Is there a Venus retrograde in 2026?

Yes: from 3 October 2026 to 14 November 2026. Traditional astrology avoids weddings in those weeks without exception, and none of them appear in the lists above.

Are these dates right for us?

They are the dates the sky favours for everyone. How a date falls against your own birth chart is the larger part of a personal reading, and it can turn a generally good day into a poor one for you, or the reverse. Checking any single date against your chart is free.

Why do some months have weak Saturdays?

Because the Moon decides most of it, and the Moon does not keep to weekends. Its phase and the void-of-course stretches before it changes sign move through the week month by month. Where no Saturday clears the bar, the page says so rather than listing a weak one.

Why is Mercury retrograde not ruled out?

For a wedding it is a real but lighter weight — the tradition’s objection is to contracts and wording, not to marriage. It counts against a day here, so few retrograde dates make the lists, but it is not a veto the way Venus retrograde is.

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Best wedding dates in 2026

The strongest dates of 2026 for a wedding by the sky alone — Venus, the Moon and Mercury, calculated from real planetary positions rather than copied from a list. The same for everyone; click any date to check it against your own chart, free.

Last updated 26 October 2026

♀Venus is retrograde from 3 October 2026 to 14 November 2026. Tradition rules those weeks out for a wedding — 18 days of 2026, and none of them are listed below.

Mercury is retrograde 26 February – 20 March 2026; 29 June – 23 July 2026; 24 October – 13 November 2026. A lighter weight for a wedding — counted against those days, not ruled out.

Month by month

October

No suitable dates left this month — Venus is retrograde.

November

Strongest dates

Sun 22 NovStrong Thu 19 NovStrong Sun 15 NovFair

Best Saturday

Sat 21 NovFair

13 days lost to Venus retrograde.

December

Strongest dates

Sat 19 DecVery strong Thu 10 DecVery strong Wed 9 DecStrong

Best Saturday

Sat 19 DecVery strong

Calculated from ephemeris for the afternoon in Europe and the Americas. Days on which Venus is retrograde, or the Moon is void of course, are left out entirely.

How these dates were chosen

Each day is scored on what is the same for every couple: whether Venus is retrograde, whether the Moon is growing, whether it is void of course, and the aspects the Moon and Venus make that day to Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the Sun. Fridays and Thursdays, the days of Venus and Jupiter, count a little extra. The weights are the ones this site uses for a personal wedding reading, so this list cannot favour a kind of day the personal ranking would mark down.

What it cannot see is you. In a personal reading the larger part of the score comes from where that day’s planets fall against your own birth chart, and that can move a date a long way in either direction. Treat these as a shortlist, not an answer.

Which of these suits you?

Pick a date above, or type one in, and check it against your own chart — free, and with nothing held back. Your birth details are used to calculate your chart and are never stored. A pass ranks every day of a range for you instead.

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What are you planning?

A binding commitment meant to last, so Saturn and Venus both matter. Avoids void Moon and retrograde Venus without exception.

About you

Used to build your birth chart. Calculated, returned, and never stored.

Date of birth

Time of birth

Local clock time where you were born. If unknown, 12:00 is the usual stand-in — the Moon and the angles lose precision.

Place of birth

Needed for your Ascendant and Midheaven.

When might it happen?

Which day are you considering?

Where will it happen? (optional)

Only worth setting if the event is in a different time zone from your birth place — it decides which local hours are scored, and the planetary hours from local sunrise.

Checking one day is free, in full — every aspect, the best hour, any warnings. A pass searches up to a full year, ranks every day, and adds any day’s best hour to your calendar.

Questions

Is there a Venus retrograde in 2026?: Yes: from 3 October 2026 to 14 November 2026. Traditional astrology avoids weddings in those weeks without exception, and none of them appear in the lists above.
Are these dates right for us?: They are the dates the sky favours for everyone. How a date falls against your own birth chart is the larger part of a personal reading, and it can turn a generally good day into a poor one for you, or the reverse. Checking any single date against your chart is free.
Why do some months have weak Saturdays?: Because the Moon decides most of it, and the Moon does not keep to weekends. Its phase and the void-of-course stretches before it changes sign move through the week month by month. Where no Saturday clears the bar, the page says so rather than listing a weak one.
Why is Mercury retrograde not ruled out?: For a wedding it is a real but lighter weight — the tradition’s objection is to contracts and wording, not to marriage. It counts against a day here, so few retrograde dates make the lists, but it is not a veto the way Venus retrograde is.

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