Aries

October stands under the sign of partnership for you: everything that matters gets decided together rather than on your own. The first ten days will show you who is ready to walk on with you and who has simply been around out of habit. Mid-month brings an agreement that will hold all the way to the end of the year. After 23 October the pace shifts from public to inward, and the time comes to sort through what has piled up.

Relationships this month call for attention rather than action, which is unfamiliar territory for you. In the first half of October a conversation can put everything in its place, provided you do not escape into work instead. Single Aries may meet someone through a work or business setting, especially during the second ten days. By the end of the month it will be clear what you want from closeness itself, not only from a partner.

Your income in October depends on other people's decisions more than usual: approvals, signatures, payments under contract. The first ten days are good for laying out a budget and setting aside a reserve. Mid-month brings a payment you have been waiting for since September. After 20 October it makes more sense to build up your cushion than to widen your spending.

This is a month of agreements: what you settle on now will shape your work until the end of the year. The first ten days favour negotiations and signings, mid-month the launch of joint projects. Do not take everything on yourself, because what you delegate now will pay off in November. In the final ten days focus on the things that require concentration rather than visibility.

Your energy is unevenly spread across October: a strong start, a dip in the middle, recovery towards the end. Your back and lower back are the weak spot, especially if you spend long hours sitting at a desk. Do not try to make up for tiredness with coffee and late nights. Regular moderate exercise will do more for you than rare intense workouts.