The Cosmic Connection
Rising sign horoscopes for Oct. 1 – 7
♈ Aries: The deep dive into how your closest partnerships and relationships pave the way for your own transformation begins. Focus the lens on the qualities and caliber of those with whom you’re energetically merging.
♉ Taurus: The deep dive into your most cherished, soulful connections begins. Focus the lens on those closest to you and their emotional imprint on your daily life. Shedding lower vibrations is likely.
♊ Gemini: The deep dive into how your emotional regulation impacts your health and wellness begins. Focus the lens on checking in with yourself frequently throughout the day. Emoting is the heart of the matter.
♋ Cancer: The deep dive into your sensuality begins. Focus the lens on experiences through which you can fully unleash your innermost passions. Be in the moment, and feel into how your inner child comes alive.
♌ Leo: The deep dive into your domicile begins. Focus the lens on your past, present, and future foundation. Connect with the feelings this elicits, and transmute anything at the root that’s not yours.
♍ Virgo: The deep dive into your inner dialogue and mindset begins. Focus the lens on recurring thoughts or areas of rumination. Go into the emotional source, and do whatever is necessary to clear the noise.
♎ Libra: The deep dive into your personal treasure chest begins. Focus the lens on what you keep there. There may be some stuff requiring emotional baggage-handling. Clear out what’s holding you down.
♏ Scorpio: The deep dive into yourself and feeling gratitude for your vessel begins. Focus the lens on areas of tension or where in your body there may be stuck or repressed emotion. Change is supportive for release.
♐ Sagittarius: The deep dive into the unconscious parts of yourself begins. Focus the lens on your dreamscape, imagination, and time in solitude. Uncover more about yourself as you connect with your soul.
♑ Capricorn: The deep dive into your sense of belonging begins. Focus the lens on your social circles, physical and digital. The ideal, emotionally supportive connections are with those with whom you can aspire.
♒ Aquarius: The deep dive into your occupation and public image begins. Focus the lens on what matters most to you in this part of your life. Going into territory that may be trepidatious to others is your calling.
♓ Pisces: The deep dive into your higher self begins. Focus the lens on where you are going in the context of expansion and growth. Transmute attachments and conditioning you’ll encounter along the way.
Weekly astrology summary:
We’ll ride the building cosmic tensions to fruition from September’s conclusion into October’s beginning. A freshly ferocious Mars in early Leo will reach an opposition to potent Pluto in early Aquarius, while both engage in an intense dialogue with a penetrating Mercury in early Scorpio, on Oct. 3. Mars facing off with Pluto happens every couple of years, but not always in this configuration with Mercury. This can be experienced as disagreements accompanied by power struggles and tensions that will require facing the underworld journey required to reach constructive resolutions. The fixed energies involved in the aspects call for compromise and willingness to embrace change for positive growth. Doing something pleasurable to the senses or that offers a sense of stability through any conflicts can offer grace during this week ahead.
Venus, our guiding light in connections, love, and values, begins a deep dive retrograde journey also on Oct. 3. This adds to the rawness of the week’s vibes as the journey begins in sensitive Scorpio. For forty days and forty nights (Oct. 3 – Nov. 13), as Venus passes closest to Earth, we all have the opportunity to connect with the heart and dive deeply into emotions and feelings that are beckoning to be felt for release and transmutation. Venus retrogrades put relationships with others and with ourselves in the spotlight, and can commonly bring exes of all kinds back in our awareness in order to handle any unfinished or unprocessed matters of the heart. Chances are that the personal themes have already been surfacing. It’s helpful to reflect back to 2018, which is when Venus made similar moves in this part of the zodiac, to recognize any repeating themes.
This week’s horoscopes are focused on the beginning of the Venus retrograde in Scorpio; see the above horoscope for your rising sign for more specific insight and guidance. If you’re unsure what your rising sign is, you can email me at ursaalchemy@gmail.com, learn more in my tutorial video on my Ursa Alchemy YouTube channel, or cast your own birth chart for free on astro.com.
Ursula Duffy is a Professional Astrologer, Certified Aromatherapist and founder of Ursa Alchemy. www.ursaalchemy.com or ursaalchemy@gmail.com.
