Leo · October 2026
October 2026 for Leo: the planets moving through your chart this month, read from your Sun sign. Read your Rising sign too if you know it — it often fits even better.
Until 23 October
Your month's theme: the 3rd house of conversations
Messages, errands, conversations and little journeys fill the weeks ahead now that the Sun is moving through your 3rd house. Your phone is busier, your mind runs faster and your neighbourhood suddenly seems full of signs. Pay attention. The Universe often speaks through a passing remark or a book that falls open at exactly the right page.
This is a lovely time to learn something short and practical, to write, to post, to pitch and to reconnect with siblings, cousins or the people on your street. Keep one notebook by your bed and another in your bag. Speak clearly, and listen even more clearly. One honest conversation this month can change the direction of everything that follows.
From 23 October: the Sun moves into Scorpio, your 4th house
The Sun sinks to the very base of your chart this month, into your 4th house of home, family and roots, and your energy turns inwards. You may want to nest, cook or simply stay in with the people who feel like home.
Honour that pull rather than fighting it. This is the month to cleanse your space properly: open every window, sweep from the back of the house to the door and scatter a pinch of salt across the threshold. Old family stories may surface. Listen to what they teach you, and put down whatever was never yours to carry. Deep roots are what let a tree grow tall. You are strengthening yours now, quietly and well.
10 October
New Moon in Libra
With the New Moon in your 3rd house, set intentions for learning, writing, communication and your local world. Start the course, open the journal, send the message that begins something new. Write your intention on a small piece of paper and carry it in your pocket for a week, letting it travel with you. Notice the signs that appear in conversations. The Universe answers through words now.
26 October
Full Moon in Taurus
This Full Moon illuminates your 10th house of career, reputation and goals. Efforts made over the past six months may bear fruit, or you see clearly whether your current path still fits you. Celebrate what you have achieved. Release the need for outside approval and any goal that no longer feels like yours. Write it down, burn it safely and say thank you aloud. Success should feel like you.
Mind & messages: Mercury in Scorpio, your 4th house
Mercury moves into your 4th house, and your conversations come home. Talks with family, plans about where you live and memories from childhood fill your thoughts. This is a good moment to sort old papers, plan a move or a repair, or finally have the family conversation you keep postponing. Speak gently but honestly. Words shared at the kitchen table, with a pot of tea between you, can heal old cracks.
Love & pleasure: Venus in Scorpio (retrograde), your 4th house
Venus moves into your 4th house, and home becomes your sanctuary. Buy flowers, light candles, cook for the people you love or invite someone special into your space. Family relationships can heal through small gestures of warmth. A modest touch of beauty at home goes a long way — a new cushion, a plant, a clean window. Place rose quartz by your door. Love that feels safe is the deepest kind.
With Venus retrograde in your 4th house, family relationships and home comforts ask for attention. Old family feelings may resurface for healing. Avoid major spending on your home for now. Instead, refresh what you already have with love. Spend tender time with those who make home feel safe.
Drive & desire: Mars in Leo, your 1st house
Mars in your 1st house fires up your energy and your courage. You want to act, start, lead and move your body. Use this drive for new beginnings and physical activity, but keep an eye on impatience and a short temper. Not every battle deserves your fire. Light a red candle each morning and name one bold action for the day. Your confidence is contagious now — point it somewhere worthwhile.
The bigger picture: Jupiter in Leo, your 1st house
When Jupiter enters your 1st house, a year of personal growth begins. Confidence rises, doors open and other people see your potential more easily than before. This is your time to reinvent yourself, start bold projects and take up more space in the world. Watch only the urge to overdo things. Light a purple candle on Thursdays, Jupiter's own day, and ask for wisdom alongside abundance. You are expanding — let it happen.
The bigger picture: Saturn in Aries, your 9th house
With Saturn in your 9th house, the next few years invite you to build a philosophy of your own. Serious study, journeys taken with purpose and testing your beliefs against real life all belong here. You may commit to a course, a teacher or a spiritual path. Faith matures from borrowed ideas into lived wisdom. Read slowly and deeply. What you learn now becomes the compass for the rest of your life.
Key dates in October
- 2 OctoberMars trine Neptune
- 3 OctoberVenus turns retrograde in Scorpio
- 3 OctoberMars opposite Pluto
- 3 OctoberLast Quarter Moon in Cancer
- 4 OctoberSun opposite Saturn
- 7 OctoberMars sextile Uranus
- 10 OctoberNew Moon in Libra
- 10 OctoberVenus square Mars
- 15 OctoberSun sextile Jupiter
- 16 OctoberPluto turns direct in Aquarius
- 16 OctoberMars trine Saturn
- 18 OctoberFirst Quarter Moon in Capricorn
- 20 OctoberVenus square Pluto
- 23 OctoberSun enters Scorpio
- 24 OctoberSun conjunct Venus
- 24 OctoberMercury turns retrograde in Scorpio
- 25 OctoberVenus enters Libra
- 26 OctoberFull Moon in Taurus
- 26 OctoberSun square Pluto
Read from your Sun sign with whole-sign houses, using the real positions of the planets (UK time). See the whole sky in this week in astrology.