Your Virgo Horoscope 24 August - 23 September

VIRGO

Fight back

Chemistry surge

Choose you

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Still Finding Your Feet

Virgo, how are you feeling after that huge energy shift? It’s been a lot, and this week you’re still finding your feet. Life looks different, you feel different, and you are working out where your power belongs now.

Shared money, emotional entanglements, debts, desire, trust and control are all coming up for inspection.

Who have you handed too much power to? Who expects you to make every decision for them? Where have you carried more than your fair share because it felt easier than dealing with the consequences?

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Saturn Retrograde — Study the Pattern

The past few weeks may have stirred some very primal reactions. Jealousy, possessiveness, obsession, rows about money or intense feelings that seemed to come from the depths of your soul. Saturn retrograde asks you to study the pattern rather than judge yourself for it.

Think back to former lovers and previous chapters of your life. When did you give your power away? How did you get it back? What can that version of you teach you now? You are far stronger than you were then, and you are beginning to trust yourself again.

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Mercury Direct

Mercury is direct, which makes it easier to follow your instincts and act on them. You’ll know when to change your routine, when to make the call, when to go out and when to approach a powerful person who can open a door. An unexpected opportunity may appear, particularly when you act quickly and listen to your first instinct.

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The Nodes Shift

The lunar nodes are changing signs and beginning a major new cycle in your life. The North Node points you towards the daily choices that strengthen you. Health, work, habits, routines and the way you use your time become your route to greater freedom and success. You have always had a gift for analysing life. Now you can use it on your own behalf.

You are also releasing fantasies that once brought comfort. A dream can feel beautiful even when part of you knows it belongs in the past. This cycle helps you choose what supports your life as it stands today. Secrets, mixed messages and emotional fog begin to clear as you commit to choices that feel right for you.

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Venus Square Mars

Venus square Mars brings chemistry, tension and a possible power struggle around work. You may feel attracted to a colleague, a client, a creative collaborator. The work itself may become seductive. Either way, there is spice in the air, and beneath the disagreement there could be a spark.

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29th — Sun Conjunct Jupiter and the Full Moon

The Sun conjunct Jupiter on the 29th brings hard-earned joy. Trust your instincts that day. A conversation could deliver far more than you expect.

The Full Moon in Aquarius reveals the small changes that lead to the success you deserve. You may suddenly see exactly which habit, schedule, role or responsibility needs adjusting. Trust your dreams and hunches. Phew! What a week! May it bring you all you desire x

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In a Nutshell

Power, trust, shared money and emotional entanglements are all up for honest inspection this week. Saturn retrograde asks you to study old patterns — not judge yourself for them. Mercury direct gets your instincts sharp and actionable again. The Node shift begins a major new cycle around daily habits, health and how you use your time — your analytical gift is now working for you. Venus square Mars puts some spice around work. And the 29th delivers hard-earned joy via Sun conjunct Jupiter, with the Full Moon in Aquarius revealing exactly which small change unlocks the bigger success.

VIRGO

A string of magic lanterns round your heart

old wounds around the road not taken

Let your intuition lead the way

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Eclipse Season Begins

What a month we’re entering, with Leo blazing through August, lighting wildfires in our hearts. It’s eclipse season, with a solar eclipse in Leo. There hasn’t been one quite like this since 1999. That total solar eclipse brought the most meaningful plot twist of my life. It took me out of London and into the countryside, where I found my destiny. Not old enough to remember? What was going on for you in August 2018? One thing is for sure: a new path is opening.

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Chiron Turns Retrograde

Let’s start at the beginning with another rare occurrence. Chiron, the mighty asteroid, is turning retrograde in Taurus, something that hasn’t happened since 1983. Chiron excavates our deepest wounds. The kind and magnificent centaur was accidentally shot by Hercules with an arrow poisoned with the Hydra’s incurable blood. As an immortal, he was in constant pain, ultimately giving up his immortality to free Prometheus, who had been chained to a rock by Zeus for giving fire to humans. His soul then became a constellation. During this retrograde, you’ll be looking at old wounds around travel, study and expressing your raw, authentic soul. Where do you wish you’d taken the road less travelled? Make sure you fit an adventure into August.

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Mercury Enters Leo

Leo energy festoons this month with energetic lanterns. The South Node has recently moved into Leo, joining your ruler Mercury and, of course, the Sun. When Mercury enters Leo on the 9th, the magic begins. Mercury moves into your 12th house of all things woo-woo and witchy, bringing intuitive visions and strange coincidences while also exposing liars and lies. If you have anything to hide, I’d sort it out before the eclipse. Trust your intuition above all else now. With Mercury trine Neptune, this dizzy dance will lead you back into your soul’s power while helping you feel more secure in your relationships.

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Solar Eclipse in Leo

The solar eclipse on the 12th amplifies all of this. Eclipses take us into the darkness and our fears, but then throw us back into the light. How do you feel about your intuition? You’re more psychic than you realise; there will be signs, let your inner feral fairy out! Start taking your spiritual practices seriously. Love and illusion, romance and whimsy will also be on your mind.

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Lunar Eclipse

The lunar eclipse on the 28th, on the other hand, is in your opposite sign, Pisces, and brings a revelation about those relationships. Have you been ignoring a hunch or a deep ‘knowing’ about one of your closest relationships? The eclipse will bring it into the light. Don’t be afraid to talk about your feelings and express your vulnerability.

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Mercury Cazimi & Closing

There’s a Mercury cazimi on the 27th. What’s that? It’s when Mercury sits right in the heart of the Sun, sharpening your mind and helping you see exactly what needs to be done. Then, on the 31st, Jupiter trines Saturn, helping you put everything you’ve learned from this life changing month into action. Let yourself indulge in the whimsy and magic, Virgo, it will heal you.

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In a Nutshell

It’s a rich month, Virgo. Chiron turns retrograde on the 3rd, unearthing old wounds around travel, study and the road you didn’t take. Venus moves into Libra on the 6th, and Mercury follows into Leo on the 9th, slipping into your twelfth house of intuition and hidden truths, so trust what you sense. The solar eclipse on the 12th throws that intuition into sharp relief, and the lunar eclipse in Pisces on the 28th shines a light on a relationship you’ve been quietly wondering about. Mercury sits cazimi in the heart of the Sun on the 27th, sharpening your mind, and we close the month on the 31st as Jupiter trines Saturn, turning this month’s insight into action.

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3 Aug 2026 — Chiron stations retrograde at 0° Taurus (9th house)

5 Aug 2026 — Third Quarter Moon in Taurus (9th)

6 Aug 2026 — Venus enters Libra (2nd)

6 Aug 2026 — Sun in Leo trine Saturn in Aries (12th to 8th)

9 Aug 2026 — Mercury enters Leo (12th)

10 Aug 2026 — Venus in Libra trine Pluto in Aquarius (2nd to 6th)

10 Aug 2026 — Venus in Libra opposition Neptune in Aries (2nd to 8th)

11 Aug 2026 — Mercury in Leo opposition Pluto in Aquarius (12th to 6th)

11 Aug 2026 — Mercury in Leo trine Neptune in Aries (12th to 8th)

11 Aug 2026 — Venus in Libra trine Uranus in Gemini (2nd to 10th)

12 Aug 2026 — Solar Eclipse in Leo (12th)

12 Aug 2026 — Mercury in Leo sextile Uranus in Gemini (12th to 10th)

13 Aug 2026 — Mercury in Leo sextile Venus in Libra (12th to 2nd)

15 Aug 2026 — Mercury conjunct Jupiter in Leo (12th)

16 Aug 2026 — Mars in Cancer quincunx Pluto in Aquarius (11th to 6th)

17 Aug 2026 — Mars in Cancer square Neptune in Aries (11th to 8th)

17 Aug 2026 — Mercury in Leo trine Saturn in Aries (12th to 8th)

17 Aug 2026 — Venus in Libra sextile Jupiter in Leo (2nd to 12th)

19 Aug 2026 — First Quarter Moon in Scorpio (3rd)

Virgo Yearly Astrology Forecast 2026

Nurture electric dreams in the dark

Play by the rules – your own

Intense as the Santa Anas, delicate as mist – that’s love in ‘26

Just like I did with your fellow Mercury-ruled sign of Gemini, I am going to get the Mercury madness retro reversals out of the way at the start of this forecast, to ensure you are the retro badass of ‘26, Virgo And having got this out of the way, we can then explore all the wonder that the new year has in store for you.

This year’s first retrograde takes place during your yearly partnership cycle and across Pisces and your 7^th house. It runs from Feb 12 – the start of pre-shadow. With the full retrograde occurring from Feb 26 – March 20. Mercury will clear its post-shadow in Pisces on April 9.

During this retrograde, Mercury will encounter the North Node in Pisces not once, but three times. Feb 12, March 18 and March 23. Take it in true retrograde fashion, nothing is decided and situations can be very fluid during this time. Especially around a key relationship or double act. It’s important you avoid long term decisions relationship decisions at this point – whether to become exclusive, move in, get engaged, marry, sign that work contract, separate or divorce. To pause seeking someone new if it’s a long term, serious connection you seek. And above all, to let go and stop trying to control or influence any outcome. The presence of the Nodes (don’t forget the South Node is in your sign!), tell you to defer to a higher power.

Yes, a relationship could come full circle on some level. This Mercury retro also puts you back in eclipse weather. Again, there may be something you don’t yet know or see. 2026 will see the Nodes move from Pisces and your 7^th and your own sign, into Aquarius and your 6^th and Leo and your 12^th. Ahead of this happening we begin to see eclipse activity on the new axis. And then final eclipses on the old before the cycle closes for good.

March 3 sees a full Moon in your sign and a total lunar eclipse. It’s an emotional blind spot for you. Perhaps you have been making excuses for someone. Or else have failed to see a pattern you are repeating. This comes two weeks after the Annular Solar Eclipse in Aquarius and your house of wellbeing. How do your emotions affect your overall health? How does your relationship? Most importantly, what is the impact on you if you are denying or repressing how you feel? Does your partner if you have one, listen, validate or support your feeling state? Or do you feel you have to keep this inside?

You’ll be looking at these themes across the eclipse/retrograde and again as the approach your birthday and into your new cycle. The Nodes change signs on July 27. When Mercury is in post-shadow from its second retrograde in Cancer and your 11^th. The next eclipse is in Leo and your 12^th on Aug 12. Five days after Mercury exits its retroshade. This will be a total solar eclipse. A complete blackout in other words. In your house of hidden truths and secrets. A complete blackout in other words.

It is linked to the eclipse which took place in 2017 – which famously had Donald Trump looking at it without eye protection. If you recall what was happening back then – especially around changes in relationships, friendships and goals, or there is something which was never cleared up, closed or answered, then this eclipse will touch on that. By the time the final eclipse of the old cycle appears with a partial lunar eclipse in Pisces during your actual birthday cycle on Aug 28, you should have gained clarity and have your answer. Apply what you have learned to those unions going forward as the South Node brings in the opportunity to release and set fresh karma in motion.

There is one final Mercury retro scheduled for ‘26 – as well as a Venus retrograde. Mercury enters pre-retro on Oct 4 in Scorpio and your 3^rd. Warning: this is a Mercury ruled house in your chart. Plus it retrograde at the same time as Venus. And love planet Saturn, Uranus and partnership planet Neptune are also retrograde at the same time. This is an intense retrograde storm front of five planets. And not just your ruler but three of the planets directly or indirectly rule relationships. While Venus also rules not only your money, but your 9^th house of long distance travel, expansion, the mass media and foreign affairs of all kinds. Please put travel and certainly relationship matters on hold until at least after your ruler exits retroshade on Nov 29.

Saturn and Neptune in Aries: Purification

Now, we’re done with the retro rules, Virgo. And after a long cycle of release and re- embracing your needs in relationships that you have endured across the Saturn/Neptune transits through Pisces, let’s look at love reborn and your intimate ties as first Neptune (Jan 27), and then Saturn (Feb 14), move out of Pisces and on into Aries and your 8^th. And on Feb 20 meet in here for the first time in our lifetimes.

After a long period of shedding and purging yourself of anything that weighs you down, old issues and patterns in love and relating, and demolishing barriers you created out of protection, but which in fact keep you emotionally imprisoned, you rise like a phoenix. Pristine and purified. Sure and certain in your power and what you want. And ready to take action.

You’ll continue to devote yourself to who or what matters. But your priorities may also have shifted. If Saturn and Neptune’s transit through your 7^th released you back into the dating pool again, in Aries and your 8^th they offer up a deeper, intimate and soul shifting love experience. You will crave the kind of connection that rocks your world and shifts your beliefs like the Santa Ana winds and burns away those old preconceptions like wildfire. Heady, unforgettable, pure alchemy. Be careful what you wish for under these transits, Virgo. You’re all-powerful. You may get it.

Jupiter in Leo: The One They Don’t See Coming

Jupiter in Leo and your 12^th is all about what is happening behind the scenes. A good metaphor for this is the crew which creates the movie magic on screen. Without them, the actors wouldn’t work and there would in fact, be no movie to watch. No, AI can’t yet do that for us.

Jupiter in your 12^th does things on the down-low. It is the big plan, goal or start-up you are quietly working away on in that backroom. It is the job where you work behind the scenes for someone else. The support role. It is also all your hidden knowledge and skills which you are utilising in some way to your advantage. Work now – success later. You may not talk about this. Or only confide in your inner circle. It is the NDA. The Official Secrets Act. The long game. The goal you keep inside until you have made it real and announce it to the world.

It’s also about those who may have underestimated you. Or even you deliberately creating misdirection. Think Columbo. Think Brenda Blethyn’s Vera. Clark Kent. Peter Parker. Keeping that superpower on the down-low. In The Devil’s Advocate, Al Pacino (the Devil himself), berates Keanu Reeves over his ‘look’ in court. Specifically, his snakeskin cowboy boots. A tell and a dead giveaway. They broadcast his strategy. Better to be the one they don’t see coming. Turns out the devil is in the details. But then you already knew that.

This is your house of secrets. But a word of warning here. This is going to be a very ‘public’ year for you when you will be ‘on show’ and your actions observed and scrutinised. More on this shortly. Ensure you are not engaged in anything that you wouldn’t want your mum to know about or become public knowledge. Such as a clandestine affair or anything which has the potential to impact on your rep and how others see you. This is not a moral judgement. This is simply good PR. Because those kinds of secrets will have a way of escaping the closet. And in ways you least expect. So unless you want your own version of a Coldplay jumbotron scandal – ensure there’s nothing you won’t want to be seen in your secret lab of dreams, Virgo.

You could nurture those secret ambitions until you are ready to reveal the final result, take a deep dive into esoteric studies, explore different beliefs and cultures. With Jupiter travel always features. You may journey back to somewhere you have visited in the past. Or end up somewhere new that feels eerily familiar. With the South Node also joining Jupiter in here, people from your past can and will reappear. And this includes your past lives, Virgo. If so they are here to pay something forward. That new and extremely generous friend or supporter, who seems to want to help you with no apparent agenda in mind. Could this be because you once did the same for them?

Uranus in Gemini: Your Way. Your Rules

Balance out those backroom plans and secret goals with getting yourself noticed or taking an idea further as Uranus moves into Gemini and your 10^th on April 26. This transit can see you redefine your path in life, your role and goals. It can bring sudden and unexpected changes around your career, your work and even your relationship status as this is the house which rules that.

Uranus brings innovation, sweeping change and even upend the status quo. You’ve worked in the same job for years – and are forced out of your position when the company is taken over or goes bust. You then land in a much better one. Which you would never have found much less been offered, unless Uranus turfed you out in the first place.

A ‘midlife crisis’ often occurs at the time of our Uranus opposition – around 42-44 years of age when Uranus will be in the sign opposite to the one it was in when we were born. It can stir up feelings of rebellion, dissatisfaction and trigger a desire to make radical changes. Almost a middle-aged version of teenage angst. Expect this is the point when people begin to assess whether their life choices have worked out. And potentially choose again if the answer is no. If you were the Uranus in Sagittarius generation – you will be having your Uranus opposition.

This is a ‘public’ house in your chart as it is the one at the very top of your birthchart. This is why you are ‘on show’ now. And also as Uranus rules surprises, why it can out them on that jumbotron in a very public way.

The upside of the planet that actually is tilted at 98 degrees – is that in this sector of your chart it can offer up unexpected accolades and recognition – especially if you’ve been beavering away at that project in the background. Reversals of fortune in that you become an overnight sensation or gain 500,000 followers. You change careers and in the process, redefine success when happiness is part of your package. You fall for someone totally different to your usual type. Crazy and outrageous success could see you staying in your usual line of work – but your role totally changes.

Uranus is all about your individuality, and your place in the collective. In your 10^th of what is established, this is about playing by the rules – but your way. Or getting yourself to the position where you now write them. Success comes from understanding what you bring to the table. Nobody else does it your way. Or offers exactly what you do. It’s what you do and the way you work it. If you are in a job where you thought you could make a change, but it ended up changing you and not for the better, this is the transit when change now works for your betterment.

This year clears away old fears, insecurities, patterns and behaviours which have prevented your evolution. Your birthday cycle is Mercury retro-free this year. And aside from the eclipse, by August/September you have an open road ahead of you. Especially as Jupiter – your Fat Cupid planet encourages you to explore paths which may have previously been closed.

The year’s end brings your focus down to home and domestic life. Ruler Mercury will also be creating home-maker angles to Saturn and Neptune across December. Its opposition to Uranus signals a move, or now having that plan ready to bring out of the secret lab – and dazzle the world.

In a nutshell: Saturn and Neptune’s exit from Pisces and your 7^th is a phoenix rising moment for you, Virgo. Just take it your star is on the rise in more ways than one this year. That includes your professional one as Uranus moves into your career zone. While Jupiter boosts that secret superpower.

Mercury Mayhem Retrograde Dates 2026

12 Feb 2026 Mercury retroshadow begins in Pisces (7^th)

26 Feb 2026 Mercury stationary retrograde in Pisces (7^th)

20 Mar 2026 Mercury stationary direct in Pisces (7^th)

9 Apr 2026 Mercury retroshadow ends in Pisces (7^th)

13 Jun 2026 Mercury retroshadow begins in Cancer (11^th)

29 Jun 2026 Mercury stationary retrograde in Cancer (11^th)

23 Jul 2026 Mercury stationary direct in Cancer (11^th)

7 Aug 2026 Mercury retroshadow ends in Cancer (11^th)

4 Oct 2026 Mercury retroshadow begins in Scorpio (3^rd)

24 Oct 2026 Mercury stationary retrograde in Scorpio (3^rd) Five planets retrograde – Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

13 Nov 2026 Mercury stationary direct in Scorpio (3^rd)

29 Nov 2026 Mercury retroshadow ends in Scorpio (3^rd)

1 Jan 2026 Mercury enters Capricorn (5^th)

14 Jan 2026 Mercury in Capricorn opposition Jupiter in Cancer (5^th to 11^th)

22 Jan 2026 Mercury conjunct Pluto in Aquarius (6^th)

26 Jan 2026 Neptune re-enters Aries (8^th)

6 Feb 2026 Mercury enters Pisces (7^th)

10 Feb 2026 Venus enters Pisces (7^th)

12 Feb 2026 Mercury conjunct North Node in Pisces (7^th)

17 Feb 2026 New Moon in Aquarius – Annular Solar Eclipse (6^th)

17 Feb 2026 New Moon and Annular Solar Eclipse in Aquarius square Uranus in Taurus (6^th to 9^th)

18 Feb 2026 Sun enters Pisces (7^th)

20 Feb 2026 Saturn and Neptune conjunct in Aries (8^th)

28 Feb 2026 Retrograde Mercury and Venus conjunct in Pisces (7^th)

2 Mar 2026 Mars enters Pisces (7^th)

3 Mar 2026 Full Moon in Virgo – Total Lunar Eclipse (1^st)

3 Mar 2026 Full Moon in Virgo – Total Lunar Eclipse sextile Jupiter in Cancer (1^st to 11^th)

2 Mar 2026 Mars enters Pisces (7^th)

3 Mar 2026 Full Moon in Virgo – Total Lunar Eclipse (1^st)

3 Mar 2026 Full Moon in Virgo – Total Lunar Eclipse sextile Jupiter in Cancer (1^st to 11^th)

7 Mar 2026 Sun conjunct retrograde Mercury in Pisces (7^th)

15 Mar 2026 Mercury retrograde conjunct Mars in Pisces (7^th)

18 Mar 2026 Mercury retrograde conjunct North Node in Pisces (2^nd time) (7^th)

19 Mar 2026 New Moon in Pisces (7^th)

19 Mar 2026 New Moon in Pisces sextile Uranus in Taurus (7^th to 9^th)

23 Mar 2026 Mercury conjunct North Node in Pisces (3^rd time) (7^th)

4 Apr 2026 Grand Water Trine: Jupiter in Cancer trine Moon in Scorpio trine Mercury in Pisces trine Jupiter in Cancer (11^th to 3^rd to 7^th to 11^th)

26 Apr 2026 Uranus re-enters Gemini (10^th)

14 May 2026 Sun conjunct Mercury in Taurus (9^th)

16 May 2026 New Supermoon in Taurus (9^th)

17 May 2026 Mercury enters Gemini (10^th)

18 May 2026 Mercury conjunct Uranus in Gemini (10^th)

31 May 2026 Full Blue Micromoon in Sagittarius (4^th)

31 May 2026 Full Blue Micromoon in Sagittarius trine Saturn in Aries (4^th to 8^th)

15 Jun 2026 New Supermoon in Gemini (10^th)

30 Jun 2026 Jupiter enters Leo (12^th)

9 Jul 2026 Venus enters Virgo (1^st)

13 Jul 2026 Sun conjunct retrograde Mercury in Cancer (11^th)

14 Jul 2026 New Supermoon in Cancer (11^th)

14 Jul 2026 New Supermoon conjunct retrograde Mercury in Cancer (11^th)

27 Jul 2026 North Node enters Aquarius. South Node enters Leo (6^th/12^th)

29 Jul 2026 Sun conjunct Jupiter in Leo (12^th)

29 Jul 2026 Full Moon in Aquarius (6^th)

29 Jul 2026 Full Moon in Aquarius opposition Jupiter in Leo (6^th to 12^th)

12 Aug 2026 Mercury in Leo opposition Pluto in Aquarius (12^th to 6^th)

12 Aug 2026 New Moon in Leo – Total Solar Eclipse (12^th)

15 Aug 2025 Mercury conjunct Jupiter in Leo (12^th)

23 Aug 2026 Sun enters Virgo (1^st)

25 Aug 2026 Mercury enters Virgo (1^st)

27 Aug 2026 Sun conjunct Mercury in Virgo (1^st)

28 Aug 2026 Full Moon in Pisces – Partial Lunar Eclipse (7^th)

28 Aug 2026 Full Moon in Pisces – Partial Lunar Eclipse opposition Mercury in Virgo (7^th to 1^st)

28 Aug 2026 T-Square: Full Moon in Pisces – Partial Lunar Eclipse opposition Mercury in Virgo square Uranus in Gemini (7^th to 1^st to 10^th)

11 Sep 2026 New Moon in Virgo (1^st)

11 Sep 2026 New Moon in Virgo sextile Mars in Cancer (1^st to 11^th)

12 Sep 2026 Mercury in Libra opposition Neptune in Aries (2^nd to 8^th)

18 Sep 2026 Mercury in Libra opposition Saturn in Aries (2^nd to 8^th)

30 Sep 2026 Mercury enters Scorpio (3^rd)

3 Oct 2026 Venus stationary retrograde in Scorpio (3^rd)

4 Nov 2026 Sun conjunct retrograde Mercury in Scorpio (3^rd)

25 Nov 2026 Mars enters Virgo (1^st)

6 Dec 2026 Mercury enters Sagittarius (4^th)

7 Dec 2026 Mercury in Sagittarius trine Neptune in Aries (4^th to 8^th)

8 Dec 2026 Mercury in Sagittarius opposition Uranus in Gemini (4^th to 10^th)

11 Dec 2026 Mercury in Sagittarius trine Saturn in Aries (4^th to 8^th)

25 Dec 2026 Mercury enters Capricorn (5^th)

31 Dec 2026 Mercury in Capricorn trine Mars in Virgo (5^th to 1^st)