Each day's horoscope is for your Sun sign, the sign you were born under. Your full chart, with your Moon and Ascendant, goes much further.
Sign dates are approximate, since the Sun changes signs on a slightly different day each year. If you were born on the cusp, your free chart shows which sign is yours.
The sky on this day
- The Moon is in Taurus until 9:01 p.m., then moves into Gemini.
- The Moon is waning; the next New Moon is November 9.
- Retrograde: Mercury (until November 13), Venus (until November 13), Saturn (until December 10), Uranus (until February 8, 2027), and Neptune (until December 12).
All times are Eastern (ET). Retrograde: seen from Earth, the planet appears to move backward through the sky, for weeks or months.
Aries
Mar 21–Apr 19
A promise you made to yourself can bend without breaking.
Saturn is moving backward in Aries, your sign, in your 1st house of self, until December 10. What you expect of yourself gets a slow, honest review. Forcing a plan through on willpower alone tends to stall now, while adjusting it keeps it alive. If a goal you set no longer fits, rewrite it in one line that does. Then let the old version go.
Taurus
Apr 20–May 20
Your appetite for more may run ahead of what you actually need.
The Moon is in Taurus, your sign, and this morning it rubs against Jupiter in Leo, in your 4th house of comfort and privacy. A second helping looks harmless, and usually it is. Still, one comfort you take your time over, a long bath or a favorite meal, tends to satisfy in a way a pile of small ones can't.
Gemini
May 21–Jun 20
Quiet time helps you catch what the rush missed.
Your ruler, Mercury, is moving backward in Scorpio, in your 6th house of routine, until November 13. Early this morning, at 5:11 a.m. ET, the Moon stood opposite it, in Taurus, in your 12th house of solitude. Tasks you thought were done come back for a second look. Before you move on, open one thing you sent or finished last week and check it with fresh eyes.
Cancer
Jun 21–Jul 22
Friends may ask a lot of you this morning.
Your ruling planet, the Moon, is in Taurus, in your 11th house, where friendships live, and before noon it pulls against Jupiter in Leo, in your 2nd house of resources. It's easy to offer more time or energy than you really have. If a friend asks a favor, say yes to the part you can do easily and let the rest go.
Leo
Jul 23–Aug 22
Big plans feel easy to take on today.
At 10:51 a.m. ET the Moon in Taurus, in your 10th house, butts heads with Jupiter in Leo, your sign, in your 1st house. Your confidence runs high, and other people may expect a lot of you too, so it's easy to say yes to more than one week can hold. Before you agree to anything new, look at the next seven days and find where it would actually fit.
Virgo
Aug 23–Sep 22
Something you read or hear today may run deeper than it first seems.
Mercury, your ruler, is in Scorpio, in your 3rd house, still moving backward, and early today it faces the Moon in Taurus, in your 9th house of learning. Your mind is on the bigger picture while messages keep coming in, and a reply written too fast can miss the point. A note or an article you skimmed may read differently on a calmer pass. Before you answer anything that matters, read it again from the top.
Libra
Sep 23–Oct 22
Group excitement is contagious today, for better or worse.
This morning the Moon in Taurus, in your 8th house, pushes against Jupiter in Leo, in your 11th house. Something close and private needs your care, while a wider circle wants you on board for a bigger idea. Jupiter makes the group's plan sound like the obvious choice. It might be. It might also take more out of you than you meant to give.
Scorpio
Oct 23–Nov 21
You may want to word something differently the second time around.
Until November 13, Mercury keeps moving backward in Scorpio, your sign, in your 1st house. The Moon in Taurus, in your 7th house, met it head-on at 5:11 a.m. ET. You may find yourself rethinking how you put things, and one person's reaction can show you which words you'd change. If you said something you'd now put differently, tell them so, plainly and without a long preamble.
Sagittarius
Nov 22–Dec 21
Your plans may outgrow your calendar today.
Jupiter, your ruler, sits in Leo, in your 9th house of faraway places, and at 10:51 a.m. ET the Moon in Taurus, in your 6th house, strains against it. Errands and a bigger dream tug at each other. Jupiter pulls toward something new, maybe a class or a day trip. Block out one evening for something outside your usual routine, and keep the other days simple.
Capricorn
Dec 22–Jan 19
Old friends and old plans may come back around this week.
Mercury is moving backward in Scorpio, in your 11th house, until November 13. Plans you made with friends or a group may come up again, with a date to move or a detail to recheck. It's a better stretch for picking up old threads than for starting new ones. Write to one person from an old group or class, even if it's only to ask how they've been.
Aquarius
Jan 20–Feb 18
Unhurried thinking serves you well today.
Your traditional ruler, Saturn, moves backward in Aries, in your 3rd house of learning, until December 10. Words come out better when you give them a minute, and a hard subject sinks in faster in small doses. Go back to something you started learning and set down, maybe a language or an instrument, and spend ten easy minutes on it.
Pisces
Feb 19–Mar 20
Think twice before you say yes today.
The Moon in Taurus, in your 3rd house, pulls against Jupiter, your traditional ruler, in Leo, in your 6th house. Texts and small favors crowd the day, and yes comes out before you've thought it through. Each request looks small on its own, which is exactly how a day fills up. By evening your list may be longer than your hours.
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