Recalibration: Libra New Moon & the Grand Water Trine

This is a general forecast. If you’d like to learn how this period of time might weave into your life based on your personal birth chart, please consider booking a reading.

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October 20 to 27 2025, there’s a cluster of astrological events that’s pretty difficult to parse into neat, modules of social media-ready meaning. So buckle up.

The tapestry seems to fall apart if you do.

It’s a quick cascade of alignments:

The Sun moves beyond its square to Jupiter in Cancer and opposition to Chiron in Aries right as Mercury conjoins Mars at 19 Scorpio on October 20. Then, the next day at 7:25 am CST, the Libra New Moon. On October 22, Neptune retrogrades back into Pisces. The Sun moves into Scorpio and squares Pluto the 23rd. The Moon and Mercury then activate a Grand Water Trine with Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer from 23 Scorpio still conjunct Mars. October 27, Mars hits 24 Scorpio and does the same, right behind Mercury, now barely within its retrograde shadow.

It’s one, week-long configuration with the Libra New Moon as the primary focus, which means Venus, ruler of Libra, is too.

Venus doesn’t make any aspects (other than to the Moon) until she starts to square Jupiter in Cancer around October 30; but still, she’s strongly dignified in the background, and comfortable in her home sign guiding Libran principles of balance, justice, and relationship into fore as the Moon renews its cycle with the Sun nearby.

The day before the new moon on October 20, Mercury conjoins Mars in Scorpio, there’s likely a revelation of some kind darting into awareness now—an inevitable conversation brings something hidden to light, a hard truth come to bear, something secret overheard, spoken or seen that cuts to the bone.

Whatever it is, I think it plays a central role in what the Libra New Moon is asking us to reset and rebalance during the last months of 2025.

If there’s a powerful eruption of undeniable truth thrust into our lives, it occurs to serve and guide us in some way toward renewal or equilibrium; not to harm, but to awaken. Its purpose is to show us what is in need of restoration in the Libra parts of our charts.

Maybe we’ve come to realize just how disordered and out of balance a part of life has become, and this starts us on a journey inward to equalize the scales. Extreme imbalance in relationships might finally be felt deeply enough it has to be communicated, even if it disturbs the peace.

Now that things are in the open and clearer, these revelations have the power to begin a regeneration process focused on restoring balance, harmony, proportion, even civility, in some way.

It could be as simple knowing it’s time to stop eating ice cream for breakfast everyday. Or, say you’re a painter or musician. Maybe you’re using too much blue and what's missing is orange; or you can’t seem to stop writing songs in A# minor.

But with this specific series of transits and aspects unfolding over the week after the new moon, my feeling is that it might be much deeper and complicated than just any one of these scenarios. 

Is overindulgence causing issues in relationships? Is overspending digging us deeper into debt? Is constant strife affecting our sense of peace? Has people-pleasing become so unconscious we neglect our own needs, ultimately betraying ourselves?

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Venus is in very strong dignity now; and with Mars also in domicile in Scorpio, and Jupiter exalted in Cancer, deep emotional resources are available to help us start restoring balance in the ares of life that need it most.

The day after the new moon, October 22, Neptune retrogrades back into Pisces to rejoin Saturn and the North Node, the sign of Venus’ exaltation.

This suggests that to restore Venusian balance in our lives it’s going to take compassionate and spiritual discipline; empathy for ourselves and others; and the discovery—and eventual dissolution—of the hidden sources of the behavior, habit, or way of relating the Mars/Mercury conjunction revealed and carved into our minds.

It might feel like we’ve been here before. But now, in the light of new understanding, we have another opportunity to address what until now was difficult to name.

Neptune and Saturn retrograde and the North Node in Pisces are hosted by Jupiter, exalted in Cancer. This ties directly to the Moon in Libra and can help ensure the Venusian seed we plant gets what it needs to grow. We might need to look at what feeds our emotional needs and gives us a sense of optimism and hope to access it.

If the air seems clearer now, even if feelings are raw or hurt, that’s a good sign. If there’s some wreckage, our new-found awareness is hopefully sharp enough to initiate change, gain a new sense of direction, and better understand how we got here in the first place.

Sooner or later, Nature demands balance return.

But first, we have to encounter what’s unconsciously at the root of the chaos and venture down deep into the dark—darker, darker still—corridors of ourselves.

SUN INTO SCORPIO SQUARE PLUTO

On October 22 CST, the Sun changes signs and joins Mars and Mercury in the nocturnal fixed water sign of Scorpio. The waters rise a little higher now.

Where cardinal water (Cancer) initiates feeling and mutable water (Pisces) releases it, Scorpio is fixed—it preserves, concentrates, endures, sustains, suspends emotion in place.

Fixed water doesn’t flow. It’s like a still body of water and much quicker to freeze than a spring rushing up from the ground (cardinal water) or a river flowing into the ocean (mutable water). It builds pressure instead, until the moment arrives when either the dam breaks and rushing water spills over destroying everything in its path, or the flood gates are slowly opened and the waters move naturally out and away.

Though Mars resists fixed water because it needs to move, it’s in its nocturnal home in Scorpio and gives the sign heat, intensity, and relentless focus. Mars directs energy and courage inward in Scorpio, which means assertion, aggression, and anger are often hidden. But it also means Mars energy is used steadily, strategically, surgically.

Mars fuels psychological and emotional regeneration here. Scorpio can contain what’s powerful (for a while), hold experience close enough and long enough change can occur from within rather than external force, ideally. It investigates what others might flee or fear, turning pain into insight and intuition into truth.

The Sun moving into Scorpio takes on some of these qualities and benefits from resources of Mars, but radiates them through the will.

Once in Scorpio, the Sun’s co-presence with Mars is also co-presence with the ruler of the sign of the Sun’s exaltation, Aries. This strengthens both of them.

It also means nocturnal, receptive Scorpio is now occupied by a combination of planets (Sun/Mars/Mercury) which points to archetypal stories about heroes, the Underworld, and the Psychopomp.

And as soon as the Sun enters Scorpio, it forms a square with Pluto in Aquarius.

Think back to the last ten days or so of July—the Leo New Moon, which opposed Pluto. The Sun square Pluto is a continuation of a regenerative solar story unfolding in our lives that likely hit a peak around late July. The current square is pushing that story forward, deeper toward resolution. By the time the Sun and Pluto renew their cycle January 2026 at their conjunction, identities and life direction might feel drastically different than they do now, especially for those with early fixed sign placements.

Pluto has a primordial, ancient quality to its expression. It’s the regeneration principle: life and death at the same time, perpetually in process, omnipresent, yet hidden.

The Sun square Pluto creates palpable tension between our will and sense of Self and the fundamental processes of Nature we have absolutely zero power to control, let alone understand.

Yet beneath this tension is the raw material of evolution itself. We’re reminded transformation doesn’t wait for permission — it begins the moment resistance becomes unbearable. Perhaps this unbearableness was part of what brought about the Mars/Mercury revelation that cut so deep and brought crystal clarity around what’s so far from equilibrium.

Buried truths might resurface now, and this could feel both liberating and invasive. But we’re being asked to release our need to manage outcomes and allow vulnerability to become power. What breaks down might not return, but what survives is the seed of who we are becoming. We can learn that fear of change or exposure ultimately limits our self-expression.

The Sun square Pluto is an invitation to evolve through challenge and powerful encounters with shadow. In the context of the Libra New Moon, the evolution required could be as simple as a return to balance.

Some of us will enter the Underworld around this time and begin a journey to restore something in our lives, and perhaps the lives of others as a result. We’ll have to confront what needs confrontation in order to do it, but we’re being guided to dive deeper; to investigate, discover, and get to the source of what needs to be done to change what needs it most.

Mercury is already down there, waiting to guide us in our quest to recalibrate the Venusian scales and re-seed the Libra part of our charts.

WATER

Once the Sun enters Scorpio on October 22 CST, the sky is flooded by planets in water.

The Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and the North Node — all in water signs.

Water, in almost every creation myth, is associated with the birth of the cosmos. Water holds with it our memory of Source and acceptance of Return.

Water deals in absorption, saturation, purification, cohesion, reflection, reception and erosion—rain, dew, tears, blood, embryonic tides. Water envelops, runs, leaks, soothes, drips, cleans, boils and freezes. It flows wherever gravity pulls it and takes the form of whatever keeps it from flowing any further.

From its ability to incubate and nourish life down to its power to dissolve and coalesce,  we learn how nothing is ever truly lost, only changed in form and carried forward in a different, other current, then another.

As water continues to dominant the sky, we can expect things to slow down a bit and move inward. Imagination and receptivity could open. Dense emotional atmospheres and a heightened sensitivity to our environment and others might seep into our day-to-day.

And at times, we’ll feel the weight of the water, or just feel more overall. But it doesn’t have to be sink or swim. We can float, flow, or dive in instead.

MERCURY TRINE SATURN TRINE JUPITER IN WATER

When Mercury reaches 24 Scorpio on October 24 (separating from the Mars conjunction, yet still within orb) it forms a Grand Water Trine with Saturn (Neptune and North Node by sign) in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer.

The Moon, just now becoming visible again in the night sky passes over Mercury and intensifies the first activation of this on-going, almost two months long grand trine.

The rulerships are potent and very supportive. As mentioned, Jupiter is exalted in Cancer and hosting the planets in Pisces. This will amplify the grand trine, for better or worse. The planets in Pisces are also in the sign of Venus’ exaltation, who is in her sign of Libra and host of the new moon.

And lastly, Mars is in Scorpio in its own home as well, powerfully resourcing Mercury, the Moon, the Sun, and itself.

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Mercury in Scorpio trine Saturn in Pisces trine Jupiter in Cancer creates a deep current of emotional intelligence. Thought, intuition, compassion, and faith move together in an unimpeded flow. It gives language to the unseen and deeply guarded, turning instinct into courageous articulation. We could find ourselves understanding what we feel without needing to explain it. Conversations might flow more easily toward honesty, especially where tenderness once made communication difficult.

Saturn in Pisces lends discipline and structure to what usually might seem nebulous, and could help give form to imagination. It can create clearer emotional boundaries, stabilize our faith in the universal through spiritual practice or quiet, practical displays of kindness and care.

Jupiter in Cancer amplifies our need to cohere our emotions into a secure foundation, magnifying empathy, and drawing us toward nurturing roles, family reconnection, or the desire to build a sense of belonging grounded in support carried by grace.

The flowing harmony between the three water signs the grand trine provides will likely soften our experience of the world and draw us inward. As introspection turns to guidance, what once felt tender can become a kind of knowing that steadies others and hopefully ourselves.

Opportunities for artistic inspiration are profound with this grand trine and should be seized and not taken for granted. Imagination will overflow and seek creative outlets and mediums capable of translating the sublime into an aesthetic experience or object.

In romance, there’s the possibility of deepening emotional trust and drawing partners toward more honest and intuitive communication. Vulnerability could feel easier to reveal now, allowing affection to flow in healing ways.

However — and it’s a big however — during this time it will be much easier for flood gates to open and sweep us away into illusions, sentimentality, idealization, unrealistic expectations, or fantasies of perfect union. It’s probably best to wait until the waters recede before committing to a savior you met and fell in love with last week.

There are definitely pitfalls we need to be conscious of. Too much ease and flow can keep us complacent and slow to act. When water energy runs too smoothly, we might drift into passivity, assuming understanding will happen on its own.

Sensitivity could become too porous and turn into absorption if we allow the environment or others’ moods to seep in without discernment or awareness. Saturn could weigh down our emotions, its gravity pulling us deeper into depression, grief, or isolation. Jupiter could overextend our need to nurture until it becomes self-sacrifice.

Mercury might tempt us to overanalyze emotions or use intuitive insight to control rather than connect; or, it could guide us down into darker realms of self-pity, jealousy, shame or guilt until the flow of the grand trine pulls us spiraling under.

It’s important to find ways to remain grounded and become conscious of what’s rising within us before we become flooded. We can translate feeling into practical action instead of circling endlessly inside it.

If around this time we feel overwhelmed by negative thoughts or emotions, we can look to the airy parts of our charts (Gemini, Aquarius, Libra) to help us detach our emotions from our thoughts and breathe again. Once detached from the tides, we can try to observe our thoughts and emotions as objects in our minds simply drifting by instead of dragging us behind them—here now, now downstream, now out of consciousness.

This time has much to offer. The Grand Water Trine can open channels between intuition, wisdom, and compassion and feel like a divine gift at times. Understanding others with unusual, unspoken clarity and sensing what’s needed before it’s said could seem effortless.

The power to speak truth gently, but directly, giving voice to emotions that once felt too heavy to name, is abundant now. Feelings of gratitude, spiritual love and connection can find their voice. Saturn can help steady our emotions, turning sensitivity into reliability—an empathy we can trust. Jupiter can make it feel safer to do the deep work.

Water heals through release, not containment or wallowing. The North Node in Pisces reminds us to let go and dissolve any attachments to the past at the heart of imbalance.

MARS TRINE SATURN TRINE JUPITER IN WATER

A few days later, on October 27, Mars activates the Grand Water Trine and plunges his spear into the current to hurry it along.

This is when Mercury takes the hero’s hand and says Come with me. I’ll be your guide in this realm of shadows and ensure you don’t get lost and find your way back into the Light.

We’re being asked to venture a little deeper and trust the process now. The current could seem swifter now, revitalized. What was reflective contemplation a few days ago can become intuitive movement forward now with Mars in the fray.

For some of us, courage and resolve will deepen se we can overcome the more negative energies associated with the Grand Water Trine. The weight of the water can lighten as Mars pushes forward with purpose, driven to shape feeling into form and potential into lived momentum.

We might feel more confident and capable of channeling emotion into something tangible—healing, building, protecting, or committing more fully to what matters. Goals that once felt too personal or overwhelming to achieve could start taking shape in private.

Relationships might deepen through shared effort; creative work could move more easily from vision to embodiment. There’s steady, enduring willpower available, and an emotional bravery that acts knowing exactly why it must.

In the coming weeks, the dynamics of the grand trine will evolve further as the Sun, Venus and Mercury, again, shift its energy.

By the time the waters have receded mid-December, Jupiter will be retrograde, Saturn will be direct, and Uranus will be back in Taurus for the final time. The waters will have changed tremendously by then.

MERCURY & VENUS

Mercury is the first planet to activate the Grand Water Trine, and the last. It will complete the circuit three times.

Mercury stations retrograde on November 9 at 6 Sagittarius and travels back to 20 Scorpio, one degree from where it conjoined Mars October 20.

Remember what occurs or is in the air October 20. It will be revisited, perhaps in an even more cutting way if we miss the signal now.

What is out of balance? How have we contributed to the imbalance we’re experiencing? What buried truth within holds the key to rebalance the scales? How deep to we need to go to find it?

Mercury reaches 20 Scorpio again November 27 (Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.) and stations direct November 29 at the same degree. Keep these dates in your awareness.

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But just before this time, while Mercury is still retrograde, it conjoins Venus; and together they reactivate the Grand Water Trine on November 24 at 22 Scorpio.

This is the Venusian hero descent, again accompanied by Hermes, Guide of Souls.

What message is Mercury bringing back from Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius, then delivering to Venus when they conjoin and trine Saturn and Jupiter? Is it what Mercury’s learned during its re-purification when it conjoined the Sun on November 20 in the darkness of the Scorpio New Moon?

Will the goddess herself be the one to ultimately restore the balance so desperately needed in her own temple?

As the Sun squares Pluto just after the Libra New Moon, some of us are being called to journey consciously into our emotional blindspots and psychological underworlds.

Guided by Mercury, the Light of our personal inner Sun, and the intuitive understanding that this call down to our watery depths requires trust in the process and faith—faith that what waits below, however difficult to face or overcome, is the initiation Necessity demands we endure so we might regain a truer peace and restore Divine Balance within us

Whatever becomes clear around this Libra New Moon can help us initiate a process of inner recalibration and repair of what no longer feels collaborative, peaceful, harmonious, loving, fair, or in balance.

It’s a process that once started, has the potential to be powerfully supported by the sensitivity, imagination, compassion, and wealth of courage available within and around us as we move deeper into the Grand Water Trine these final months of 2025.