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Scorpio: Yes, that tail. It makes a very good marshmallow fork.
Yes, that tail. It makes a very good marshmallow fork.

The Monthly Paper

Scorpio monthly horoscope

Oct 23 to Nov 21

The month got better on October 23

For three weeks the Sun was in Libra, in your rest corner, and you may have slept badly or kept to yourself. Venus was in your sign, turning retrograde there on October 3. You spent a lot of that time wondering what you want. Then on October 23 the Sun came into Scorpio and it was your season at last. Venus left on October 25, so the mirror has gone back on the wall. Pluto, your ruling planet, is in your home corner and has been moving forward again since October 16. Something that felt stuck there began to move. Mercury turned retrograde in your sign on October 24, so you are rereading a lot of your own mail. On October 26 the Full Moon in Taurus fell opposite your sign and put a partner or close friend in the spotlight. Listen. Then light something, a candle or the oven, and take the end of October at your own speed. You are allowed to be slow in your own season.

The sky behind this

  • Sun08°19′ Libra on Oct 1, your 12th house, until Oct 23
  • Moon07°27′ Taurus on Oct 26, your 7th house, until Oct 28
  • Mercury01°20′ Scorpio on Oct 1, your 1st house, until Dec 6
  • Venus08°25′ Scorpio on Oct 1, your 1st house, until Oct 25
  • Pluto03°07′ Aquarius R on Oct 1, your 4th house
  • Venus turns retrogradeOct 3
  • Sun enters ScorpioOct 23
  • Pluto turns directOct 16
  • Mercury turns retrogradeOct 24
  • Full moon in TaurusOct 26

Worked out for noon UTC, and dates are UTC days. Houses count from your sign, so they say nothing about your own birth chart. An R means the planet looks like it is moving backward. How we calculate

Next up: November 2026

A New Moon in your own sign

The New Moon on November 9 is in your sign, and it comes round only once a year. If there is something you want to start, start it around then. Mercury is still retrograde in Scorpio that week, so write the plan and read it again on November 13, when Mercury goes direct. After that you can stop rereading yourself. Mars and Jupiter meet in Leo on November 16, in your career corner, and work gets large. There may be a new title, or a bigger room, or only a bigger workload. Take credit for all of it. The Sun squares both of them on November 18 and November 19, from your own sign, so you may feel you are arguing with your own ambition. You are. On November 22 the Sun enters Sagittarius, in your money corner, and your attention moves to practical things. Your season ends well, and it ends with lunch. Pay for your own, or let someone else.

The sky behind this

  • Sun00°11′ Sagittarius on Nov 22, your 2nd house, until Dec 21
  • Moon06°59′ Scorpio on Nov 8, your 1st house, until Nov 10
  • Mercury16°05′ Scorpio R on Nov 1, your 1st house, until Dec 6
  • Mars18°52′ Leo on Nov 1, your 10th house, until Nov 25
  • Jupiter24°22′ Leo on Nov 1, your 10th house
  • New moon in ScorpioNov 9
  • Mercury turns directNov 13
  • Jupiter conjunction Marswithin 0°05′ on Nov 16
  • Sun leaves Scorpio for SagittariusNov 22
  • Jupiter square Sunwithin 0°05′ on Nov 18
  • Sun enters SagittariusNov 22

Worked out for noon UTC, and dates are UTC days. Houses count from your sign, so they say nothing about your own birth chart. An R means the planet looks like it is moving backward. How we calculate

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