Markets Turn Tense As Mercury And Venus Both Go Retrograde

2026-10-24

The market reads heavy this Saturday, October 24, 2026, and the reason is written plainly in the sky. Overnight Mercury stops and turns retrograde, then Venus does the same within hours, sitting close to the Sun as it turns. Two turnaround planets in a single session is a crowded sky, and tradition treats that pairing as a day when trade slows, messages misfire, and price discovery gets loud before it gets clear. The board starts the session with that pressure baked in, and the broad gauges inherit it. What follows is what that double turn traditionally means for the market as one body.