October 17-23 | Welcome to Scorpio Season
Good morning, friends! 🌙
This week we move from Libra Season into Scorpio. From Air into Water. Both work with relationships in their own ways — while tackling it very differently. With Libra the one on one interaction uses words to help with balancing and finding harmony. Scorpio wishes to take those words and dive deeper — breaking through the frozen waters to find the movement beneath. More about that later.
This week features the First Quarter Moon this weekend and the halfway point of Venus Retrograde — both happening as Scorpio Season begins. Taking it as it comes is my best suggestion, and we will talk more about that as we move through the week together. 🌙
🌟 Thursday, October 22nd — Deeper Dive Series: Pluto & Your Scorpio House⏰ 3 pm PT | 4 pm MT | 5 pm CT | 6 pm ET | 11 pm London
We will be discussing Pluto and looking at the Scorpio part of your chart for those who join in. With Mercury Retrograde beginning and ending in this sign and Venus Retrograde already moving through it, seeing what is going on in this area of your chart may be especially helpful right now. This is part of the Full Moon Tier and open to 13 drop-in guests. Registration closes one hour before it begins. 🌙
With Scorpio Season starting on Friday, Libra Suns — you have until then to use your 15% discount on consultations and events, along with 50% off your first month of Between the Moons on Patreon. Do not let those expire! ☀️
♎️ Libra Suns (August 22nd – October 23rd)
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♏️ Scorpio Suns (September 22nd – November 21st)
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Cosmic Weather for the Week - October 17-23 | Welcome to Scorpio Season
A quick note on timing: all times listed are in Central Time (CT), since that's where I live. Please convert them to your local time zone as needed.
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✨ October 19-20, 2026 | Aquarius Moon
The Moon: The Moon moved into Aquarius at 8:39 pm CT Sunday and will be there through 7:35 am CT Wednesday. We will have a double Air sky as we round out Libra Season.
How to work with it: A double Air sky means ideas may be humming and conversations flowing at the start of this work week. This can feel especially true if you are looking into how to collaborate on future endeavors. If things get hard lean into that breath — anything from box breathing to just taking one. You may also find yourself able to step back and detach from the emotions of a situation just enough to see it from a bird’s eye view.
Other energy:
Monday — It can feel like an expect-the-unexpected kind of day that has you moving in a direction you need to go — even if it does not always feel like the direction you want. The First Quarter Moon in Capricorn may have been the arrow pointing you there. You still need to take the steps though.
Tuesday — Very early in the morning Venus Retrograde squares Pluto — and you may feel this building all day Monday as well. This could bring back some of the energies felt the first time they squared each other on September 15th. With this happening while Venus is in retrograde it may be a time to reflect on what came up for you around that date.
Venus represents our relationships and finances in our charts while Pluto likes to make big things small and small things big. This square can show up as power struggles, issues around control or jealousy, an uptick in desire with passionate highs and lows, and even the ability to see or release toxic relationships to reclaim your self-worth if that is needed.
If things get hard — lean into your breath. It may help more than you think.
✨ October 21-22, 2026 | Pisces Moon
The Moon: The Moon shifts into Pisces at 7:35 am CT Wednesday after a brief almost 4 hour Void of Course window. On Thursday she slips into a 16 hour, 22 minute Void of Course window from 10:31 pm CT to 2:53 pm CT Friday when she moves into Aries.
How to work with it: These are the last two days of Libra Season. The beauty and creativity of this deeply intuitive Pisces Moon interacting with the Libra Sun may be felt during both days. The key is to be aware of conflict avoidance and idealism — both can be heightened with this combination. If things get hard lean into what brings you peace inside and out and collaborating with people who help you feel grounded.
Other energy:
Wednesday — You may find yourself wanting to be out and about connecting with your favorite people. The Sun will be opposite Chiron which could bring up some deep feelings around fear of rejection, self-doubt, or not feeling safe about showing up as truly yourself. One way to work with this is to lean into what it is teaching you — what can you learn from this while still honoring your individuality in connection with others? ❤️🩹
Thursday — The 16 hour, 22 minute Void of Course window begins at 10:31 pm CT and carries through to 2:53 pm CT Friday. If you have a lot going on Friday making a to-do list before bed may be helpful. Pay attention to your dreams tonight — with the Moon in Pisces, even while Void of Course, they may be speaking insightful messages to you. 🌊
✨October 23 | Scorpio Season begins under an Aries Moon
The Moon: She is resting as we start the day and will shift into Aries at 2:53 pm CT where she will stay until Sunday at 6:34 pm CT.
How to work with it: During the Void of Course period going with the flow, using to-do lists, and resting as needed will all be helpful. The Sun will move into Scorpio prior to the shift into Aries so you may feel an even stronger internal motivation to keep going with things. Once the Moon shifts into Aries things can feel a little headstrong — especially if you are a parent of littles — as both Scorpio and Aries are ruled by Mars who loves action. If things get hard moving your body may help.
Other energy:
The Sun moves into Scorpio during the Void of Course at 4:37 am CT. Scorpio is our second Water sign of the zodiac. Water signs tend to be more emotional than most — whether in your Sun, Moon, or Rising.
A reminder — our Sun represents our Chi and life force, our Moon our emotions and inner thoughts, and our Rising our soul and what we are aspiring to become.
🌞 Scorpio Sun may be the person who loves honesty more than most. They also tend to love a good mystery or crime show — or podcast! If you need a new one to listen to Celisia has an amazing one at @truercrimepod — let me know if you check it out!
🌙 Scorpio Moon may feel everything to the extreme and yet be incredibly clever at hiding what they are feeling. The hardest thing for our Scorpio Moon friends to do is let their guard down and trust. Your power of observation allows you to take it all in — just be sure you release it too so you can find the emotional security you crave.
🌅 Scorpio Rising does not do anything halfway — their determination makes it so. They are clever and truly happiest when they get to control things behind the scenes because being center stage is really not their cup of tea. Just be careful of that temper — still waters run deep but they can hurt sometimes too.
Do you see yourself in anything I shared? I would love to know!
Not sure where Scorpio Season is lighting things up for you? Here is a quick guide by Rising Sign:
♈️ Aries Rising — Shared resources and transformation
♉️ Taurus Rising — Partnerships and contracts
♊️ Gemini Rising — Daily routines, health and service
♋️ Cancer Rising — Children, creativity and joy
♌️ Leo Rising — Home, family and roots
♍️ Virgo Rising — Communication, siblings and local travel
♎️ Libra Rising — Finances and material resources
♏️ Scorpio Rising — Identity, body and self expression
♐️ Sagittarius Rising — Hidden matters, rest and behind the scenes work
♑️ Capricorn Rising — Friends, hopes and community
♒️ Aquarius Rising — Career, reputation and public life
♓️ Pisces Rising — Faith, wisdom and long distance travel
For the full keyword breakdown that lives inside the Between the Moons Patreon and paid Substack.
Later tonight the Sun meets up with retrograding Venus — which could bring some deeper insights into how your relationships or even your finances are working with you personally.
We are also building toward the Full Moon on Sunday and Mercury Retrograde beginning on Saturday. More on that next week — but heads up that the Full Moon guide will be shared on Saturday in the Between the Moons community and paid Substack so keep an eye out for it landing in your inbox. 🌙
✨In closing
Scorpio Season arrives this week — and it could not feel more fitting given everything already in the sky. Venus Retrograde already deep in Scorpio. Mercury’s pre-shadow building. And now the Sun joins them both, diving beneath the surface to find what is real, what is true, and what is worth keeping.
This is not a week to force clarity. It is a week to let the process do what it does — to trust the depth that Scorpio always asks of us and know that what surfaces is there for a reason.
The Deeper Dive into Pluto and your Scorpio House is this Thursday October 22nd — and with Mercury Retrograde beginning on Saturday and the Full Moon arriving on Sunday, the timing feels exactly right. I would love to see you there. All the details are in the Link to All Things.
Libra Suns — your birthday codes expire on Friday October 23rd so do not let those slip away. And Sagittarius Suns — yours open that same day! 🌙
Until next week — trust the depths. They know where they are going even when we do not.
love and stardust,
Sarah
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