Weekly Zodiac & Horoscope Forecast October 26 - November 1, 2026: A Taurus Full Moon Ruled by a Backward Venus

A weekly horoscope is a seven-day reading computed from exact planetary positions, sign by sign and house by house. This forecast covers October 26 through November 1, 2026 for the twelve zodiac signs and the twelve Chinese animals. Four exact events set the shape of the week: a Full Moon in Taurus, a Sun square Pluto, a Mercury square Mars, and a Last Quarter in Leo.

Weekly Overview: The Moon Is Full and Its Ruler Is Walking Backwards

The Full Moon is exact on Monday at 04:12 UTC at 2 degrees 46 minutes of Taurus. The Moon entered the sign at 23:35 UTC on Sunday, so the whole of Sunday night in the Americas sits inside the build. Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac and a fixed earth sign, the one that stabilizes whatever Aries starts. This Full Moon finishes something planted in April, and it finishes it slowly.

Venus crosses back into Libra

On Sunday at 09:10 UTC, Venus backed out of Scorpio and re-entered Libra. Venus has been retrograde since October 3, when it stood still at 8 degrees 29 minutes of Scorpio at 07:16 UTC. It will turn direct on November 14 at 00:28 UTC at 22 degrees 52 minutes of Libra.

Venus retrograde is the planet of value going back over its own tracks. In readings it shows up as a reappraisal of what you are paid, what you are worth, and where those two numbers came from. Clients rarely bring me the second question. They bring the first, and the second one is underneath it.

A Taurus Full Moon is ruled by Venus, and Venus is backwards in Libra, the sign of other people and the terms they offer. So the week's emotional peak carries the message that your sense of worth is currently being measured by someone else's ruler.

Sun square Pluto, Monday

The Sun squares Pluto at 12:12 UTC on Monday, the Sun at 3 degrees 6 minutes of Scorpio and Pluto at 3 degrees 6 minutes of Aquarius. Pluto has been direct since October 16, when it ended one hundred and sixty-three days of retrograde motion at that same degree.

Carl Jung characterized the shadow as the blind spot of the psyche, and in Aion (1951) he treats it as a moral problem rather than a hidden curiosity. A Sun-Pluto square is a blind spot with a schedule. Whatever you have refused to see about how much power you actually hold tends to surface in a small practical decision on a day like Monday. The decision looks like it is about a delivery date or a payment. It is about who has the final word.

My advice for Monday is narrow. Notice the moment where you over-explain. That moment marks the place where you believe the other person has more power than the situation grants them.

Mercury square Mars, Friday

On Friday at 17:20 UTC, Mercury squares Mars with both at 17 degrees 59 minutes, Mercury in Scorpio and Mars in Leo. Mercury has been retrograde since October 24 and stays backward until November 13. Mars is direct in Leo and gaining, moving from 15 degrees at the start of the week to 18 degrees 37 minutes by Sunday.

A client sent me a message he had written on a Friday like this one, in a previous year, and asked whether to send it. The message was accurate in every line and landed like an accusation. He waited until Tuesday, rewrote two paragraphs, and got what he wanted. Nothing in the content changed. The timing did.

Friday is the sharpest day for an argument that costs more than it earns. Write the message then. Send it after the weekend, once the Moon has moved into Leo.

Last Quarter in Leo, Sunday

The Last Quarter Moon arrives on Sunday, November 1 at 20:28 UTC at 9 degrees 26 minutes of Leo, with the Moon entering Leo at 04:18 UTC that morning. Waxing quarters build and waning quarters subtract. This one falls in Leo, the sign of what you make when people are watching.

The question is blunt. What are you still doing because someone might notice you did it? The clocks in the United States fall back that morning, so the hour of subtraction gets literal.

Moon phases this week

The background is heavy on reversals. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all retrograde this week. Saturn sits at 9 degrees 40 minutes of Aries and stays backward until December 10, while Neptune is retrograde at 2 degrees 13 minutes of Aries. Uranus is retrograde at 4 degrees 53 minutes of Gemini. Mars and Jupiter stay direct in Leo at 15 to 18 degrees and 23 to 24 degrees. See the 2026 retrograde dates for the full calendar.

The Dog month's last full week

The Chinese calendar has been in the Xu or Dog month since Cold Dew on October 8, and it closes at Winter Begins on November 7. This is the last full week of it. Xu is the earth branch that stores fire, and in a Fire Horse year it completes the trine of Tiger, Horse and Dog that opened in February. The Fire Horse year forecast traces that arc.

Inside the month, branch relations matter more than elements. The Rabbit forms a six combination with Xu and the Dragon clashes it. The Rooster harms it. The Ox and the Goat sit inside the three punishments of Chou, Xu and Wei. For the animals below, read the branch relation first and the element second.

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12 Zodiac Signs

Houses below count each sign as its own first house, so Scorpio sits in the 8th for Aries and the 1st for Scorpio.

Aries (March 21 - April 19)

Shared money is the subject, with the Sun and a retrograde Mercury both in your 8th house. A loan, a tax document or a partner's income needs one more pass. Venus retrograde in your 7th reviews a partnership's terms without ending it. Mars and Jupiter in your 5th keep the enjoyable part intact. Your growth edge: read the contract twice and sign once.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)

The Full Moon lands in your own sign on Monday at 2 degrees 46 minutes, the only one of 2026 in your 1st house. It closes a personal question open since spring. Your ruler Venus is retrograde in your 6th, so the body and the work routine are the real subject. Mars and Jupiter in your 4th favor home over ambition. Your growth edge: sleep on Monday night instead of deciding.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)

The Sun and a retrograde Mercury sit in your 6th house, so a schedule or a health habit gets rewritten. Your ruler Mercury turned around on October 24, which means every plan needs a second draft. Venus retrograde in your 5th returns an old pleasure or an old flame. Pluto direct in your 9th reopens a belief you shelved. Your growth edge: keep one small daily promise.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22)

The Sun and Mercury retrograde occupy your 5th house of children, romance and making things, so expect a second draft of something you assumed was finished. Venus retrograde in your 4th reviews the family budget. Saturn and Neptune retrograde in your 10th ask whether the job is still the plan. Your growth edge: show the unfinished version to one person.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)

Mars and Jupiter both sit in your sign, and on Sunday the Last Quarter Moon arrives in your 1st house at 9 degrees 26 minutes. That is a release point, so finish one visible thing and stop. The Sun and retrograde Mercury in your 4th turn attention home. Venus retrograde in your 3rd returns an old conversation. Your growth edge: let one person see the draft.

Virgo (August 23 - September 22)

Mercury, your ruler, is retrograde in your 3rd house until November 13, so everything you send is a first draft. Venus retrograde in your 2nd reviews what you charge for your work. Saturn and Neptune retrograde in your 8th keep a shared obligation slow. Pluto direct in your 6th makes a work pattern visible enough to change. Your growth edge: send less and check more.

Libra (September 23 - October 22)

Venus is retrograde in your own sign from Sunday, which happens roughly every nineteen months, so the subject is what you are worth to other people. The Sun and Mercury retrograde in your 2nd house ask the same question from the income side. Saturn retrograde in your 7th keeps one partnership slow. Your growth edge: put a number on the work you keep calling exposure.

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21)

Monday's Full Moon in Taurus lands in your 7th house, the partner axis, and it closes a question you have been circling since May. The Sun and Mercury retrograde both occupy your 1st house, so you are the subject of the review. Venus, which left your sign on Sunday, is now retrograde in your 12th. Your growth edge: answer the person who asked you directly.

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)

The Sun and retrograde Mercury sit in your 12th house, the quietest placement of your year, with four weeks left before your birthday season. Venus retrograde in your 11th reviews a friendship for its cost. Saturn retrograde in your 5th asks what you actually enjoy. Your growth edge: cancel one obligation and keep the silence.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19)

The group is the subject, with the Sun and retrograde Mercury both in your 11th house, and one promise made to a network gets examined for what it takes. Venus retrograde in your 10th reviews your public work and what it pays. Saturn, your ruler, is retrograde in your 4th at 9 degrees Aries. Your growth edge: ask for the favor before you need it.

Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)

Pluto is direct in your own sign for the first time since May, still at 3 degrees Aquarius, and Monday's Sun square falls on that degree. The Sun and retrograde Mercury in your 10th put career in front. Mars and Jupiter in your 7th bring other people's timing into the room. Your growth edge: write down what you decided in May.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20)

The Sun and Mercury retrograde in your 9th house review a course or a belief you never finished. Venus retrograde in your 8th reviews a shared account or a debt. Saturn and Neptune retrograde in your 2nd keep income slow, a timing fact rather than a verdict on your work. Your growth edge: finish the thing before you enroll in the next one.

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12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

The Chinese zodiac weekly forecast below reads each animal by element and branch relation to the Dog month.

Rat

Yang Water moves by finding the lowest path. The Dog month stores fire, so the water you carry runs cooler than the season suggests. Mercury retrograde favors a second reading of the same document.

Ox

Your Yin Earth sits inside the Dog month's three punishments with the Goat and the Dog, the slowest of the difficult combinations. A friction with a colleague is structural rather than personal. Do the work and skip the debate.

Tiger

Your fire trine with the Horse and the Dog stays assembled until November 7. Yang Wood grows toward whatever light it can see, so name the goal out loud while the trine holds.

Rabbit

The Dog month is your six combination, the most cooperative pairing of the year. Yin Wood bends, and bending this week means asking first. A favor asked on Tuesday returns by the weekend.

Dragon

The Dog month clashes your branch, and Monday's Full Moon presses on your resources. Yang Earth holds by standing still. Let the provocation pass unanswered.

Snake

Yin Fire burns steady and slow. The Sun in Scorpio is your own season, and it rewards finishing rather than starting. Say less in the Friday meeting and send the completed file instead.

Horse

Your fire trine with the Tiger and the Dog is fully assembled until November 7, the year's high point for visible work. Yang Fire travels by being seen. Choose one thing and show it before the month turns.

Goat

The Dog month places your branch inside the three punishments, which reward maintenance over gesture. Yin Earth wins by tending what already exists. Keep the appointment and skip the announcement.

Monkey

Yang Metal wins by shipping. Mercury retrograde sits in the water sign of the season, so your plan sharpens on the second pass.

Rooster

The Dog month harms your branch, so friction with one person carries information rather than insult. Yin Metal sharpens by being used. Do the difficult piece of the work yourself and delegate the rest.

Dog

Your month closes on November 7, and this is its last full week. Yang Earth stands firm, and firm here means consolidating what you already own. Check the paperwork before the Pig month opens.

Pig

Your month begins at Winter Begins on November 7. Yin Water wins by continuing, so keep the small daily practice and the receipts. The quiet before your own season is useful time.

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Lucky Stars of the Week

Western Zodiac: Taurus. The Full Moon is exact in your sign on Monday at 2 degrees 46 minutes, and your ruler Venus is retrograde in your 6th house. That combination puts the body and the budget in the same sentence, which is where most people keep their actual answer about self-worth. Do one unglamorous thing for your health on Monday and let the emotional conclusion arrive on its own.

Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit. The Dog month is your six combination and it has one week left to run. Cooperative pairings reward the first move rather than the clever move. Ask for the thing you have been waiting to be offered, and do it before November 7.

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Shadow Work Journaling Prompt

What did I buy, keep or defend this week because I was afraid of being worth less? Who would I have to become to stop proving the number?

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This article is offered for spiritual guidance and entertainment purposes only. It is not a substitute for medical, legal, or financial advice.