Your October 2023 Horoscope, From The AstroTwins

Ready for some action again? Be careful what you wish for, because October's horoscope could shift your life from "driving under the speed limit" to "whiplash alert!" The last two eclipses of 2023 sweep in on October 14 and 28, bringing momentum to your relationships and plans—whether you're ready or not.

It begins on October 14 with the Libra new moon and concludes on October 28 with the Taurus full moon. Both of these eclipses are in Venus-ruled signs (Libra and Taurus), which is interesting since Venus already stole the show this summer by turning retrograde from July 22 to August 23.

Gentle they're not (even with the Venus touch), but sometimes we have to stop coddling ourselves and start making moves. Beg forgiveness instead of asking permission. Throw our hats over the wall, then figure out how to get 'em. That's what eclipses want for us.

The first one is a solar (new moon) eclipse in Libra on October 14, which will help rebalance relationships. If you have lingering resentment from Venus' summer retrograde, this could be the day to clear the air and move forward on a fresh page.

Or maybe not so mercifully since the red planet is the minor ruler of Scorpio, and this transit could sharpen our stingers! Go easy on 'em between now and November 24.

This is the first eclipse in Libra since 2016, and the second on the Aries/Libra axis in a series that will transform the balance between self and others, individual and relationship, between March 2023 and March 2025.

The second eclipse arrives at the full moon two weeks later. This Taurus lunar eclipse is also the grand finale of a two-year eclipse cycle that's been rocking the Taurus/Scorpio axis since November 2021. Money, sensuality, sex, reproductive rights—these are among the issues that the world has grappled with since then.

Four of the five slow-moving outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are retrograde for the entire month, giving us all a chance to do some much-needed processing and integrating. Jupiter and Uranus are backspinning through Taurus, while Saturn and Neptune are both doing an about-face in Pisces.

Why choose when you can have both? But leave the fussy folks off your guest list. With the moon square Venus in Virgo, you don't need anyone reminding you how many grams of sugar you're eating when you dip into your kid's Halloween loot or critiquing your costume choice.

Make sure your plans also have an escape clause in case a quick pivot is in order!