October has been a heated month, with increased tensions around the world. Astrologically, a big lead-up to this were the Eclipses happening this month. Eclipses always signal a time for big events, shifts and a certain degree of chaos. But boiling up in the background too was the build-up to a Sun-Mars conjunction.

The Sun has been approaching Mars since late September. But both planets will transit very close to each other from around October 31st until December 14th. They will form an exact conjunction next month, on November 18th.

With Mars being the planet of war and aggression, and the Sun being the vital force of the universe, this conjunction puts an emphasis on Martian matters and solutions. This is a strong time for conflicts, disagreements, clashes and violence.

On a mundane level, I expect talks of war and aggression to increase during this period, enveloping most of what remains of 2023. I specially highlight the period from November 15th to November 27th, when the exact conjunction of the planets will be in full effect.

Any planet too close to the Sun get obfuscated by his powerful rays, which amounts to a type of “defeat” for that planet. With Mars being the planet of competition, it doesn’t like defeat. So Mars becomes specially unhinged and combative by being too close to the Sun.

The conjunction will happen in Scorpio, the most vindictive of the signs, so there is a highly vicious energy emanating from this conjunction. A build-up of anger, a sense of injustice, will tend to dominate. Major aggressions, conflicts, protests and clashes could be prominent around late November. We are likely to see many aggravations around the world.

On a personal level, similarly, we could be dealing a lot with conflict. With people giving feisty responses, or generally tending towards more aggressive ways when dealing with problems. Remaining calm and not giving in to excessive anger is important now.