Aries Weekly Horoscope

This is a wonderful week with lots of things to look forward to, Aries! First things first, come the 9th the sky will host the beautiful New Moon in Scorpio, putting the focus on your 8th House of Secrets, Shared Resources, and Intimacy. This energy is all about planting seeds for something beautiful to grow, and if you put in the effort to nurture these seeds and help them along their way, whatever you try to establish now will come back to support you for years to come. If you are hoping to get closer to someone important, then this lunation will make it happen, but this also provides opportunity for financial advancement, so don’t sit back on your laurels and wait for others to initiate everything. You can make power moves in the days and weeks to come, but you’ve got to make them in order to see results!

Now then, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if money matters have been a little complicated lately, requiring you to deal with more financial issues than you’d prefer. This is thanks to the fact that messenger Mercury has been retrograde for the last few weeks in Scorpio and your 8th House of Shared Finances and Intimacy; this sector of your chart deals with things like inheritances, taxes, bonuses, etc, but not the regular paycheck you earn. Fortunately, things are about to get straightened out as Mercury wakes up and begins moving forward again on the 13th. You can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that happier skies are on the horizon, and that there will be less drama developing between you and anyone important. Likewise, if any negotiations stalled because of the retrograde, you can now pursue better terms, knowing you’ll get exactly what you need from them.

Mercury isn’t the only planet turning direct on the 13th; Since the start of October, romantic Venus has been backstroking in retrograde formation, a cycle that began in your 8th House before Venus backed up into your 7th House of Partnerships, putting the kibosh on your most important connections. During this six-week phase, couples might have found their relationships hitting one roadblock after another, or perhaps you two simply couldn’t get on the same page about anything, while singles probably had fewer options than normal, and anything that did get started during this time probably fizzled out sooner than you would have liked. Since the 7th House isn’t exclusively about romantic partnerships, but platonic and professional ones as well, you might have found some friendships or business relationships took a bit of a dive, or perhaps you weren’t able to devote the time to them that you normally would.

Fortunately, Venus is once again resuming forward motion and sprinkling the universe with her special dose of magic. It will take almost a full month for her to resume her normal speed, and until then don’t expect to cover too much new territory; you’ll be more focused on fixing any remaining problems the retrograde brought to your attention.