resolution. Depending on your willingness to participate, the energy may just prove to be highly volatile, invoking confrontations that trigger fears around survival and explosive outbursts that lead to breakups or breakthroughs.
With the ultimate consideration being what needs to change.
As Venus continues to journey back through the early degrees of Scorpio, it will eventually re-enter Libra on October 25th, when the energy will lighten and the focus will shift onto the need to develop balance and harmony, both within and without.
Here you are being asked to contemplate where you may be over-extending, people-pleasing, abandoning yourself, or participating in imbalanced exchanges, in order to maintain connection. Is it time to release the need to be nice, in order to be honest, so as to build relationships rooted in reciprocity, authenticity, and mutual respect.
Assisting you in this process will be the New Moon at 17° Libra, occurring on October 10th (4:50pm BST), inaugurating a new six month lunar cycle.
However, situated in opposition to Saturn (Rx Aries), loosely conjunct Neptune (Rx Aries), you may feel challenged by the weight of responsibility that lay heavy in your hands during this period, as you’re asked to step into your personal power so as to assert and maintain healthy boundaries where necessary.
Asking, can you find the balance between self and other. Connection versus autonomy. And prioritising your own needs and desires against those of another.
In pursuit of this equanimity, you may find that unconscious dynamics and unresolved feelings emerge into your conscious awareness, calling for you to examine any wounds, fears, and resentments you may have been unknowingly carrying for some time. Requesting that you adjust and attune where needed.
With Uranus (Rx Gemini) heavily aspected during this lunation, you are being called to create meaningful changes in your life by discovering new ways of relating and connecting. Thus, can you reconsider the ways in which you love and attach, redefine your definition of partnership, learn to relate without losing yourself, and develop a radically different relational paradigm.
One that evolves beyond your previous patterns and conditioning. Fears and insecurities. And allows you to come into union with yourself.