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Accurate astrology each week! Astrologer Pamela Cucinell calms overwhelm with her pragmatic optimism. Pamela's forecasts can support goals and inspire confidence for a stellar week. astrologyoasis.substack.com (https://astrologyoasis.substack.com/s/active-spirituality?utm_medium=podcast)

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Pamela Cucinell, astrologer

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22 May 2022

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25 Oct 2026

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   25 Oct 2026

   Taurus Full Moon, Mercury/Venus Retrograde

   All times are Eastern; adjust for where you live. MONDAY, OCT 26: FULL MOON IN TAURUS The moon is full at 12:12 a.m. ET in Taurus, lit by the Scorpio sun. Taurus is about what we value, and Scorpio adds depth. So we’re looking at possessions, certainly, but also relationships with real meaning. Strong Taurus people don’t lack depth, but with the Scorpio sun on this point, all of us are looking closely at what we care about. A dear friend of mine is unloading decades of possessions. (If she’s listening, she’ll know.) That’s this moon: these things matter because of memories: where I passed through, where they came from, who they connect me to. But the Scorpionic truth is that what we take with our last breath is love and connection to spirit, not the possessions we held most dear. So look at what takes up space and ask: does it carry legacy? What remains after we leave? That reflection comes naturally as late October leads into Día de Muertos, Halloween, and Samhain — when the veil thins. Many people in Mexico live with the awareness that every day is a gift and our time is temporary. As a result, life becomes more joyous. Even in difficulty, there’s breath, life, and the ability to love and connect. This Full Moon isn’t an eclipse, and it lacks the culminating punch of some full moons. It’s an integration: a chance to look at our relationship with love, money, home, and what we value. It can also stir struggle, a sense of not enough money, love, or time, and that brings friction. Pluto is in early Aquarius. Taurus, Scorpio, and Aquarius are all fixed signs, and the Sun is early in Scorpio. So ask whether what you invest in heavily lines up with your goals. In a consumer society there’s always the dangle of “you must have this,” plus the time we trade to earn it, versus the basics we need in balance. Question what you truly need to feel full. That brings us to the body, the most valuable Taurean possession and the vessel that carries us through life. I haven’t always valued mine the way I do now. Today, be grateful for yours and give it really good care over the next couple of days. It’s longing for that. The Taurus moon says: celebrate your physical time on earth, maximize your ability to enjoy it, and remember it’s temporary, which is why it’s so valuable. Value the day, the earth, the people you love, and the animals you love. By evening, tempers may be short. If you were overstretched on a day that called for a good meal and the comfort of home, you may feel frayed, or be around someone who does. Center, calm down, and focus on taking care rather than unraveling. TUESDAY, OCT 27: TAURUS VOID MOON, with GEMINI AT NIGHT Prioritize what needs to be done, and above all your self-care, so you don’t stretch yourself too thin. Venus and Mercury are retrograde, and the Taurus moon doesn’t like to be rushed. Tangents distract: go here, great opportunity, do that. Narrow it down to what’s most advantageous, where you can take your time, savor, and maximize what you put in energetically or financially. The moon goes void at 10:51 a.m. and stays void until it enters Gemini at 9:02 p.m. A void Taurus moon asks us to be methodical, one foot in front of the other, and aware of the body. Martial arts, yoga, Pilates, and dance all teach presence in the body; if you’re too much in your head, you lose it. Smell the roses, but depending on where you live, that only happens if they’re cut and in a vase. During a void moon, work on what’s already in motion, clear your desk, and start nothing new. With Taurus, this can be a highly productive day for plowing through a project already underway, with tenacious focus and a patience you usually don’t have. WEDNESDAY, OCT 28: GEMINI MOON, PRE-DAWN FIREWORKS This Gemini moon is sweet and well-aspected for crossing things off your list. We’re in the waning moon for a couple of weeks, so finish things up, even with Mercury and Venus retrograde. Pre-dawn Eastern, there are pictures in the sky with Pluto, a Venus-Chiron opposition, and the moon conjunct Uranus. That’s a strong force for transformation: something has to shift. Many of us will feel it in the dreamscape, waking suddenly with a sense of “this has to happen.” If it’s unformed, use the Gemini moon to gather information before you act or reach out. Mercury retrograde also makes this a fabulous time to research and go over documents and notes, looking for what fell through the cracks. Sometimes we hear the words but our heads are on something said five minutes earlier. This could be a negotiation, a contract, a medical or financial situation, or a work problem. Ask: did I miss something because I reacted a certain way, or because an old grievance came up? That’s how we get to strength and understanding. For anything raw, reflect rather than have direct conversations, which may or may not be appropriate. THURSDAY, OCT 29: INNOVATIVE AFTERNOON, PLAYFUL EVENING The afternoon is good for innovative thought. When I’m problem-solving, I often know what I want but can’t get the whole solution. Intuitive people and air-sign thinkers, with so much buzzing around, benefit from space. Do some automatic writing, or walk and set the worry down. Make observations and have conversations unrelated to the problem. It might be a chat, a movie, a museum, a billboard, and suddenly: that’s the answer. Even if it’s indirect, things gel. Double-check how it fits, then make the magic happen. The moon goes void at 5:43 p.m. and enters Cancer at 10:06 p.m. Have as much fun as you like: shoot hoops, bike, walk, visit friends. I wouldn’t concretize anything. A void Gemini moon is a butterfly that lands here and there, but with no nectar available, it’s off again. Fun and stimulating, nothing to invest in. FRIDAY, OCT 30: CANCER MOON, UPHILL Not the easiest day. Cancer is sensitive, and as a cardinal sign it does what it wants. If the tide’s going out and people wanted to go in, the tide is still going out. Information is scattered, and you may not get answers or be able to give them. The friction ebbs by mid-afternoon. Some of us may feel people aren’t showing up. That’s disappointing, but it can lead to resolution: if they aren’t showing up, make modifications. SATURDAY, OCT 31: HALLOWEEN / SAMHAIN This day is more directed once we’ve accepted what didn’t pan out, like a party falling through or a costume not coming together. Look at how you get your needs met, and be gracious with what satisfies them. The moon goes void at 6 p.m. and stays void through the evening. Many of us will choose home or a quieter party, because a void Cancer moon says, “I want to be with my people, my things.” Or you can be in the middle of the Halloween parade in New York and still feel you’re with your people. Give yourself that pod. Once past the void, the tension ebbs and floats. Be somewhere nested and secure. SUNDAY, NOV 1: MOON IN LEO We can tap ancestral connection and spirit knowledge 365 days a year, but this is a holy, sacred time in many cultures, and when we make space, it expands. The moon enters Leo at 12:18 a.m. It’s a rich, beautiful day. The moon opposes Pluto pre-dawn, so once again: power-charged dream time. As the day unfolds, make the day yours. Be the star of your day. f the week, more in-depth — when you listen to the podcast… Spot on Astrology (https://pamelacucinell.substack.com/): Blog about celebrity astrology and events (https://pamelacucinell.substack.com/) Get full access to Pamela’s Astrology Insight Now! at astrologyoasis.substack.com/subscribe (https://astrologyoasis.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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   18 Oct 2026

   Taurus Full Moon October 2026

   Accurate Astrology: Week of October 19th, 2026 The week opens with the Moon in Aquarius. With the Sun in Libra and the Moon in an air sign, there’s a real vibe in the air. The buzz is all about verbal communication: let’s connect, let’s share, let’s network. That’s emphasized Monday into Tuesday. A caveat: Aquarius is a fixed sign, so its energy is tenacious. It likes to stay on task. Yes, Aquarius is the free spirit, the lover of change and revolution, but it pursues all of that in a sustainable way. It isn’t really erratic, though it can look that way from the outside. Whether it’s one’s rising sign, Sun, or Moon, the Aquarian has been contemplating what they’re fixed on, and then suddenly seems to act. That surprises the people around them, but it’s no surprise to the Aquarian. It was never spontaneous. It was “okay, now I’m ready,” a matter of timing or energetic momentum. These days are well aspected for making connections and getting ideas moving, but remember that Venus is retrograde. Take care in how you approach people with the idea you’re so jazzed about. How it’s received matters, and so does how you convey it. Times given in this forecast are ET. Monday: Assess and Tease It Out Later in the day, Mars opposes the Moon, and in the wee hours of Tuesday, Venus squares Pluto. Boiled down, what we feel, want, and need may conflict with someone else’s agenda. Think power plays. So use that Aquarius air-sign Moon to assess the situation, have conversations, and understand where people are. Find the potential blocks and tugs of war, so you can present or broker your ideas in ways that are more acceptable and understandable. Tuesday: Think Big, Stay the Course Tuesday can bring a lot of excitement, a sense that this can happen and that can happen, and everything seems really big. Bring it into alignment with your core initiative. What is the long-term goal? This is fixed-sign energy, willing to go the distance. It’s not a fly-by-night “grab it and move on.” It’s about growing the project, improving communication and alignment, and helping people understand how to expand it. This is achievable. The valuable piece is understanding where everyone is on Monday and Tuesday. Once we get past early evening Tuesday, around 7 PM ET, we hit that lovely juice of connecting and coalescing. So these are roll-up-your-sleeves days to negotiate, mitigate, and get on the same page. Then celebrate in the evening as everything starts to gel. Wednesday: Finish, Then Flow The Moon goes void of course at 4:42 a.m. and enters Pisces at 8:35 a.m. A void Moon is a good time to organize and finish things up, not to start anything new. That’s especially true with Venus retrograde and Mercury about to turn retrograde. See where all that good energy landed and put things in place. Once the Moon enters Pisces, communication continues, but much of it is nonverbal. We work with touch and intuition, sensing who’s the right candidate for what. Verbal conversations and paperwork are still fine, ideally signed before Mercury goes retrograde. But go by whether it feels right. Don’t force the square peg into the round hole. Find the happy place for that square peg, and be willing to leave things open until they flow and fit. In the late afternoon and early evening, the Moon and Uranus form a hard aspect, which means people are moving faster than they’re concentrating. Know where you are in space and pay attention to where others are. If you tend to shoot out ideas without thinking about how they’ll land, sit with it for a couple of minutes and ask, “Is this the best way to say this?” Uranus can shake everything up, and that’s not always bad. It’s better when we’re conscious of what we’re doing and why. With the Moon in Pisces, it behooves us to be sensitive to how people feel. That’s harder for some than others. You may notice that certain people have a knack for calming things down, while others thrive on attention, on mishaps, on shooting things out and then doubling down. That phrase, “doubling down,” gives me a headache. It seems to have blown up in the 21st century, and it’s the antithesis of how we’re supposed to grow. We’re meant to expand and open up to new concepts, to say “oh, that’s a new way to think about it” instead of “no, this is the only way.” That bludgeon is old-world stuff, and it’s hanging around too long. I think that’s because we’re approaching a point where things will catapult and shift. Seat belts fastened. I’m optimistic. Thursday: Fill Your Cup Thursday the 22nd is juicy, lovely energy, with the Moon in Pisces moving toward a trine with Mercury in Scorpio. It’s saying: be willing to feel. That sensitivity and empathy is what we want to enlarge, because there’s a desert of it in some of the loudest voices and world leaders right now. Walking in someone else’s moccasins is not a world they know. So let the water energy pour in. Fill your cup, fill your heart with empathy. Honestly, empathy hurts. It’s incredibly difficult to open into, which is why good boundaries and filters matter. We don’t want to close ourselves off because it’s too hard. That would kill the human race. We want to be porous, so we can feel and release. That doesn’t mean we forget. I won’t wander too far into the dark side of the news, but the idea of a televised firing squad is antithetical to true empathy. Fortunately, 80% of Americans polled said to put the kibosh on it. The worrisome piece is that 20% thought it was a good idea. The Moon goes void of course at 11:31 p.m. Eastern. It’s a delicious night to go into the dreamscape. I invite us to dream about expanding empathy and the emotional and intuitive connections that let us thrive. A short story. I was going through the Dallas airport with a half hour to make my connection, and a woman named Mirimam was helping me from gate to gate. She said, “It’s such a pleasure to escort you because you’re so calm and nice.” I said, “Of course I’m calm and nice. I have this angel taking me through Dallas airport, and I’m so grateful to be with you.” It was a lovely little moment, a person connecting with a person, and those are the moments we want to expand. It is better to love as you move through the world. I was at a celebration of life where a woman said her mother used to say, “I have never met a stranger.” This is a good attitude, with boundaries, of course. We have to know when to move away from someone. But most people are nice. So, Moon in Pisces, dream into that world Thursday night. Friday: The Veil Thins, the Fire Rises On Friday the 23rd, the Sun enters Scorpio at 5:38 a.m., bringing thirty days of fixed water energy. It’s deep and delicious, and I love this time of year. The veil thins, and we can connect with our ancestors and with whatever planes, dimensions of energy, or consciousness they inhabit. The void-of-course Moon is still tracking through most of the day, until it enters Aries at 3:53 p.m. ET. Friday may be a workday for many of us, but while the Moon is still in Pisces, lean into creativity, love, connection, meditation, and all the things that open our hearts. It’s a hard day for dealing with people who are forceful and doubling down. Dissolve them away and flow around them if you can. Once the Moon enters Aries, we’re in fire cardinal energy, and that cooks. It’s an interesting Moon to have with the Sun in Scorpio. The two signs aren’t alike, but in traditional astrology both are ruled by Mars, so both are assertive. Scorpio is more under the radar, but it knows where it wants to go. The drive is strong in both, so Friday into Saturday is incredibly productive. Saturday and Sunday: Deepen Into Love Pay attention to this: the Aries Moon moves into direct opposition to Venus in Libra shortly before the full moon. That full moon, in Taurus, lands just after midnight Eastern on Sunday, so depending on your time zone it’s Sunday or the wee hours of Monday. It’s lit by the Scorpio Sun, and it’s very intense. I feel the opposition is a proposal, a way to work with the push-pull between what one feels they need and how they’re able to achieve it. We can’t push our way into a relationship. Well, we can, but by definition a relationship is about reciprocity. There are functional, dysfunctional, codependent, and healthy ones. Ideally, we’re working toward balance: give and take, reciprocity, and respect. Respect is a huge word for relationship. That’s particularly charged now, with Venus retrograde and an Aries Moon, which is about “what I want, what I need,” against Venus in Libra, which is about “where is the we?” How do we get heard, witnessed, and validated? How do we listen? Mercury went retrograde at 3:18 a.m. Eastern on Saturday, so this is really about going within. Taurus is said to be one of the best places for the Moon, with the message is that there is so much bounty. But this particular Moon indicates juggling and trying to figure out what it’s going for, due to planetary. aspects. So it’s an incredibly valuable weekend to reflect on relationship. Do you have the relationships you require? Are they respectful? Reciprocal? Frustrating? Can they only go so far? With the veil thin, we can also consider relationships that are no longer physically with us. Give yourself time to reflect, journal, and meditate, and to deepen the most important relationship, the one with yourself. When you love, understand, and listen to yourself, you can offer other people that same allowance and respect. I’ve been on a long journey of learning to love myself and be more patient, and that’s why I could have that delightful exchange with Mirimam in the Dallas airport. She’s someone I’ll most likely never see again, and I love her. We need more of that. Allow yourself a weekend to deepen into love. The rest of the week, more in-depth — when you listen to the podcast… Spot on Astrology (https://pamelacucinell.substack.com/): Blog about celebrity astrology and events (https://pamelacucinell.substack.com/) Get full access to Pamela’s Astrology Insight Now! at astrologyoasis.substack.com/subscribe (https://astrologyoasis.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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   11 Oct 2026

   Maximize Results: Waxing Moon October 2026

   Pluto goes Direct on October 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM ET… opens a cycle when deep secrets surface. MONDAY, OCT 12: Moon in Scorpio. Drill Down Today is rather intense. With Pluto turning direct later in the week, it’s as though we can smell what is coming. Whatever you’re exploring, discussing, or researching, it’s deep-dive energy, not surface skidding. If you have a lot of water or earth in your horoscope, or a lot of fixed-sign energy (Scorpio, Aquarius, Leo, and Taurus), you may feel at odds with the day. You want something to happen a certain way and it may not track the way you intend. Remember that Venus is retrograde, so we’re being asked to evaluate what we feel we want or deserve, and there can be a sense of lack. With the Moon in Scorpio, it can feel like our reach just isn’t wide enough to capture it. So the best use of today is to drill down on the one thing that really is your priority. We’re in the waxing Moon cycle, after the Libra New Moon over the weekend. That New Moon dangled opportunity and potential. Scorpio asks what you’re really committed to make happen. When there are so many options, they don’t always feel like opportunities. Go into your gut. What drives us hardest today? What do I want to sink my teeth into? It’s not necessarily a delicious piece of pie, especially if you’re very Scorpionic or have a strong Pluto or Mars… but it’s the goal you want. You may feel a pull, kind of an undertow. Ask yourself whether this is something you’re choosing consciously, or more of a dog-with-a-bone drive. With the waxing Moon, make sure your aim has some freshness to it, a sense of renewal, and that it isn’t just beating old business. Then plan it out so you get the maximum reward for your effort. TUESDAY, OCT 13: Void-of-Course Moon All Day: Follow Through The Moon goes void of course at 4:46 a.m. ET and stays void until it enters Sagittarius at 8:59 p.m. Set things up before the void, so you’re clear on where your energy is going. Scorpio is very good at following through, especially on the hard thing: I am going to sit here until I find the answer. I am going to research this until there’s nothing else to find. A classic example, with Venus retrograde and the Moon void in Scorpio, is tackling the area where you’ve got all that old stuff in storage, or clearing out an older relative’s apartment. This is wonderful disseminating energy. You move through it in a methodical, directed way, ready to recycle it and let it move into another chapter. Sagittarius arrives in the evening. It can feel a little drifty, pie in the sky, that first night. WEDNESDAY, OCT 14: Moon in Sagittarius. Open Up Things take better shape as we move past early morning. Some of us may get an electric jolt of inspiration that derails the plan for the day. Maybe there’s a segue or a detour that needs to happen to let possibilities come our way. Sagittarius is a fire sign, mutable and very adaptable. For fire and air signs especially, this can feel like an invitation: pick up momentum and go much faster than thought, or this candidate is ready to run with me. Even with Venus retrograde, we can still fast-track the things we’ve been working on and the connections they make, when pre-established. Venus retrograde can also bring an opportunity or a job where we negotiate the money or the start date. You can taste it, but it hasn’t taken shape yet. If you were born with Venus retrograde, you’re often in your groove right now. You intuitively know when to take action and how things are unfolding. For those of us with Venus direct, it’s more obtuse. We can’t read the signals as well, while people born with Venus retrograde feel it in their bones: this is familiar, things take time, and you know when to act. THURSDAY, OCT 15: Moon in Sagittarius. Connect The Moon is juiced from dawn until it goes void at 5:56 p.m. ET, and the sense of opportunity carries beyond that. Next weekend Mercury goes retrograde, so on the 15th and into the wee hours of the 16th we’re in a transition space: Venus retrograde, Mercury slowing in the sky. For people who are intuitive and open to receiving, it’s a transmission time. As October moves toward Samhain (here in Mexico, Día de Muertos), the veil is thinning. With both planets retrograde, it’s easier to tap into ancestral knowledge and angelic guidance if you take moments of quiet to listen. Thursday evening you can be at a party full of people and still have a sense of connectivity coming through in ways other than direct. That’s how we can reach someone who is suffering, or someone we can’t be with because they’re in another time zone, or because they’ve passed on. Through love, we can energetically connect, heal, and transmit. I say this as someone who has been through loss and grief, and show me a person who has lived to a certain age and hasn’t. In the raw stages, it’s very difficult, if not impossible, to open up to these new ways of connecting. We have to detach from the physicality of the relationship before we can enter its newness, its depth. So not all of us will connect with people who have died, but the ability is magnified and available now. Messages can feel abstract, too. It may be someone you know, or just a feeling of lightness or difference. If you feel overwhelmed by pain or injustice, send out meditative, loving, healing energy, and don’t discount its power. It’s tremendous. We can absolutely focus on how terrible things are, but we’re in the new Moon cycle of Libra, which is about love and relating. So how do we extend that, instead of anger, grievance, and the feeling that there’s nothing we can do? There’s a lot we can do when we work on instilling hope, love, and justice. Sagittarius can tap into the justice warrior, even within loving consciousness. With Pluto Direct as of 10:41 pm ET, we want to channel our power in the direction we most want, regardless of what may seem insurmountable. FRIDAY, OCT 16 AND SATURDAY, OCT 17: Moon in Capricorn. Build The Moon enters Capricorn at 8:57 a.m. on Friday. It’s less expansive than Sagittarius, but very workmanlike. You might say, okay, I’m going to do these positive-energy exercises even when I’m not feeling positive, because changing the message in my head, heart, and soul is far more constructive. Capricorn is practical. Think about the reality you want to build, and take action on it. It’s not easy. It’s Capricorn, going up the hill, and we stumble a little. Oh, what’s the use? It’s so darn high. I’ll never get there. But we keep going, hoof by hoof, moving methodically in the direction that’s up, that’s elevated, that’s ascension. This can be a highly productive weekend, with a real sense of accomplishment. SUNDAY, OCT 18: Void, Then Aquarius. Tidy Up and Unplug The Moon goes void of course at 12:13 p.m. and enters Aquarius at 9:40 p.m. Once it’s void, stay with whatever momentum you’re on, whether that’s a project, getting things in order for the week ahead, or just cleaning up. Small tasks give us a sense of, all right, things are in order, like the feng shui rule about clutter: put things in order so it’s not so chaotic when you go into the next phase. When the Moon enters Aquarius late Sunday evening, unless you’re a night owl who likes to groove on electronics, get off your devices. Most likely it’ll be a lot of wheel-spinning that isn’t as constructive as a good night’s sleep. The rest of the week, more in-depth — when you listen to the podcast… Spot on Astrology (https://pamelacucinell.substack.com/): Blog about celebrity astrology and events (https://pamelacucinell.substack.com/) Get full access to Pamela’s Astrology Insight Now! at astrologyoasis.substack.com/subscribe (https://astrologyoasis.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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