Capricorn Weekly Horoscope

There is a very exciting energy unfolding for you this week, Capricorn. Things kick off on a high note on the 9th as the Scorpio New Moon lights up the skies and your outgoing 11th House of Extended Communications. This cycle offers you a fresh opportunity to connect with like-minded souls who feel like a true part of your tribe, whether near or far, old faces or new. By the time the Scorpio Full Moon rolls around in six months, you could be celebrating your status as a bonafide, card-carrying member of a group or organization you’ve always dreamed of joining. It’s always nice to feel like you belong, right? This sector is also very altruistic, so if the opportunity to do good for someone else arrives, don’t turn it down. Of course, with Mercury also retrograde in this sector, don’t be surprised if a few old faces return to your life, or it takes a few extra weeks for you to decide how exactly to utilize this new wave of cosmic energy.

Speaking of retrogrades, connecting with people may have been rather difficult lately thanks to the fact that Mercury has been asleep at the wheel in your 11th House for the last few weeks. Fortunately, come the 13th, Mercury turns direct and gets back to forward motion. Of course, it will take a week or two for Mercury to resume its usual speed, but the good news is that people will now be more receptive to your ideas, and conversely you’ll be able to wow ‘em with an epic pitch on the fly, so don’t worry about sticking your foot in your mouth because the time for that is over. People will want to surround you in the coming weeks and enjoy your company, so don’t hide yourself away. It’s time to circulate!

Now then, would it be safe to say that you’ve been recently rather distracted by work, or perhaps the lack thereof? Since the start of October, Venus has been spinning backwards in retrograde formation, first in Scorpio, then through Libra and your 10th House of Career and Reputation, which just so happens to exist at the very top (and most visible) part of your chart. During part of this time we were also in Libra season, meaning your focus has been doubly placed on your career and position in the world, so you haven’t had a whole lot of room on your plate to deal with other things.

Well, now that the Sun has moved on there is a little bit less pressure, but things really start to regain a state of grace as Venus turns direct on the 13th after six weeks of tripping you up as you try to climb the corporate ladder. It will take Venus nearly a full month to reach the same degree she was at when she turned retrograde, so until then expect to put the final touches and improvements on any projects that suffered from the retrograde; don’t expect new opportunities to start flooding in until after Venus has cleared this marker in mid-December.