Scorpio Weekly Horoscope

Watch for a case of (seriously) loose lips starting Wednesday, September 30, as verbose Mercury rolls into Scorpio until December 6—an extra-long cycle due to a retrograde from October 24 to November 13. So much for the shrinking-violet-Scorpio routine. If anything, the stars are issuing you a blurt alert! Your mind will be racing with innovative ideas and brilliant banter but be selective about who share your bounty with. Few will be able to keep up with, let alone appreciate, this intellectual opulence! If you're working as part of a team, however, it's fitting to get some of this on the table. In fact, a colleague might be able to take your ideas to the next level. This expansive phase is perfect for big-picture, long-range planning, but don't get tripped up by the small stuff. Give your imagination free rein and trust that you can nail down the details when Mercury beams into your grounded second house and makes it clear what is, and isn't, doable.

On Saturday, amorous, glamorous Venus makes her biennial retrograde, bringing slowdowns and detours on the romantic superhighway. Her backspin lasts until November 13, but until October 25, she'll be retreating through your sign. Relax: That doesn't mean your love life (and fashion choices) are going to hell in a handbasket. But, you may have some reckoning to do. Are you getting your needs met—and have you spelled them out clearly? We teach people how to treat us and the next four weeks could require some training sessions with the one(s) you adore. Single Scorpios might take a dating timeout so you can reconnect to your own needs and restore your confident core. Attached? Give yourself the space you need to feel like a self-authorized human, not a voluntary inmate in the couple bubble. Since Venus is the cosmic creatrix, use this slower window to develop an artistic or musical project that keeps getting shuffled back on your priority list. Just don't make yourself so busy that you fail to notice the needs of your partner or the fine specimen who's checking you out from across the room.

Venus retrograde can help you plunge into more intimate places with people—and you'll have all the Scorpionic patience in the world for these emotional investigations. But if you see red flags, don't ignore them. This Venus backspin can draw you towards dangerous liaisons and people with pasts so shadowy, you couldn't find their true souls with a stadium light! (Especially from October 25 to November 13, when Venus slips back into Libra and your nebulous twelfth house.) If you're already committed elsewhere, beware the lure of an emotional affair, which, for you, can feel as erotically charged as "the act" itself. You'll know you're blurring lines if you can't stop thinking of ways to make a "friend's" problems better, or if you're counting down the minutes until you are together in the office/class/band practice, etc. Boundaries, Scorpio: They are a must now!

Hold off on any cosmetic updates like chopping your hair or getting inked until after November 13. Radical changes now could lead to regrets with beauty queen Venus in reverse. Put them on a Pinterest board and review after six weeks. Same goes for any major purchases like computers, cars, or trips abroad. With value-driven Venus in reverse, your fiscal decisions may be muddled, especially if you let your intense emotions dictate spending. (Retail therapy will be real during this retrograde, Scorpio.) Since retrogrades rev up the past, you might tap into a fresh income stream by reviving an old passion. Dig up those half-finished song lyrics or the before-its-time app you almost beta-tested. The zeitgeist may finally be ready for the world to embrace your visionary genius.