Mithuna (Gemini) monthly rashifal: October 2018 - Go carefully
The monthly rashifal for Mithuna (Gemini) Moon sign for October 2018. Every planet is counted from your Moon sign, with the dates it changes sign or direction, so you can see how the month unfolds.
This month asks for more care than most. Several of the important planets are in testing places, so keep to steady work, avoid hasty decisions and give things time.
How the month runs
First half: 1 October to 15 October
Go carefullyThis stretch asks for patience and care.
Mercury and Venus work in your favour here, helping with home, family peace and property as well as studies, children and creative plans.
Saturn, Jupiter, Rahu, Ketu, Mars, Sun and Mercury ask you to go carefully with partnership and dealings with others as well as daily work, rivals and pending tasks.
Jupiter would help with studies, children and creative plans, but is held back for now, so expect results to come slowly.
Things shift around 6 October and 11 October; see the dates to note below.
Second half: 16 October to 31 October
Go carefullyThis stretch asks for patience and care.
Mercury and Venus work in your favour here, helping with daily work, rivals and pending tasks as well as studies, children and creative plans.
Saturn, Jupiter, Rahu, Ketu, Mars, Sun and Mercury ask you to go carefully with partnership and dealings with others as well as daily work, rivals and pending tasks.
Things shift around 17 October and 26 October; see the dates to note below.
Saturn in your 7th house
Go carefullyAreas of life:Relationships
Saturn stays in Sagittarius all month.
Saturn stands for hard work, discipline, duty and patience. It rewards steady effort and slows down shortcuts.
Saturn in your 7th house can bring distance or strain in partnerships and delays in agreements. Patience and fairness help.
What it means for you
- Relationships: misunderstandings come easily; listen more and give others room.
Jupiter in your 5th house
Held backAreas of life:LearningRelationships
Jupiter is in Libra until 11 October.
Jupiter stands for growth, wisdom, guidance, good fortune, children and teachers. It is the year's main helper.
Jupiter in your 5th house favours learning, children and creative work. Good judgement and support from wise people tend to come.
For now Sun obstructs Jupiter's good results (vedha), so the support it brings may arrive later and more quietly than expected.
What it means for you
- Learning: effort in study pays, but results take longer to show.
- Relationships: good intentions on both sides, but plans may not come together yet.
Jupiter in your 6th house
Go carefullyAreas of life:Career
Jupiter moves into Scorpio on 11 October.
Jupiter stands for growth, wisdom, guidance, good fortune, children and teachers. It is the year's main helper.
Jupiter in your 6th house can bring rivals and pressure from pending work or debts. Avoid lending and keep your word.
What it means for you
- Career: expect more pressure or friction at work; finish what you start and keep a low profile.
Rahu in your 2nd house
Go carefullyAreas of life:MoneyFamily and home
Rahu stays in Cancer all month.
Rahu stands for ambition, hunger for more, the new and the unusual. It can bring sudden openings and restlessness.
Rahu in your 2nd house can bring unusual expenses and misunderstandings in family talk. Be careful with money and with promises.
What it means for you
- Money: spending can rise; avoid large purchases, lending and risky bets.
- Family and home: small frictions at home are possible; patience and kind words help.
Ketu in your 8th house
Go carefullyAreas of life:Money
Ketu stays in Capricorn all month.
Ketu stands for letting go, detachment and the inner life. It can bring quiet insight and a pull away from worldly matters.
Ketu in your 8th house turns attention to research and deeper questions. Avoid risky money moves.
What it means for you
- Money: spending can rise; avoid large purchases, lending and risky bets.
Mars in your 8th house
Go carefullyAreas of life:Money
Mars stays in Capricorn all month.
Mars stands for energy, drive, courage and how you handle conflict.
Mars in your 8th house calls for care. Avoid hasty decisions about shared money and stay away from disputes.
What it means for you
- Money: spending can rise; avoid large purchases, lending and risky bets.
Sun in your 4th house
Go carefullyAreas of life:Family and home
Sun is in Virgo until 17 October.
The Sun stands for confidence, authority, recognition and your relationship with your father and people in charge.
The Sun in your 4th house can unsettle home life. Small family frictions and unease about property are possible; patience at home helps.
What it means for you
- Family and home: small frictions at home are possible; patience and kind words help.
Sun in your 5th house
Go carefullyAreas of life:LearningRelationships
Sun moves into Libra on 17 October.
The Sun stands for confidence, authority, recognition and your relationship with your father and people in charge.
The Sun in your 5th house can cloud judgement in studies, creative work and romance. Think twice before risky moves with money.
What it means for you
- Learning: focus can scatter; take one subject at a time and revise well.
- Relationships: misunderstandings come easily; listen more and give others room.
Mercury in your 4th house
GoodAreas of life:Family and home
Mercury is in Virgo until 6 October.
Mercury stands for communication, learning, trade, paperwork and quick thinking.
Mercury in your 4th house brings ease at home and help through family. A good time for study and for household paperwork.
What it means for you
- Family and home: a settled, comfortable time at home.
Mercury in your 5th house
Go carefullyAreas of life:LearningRelationships
Mercury is in Libra from 6 October to 26 October.
Mercury stands for communication, learning, trade, paperwork and quick thinking.
Mercury in your 5th house can cause misunderstandings with children or in studies. Avoid speculative decisions.
What it means for you
- Learning: focus can scatter; take one subject at a time and revise well.
- Relationships: misunderstandings come easily; listen more and give others room.
Mercury in your 6th house
GoodAreas of life:Career
Mercury moves into Scorpio on 26 October.
Mercury stands for communication, learning, trade, paperwork and quick thinking.
Mercury in your 6th house helps you outwit rivals and finish detailed work. Careful effort tends to be recognised.
What it means for you
- Career: work tends to be noticed; a good time to take on more or put ideas forward.
Venus in your 5th house
GoodAreas of life:LearningRelationships
Venus stays in Libra all month.
Venus stands for love, comfort, beauty, pleasures and partnership.
Venus in your 5th house favours romance, creative work and joy through children. Studies of the arts go well.
What it means for you
- Learning: study, training and creative work go well; a good time to begin a course.
- Relationships: warm and easy; a good time for meeting people and making up.
Saturn, Sade Sati and Dhaiya
Saturn is not in Sade Sati or Dhaiya for your sign during this period.
Remedy for this month
Small, voluntary practices for the planets that ask for the most care this month. They cost nothing and promise no particular outcome; take up only what feels right.
For Saturn, best on Saturday
Saturn is in a testing place for you, touching partnership and dealings with others.
- Help elderly people or those who do hard physical work, in any way you can.
- Accept that some results come slowly; keep going without forcing the pace.
For Rahu, best on Saturday
Rahu is in a testing place for you, touching money, family and speech.
- Avoid shortcuts and half-truths, even small ones.
- Limit restless scrolling and news; spend time on simple, grounding tasks.
Dates to note
- 6 October 2018
Turns retrograde: 6 October: Venus turns retrograde in Libra, your 5th house. A time to review rather than to begin.
Venus slows down over studies, children and creative plans, so old matters in this area come back for a second look.
What to do: review, repair and finish old work rather than launching something new.
- 6 October 2018
Sign change: 6 October: Mercury moves into Libra, your 5th house.
Mercury moves into a testing place for you, which touches studies, children and creative plans.
What to do: go slower in this area from this date and double-check before you commit.
- 11 October 2018
Sign change: 11 October: Jupiter moves into Scorpio, your 6th house.
Jupiter moves into a testing place for you, which touches daily work, rivals and pending tasks.
What to do: go slower in this area from this date and double-check before you commit.
- 17 October 2018
Sign change: 17 October: Sun moves into Libra, your 5th house.
Sun moves into a testing place for you, which touches studies, children and creative plans.
What to do: go slower in this area from this date and double-check before you commit.
- 26 October 2018
Sign change: 26 October: Mercury moves into Scorpio, your 6th house.
Mercury moves into a helpful place for you, which supports daily work, rivals and pending tasks.
What to do: use the days after this to start or push forward plans in this area.
These readings apply to everyone with the Moon in Mithuna (Gemini) and describe tendencies only. Your own birth chart, with its houses and periods, can tell a different story.
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