October 25 | Venus Retrograde Returns to Libra at 29° | 5th House | Relationships, Joy, Creativity, and Finding Balance Again
Venus retrograde moves back from Scorpio into Libra, shifting the focus from the deeper, more private questions of your 6th house into your 5th house of creativity, pleasure, romance, self expression, and joy. The Scorpio portion has been asking what is worth your energy and what needs to transform. Libra now asks a different question: What feels fair, reciprocal, beautiful, and genuinely enjoyable? This shift is part of the larger Venus retrograde review, which moves from Scorpio's intensity into Libra's focus on balance and relationship dynamics. (Astrology.com)
At 29° Libra, Venus is at the final degree of the sign, so there can be a feeling of finishing a lesson before moving forward. You may revisit something you were considering earlier in the Venus retrograde, particularly around love, creativity, pleasure, or how much space you allow yourself to have fun. This is not necessarily about making a final decision. It is about seeing the situation with the perspective you have gained through the Scorpio portion of the retrograde.
Your natal Mars at 27° Aries is within 2 degrees of Venus by degree and directly opposes Venus across the Libra Aries axis. This can bring a stronger awareness of the balance between what you want and what someone else wants, between compromise and self assertion, and between keeping the peace and honoring your own desires. Venus is asking you to find the middle ground without giving yourself away.
5 Things to Watch For
Trying too hard to keep everyone happy
Repeating an old relationship pattern
Confusing compromise with self abandonment
Seeking validation through romance or attention
Rushing a decision simply because you want closure
5 Ways to Work With the Energy
Revisit something you wanted earlier in the year and see if you still want it.
Notice where your relationships feel reciprocal and where they do not.
Make room for creativity and pleasure without needing them to be productive.
Practice saying what you actually want before automatically compromising.
Let your Scorpio lessons inform your Libra choices.
October 26 | Taurus Full Moon at 3° | 12th House | Release, Rest, Self Worth, and What You No Longer Need to Carry
This Taurus Full Moon illuminates your 12th house, bringing attention to what exists beneath the surface: emotional baggage, old patterns, exhaustion, unconscious habits, and the things you may have been carrying quietly. Taurus wants peace, security, and simplicity, while the 12th house asks you to release what has been taking up space behind the scenes.
Your natal Pluto at 4° Scorpio is within 1 degree of the Full Moon, creating a powerful opposition across your 12th and 6th houses. This can illuminate a deep pattern around work, responsibility, control, or emotional energy that has been operating beneath the surface. Something may become impossible to ignore because you are finally ready to stop carrying it.
Your natal Neptune at 3° Capricorn is exactly within 1 degree of the Full Moon, creating a supportive connection to your 8th house themes of trust, intimacy, shared resources, and emotional vulnerability. There can be a beautiful realization that you do not have to control every detail in order to feel secure. Sometimes security comes from trusting yourself enough to let something go.
The Sun in Scorpio is also at 3° and squares Pluto in Aquarius at 3°. Because your natal Pluto is at 4° Scorpio, this adds another layer of transformation. You may see where an old way of managing your life has become too restrictive. The invitation is not to force change, but to recognize what has already changed inside you.
With Venus retrograde ruling this Taurus Full Moon, the release is also connected to your values. What are you holding onto because it once made you feel safe? What are you continuing because it is familiar? This Full Moon can help you understand that peace is not the same thing as staying comfortable. Sometimes peace comes when you finally stop fighting what is ready to leave.
5 Release Statements
I release the need to carry what was never mine to carry.
I release the belief that I must control everything to feel secure.
I release old patterns that keep me emotionally exhausted.
I release attachments to what has already completed.
I release the fear that letting go means losing myself.
🌕 Step by Step Taurus Full Moon Ritual
Step 1: Create Your Space
Gather a candle, your favorite grounding crystal, a bowl of water, paper, and a pen.
Because this Full Moon is in your 12th house, choose somewhere quiet. This is not a loud, performative ritual. Give yourself privacy.
Step 2: Light Your Candle
Light your candle and take several slow breaths.
Say:
“I give myself permission to release what I no longer need to carry.”
Let yourself settle before writing anything.
Step 3: Write What You Are Carrying
On your paper, write everything that feels heavy.
Old responsibilities.
Fear.
Resentment.
Guilt.
Exhaustion.
Control.
A relationship pattern.
Something you cannot change.
Something you keep replaying.
Do not make it pretty. Let it be honest.
Step 4: Ask the 12th House Question
Write:
“What am I ready to release that I have been carrying quietly?”
Then write whatever comes through.
You may be surprised by what appears.
Step 5: Read Your Release Statements
Read the five statements above slowly.
After each one, take a breath.
Notice where you feel it in your body.
Step 6: Taurus Grounding
Place both feet firmly on the floor.
Take a slow breath and say:
“I am safe to let go. I am safe to rest. I am safe to choose peace.”
Stay here for a few minutes.
Step 7: Water Release
Fold your paper and place it beneath the bowl of water.
Let the water symbolize the emotional weight being softened and released.
Say:
“What is finished does not need to follow me forward.”
Leave it there overnight.
Step 8: Close the Ritual
Before you blow out the candle, place your hand over your heart and say:
“I trust myself enough to release what no longer belongs to me. I make room for peace, security, and a life that feels good in my body.”
The next morning, tear up the paper and discard it, or safely return it to the earth if appropriate.
October 30 | Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Square Mars in Leo at 17° | 6th & 3rd Houses | Intense Conversations, Work, Communication, and Mental Pressure
Mercury retrograde at 17° Scorpio in your 6th house squares Mars at 17° Leo in your 3rd house, creating a lot of mental and verbal intensity. Something that has been simmering beneath the surface may suddenly need to be addressed. You may have less patience for vague answers, unfinished business, or situations where you feel like you are doing all the work.
Your natal Uranus at 17° Sagittarius is exactly within the 17° degree point of both transits, forming a supportive connection to Mercury and Mars. This can bring sudden realizations, unexpected conversations, and a strong urge to break out of an old way of thinking. You may say something that surprises even you because you finally see the situation differently.
The key is to use the intensity as information rather than ammunition. Mercury retrograde is asking you to review, rethink, and reconsider, while Mars can make you want to act immediately. Give yourself a pause before sending the message, having the confrontation, or making the decision. A breakthrough is possible here, but it does not have to arrive through a fight.
5 Things to Watch For
Reacting before you have all the information
Arguments that escalate quickly
Saying something simply because you are frustrated
Overthinking someone's words or motives
Making a permanent decision during a temporary emotional spike
5 Ways to Work With the Energy
Write it down before you say it out loud.
Give yourself time to cool off before responding.
Use the intensity for research, writing, or problem solving.
Let surprising information change your perspective.
Ask yourself, “Do I want to be understood, or do I simply want to win?”