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October 1956

A full moon in Aries on October 19 and a new moon in Libra on October 4; Mercury retrograde ends October 5.

Saturn square Pluto

29°43′ Scorpio–Leo · October 7, 11:50 am ET

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This month

  • New Moon · LibraOct 4 · 12:25 am
  • First Quarter · CapricornOct 11 · 2:45 pm
  • Full Moon · AriesOct 19 · 1:25 pm
  • Last Quarter · LeoOct 26 · 2:03 pm
  • Mercury stations directOct 5 · 10:22 am
  • Mars stations directOct 10 · 6:13 am

Mercury retrograde Sep 13 – Oct 5

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Saturn square PlutoOct 7 · 11:50 am
  • Neptune sextile PlutoOct 18 · 8:16 am
  • Mercury sextile UranusOct 16 · 5:36 pm
  • Venus opposition MarsOct 17 · 5:04 pm
  • Venus conjunction JupiterOct 25 · 12:17 pm
  • Sun square UranusOct 30 · 3:50 am