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Because Mercury is still retrograde this week, its square with worldly Jupiter on October 6 and the conjunction to the Libra Sun on the same day shows that you will be busy evaluating recent conversations. Keep the bigger picture in mind to prevent misunderstandings. In the meantime, romance gets top billing with lovely Venus forming a sextile to Saturn on October 6, a harmonious trine to Uranus on October 9, and a square to mystical Neptune on October 11.

October 6: Sun and Mercury square Jupiter

The Sun and Mercury are both traveling through fair-minded Libra, so there's an emphasis on reducing conflict and getting along with others. Yet with this square to Jupiter in ambitious Capricorn, this peace-making sensibility is challenged to develop a practical plan and a worldlier point of view. Watch for accusations of naivete to surface when you are at your most diplomatic.

October 6: Sun conjunct Mercury

Mercury, the traveling ambassador, comes home to the Sun with plenty of information that has been collected during the current retrograde period. It's time to begin planning without acting on anything just yet.

October 6: Venus sextile Saturn October 9; Venus trine Uranus October 11; Venus square Neptune

Your romantic life would make an interesting movie this week! Venus in passionate Scorpio forms a beneficial sextile to serious Saturn, giving you plenty of grounded energy to firm up your relationship commitments. With the Uranus trine to Venus, make room for individual expression, but be careful with the square to Neptune that you don't put rose-colored glasses on and gloss over something that you really should be paying attention to!

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