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title: October 2026 Horoscope for Women Who Lead
description: "Venus retrograde 2026 from 3 October, Mercury retrograde from 24 October and the Hunter's Moon on 26 October: a career horoscope for every sign."
date: 2026-10-03T09:00:00.000Z
updated: 2026-10-10T14:47:23.354Z
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October 2026 opens with two planets turning back in Scorpio, and for a woman who leads, that makes it a month for going over what is already on the table. Venus, which astrology links to money and the people we choose to work with, appears to stop and travel backwards from 3 October. Mercury, the planet of messages and paperwork, does the same from 24 October. Astrologers call this apparent backward motion retrograde, and [Venus retrograde 2026](https://richwoman.co/article/season-horoscopes-equinox-to-winter-solstice-2026) and Mercury retrograde 2026 overlap for the last week of the month.

Around them, the Sun stands opposite Saturn on 4 October, with Saturn at its brightest for the year, the traditional image of responsibility and limits. The Libra New Moon on 10 October is the month's one clean fresh start. Pluto turns forward on 16 October, the Sun enters Scorpio on 23 October, and the Hunter's Moon is full in Taurus on 26 October, the day after the clocks go back.

The sky here is a picture and a timetable for your own decisions. This career horoscope reads it for the woman who chairs the meeting and signs off the budget.

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