Aquarius Weekly Horoscope

The week at a glance

The First Quarter in Sagittarius on Friday, September 18 falls in your 11th house of friends, networks and hopes. Quarter Moons are decision points rather than turning points — a nudge to adjust rather than restart.

Underneath that, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are retrograde all week. Here is where the slower bodies are sitting, counted from Aquarius:

• The Sun in Virgo — your 8th house. It is the month’s centre of gravity, and it sits there.
• Mercury in Libra — your 9th house. It routes the week’s messages, admin and second thoughts through it.
• Venus in Scorpio — your 10th house. It smooths it, which helps taste and diplomacy more than it helps effort.
• Mars in Cancer — your 6th house. It pushes hard there — useful, and abrasive if nobody is warned.
• Jupiter in Leo — your 7th house. It is generous with that part of your life and has no sense of proportion.
• Saturn in Aries (retrograde) — your 3rd house. It is slow, exacting and unimpressed by that part of your life just now.

The Moon through your week

The week starts with it in Libra, through the part of you that wants a bigger horizon. It shifts on Monday, September 14 into Scorpio, across the top of your chart, where other people can see you. From Wednesday, September 16 it moves into Sagittarius, through friends and networks. On Saturday, September 19 it crosses into Capricorn, through the quiet zone, which is a cue to rest rather than push.

The Moon covers the whole zodiac in a month, which is why it is the only body worth consulting about a single afternoon.

Love and connection

Venus is in Scorpio, your 10th house of career and public standing, so this week the visible, public side of your life is where the pressure and the opportunity sit. Ask for the thing at work, or let the right person see what you have been doing.

Venus squares Pluto on Tuesday, September 15 — they pull at cross purposes, and the friction is the point rather than a fault. That is the day the romantic weather of the week is set, whether you are choosing it or reacting to it.

Work and money

Mars is in Cancer, your 6th house, which is where your effort will actually land this week — daily work, routine, service and health. Mercury in Libra puts the conversations and paperwork in your 9th house instead, so the thinking and the doing are aimed at different targets.

The Sun is still in Virgo, your 8th house, which is the background theme for the whole month rather than just this week: the material is the stuff you do not discuss casually — joint money, trust, what is owed.

Wellbeing

Your quietest stretch is Saturday, September 19 to Sunday, September 20, while the Moon crosses your twelfth house — schedule the least around it and you will get more out of the rest. Energy tracks the Moon this week: it shifts around the quarter Moon on Friday, September 18. As an air sign your fatigue shows up as mental noise before it shows up physically; a walk without a phone does more than an early night.

Dates that matter

6 aspects perfect this week. These are the ones with enough weight to notice:

• Monday, September 14 — Mercury trine Uranus. They flow together, which makes this a good day to attempt the thing you assumed was hard. It connects your 9th house (travel, study and the bigger picture) with your 5th house (romance, creativity and play).
• Monday, September 14 — Sun sextile Mars. They cooperate, but quietly — this one passes unnoticed if you are not looking for it. It connects your 8th house (shared money, depth and change) with your 6th house (work, routine and health).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus square Pluto. They grind against each other, which is uncomfortable and productive in roughly equal measure. It connects your 10th house (career and public standing) with your 1st house (self and how you come across).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus quincunx Neptune. They sit at an angle with no natural resolution — you adapt rather than solve. It connects your 10th house (career and public standing) with your 3rd house (talking, learning and short trips).
• Wednesday, September 16 — Neptune sextile Pluto. They cooperate, but quietly — this one passes unnoticed if you are not looking for it. It connects your 3rd house (talking, learning and short trips) with your 1st house (self and how you come across).