Jessica Adams has prepared your monthly astrological forecast for October. Discover what the stars have in store for you this month including your Premium Extended Forecast
It’s time to experiment and explore again, with your reputation or image. Your relationship with people from the worlds of hairdressing, public relations, publicity, weight loss and other image industries (Pilates, cosmetic surgery) will also encourage you to be – shall we say – more adventurous. This may well happen when Chiron in Aries clashes with Jupiter in Cancer, this month.
You are also entering Sagittarius weather. Juno, Bacchus, Vesta and Diana are there, in October. Mercury is there. Mars is heading there. In your chart, Sagittarius rules foreigners and foreign countries. You have big decisions.
There are hundreds of laws governing what’s allowed (and what’s not) when it comes to people whose racial, national or cultural background is different to your own. It just depends on where you are, in terms of your headspace – or your geographical location – at the time. There are also thousands of unspoken codes about what’s acceptable, and what’s not. That’s about to come up for you and another language may be involved.
Sagittarius also rules studying and teaching for you now. And the world of publishing, or the fierce cultural markers surrounding the internet. There is a commitment on offer here but also a big question about your own independence.
Chiron says ‘Aim, shoot and fire’ and you probably will, in terms of your online identity (you may be using a fake) or – just your physical appearance – once you feel sure. The only real issue is – not can you get away with what you have in mind, but should you?
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October is about your spirituality, Tarot, religion, therapy, counselling, hypnosis, self-help, Buddhism, meditation, any medication for mental health issues – and above all – your solitude. People may react, in exactly the same way they reacted to the Sex Pistols, in 1977. That is, if they ever find out about what you’re up to. Why? You are inclined towards punk levels of experimentation. You are being coaxed to attempt the so-called unthinkable, outrageous or impossible.
Chiron isn’t about ‘good’ or ‘bad’ inner life decisions. It’s just about staring down the parameters of what other people say is usual or acceptable. This half-comet, half-asteroid was discovered bouncing between Saturn (reality) and Uranus (challenge reality!) all the time, so it follows that you will now be in a solitary phase when you need to find out what’s actually there.
Taurus, you also have karma with groups and friends from 18-19 years ago. This may be related. Even if it’s a separate issue, with your circles and allies, you now have quite a lot of familiar themes and repeated stories in your life.
Lots of people find the karma rolls with bands, ensemble casts, clubbing, online communities, religious congregations, radical political groups and change-the-world organisations in this cycle. It’s about discovering what’s possible in terms of karmic closure these days, through a network of like-minded people who can help you get there. The people 18-19 years ago may have been different, but you owe – or are owed.
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With enough self-confidence and preparation, you believe you can do anything. That’s the way it goes with Chiron! If the goals you share with a group of like-minded people, or friends, benefit the planet as a whole – and if there are lots of groups like yours, joining up together – you could collectively change laws, trends, beliefs and whole countries (if the wave extends far enough.) Chiron in Aries in the Eleventh House of your solar chart, might also double in importance, if you have anything in Aquarius, Gemini. That suggests the circle or network is really powerful, if you use your willpower, with January and February 2026 being a peak moment. It may be a sports team, rock band, community organisation and so on.
Chiron gives you the cockiness and the courage to try and set new outer limits. Without it, we would never have landed on the Moon. It showed up in that particular chart too. Groups and friends are a really big story in your life in 2025, 2026, Gemini. You also have Saturn and Neptune cycles in the same chart zone. It’s a waiting game. It’s an escape from the real world. But most of all in October, it’s an incredible experiment to see if you can challenge what is supposed to be normal, traditional, usual, ‘the given’ and so on.
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Uranus in Gemini suggests you’ll hit an important turning point, in this period of hibernation or self-examination. You’ll reach a crossroads when you have to face yourself, and ask about your own mind. Your own soul or spirit. This is an odd cycle. It stops in November, next month and restarts in April 2026. While it is here, forever, as you already know you are seeing major changes with your God, therapy, religion in general, psychics, mediums, meditation, dreams, counselling, treatment for depression or anxiety (or other common mental health issues), the Tarot and your inner life. Uranus is revolution. It’s the last thing you expected. And it turns your headspace upside-down but also sets you free. Your Rabbi? The Archbishop of Canterbury? A psychologist? An oracle deck?
It’s extremely common to find people pushing the boundaries of ‘reality’ by rejecting or saying no. And you can do this by embracing, or rejecting, psychic work, astrology, the occult, meditation, mediumship, hypnosis, dream analysis, and other aspects of life which belong on the Mind Body Spirit section of the bookshop. When you decline or rebel – or lean firmly towards – it is a revolutionary act. And that’s what is going on in your chart in October.
Cancer if you have anything in Pisces in your natal chart you can double that message. This is life-changing.
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Jupiter in Cancer is showing you huge solutions with dreams, Tarot, meditation, mediumship, therapy, anxiety, depression (and other issues, like phobias or addiction). It is your best chance in 12 years to sort things out, Leo. Watch for really obvious clues and signs this week. If something is true – and the universe really, really wants you to get the message – it will repeat itself. That is why the same answer, symbolically, comes up in your horoscope, in the Tarot cards, and in the I Ching. It will also come up in everyday life – through omens, signs, symbols and meaningful coincidences. This law (synchronicity) was discovered by Carl Jung.
Jupiter’s cycle in Cancer now, in your solar Twelfth House, will show you where you repeatedly and permanently have access to a lucky dip of endless possibilities with your soul, spirit or psychology. It may be religion. It may be quantum theory. You gain access to these possibilities by being endlessly positive, hopeful, optimistic and intuitive, in relation to the areas of your life that Jupiter is emphasising. This week, here comes another potentially life-changing chance, which if you pursue it, will deliver by June 2026.
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Virgo, with your Seventh House of duets and duels fully occupied by the North Node in Pisces (your opposite sign) along with Saturn and Neptune, back again – it can be more challenging, finding the calm waters in any confusing situation, and yet this cycle will steer two or more people gently in the right direction, until a safe anchor is found. The North Node in Pisces is always about looking for the formula which will bring balance and harmony, even if it takes until mid 2026 for karmic closure to happen. So much for the duelling side of this transit. What about the duet? You’re also part of this massive process with him or her, which goes on, every day of the week. And, now that you’re at the karmic part once again (the hard part) you are now ready to recreate yourself and your life again in the second half of 2026. This week is one of those steps. Help is at hand! If you really are doing it tough, Virgo, then light that candle – and ask that this critical change of yours, be moved as quickly as possible to the recreation point. Saturn and Neptune will go. The North Node will go, too. This is temporary.
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Well, it’s not every day you go through Neptune, Saturn and the North Node in Pisces. October 2025 is that month. This is the sign which rules your mental health and physical health. Your workload. Your wellbeing and your capacity for work on all levels. Absolutely every restriction you will face, according to astrology, contains a secret life-improvement code. Unlocking the code will take time and faith, but you can always ask the unseen world for special assistance. You can do that if you believe, or if you don’t really believe. Neptune is about that kind of space in your life. And Neptune is as much a part of this cycle as heavy Saturn.
This month, watch the strands of time, chance and ‘coincidence’ be woven together, in the most extraordinary tapestry, as the universe offers an answer. This triple cycle ends next year. That’s not far off. Yet, without these Saturn restrictions, you wouldn’t be motivated to put all that work into a practical plan which can help you feel more secure. And – an approach which serves you in 2026.
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In October, you have Saturn, Neptune and the North Node all ending up in Pisces, all in your Fifth House of courtship, the bedroom, babies, children, teenagers and young adults. It’s complicated (again!) So, Scorpio, be practical – seek professional help if you need to. Otherwise astrology can at least tell you this is over in 2026. However, you have to get through October as well. Quite near your birthday as well, in October or November, you have your Solar Return in the Eighth House of financial and sexual relationships – and family-based property or money relationships – so – there will be a spotlight on that, and you, on the day you were born. Perhaps this directly ties into the situation with your relationship, partnership, parenting or substitute parenting. Two more tips for this cycle – if the set-up you’ve created in your life to deal with that, is heavier than the scenario itself – then you’ve taken a wrong turn! Be strong enough to throw that set-up in your life out and find one which actually works for you. Another astrological tip – watch comedy. It will honestly help to restore your perspective.
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So, Saturn is back in Pisces, and your zone of family, home, household, town, country and real-estate. The best Saturn coping strategies are the tried and tested ones. In fact, you know from last time what worked, or did not work, Sagittarius. The proven, traditional, time-honoured solutions usually involve patience. That’s going to work too. Pace yourself until February 2026 when the cycle ends. Saturn does teach you, and train you, and help you build something real and sensible in your life – if you are a realist. Get as much advice as you can, if you need to, about the coping strategy that will work best for you, then do it. And if, after all that effort, it doesn’t work after all? Get back up and start a new plan. There. It’s a hard cycle. It can feel heavy. Saturn’s metal is lead. And you also have Neptune and The North Node in the same chart sector. It’s complicated! They also vanish from this area of your chart next year, so no matter if it’s your apartment, your mother-in-law, your flatmate or even your entire country – this does stop. For now, though, patience is a blessing.
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Saturn is returning to your sector of brothers, sisters, cousins and neighbours. With that, comes a heavily ring-fenced situation and a waiting game. Capricorn, if you a) come up with the right response and b) work extremely hard at it, you could c) create what other people might call a major achievement. When Saturn moves back into your Third House of siblings, cousins and those in your neighbourhood, you can face your calendar, diary and egg-timer and wait patiently on a variety of solutions, until you come up with a way to make it all work. However, you can also sign off from this in February 2026. I thought that might cheer you up. From this, can come the particular kind of soul satisfaction that only Saturn can deliver. The smart Saturn response? Getting real about your relating skills (maybe you do need to re-train, even if this is your brother) and then dealing with your issues about those nearby (even if they have been there for years.) Saturn works with you for the long term.
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Uranus in Gemini is about an ongoing revolution for, with or through a younger generation. Also, within the bedroom or during courtship. You know about this, because you have been living with very new freedom, quite unexpected u-turns and sudden chopping and changing, all year. In October, the kind of radical change that feels incredibly destabilising (sometimes) and liberating (that too) has to be accepted. The change does not happen slowly and deeply (like Plutonian change) – it happens without warning. So, a series of electrical storms is more like it. These stop next month when Uranus reverses. They are back from April 2026. So, Aquarius, understanding the zig-zag path your life now takes, with stops and starts, is part of what this month is all about. Learn how to bend. The more you dig your heels in and try to stubbornly resist what/who is so new and different, the more challenging your life will be. Other people (and the universe) has its own momentum now.
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Trusting the wisdom of the universe can be difficult, in terms of your family, household, home, real estate, town or country – now. You may want to dig your heels in and resist, as you cling to the apparent safety of the old life, and the old mindset. Uranus cycles have the kind of momentum that is so sweeping and powerful, though, that you have to surf. Next month, November, the wave vanishes. Then it reappears next April 2026. That is why bending and flexing is the best way. Try to get a lot of objective angles on the situation, even based on what has happened to you so far. It’s all very, very new. Ask for as many perspectives on your situation as you can from others, too. Seeing how others see things, can open your eyes to what is really happening – and that is freedom. The phrase ‘freedom from’ but also ‘freedom through’ now applies to a relative, a flatmate/live-in partner, your sense of belonging, any property – and where you come from.
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