10/25 Venus Retrograde Returns to Libra at 29° | 10th House
Venus retrograde moves back from Scorpio into Libra, shifting the energy from the deeper, more intense questions of who you trust, where you belong, and what you truly share with others into the 10th house themes of career, visibility, reputation, purpose, and the direction your life is taking. Scorpio asks you to look beneath the surface. Libra asks you to look at the bigger picture and ask, “Does this still feel aligned with the life I am creating?”
Because Venus is retrograde, this is less about making immediate decisions and more about reconsidering what you value. You may find yourself revisiting an old career desire, relationship with visibility, professional connection, or even a version of yourself you once thought you had outgrown. Something may be asking for a second look before you decide whether it still belongs in your future.
At 29°, Venus is at the final degree of Libra, so there can be a feeling of completion around an old chapter of your public life. You are being invited to notice where you have been trying to keep everyone happy, maintain an image, or choose what looks good instead of what actually feels right. The cosmic tap on the shoulder is simple: your success needs to feel like yours.
5 Things to Watch For
Trying to please everyone professionally
Questioning whether your current path still reflects your values
Revisiting an old career opportunity or professional relationship
Caring more about how something looks than how it feels
Feeling pressure to make a major decision before you have all the information
5 Ways to Work With This Energy
Revisit your definition of success
Look at whether your public life reflects your private values
Reconnect with an old professional dream without forcing an outcome
Notice where people pleasing is influencing your choices
Let the retrograde period show you what deserves another look before you decide
10/26 Taurus Full Moon at 3° | 5th House
This Taurus Full Moon shines a giant cosmic flashlight into your 5th house of joy, creativity, pleasure, confidence, romance, and self expression. This is about remembering that your life is not supposed to be one long checklist of responsibilities. There needs to be room for things that make you smile, things that inspire you, and things you do simply because you love them.
The Full Moon asks you to recognize where you have been disconnected from your own enjoyment. Taurus brings the question of value into the picture: What is actually worth your time, energy, attention, and heart? You may be ready to release the belief that you have to earn rest, earn pleasure, or justify doing something simply because it makes you happy.
The Sun in Scorpio brings the focus toward your 11th house of friendships, community, belonging, and future dreams, creating tension between what feels good to you personally and what you think you are supposed to do for the group. You may realize that certain friendships, communities, or future plans no longer leave room for the real you. Natal Uranus at 7° Scorpio is within 5° of the Sun at 3° Scorpio, adding an unexpected or liberating quality to this realization. Something may surprise you, but it may also help you see where you need more freedom to be yourself.
The Sun is also squaring Pluto in Aquarius in your 2nd house of money, self worth, values, security, and personal resources. This can bring up a powerful question around whether your choices are coming from genuine desire or from fear about security. You may be confronting an old pattern of believing you have to sacrifice your happiness to feel safe.
And because Taurus is ruled by Venus, Venus retrograde becomes especially important here. Venus is back in Libra at 29° in your 10th house of career, visibility, reputation, and life direction. This connects your joy with your purpose. You are being asked to reconsider whether the life you are building actually has room for pleasure, creativity, authenticity, and you. This Full Moon is not asking you to abandon responsibility. It is asking you to stop abandoning yourself in the process.
5 Release Statements
I release the belief that I have to earn joy.
I release the need to make everyone else comfortable before I honor what I want.
I release outdated definitions of success that leave no room for pleasure.
I release the fear that choosing myself will make me less secure.
I release the version of my future that requires me to become someone I am not.
Step by Step Taurus Full Moon Ritual
What You Need
A white or green candle
A bowl of water
A piece of paper and pen
A grounding crystal such as rose quartz, green aventurine, or moss agate
A comfortable place where you will not be interrupted
1. Create Your Space
Place the candle in front of you with your crystal beside it. Put the bowl of water nearby.
Take a few slow breaths and allow yourself to physically settle. Taurus energy wants you present in your body, not spinning around in your head.
2. Light the Candle
As you light the candle, say:
“I give myself permission to slow down, feel what is true, and recognize what brings me genuine joy.”
3. Write What You Are Ready to Release
Because this Full Moon activates your 5th house, focus your writing on joy, creativity, confidence, romance, pleasure, and self expression.
Ask yourself:
Where have I stopped doing things simply because I love them?
Where have I made my life too serious?
Where am I seeking approval before allowing myself to enjoy something?
What part of myself wants more room to play, create, flirt, laugh, or simply be?
Write without editing yourself.
4. Look at Your Community
Now bring in the 11th house Sun.
Ask:
Which relationships or communities allow me to be fully myself?
Where am I changing myself to belong?
What future dream feels exciting rather than obligatory?
You do not need to make a decision tonight. Just notice what your body tells you.
5. Reclaim Your Value
Place your hand over your heart and say:
“My joy has value. My creativity has value. My desires have value. I do not have to abandon myself to create security.”
Let that statement land.
6. Hold Your Crystal
Hold your crystal in both hands and ask:
“What would my life look like if I trusted that what brings me joy also has a place in my future?”
Sit quietly for a few minutes. Let the answer come rather than chasing it.
7. Release the Old Story
Read your release statements out loud.
If you want to physically release the paper, tear it into small pieces and place them in the bowl of water. Let the water represent softening, surrender, and making space for something new.
8. Choose One Joyful Action
Before you close the ritual, choose one small thing you will do simply because it brings you joy.
Paint. Dance. Write. Make something. Go outside. Play music. Laugh with someone. Wear the ridiculous outfit. Eat the Goldfish crackers.
It does not need to be productive.
That is the point.
9. Close the Ritual
Drink some water and say:
“I trust what feels true. I trust what brings me alive. I allow my future to make room for joy.”
Blow out the candle and allow the Full Moon to do its work.
10/30 Mercury in Scorpio Square Mars in Leo at 17° | 11th & 8th House Focus
Mercury in your 11th house of friendships, community, belonging, and future plans squares Mars in your 8th house of intimacy, shared resources, trust, and emotional depth. This can turn up the volume around conversations that already carry emotional weight. Something that has been sitting beneath the surface may suddenly need to be addressed.
You may find yourself more direct about what you will and will not tolerate within relationships or communities. Conversations around trust, money, loyalty, intimacy, or shared responsibilities can become particularly charged. The goal is not to avoid the conversation. The goal is to avoid letting a moment of intensity turn into a permanent decision.
This transit can also reveal where your future plans and your deeper emotional needs are not matching. If something feels off, pay attention. Your natal North Node at 17° Scorpio is exactly aligned with Mercury at 17° Scorpio, making this a particularly meaningful moment for conversations around belonging, friendship, and the people you are becoming. A conversation could feel like a karmic cosmic tap on the shoulder, showing you something you are ready to understand differently.
5 Things to Watch For
Saying something in the heat of the moment
Power struggles within friendships or groups
Arguments around money, trust, or shared responsibilities
Assuming you know someone else's intentions
Making a permanent decision based on temporary anger
5 Ways to Work With This Energy
Pause before responding to emotionally charged messages
Say what you mean without trying to control the outcome
Get clear about boundaries around shared resources
Ask questions before assuming someone's motives
Notice which conversations are showing you something important about your future