Astro Daily: October 5, 2020

We go into the week with a Taurus Moon, one that’s touching on emotional themes. Am I safe? Can I trust? Can I be open? We’re searching deep within, too, confronted by heretofore hidden emotions. After all, Pluto just turned direct and it’s holding a mirror to us.

When Pluto’s strong in the astrology, it’s important to try to take a step back and look at whatever situation that’s coming up from a different vantage. What feels like a simple argument or conflict likely has deeper roots. Pluto reveals the things we can’t normally see — our hidden anger, for example — and shows how this emotion shows up in other people.

As a result, it’s important for us to own our projections today. If we quickly want to point the finger at someone, what instead are we not seeing about ourselves? That’s Pluto. Or rather it’s a key step in being able to work with Pluto’s energy powerfully and internally. When we own our projections, we can start to transform and transmute our hidden sufferings and disconnections so that something can shift.

Speaking of Pluto, this week Mars squares Pluto, so it’s likely that we’re going to feel the force of Mars and Pluto throughout the week. Mars is action, power, drive, will, and even aggression. Since Mars is Retrograde, we can’t do Mars the way we’d normally do it. We have to temper our Mars, transform our will, reform our aggression.

Mars and Pluto together have a lot of power, which is great for physical exercise, lifting weights, and competitive sports. Make sure you’re giving this volcanic energy an outlet throughout the week. We need to get the blood flowing, the lungs pumping.

Note that this square is the second of three, the first of which occurred August 13. So events this week may directly tie back to experiences that were happening in the middle of August.

I’ll be talking about the astrology of this week, October 5-11, in my Facebook Live today at 6 pm EDT. You can watch the replay here as well as on YouTube, IGTV, or listen on Spotify.

PS — Your October 2020 horoscopes are live!