This New Moon binds us tight to our partner’s obligations, unsettled personal scores, and financial settlements that may spill over their legal realm to the next Full Moon. The bothersome question, “from where to draw reserves?” will force us to squeeze every last drop out of our remaining resources. A hint will reveal itself as secret information, a mystical motif, a veiled sign, or even croaking. Our passions and hobbies will turn out to be excellent motivators: that is, if we don’t squander money on them, and instead dig in and fight against all odds. Love throes, strangled by a financial noose, threaten to erupt into Shakespearean drama. Whether it’s getting our way in love or settling scores, some will risk storming the castle, while others will tunnel out of the besieged fortress – to which, now looted and burned, they will likely be unable to return to retrieve their hidden riches. By October 18-20, some questions will arise: do you have enough strength and stamina; will your projects survive; can you carry the entire load on your own camel back. However, if you gather enough boldness, gunpowder, and speed on the new moon, you’ll have a hard time stopping: taking off like a cannonball, you will stampede to your goals, crashing through cement barriers in your unstoppable retrograde motion. The gunas of the New Moon increase the risk of blackmail, harassment, violence, bites, poisoning, and venereal diseases. They also bring bad company, harmful habits, toxic relationships, and toxic waste to the forefront as critical challenges, while simultaneously increasing the impact power of strikes and blows by October 18-20. From October 20, Mercury will have gained weight, taking on additional luggage paid in valuable time or didactic experience. Its retro phase from October 24 is a time for retrospective analysis, and extracting hidden information and valuables from a safe. The most inquisitive and anti-squeamish individuals will delve to the bottom of a secretive well, where they will find pearls, snags; and in its rock salt they will find the crux. When using retreat tactics or abandoning forlorn hopes, it’s important to detect hidden pitfalls, scout out the back doors, and even dig an underground passage. Although a guru, a lawyer, a boss, or a judge may approve or offer good advice, expect delays in document management or legal proceeding due to tricky nuances. Those who are going to run for it may just have to cut their losses and let everything go, in order to break free from a stifling atmosphere.