October: Top Ways to Sell Successfully

October is all about showing up—fully and authentically. This month supports aligned action that builds momentum where it counts.

The Monthly Report

For all of you who’ve been waiting, it’s here! This is a good month for networking, referring, and making excellent connections. It’s also a good month for negotiations. Get ready to speak on stages. Develop strong relationships by showing up authentically and powerfully. Invite people into your world to introduce offers and make sales.

October is the connective tissue month of 2025. After the recalibrations of late summer and the energetic shifts of September, this is where momentum starts to build again. The difference? It’s not about running harder. It’s about showing up in resonance for the right people, the right conversations, and the right offers.

If you’d rather listen to the monthly forecast, go here for the October podcast.

The Monthly Economic & Industry Landscape

The economic climate mirrors this cosmic energy. October brings opportunities for leaders who are willing to build strategically, not reactively. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates in mid-September and has signaled two more rate cuts in 2025. However, the housing market isn’t going to materially change due to slight cuts and the markets don’t like volatility. The fight between the White House and Federal Reserve is creating instability. The soft labor market, increasing inflationary pressures, and business confidence are more crucial than the Fed moves.

  • Networking & Partnerships: Expect cross-industry collaborations to increase, especially in tech, media, and wellness. Think alliances rather than solo scaling. This is an ideal time to open doors through introductions and to strengthen ties with high-value contacts.
  • Negotiations: Market volatility has left many contracts and agreements feeling outdated. October provides leverage to renegotiate terms—from vendor contracts to strategic alliances to compensation packages. Be clear, direct, and precise.
  • Visibility & Influence: Attention is currency. October rewards those who step onto literal and digital stages. Whether you’re speaking at an event, recording a podcast, or leading a room, your presence will convert when it’s aligned with your Signature.
  • Sales & Offers: Consumers are craving trust. They’re less interested in hype and more interested in leaders who embody their message. This is a strong month to make clean, authentic offers—and to close them.

Leadership Trends

This is not the month to play small or wait for the perfect time. The astrology supports bold presence and clean invitations. Leaders who hesitate will miss the open door. Leaders who move with authenticity and precision will find themselves not just included in the room, but leading it.
Read more about powerful leadership in these times .

The Majors: Big Star Events & What They Mean for Business

  • 10/13 Pluto direct @ 10:52 pm ET
  • 10/22 Neptune reenters Pisces @ 5:51 am ET
  • 10/23 Jupiter squares Chiron @ 6:19 pm ET

Pluto Direct: Changes are Evident

Pluto direct
October 13 @ 10:52 pm ET
1.22° Aquarius

Retrograde since May 4th

Pluto wants you to love yourself unconditionally and when in retrograde stirs up all of your insecurities, mistakes and foibles for you to remember and heal. You’re perfectly imperfect and Pluto wants you to know that no matter what, you are loved. Knowing this helps when dealing with others, because this is also a time to fully understand your power and to realize how others around you are using theirs (for or against you). Power plays, hidden agendas and secret lore is a fascination. The focus has been totally on you and the associated drama can now fall away.

When in Aquarius, Pluto unleashes your hidden intelligence, imprint for the future, and ability to be integral to humanity. When Pluto stations direct once again, the deep inward retrospection gets a breath of relief, the heaviness dissolves, and forward gains are possible. There’s evidence of the transformative change that’s been happening beneath the surface.

When Pluto stations direct, hidden power structures surface. For business, this means truths in leadership and legacy come forward. If you’ve been avoiding restructuring, you’ll feel the push to face it now. Think of this as an energetic audit: where are you holding onto outdated systems? October supports tearing down what no longer works and investing in the structures that will carry you forward. Leaders who embrace transparency and long-term vision will come out ahead.

Neptune reenters Pisces: Delusion Returns

Pisces Neptune 0°
October 22 @ 5:51 am ET

In Aries since March 31st, 2025
In Pisces until January 26, 2026
In Aries until March 2039

When Neptune is in Pisces, the rose-colored glasses are thick and impregnatable, yet Neptune is retrograde, so there is light coming through so you can see. However, are you seeing the truth or are you seeing the delusion in greater clarity? 

Floating through things without feeling any urgency, kicking the can down the road, or escaping into oblivion are appealing options. Neptune vibes with lethargy, relaxation and healing. You can chill for the next several weeks or better yet, set up a healing routine for the next few months. 

With Neptune back in Pisces, the collective leans into imagination, spirituality, and vision. In business terms, this translates to brand story, mission, and values being more important than ever. Consumers are drawn to companies and leaders who express depth, artistry, and resonance. This is not the month to be overly tactical or transactional. Your narrative, your vision, and your why are what magnetize your next clients and partners.

To discover more opportunities with these star configurations, click here

Jupiter & Chiron: Expand into Your Worth

Cancer Jupiter square Aries Chiron @ 24°
October 23 @ 6:19 pm ET

Cancer Jupiter square Aries Chiron @ 22°
December 21 @ 5:08 am ET

Both of these planets are in cardinal signs for a new challenge on how to best heal your heart.  Jupiter expands everything he touches, so in Cancer, he increases your most precious desires – how you feel at home, what’s truly important in your family life and who you are at midnight. 

These are soulful influences. It’s a deep dive into those parts of yourself you don’t share with many. Chiron in Aries has been in this sign since 2019, so it’s not new. When Jupiter has confronted Chiron, he hasn’t done it in Cancer.  This blend only happens every 60 years or so. 

When Jupiter squares Chiron, he pushes Chiron beyond his comfort zone to make him heal his wounding around his identity.  Your identity has been under pressure since February 2019 supporting your quest for self-realization.  These squares occur a few times in one year and in 2025, the dates are October 23 and December 21. Jupiter is supporting your quest to accept yourself – flaws and all. The healing available right now is off the charts. 

Asking yourself these types of questions: 

  • How have you healed any heartbreak?
  • Who supports you the most and why do you accept this support?
  • What opportunities have you said YES to and which ones do you talk yourself out of?
  • Why do you open to certain people and not others?
  • How do you love to be loved? How do you love to love?

Even though these questions aren’t comfortable to answer, take advantage of this healing to breakthrough to you. 

For entrepreneurs, these planets mean the market will reward those who own their wounds and turn them into wisdom. Leaders who acknowledge the challenges in their industries and present bold solutions, will earn trust. On a practical level, this square asks you to reframe setbacks as authority-building. What you’ve healed personally or structurally becomes the very thing that positions you as the guide others are seeking.

The Timing: Week by Week

Week 1: October 1 – 12

Astrological Context: At the end of the week, there are isolating pressures that make you question your status and position. You feel as if you don’t belong and your mind takes you down destructive paths. Your goal is to not lose the momentum you’ve gained over the last few weeks. Stand in your power and brilliance to negotiate solid deals and sell to your ideal clients. Make investments to increase your wealth. Remember your worth is equally as valuable as your wealth.  

Business Meaning: This week is about fortifying authority and value in the market. Don’t let self-doubt or comparison undercut your negotiating power. Use this time to close contracts, secure Q4 revenue, and solidify partnerships while your influence is still high. Investments you make now, in IP, systems, or talent, have compounding impact heading into 2026.

Why It Matters Now: If you pause or get stuck in second-guessing, opportunities will pass. By holding your ground and acting with authority, you ensure that you’re not just staying in the game; you’re securing your position as a leader others want to follow.

Week 2: October 13 – 20

Astrological Context:  This is a great week to create what you truly desire. Take a beat and celebrate the fantastic connections your inviting into your life and business right now. Each time you celebrate, you amplify your manifestation power. While your concentrating on powering up your revenues, remember to build your assets. Your intellectual property is gold, especially in this time of AI, especially for service-based businesses.

Business Meaning: October’s second week is the prime window for revenue expansion. Lean into sales conversations, launches, and big opportunities. At the same time, invest in scalable assets like licensing models, digital products, and proprietary frameworks. These not only drive revenue now, but also set the foundation for long-term wealth creation.

Why It Matters Now: Short-term sales fuel your cash flow, but IP and assets create the wealth engine that endures market shifts. Build both at once and you’ll be positioned to thrive no matter what the economy does.

Week 3: October 21 – 27

Astrological Context:  Your powerful methods are deepened in a variety of ways. Your ability to handle complex issues and solve problems turn your situation around for the better. Conflicting movements to deepen and resolve everything in your path struggle with wanting to take a break and relax into a dreamy and lethargic state. 

Business Meaning: This week demands strategic discernment. With Neptune’s haze and Chiron’s healing influence, you’ll feel pulled between solving and drifting. Lean into your strength as a problem-solver: tackle contract complexities, team dynamics, or offer refinement. This is also the week to integrate lessons from past setbacks into your current positioning, turning your wounds into wisdom that clients respect.

Why It Matters Now: If you disengage or float through this month, opportunities will slip. By staying present and working through complexity, you not only resolve issues – you emerge as the authority who can lead others through theirs.

Week 4: October 24 – 30

Astrological Context: What a great week for business and pleasure. Relationships get a boost, your influence grows and your impact is seeded through other people. Take the progress you’ve made in the last handful of weeks through your deeply held relationships. Transactional connections aren’t beneficial in this New Era. Now is the time for abundant exchanges.  Give more than you get and you’ll grow your business without effort. 

Business Meaning: This is the week of expansion through reciprocity. Deep relationships are your currency—focus on collaborations, referrals, and strategic partnerships. Show generosity first: introductions, insights, or visibility. These abundant exchanges create exponential return, not linear growth.

Why It Matters Now: Transactional networking doesn’t work anymore. By cultivating authentic, mutually beneficial relationships, you seed influence, trust, and impact that will keep compounding far beyond October.

Best Practices for Businesses in October

  1. Double down on visibility. Say yes to interviews, guest features, and speaking opportunities.
  2. Audit your partnerships. Lean into the ones that feel expansive, release the ones that drain you.
  3. Be bold in sales. October supports direct offers. Invite your clients and audiences without apology.
  4. Leverage referrals. Ask your trusted network to open doors for you.
  5. Negotiate cleanly. Contracts, agreements, collaborations benefit from refinement and standardization this month.

Intuitive Tools for October

Divination Tool for Your Mind

Oracle cards can help you move your mind from running amuck to slowing down, so you can begin to develop your intuition to communicate with your soul. 

The oracle cards bring insight into what’s coming for the month. They give your mind something to focus on and remember as you go through the days and weeks. You can ponder the card or go into the guidance in the book when you need more than mental reminders. 

To discover how to use oracle cards for developing your intuition, check out my free course right here. 

Earthly Tools for Your Heart 

The earthly kingdoms help you shift your vibration through their power and move your energy from your mind into your heart.  The animal kingdom help you get things done, the crystals help you realize your intentions by adding their energy to yours

The power of animal and crystal energy are easy to employ to help you create the success and satisfaction you desire. Spirit animals are always willing to assist. Simply call on the animal to bring their power into focus and ponder the animal meaning. When you’re facing issues, the animal energy can help navigate through or around them. 

For crystals, grab the crystal and put it on your desk, purse or kitchen table. The crystal can be activated through your intentional goals or your dreams or wishes. The crystal holds this intention for you for the entire month. Crystals can also support your ability to release blocks so you can clear your pathway. When you want to align with your success and this month’s stone helps you do that.  

Flower essences are gentle, yet incredibly powerful to help your emotional body. They smooth out thoughts and emotions as they help you align with your soul. I adore flower essences because they represent their mature growth in nature to give you their healing properties without having to leave your home or office.  

To take flower essences, simply put 3 drops into water 3 times a day and feel the gentle support for your body and emotions. 

Oracle Card: #46 Prosper

Card from Kim Woods' oracle card deck titled 'Prosper,' featuring a joyful woman in a yellow dress holding a bouquet of flowers, centered within an intricate mandala design. The card's message reads, 'This is your time to thrive,' symbolizing abundance and success.

Step into a thrive mindset to widen your receiving container. Prosperity flows, but you want to create a stronger vortex in order to amplify your money movements. It’s your birthright to be prosperous and abundant monetarily as well as in other areas of your life. 

In numerology, the number 46 represents seeding the sustainability required to create a secure basis for the future. To create lasting wealth, you can take two approaches: 

  1. Intuitive tool: Create a money bowl, box or jar by filling it with prosperity crystals; pyrite, goldstone, citrine and green aventurine. Add iChing coins, real money and your fortune intentions. 
  2. Practical tip: Practice giving and receiving compliments without mitigating them with extraneous information. Deliver them generously and then receive those coming your way with a simple “Thank you. I fully receive that.” 

If you’d like to use these oracle cards, you can find out more here. 

Spirit Animal: Rabbit

A small, light brown rabbit sits alert on a white surface with a soft mint green background. The rabbit faces forward with ears perked up, evoking a sense of curiosity and awareness

Rabbit is brave. When rabbit shows up, you’re agile and adept at strategizing and planning. You’re optimistic, wise and artistic. You’re intelligent and have a lot of common sense.

Call on rabbit when you want to boost your creative energy, you need to act quickly to take advantage of a new opportunity. Use rabbit’s energy for networking, deals, and sales.

Crystal: Lepidolite

A polished Lepidolite crystal in soft, mottled shades of lavender and violet with subtle white veining. Known for calming and emotional balance, this stone evokes the introspective and soothing energy often needed during October’s energetic transitions.

This crystal is an excellent calming and grounding stone. Lepidolite assists in all spiritual connections, like the Akashic records, shamanic journeying, cosmic awareness and spiritual exploration. 

This stone helps process past life feelings to help remove blockages in the present. Lepidolite balances your mind-body-spirit and reminds you that you are your own soul mate.

Flower Essence: Red Chestnut

Close-up of a blooming Red Chestnut tree branch, showcasing a vibrant cluster of pink flowers with yellow centers, surrounded by lush green leaves.

Red Chestnut moves you from co-dependence to autonomy. At first glance, you may be thinking, “I’m not co-dependent, so this flower essence won’t help me.” Let’s look more closely, whenever you’re more concerned for another person more than they’re concerned for themselves. Every coach or consultant can fall into this situation.

I’ve always told my consultants, “You can’t care more than the client.” This is true. Just because you’re the coach, guide or mentor, the other person has to be more invested into their growth, healing or transformation more than you. Imbalances are created when the coach, consultant or service provider is more invested than the client. This also holds true for CEOs or leaders for their people or team members.

On the personal side, this can be true for parents, partners, relatives or friends. Think about the times you’ve found yourself saying, “If only he or she does x,y,z, then they’ll be fine.” When you are more concerned, invested or energetically involved more than the other person, reach for red chestnut.

Strategically-aligned Instruments for October

1. Negotiation Ledger: Set up a practical and energetic tool to track all contracts, collaborations, and agreements.

  • Write down current negotiations, contracts, or partnerships.
  • Note where they feel resonant, where they drain, and where they need recalibration.
  • Use it as both a visibility audit and a wealth map to see where you’re leaving power or profit on the table.

2. Stage Presence Tracker: October is about stepping onto stages (in person or online). This tool helps you:

  • List every speaking, guest feature, or media opportunity available this month.
  • Note which ones amplify your Signature and which ones diffuse your energy.
  • Prioritize the high-frequency opportunities that expand influence and seed trust.

3. Referral & Relationship Map: Since October is a “connections month,” this tool helps you turn introductions into tangible business growth.

  • Start with your top 5–10 trusted allies or clients.
  • Map the introductions or referrals they can open for you.
  • Track how value, introductions, insights generosity given, can lead to exponential return.

Intuitive Success Signature Tips

To discover your Signature Map, you can follow this link and answer the questions. Answer with your heart and soul, not your mind. Let your intuition guide you. Here’s the link

💎 Wise Strategist: The opportunities may be overwhelming if they’re not aligned. Use your discernment to determine whether these opportunities should be pursued. Put them on a timeline and prioritize. 

🔮 Intuitive Visionary: You love this month. It lifts you up. Hopefully, you spend time on stages and events that shape your future. Be strategic about how you say yes. Ensure you have commitment from the hosts and are able to create follow up that leads to curated opportunities. 

🌎 Collaborative Explorer: This is your month. Each week was made for you. Make the most of these 4 weeks. Take advantage of groups, masterminds and retreats to meet like-minded people. Let others propel your trajectory through Q4 to establish your best launch point for 2026. 

💥 Ruling Warrior: Get ready for 2026. Put all of your offerings in place to ensure your clients have the greatest results and best process throughout their work with you. Additionally, carve out the best customer journey for your prospects. 

🎨 Creative Superstar: The 3rd week is the best week of the month for you. You can have fun, get flirty, and be frivolous while also growing your business. When you’re in this type of flow, you can have the best of everything in your personal life and business. 

💖 Loving Alchemist: October gets progressively better for you. Power is at the center and this is your jam. You can let this cosmic power fuel you to achieve your goals. Take the harmony at the beginning of the month and weave it with your full potential to increase your influence. 

The Monthly Advantage

October is a yes month. Not to everything, but to the right things. When you show up authentically and powerfully, the doors are already open. This is the month to stop waiting, step into visibility, invite the right people in, and make the sales that carry you into 2026.

Thank you for reading & following – I appreciate you. 
Cheers to you.
Happy October,  
Kim

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Kim Woods, Master Astrologer and Business Strategist, combines ancient feminine wisdom, astrology and her 25+ years of C-Suite experience to help business leaders become rich and powerful, make big impact and leave their legacy.

As JP Morgan says, “Millionaires don’t use astrology, billionaires do.”

Kim uses the stars + strategy to clear the pathway to your success so you fulfill your soul destiny.

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