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October 1961

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury is retrograde Oct 10 through Oct 31.

Mars sextile Pluto

9°17′ Scorpio–Virgo · October 15, 6:37 am ET

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This month

  • Last Quarter · CancerOct 1 · 10:11 am
  • New Moon · LibraOct 9 · 2:53 pm
  • First Quarter · CapricornOct 17 · 12:35 am
  • Full Moon · TaurusOct 23 · 5:31 pm
  • Last Quarter · LeoOct 31 · 3:59 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeOct 10 · 6:44 pm
  • Mercury stations directOct 31 · 12:58 pm

Mercury retrograde Oct 10 – Oct 31

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoOct 15 · 6:37 am
  • Mars conjunction NeptuneOct 16 · 8:58 pm
  • Venus trine SaturnOct 12 · 3:07 pm
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiOct 22 · 2:58 pm
  • Mercury square SaturnOct 27 · 9:55 am