Horoscope For Today: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

A new chapter begins today as the new moon in Libra emphasizes our collective focus on romance, partnership, and balance.

Before it goes exact, there is a challenging aspect at 1:05 AM EST, during which the moon faces off in an opposition against retrograde Chiron at 24° Aries. This forces us to confront wounds relating to our individuality and how they impact our interpersonal relationships.

Aggressive and powerful Mars comes into conjunction with Mercury at 20° Scorpio at 6:40 AM, intensifying dark and sinister impulses and motivating us to take action towards our deepest and most private desires.

At 8:24 AM, the sun and moon at 28° Libra come into their exact conjunction and the new moon hits it peak, kicking off a new six-month cycle in our relationships that will culminate on April 1, 2026, when the full moon in Libra illuminates the truth within our closest partnerships.

Soon after, at 11:43 AM, the moon shifts from the more diplomatic realm of Libra into Scorpio, where it will join Mars, Mercury, and Black Moon Lilith—a sweeping stellium that amplifies everything related to the dark, otherworldly, and mysterious.

While this cutthroat energy is ideal for introspective shadow work and psychological self-awareness, it’s also indicative of cruelty, verbal abuse, and festering hatred and rage. Without a constructive outlet, this inevitably has to go somewhere; try not to let yourself unleash it on the undeserving just because they happen to get caught in the crossfire.

Furthermore, with Lilith currently in a close trine with Jupiter at 24° Cancer, the dark energy is intensified, expanding as our protective, instinctual desire to protect our homes, families, and communities is triggered by external threats to our perceived security.

To add to the Scorpionic themes of the day, there’s also the tense square from the moon to Pluto at 1° Aquarius at 2:27 PM, which will demand our full attention as it dredges toxic secrets and taboo scandals to the surface. Things are about to get real, and you won’t be able to ignore reality as it’s staring you directly in the face.

With the knowledge and foresight to weather the storm, it’s less frightening. Read the following forecast based on your rising sign for an idea of what’s coming today.

Aries

Before the new moon in your seventh house reaches its climax, it makes a fierce opposition to Chiron in your first, forcing you to confront, process, and inevitably release some of the deepest wounds relating to your personal identity before you can put all of your attention on your interpersonal relationships. Then comes the conjunction between Mercury and Mars in your eighth house, at which point your already-intense desire to assert boundaries will be heightened astronomically.

After a hopefully productive period of dialogue about all the unhealed trauma you have been grappling with, the new moon in your seventh represents a new and transformative beginning in your partnerships, both platonic and romantic.

Later this morning, the moon ingresses into your eighth house, joining an intense and dramatic stellium that includes Black Moon Lilith. Lilith itself is currently in a close trine to Jupiter in your fourth house, reflecting severe limitations to familial happiness and comfort as open enemies begin to come out of the shadows.

Furthermore, this afternoon there is an intense square between the moon and Pluto in your eleventh house, bringing drama to your friend group too.

Taurus

In the hours preceding the new moon in your sixth house, it will make a tense opposition to Chiron in your twelfth, encouraging an analysis of your physical and mental health and how the two interact with one another. Pay close attention to what your body is telling you and allow yourself to feel, rather than repress, important emotions.

When the conjunction between Mercury and Mars arrives, it puts your attention on your seventh house and signifies potential upheaval in your closest relationships. Everyone will feel inclined to speak their mind, and their words might come across more ruthless and cutthroat than intended.

By the time we reach the exact moment of the new moon in your sixth house, you’ll be feeling very empowered to begin a new chapter of your health, wellness, and work journey, especially if you are in partnership with someone who is aligned with you.

Later on, the moon will ingress into your seventh house, where it will join a daunting stellium, including Black Moon Lilith, which is currently in a very tight trine to Jupiter in your third house, expanding the challenges between your local environment, family, and your partner.

What’s more, there is a harsh square this afternoon between the moon and Pluto in your tenth house, challenging you to consider how your closest relationships are impacting your career, reputation, and legacy.

Gemini

Before the new moon in your fifth house catapults you into a new era of your life, it must first make a final challenging opposition to Chiron in your eleventh, at which point you will begin to understand which friends and peers are no longer aligned with you. Even if you lose some treasured friends, and even if the fallout is painful, understand that some people are only meant to be in our lives for a short period of time to teach us karmic lessons.

The Mercury-Mars conjunction hits your sixth house next, triggering uncomfortable conversions about your daily habits, health, and work routine. If your coworkers seem unusually combative, do your best to disengage and not add fuel to the fire.

Then comes the exact new moon in your fifth house, and the beginning of a new chapter in your creative, spiritual, and romantic life. This is an ideal time to launch a new artistic project, pursue a hobby, or try casually seeing a new person without a great deal of pressure or strings attached.

Later, when the moon moves into your sixth house, the mood will turn considerably more serious as it links up with a powerfully dark stellium, including Black Moon Lilith. Lilith is, at this very moment, making a close trine to Jupiter in your second house, challenging your relationship to money—that which you earn yourself and that which you have inherited through death or marriage.

Last but not least, there is the square this afternoon between the moon and Pluto in your ninth house, convicting you to challenge your deeply held beliefs, especially if they are contradictory to the work you are currently doing.

Cancer

Before the new moon perfects in your fourth house, the opposition to Chiron in your tenth brings to the surface deep and long-standing wounds around your public image, career path, and reputation. Some of you will inevitably face scandals. If you’re being cancelled or deplatformed at work, or the mob is coming at you with pitchforks, the best thing to do is say silent. Give them no further ammo.

Then, as the Mercury-Mars conjunction strikes in your fifth house, tensions are inevitable with your short-term partners and creative collaborators. This is volatile energy that can trigger strong opinions and reactionary words, especially over creative differences.

The new moon in your fourth house marks a powerful new beginning in your private life, especially your physical home and your family. This is a potent time to plant roots or reconfigure your sense of safety and security.

When the moon moves into your fifth house later this morning, joining a fierce stellium that includes Black Moon Lilith, your creative and romantic instincts become bolder and more primal. Lilith’s trine to Jupiter in your first house adds intensity to your desires and confidence. You may feel so powerful that you alienate others through your need to control, so try to stay grounded and humble.

Finally, the square between the moon and Pluto in your eighth house will force you to confront hidden power dynamics in your romantic relationships, particularly those involving money, sex, and psychological trauma.

Leo

Before the new moon culminates in your third house, the moon’s opposition to Chiron in your ninth will trigger sore points around your worldview. You may suddenly question your deeply held beliefs, or feel a certain sense of shame over a lack of formal education or cultural experience. Whatever’s been festering in silence now demands reflection.

The Mercury-Mars conjunction occurs in your fourth house, potentially igniting fierce disputes within your household. Buried resentments could come to the surface with explosive intensity. Assert boundaries and don’t let anyone push you past your limits.

At the moment of the new moon in your third house, you are called to begin a new chapter in how you think, learn, and communicate. Stay open to unexpected messages from siblings, neighbors, and close members of your community.

Then, as the moon enters your fourth house, joining a heavy and dark stellium, your emotional world grows darker and more introspective. This is amplified by Black Moon Lilith’s trine to Jupiter in your twelfth house, guiding you quietly into hermit mode.

This afternoon, the square between the moon and Pluto in your seventh house may result in a confrontational moment with a partner or close ally.

Virgo

Before the new moon lights up your second house, it must first oppose Chiron in your eighth, activating wounds related to shared finances, sexual intimacy, and deeply buried trauma. It is best to be open about your struggles around this time, as you never know who might be willing to step up and help you. The catharsis of revealing shameful secrets cannot be overstated.

In the hours that follow, Mercury and Mars conjoin in your third house, increasing the likelihood of verbal warfare among your siblings, neighbors, and local friends. Your words carry more sting than usual, and the temptation to cut someone down may feel irresistible. Try not to be reactive right now.

When the new moon finally hits your second house, you are encouraged to redefine your values relating to both material possessions and your self-worth. You are likely attaching the latter to the former. However, you’re entering a new cycle in which you can rebuild your confidence and stop defining yourself by your worldly accomplishments. Abundance comes in many forms.

The moon’s ingress into your third house adds more layers of intensity to communication, especially as it joins an already-packed stellium that includes Black Moon Lilith. With Lilith in trine to Jupiter in your eleventh, you may experience tension in a friend group or community over financial disagreements.

Finally, the square between the moon and Pluto in your sixth house brings to light uncomfortable truths about your work environment, health, and daily habits.

Libra

Before the new moon hits its peak in your first house, there is a tense opposition to Chiron in your seventh, highlighting painful realizations about how your identity has been shaped by your closest relationships. You may be starting to realize that you do not know who you are outside of your partnership with others. Recognizing this is the first step towards individuation.

Later, the Mercury-Mars conjunction in your second house might tempt you to make some daring financial decisions on impulse. Just beware of anything that looks too good to be true, as this is the type of astro weather under which scammers prey on the vulnerable.The new moon in your first house is your cosmic reset button, marking a brand-new and very cathartic beginning for your body, your mind, and your soul. Get clear about what you want to accomplish, and who you want to show up as in the world—and don’t compromise your integrity to get there.

The moon moves into your second house later this morning, linking with a powerful and unnerving stellium that includes Black Moon Lilith. Lilith is, in fact, currently trining Jupiter in your eighth house. This could result in issues over inheritance, debt, or emotionally charged resource sharing. A partner may not be as generous as you hoped—or you may realize you’ve been too generous yourself.

Finally, this afternoon, the moon’s square to Pluto in your fifth house challenges your self-expression. This tense moment may bring secrets or taboo feelings to the surface in your romantic or creative life.

Scorpio

As the new moon prepares to illuminate your twelfth house, it first forms a powerful opposition to Chiron in your sixth. This could trigger a flare-up of chronic health struggles or anxiety battles you’ve been fighting. Avoid the temptation to numb it out or ignore what these hardships are trying to teach you.

The Mercury-Mars conjunction in your first house gives a very forceful and potentially dangerous edge to your personality, as you give off “don’t mess with me” energy. You may lash out before you even know what you’re reacting to. You feel empowered to stand in your truth, but you might find it difficult to discern which battles are actually worth fighting.

Once the new moon reaches its pinnacle in your twelfth house, you can rest easily, knowing that you’re entering a deeply introspective era of your life. This is a kind of spiritual detox. There is no point in resisting the allure of rest, release, and healing, even if you need to physically cloister yourself away in order to regulate your nervous system.

When the moon enters your first house and joins the intense stellium already building there, everything becomes personal. The trine from Black Moon Lilith to Jupiter in your seventh house will inevitably provoke conflict or jealousy in partnerships. Power dynamics are impossible to ignore right now. Don’t be afraid to stand your ground, even if it seems like a terrible risk to the foundation of the relationship. Whatever is solid will remain.

Finally, the moon’s square to Pluto in your fourth house unearths buried familial traumas or repressed emotional memories.

Sagittarius

Before the new moon activates your eleventh house, it must first oppose Chiron in your fifth, dredging up insecurities around your ability to express yourself authentically in groups. You may feel like the perpetual outsider, without considering that you are rejecting others before they ever have a chance to know you. This is a form of self-sabotage that serves no one in the long run.

As Mercury and Mars conjoin in your twelfth house, secret motivations or repressed anger are very likely to come to the surface. You’re more intuitive than ever before, but with these lightning strikes of psychic insight come equal amounts of potential reactivity and danger. Watch what you say behind closed doors, and what secrets you share. You never know who might be listening.

Later, the new moon in your eleventh house gives you the green light to make new friends whose dreams are similar to your own and who can provide you with a path to achieve them.

Once the moon moves into your twelfth house, joining a thick and powerful stellium that includes Black Moon Lilith, you are encouraged to self-isolate, rather than get too involved in matters that don’t concern you. Lilith is currently trine to Jupiter in your sixth house, so you could finally crash out today if you’ve been feeling used for your labor or overburdened with work that your coworkers really should be picking up the slack on.

Lastly, the square between the moon and Pluto in your third house may stir uncomfortable realizations about how you communicate or how your environment is affecting your mental health.

Capricorn

As the new moon builds in your tenth house, the opposition to Chiron in your fourth asks you to reckon with early wounds around safety and belonging. You are encouraged to question how much of your ambition is rooted in a need to prove your worth to your family—or, on the other hand, to escape from their rigid control.

The Mercury-Mars conjunction in your eleventh house may ignite volatile drama in group settings or among friends. Someone may say the quiet part out loud, and it won’t be easily forgotten. Stay neutral if possible.

Then, when the new moon goes exact in your tenth house, you will feel as though you have been offered a clean slate in your public life. If you’ve been aiming characteristically high, this is the time to aim even higher.

Once the moon ingresses into your eleventh house, joining the intense stellium that includes Black Moon Lilith, you may find yourself repelled by surface-level connections. Lilith’s trine to Jupiter in your fifth house suggests that your desire for authentic expression and artistic integrity will override any interest in fitting in.

Last but certainly not least, there’s the intense square between the moon and Pluto in your second house. This will force you to reevaluate what you’re worth—and whether your current compensation reflects that.

Aquarius

Before the new moon lights up your ninth house of expansion, it first confronts Chiron in your third, raising painful memories around being misunderstood, silenced, or dismissed. If you’ve felt like your neighbors, siblings, and extended family don’t understand you, this might actually be a sign that you’re on the right track—you’re not necessarily wrong, you’re just in the wrong environment.

The Mercury-Mars conjunction in your tenth house, on the other hand, gives you the opportunity to powerfully assert yourself in a professional capacity—but be warned: this energy cuts both ways. Office power struggles can, and often do, escalate quickly. Keep your composure and try not to use any of your colleagues’ weaknesses against them, even if it’s oh-so-tempting to do so.

When the new moon finally reaches exactitude in your ninth house, you will undoubtedly feel the call to study something new, plan a long-distance trip, or reframe your philosophical or spiritual beliefs. If you are religious, you will feel a call to study sacred texts and more deeply understand the character of the divine.

The moon’s ingress into your tenth house brings with it a pretty instant tonal shift, one that is all about legacy, power, and control, especially with the crowded stellium up there, including Black Moon Lilith. With Lilith trining Jupiter in your fourth, you may experience tension between your desire for independence and your obligations at home.

Finally, the square between the moon and Pluto in your first house forces a deep and transformative confrontation with your own shadow. It may be time to sincerely ask yourself the question we’ve all been grappling with lately: Are you leading from fear or from love?

Pisces

Before the new moon fully arrives in your eighth house, it faces off with Chiron in your second, pushing you to face insecurities about money, survival, and self-worth. What do you believe you’re worth, and who taught you to believe it?

Then there’s the Mercury-Mars conjunction in your ninth house, which is likely to lead to ideological, religious, or political debates that get confrontational very fast. Stay firm in your truth, but don’t mistake loudness for conviction. The goal is to lead with love, not dominance.

When the new moon finally reaches its climax in your eighth house, you can expect to enter a new cycle of deep transformation. Themes around sexuality, mortality, and psychological burdens will color your life for the foreseeable future, weighing heavily on you.

When the moon enters your ninth house later today, joining the intense stellium there that includes Black Moon Lilith, your quest for deeper meaning intensifies to an almost obsessive degree. Lilith is currently in a close trine to Jupiter in your third house, so this could manifest as an obsession with forbidden knowledge, or an urge to speak truth to power, no matter the fallout.

Lastly, the square between the moon and Pluto in your twelfth house will force you to unlock some repressed trauma that you have been avoiding, most likely by rationalizing your ideological commitment. You may finally realize you have been blinded by confirmation bias.