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October 2020

Five lunations in a single month; Mercury stations retrograde on October 13.

Mars square Pluto

22°30′ Aries–Capricorn · October 9, 9:23 am ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · AriesOct 1 · 5:06 pm
  • Last Quarter · CancerOct 9 · 8:40 pm
  • New Moon · LibraOct 16 · 3:32 pm
  • First Quarter · AquariusOct 23 · 9:24 am
  • Full Moon · TaurusOct 31 · 10:50 am
  • Pluto stations directOct 4 · 9:04 am
  • Mercury stations retrogradeOct 13 · 9:08 pm

Mercury retrograde Oct 13 – Nov 3

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

Notable aspects

  • Mars square PlutoOct 9 · 9:23 am
  • Jupiter sextile NeptuneOct 12 · 3:59 am
  • Mars square JupiterOct 19 · 1:45 am
  • Mercury opposition UranusOct 7 · 4:58 pm
  • Venus trine UranusOct 10 · 7:10 pm
  • Sun square JupiterOct 11 · 9:35 am
  • Sun square PlutoOct 15 · 6:15 am
  • Venus opposition NeptuneOct 18 · 10:54 am
  • Mercury opposition UranusOct 19 · 10:52 pm
  • Venus trine PlutoOct 21 · 5:42 pm
  • Venus trine SaturnOct 24 · 11:41 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiOct 25 · 2:24 pm