Mar 21 – Apr 19 · Fire · Cardinal · Ruled by Mars
Last updated 15 October 2026
Read the full Aries profileSomething in your circle shifts for good, Aries. Pluto turns direct in your 11th house of friends and community on October 15, so the slow rewiring of who you belong with starts moving outward again after five months underground. Venus stays retrograde in your 8th house of intimacy and shared money, keeping the deeper financial threads under review. Let the friendship change happen. Keep the money conversations open a while longer.
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The deepest week of your autumn, Aries. Scorpio season begins on October 23 in your 8th house of intimacy and shared money, then Mercury turns retrograde there on the 24th and joins Venus, so debts, joint finances and buried truths all come up at once. On the 25th retrograde Venus slips back into your 7th house of partnership. Renegotiate, do not sign. Listen to what your partner is actually saying.
A relationship reset lands mid-week, Aries. The New Moon in Libra on October 10 opens a fresh chapter in your 7th house of partnership, so name what you actually want from the people closest to you. But Venus stays retrograde in your 8th house of intimacy and shared money, so the deeper financial and emotional threads are still under review. Set the intention. Do not sign the agreement yet.
A reflective turn as the month ends, Aries. Venus stations retrograde in your 8th house of intimacy and shared resources on October 3, beginning six weeks to reconsider trust, joint finances and what you have merged with another. It is not the week to overhaul it all, only to review. Look honestly at what you share. Then let the review begin gently.
The big week of September, Aries. Libra season begins at the equinox on September 22 and lights your 7th house of partnership, calling you to balance your own needs with someone else's. Then the Harvest Full Moon on September 26 lands right on you in your 1st house, close to Neptune, a vivid culmination around who you are becoming. Your me-and-we axis lights up. Honour both sides. Then let it peak.
October is the year's deepest review for you, Aries. It lands in your 8th house of intimacy, shared money and trust. Venus turns retrograde there on October 3 and Mercury joins it on October 24, so debts, joint finances and the truth beneath a close bond all come up for renegotiation. The New Moon in Libra on October 10 opens a partnership chapter in your 7th, gently. The Full Moon in Taurus on October 26 brings your own money to a head. Pluto turns direct in your 11th on October 15. Review, do not launch.
The fog lifts mid-month, Aries. The New Moon in Scorpio on November 9 plants a seed in your 8th house around intimacy and shared resources, then Mercury and Venus both turn direct on November 13 and the long autumn review finally ends. From November 22 the Sun lights your 9th house of travel and belief, widening the horizon after weeks in deep water. The Full Moon in Gemini on November 24 brings a conversation in your 3rd to its point. Mars enters your 6th on November 25, pouring drive into work and health. Say what you worked out.
2026 is the year you become your own authority. Saturn and Neptune both move through Aries and meet at the very first degree of the zodiac on February 20, fusing structure and dream right on your identity - build the version of yourself you have been imagining, then check it against what is real. Jupiter blesses your 4th house of home until June 30, then crosses into your 5th house of romance and creativity for your most joyful run in over a decade. The August 12 solar eclipse in that 5th house is a bold, fated push to be seen. Pace the self-reinvention. The second half of the year is where the fun lives.
2027 keeps the joy and adds craft. Jupiter lights your 5th house of romance and creativity until July 26, then graduates into your 6th house of work and health, turning inspiration into a better daily life and a stronger body. The total solar eclipse on August 2 - the longest left this century - lands in your 5th house, a once-in-a-lifetime reset around love, art and being seen. Saturn and Neptune spend a second year in your 1st house, so keep refining who you are becoming. Create boldly through summer. Then build the routine that sustains it.
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Key sky dates · Week of October 12 – 18, 2026
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