Scorpio Weekly Horoscope

The week at a glance

The First Quarter in Sagittarius on Friday, September 18 falls in your 2nd house of money, values and self-worth. 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 Scorpio:

• The Sun in Virgo — your 11th house. It is the month’s centre of gravity, and it sits there.
• Mercury in Libra — your 12th house. It routes the week’s messages, admin and second thoughts through it.
• Venus in Scorpio — your 1st house. It smooths it, which helps taste and diplomacy more than it helps effort.
• Mars in Cancer — your 9th house. It pushes hard there — useful, and abrasive if nobody is warned.
• Jupiter in Leo — your 10th house. It is generous with that part of your life and has no sense of proportion.
• Saturn in Aries (retrograde) — your 6th 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 quiet zone, which is a cue to rest rather than push. From Monday, September 14 it moves into Scorpio, in your own sign, which puts your mood close to the surface. On Wednesday, September 16 it crosses into Sagittarius, through your money and comfort zone. Saturday, September 19 takes it into Capricorn, through the talking part of your week.

Nothing else in the chart moves this quickly. The Moon is why Tuesday and Friday feel different even when nothing about your circumstances has.

Love and connection

Venus is in Scorpio, your 1st house of self and how you come across, so this week the attention falls on you rather than on your circumstances. Change something visible — how you present, how you open a conversation, what you say yes to first.

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 9th house, which is where your effort will actually land this week — travel, study, belief and the long view. Mercury in Libra puts the conversations and paperwork in your 12th house instead, so the thinking and the doing are aimed at different targets.

The Sun is still in Virgo, your 11th house, which is the background theme for the whole month rather than just this week: the week works through groups — friends, colleagues, communities, the people around the edges.

Wellbeing

Your quietest stretch is Monday, September 14 to Monday, September 14, 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 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 flow together, which makes this a good day to attempt the thing you assumed was hard. It connects your 12th house (rest, endings and the inner life) with your 8th house (shared money, depth and change).
• Monday, September 14 — Sun sextile Mars. They cooperate, but quietly — this one passes unnoticed if you are not looking for it. It connects your 11th house (friends, networks and hopes) with your 9th house (travel, study and the bigger picture).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus square Pluto. They grind against each other, which is uncomfortable and productive in roughly equal measure. It connects your 1st house (self and how you come across) with your 4th house (home, family and roots).
• Tuesday, September 15 — Venus quincunx Neptune. They sit at an angle with no natural resolution — you adapt rather than solve. It connects your 1st house (self and how you come across) with your 6th house (work, routine and health).
• Wednesday, September 16 — Neptune sextile Pluto. They cooperate, but quietly — this one passes unnoticed if you are not looking for it. It connects your 6th house (work, routine and health) with your 4th house (home, family and roots).