The New Moon in Libra on October 14, 2023, is an annular solar eclipse. It makes a quincunx aspect to Uranus. So, the meaning of the New Moon October 2023 astrology is to solve problems by using imagination and open-mindedness to overcome polarized thinking.
The October 14 solar eclipse aligns with stars that support the quest for solutions through leadership, diplomacy and the ability to see things from both sides.
New Moon October 2023 Horoscope
The New Moon on Saturday, October 14, 2023, is at 21°07′ Libra. The horoscope below shows the green quincunx aspect (150°) between the solar eclipse and Uranus.
New Moon October 2023 Horoscope
Solar Eclipse October 2023 Astrology
A solar eclipse is like a regular new moon where the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. However, a solar eclipse is more powerful because the Moon darkens the Sun. The most influential and important aspect in astrology is theSun conjunct Moon, which represents cyclic renewal and gives a refreshing burst of energy and initiative.
But it also brings emotional balance, not irrationally emotional, and not too cold and calculating. It means all possibilities are on the table, and you can rightly put yourself at the forefront of new plans for the future.
While a New Moon lasts for four weeks, the effects of a Solar Eclipse last nearly six months. So, Solar Eclipse October 2023 is excellent for making a fresh start, turning over a new leaf, or starting a new project. You can also question old habits, behaviors, and beliefs while searching for new and inventive ways to progress.
New Moon Aspect
New Moon quincunx Uranus can make you yearn for something new or exciting. Positive change and exciting opportunities are possible. But you may come under pressure to make changes, perhaps from a government agency, a superior or an unexpected event.
This mind-expanding aspect gives the imaginative ability, insight and higher awareness to make things happen. But imagining a better future and anticipating change can bring insecurity, uncertainty and fear. You may experience instability, irritability, and a crisis of indecision. Restricting yourself to a single goal will make decision-making easier.
Enhanced creativity, originality, ingenuity, flexibility and open-mindedness are ideal for experimenting, adapting, altering and adjusting. Doing something slightly different could get better results than attempting radical changes.
At a global level, protests or rebellions against the curtailment of freedom, revolution, riots, anarchy and explosions are possible. There might be discoveries, breakthroughs, or accidents associated with science, technology, aviation, new energy sources, the Internet, or artificial intelligence.
Quincunx aspects bring a new point of view, overcoming polarized or black-or-white thinking to find a new way forward. With Uranus, solutions could involve humanitarian, democratic and progressive ideas.
The Constellations
The October 2023 New Moon is in the Sign of Libra. But as the image below shows, it is in the Constellation of Virgo. The Signs and the Constellations do not match up. Over the last 2000 years, the Constellations have moved nearly 30° out of alignment with the Signs because of the precession of the equinoxes.
The Zodiac was invented only as a measuring device. The ecliptic line in the image below matches the degrees in the horoscope above. Like the original astrologers, I use the Constellations and fixed stars for interpretation, not the Signs.
Solar Eclipse October 2023 Astrology [Stellarium]
The image above shows Mercury and Mars within the Girdle of the Virgin. This is the luckiest part of the sky and contains the most fortunate star used in astrology, Spica.
- 20♎53 – Alpha Volantis
- 21♎07 – Solar Eclipse October 2023
- 22♎27 – Zeta Virginis, Heze
- 22♎28 – Eta Carinae, Foramen
- 24♎09 – Alpha Virginis, Spica.
Constellation Volans The Flying Fish is said to give a quick mind, activity, emotion, imagination, and poetic or artistic ability. [1]
Fixed star Heze gives benevolence, gain, voyages, harvests and freedom of captives. Constellation Virgo gives purity, prudence, diplomacy, discerning mental vision, secretarial skills, analytical tendencies and a retiring disposition. It relates to civil and ecclesiastical law, ingenuity, intellectual capacity, discerning judgment and discretion. [2]
Fixed star Foramen imparts leadership ability, piousness, a strong spirit, prosperity, an intuitive mentality and a fluent nature. [3] It also causes peril, dignity, usefulness and acquisitiveness. Constellation Argo gives prosperity in trade and voyages and strength of mind and spirit but has been associated with drowning. [1]
With Sun: Diplomatic, socially conscious and views all sides of a question. But negatively, can lack direction, be indecisive and easily conned. [3] Danger of shipwreck. [1]
New Moon October 2023 Meaning
The New Moon October 2023 Solar Eclipse’s aspect to Uranus can bring progressive change and freedom or forced change and chaos. But there is reason for hope.
With enough people imagining a better future, the fortunate stars of the fixed stars around 21° Libra will manifest the more positive side of Uranus.
The influence of the October 14 Solar Eclipse may last for over five months, up to the Solar Eclipse on April 08, 2024. The best time for starting new projects is during the two-week waxing moon phase, from October 14 to 28.
If the New Moon October 2023 astrology directly affects your Sign, you can read about it in your free Monthly Horoscope. Finally, see Sun Transits for more details about how it affects your natal chart.
- Previous Moon Phase: Full Moon September 29, 2023
- Next Moon Phase: Lunar Eclipse October 28, 2023
- 2023 Moon Phases Calendar
New Moon October 2023 Times and Dates
- Los Angeles – October 14, 10:55 am
- New York – October 14, 1:55 pm
- London – October 14, 6:55 pm
- Delhi – October 14, 11:25 pm
- Sydney – October 15, 4:55 am
October 2023 Solar Eclipse Map
The Solar Eclipse of October 2023 will be visible in theUnited States,Mexico,Central America, and South America.
October 2023 Solar Eclipse Map [timeanddate.com]
References
- The Power of the Fixed Stars, Joseph E. Rigor, 1979, p.146, 246-247.
- Skyscript: Star Lore of the Constellations – Virgo the Maiden.
- Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.30, 58, 167.
