Pisces · October 2026
October 2026 for Pisces: 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 8th house of intimacy & change
The Sun descends into your 8th house this month, the deepest and most private corner of your chart. This is the territory of intimacy, shared money and transformation — everything that refuses to stay on the surface.
Feelings run strong, and you may sense what lies beneath other people's words. Use that gift wisely. It is a powerful month for honest conversations about closeness and trust, for sorting out joint finances and for clearing old debts, emotional or practical. Something in you is ready to shed its skin. Burn a black candle for whatever is finished, then a white one to welcome what comes next. Don't be afraid of depth. What you face now loses its hold on you.
From 23 October: the Sun moves into Scorpio, your 9th house
Horizons widen as the Sun travels through your 9th house of travel, study and beliefs. Your soul is hungry for meaning this month, and ordinary routines may suddenly feel a size too small.
Feed that hunger. Plan a journey, even a short one to somewhere you have never been. Take a course, open the book everyone recommends or explore a spiritual path that has been calling your name. Conversations with people from other cultures open your eyes. It is also a wonderful month to examine what you really believe, rather than what you were taught. Pull a tarot card each morning and ask what it wants to show you. Wisdom grows when you dare to step beyond the familiar.
10 October
New Moon in Libra
A New Moon in your 8th house invites a deep beginning. Set intentions around intimacy, trust, shared money and the inner change you are ready for. Write down what you want to transform, then fold the paper and keep it beneath a black stone such as obsidian. Spend a quiet evening with a single candle and your journal. Something old is ready to become something new.
26 October
Full Moon in Taurus
With the Full Moon in your 3rd house, conversations come to a head. News may arrive, words spoken now carry strong emotion, and a learning cycle may complete. Release the thoughts and stories that keep you stuck. Write the words you wish you had never heard — or said — and tear the page into tiny pieces. Then speak a kind sentence aloud to yourself. Clear words, clear mind.
Mind & messages: Mercury in Scorpio, your 9th house
With Mercury in your 9th house, your mind longs for wider horizons. Study, plan a trip, read philosophy or join a conversation about big ideas. You may find yourself questioning beliefs you once took for granted, and that is healthy. Messages from abroad, or from a teacher, can carry real meaning. Pull a tarot card each day and journal about it. Your intuition and your intellect work beautifully together now.
Love & pleasure: Venus in Scorpio (retrograde), your 9th house
Venus in your 9th house makes you fall a little in love with the wider world. Travel, foreign food, art from other cultures and big ideas all feel romantic now. You may be drawn to someone from a different background, or a relationship may grow through learning something together. Plan an adventure, however small. Read poetry aloud. Love expands beautifully when it is allowed to stay curious.
Venus retrograde in your 9th house may bring back memories of past journeys or loves from far away. Revisit studies or beliefs connected to love and beauty. Travel plans may need reconsidering. Reflect on what freedom means within relationships. Old horizons may hold new insight.
Drive & desire: Mars in Leo, your 6th house
With Mars in your 6th house, you have plenty of energy for work and daily tasks. Tackle the backlog, begin a new movement routine and get properly organised. But don't push yourself to exhaustion or snap at colleagues when you feel rushed. Pace yourself, and rest properly at night. Your productivity can be impressive now. Effort plus balance is the formula that works, and you have both within reach.
The bigger picture: Jupiter in Leo, your 6th house
Jupiter in your 6th house brings a year of growth through daily work and wellbeing habits. Your work may become more fulfilling, or fresh opportunities may appear close to home. Healthy routines are easier to build and keep now. Helping others brings real satisfaction and gathers good energy around you. Just don't agree to more tasks than you can carry. Small daily improvements add up to a beautifully balanced life.
The bigger picture: Saturn in Aries, your 2nd house
With Saturn in your 2nd house, the next few years teach you about money, possessions and self-worth through patience. Security is built with discipline: clear budgets, steady saving and a realistic sense of what your skills are worth. Progress may feel slow, but every careful step creates lasting stability. You also learn that your worth is never measured in money alone. Plant a seed in a pot and tend it. Steady care grows real wealth.
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.