Your star sign’s tarot horoscope for the month of October 2026

(Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) October arrives with a rather different mood after September’s reset. Libra season continues to put relationships, fairness and balance under the spotlight, but the astrology soon gets deeper as Venus turns retrograde on October 3, asking us to rethink what, and who, we really value. Love, money and old romantic stories can all come back for a second look. The New Moon in Libra on October 10 offers a chance to reset the relationship dynamic, while Mars enters Leo on October 15, bringing confidence, passion and a little more drama. This is a month for being brave about what you want, but also honest about whether the people and situations around you are actually giving it back. Then, Scorpio season begins on October 23, turning the volume up on truth, intimacy and transformation, while the Full Moon in Taurus on October 26 grounds all that intensity, reminding us to choose what feels solid, worthwhile and real. October helps us find the truth and clarity that enable better choices and future focus. Let’s use the tarot to guide the way. Looking for more insight? Join my magical, mystical tarot club – where we explore the cards through challenges, lessons, guided meditations, and rituals. Metro readers can enjoy a free month at Insider level using this link. Or, try an Everything Answered reading to delve deeper into all your burning questions. Aries March 21 to April 20 October sees you looking back and forward (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) Tarot cards for Aries for October: Six of Coins, Five of Coins, Nine of Coins Meaning: Home truths are liberating. You know them when you encounter them as your body will respond (a tight throat, a tear in your eye, a clenched stomach). And the truths you face this October will, with the improving and building Nine of Coins, help you create the right environment and conditions for growth, progress, and true ambition. Ask Metro Use AI to go deeper into the stories you care about – powered by Metro and trusted publications. You can’t build on false ground. The Six of Coins shows you looking at an imbalanced alliance or relationship. It’s been a one-way street for a while but it has huge potential if you can get back on the same side/page/track. Do your best to raise this and facilitate it. But if nothing changes, walk away. The Five of Coins has you acknowledging a loss you endured this year. You like to be brave and pretend you’re A-okay, but this hurt and it has left a scar. Nurse and heal that wound this October, talk about it, extract wisdom from it, take a life lesson. You are healing, let yourself admit it. Head here for everything you need to know about being an Aries Taurus April 21 to May 21 Time to take a long, hard look in the mirror (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) Tarot cards for Taurus for October: Knight of Coins, Temperance, Two of Cups Meaning: The New Moon in Libra is a rebalancing phase, helping us look at where we’re dealing with unfairness, inequality, lack of give and take, or one-sided efforts. Temperance sees you admitting that perhaps you have been guilty of some of this, and that if you just moderated your actions and gave more than you took, things could be so much easier and better. The Knight of Coins admits you can get so focused and nailed into what is important to you and what you’re expected to deliver, that you can forget the folk who are there supporting you and living alongside you. Turn and take a break and spend time with your allies, friends, family and loved ones. Put back good energy. Return favours. Be generous. The Two of Cups notes that this isn’t just ‘nice to do’, it’s essential to maintain the level of love, support, and fellowship that you enjoy, and actually need. Relationships need ongoing care and maintenance and this October is the month to do it. The service is overdue. Make it happen. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Taurus Gemini May 22 to June 21 (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) Tarot cards for Gemini for October: Knight of Wands, Ten of Cups, The Sun Meaning: Your fellow Air sign Libra is in season until October 22 and this is your playtime. The Knight of Wands and The Sun give you full permission to have your own ‘half term’ and play, frolic, be festive and celebratory. Travel, explore, have themed events, dress up, revel and go on adventures. After all, you are the best at creating and leading adventures, to the point you could do it professionally (now, there’s an idea). Then, come Scorpio season on October 23, something shifts. It feels like a romance is brewing or deepening. The Ten of Cups brings a falling (deeper) in love moment that can spark a new era in your love life. When you’re happy and upbeat, you attract many admirers, and this could be one of them, or an existing beau who is reignited by your good mood and by you playing to your adventurous strengths. A deeply sexual and passionate end to the month culminating in the earthy Taurus Full Moon on October 26. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Gemini Cancer June 22 to July 23 Death is the tarot’s transformation card (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Cancer for October: Death, Seven of Cups, Ace of Cups Meaning: A lot of mysterious, transitionary Pluto energy around this month with a Pluto retrograde and Scorpio season in play. It affects you deeply. Change is afoot. A rebirth. A coming out. A phoenix arising from the ashes. You have been undergoing a transformation, inside and out, as shown by the powerful Death card, and you’re ready to reveal the new you! The Seven and Ace of Cups show this is a change that began in your imagination, that you visualised and dreamt about. And now you get to reveal it to the world. Don’t get shy or hesitant, or start to scuttle back to the old you. Everyone will love this updated version. Everyone will celebrate your efforts and creativity. And new love, friendship and alliance could come of this too, because you have changed and now attract new options and energies. Let life evolve. You worked hard for this. It’s your moment. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Cancer Leo July 24 to August 23 You’re in the driving seat towards your own destiny (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Leo for October: Six of Swords, Eight of Swords, The Empress Meaning: The Venus Retrograde starting October 3 stirs up your relationship realm, and you’re realising you are the CEO of it. You can’t change people, you have to accept them as they really are… but you do get to decide where you place them in your life. You do the hiring, firing and promotions! So, the Six of Swords sees you creating some distance or time out from some circles or alliances or individuals. And that’s good news. It enables you to draw closer to the worthy ones, the supportive and genuine ones. The Empress sees an absolute boom in your love life and closest friendships as a result. You will wonder why you wasted so much time on some people. And the answer comes from the Eight of Swords. You projected things onto them, made assumptions, maybe even made excuses because you were seeing what you wanted to see vs what was there. Valuable lessons learned here. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Leo Virgo August 24 to September 23 Expect the unexpected (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Virgo for October: Five of Wands, The Wheel of Fortune, The Devil Meaning: So many retrogrades this October, which puts you off balance a little, but there is real value and potential in that because sometimes your certainty is misplaced. Things are not entirely as you think they are. When you’re not fixated on your version of reality, you will notice this. Firstly, the Five of Wands arises. Tensions and cross words and pressure points occur that reveal someone’s true face. Take note! They are really showing themselves honestly, so believe what you’re seeing. The Wheel of Fortune then brings in new opportunities and changes you didn’t see coming, which require you to open your mind and adjust to a new truth or pecking order or outcome. Your Mercury ruler is fast and clever and won’t let you miss out, so don’t be stubborn. Bend with the wind and let it move you. Finally, The Devil arises alongside Scorpio season on October 23. You’re feeling empowered by your responses to life’s intrigues, and the unexpected power moves it has let you make, and you’re ready to break a bad habit, do something wild, take on a dangerous ambition, enter into a risky liaison, something off the beaten track and way beyond what folk might expect you to be up to. Time to surprise them all, Virgo! October is going to be a very enlightening and interesting month. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Virgo Libra September 24 to October 23 Your hard work puts you out in front of the others (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Libra for October: Seven of Coins, The Devil, Knight of Coins Meaning: You enter October still in your sign’s birthday season so the gifts keep on coming. And the mood you’re in right now is all about thinking long-term and analysing what aspects of your life are here to stay, deserve big investment, and create your priorities. The Seven of Coins has you shedding stuff you don’t want to take into 2027, and getting ahead of the game! That makes room for hard work on the things you are taking forwards. The Knight of Coins is a determined and ambitious hard worker who gets rewards and recognition for his efforts, and this is your mode. Health, wealth, work and home are under the spotlight, what will the coming decade bring here, and what positive impacts can you make, starting now! Finally, The Devil. As we near the Full Moon in Taurus on October 26, you’re feeling a little ruthless. Time to do something bold and daring and super shrewd that turns something around for you, that gets one up on a rival, that puts you ahead through a crafty but necessary step. Be the smartest one in the room, Libra, you’ve got what it takes. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Libra Scorpio October 24 to November 22 Clear your schedule for the end of the month (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Scorpio for October: Six of Cups, Eight of Cups, Knight of Wands Meaning: This month’s Mercury Retrograde is going to work a mini miracle for you! Leading up to October 24, you may experience a few mixed signals and crossed wires that lead to unexpected, random conversations and memories of old being stirred up. Folk you had forgotten reemerge. Why? Well, the Six and Eight of Cups combine to reveal that you can have a second chance with someone you never thought you would see again. A memory leads to a sense of nostalgia which triggers a yearning which, in turn, activates a reunion or reconnection that actually lands and gets traction. Who’d have ever thought it? Get ready… The Knight of Wands is a good omen for a lively birthday star sign season for you, starting on October 23. Expect invites, excitement, parties, new news, adventures and travel opportunities. Expect to feel in demand, in flow, and possibly in love! Life is a big adventure, see it that way and act that way, and the world’s your oyster. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Scorpio Sagittarius November 23 to December 21 An autumnal reset awaits (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Sagittarius for October: Ace of Coins, Six of Cups, Queen of Coins Meaning: A practical investment in yourself is never wasted. Time spent improving your health, wealth, work prospects or home environment is always time well spent, quite literally. The Ace and Queen of Coins see you turning a new leaf this autumn and getting things ship-shape where they count most. You feel like you can see the outcomes in store if you carry on as you have been doing, and you don’t fancy that. You want to take control, start a new routine, aim high, and march into a future that will bring out the best in you, yields great prospects, and lets you fulfil your amazing potential. Good for you, Sagittarius! The Full Moon in Taurus on October 26 is the ideal date to consolidate these steps and put down new roots. The Six of Cups asks you to make it playful, too, and add fun and intrigue to your new habits, otherwise you might not stick to them. When you’re playing, you’re fully switched on, and that’s the key to consistent success here. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Sagittarius Capricorn December 22 to January 21 Do you this month (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Capricorn for October: Five of Wands, Seven of Swords, Queen of Swords Meaning: Pluto turning direct on October 15, followed by Pluto’s sign Scorpio season on October 23, add a dash of ruthlessness and self interest to your moves and decisions this October, and that’s okay. You’ve got to look after number one, right? The Five of Wands and Seven of Swords have folk around you being a little ‘off’ — not necessarily with you directly, maybe with each other and you’re just caught in the crosshairs. But, still, it’s not a fun spot to sit and their kerfuffles aren’t your problem… so quietly detach and go off by yourself to do some cool stuff. The Queen of Swords gives full permission to fly solo this October, which is blissful for you because you like to march to your standards at your pace in your own way. Take full control of your goals, schedule and commitments. Don’t do a single thing you don’t want to do! Tell them I said so! This is a time to revel in your own ideas and interests, and let the others sort themselves out for a change. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Capricorn Aquarius January 22 to February 19 Make a wish (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Aquarius for October: The Star, Two of Swords, Four of Cups Meaning: If you make decisions and choices from a ‘good place’ (so with high hopes, not fears) then the sky’s the limit for you this October, truly it is. You are blessed with your sign’s card The Star, which is a literal wish pass from the tarot, granting you a dream come true. The Four of Cups advises you to review your life and show gratitude for everything in it that’s a blessing, active appreciation will signal to the Universe that you’re a worthy recipient for more treats! No one likes an ungrateful person, right? Then… make your choices. Choose actions, steps, people, and activities that get you closer to what you yearn for. Be proactive. Be bold Aim higher than you think you can or should. I really believe wonderful magic will unfold for you this month, reminding you how surprising (in a good way) life can really be! Head here for everything you need to know about being an Aquarius Pisces February 20 to March 20 Make the most of this lucky spell (Picture: Getty/Metro) Tarot cards for Pisces for October: The Emperor, Three of Wands, Ace of Swords Meaning: Truth, confidence, and luck. These are the key magic ingredients of your October, and I think it’s going to be great! If you’re honest and speak up, with the cutting Ace of Swords, then you will get different results and opportunities. Folk can’t align with you if they don’t really know where you stand, so be clear. Then, be bold. The Emperor asks you to follow through your words with resonant actions and choices, live your truth out. Don’t backtrack, apologise, or compromise. Stay strong. Finally, the Three of Wands brings the good fortune and lucky breaks, particularly around Pluto turning direct on October 15. When you’re such a clear beacon and have such clear goals, it’s easy for opportunity to spot you and come your way. And this is the mode you’re in this October, set for success and ready for action! Head here for everything you need to know about being a Pisces Kerry King has been reading, teaching and creating tarot for 30 years. Join her magical, exclusive Tarot Club for forecasts, predictions, lessons and readings straight to your inbox. Enjoy one month free for all Metro readers (no lock-in or commitment) over on Patreon. 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