Aries Weekly Horoscope Oct 19–25, 2026: Mercury Retrograde Tests Shared Money | Podcast

Aries, on Saturday Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio, your eighth sign of shared money, debts and trust. For three weeks, the fine print you skipped wants a second look. In this 18-minute episode, two hosts talk through your Aries weekly horoscope for October 19–25, 2026, from Luma's script: Mercury turns retrograde in your eighth sign of shared money and trust this week, while the Moon returns to Aries for the weekend.

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In this episode: the Scorpio-heavy sky, Venus square Pluto and group plans with hidden costs, the Pisces Moon rest days, the Sun entering Scorpio, the Sun meeting retrograde Venus, Mercury stationing retrograde, Luma's Notebook on Mars as the traditional ruler of both Aries and Scorpio, money and love strategy, and your best days.

SKY FACTS THIS WEEK (tropical zodiac; ET / UK / Sydney)

• Venus retrograde in Scorpio Mon–Sat (stationed Sat Oct 3, 3:16 am ET); re-enters Libra Sun Oct 25; stations direct Fri Nov 13, 7:27 pm EST

• Mercury in Scorpio, direct until Saturday; Mars and Jupiter in Leo; Moon waxing all week (Full Moon next Monday)

• Moon in Aquarius: Mon Oct 19 – Wed Oct 21 morning (entered Sun Oct 18, 9:40 pm ET / Mon Oct 19, 2:40 am BST)

• Venus square Pluto (3°04′ Scorpio / Aquarius): Tue Oct 20, 2:56 am ET / 7:56 am BST / 5:56 pm AEDT

• Moon enters Pisces: Wed Oct 21, 8:35 am ET / 1:35 pm BST

• Sun enters Scorpio: Fri Oct 23, 5:38 am ET / 10:38 am BST / 8:38 pm AEDT

• Moon enters Aries: Fri Oct 23, 3:54 pm ET / 8:54 pm BST

• Sun conjunct retrograde Venus (0°45′ Scorpio): Fri Oct 23, 11:44 pm ET / Sat Oct 24, 4:44 am BST / 2:44 pm AEDT

• Mercury stations retrograde at 20°59′ Scorpio: Sat Oct 24, 3:13 am ET / 8:13 am BST / 6:13 pm AEDT (stations direct at 5°02′ Scorpio Fri Nov 13, 10:54 am EST)

• Venus (retrograde) re-enters Libra: Sun Oct 25, 5:10 am ET / 9:10 am GMT / 8:10 pm AEDT

• Moon enters Taurus: Sun Oct 25, 7:35 pm ET / 11:35 pm GMT

• Next: Full Moon at 2°46′ Taurus, Mon Oct 26, 12:12 am ET / 4:12 am GMT / 3:12 pm AEDT

UK clocks go back on Sun Oct 25 (BST → GMT); US Eastern stays on EDT until Nov 1.

Source: Swiss Ephemeris calculations, cross-checked with timeanddate.com and Cafe Astrology.

FOR ARIES (whole-sign houses)

• Sun (from Fri), retrograde Venus (to Sun) and Mercury, retrograde from Sat, in Scorpio: your eighth sign (shared money & trust)

• Venus square Pluto: your eighth sign (shared money & trust) vs your eleventh sign (friends & goals)

• Venus back in Libra from Sun: your seventh sign (partners)

• Moon this week: Aquarius = your eleventh sign, Pisces = your twelfth sign, Aries = your own sign, Taurus = your second sign

CHAPTERS

00:00 Cold open: Mercury and your money

00:57 Welcome + the Rising sign tip

01:50 This week's sky in Scorpio

03:09 Your 8th sign: shared money

05:01 Luma's Notebook: Mars at night

07:10 Tuesday: Venus square Pluto

09:02 Wed–Thu: Pisces Moon, rest

10:02 Friday: Sun enters Scorpio

10:50 Friday night: Sun meets Venus

13:05 Saturday: Mercury retrograde

14:30 Money: the software update

15:42 Love: Venus back in Libra

16:41 Best days + the Saturday rule

17:07 One last thought

17:50 Like, subscribe + disclaimer