Cancer Monthly Horoscope

It’s hard to get your head in the work-game for the first part of the month. The Sun is flitting through Scorpio and your playful, decadent fifth house until November 22. This annual solar cycle is ideal for creative work and mingling at events where you might just make a contact or two. (Hey, some of the world’s best power couples have met at parties!) Redesign your business cards or get some updated headshots taken for your business profiles. With aesthetic Venus retrograde, it’s a good time to collect ideas for a brand refresh. Head to a museum or gallery district for artistic inspo. Brilliant ideas will hatch!

That could also be a welcome distraction from Mercury retrograde, a tricky transit that can foil communication, technology and travel. The messenger planet’s backspinning through Scorpio and this same flamboyant zone until November 13, which could make your reactions stronger than usual. It can also put a damper on your most passionate projects. 

Don’t curb your enthusiasm, though! Stay focused and allow a daily discipline to guide you through. Work with the unsung “gifts” of Mercury retrograde: take a breather, print out your proposal and scrutinize it, catch up with an old colleague who might have new work for you. Feeling uninspired about a passion project? Remember why you started it in the first place. When Mercury and Venus both go direct on the 13th, you’ll be ready for the world. 

Productivity kicks on in November 22 when the Sun marches into Sagittarius and your sixth house of systems, wellness and efficiency. You’ll be ready to rein in the excess a little bit and focus on the list of things you want to get done before the year ends. That could mean clearing away a few things that no longer serve you. You’ll have an ideal moment to do that at the November 24 Gemini full moon. With its alliance to Uranus and Pluto, you might find treasure or the inspiration for an idea buried in whatever old piles and papers you sort through.