This New Moon carries the ghost of an ending. It’s the closing chapter of everything we’ve been sorting out in Libra season — how we show up for other people, how much we give, what we get back, and whether our relationships (romantic, familial, professional, parental — all of it) are still aligned with who we are now. Some of that balancing act is done. Some of those negotiations are over. This week, the astrology moves us from the theoretical part of that process into the actual consequence of it.

Key moments of the week:

• Mon, Oct. 20: Mercury conjoins Mars in Scorpio
• Tues, Oct. 21: New Moon in Libra
• Wed, Oct. 22: Sun enters Scorpio
• Wed, Oct. 22: Neptune (retrograde) enters Pisces
• Thurs, Oct. 23: Jupiter in Cancer squares Chiron in Aries
• Fri, Oct. 24: Sun in Scorpi ...