Read your sign’s 2022 horoscope to see what’s in store for you this year, or check out the Leo personality profile. To read monthly predictions for another zodiac sign, see our full October 2022 horoscope.

Welcome to October, Leo. As the majestic lion of the zodiac, you serve looks like no one else, and the upcoming Halloween season offers many opportunities to show off that fabulous hair or makeup. Last month, Mercury began one of its annoying retrogrades. In addition to any typos in important emails, you may have been tempted to text an ex, speaking of communication mishaps. Thankfully, Mercury retrograde ends in detail-oriented Virgo on Sunday, October 2, helping to ground you in the present, so you can focus on current joy, crushes, and lovers rather than look to the past.

This should be easy because plenty of sexy goodness is occurring in the present. During April, Pluto, the planet of death and rebirth, went retrograde, asking you to check in with your sex life. Are your needs being met? If not, you may have experienced significant changes in your sex life, whether playing with kink and fantasy, dumping someone not worth your time, or using toys as a new avenue of bliss. So, when the transformative planet goes direct on Saturday, October 8, remember that whether you want a sensual massage or a mind-blowing orgasm, you deserve consensual pleasure. Expect the lust to pick up with any partners, and if you’re single, it’s an ideal weekend to treat yourself to extra self-love.

Oh, and good news: You can circle this weekend in your calendar because there’s also an erotic full moon in Aries on Sunday, October 9, which can amplify your desire for lust and sensuality. Take long baths, have hot sex, and treat your body to whatever form of care it’s craving. 

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Saturn, the taskmaker of the zodiac, which governs rules and boundaries, has been retrograde since April but goes direct in independent Aquarius on Saturday, October 22. Once it’s direct, opening up to partners (and yourself) about what you want to try in bed (and what you don’t wish to) becomes much more manageable. Even mighty lions get shy, but this transit helps you roar.