Cancer Weekly Horoscope

The week at a glance

The Full Moon in Taurus on Monday, October 26 falls in your 11th house of friends, networks and hopes. Full Moons bring things to a head rather than beginning them, and this one does it in your friendships, networks and long-range hopes.

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

• The Sun in Scorpio — your 5th house. It puts the light there for the next few weeks.
• Mercury in Scorpio (retrograde) — your 5th house. It keeps the talking, the paperwork and the small decisions there.
• Venus in Libra (retrograde) — your 4th house. It makes that area easier to enjoy and easier to negotiate.
• Mars in Leo — your 2nd house. It supplies drive there, and a shorter fuse with it.
• Jupiter in Leo — your 2nd house. It enlarges whatever is already there, the good and the excessive alike.
• Saturn in Aries (retrograde) — your 10th house. It asks for structure there, and will not accept improvisation.

The Moon through your week

It opens the week in Taurus, through friends and networks. From Wednesday, October 28 it moves into Gemini, through the quiet zone, which is a cue to rest rather than push. On Friday, October 30 it crosses into Cancer, in your own sign, which puts your mood close to the surface. Sunday, November 1 takes it into Leo, through your money and comfort zone.

A week has a shape mostly because the Moon keeps moving. The slower planets decide what the year is about; the Moon decides how Wednesday feels.

Love and connection

Venus is in Libra, your 4th house of home, family and roots, so this week the centre of gravity moves indoors, to home and the people who feel like home. Fix something domestic, or have the family conversation you keep postponing.

Venus makes no exact aspect this week. That is not a dead spell so much as an unforced one — whatever happens here happens because you initiated it, not because the sky did.

Work and money

Mars is in Leo, your 2nd house, which is where your effort will actually land this week — income, possessions and what you think you are worth. Mercury in Scorpio puts the conversations and paperwork in your 5th house instead, so the thinking and the doing are aimed at different targets.

The Sun is still in Scorpio, your 5th house, which is the background theme for the whole month rather than just this week: the pull is toward pleasure, creative work and being seen enjoying yourself.

Wellbeing

Your quietest stretch is Wednesday, October 28 to Friday, October 30, 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 peaks around the Full Moon on Monday, October 26. As a water sign you absorb the mood of whatever room you are in; some of this week's tiredness will not be yours.

Dates that matter

The exact moments, in order:

• Monday, October 26 — Sun square Pluto. They grind against each other, which is uncomfortable and productive in roughly equal measure. It connects your 5th house (romance, creativity and play) with your 8th house (shared money, depth and change).
• Wednesday, October 28 — Sun quincunx Uranus. They sit at an angle with no natural resolution — you adapt rather than solve. It connects your 5th house (romance, creativity and play) with your 12th house (rest, endings and the inner life).
• Friday, October 30 — Mercury square Mars. They refuse to agree, which usually forces a decision you have been deferring. It connects your 5th house (romance, creativity and play) with your 2nd house (money, values and self-worth).
• Sunday, November 1 — Sun quincunx Saturn. They do not fit together, and want a small adjustment rather than a decision. It connects your 5th house (romance, creativity and play) with your 10th house (career and public standing).