Between Words and Whispers. A Week of Depth, Dialogue, and Destiny
- Shannyn Rhodes
- Oct 20
- 7 min read
There are moments in astrology that feel like conversations between the planets and this week, the skies are anything but quiet. We begin with Mercury joining Mars, a fiery meeting of mind and will that sets words ablaze with passion and conviction. Then, the energy softens under the New Moon in Libra, inviting us to breathe peace back into our lives.
Just when we think we’ve found our balance, the Sun slips into Scorpio’s depths and Neptune retrogrades into Pisces, calling us inward to listen for what can’t be spoken intuition, dreams, whispers from the unseen. Jupiter and Chiron bring healing through discomfort, while Mercury’s trine to Jupiter lifts our minds toward hope and meaning, even as the Sun’s square to Pluto tests our relationship with power and truth.
This is a week that asks us to move between fire and water, action and reflection, clarity, and mystery. The invitation is to speak our truth, but to do so with grace; to look into the shadows but remember that light still lives there too.
October 20 – Mercury Conjunct Mars
Theme: Words as Swords, Words as Fire
Energy Overview
When Mercury, planet of communication, meets Mars, the planet of drive and action, our words take on the speed and heat of flame. Ideas ignite quickly, conversations accelerate, and thoughts can cut to the core. This is the cosmic equivalent of caffeine for the mind exhilarating, clarifying, and potentially combustible.
It’s a day when we say what we mean but if we’re not mindful, we might say it sharper than we intend.
Collective Impact
As a collective, this transit stirs a surge of mental energy. Debates intensify, ideas multiply, and everyone seems to have something urgent to express. Activism, advocacy, and intellectual passion thrive under this aspect; it’s the perfect moment to champion truth or initiate projects that require courage and conviction.
Yet, the shadow side of this alignment is impatience the impulse to speak before listening, to argue rather than exchange.
Most Affected Signs
Aries & Scorpio (ruled by Mars): Your drive is unmatched. You’ll feel energized and articulate but take a breath before reacting.
Gemini & Virgo (ruled by Mercury): Your minds are racing with clarity and insight. Channel that energy into writing, speaking, or planning instead of overthinking.
How to Work With It
Write what burns within you. Journals, manifestos, or even just a voice note give your fire a form.
Move your body to release tension: walking, dancing, or yoga will help ground restless thoughts.
Speak consciously: Before reacting, ask yourself, “Do my words build or destroy?”
Journal Prompts
What truth am I ready to voice, even if it feels uncomfortable?
Where am I being called to take bold, decisive action?
How can I infuse more compassion into my communication?
October 21 – New Moon in Libra
Theme: Seeds of Harmony
Energy Overview
The New Moon in Libra arrives like a deep exhale after Mercury and Mars’ fiery conjunction. It invites us to soften, to begin again, and to realign with peace within ourselves and in our relationships. Libra, ruled by Venus, seeks harmony, justice, and beauty; under this Moon, we’re planting seeds for balance in love, art, and community.
It’s a cosmic reset button for the heart.
Collective Impact
The Libra New Moon reminds the collective that healing begins with listening not just to others, but to the quiet truth within. It’s a time for setting intentions around connection, collaboration, and fairness. Contracts (both literal and emotional) may be rewritten, and relationship dynamics begin to recalibrate.
The world feels a little softer, a little more open to cooperation if we choose grace over pride.
Most Affected Signs
Libra: This is your personal new year. Redefine what peace means for you.
Aries: Balance passion with patience; remember relationships are partnerships, not battles.
Cancer: Home and emotional safety come into focus. Invite gentleness into your daily rhythm.
Capricorn: Harmony between ambition and love becomes essential. Allow softness to lead you.
How to Work With It
Create a ritual of balance: light two candles one for giving, one for receiving.
Write affirmations of peace and love and place them under your pillow.
Practice mirror work: look into your own eyes and say, “I am worthy of harmony.”
Journal Prompts
What does balance feel like in my body, relationships, and mind?
Where have I been over-giving or under-receiving?
What kind of love am I now ready to welcome in?
October 22 – Sun Enters Scorpio & Neptune Retrograde Re-enters Pisces
Theme: The Depth and the Dream
Energy Overview
The Sun slips into Scorpio, sign of transformation, passion, and truth, while Neptune planet of dreams, spirituality, and illusion retrogrades back into Pisces. The energy turns inward, deep, and profoundly intuitive.
Where Libra sought balance, Scorpio demands honesty. Where Mercury-Mars spoke loudly, Neptune now whispers. Together, these shifts invite us to explore what lies beneath our surface stories to let our intuition, rather than intellect, guide us through the fog.
Collective Impact
Collectively, we’re moving into a season of emotional excavation. Secrets rise, psychic sensitivity heightens, and the veil between worlds thins. This is the alchemist’s season where endings transmute into beginnings, and dreams hold coded messages from the soul.
For some, this may feel like a period of deep reflection or spiritual awakening; for others, it can bring confusion or fatigue as clarity dissolves into mist. The key is surrender letting truth emerge in its own time.
Most Affected Signs
Scorpio: Your solar season begins. Transformation and renewal are your themes.
Pisces: Neptune, your ruler, amplifies intuition but blurs logic. Ground your visions in daily practice.
Virgo: Your analytical mind craves order; practice trust over control.
Gemini: Mental fog may tempt you to disengage. Use this time to rest and dream.
How to Work With It
Begin a dream journal: note recurring symbols or emotions they carry insight.
Practice shadow work: gently explore fears or patterns you’re ready to release.
Use water rituals: baths, ocean walks, or intentional cleansing to realign your energy.
Journal Prompts
What truth have I been avoiding that’s ready to be seen?
How does my intuition speak to me and how can I trust it more?
What illusions am I finally ready to dissolve?
October 23 – Jupiter Square Chiron
Theme: Healing Through Expansion
Energy Overview
When Jupiter (growth, optimism, belief) forms a square with Chiron (the wounded healer), the path to growth passes through our tender places. This is not comfortable astrology but it’s deeply meaningful.
Jupiter expands whatever it touches, and here it magnifies the places where our confidence and self-worth feel shaky. But it also offers the opportunity to heal those old wounds by bringing them into the light.
Collective Impact
As a collective, this transit highlights our shared vulnerabilities especially around faith, identity, and purpose. It’s a call to confront the inner critic, to see where perfectionism or pride might mask pain. The lesson? Healing and growth aren’t opposites they’re intertwined.
We might witness global conversations about forgiveness, reform, or moral reckoning. Personally, this aspect reminds us that strength comes not from avoidance, but from tenderness.
Most Affected Signs
Sagittarius: Jupiter’s touch awakens a need to redefine what success and wisdom mean to you.
Pisces: Emotional healing and self-compassion become essential.
Aries: Old insecurities about identity resurface meet them with gentleness, not judgment.
Libra: Balancing self-acceptance with others’ expectations is your challenge and gift.
How to Work With It
Journal or speak your healing aloud. The act of voicing pain can transmute it.
Practice forgiveness especially toward yourself.
Engage in acts of generosity that remind you of your connection to others.
Journal Prompts
Where does my confidence feel conditional and what truth lies beneath that?
What healing am I being invited to accept, even if it feels uncomfortable?
How can I turn pain into wisdom?
October 24 – Mercury Trine Jupiter & Sun Square Pluto
Theme: Light and Shadow in Dialogue
Energy Overview
The week ends with a powerful mix of light and shadow. Mercury’s trine to Jupiter expands our thinking optimism, inspiration, and open-minded communication flow easily. It’s one of those rare cosmic days when everything seems possible.
But running alongside that brightness is the Sun’s square to Pluto an aspect that tests our integrity and relationship with power. Together, they form a kind of cosmic paradox: expansion through humility, empowerment through surrender.
Collective Impact
On a collective level, this energy brings breakthroughs in knowledge, learning, and dialogue but also tension in leadership and authority structures. Transparency and accountability are key themes. In personal life, it’s the dance between ego and evolution: are we using our light to uplift, or to dominate?
This is a day of exciting potential for transformation if we allow truth to lead.
Most Affected Signs
Sagittarius & Pisces: Inspiration and confidence surge; speak your truth with compassion.
Leo & Scorpio: Power dynamics come into focus; transformation awaits those who release control.
Aquarius & Taurus: Freedom versus attachment plays out choose authenticity.
How to Work With It
Write down your wins but also reflect on how you achieved them. Integrity is everything.
Meditate on power: How do you use it? Does it come from fear or love?
Express gratitude for teachers, mentors, and the lessons that humbled you.
Journal Prompts
Where does my ego resist change and what am I afraid of losing?
What truth am I finally ready to speak out loud?
How can I use my voice to heal, not harm?
Closing Reflection: The Fire, the Balance, and the Depth
This week unfolds like a story of contrast mental fire followed by emotional water, clarity followed by mystery. It’s a sacred balancing act between the urge to speak and the need to listen, to act and to rest, to rise and to surrender.
The cosmos invites us to use our words as instruments of truth, not weapons of ego. To remember that peace isn’t the absence of conflict but the presence of grace. And to trust that even in moments of discomfort or shadow, healing is quietly taking root beneath the surface.
By week’s end, we emerge a little wiser, softer, and truer ready to meet the next chapter of Scorpio season with open hearts and sharpened souls.
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