While some make rash statements for effect or to provoke a lively debate, your approach to such matters is far more subtle. Often, you’ll simply ask for the opinion of others about certain controversial issues, then back off and wait. The swiftness with which they respond will, alone, tell you a great deal.

The first ten days of October is about discussion and discovery. Learn all that you can, so that after the 11th, when the focus shifts to planning your life, at home and out in the world, you’re ready to ask serious questions, then make crucial decisions. Initially ideas seem unrealistic, if not impossible. But as you learn more about this series of swift events, you’ll be increasingly enthusiastic. If there’s any challenge, it acknowledging it’s about a series of changes, not just one.

One of your greatest gifts as a Libra is your ability to sense what others are thinking about, from recent concerns to intriguing ideas. What's more, you've an amazing knack for spotting, raising and discussing these matters, and so diplomatically that what would otherwise be tricky encounters seem like an everyday exchange of ideas. This year, however, it's time to raise matters that, thus far, you've successfully avoided. You're right in sensing the timing is perfect. The challenge? You're unclear about your own objectives. Actually, that's exactly what you need to discuss. Strange as it seems, others won't just be delighted to talk things over, the resulting conversations will achieve far more than you dared hope for.