Aries Weekly Horoscope

The week at a glance

The Full Moon in Taurus on Monday, October 26 falls in your 2nd house of money, values and self-worth. Full Moons bring things to a head rather than beginning them, and this one does it in your income, possessions and what you think you are worth.

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

• The Sun in Scorpio — your 8th house. It puts the light there for the next few weeks.
• Mercury in Scorpio (retrograde) — your 8th house. It keeps the talking, the paperwork and the small decisions there.
• Venus in Libra (retrograde) — your 7th house. It makes that area easier to enjoy and easier to negotiate.
• Mars in Leo — your 5th house. It supplies drive there, and a shorter fuse with it.
• Jupiter in Leo — your 5th house. It enlarges whatever is already there, the good and the excessive alike.
• Saturn in Aries (retrograde) — your 1st house. It asks for structure there, and will not accept improvisation.

The Moon through your week

It opens the week in Taurus, through your money and comfort zone. On Wednesday, October 28 it crosses into Gemini, through the talking part of your week. Friday, October 30 takes it into Cancer, through home ground, where you can drop the performance. It shifts on Sunday, November 1 into Leo, through the part of you that wants to play.

The Moon is the fastest thing in the chart, and the reason a week has texture at all: it changes the mood every two or three days without changing the plot.

Love and connection

Venus is in Libra, your 7th house of partnership and other people, so this week nothing much resolves alone — the week runs through other people. Have the one-to-one conversation, or put the agreement in writing.

Venus makes no exact aspect this week, so nothing forces the issue. The warmest window is Sunday, November 1, when the Moon crosses your fifth house and makes it easier to be light about things.

Work and money

Mars is in Leo, your 5th house, which is where your effort will actually land this week — romance, creative work, children and play. Mercury in Scorpio puts the conversations and paperwork in your 8th house instead, so the thinking and the doing are aimed at different targets.

The Sun is still in Scorpio, 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

The Moon does not touch your twelfth house this week, so there is no built-in rest window. You will have to make one. Energy tracks the Moon this week: it peaks around the Full Moon on Monday, October 26. As a fire sign you tend to run on momentum and notice the cost late; the fix is usually sleep rather than discipline.

Dates that matter

These are the moments the week actually turns on:

• Monday, October 26 — Sun square Pluto. They grind against each other, which is uncomfortable and productive in roughly equal measure. It connects your 8th house (shared money, depth and change) with your 11th house (friends, networks and hopes).
• Wednesday, October 28 — Sun quincunx Uranus. They sit at an angle with no natural resolution — you adapt rather than solve. It connects your 8th house (shared money, depth and change) with your 3rd house (talking, learning and short trips).
• Friday, October 30 — Mercury square Mars. They refuse to agree, which usually forces a decision you have been deferring. It connects your 8th house (shared money, depth and change) with your 5th house (romance, creativity and play).
• Sunday, November 1 — Sun quincunx Saturn. They do not fit together, and want a small adjustment rather than a decision. It connects your 8th house (shared money, depth and change) with your 1st house (self and how you come across).