Forecasts
Astrology for the Week of October 26, 2026
The week of October 26, 2026, day by day: the full Moon in Taurus, a Mercury-Mars square, a Cancer Moon Halloween and the clocks falling back.
The full Moon in Taurus peaks in the first minutes of Monday, so you start the week already holding whatever it stirred up. After last week's pileup, the rest of the week winds down: a talkative Gemini Moon midweek, a cozy Cancer Moon for Halloween, and one sharp edge on Friday when Mercury squares Mars. The clocks go back on Sunday, and the extra hour is worth treating as a real one.
The week at a glance
- Monday, 12:12 a.m. ET: the full Moon in Taurus peaks (still Sunday night at 11:12 p.m. Central and 9:12 p.m. Pacific)
- Monday, 8:11 a.m. ET: the Sun squares Pluto
- Tuesday, 9:01 p.m. ET: the Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini
- Thursday, 10:05 p.m. ET: the Moon moves into Cancer
- Friday, 1:21 p.m. ET: Mercury squares Mars, with Mercury retrograde
- Saturday: Halloween, with the Moon in Cancer
- Sunday, 12:18 a.m. ET: the Moon moves into Leo, and the clocks go back an hour at 2 a.m.
- Sunday, 3:28 p.m. ET: the last quarter Moon arrives in Leo
- All week: Scorpio season is on, Venus has been retrograde since October 3 and Mercury since October 24, and both turn direct on November 13
Day by day
Monday, October 26
The full Moon peaks at 12:12 a.m. ET, at 2°46' Taurus, so by the time you're up it's behind you and whatever it stirred up is sitting right there next to the coffee. Write it down before it fades, in the words you'd use if nobody were ever going to read it, then read it back to yourself once. The full Moon in Taurus forecast has the longer version.
At 8:11 a.m. ET the Sun squares Pluto, at 3°06' Scorpio and Aquarius, and the morning picks up an edge. Identity runs into power, and the questions that surface are about control: who decides, who's been steering, who always ends up giving in. There's an urge to get to the bottom of something. The Taurus Moon slows the pace, so eat a proper breakfast first and have the honest conversation at Taurus speed.
Tuesday, October 27
A quiet one for the planets, and the Taurus Moon keeps the day slow and sensory, the kind that suits cooking something that takes a while. The Moon slips into Gemini at 9:01 p.m. ET, and after dinner the phone starts to wake up.
Wednesday, October 28
The Gemini Moon makes everyone chatty, and that includes the friend who usually answers in one word. You send three voice memos and get four back, and your attention splits between a podcast, two open tabs and a question you've been meaning to ask someone. Curiosity is high and focus is scattered, so follow the tangents, and give anything that needs your full attention a quiet hour with the notifications off.
Thursday, October 29
Another quiet day for the planets, and the Gemini Moon is still keeping the conversations moving. At 10:05 p.m. ET the Moon moves into Cancer and the evening turns tender and homebound, a good fit for a long call with someone in your family or for not going anywhere at all.
Friday, October 30
Mercury squares Mars at 1:21 p.m. ET, at 17°59' Scorpio and Leo, with Mercury retrograde, and words heat up. Mercury is how you think and talk, Mars is how you go after what you want, and here a Scorpio mind full of unsaid things meets Leo drive that wants to be heard. Replies come fast, a small debate can turn into a real one, and patience wears thin. The Cancer Moon keeps feelings near the surface all day, so a sharp sentence can land harder than intended.
The friction pushes you to say the real thing, and it goes over better after one pause. You type the sharp reply, then save it to drafts, and an hour later you send the version that keeps the point and drops the sting. Mercury only looks like it's moving backward from Earth and never physically reverses, and the Mercury retrograde forecast covers the rest of the stretch.
Saturday, October 31
Halloween has a Cancer Moon, and Cancer wants its people close. A small party at your place beats a big night out: you host instead of going out, and everyone ends up on your couch in half a costume. Invite the people who feel like home, and make too much food, because Cancer feeds people.
Sunday, November 1
The Moon moves into Leo at 12:18 a.m. ET, as Halloween night runs down. A Leo Moon is playful, warm and happy to be seen, which gives the costumes one last round of photos. At 2 a.m. the clocks go back an hour. You spend the extra hour asleep, and it counts.
The last quarter Moon arrives at 3:28 p.m. ET, at 9°26' Leo. The Moon is waning now, the half of the cycle for sharing, reflecting and clearing, and Leo makes that generous: tell your friends the full story of last night, show someone what you made this week, and clear a few things off your plate.
One note for the whole week
Start a note on Monday with whatever the full Moon stirred up, and leave it open all week. Add what you're chewing on, the people you owe a call, and the sharp reply you saved to drafts. Sunday afternoon, with the last quarter Moon in Leo, read the whole thing back from the top. Whatever still sounds true, tell someone in a sentence they can hear. Delete the rest.