Libra: A Week of Last Looks and First Steps

Your season closes on October 23, when the Sun leaves Libra for Scorpio. Until then you have the floor, and the Sun sits at 26 degrees of your sign at the window's start, so these are the final days of a cycle you began around your last birthday. Use them to finish what carries your name. The Moon opens the week in Aquarius, your solar fifth house, which tilts the mood toward play, romance, and creative work you do for its own sake. Then the Moon moves through Pisces and into Aries by the 24th, shifting the emotional weather from dreamy to blunt in the space of two days.

Venus, your ruler, is retrograde in Scorpio as the week begins and has been for some weeks. She stations nothing this week, but she does something better: on October 25 she re-enters Libra, still retrograde, at 29 degrees. That is a homecoming in reverse. A question about money, self-worth, or a relationship you thought was settled comes back for a second pass, and this time it arrives on your own turf. Expect an old flame, an old offer, or an old mirror to show up. Look into it rather than past it.

At work, Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio on October 24, the same day the Moon crosses into Aries. Your second house of income and resources gets a review period. Contracts, invoices, and pay conversations slow down or double back. Read the fine print twice. Mars in Leo is moving through your eleventh house of networks and groups, and Jupiter is close behind at 22 to 23 degrees of Leo, so allies are active and visible. Lean on people, but confirm details in writing before you commit. The Sun into Scorpio on the 23rd turns your attention to value: what you own, what you are paid, and what you are worth.

Love asks for patience and honesty in equal measure. Venus retrograde in Scorpio until the 25th can stir jealousy or old longing, and once she crosses into Libra the same themes follow you home. Say the plain thing. A reminder: Mercury's retrograde is a review, not a verdict. Keep receipts, keep talking, and let the last days of your solar year close cleanly.