Aquarius Monthly Horoscope

On October 9, Jupiter turns retrograde, tapping the brakes on romantic or creative endeavors until February 4, 2025. If things were moving a little too swiftly for your liking—or the spotlight has been blinding—you'll enjoy this less-hurried pace for the rest of the year. Take a hiatus from drama and dial down the oversharing. Jupiter retrograde is a great reminder that privacy is seldom overrated!

But don't worry, Aquarius: Jupiter will return to Gemini full-force from February 4, 2025, until June 9, 2025, bringing fame and fun back full-force. This short respite will give you a chance to catch your breath and make necessary course corrections before charging ahead again. Take your time and don't make any knee-jerk moves if you can help it. Since the fifth house also rules children and fertility, some Water Bearers could be reevaluating their family planning goals or revisiting their existing relationship with their children. 

On October 11, karmic Pluto, which is in Capricorn and your twelfth house of sacrifice and endings, wakes up from a five-month retrograde. This could be a bit like a bear rousing from hibernation—you don’t know if he’ll be grumpy and reactive or just groggy enough to seem harmless. Since May 2023, Pluto’s been darting back and forth between Aquarius and Capricorn, a tug of war between letting go of the past and embodying your identity in the present. 

Over the last 16 years, Pluto has been dredging up insecurities and emotions, forcing you to confront past wounds and heal them at their core. The shadowy planet now moves forward in Capricorn for the last run of our lifetimes (until November 19), paving the way for profound personal transformation. 

Since September 1, when Pluto retrograded back into Capricorn, some Aquarians weathered a loss or were plunged into the depths of emotions you might not have wanted to deal with. Perhaps you did some important forgiveness work or faced up to an addictive pattern. If you’ve been forcing an outcome and swimming upstream, Pluto’s retrograde was a time to STOP pushing an agenda. The only way to free yourself from suffering is to practice radical acceptance—to the best of your human ability. That might get easier now with Pluto now moving forward in Capricorn; the tough inner work is finally beginning to pay off.