TL;DR: What You Need to Know for Libra Season 2026
Libra Season 2026 – September 22, 2026 through October 23, 2026
Vibe of the Season: Feels intense and transformative
🌕 Full Moon: 9/26/26 11:05a 4° Aries
🌑 New Moon: 10/10/26 10:05a 17° Libra
Mercury enters shadow 10/4, stations Rx 10/24
Crafted Tip: Retroflect on Venus in Scorpio periods past
Notice: Venus Enters the Underworld
Welcome to Libra season!
This season begins a series of personal planet retrogrades that will feel more intense than usual.
Venus rules the Sun in Libra and that normally allows for us to become social butterflies and make everything beautiful around us. But this Libra season, Venus is going through some shit.
So don’t be surprised if your normal response to the Sun in Libra doesn’t go as enjoyably as planned.
The Retrograde Cycle Begins
Venus has been slowing down to begin her retrograde through Scorpio/Libra since August 31st. She retrogrades every 18 months, and this time it’s in Scorpio/Libra. The last time we experienced this energy was the fall of 2018. More years below in the crafted section.
Venus’ retrograde period is a dark, underworld journey of transformation. Venus enters the underworld as the evening star and emerges as the morning star 40 days later.
Each planet’s retrograde allows us to review and revise the topics that the planet governs.
With Venus, you’ll be re-evaluating your relationships with women, your values and how you value yourself. And since she’ll begin her underworld journey in Scorpio, expect that this will be deep and intense work.
She will be having intense conversations with Mars and Pluto at the lunations this month, so if you want more information on those, join my premium newsletter to understand the energy Venus will be inviting you to embody. I post the everyday oracles on the site with the tl;dr every Monday.
Mercury Joins the Intensity
Add to this season that Mercury will retrograde at the same time as Venus, in Scorpio. They even decided to station direct on the same day! Lucky us!
Something to muse: What hints of the Venus topics have been showing up in my life since August 31st?
Align: Surrendering to the Scorpio Bog
Why This Retrograde Feels Different
Venus’ intense journey will feel like traveling in the darkest muck because we start the retrograde period in Scorpio. Scorpio is fixed water, which essentially feels like water that fails to move and flow. Kind of like a bog.
And since Mars rules Scorpio, there’s an added intensity and focus involved.
As with any Venus retrograde, the invitation this season is to align to the transformation with total surrender. What that looks like will differ based on your own personal Venus and how Venus hits your chart while she moves backwards through Scorpio and Libra.
This is a season for shadow work, healing and transformation.
And because it’s Venus, though it will feel like shit as you go through it, when you come out the other side, you will see your value and worth more clearly and feel empowered.
Venus Retrograde 2026 Dates
Key Dates to Track
- 8/31 Venus enters retroshade 23º Libra
- 10/3 Venus stations retrograde 8º Scorpio
- 10/23 Venus cazimi 1º Scorpio
- 11/13 Venus stations direct 23º Libra
- 12/15 Venus exits retroshade 8º Scorpio
If you want to know what’s in store for you, use the next section to retroflect on past Venus retrogrades in Scorpio/Libra to get a sense of the energy you are invited to embody and through it, heal layers for your empowerment.
Something to muse: What layers of self worth and values will I be healing during this Libra season?
Craft: Retroflecting on Past Venus Cycles
You’ve been through this Venus retrograde period before. A few times.
Below are the dates to help you retroflect on what you’ll be invited to heal this time around.
Identifying Your Affected Houses
Since the retrograde period is moving from Scorpio to Libra, those two houses will be affected. This has been happening since 2010.
You can intuitively go through this list and recall the memories from those times or you can use the following structure to help you.
- Identify the houses that are affected: Scorpio and Libra
- Ask yourself: What areas of my life do Scorpio and Libra represent?
- Look at the dates one by one and reflect on these topics:
Relationships with women
Values
Self worth
Money - Did any of these topics surface in a real way for review during the dates below?
Historical Venus Retrograde Dates, 1962 to 2026
These dates include the shadow periods in order to help you dig deep
Venus Retrograde Scorpio (to Libra began in 2010)
September 20, 1962-January 3, 1963
September 18, 1970-January 1, 1971
September 15, 1978-December 29, 1978
September 13, 1986-December 27, 1986
September 10, 1994-December 25, 1994
September 7, 2002-December 22, 2002
September 5, 2010-December 20, 2010
September 2, 2018-December 17, 2018
August 31, 2026-December 15, 2026
Something to muse: What has this Venus retrograde in Scorpio been helping me heal through my life? What possible events can happen this time around?
However you chose to work with the energy of this season, the invitation is always to Notice what’s swirling, Align with the flow and Craft your way through the season.
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Libra Season Lunations
The full moon occurs before the new moon again this season. This means that we get to see the manifestations and meaning before we’ve even planted the seeds. (All times mountain)
🌕 Full Moon in Aries
Healing Through Empowered Action | 9/26/26 11:05a 4° Aries
Mars has a big part to play in this week’s lunation. Expect to feel fired up and protective. A conversation that started between Mars and Chiron shows signs of manifestation for healing through empowerment. Moments of confusion or clarity will come up as well as Neptune is helping you dissolve ways you’ve been disillusioned in your leadership. Remember that you have many options and solutions available to you, sometimes you just need a fresh perspective and the spotlight the Moon shines down on you will help you see more clearly.
🌗 Last Quarter Moon in Cancer
Power Struggles Demand Diplomacy | 10/3/26 7:05a 10° Cancer
Mars and Pluto oppose each other in the sky to reveal to you the full story of a power struggle you’ve been experiencing since the end of January. The Moon is helping you feel the transformation that is taking place. Allow the moon phase to help you release what you’ve been carrying as it is no longer serving you and it’s time to let go. Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio, adding themes of self worth and values to the conversation. Despite the energy of the cosmos, balance and justice will prevail. Leverage Mars’ energy for courage and the Sun’s energy for diplomacy as you enter into this week.
🌑 New Moon in Libra
Seeds of Self Worth Planted | 10/10/26 10:05a 17° Libra
Things that are coming apart at the seams are ready to open the door to your next level of healing. Let them go and allow the transformation to teach you. Venus’ retrograde is getting a boost of intensity from Mars this week as hit 2 of 3 of a longer cycle is happening at the lunation. Seeds are being planted for healing of your self worth and values. Shadow work is underway this week, and you’re supported by the Universe and Spirit on your way to your next right place, right time.
🌓 First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Staying True Through Cynicism | 10/18/26 10:05a 25° Capricorn
The Moon is feeling cold and cynical as she makes this opening square of this month’s cycle. You can leverage this cynicism in constructive ways with the help of Venus. Venus’ underworld journey is showing you ways in which you must transform how you value yourself and how you relate to others. There’s no need to be everything to everybody. Stay true to yourself and your values and engage with communities that accept you for who you are, not who they need you to be.
Your solar year has its own quality of time.
Your personal new year begins the moment the Sun returns to the degree it occupied when you were born. If your birthday falls in Libra season, that moment is almost here.
A spot for Libra season is open. One session, built entirely around your chart and the year ahead. Moon Play members received the booking link first. Details and booking are here.
