Your October 2026 Horoscope for Leo
by Susan MillerVenus rules beauty and money/profit, so a Venus retrograde period is not the time to make design choices for your home, and selling real estate or having an estate sale (or yard sale) is not likely to bring you as much profit as you had hoped. If you want to buy and bid on a house, you might have to increase the offer you had planned to make.
Venus will also affect you in a more general, overall way, too. As I wrote in detail last month, Venus retrograde is a time to keep your appearance as is, so delay making any substantial changes through Botox, fillers, laser treatments, expensive spa treatments, cosmetic dentistry, or any other procedure until after November 13. You can do normal grooming, of course, but you should not make dramatic changes to your face, and that includes your hair. If you change your hairstyle radically, you might not like the change.
Venus will be based IN your fourth house of home and family but Venus RULES your house of career, so Venus will affect two areas of your life. Your career is going to be a powerful factor at the coming full moon, October 25, and I will cover that full moon in a few minutes.
I need to let you know that Mercury will also retrograde, but later in the month, from October 24 to November 13 (yes, Mercury will go direct the same day as Venus). Both Venus and Mercury will have an overarching effect beyond the part of the chart where they are retrograde. I will quickly list those areas for you.
