By Lilith
With sun, Mars, Mercury and weekend new moon in Cancer, this week is about cosy home comforts and sharing love in our favourite ways.
ARIES: With your primo planet in the sign of family patterns and histories, emotions in the home zone can get steamy. If you start overheating, step back, cool off, think things through. Is it true, or are you jumping to conclusions? Positive, constructive thinking help move through difficulties, blame and recrimination not so much.
Heavens above: The Milky Way over Nambung National Park in Australia.Credit: John Crux
TAURUS: Venus in your sign brings contagious enthusiasm for beauty and creative pursuits – along with a caution for travelling Taurans, which is don't take any late-month risks. Or get swept up in general anxiety. In the immortal words of Swami Beyondanada: "Every moment's a gift, so forget the past and open your present."
GEMINI: As astral influences turn more in-there than out-there, this week's personal and social interactions move from extrovert to intimate. Sink deeper below the surface into your own knowing. Listen to what your body's saying. Gut instincts are reliable right now, and constant, consistent effort more likely to be successful than sporadic spontaneity.
CANCER: The current triad of sun, Mars and Mercury in Cancer make this week all about you: your needs, aspirations, intimate desires and life path. Time to restock the Cancerian pantry by recharging, refining and resetting your personal GPS via some organised indulgence: self-love routines for wellbeing, body enjoyment and rejuvenation.
LEO: With financial and emotional security high priority on this week's agenda, protect your own best interests by not letting upsetting past experiences hijack you into knee-jerk reactions – because dummy spits could have repercussions that turn your whole world inside out. Is that what you really want? Listen to advice, consider other peoples' viewpoints.
VIRGO: This week sets a celestial scenario for deepening relationships, warm support and refreshing new connections. So don't over-book: leave time free for sensual temptations and pleasurable pursuits. Late-week Virgo moon underlines the need for tact when offering suggestions or feedback, because present sensibilities are extremely tender.
LIBRA: A great week for tying off loose ends, those dangling threads in life's tapestry that can trip you up when overlooked. And your balancing act? Deciding which nourishing traditions to combine with what essential updates. Mood swings are prevalent, but don't be manipulated by over-sensitive, poor-me people – they'll drive surprisingly hard bargains.
SCORPIO: Neptune's present retrograde is the astrological equivalent of shining light into dark corners to access subconscious information and personal revelations not available by logical processes. Which promises to generate plenty of energy this week: think pressure cookers, volcanoes and practitioners of tantrum yoga. As usual, a sense of humour is the smartest survival strategy.
SAGITTARIUS: As Pluto continues its re-evaluation of existing structures, treat domestic differences of opinion gently. Keep discussions heart to heart rather than accusatory. Temper Sagittarian directness with the wisdom of your generous heart, especially during late week's critical moon. Don't take things personally. Above all, pay attention to what isn't being said.
CAPRICORN: This week's best moves? Any kind of fresh start on the home front, including buying, selling, relocating or renos. Partnerships deepen too. Or may end abruptly – in which case, let it be. If you get the feeling information's being withheld, investigate further – but delicately, in a way that won't ruffle feathers.
AQUARIUS: If emotionally fuelled, unexpected behaviour throws you for a loop this week, take a breath and a break. Let things settle, feel them through, get a reality check. With Neptunian confusion, illusion and/or delusion operating, the answer's often reclusion, in order to gain a wider perspective and more secure footing.
PISCES: History says Shakespeare wasn't a Pisces, though his exceptional insight into human complexity makes you wonder. Whatever, the great Dane Hamlet offers this week's finest advice: There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so ... sending the ball squarely into your thought court regarding a newbie in your family or intimate circle.