❤️🩹 A Story for the Soul
Imagine a man standing at the edge of a lake at dusk. The sky is Libra — pale gold, quiet, balanced. The water is Scorpio — dark, deep, holding secrets beneath its surface.
He has walked through years of noise, battles, expectations. He has loved, lost, tried again, and carried wounds he never named.
Tonight, the Moon disappears. A New Moon. A reset.
He kneels at the water’s edge. He sees his reflection — not the man he shows the world, but the man he truly is.
From the shadows, the child inside him steps forward — small, hurt, still waiting for someone to say, “You are safe now.”
He does not turn away.
He opens his arms. He lets the child climb into his chest. He holds him with the strength of Ares, the tenderness of Venus, the truth of Libra.
And something shifts.
The water becomes calm. The heart becomes clear. The future becomes possible.
He rises — not as the man he was, but as the man he is becoming.
A man ready for love that does not wound. A man ready for passion that does not destroy. A man ready for devotion that begins in the soul.
And now, let us step out of the story and into the sky — to understand the cosmic forces shaping this healing.
⚖️ New Moon in Libra — The Heart’s Recalibration
On October 10, the Moon disappears into the quiet air of Libra at 17 degrees — a degree of balance, truth, and the sacred art of relating.
This New Moon asks the man to walk through Scorpio’s dark corridors of desire and memory — to face the places where longing became fear, where passion turned into silence, where the heart learned to hide. Only by releasing what haunts him can he rise into a relationship that is powerful, pure, and alive with the kind of intimacy that begins in the soul.
But this is no ordinary Libra New Moon.
Its ruler, Venus, is moving backward through the deep waters of Scorpio — the sign of secrets, shadows, desire, and emotional truth.
This lunation does not ask the man to build something new. It asks him to repair what was broken inside.
It asks him to stop running from the places where love once hurt. It asks him to walk into the dark corridor where his heart first learned fear.
Libra wants harmony. Scorpio wants honesty. Together, they demand healing before devotion.
Ares at 23° Libra — The Guardian of the Inner Child
Ares, the asteroid of feminine courage, stands close to this New Moon.
She is the warrior woman who does not fight to destroy — she fights to protect what is sacred.
Her message is sharp and simple:
“Do not enter a new relationship carrying the wounds of the old.”
Ares asks the man to:
- stop pretending he is untouched
- stop hiding the child inside who still hurts
- stop negotiating his worth
- stop carrying pain that was never his responsibility
She teaches him that strength is not loud. Strength is the ability to sit with his truth without running from it.
Ares becomes the guardian of the inner child — the part of him that still waits for safety, tenderness, and recognition.
Venus Retrograde in Scorpio — The Descent Into Desire & Pain
Scorpio is the sign where passion meets fear, where longing meets memory, where desire meets the wound.
When Venus goes retrograde here, she becomes:
- the excavator
- the truth‑finder
- the healer
- the lover who refuses superficiality
She pulls the man into the rooms he locked long ago — the rooms where he buried heartbreak, jealousy, abandonment, silence, the rooms where he learned to protect himself by closing his heart.
This retrograde is not punishment. It is purification.
Scorpio whispers: “Go back to where the suffering began. Heal the wound before you open the door again.”
Mercury Retrograde — Intuition Over Intellect
With Mercury also retrograde, the mind becomes unreliable.
Plans dissolve. Conversations twist. Logic fails.
This is intentional.
The universe removes intellect so that intuition can lead.
Libra and Scorpio together say: “Do not think your way through love. Feel your way through it.”
Venus Square Pluto — Breaking the Old Pattern
Pluto in Aquarius represents the future. Venus in Scorpio represents the past.
Their square is friction — but sacred friction.
It breaks:
- toxic patterns
- old attachments
- outdated desires
- illusions about love
- fantasies that never served the soul
This square forces the man to confront the truth he avoided.
It is the moment he finally says: “I deserve a love that does not wound me.”
What to Release — The Scorpio Purge
Release:
- the old story of abandonment
- the fear of being alone
- the belief that passion must hurt
- the habit of choosing partners from your wounds
- the need to control outcomes
- the fear of emotional intimacy
Release the version of yourself who learned love through survival.
What to Begin — The Libra Rebirth
Begin:
- rebuilding trust in yourself
- speaking your needs clearly
- choosing partners who meet you emotionally
- nurturing the inner child with patience
- practicing emotional honesty
- allowing love to be slow, steady, and real
Begin the relationship with yourself that you always deserved.
What to Expect During This New Moon (Venus & Mercury Retrograde)
As the Libra New Moon unfolds, both Venus and Mercury move retrograde through the deep waters of Scorpio — creating a rare emotional landscape where the heart and mind slow down so deeper truth can rise.
Venus Retrograde — The Descent Into Desire & Memory
Venus pulls you inward, asking you to revisit the emotional rooms you once closed. Expect:
- resurfacing memories
- old relationship patterns returning for closure
- intense longing or unexpected emotional clarity
- deeper awareness of your needs and boundaries
- the urge to heal what was never fully resolved
This is not a time to start new love — it is a time to purify the heart so future love can be honest and strong.
Mercury Retrograde — The Mind Slows, Intuition Speaks
Mercury blurs logic but sharpens intuition. Expect:
- misunderstandings or delayed conversations
- revisiting past discussions
- intuitive insights rising from silence
- emotional truths surfacing without words
This retrograde is not chaos — it is a pause, a sacred slowing that lets the heart speak louder than the mind.
⚖️ Libra’s New Moon — Balance Through Honesty
Libra seeks harmony, but under Scorpio’s influence, harmony comes only after truth. Expect:
- emotional detox
- shadow work
- inner child healing
- releasing old fears
- recalibrating your relationship patterns
- preparing for deeper intimacy
This Moon teaches: Heal first. Love after. Only a heart that has walked through its shadows can rise into devotion of new relationship.
Margarita Ivanova- Gita