October opens with the Sun in Libra, moving through your ninth house of belief, study and far horizons, and the month has a thoughtful, outward-leaning feel. The new moon in Libra on 10 October falls in that same house, which makes it a good moment to ask what you actually believe about something you have long taken for granted. Meanwhile Pluto in your first house, still retrograde, keeps working on your sense of self at a slow pace. You may notice that an old habit of presenting yourself no longer fits, and that changing it takes patience rather than force. Resist the urge to announce a new version of you. Let it show in small choices instead. A practical suggestion: pick one subject you know little about and spend an unhurried hour with a good book or lecture on it, preferably away from your phone. When the Sun enters Scorpio on 23 October, your attention turns toward public life and responsibility, and the mood becomes more serious and focused. By then you may be glad of the wider view you gathered earlier in the month. Carry some of that curiosity into the weeks that follow, and let it soften your own expectations.