Your October 2026 Horoscope for Gemini
by Susan MillerThe new moon will arrive in compatible Libra on October 10 at 17º and light your house of fun and romance. However, with Venus retrograde, the only people who will enjoy this new moon are those who are already attached.
If you are single, Venus retrograde is making you reflect on your new partner and your overall dating patterns. In this way, a retrograde is not so bad, and can actually be quite helpful. Let me explain.
The universe is a study of opposites—we have day and night, on and off, full and empty, and past and future. (There are, of course, many other examples of opposites.) Retrogrades ask us to reflect back and see if we can find clues about how we can improve our lives with better choices and habits. We often think of any planet in retrograde as a frustrating time filled with delays, but I’d rather think of those retrogrades as little speed bumps the universe puts in our path to deliberately slow us down. In that sense, when you think about it, perhaps the retrogrades are the best periods, when we get a chance to stop and think and find ways to solidly improve our lives and performance.
This new moon on October 10 will be opposed by Saturn, so the person you love may have to live somewhere else for a while, perhaps for a short time for work, or because he or she is attending university in another region. Saturn is notorious for bringing enforced separations, often through no one’s fault. If you are dating, your partner appears to be under a heavy strain. In that case you would want to be supportive and patient until this period passes.
Note: If you are married, this aspect regarding the October 10 new moon would not affect you, as your spouse would be covered by a different area of your chart.
