October 2026

October 2

Sukkot ends at sunset

Shemini Atzeret begins at sunset

October 3

Venus Retrogrades at 8° Scorpio

Shemini Atzeret ends at sunset

Simchat Torah begins at sunset

October 4 

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period begins

Simchat Torah ends at sunset

October 10

New Moon in Libra

October 12

Indigenous People’s Day 

October 15 

Pluto goes Direct at 03° Aquarius

October 23

Sun moves into Scorpio

October 24

Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period ends

Mercury Retrogrades at 20° Scorpio

October 25

Full Moon in Taurus (also known as the Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon, Hunter’s Moon, Kindly Moon, Oak Moon, and the White Moon)

Venus moves into Libra

October 31

Samhain/Halloween/Hallomas/All Hallow’s Eve