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Astrologers dwell on your nurturing homemaker qualities, but dear crab, that’s not all there is to you: You’re a passionate lover, a tenacious entrepreneur, and a creative force. Yes, you love baking pies, but that’s not all you do all year long! You do plenty else…but Libra season is indeed the best time of year to focus on your domestic interests. As the sun moves through Libra, it illuminates the sector of your chart that rules your home, family life, your past, ancestors, and early memories. You’re being called now to focus on your personal life and, in true Libra fashion, to open lines of communication, seek compromises, and beautify your personal spaces.
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October opens on a very intense note as sweet Venus in Libra clashes with Pluto in Capricorn, bringing up issues concerning jealousy, obsession, and even manipulation. This is an important time to get real about any shady behavior taking place in your personal life and relationships and to bring in an unbiased third party to witness you detangling yourself from people who are being psychic vampires. Pluto rules the underworld, and as it clashes with Venus, the planet of beauty, things aren’t always pretty, but that doesn’t mean you have to go through changes alone.An important shift in your relationships takes place on October 3 as Pluto ends its retrograde, shining an important light on the power dynamics in your partnerships. It’s time for some relationships to end and for others to transform or even be resurrected and renewed! The mood is heavy, but creativity is flowing as communication planet Mercury enters Scorpio on October 3. Mercury in Scorpio finds you exchanging flirtatious messages, as well as attending parties and having intriguing conversations that inspire you to pursue your creative interests. Action planet Mars enters Libra on October 4, boosting your energy to tackle projects concerning your home, whether you’re moving, remodeling, or reorganizing. Mars in Libra will also inspire you to take a direct approach in issues concerning your family—it’s time to confront issues and find compromises! Luckily, strategic Mars in diplomatic Libra is great at doing just that.
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- Enjoy a cozy cup of moon milk during this lunation. A teaspoon of butterfly pea flower powder will turn your drink into a lovely shade of blue!