OCTOBER 2026

 

JUMP TO THIS MONTH'S EVENTS

The Open Door

October opens with the Sun still in Libra, working through what September's equinox set in motion. The garden's mostly done now — whatever wasn't brought in by the equinox gets left to first frost. The New Moon lands in Libra on the 10th, close on the tail end of last month's balance-work, good for setting one clear intention before the season turns. Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio on the 3rd, pulling the month's tone toward old attachments and things people have avoided looking at directly. The Sun crosses into Scorpio on the 23rd.

The Morrigan presides over October from the Irish battlefield. She's crow-shaped, and she shows up before a death to tell you it's coming, without softening the message for your benefit. Sovereignty is her real subject — what a person is willing to do, honestly, to keep or lose it. Grief dressed up as strength doesn't move her, and neither does strength dressed up as grief. She wants a clear look at whatever you've been carrying without a name for it yet.

Samhain is this month's hinge, arriving on the 31st when the boundary between the living and the dead is at its thinnest all year. Where Mabon was the ledger, Samhain is the door left open. The ancestor altar goes up this week — a photo, an object, whatever's on hand — and it's less about ritual precision than about showing up consistently enough that whoever's listening knows to expect you. The Full Moon in Taurus lands just before, on the 25th, grounded and physical, asking you to feel the year in your body before the veil opens.

Mercury stations retrograde in Scorpio on the 24th, one day before Venus backs out of Scorpio and into Libra, and for three weeks both planets move in reverse through the same emotional territory the New Moon opened earlier in the month. Old names surface. Someone you'd stopped expecting to hear from sends a message, or you find yourself writing one and deleting it. During a double retrograde like this, whatever surfaces is worth sitting with before it's worth acting on.

By the end of October, the door's been left open on purpose. The Morrigan's crow is still circling somewhere overhead, and whoever came through the thinning ought to already be sitting at the table, whether or not you set a place for them.

Reflect on: What ending am I still treating as unfinished, months after it actually closed? What did I inherit from people who came before me — habits, patterns, ways of coping I've never actually examined? Where does a message keep surfacing that I've been talking myself out of hearing? Standing at Samhain, what am I actually afraid of in the dark, and how much of that fear is worth keeping?

Set intentions for: Building an ancestor altar and tending it in small, consistent ways through the end of the month. Taking Mercury retrograde in Scorpio as a chance to sit with an old conversation before reopening it. Meeting the Full Moon in Taurus with attention to the body. Letting Samhain stay private and quiet, without needing an audience to matter.

Rituals: Set up a small ancestor altar with a photo or object from someone no longer living, and leave something on it — water, a cup of tea, whatever they liked — through the end of the month. Carve a face into a turnip or pumpkin the old way, ugly and hand-shaped, and set it in a window facing outward. On Samhain, at dusk, say the names of people you've lost out loud, even if the list is short. Under the Full Moon in Taurus, spend fifteen minutes doing something with your hands that isn't screen-based — kneading bread, working clay, anything that keeps you in your body. During the Mercury-Venus retrograde overlap, write down one old relationship or conversation that keeps resurfacing, and put the paper away somewhere you won't see it again until November.

Libra + Scorpio

 

October moves from Libra's steady scale into Scorpio's undertow, tracing the arc from what's been balanced to what balance never quite settled. No eclipse forces the pace this month, but two planets turning retrograde in the same six weeks do — the shift happens slower than a snap decision, more like water finding the low point in a field it's crossed before.

  • Libra season carries into October with the New Moon landing in Libra on the 10th, still tied to last month's equinox work, useful for setting one intention before the retrogrades complicate things. Venus stationed retrograde in Scorpio on the 3rd, so even while the Sun sits in even-handed Libra, the planet of relationship and value is already moving backward through darker territory. Justice still holds some influence here, though her scales are getting harder to read as the month goes on. Libra's late work is finishing what the equinox opened: deciding what an honest accounting actually costs once the numbers include what's uncomfortable.
  • Scorpio season opens on the 23rd when the Sun crosses into it, and Death governs from here — the card that asks what's actually over and what a person's still propping up out of habit. Pluto stations direct on the 15th, a week before the Sun arrives, so the ground has already started shifting under Scorpio season before it officially begins. Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio on the 24th, one day before Venus backs out of Scorpio into Libra, and for the rest of the month both planets move in reverse through the same emotional ground. The Full Moon in Taurus on the 25th lands right in the middle of that overlap, physical and stubborn, asking the body to hold what the mind keeps circling.

October offers the passage from balance to depth. Libra finishes weighing what September's equinox put on the scale. Scorpio arrives and asks what the scale left out — the parts too heavy or too old to weigh cleanly. The month shows that balance isn't complete until it's been tested by something that doesn't care about being fair.

Justice + Death

October's two ruling cards trace the same arc as its seasons — Libra's Justice carries the first half, Death arrives with Scorpio to carry the second, and the passage between them is the distance between weighing something fairly and admitting the scale can't hold everything.

  • Justice still walks through the opening weeks of October, scales level, sword upright, finishing the work Libra season started at September's equinox. The New Moon in Libra on the 10th asks for one more clear-eyed accounting before anything shifts — what's actually balanced, what only looked balanced from a distance. Venus stationed retrograde in Scorpio a week earlier, on the 3rd, so even while Justice holds her measured stance, something underneath is already pulling toward territory she doesn't rule. Pluto stations direct on the 15th, and the ground Justice has been standing on starts moving before she's finished her count. October opens with her still trying to get the numbers right, even as the numbers start changing on her.
  • Death steps forward when the Sun crosses into Scorpio on the 23rd, patient, unhurried, carrying none of the fear the card's name suggests. Where Justice works by measurement, Death works by ending — nothing gets weighed once it's over, it just stops. He arrives a week after Pluto's station, which means the season's real turning already happened underground before he shows up to name it. Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio on the 24th, one day before Venus backs out of Scorpio into Libra, and Death's teaching gets harder to ignore once the planets are moving backward through the same territory he governs. The Full Moon in Taurus on the 25th lands right in that overlap, physical and unwilling to be rushed, asking the body to sit with what the mind wants to explain away. Death's answer is to let the ending be an ending. Samhain arrives on the 31st, and whatever Death's been pointing at all month finally gets its door.

Together, Justice and Death teach October's central lesson. Justice says: get the accounting right, even if it takes the whole first half of the month. Death says: some things were never going to balance, and the accounting was never the point.

 
 

 IN THE VAULT

 

OCTOBER 2026

W O R K B O O K

This month's workbook turns from balance to reckoning with the dead — ancestor altars, Samhain ritual, Libra-to-Scorpio seasonal wisdom, and tarot work built around one question: what's actually over, and what have you been carrying past its ending?

WORKBOOK

WALKING BETWEEN THE WORLDS

M E D I T A T I O N

A guided meditation for standing at the point where the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest all year. You'll move through who and what you've lost — named and unnamed, mourned and unmourned — and set a place for it at an internal table, arriving at a felt sense of what still needs tending before the dark half of the year settles in.

MEDITATION

LUNAR LIVING

M O O N   G U I D A N C E

The New Moon in Libra on the 10th asks for one clear intention before Venus and Mercury both turn retrograde, while the Full Moon in Taurus on the 25th arrives grounded and physical, right as the veil starts to thin. Work with these lunar phases to settle what needs deciding before the retrogrades complicate things, and to feel in the body what the mind's been circling around instead of facing.

MOON GUIDANCE

ANCESTOR CONNECTION

C H A L L E N G E 

Five weeks of ancestor connection, two actions each week — one tied to a physical spot, one tied to everyday life. The work moves from establishing an ancestor spot, to leaving offerings, to gathering memories, to practicing contact, to closing the working at Samhain. Done with attention, page by page, and a willingness to let the dead be present without needing proof they're there.

CHALLENGE

LIVE WORKSHOPS

Tarot Talk

Descent & Mystery 

October invites us into the depths. This is a month of shadows, ancestors, and deep magic, where truth lives beneath the surface and power is reclaimed through awareness.


The Devil and The Magician stand as mirrors of entanglement and agency. Where are you bound, and where do you hold the power to transform? The Seven and Nine of Swords bring awareness to anxiety, deception, and mental patterns that distort truth, while the Five of Wands reveals inner and outer conflict as catalysts for clarity.


The Eight of Cups calls for a conscious departure, a turning away from what no longer aligns, even when it is difficult. The King of Swords offers discernment, cutting through illusion with precision and integrity.


This is a space to meet your shadows without fear. To listen for the wisdom within discomfort. To reclaim your voice, your clarity, and your power. Come ready to descend, to see what is hidden, and to work with the magic of truth.

  

October 10

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Healing with Tarot

Crossing the Liminal Gate: The Quiet Threshold

 

October invites us into liminal space—where intuition, mystery, and ancestral memory deepen. In this Healing with Tarot group, we explore descent as reverence rather than fear. Using Tarot as a guide, we’ll engage themes of lineage, symbolism, and inner listening. This group supports trusting intuitive knowing and honoring influences that exist beyond logic. Through ritual and reflection, participants are invited to walk between worlds—listening inward, honoring roots, and engaging mystery without needing resolution.

 

October 21

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BOOK CLUB

Join us this month as we journey through the turning Wheel with Magick for All Seasons, a richly practical and deeply inviting grimoire that celebrates the rhythm, symbolism, and spirit of each sabbat.

This book serves as a companion for anyone looking to deepen their relationship with seasonal magick—whether through ritual, spellwork, ceremony, or simple moments of everyday enchantment. Ogden guides us through all eight spokes of the Wheel of the Year with recipes, correspondences, meditations, crafts, and accessible rituals that honor the land, the cycles around us, and the cycles within.

We’ll explore how to anchor our practice in nature’s ebb and flow, how seasonal energies support manifestation and release, and how working with the Wheel can bring grounding, clarity, and continuity to our spiritual lives. Whether you’re new to the sabbats or returning to familiar traditions, this book offers inspiration for crafting meaningful, personal, and magical celebrations all year long.

Bring your journal, your curiosity, and your love for the turning seasons as we discuss the magic woven through each phase of the year.

 

October 25

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TAROT CIRCLE

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SOUL SESSIONS

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