Pisces Monthly Horoscope

Your scope is broadening, Pisces, but you can’t escape your past. On October 3, Venus retrogrades through Scorpio and your ninth house of growth until the 25th, then slides into Libra and your eighth house of intimacy until November 13. Certain relationships could feel perilously close to a “make it or break it” moment. 

Before you go to extremes, use this six-week cycle to see what creative solutions you can devise together. Magic may be reviveable! You’ll get some support in the intimacy department from the Libra Sun until the 23rd, plus the new moon in Libra on the 10th, both of which are in your sexy, soul-baring eighth house. 

Work is busy while Mars powers through Leo and your sixth house all month. Pack your schedule too tightly and stress could take the wheel. Instead, tap the energizing planet to get your fall fitness plan going and set up savvy systems at work. Transformer Pluto turns direct in Aquarius on the 15th, helping you integrate a few parts of your personality that you’ve been hiding out of fear or shame. 

You’ll be back in your emotionally astute element when Scorpio season begins on the 23rd. The very same day, Venus retrograde meets the Sun in a rare Cazimi. With your philosophical ninth house activated, expect a profound revelation that shapes your worldview. Sign up for a class, rev up your spiritual practice. A conversation that opens your eyes could help move the needle on a stagnant relationship. 

But alas, Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio on the 24th, making it harder to trust that people are being upfront with you. Take time to get to know them and reveal personal information bit by bit. One friendship could prove to be true blue during the Taurus full moon on the 26th—a day that your words will hit home with the zeitgeist. Share your message!

Privacy please! The Sun makes its annual visit to Libra and your eighth house of merging, secrets and one-on-one encounters until October 23. For the first three weeks of the month, slip away from the center of things for some inner work and contemplation. 

Maybe you’re in the company of a sexy plus-one? With the Sun setting your erotic eighth house ablaze, some mind-body-soul connection might be just what this fall ordered. Just be mindful that love can get fuzzy while Venus is retrograde, especially while the romance planet lingers in Libra from October 25 to November 13.

The eighth house also rules joint financial ventures and shared resources. Until October 23, the Sun in this zone of your chart can serve up some interesting ways to meld your superpowers with someone for mutual gain. A real estate or investment opportunity could arise, or you might look into passive-income earning possibilities. 

Reminder: It's not just how much you make, but what you do with it. Look for ways you can save through co-op ideas, ride shares, meal-prepping with friends or small group-fitness sessions. Try to establish anything new before the fall Mercury retrograde begins on October 24.

One other day to watch is October 3, when a tense opposition of the Libra Sun and Saturn in Aries brings a lay-down-the-law moment for finances. Libra season invites indulgence, but the yearly Sun-Saturn opposition pulls the reins. Where are you overextending yourself or overdoing it? Check in with your budget, reaffirm boundaries and remember joy doesn't have to cost your wallet or your self-preserving habits!

Say what you mean, but watch what you say, Pisces! From October 3 to November 13, Venus, the planet that rules love, interpersonal harmony and social graces, is retrograde, which could disrupt the flow of your most important ties. Have you swept something under the rug or bitten your tongue when something hurt or offended you? Venus retrograde can help you to deal and reveal in order to heal.

This six-week cycle, which happens every 18 months, can bring back an old love or cause partnerships to fracture, even split. But more than anything, it's a relationship review and repair time. With Venus first backing through Scorpio and your ninth house of personal growth, truth-telling and the big picture until October 25, you'll be in the best possible position to evaluate what's working and what's amiss in your closest connections. 

Get authentic with the important people in your life, Pisces. Just don't abandon your manners or tact. While gracious Venus is retrograde in the bluntest part of your chart, you could accidentally burn a bridge instead of building one. Venus' backspin in this global and multicultural zone could also demand greater sensitivity before speaking up on world issues (during midterm elections no less). 

On October 25, Venus backs into Libra and your erotic, emotionally intense eighth house for the duration of the retrograde. With Venus retrograde here until November 13, you could be tempted by a clandestine affair or a sex-with-an-ex scenario. Buried emotions could bubble up like a dormant volcano, and you may find yourself unexpectedly working through some old wounds around trust and betrayal. Better now than never, Pisces.

Not for nothing, on the same day Venus turns retrograde (October 3), the skies deliver an extra dose of intensity, with fiery Mars in Leo facing off against controlling Pluto in Aquarius AND the Sun opposing Saturn. An already-tense atmosphere teeters on the brink of explosive drama. It’s all too easy to get pulled into a psychological tug-of-war where one wrong word ignites a full-blown feud. Your greatest strength (and biggest challenge) will be staying calm. No matter how tempting it is to clap back, shut it down instead. To keep the upper hand, walk away before things escalate. 

Venus turns retrograde in the same sign(s) every eight years. For similar themes and lessons, look back to October 5 to November 16, 2018, and October 8 to November 18, 2010, when it made similar backspins through Scorpio and Libra. You may find clues to your evolution if you remember what was going on then. 

What connection are you ready to deepen, Pisces? A mind-body-soul one could turn into a sizzling fall romance or a powerful business alliance, especially near the October 10 Libra new moon, which sends fresh-start signals into your intimate eighth house. The eighth house rules permanent bonds, from marriage to cohabitation to any way you might join your life with another person’s. Between now and the corresponding March 22 Libra full moon, an alliance could get extremely serious!

The eighth house also governs shared finances and investments, making this a great time to explore ways you can increase your wealth. The Libra new moon could serve up an opportunity to join forces with a fellow power player. Could you merge your superpowers for mutual gain AND spread some much-needed good on the planet? Take your time to explore. New moons can take up to six months to fully yield their harvest. And with Mercury retrograde beginning October 24, you could miscalculate the ROI or misread someone’s intentions. Explore synergies and follow your extra-sharp instincts now, but be sure to do all the proper research before you make anything official. 

Better to be sure you're fully committed before diving in, especially since love planets Venus and Mars gift you a challenge the same day as the Libra new moon. The two planets will lock into a tense 90-degree square, the second in 2026. Unlike this pair’s July 29 skirmish in flexible mutable signs (Virgo and Gemini), the October 10 square between retrograde Venus in Scorpio and Mars in Leo lands in stubborn fixed signs. You could get swept up in the excitement and rush past the trust-building phase. Don’t let an infatuation or your admiration of someone tempt you to skip the due diligence! 

Ready for a break? On October 15, shadowy Pluto ends a five-month retrograde in Aquarius and your twelfth house of healing, spirituality and closure. Since the retrograde began in May, you may have dismantled some deep subconscious blocks or struggled with forgiveness work.

An addictive pattern from your past may have resurfaced, or perhaps some old fears reared up. After dark, your technicolor dreams and faded memories may have made it hard to get a proper night's sleep. You could have experienced a challenging transition or maybe you took time to mourn a loss. Whatever you’ve been working through has delivered heavy emotions, and Pluto's course correction lightens the mental load.

Pluto, the ruler of the unconscious, spins retrograde for five months each year, dragging the spotlight away from external progress and into the depths of our inner world. Since November 2024, Pluto is on a 20-year transit through futuristic air sign Aquarius. Its annual retrograde offers a chance to recalibrate our personal operating systems. Hopefully each time you emerge clearer-headed and more aligned with your collective purpose.

Now, set your sights on transforming the next season of your life. Pour your energy into positive pursuits. If you've been unsure of someone's true motives, Pluto helps you identify who's truly got your back. It’s okay to distance yourself from people who drain you. Whatever you feed will blossom, so be intentional now, Pisces.

Widen your viewfinder, Pisces. On October 23, the Sun shifts into Scorpio and your ninth house of adventure, travel and expanded horizons. All that deep reflection of the past month? It yields a refreshing wider-angle view of the world for the next four weeks.

You could also adopt a traveler's mindset closer to home, looking at your current situation in a completely new and exploratory light. Perhaps you'll sign up for a mind-expanding workshop or teach one yourself. Or maybe you'll practice that foreign language you've only clicked around in Duolingo.

The actions you take are less important than your mindset: When it comes to realizing your wildest dreams, think big, Pisces. Got an idea for a business you could launch? This is your annual window for pulling a dream off a cloud and taking the steps to make it happen. Tunnel vision? You don’t know her. Explore a business startup idea, follow your natural curiosity about a topic and make travel plans. Let your visionary side out to play!

Scale back those overambitious plans for a moment, Pisces. On October 24, Mercury—the planet of communication, travel and technology—turns retrograde until November 13 in Scorpio and your worldly, outspoken ninth house.

This final Mercury retrograde of the year will make it oh-so-tempting for a passionate Piscean like you to share everything on your mind, especially your biggest, most far-reaching ideas. Unfortunately, Mercury is likely to make your message, no matter how urgent it feels, about as murky as a neglected fish tank.

It’s not just direct communication that will be affected. Travel plans, important announcements, publications and tech upgrades could all be subject to Mercury’s meddlesome mischief. With this backspin in the zodiac's most secretive sign, plus Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra until November 13, misunderstandings run rampant. 

While your best-laid plans are subject to Mercury’s meddlesome mischief, you may want to voluntarily postpone or downsize, or else take extra care if you can’t. Read the fine print, prepare to explain yourself a few times over, and triple-check every sentence! 

The good news: once both Mercury and Venus turn direct next month they remain retrograde-free through the holiday season. Travel plans won’t be turned upside-down by cosmic chaos for once. Could a destination New Year’s Eve or a trip back home to see the family be in the cards after all?

Air it out, Pisces! On October 26, the year's only Taurus full moon will ignite your third house of communication and community. An idea that's been percolating since the corresponding Taurus new supermoon on May 16 could reach an exciting pivot point. 

Have you been waiting for news or a green light on a project? It could come now. Or, you could get involved in a neighborhood activist project or a social justice initiative where you can combine your skills and superpowers. Just take everything one careful step at a time, since Mercury retrograde can make communication a minefield. 

On top of that, tension may simmer beneath the surface as the penetrating Scorpio Sun locks into a challenging square with shadowy Pluto in Aquarius, forming a T-square (three-way tug o’ war) with the Taurus full moon. Conversations can get heated, circular and manipulative. Does someone have a hidden agenda…or do they just not have all the facts? Be mindful before you step into any debates, Pisces. If you want to clear the air, find the humility to say “I don’t know” when you don’t have the answer.