VENUS GOES RETRO & LIBRA NEW MOON BALANCING ACT! Week Ahead Horoscope Oct 4-10, 2026

There might be an energy that is somewhat experimental in the air, but where it comes to Venus retrograde, it is not the time to have experiments that are really out there for you, or very brand spanking new.

So for example, to throw out your whole wardrobe and get a new one during a Venus retrograde is a good way to set yourself up for some regret once it is that we get to Venus direct.

I can attest to that personally.

But this is also true for beauty treatments.

The routine stuff that you always do, the tried and true, the, the regular self-care practices that help you to feel like you're showing up in the world the way that you want to, well, that is fine.

That's just how it is.

But when it is that you go to one of these appointments and you hear about something new and you're like, "Yeah, why don't I try it?" And it is something very different than you've done before, that is when the results can take you in all kinds of directions.

And that can be anything from cosmetic procedures to tattoos and piercings.

Again, it's about how we might celebrate our own unique beauty and show up in the world with that.

Some experiments are less consequential and, uh, easier to get out of than others might be, and those are the kinds that I would advise to move towards.

And it really does depend on what phase of this particular retrograde we're talking about in terms of what questions and the search for answers and how we go about it is likely to be stronger.

When we have a retrograde period take place where that planet moves back and forth between two signs, it means that in some way we are invited to connect those two energies, those two areas of life.

Planets are like a part of our soul.

It is the sign that the planet is in that says something about what kind of clothing that part of the soul is wearing, the expression, where it is, how it is it desires to come forward.

And in the case of the current Venus retrograde that we have just begun, well, it is a, a powerful statement about how we're gonna relate to each other, but also how we're gonna be real and honest with ourselves in the process.

The Venus pre-retrograde shadow, so this is where Venus starts to walk a path where she will eventually retrograde over.

She's gonna walk backwards over.

Well, she began to walk that path at the very end of August or beginning of September, depending on where you are on the planet for you.

And it was 10 days into September that Venus changed signs.

She starts off her shadow period in the sign of Libra, and this is a sign of partnership, of sharing, and one-on-one alliances, and a sense of give and take, how we might find balance with others, but also balance in different areas of life.

This ultimately is an energy of seeking harmony, wanting things to be harmonious.

But where we do need to be careful is when it is out of the desire for harmony, instead we find ourselves avoiding actually necessary conversations, and being able to address things in a way that fuels self-respect and respect for the other because there's a desire to avoid conflict.

Now, that would be a lower vibrational way to use Libra energy.

But again, the higher vibration, well, invites us to see the people in our lives as a reflection, and ultimately the reflection is not about taking on another person's opinion of us as our own, but rather to be aware of what we are seeing reflected back at us.

How are we perceiving whatever we might be thinking or whatever it is that they're saying is their opinion? How does that make us feel? How do we see ourselves now? And how much of that are we gonna take on? That is what Venus in Libra has been inviting us to look at.