Pisces Weekly Horoscope

Anywhere BUT “the usual place” is where you’ll want to be starting this Friday, October 23, as the Sun begins its annual sojourn through Scorpio and your globetrotting ninth house. Quick, Pisces, check! Do you have any vacation days to use up before the year ends? If so, capitalize on those airline deals before flight prices balloon for the holiday season. Plan a trip centered around art, music and, ideally, romance! Is a major museum showing an exhibit you’re dying to see? Does a friend (or long-distance crush) keep offering to host you in their fabulous downtown apartment? Maybe it’s been a while since you and your S.O. had a night to yourselves. Surrender to spontaneity and book that trip. You may or may not only live once, but between now and November 22, you should not delay your whimsical dreams if they have a practical application.

Friday also brings the Venus inferior conjunction, which happens every 18-19 months when retrograde Venus unites with the Sun. This year, their meetup lands in your ninth house of big ideas, and the timing is worth noting. After nine months of glimmering as an evening star, Venus disappears from view at this exact meeting and stays hidden for about eight days before returning as a morning star right around Halloween. That’s your cue to prepare rather than present. Do more research so you’re an expert on what you’re proposing. You don’t need every answer, but if you anticipate the obvious questions, you can get everyone on board once the love planet reemerges. Your visionary thinking is getting noticed, so don’t play small. You don’t have to lead with ego; show the decision makers that you can balance a group’s needs with forward thinking that might make people uncomfortable until they’re up to speed.

One catch to the whole travel thing: On Saturday, jet-setting Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio and your ninth house of travel and adventure, and until November 13. Signals may scramble around any journeys you have planned. Triple-check that itinerary! With both Mercury and Venus in reverse, refundable bookings are your friend. You might feel like your wings have been clipped, whether that’s coming from work, a relationship or a general sense of stuckness. Use this lull to map out your next big move so you’re ready when both planets straighten out mid-November. 

Then on Sunday, vixen Venus backflips out of your free-spirited ninth house and into Libra and your eighth house of intimacy, erotica and shared resources. As keen as you might be to get on the same page about sensitive subjects like money and sex, that could prove dodgy for the coming few weeks. Venus rules tactful Libra, true, but spinning in reverse through this volatile zone can muffle those traits. Stay open-minded and flexible while honoring your own boundaries. Don’t let emotions build up silently or you could be caught off guard by sudden jealousy or possessiveness. Bottom line? Make sure you do as much soul-searching as you do soul-merging.