Cancer Weekly Horoscope

The week at a glance

The First Quarter in Sagittarius on Friday, September 18 falls in your 6th house of work, routine and health. 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 Cancer:

• The Sun in Virgo — your 3rd house. It puts the light there for the next few weeks.
• Mercury in Libra — your 4th house. It keeps the talking, the paperwork and the small decisions there.
• Venus in Scorpio — your 5th house. It makes that area easier to enjoy and easier to negotiate.
• Mars in Cancer — your 1st 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 Libra, through home ground, where you can drop the performance. From Monday, September 14 it moves into Scorpio, through the part of you that wants to play. On Wednesday, September 16 it crosses into Sagittarius, through the working hours, useful for grinding through a list. Saturday, September 19 takes it into Capricorn, through your dealings with other people.

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 Scorpio, your 5th house of romance, creativity and play, so this week the pull is toward pleasure, creative work and being seen enjoying yourself. Make something, or say the flirtatious thing you would normally edit out.

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 1st house, which is where your effort will actually land this week — sense of yourself and how you land on other people. Mercury in Libra puts the conversations and paperwork in your 4th house instead, so the thinking and the doing are aimed at different targets.

The Sun is still in Virgo, your 3rd house, which is the background theme for the whole month rather than just this week: the action is in conversation — what gets said, written, asked or explained.

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. The Moon reaches your sixth house of routine and health on Wednesday, September 16, which is the natural day to deal with the appointment, the admin or the habit you have been avoiding. Energy tracks the Moon this week: it shifts around the quarter Moon on Friday, September 18. 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

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

• Monday, September 14 — Mercury trine Uranus. They cooperate easily, so whatever you start there meets less resistance than usual. It connects your 4th house (home, family and roots) with your 12th house (rest, endings and the inner life).
• Monday, September 14 — Sun sextile Mars. They make something easy that is normally effortful, briefly. It connects your 3rd house (talking, learning and short trips) with your 1st house (self and how you come across).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus square Pluto. They refuse to agree, which usually forces a decision you have been deferring. It connects your 5th house (romance, creativity and play) with your 8th house (shared money, depth and change).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus quincunx Neptune. 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).
• Wednesday, September 16 — Neptune sextile Pluto. They make something easy that is normally effortful, briefly. It connects your 10th house (career and public standing) with your 8th house (shared money, depth and change).