United Kingdom: monthly mundane forecast

Things feel heavier than usual for the United Kingdom. The month’s new moon falls on 10 October, Saturday, 4:50 pm, with Aquarius rising over London at that moment. On the bright side, success in curbing crime and handling opponents; Mars in the sixth house helps here. But with Saturn in the second house, the treasury runs tight and food prices press.

• Rahu in the first house, so confusion and rumour may grip the public; it is wise to be careful about infectious disease.
• Saturn in the second house: the treasury runs tight and food prices press; more people may live off their savings. Being retrograde, it works in stops and starts.
• With the Sun in the eighth house, worry over public debt, taxes and sudden costs grows; it is wise to watch for heat-related illness and fire.
• The chart’s ruler is Saturn: the ruler is in the second house, so the economy is the main concern; balancing income and spending is the way forward.

Area by area

Key dates

• 3 October (Saturday): Venus turns retrograde in Libra; decisions on the courts, religion and higher education may slip and old issues return.
• 10 October (Saturday): new moon in Virgo, Hasta (the eighth house here); a fresh chapter for disasters, debt and sudden events.
• 17 October (Saturday): the Sun enters Libra (sankranti, the ninth house here); official attention turns to the courts, religion and higher education.
• 19 October (Monday): Venus sets (combust); by custom, weddings and other auspicious rites are avoided while it stays hidden.
• 24 October (Saturday): Mercury turns retrograde in Libra; decisions on the courts, religion and higher education may slip and old issues return.
• 26 October (Monday): full moon in Aries, Ashwini (the third house here); feelings run high over transport, media and neighbours.
• 29 October (Thursday): Venus rises again; auspicious dates return.
• 31 October (Saturday): Jupiter moves into Leo (the seventh house here); things improve in foreign relations and trade.

Good days and careful days

Good days

• 5 October to 6 October: Moon in Cancer (sixth house), a good spell for health services, workers and law and order.
• 7 October to 8 October: Moon in Leo (seventh house), a good spell for foreign relations and trade.
• 14 October to 15 October: Moon in Scorpio (tenth house), a good spell for the government and administration.
• 16 October to 18 October: Moon in Sagittarius (eleventh house), a good spell for revenue, income and parliament.
• 21 October to 23 October: Moon in Aquarius (first house), a good spell for public life and the national mood.
• 26 October to 27 October: Moon in Aries (third house), a good spell for transport, media and neighbours.

Careful days

• 1 October to 2 October: Moon in Taurus (fourth house), take care with farming, land and housing.
• 9 October to 10 October: Moon in Virgo (eighth house), take care with disasters, debt and sudden events.
• 19 October to 20 October: Moon in Capricorn (twelfth house), take care with public spending, hospitals and hidden activity.
• 28 October to 29 October: Moon in Taurus (fourth house), take care with farming, land and housing.

Read from the Moon’s sign at 6 am local time, counted from the chart’s first house. The Moon in the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th or 11th helps; in the 4th, 8th or 12th it calls for care.

Chart details (for astrologers)

New moon: 10 October 2026 (Saturday), 4:50 pm local time in London. Ascendant Aquarius 5°35′.

Planet	Sign	Degree	House	State
Sun	Virgo	23°07′	8
Moon	Virgo	23°07′	8
Mars	Cancer	12°59′	6	debilitated
Mercury	Libra	18°04′	9
Jupiter	Cancer	27°00′	6	exalted
Venus	Libra	13°10′	9	retrograde, own sign
Saturn	Pisces	16°34′	2	retrograde
Rahu	Aquarius	2°57′	1
Ketu	Leo	2°57′	7

How this is worked out: The month is read from the new-moon chart (amavasya) and the month’s sankranti chart, with the month’s planetary movements and the Moon’s daily path through the chart. Charts are cast for London in sidereal (Lahiri) positions with whole-sign houses. House meanings follow classical mundane astrology: the first house is the people, the tenth the government, the seventh foreign affairs, the fourth land and farming, the eighth disasters and debt. Astrology describes tendencies, not certainties.