As a Cancer you have a very high emotional intelligence. You are highly sensitive to the feelings of others and to events that happen around you. You can tell instantly when someone is sad, but won't say a word about it, and you gently move in to see if you can help. These qualities are what we find so lovable about you, but these qualities - you are acutely sensitivity to the world - are also those that make sudden change so difficult to absorb. You appear to have been in the process of enormous change for years now, and last month, you may have heard about more shifts happening in your career.

Last month you had a lunar eclipse at the very pinnacle part of your chart, September 27, which may have brought about news of changes in your career. Your tenth house was activated, which is the house of honors, awards, achievement, and fame house. The ancient astrologers referred to this house as the house of dignity, for it was the place in the chart that reflected how you would be perceived by your industry and community, and how the world at large views your contributions. If your birthday falls early in the sign, on or within four days of June 27, you felt the effects of that eclipse directly. (The same was true if you have Cancer rising or a natal planet in Cancer at the same degree.) This eclipse was mild compared to others in the Libra-Aries family that have come by every six months since April 2014, but even a mild eclipse will often require some adjustment to surprise changes and shifts. The job of an eclipse is to push us forward. If we tell the universe it is not a convenient time to progress, the universe lets out a deep, baritone belly laugh. If you did not feel the September 27 eclipse, and your birthday falls near June 27, then you may hear career news one month to the day later, October 27, plus or minus four days.

Mercury will still be retrograde as you enter October, and won't go direct until October 9. On October 10 it would not be wise to start acting, for it's always good to leave a space of at least a few days from the start and end date of a Mercury retrograde. The front and back "bookend dates" are often the hardest, when Mercury exerts the most confusing energy to frustrate us - yes, he can be a little trickster. Your home area is where Mercury will spend most of the time, in Libra, so it is in regard to home that you will see the most delays, sudden problems arise, a possible need for repairs, or else it will give you a strong proclivity to look back to the past. If you want to explore your ancestral tree, that would be an ideal activity to do while Mercury is retrograde - you'd accomplish a lot. You may want to rearrange furniture for better flow or sell home-related items you don't need on an auction site. Or, you may have been dealing with an estate - a family member's property - and going through the process of going through that person's things and deciding what to keep and what to sell or give to charity.

Your home will be your biggest focus in October. You seem to have recently gone through a change within your family, moved house, or changed it in some significant way. Those series of changes seem to still be ongoing. You may be meditating about where to live, and in what style. You will have two days that will be very germane to your thinking process, so let's look at those first.

On October 11, we have a strange little day. It holds a very difficult aspect and also one of the best aspects of 2015. This only means that one part of life will bring unexpected, jarring news, and another part of life will bring superb news that will make you very happy.

On the tough side of the ledger is the Sun opposed to Uranus, an aspect that may bring news out of the blue that won't please you - it will concern your career and also your income. Speaking of salary, it appears to be a little unstable, so one aim you need to do is to give it a firmer foundation. A client may leave or cancel a job, or a project you hoped to launch won't be funded after all. A top male may leave - it may be a boss who always protected you, but is now leaving. No matter what the news, you never saw it coming. Or you may be subject to enforced changes in your company - wage cutbacks or a change in commission rate (not in the way you like) could come up, or it may be something else that management has come up with this month. You get the idea.

The positive, five-star aspect is fantastic - Pluto in perfect angle to Jupiter could bring you an opportunity involving the communications industry (publishing, broadcasting, or telecommunications) that would pay very well. You might get a job writing, editing, proofing, or translating. Or, you may get a voiceover gig or launch a cell phone app. When it comes to communication, that is where your golden nuggets lie, for you have Jupiter in your third house from now until September 6, 2016. If you didn't read September's forecast, do, as I explain this trend in great detail - you can find the link to my previous month's at the bottom of every forecast This month you will have Mars zooming though this communications area of your chart, giving it a blast of energy, and Venus is due to remain there from October 8 until November 8. Jupiter (luck, opportunity, money), Mars (action and energy), and Venus (grace, beauty, and fun) are quite a loving trio to have together.

Your third house, where all the commotion is going to be this month, emphasizing communication, is also the house of travel, so if you are in sales, it will pay to see clients face-to-face, especially the client is not too far from your base, that is, within a day's drive.

When Jupiter and Pluto are working in harmony together, as they will be now, a generous amount of money almost always follows. It is worth looking for opportunities this month, for something is likely to show up near October 11.

We do have a very troublesome new moon, October 12. It will fall in Libra, 19 degrees, in your house of home, which is why I think more changes and adjustments are coming concerning your physical home or a family member, or will have to do with one of the persons you rely on for your comfort and security at home (roommate, landlord, home designer, contractor, etc.) The shift may cost you money (yesterday's opposition of the Uranus to the Sun, and the Sun rules your income / salary house), so perhaps your home will need a repair or new appliance you had not anticipated. Or, a family member may need to move in with you for a (long) while, at least six months. Don't have too busy a schedule - something is bound to come up regarding your physical home or concerning a family member. No matter what comes up, you will have to address things immediately.

The reason this new moon will bring news that may shock you (temporarily) is that Uranus, the planet that strikes like lightning bolts, will be in direct opposition to the new moon, in tight degree. We all will feel this - not just you dear Cancer. Pluto will also be in a difficult position (even though in great angle to Jupiter), so watch for flooding or difficulties in the basement, or with a wall that may be taken out, or one to go up. This would NOT be the best time to do renovations in your basement - take a break for two weeks. However, it may be an emergency, where your landlord sends workmen up to find a pipe in your wall. Your partner may not be very cooperative, so you will have to cajole him or her to help you get through what comes up.

This new moon will not affect you for a day or a few weeks, however, but for as long as six months, until the full moon in Aries comes by to end the trend. That will happen on March 23, a full moon in Libra, which actually is also a lunar eclipse. That will end your current meditation about all that is going on now in regard to your home.

On the heels of this nerve-wracking new moon, you have a very lucky day coming up, Saturday, October 17, when Mars, the ruler of your tenth house of career, will conjoin Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck. This day may give you a big, happy break, and you will feel the energy building as soon as on Friday, October 16 too. Again, how well you communicate will make or break your luck, and all the phases of communication are included in this trend (such as editing, etc. - see the list I made earlier.)

You will have a double dip of luck, for on October 25, you have more exciting news coming your way. Venus will conjoin Jupiter, and that will give a fortunate break in regard to home and family matters, as Venus is the natural ruler of your fourth house of home. However, on the very same day, Mercury will oppose Uranus, so you will feel a sudden push-pull between the demands of career and home, and you may not know which to attend to first. Do not sign any papers when Mercury is in such bad shape - Uranus will be mounting quite an assault on Mercury, and Mercury rules contracts, agreements, and also travel.

At the full moon, October 27, plus or minus four days, you will likely be invited to a beautiful, lyrical event that is quite enchanting and that would have lots of interesting people in attendance. It appears to be a dress-up event, like a wedding, charity benefit, birthday party, engagement party, or other celebration. This full moon will be in Taurus, a sign that blends so well with yours. Neptune will be very prominent, the reason for the dream setting you will find yourself in. If you get invited, you must go. It appears that the invitation will not come from family but rather a friend.

If your birthday falls on June 24, you will enjoy this full moon the most. If you have Cancer rising, or a natal planet at 3 degrees Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces (all within five degrees), this event should be special for you too.

You've worked hard, and you have had so much stress, dear Cancer. You need a night out. You are a cardinal sign, which means your sign begins each season - cardinal means "first." As such, you are anxious to lead and to see progress, but Uranus and Pluto have stood in your path for several years, since 2011. While you didn't feel Uranus and Pluto the whole time, as the mathematical degrees of their orbit was a factor as they moved through deep space, this month the early-born Cancers and those born near July 10 will feel the effects of the new moon. For that reason, let the elegant aspects of the full moon envelop you and bring you an evening of sheer joy.

You now find yourself in a critical point of the year, where work and home conditions are changing rapidly. Your career was the focus of the lunar eclipse at the end of September, and it appears an important VIP in the organization resigned, a female client left, or that you left. Your steady income appears to have become unstable, and so you'll have to find ways to regain financial balance.

Before you can fully address those important recent career shifts, a surprising development is likely to surface at home or regarding a member of your family. That would happen in the days that follow the new moon, October 12. Uranus will be at a jarring angle to the Sun and your ruler, the moon, so you'll have to attend to things instantly. It appears to be a complex situation, so allow for time to sort things out. It's very possible you'll decide to move house or make another other dramatic change to your living environment or family life. By October 16, you may be able to focus back at work, when a positive conjunction of Mars and Jupiter may provide you the lucky break you need to score an exciting professional victory.

Travel will be possible for rest, relaxation, and for the enjoyment of being in a new setting. A trio of planets, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter - all acting like benefic, comforting little friends - will give you options to pack and go. You may decide to visit a sibling and possibly be planning do something big together, such as to buy property or to start a business. If so, this would be the time to draw up blueprints with the idea of putting your plan into action soon.

If you have a romantic partner, Pluto and Jupiter are about to make a decisive alignment on October 11, and could bring a rare and special episode that will strengthen your emotional bonding. It would be the perfect weekend for an enchanting trip to beautiful, wooded mountainous range not far from your base.

Your social life will reach a high noticeably at the full moon, October 27. You may be going to a beautiful event over the coming days, October 30, 31, or November 1-2. That full moon will be in sensual Taurus, a sign that teaches us to appreciate the finer things of life. The full moon will light your house of groups. If you are not going to a party or other celebration, you may be spending a weekend at a spa or very high-end convention, another great way to use this lovely weekend.