October Horoscopes

As foretold by The Blue & White.

By Hannah Lui

Illustration by Em Bennet

Aries: This autumn you may realize you’ve outgrown people or behaviors from your past. These changes may feel uncertain, but you will come into your own and settle into new routines. Watch the sunset from Riverside Park sometime this month. When it gets dark out, find a leaf on the grass and literally turn it over. 

Taurus: Get that money up! The stars say it’s a prosperous season ahead. Let good things come to you rather than rushing into them. Spend time with your family. Look for parts of them in strangers and let yourself be reminded of how you were shaped into the person you are today. Read a poem before bed tonight.

Gemini: Write a letter to your former or future self. This month, you’ll strike a balance between hard work and treating yourself to the little things you deserve. Don’t be afraid to rock out at full volume in the shower.

Cancer: A joke for you from my aunt: How much does a crab eat? Just a pinch! Hope you enjoyed that. This season will bring self-confidence and strength. You will begin to feel more at home in the way you are perceived by others. Enter unfamiliar situations with trust in your adaptability, intelligence, and intuition. 

Leo: Allow yourself to take a step back from what’s draining you. Explore a neighborhood you’ve never visited before and try to memorize one detail you think no one’s ever paid specific attention to. If you need a cathartic cry, have one. If you don’t need a cathartic cry, lucky you! 

Virgo: Plenty of opportunities are headed your way, so say yes to as many things as you can! There is plenty of room to change your mind, acquire new skills, and meet the people who will get you where you want to go. Wake up early one morning and have a dance party in your room (you can sing along too.)

Libra: Congratulations to Libras everywhere! It’s gonna be a good month. Common ground is already beneath your feet; seek reconciliation where you can (it’ll work out in your favor every time.) Other people want to understand you the same way you know yourself. Acquire a new party trick or get really good at a card game of your choice.

Scorpio: Happy almost birthday! The months ahead will bring familiar comforts and novel opportunities to prove yourself in all the things you care about. Adopt a new catchphrase, or give someone a new nickname. Pick one night to stay in with your thoughts and put them down into words. Try to notice small magic around you every day. 

Sagittarius: Do some cartwheels over grass with friends. This is the time to go after the things that make you feel most fulfilled and to nurture the relationships that bring you the most joy. Look after existing connections you believe have the potential to deepen, and keep your eye out for chance encounters that spark complete intrigue. Don’t let them slip away! 

Capricorn: Go to Hex&Co on a Thursday night with a group of 4 friends and play a board game with an obscene number of steps and rules until they close. Be kind to yourself on tired days, even if it feels hard. Drink a new kind of tea, have a sleepover. Sit on a stoop or a fire escape and just breathe.

Aquarius: This month may feel difficult, but don’t forget that you have a loving community around you wherever you go. With the colder weather will come moments of peace and true rest. Spend an evening watching educational kids TV and doing personality quizzes. You’ll begin to feel fully recharged when you get up in the morning and it'll show!

Pisces: Doom is headed your way. Just kidding. A season of change is upon you! If you’ve lost something recently, its absence will grow easier. You were meant to leave some part of it behind, but the parts that you need will find their way back to you. Call a friend you usually only text and stay on the line until you make them laugh.