New Moon in Libra
11th October 2026 at 2:50 am AEDT
Ruling planet: Venus
Modality: Cardinal
Sign element: Air
Planetary metal: Copper
This New Moon in Libra offers a moment to reset the way we create balance within ourselves and our relationships. Libra seeks harmony and peace, but these are created by integrating both sides of the scale. We are asked to remain connected to our own heart and soul while meeting others where they are, without allowing our internal balance to shift.
With Venus retrograde in Scorpio ruling this New Moon, we swim beneath the surface. Familiar relationship patterns and unspoken desires may rise into our awareness as light reaches the places where energy has been leaking. We can feel where the boundaries need to be resealed, allowing space for what is ready to be healed.
As Mercury sits beside Venus when the Moon crosses the Sun, the mind drifts towards how the heart is truly feeling. Sometimes the most courageous thing we can do is release what has been held inside. Jupiter in Leo gives us the strength to use love and creation as both the medicine and the magic as we move through Venus retrograde.
Under this Moon, create a simple ritual of self-love and acceptance. Light a candle and prepare a herbal tea or cacao with rose, then sit before a mirror and close your eyes. Breathe deeply, imagining your heart expanding until warmth moves through your body. Open your eyes, meet your reflection with love and allow every part of yourself to be seen and accepted.
Botanicals of Venus in Scorpio
Cacao, Damiana, Hibiscus, Pomegranate, Rose and Vanilla.
The Solar Season of Scorpio
23rd October to 22nd November 2026
Ruling planet: Mars
Modality: Fixed
Sign element: Water
Planetary metal: Iron
As the Sun enters Scorpio, the surface begins to thin and deeper waters call us inward. Scorpio turns our awareness towards what lives beneath: the emotions we have contained, the truths we have avoided and the desires waiting to be acknowledged. Not everything hidden is dangerous. Some parts of us have simply been waiting in the darkness for enough safety to step into the light.
This is where Scorpio’s transformation begins. It does not always arrive as rupture, but through the quiet willingness to sit beside what we feel without trying to change, escape or explain it. When we stop fighting the current, the whispers of our inner world become easier to hear. What is heard with compassion can begin to move, and what begins to move asks to be expressed.
Beneath the emotional intensity, the heart is asking to create, speak and live more honestly. Mars in Leo reminds us that courage is not the absence of vulnerability, but the willingness to keep the heart open as we move through it. There is strength in allowing ourselves to rise from the water and be fully seen.
Yet being seen begins with the way we witness ourselves. Let this season be one to meet yourself without armour. You do not need to reveal everything at once, simply allow what is true to exist without judgement. What was once hidden can then become a well of wisdom, no longer something to fear, but a gift returned from the depths.
Botanicals for Mars in Leo
Sunflower, Red Hibiscus, Cayenne, Cinnamon and Rosemary.
Full Moon in Taurus
26th October 2026 at 3:12 pm AEDT
Ruling planet: Venus
Modality: Fixed
Sign element: Earth
Planetary metal: Copper
This Full Moon in Taurus carries a quiet strength within it. Endings abound as the Moon illuminates what has reached completion and what can no longer sustain us. Taurus seeks stability, but sometimes our feet are set in concrete while we tell ourselves it is grass. We simply do not know until we try to move.
With the Sun in Scorpio opposing the Moon, we move between the safety of what is familiar and the deeper knowing that something is ready to change. Stillness is restorative, but it can also become the place where we hide from movement. This Full Moon asks us to feel the difference within the body and trust what it reveals to us.
Venus retrograde in Libra rules this Moon, bringing relationships, values and self-worth to a point of culmination. What once felt balanced may no longer feel the same, while old choices return to be seen from a different perspective. We are standing at a threshold, learning to witness the urge to cross it. Often, endings need to be felt fully before they can be released through the heart, purified by love as they leave.
Under this Moon, stand barefoot on the earth and feel what is holding you. Let the ground meet you fully, and ask the Earth to take whatever you no longer need. When you feel complete, rest both hands over your heart in gratitude for all that has carried you, then release what has ended, affirming: “I release what has ended and trust the Earth to transform it with love.”
Botanicals for Venus in Taurus
White Lotus and Jasmine, Shatavari, Cardamom and Fennel.
Closing Reflection
Let the month close with gratitude for everything that has held you and everything you are now ready to release. October has asked us to integrate both sides of the scale, listen to what whispers beneath the surface and feel the difference between living ground and the places where our feet have become set in concrete.
Trust what has been revealed, honour what has completed and allow yourself to move gently towards what comes next.
Dynaea Valerieva Benova
Sidereal Astrologer & Psychotherapist
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