Check Mate - Oct 2025

OCTOBER brings the winds of change as not one, but three Grand Trines dominate all aspects and we are forced to play strategic moves.

1st - 4th October: Grand Air Trine

In the first week of October, the Grand Air Trine is driving a volatile set of circumstances.  This air sign extra wind, will be both revealing of the toxicity in society and what has to change (Pluto in Aquarius), as well as a doorway to further digitalisation of our world (Uranus in Gemini).  This Grand Air Trine is due to catapult us into the far future.  Mars, then Mercury and now the Sun have been the third part of this Grand Air Trine, soothing the moves in that Libra way of keeping up appearances whilst Rome is literally burning.  Are you holding the fort in this way?  Is there a dynamic that you are enabling or avoiding? Something in our deep past might be holding on to what worked before, and the ideals of previous, successful enterprises, since the loving power of Venus is conjunct the South Node (the past) in very precise Virgo on the 4th in the midst of the storm.

6th October: Mercury Ingress Scorpio

When Mercury shifts into Scorpio on 6th, salient truths are bound to spoil the parlay.  Peace talks may reveal a sticking point.  The Grand Air Trine progress is halted by Mercury’s revelations of discordant discussions.  Watch how facts might be twisted or nefarious ideas given headlines.

7th October: Full Moon @ 14’ Aries

This hour of truth and all that rears up to claim a platform, sets the scene for the Aries Full Moon.  This does not bode well for peace and fights between factions are bound to ignite.   Mercury is at the head of a Yod, so his voice, speaking unpalatable truths is loudest, and our (un-aspected) Aries hot head Moon, is defiant, demanding and antagonistic.  On a personal level, this is a time to ‘bring out your dead’; to eviscerate any blocks to your progress with your inner wisdom and intuition.  You know what heeds your progress and it is time to ‘out damn spot’ to fight on.

13th October: Venus Ingress Libra

Venus is the temptress and magnetises towards her, whatever themes are in that sign, so in Virgo, she wants the beauty in the truth, even when opposing the delusion that Saturn is trying to fix in Pisces over the last few days.  Now that Venus is in Libra, she kicks off the Grand Air Trine again.  Now, in her rulership, she has the power to seduce the air sign situations into a better flow.  Digital money, social credit systems, far reaching use of AI, all get enhanced and empowered as she uses Libra’s enticing appearances to soften any antagonism to this ahrimanic (and soul-less) future.

14th October: Pluto Direct @ 1’ Aquarius

Venus is helping Pluto magnetise society into this next phase, as her exact trine to the Dark Lord supports his stationing direct.  This is a turning point which would be helpful to recognise in some way.  We know what is coming (due to the retrograde action since early May), and now we might feel powerless to stop this next phase of grand society plans.  We are being led helplessly, but it is important to keep your soul sovereignty, your human-ness, against this powerful onslaught of progressive societal programming.

20th & 21st October: Mercury Conjunct Mars @ 19’ & 20’ Scorpio

What voice speaks from the shadows?  What dissent is brewing from darker corners of the earth?  Mercury, the voice, meeting Mars, the fight, in the darkness that is Scorpio is bringing the resistance.  Perhaps the giant power players will expose their not so hidden agenda, or maybe just your own unspoken concerns will be forced into the conversation.  This conjunction brings enormous disquiet and even the chance for self-sabotage.  Listen to your inner voice and be your own CEO power player.  Maybe it’s time for a brave or ruthless strategic move on the chess board of your life, as this is going to shift your situation significantly.

21st October: New Moon @ 28’ Libra

Check mate perhaps.  Making that power play under the auspices of the Libra New Moon is extremely serendipitous - it is ready to give you what you want.  However, since the Gods are listening in Scorpio (Mercury and Mars are still conjunct), they can hear your own desires, that perhaps you yourself are ignoring.  This is where your wishes do come true, but not in the way you consciously planned them.

22nd October: Neptune Rx Ingress Pisces, Sun Ingress Scorpio

The next day, but really in accordance with the New Moon, Neptune Retrograde moves back into Pisces, and the dream world comes alive again as we let go of all sense of ownership of our destiny.  Letting go is our best course of action as Neptune stations at the last degree of the entire zodiac.  An ending of times, a letting go of all that was, an adjustment that might to be clear at first.  The Sun then moves into Scorpio, so we can let the currents of this watery world take us in their flow.  Resistance is futile (they say), but in truth, this is a fantastic opportunity to get deeply in touch with your soul, to expand your psychic gifts and develop your intuition; tools which will be vital to resist the mechanisation of this world as the ahrimanic and soul-less begins to take hold.

24th - 28th October: Scorpio Season & Mercury Key Aspects

As Scorpio season starts on 24th, Mercury (also in Scorpio) makes a trine to Jupiter in Cancer, then Saturn and Neptune in Pisces respectively.  That is a lot of water power and is bound to increase feelings; passions may flare as the inner voice will not stay calm or still.  The saying is ‘better out than in’, and truly Mercury, our thinking planet, will be opening its doors to whatever hell has been hiding in the recesses of the personal and collective subconscious.  Your intuition will be faultless, and you can keep your prayers concise and to the point too.  Name it to claim it.

31st October: Mars Moves Grand Water Trine

What makes halloween a force to be reckoned with, is Mars in Scorpio in a trine to Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune.  Mars is a power player in the last degrees of his old rulership, where as a dark knight picking up his sword, he does not take any prisoners.  There have been plenty of opportunities this month, to name your price, to check mate, and now Mars is enforcing the power player strategy; to play instead of being played, to go straight to the fixed point, even if that means losing friends or influence.  There are greater gains to be had if you are searingly honest and reveal the right cards at the right time.  Poker face.