Dan Waits - October 2026
October is a month to endure, not enjoy
The video's core message is that October 2026 is dominated by the revelation of the hidden. At the start of the month, all four outer planets — Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto — are retrograde, and both personal planets (Venus and Mercury) turn retrograde in the same sign, Scorpio, with the Sun entering Scorpio on 23 October. Scorpio is described as "the sign of what lies beneath the surface — secrets, desire, and the emotional and psychological glue that binds human beings together."
Waites frames the month as one of tested relationships and long-suppressed truths surfacing, possibly "ugly, shameful, or embarrassing" ones. His consolation: stripped-back honesty can lead to greater intimacy, and November's astrology is "much nicer."
Review of last month's calls (his self-scored "hits")
| Call in September | What he says happened | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Watch London around Uranus's retrograde station (10 Sept) | 8 Sept: air-traffic-control glitch at Heathrow caused 1,700+ cancellations ("Misery at Heathrow: never seen chaos like it" — New York Times); 3 Sept: London's first driverless robotaxis | Hit |
| Watch Ukraine around the 10 Sept New Moon — "a deal would be floated, not made" | 6 Sept: Witkoff and Kushner met Putin in Moscow, then Zelensky in Kiev; 8 Sept: Trump–Putin call; 9 Sept: Trump announced Putin wanted a deal. No deal agreed, fighting worsened | Hit |
| Energy supplies squeezed; pressure on Iran | Houthis hit a major Saudi oil pipeline and seized the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, a Red Sea chokepoint; oil-supply fears returned | Hit |
| A scandal likely to touch Trump before March 2027, "best guess" involving Melania and Epstein | 28 Aug (as Mars squared Saturn): Amanda Ungaro made new allegations linking Trump envoy Paolo Zampolli to a corruption scheme; Massie and Khanna claim 218 signatures to force a vote on a second Epstein Files Transparency Act | Ongoing |
He also explains his method: events at a New Moon tend to echo events nine months earlier (the human gestation period) — in this case, envoys meeting Zelensky in Berlin to discuss a deal.
Why 3 October looks "volatile"
A T-square with a Mars–Pluto opposition at its centre, with Venus and Mercury under pressure from both. Mars = action and conflict; Pluto = hidden power (intelligence agencies, cabals, organised crime). When they clash, "things tend to erupt."
The Epstein pattern he claims:
- Mars–Saturn square, Sept 2025 — Massie/Khanna petition to release the Epstein files hit its target
- Mars–Pluto conjunction, late Jan 2026 — Justice Department released 3+ million pages
- Mars–Pluto square, May 2026 — Massie lost his primary (the most expensive ever, much of the money from pro-Israel donors and PACs); he promised to name co-conspirators and said Melania Trump "knows Jeffrey Epstein didn't act alone"
- Mars–Pluto opposition, early Oct 2026 — he expects another major development, "possibly the release of some damaging information, or at least the promise of it"
Other 3 October threads he flags:
- Flare-ups in existing wars — Ukraine, Iran, Gaza, Lebanon
- "Skulduggery" from security and intelligence services
- Market, tech and communication problems; journalists and writers under fire (Mercury caught in the configuration)
- A last quarter Moon with Saturn opposing the Sun — "authority being asserted or tested." Nine months earlier, on 3 Jan 2026, the US extracted Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela; watch for questions about the limits of Trump's authority, possibly another covert operation
- Jupiter reaches the degree of August's Leo solar eclipse — it could "heal or expand" those eclipse stories (he cites Steven Forest, Jason Arday and the escalation in Russia–Ukraine)
- Brazil votes, with President Lula and opponent Flávio Bolsonaro both in the path of the astrology; a runoff, if needed, falls on 25 October
Venus retrograde in Scorpio — the 8-year cycle
Venus stations retrograde at 8° Scorpio on 3 October, direct again in Libra on 14 November. Retrograde Venus brings reviews, returns and renegotiations; exes resurface and old questions come back. He notes Venus entered its pre-retrograde shadow on 31 August — useful for identifying which relationship, arts or pleasure themes will be reworked. For individuals, the last comparable station was October 2018.
His historical precedents for Venus retrograde in Scorpio:
| Year | Events cited |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Venus stations almost exactly on the most public point of Epstein's chart |
| 2018 | Miami Herald's Perversion of Justice investigation → Epstein's arrest; Jamal Khashoggi murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul; story broke about Israel allowing Qatari cash into Gaza in suitcases |
| 2010 | WikiLeaks' Iraq War logs; Angela Merkel declared multiculturalism had "utterly failed" |
| 2002 | North Korea admitted a secret uranium-enrichment programme; Bali nightclub bombings; Moscow theatre siege |
| 1986 | The Iran–Contra story broke |
| 1978 | Jonestown — more than 900 dead, many from poisoned punch ("drinking the Kool-Aid") |
| 1962 | Soviet missiles found in Cuba → Cuban Missile Crisis |
The pattern he draws: secret programmes come to light, diplomatic relationships sour, race and community tensions flare, sex scandals surface, and tragedy strikes entertainment (Venus's domain).
Who is in the firing line: Epstein's midheaven is at 6° Scorpio — and "whether he's dead or not, his chart still works." Others with their Sun at or opposite that degree include Melania Trump, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu. He expects Netanyahu to come under heavy pressure over what he knew about 7 October, and flags diplomatic trouble involving the EU, Israel and Turkey. He also mentions Ed Sheeran's US tour collapsing and Macklemore being dropped for saying "Free Palestine."
Key dates in October
| Date | Astrology | What he says to watch |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct | Mars–Pluto opposition T-square; Venus stations retrograde (8° Scorpio); last quarter Moon, Saturn opposite Sun; Jupiter at the August eclipse degree | Volatility, Epstein developments, war flare-ups, intelligence-agency stories, Brazil election |
| 10 Oct | New Moon at 17° Libra, opposed by Saturn | A seed accompanied by blockage or authority. Astro-map puts it over South America (Brazil, Argentina's Falklands dispute). "Looks disastrous for Iran" — he advises extreme safety measures. Lands exactly on the CIA's Ascendant (17° Libra), so expect that agency to feature in a big story |
| 16 Oct | Pluto stations direct in Aquarius | Pluto is strongest at a station: hidden truths, power moves. Notes a UFO-disclosure pattern at recent Pluto stations (see below) |
| 20 Oct | Venus square Pluto | One of the heavier moments for relationships and secrets emerging |
| 23 Oct | Sun enters Scorpio | Reinforces the Scorpio emphasis |
| 24 Oct | Mercury stations retrograde in Scorpio (until 13 Nov) | Technical snafus, communication difficulties, delays to important messages — truth may not land until mid-November; perhaps the US midterms must pass first |
| 25 Oct | Possible Brazilian runoff | — |
| 26 Oct | Full Moon in Taurus, tightly squared by Pluto | Revelatory, with an uncomfortable truth asking to be acknowledged. For Washington, Pluto sits on the descendant (open enemies) — bad for adversaries, "Iran among others." Moon runs through the Donbass, and the Kiev/Moscow charts put Venus and Moon (planets of connection) in powerful positions — the best window for a peace deal in months; possibly a high-level Trump–Putin–Zelensky meeting or call. "Watch late October closely." |
| 14 Nov | Venus stations direct in Libra | Relief; "rewards on the other side" |
The Pluto–UFO pattern
He notes that recent Pluto stations have told a "remarkably consistent story" about UFOs:
- October 2024 (direct station) — Michael Shellenberger reported on an alleged secret Pentagon programme supposedly called Immaculate Constellation
- May 2025 — the whistleblower behind the story, Matthew Brown, revealed his identity
- May 2026 — two days after the exact station, the Department of War began releasing UAP footage and reports
He therefore expects another push on "managed rollout of UFO pseudo-disclosure" around mid-October. He also notes UFO experiencer Chris Bledsoe's claim that a prophecy is due in October, tied to the star Regulus aligning before dawn "in the gaze of the Sphinx" — while pointing out that Regulus's heliacal rising already happened in early September with nothing remarkable following. He calls the overlap with the Pluto station "at least rather curious."
He also recalls that October 2025's Pluto direct station coincided with youth-led uprisings (the "Gen Z revolution"), the army seizing power in Madagascar, Peru's president being removed, and "No Kings" rallies filling American cities — and expects more collective, Pluto-in-Aquarius activity.
Bottom line
October is "heavy… full of revelations, pressure, and hard conversations," with 3 October the standout volatile date. Waites's working thesis is that the Epstein story "heats right up" this month, with early October carrying the greatest risk of damaging disclosures, and that the two weeks after the 26 October Full Moon offer the best chance in months of movement towards a Ukraine peace deal.
References
- World Astrology Report (22%) ↩︎ ↩︎
- World Astrology Report - YouTube (78%) ↩︎