A Weekly Astrological Look Ahead with Soul-Work Journal Prompts, Healing Opportunities, as well as Actionable Steps to Work with the Energy.
Hey Soul Seekers,
The Astrology for October 12th – 18th offers a slower pace—a welcome pause after the intensity we’ve been moving through. We only have two days of major transits this week, which gives us space to breathe, integrate, and prepare for what’s ahead.
Thursday brings the Sun sextile Jupiter—a creative, expansive aspect that opens doors to growth, inspiration, and relational insight. But this isn’t lighthearted growth. It’s meaningful growth, filtered through the Venus retrograde in Scorpio, Mars in Leo, and Pluto stationing direct. And that Pluto shift is significant: after months of retrograde introspection, Pluto finally stations direct, marking a powerful turning point. The inner work we’ve been doing—the excavating, the understanding, the healing—now begins to move outward. We can implement what we’ve learned. We can transform what has felt stuck. We can finally take action on the insights we’ve been gathering. This is where the inner work starts showing up in our outer world.
Friday brings something rare and beautiful: a double kite formation in the sky—a configuration that amplifies potential, direction, and momentum. At the same time, Mars in Leo trines Saturn retrograde in Aries, adding structure, discipline, and long-term focus to the day’s energy. Mars brings passion, creativity, and drive. Saturn brings foundation, planning, and endurance. Together, they help us build what we desire, commit to what matters, and take steady steps toward our long-term goals.
This is a day of direction, purpose, and possibility—a day where emotional healing and inspired action merge. The kites lift us. The fire trine energizes us. Mars and Saturn help us build what lasts.
This is a week of healing, growth, and building what truly matters. Let the inner work move outward. Let the kites lift you. Let Mars and Saturn help you build what matters. Release old beliefs, patterns, and ego stories that hold you back. Heal identity wounds with compassion. Pursue what feels meaningful, wholesome, and fulfilling.
Step into your growth. Align with your path. Let the sky guide you forward.
A Reminder
A friendly reminder, with Saturn and Neptune moving through Aries, time may feel fast, scattered, or hard to wrangle. Let joy, purpose, personal development, and what truly nourishes you, be your compass. These are the anchors that keep you grounded while everything else accelerates.
I’ll be opening my schedule for consults soon. I’ll begin with those that are on the waitlist, first taking members, then move to the non‑members on the waitlist. I’ll be reaching out one‑by‑one, so I don’t overwhelm myself, as I ease back into a heavier workload. Thank you for your patience, your understanding, and your support. I’m deeply grateful to do what I love — and it’s because of you.
Moving Forward
With the significant energy for 2026, I’ve personally decided to make the extended weekly articles available to everyone, not just our Soul Seeker members. My purpose is to help and support our healing journey using astrology, and I believe the insight in the weekly articles, is a tool meant to be shared with everyone. We can all use this as a supportive map for the energetic times we live in, as we work to create a more conscious and compassionate world, together.
Sharing is Caring
If my work resonates with you, the best way you can help is to share it. Pass it along to anyone you feel could benefit. We are all healing something, and by supporting each other with wisdom and understanding, we upgrade not just individually, but collectively—stepping closer into our most authentic, soul-aligned selves. 2026 brings powerful astrological energies that will fundamentally reshape our self-perception and our experience of the world around us. I want these weekly updates to help validate what we are moving through so we can heal and grow together. *If my weekly articles or our consults have been a helpful part of your journey, I would be so grateful if you felt called to share your experience. You can leave a review or testimony right on my website.
Now, let’s dive into the energetic currents for this week, October 12th – 18th.
~Amanda~
Your Personal Astrologer
*If my weekly articles or our consults have been a helpful part of your journey, I would be so grateful if you felt called to share your experience. You can leave a review or testimony right on my website.
Soul Healing Astrology Offers:
*Do You Need a Personal Consult? If you’re curious about what’s happening in your personal chart, you can schedule a consultation. Together, we’ll deep dive into the insights and messages the universe has for you. Looking forward to connecting! (consults opening soon)
*Do You Want to Support Me & Buy me a Coffee? If you’d like to make a difference and support my work, you can “Buy me a Coffee” here. I appreciate your consistent support, your messages, and sharing these articles with others. *Note: If you give $10, you will automatically be entered into our Soul Seeker Membership, for 1 month. (I just need your email address to make sure you are entered)
*Do You Crave Something deeper? Join the Soul Seekers Membership for just $10/month. You’ll get actionable steps in my weekly articles, bi-monthly Moon Gatherings, and 20% off all consultations. Become part of our healing inner circle.
Disclaimer:
**Astrology is a nuanced, symbolic practice. These interpretations are not definitive; they’re meant to offer possibilities rather than certainties. How a transit expresses itself can shift depending on how your personal natal chart is activated — or not activated — by the current sky. Take what resonates for you and gently leave what doesn’t.This breakdown is based on Western Tropical Astrology and reflects a collective energetic assessment, not a personal reading.
A Quick Glance Ahead:
Monday October 12th, 2026
* No Transit Today
Tuesday October 13th, 2026
* No Transit Today
Wednesday October 14th, 2026
* No Transit Today
Thursday October 15th, 2026
* Sun (Libra) sextile Jupiter (Leo)
* Pluto Stations Direct (Aqua.)
-Thursday’s Sun–Jupiter sextile is an active-growth moment — a creative, inspiring, opportunity‑opening transit that only unfolds when you consciously engage it — but because it’s filtered through Venus retrograde, Mars in Leo, and Pluto stationing direct, the expansion comes specifically through emotional honesty, relational recalibration, and shadow work. It’s a day where optimism meets depth, and the inner healing you’ve been doing begins translating into outward movement, clarity, and meaningful transformation.
Friday October 16th, 2026
* Mars (Leo) trine Saturn Rx (Aries)
-Thursday’s double‑kite formation creates a rare surge of clarity, momentum, and soul‑direction — one kite pulling you toward the North Node’s future path, the other toward the Sun’s healing in Libra — all powered by a grand fire trine that energizes courage, inspiration, and emotional breakthroughs. With Mars trine Saturn adding structure and Pluto’s ongoing work still shaping the emotional landscape, this becomes a day of purposeful release, meaningful healing, and forward movement toward what feels aligned, authentic, and deeply fulfilling.
Saturday October 17th, 2026
* No Transit Today
Sunday October 18th, 2026
* No Transit Today
Astrological Breakdown for the Week
The Astrology for October 12th – 18th
This week moves with intention—slow, steady, and deeply purposeful. The energy begins to shift on Thursday as the Sun forms a sextile to Jupiter, a creative and expansive aspect that opens doors to growth, inspiration, and relational insight. But this isn’t lighthearted growth; it’s meaningful growth, filtered through the deeper currents of Venus retrograde in Scorpio, Mars in Leo, and Pluto stationing direct.
Pluto’s shift from retrograde to direct marks a powerful turning point. The inner work we’ve been doing for months now begins to move outward. What has been internalized can finally be implemented, although we are still working with this energy in a very powerful way. What has felt stuck can begin to transform. This is the moment where insights become action, and where healing becomes integration.
Then Friday brings a rare and potent double kite formation—a configuration that amplifies potential, direction, and momentum. It’s a cosmic alignment that points us toward what matters most, offering clarity and support as we move forward. At the same time, Mars trines Saturn retrograde, adding structure, discipline, healing, and long‑term focus to the day’s energy. This is where passion meets responsibility, and where desire meets commitment.
This week is about healing, growth, and building what truly matters. It’s a week that asks us to move with intention, to trust the process, and to honor the transformation already unfolding within us.
Thursday, October 15th: Sun (Libra) sextile Jupiter (Leo); Pluto Stations Direct (Aqua.)
On Thursday, the Sun in Libra forms a sextile to Jupiter in Leo — an Air‑and‑Fire combination that brings creativity, inspiration, ideas, and growth. But like all sextiles, this is not automatic. It requires conscious action. We must choose to work with it. Jupiter expands whatever it touches, but it expands through participation, intention, and willingness to grow.
Jupiter is ruled by the Sun, which means this sextile is a mutual exchange of energy: the Sun feeds Jupiter, and Jupiter amplifies the Sun. But the Sun is ruled by Venus retrograde in Scorpio, and Venus is ruled by Mars in Leo, and co‑ruled by Pluto in Aquarius — the very planet stationing direct today.
This creates a powerful rulership chain: Sun → Venus Rx → Mars → Pluto (stationing direct)
This means the Sun/Jupiter sextile is not simply about optimism or creativity — it is filtered through Venus’s retrograde storyline, Mars’s ego and instinctive drive, and Pluto’s deep psychological transformation. Growth is available, but it comes through emotional honesty, relational recalibration, and shadow work.
The Sun sextile Jupiter can bring:
- creative breakthroughs
- relational insight
- clarity around values
- renewed confidence
- a desire to connect
- inspiration to grow
But because Venus retrograde is the ruler, this growth is tied to how we show up in relationships, how we communicate, how we handle conflict, how we navigate vulnerability, and how we take responsibility for our part in relational dynamics.
And because Pluto is stationing direct — intensifying all Plutonic themes — the Sun/Jupiter sextile becomes a moment where growth emerges from the very material Pluto has been excavating for months. Pluto retrograde helped us connect with what hurts internally. Pluto direct helps us transform it externally. Jupiter expands the possibility. The Sun illuminates the path. Venus retrograde reveals the wound. Mars provides the courage. Pluto provides the depth.
This is not lighthearted growth — it is meaningful growth. It is growth that comes from doing the work.
As mentioned, later in the day Pluto stations direct in Aquarius at 3°04′, intensifying the deeper psychological themes we’ve been working through since Pluto went retrograde on May 6th at 5°30′. Pluto stationing direct always amplifies Plutonic themes for several days: transformation, shadow work, emotional truth, power dynamics, and the deep inner material we’ve been processing. Because Venus retrograde in Scorpio is still in a square to Pluto, this station directly affects Venus’s retrograde storyline — making relational wounds, insecurities, fears, and emotional truths feel sharper, louder, and more urgent.
The Sun is also trine the North Node in Aquarius, adding a layer of soul‑growth, direction, and purpose. But the Sun is moving into an opposition with Chiron retrograde in Aries, highlighting identity wounds, emotional pain, and the places where we feel vulnerable or exposed. This combination creates a dynamic where growth and healing are intertwined — we expand through what hurts, and we evolve through what feels uncomfortable.
Pluto stationing direct shifts the energy from internal processing to external implementation. When Pluto is retrograde, we connect with what hurts internally — we excavate, reflect, and understand. When Pluto stations direct, the energy begins to move forward. We can take action on what we’ve learned. We can transform what has felt stuck. We can implement the insights we’ve gained. This is where the inner work begins to show up in our outer behavior.
What it feels like: Today feels like a blend of heaviness and hope. You may feel emotionally sensitive, aware of wounds resurfacing, or confronted by relational or identity triggers. At the same time, you may feel inspired, creative, or aware of new possibilities. There is a sense of movement — like something inside you is shifting from reflection to action. Pluto’s station can feel intense, but Jupiter’s sextile softens the edges, offering perspective and growth.
Positive expressions: This energy supports creative breakthroughs, relational growth, emotional healing, and purposeful action. The Sun–Jupiter sextile brings optimism, wisdom, and inspiration. The trine to the North Node supports soul‑growth. Pluto direct helps you implement the inner work you’ve been doing. Venus retrograde helps you understand your relational patterns. Chiron helps you heal identity wounds. Together, these energies create a powerful moment for transformation and forward movement.
Shadow expressions: The shadow may show up as emotional overwhelm, relational tension, defensiveness, or fear of change. Pluto’s station can amplify intensity. Venus retrograde can heighten insecurity. Chiron can trigger identity wounds. Jupiter can exaggerate feelings. The shadow is reacting from fear rather than responding from awareness — clinging to old patterns instead of embracing growth.
The invitation: Let the inner work move outward. Use the Sun–Jupiter sextile to express yourself, connect with others, and embrace growth. Use Pluto’s station to implement what you’ve learned. Take responsibility for your healing. Communicate vulnerably. Stay open to insight. Allow transformation to unfold. This is a day where creativity meets shadow work, where inspiration meets responsibility, and where growth becomes possible through emotional truth.
Healing Opportunity & Actionable Step:
Moving the Inner Work Outward
Aligned with Sun sextile Jupiter (growth through conscious action) and Pluto stationing direct (implementing what we’ve learned).
Positive Expression: Creative breakthroughs, relational growth, emotional healing, and purposeful action. Optimism, wisdom, and inspiration. Soul-growth and direction. Implementing the inner work you’ve been doing. Understanding your relational patterns. Healing identity wounds.
Shadow Expression: Emotional overwhelm, relational tension, defensiveness, or fear of change. Amplified intensity. Heightened insecurity. Triggered identity wounds. Reacting from fear rather than responding from awareness—clinging to old patterns instead of embracing growth.
Actionable Step: Journal: What inner work have I been doing over the past several months—what wounds have I been excavating, what patterns have I been understanding? Now that Pluto is stationing direct, how can I begin to implement what I’ve learned? What is one small, concrete action I can take today to move this inner work outward? Then, take that action—have the conversation, set the boundary, make the change, or simply express what you’ve been holding inside. This is where the inner work begins to show up in your outer world. Growth is available, but it comes through emotional honesty, relational recalibration, and conscious action.
Friday, October 16th: Mars (Leo) trine Saturn Rx (Aries)
Today brings a rare and powerful double kite formation in the sky — a configuration that amplifies potential, direction, and momentum. One apex is the North Node in Aquarius, with the South Node and Jupiter in Leo forming the base. The other apex is the Sun in Libra, with Chiron retrograde in Aries forming its base. Both kites are connected by the same grand fire trine: the Moon in Sagittarius, Chiron retrograde in Aries, and Jupiter/South Node in Leo. This creates a day filled with energetic possibility, inspiration, and meaningful healing and growth.
The first kite — with the North Node at the apex — ushers us toward new growth, new pathways, and new soul direction. The South Node and Jupiter in Leo at the base show what must be released: old beliefs, outdated identities, ego patterns, and creative expressions that no longer serve us. Jupiter expands what we’re letting go, helping us see clearly what is holding us back so we can move forward with purpose.
The second kite — with the Sun in Libra at the apex — encourages healing around relationships, identity, and emotional wounds. Chiron retrograde in Aries at the base highlights where we feel hurt, insecure, or vulnerable. The grand fire trine energizes this healing process, offering inspiration (Sagittarius Moon), courage (Chiron in Aries), and heart‑centered growth (Jupiter/South Node in Leo). Together, these kites help us pursue what feels meaningful, wholesome, and fulfilling — instead of what drains or depletes us.
Mars in Leo forms a trine to Saturn retrograde in Aries, adding structure, discipline, and long‑term focus to the day’s energy. Mars is ruled by the Sun in Libra, and Saturn retrograde is ruled by Mars — creating a feedback loop that ultimately points back to the Sun in Libra, the apex of one of the kites. Mars brings passion, creativity, and drive. Saturn brings foundation, planning, and endurance. Together, they help us build what we desire, commit to what matters, and take steady steps of healing toward our long‑term goals.
Saturn retrograde in Aries rules the North Node, reinforcing the theme of growth, courage, and doing something different. This includes tending to deep emotional wounds from the Venus retrograde and Mercury in Scorpio. Mars rules Scorpio along with Venus retrograde and Mercury, and Mars also rules Aries — where Neptune retrograde, Saturn retrograde, and Chiron retrograde are traveling. Mars is assessing where our wounds interfere with our desires, where fear blocks action, and where pride or insecurity keeps us from pursuing what we truly want.
Saturn’s structure supports Mars’s drive, helping us discern what is essential for growth and what must be released. This is a day where emotional healing, identity work, and relational recalibration merge with inspiration, courage, and long‑term vision.
What it feels like: Today feels energized, purposeful, and emotionally charged. You may feel pulled toward growth, aware of what needs to be released, and inspired to pursue something meaningful. There may be moments of vulnerability or emotional sensitivity, but also clarity, motivation, and a sense of direction. The fire trine brings enthusiasm; the kites bring purpose; Mars and Saturn bring direction and structure.
Positive expressions: This energy supports healing, growth, creativity, and long‑term development. The double kite formation helps you see your path clearly. The grand fire trine energizes your motivation. Mars trine Saturn helps you build something lasting. The Sun apex encourages relational harmony and identity healing. The North Node apex encourages soul‑growth and forward momentum. This is a powerful day for aligning your desires with your purpose.
Shadow expressions: The shadow may show up as overwhelm, emotional reactivity, ego defensiveness, or resistance to change. Jupiter can amplify old patterns. Chiron can intensify wounds. Mars can act from pride. Saturn can feel heavy or restrictive. The shadow is clinging to what is familiar instead of embracing growth, or reacting from insecurity instead of responding from awareness.
The invitation: Let the kites lift you. Let the fire trine energize you. Let Mars and Saturn help you build what matters. Release old beliefs, patterns, and ego stories that hold you back. Heal identity wounds with compassion. Pursue what feels meaningful, wholesome, and fulfilling. This is a day of direction, purpose, and possibility — a day where emotional healing and inspired action merge. Step into your growth. Align with your path. Let the sky guide you forward.
Healing opportunity & Actionable Step:
Aligning Your Desires with Your Purpose
Aligned with Mars trine Saturn Rx (structure meets drive) and the double kite formation (amplified potential, direction, and momentum).
Positive Expression: Healing, growth, creativity, and long-term development. Seeing your path clearly. Energized motivation. Building something lasting. Encouraging relational harmony and identity healing. Soul-growth and new beginnings. Aligning your desires with your purpose.
Shadow Expression: Overwhelm, emotional reactivity, ego defensiveness, or resistance to change. Amplified old patterns. Intensified wounds. Acting from pride. Feeling heavy or restrictive. Clinging to what is familiar instead of embracing growth.
Actionable Step: Journal: What do I truly desire—not what I think I should want, but what actually lights me up and feels meaningful? What old belief, pattern, or ego story is holding me back from pursuing it? Where is fear blocking action? What would it look like to release what no longer serves me and take one steady step toward what does? Then, do one small thing that aligns your actions with your desires—move your body, commit to a practice, have the conversation, or simply make a choice that honors what matters to you. Let the kites lift you. Let the fire trine energize you. Let Mars and Saturn help you build what lasts. This is a day of direction, purpose, and possibility—a day where emotional healing and inspired action merge.
Healing Mantra for the Week:
“I release what holds me back. I soften my grip on what no longer fits. I make space for what wants to grow.”
Psychology Fact:
The Intention-Behavior Gap, Implementation of Intentions & The Neuroscience of Transformation
Research on the intention-behavior gap (Gollwitzer) shows that while most people form intentions to change—to heal, to grow, to set boundaries, to pursue what matters—only a fraction actually follow through. The gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it is one of the most well-documented phenomena in psychology. The antidote is implementation intentions—specific “if-then” plans that bridge the gap between intention and action. Studies show that implementation intentions can double or triple follow-through rates because they delegate control to situational cues, bypassing the need for conscious willpower in the moment. Additionally, research on neuroplasticity shows that insight alone does not create lasting change—action does. When we take action on what we’ve learned, the brain’s prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia create new neural pathways that support the new behavior. Each time we act in alignment with our growth, we strengthen the neural circuitry of transformation. Conversely, when we understand something but don’t act on it, the insight remains intellectual—and the old patterns remain intact. Pluto stationing direct is the perfect metaphor for this: the retrograde phase was for understanding (insight), and the direct phase is for implementation (action). The inner work must move outward for transformation to be real.
Relevance: Pluto stationing direct shifts the energy from internal processing to external implementation. Mars trine Saturn adds structure and discipline to our desires. The Sun sextile Jupiter expands our potential—but only if we participate. The shadow is staying stuck in insight without action. The healing is to bridge the gap between knowing and doing.
Practice: For each insight you’ve gained during the retrograde season:
1. Name the Insight: “What I now understand is ________.”
2. Create an Implementation Intention: “If [situation], then I will [specific action aligned with my insight].”
For example: “If I feel [triggered in a conversation], then I will [pause and take three breaths before responding].” “If I [notice myself clinging to an old pattern], then I will [gently ask: ‘What would growth look like here?]'”
3. Take One Action Today: Choose one insight and take one small, concrete action that reflects it—not the whole leap, just a step.
4. Journal After: “I took action on what I’ve learned. What I felt was ________. What shifted was ________.”
This practice transforms insight into embodied change. The inner work becomes outward transformation. The gap between knowing and doing closes—one small, intentional healing action at a time.
Shadow Journal Prompts: (for the whole week)
- What Inner Work Am I Ready to Move Outward? Pluto stationing direct marks the shift from internal processing to external implementation.
Over the past several months, what inner work have you been doing—what wounds have you been excavating, what patterns have you been understanding, what truths have you been facing? Now that Pluto is stationing direct, how can you begin to implement what you’ve learned? What is one small, concrete action you can take today to move this inner work outward—to let it show up in your behavior, your relationships, your choices? What would it feel like to stop circling the insight and start living it? - Where Is Growth Available If I Choose to Participate? Sun sextile Jupiter offers creative expansion, but only if we consciously work with it.
Where in your life is growth available right now—but only if you choose to participate? What opportunity, insight, or possibility is being offered that requires your active engagement? What would it look like to lean in rather than hold back? Where have you been waiting for growth to happen to you instead of actively co-creating it? What’s one step you can take this week, to say yes to your own expansion? - What Am I Ready to Release So I Can Build What Matters? The double kite formation asks us to release old beliefs and ego patterns so we can pursue what feels meaningful and fulfilling.
What old belief, outdated identity, or ego pattern is holding you back from pursuing what truly matters? What have you been clinging to out of fear, pride, or familiarity? If you released it—even just a little—what would become possible? What would it feel like to let go of what no longer serves you and take one steady step toward what does? - Where Am I Being Called to Align My Desires with My Actions? Mars trine Saturn brings structure, discipline, and long-term focus to our desires.
What do you truly desire—not what you think you should want, but what actually lights you up and feels meaningful? Where is fear blocking action? Where has fear, pride, or insecurity kept you from pursuing what you want? What would it look like to align your actions with your desires—not perfectly, but intentionally? What’s one small, consistent step you can take this week to build toward what matters? - What Does My Soul’s Direction Feel Like Right Now? The North Node apex of the kite formation ushers us toward new growth, new pathways, and new soul direction.
If you quieted the noise—the expectations, the fear, the “shoulds”—what does your soul feel like expanding right now? Not a plan, not a destination, just a felt sense of where you’re being called to grow and expand. What feels meaningful, wholesome, and fulfilling? Notice what feels draining or depleting? What would it look like to trust that inner knowing and take one step toward it, even without seeing the whole path?
HAVE THE BEST WEEK AHEAD!
I would love to hear from you! Please share your thoughts and experiences, let me know if you found this helpful. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to me!
Disclaimer:
**Astrology is a nuanced, symbolic practice. These interpretations are not definitive; they’re meant to offer possibilities rather than certainties. How a transit expresses itself can shift depending on how your personal natal chart is activated — or not activated — by the current sky. Take what resonates for you and gently leave what doesn’t. This breakdown is based on Western Tropical Astrology and reflects a collective energetic assessment, not a personal reading.
PLEASE SHARE IF YOU FIND THIS HELPFUL! Thanks for your Support!
Discover more from Soul Healing Astrology with Amanda
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
