Taurus horoscope prediction: October 2014

Jessica Adams, Cosmo's psychic astrologer reveals what the stars have in store for Taurus

Your Lifestyle and Your Diary

Your lifestyle, which covers your daily workload, as well as your food, drink, exercise, doctor and alternative health care - needs to be pencilled into your diary rather than inked in. Why? Because Mercury is retrograde and internet, media, publishing, phones and computers will be affected by delays, reversals, errors or technical problems and what you assumed was in motion from 14th September, onwards could be replayed, held up or scrapped from 10th October and again from 24th October through 8th November.

I would be particularly wary of the total lunar eclipse, which you will be affected by from Tuesday 7th October through Thursday 9th October, as the facts you want will not be fully revealed to you.

None of this is any more than common-sense planning. Allow for a state of flux; cover your bases; don't pin everything on just one date, one commitment or one outcome as history and astrology tell us that when Mercury is retrograde, things revert, or are recalled. (Apple's iPhone launch, a modest failure, is under way as I write this, in the full thrust of Mercury retrograde). I don't think that the overall implications are serious for you, as you don't have any outer planet transits in Libra, which rules your lifestyle, and thus whatever you are dealing with is short term. I would be wary of that eclipse, though. October 7th, 8th, 9th is not the time to make sweeping decisions about your job, your course, your volunteer role and/or your body.

Your Former, Current or Potential Partner. Your Enemies.

Choose another month to deal, if you can. And make it the second half of November, or December if you really can't wait. The partial solar eclipse on Thursday 23rd October, which you should be cautious with from 23rd through 25th of the month, is unlikely show you anything true and real about this person, or their situation. If you can possibly delay the really major decisions until after 10th November you will avoid the rewrites, reschedules and other 're' situations that Mercury Retrograde is famous for. A common example would be a separation agreement with your husband; read the fine print; allow for ongoing debate; don't just assume it's all in the bag. Another common example would be your decision to fight an opponent, enemy or rival; this could be a real energy suck in October, through early November, as you are going to hit so many diary alterations or other x factors along the way.

By the time Saturn departs Scorpio on Tuesday 23rd December, the constant challenges are over. This man or woman has been at the heart of the most stuck situation, for so long, that you will be astonished at how much lighter and easier life feels. But make the journey to get there, lighter and easier, by treading very carefully in October. Would I advise you to enrol on a dating website this month? Nope. The communication vortex would drive any romantic Taurean nuts. You'll hit communication issues, flakey phone or e-mail situations, or just unreliable dates.

I would actually rate the importance 'high' in terms of former, current or potential partners. Or enemies. Why? Because Saturn is also opposite your sign. So don't lumber yourself with something you could have avoided, by just plunging into discussion or signatures with him/her, or regarding him/her. And if you can fast-forward the whole enchilada until the second half of November, you will be skipping a whole lot of wasted time and crossing-out.

The Taurus Foreign Agenda

Your foreign agenda may only take in other regions of your own country, or it may literally be about travel, export, or those from other cultures and nationalities. In any case it's time to act. Mars changes signs on Sunday 26th October, and by the time you reach the Uranus-Pluto square on December 15th, you are on track for a total change. To date you have been pretty powerless to control what is going on. This foreign or regional connection has either been locked into your relocation, export or travel plan - or you have been pursuing a book, a website, a blog, a course or some other educational incentive. Despite your best intentions you are stuck where you were months before with very little improvement.

Now, at least, wheels are turning. Yet from the final days of October they turn even faster. At this point you need to be savvy. If you know very well that you will be heading for a new arrangement (it has to happen; the way power or control has functioned in your world has been too wrong, for too long) then keep life simple. Avoid the potential for conflict. Keep the connections civilised and sane. The bottom line is, there will be a totally different (better) way to teach, study, travel, export, publish or write next year, but you must minimise the potential for hassle and not buy into power tripping others, no matter how tempted you might be to manipulate a situation. It is entirely possible that by December, you will just pull out of certain arrangements altogether. And that could be a good thing.

Money, Business, Finance, Property, Charity

Be really careful about what happens around the 5th and 8th as you are setting up the future, in terms of your cash, company, bank, money, house, flat or good cause. Think before you act. Research before you talk. In 2015 and 2016 you will be subject to delays and life lessons, only possible every 29 years in the Saturn cycle. Saturn freezes up the usual flow in your life so do keep the stakes extremely small near the 5th and 8th. You are creating tomorrow.

Things move faster from November 22nd, at the New Moon in Sagittarius, and then all too soon, Saturn will be in Sagittarius from Tuesday 23rd December. One common example of what could go wrong, is your determination to push for money from an arrangement that you should actually be dropping, or at least ceasing to pursue. You could end up in the most ridiculous energy or time suck over the next year or two, unless you ask people who are older or wiser than yourself, for advice. Another example might be lumbering yourself with a loan, credit card or mortgage on impulse, in early October, only to find things escalate in November-December and then you are stuck for another 24 months.

You cannot avoid 'issues' as they say, but you can keep the amounts of money small, or the nature of what is at stake, very minimal. I do realise that with Jupiter in the Fourth House you are in a good place, in terms of buying, selling or leasing property. You are certainly in a good place with a family member, or someone in the household. Thus, you may want to capitalise on that in October, yet you must be a realist about the next two years. What expenses might you be up for? Where is your income going to stem from? How secure is it? These are all timely questions.

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