Cancer Weekly Horoscope

Glamour! Fame! Romance! Try as you might, you won’t be able to fly under the radar starting this Friday, October 23, as the Sun blazes into Scorpio and your fifth house until November 22. Take advantage of this planetary PR campaign to get your work into the public eye. And yes, Crab, you may have to be the “spokesmodel” who gets everyone excited about your grandiose vision. Who else BUT you could speak so passionately and soulfully about this? While it’s good to come up with some key bullet points, don’t waste hours preparing a speech. When you speak from the heart, the right words will come flowing out. If anything, take time to pick out a few good outfits, which are always confidence boosters for your sign. Even if you don’t have anything to pitch or promote, make a point to mingle with the cultural cognoscenti at live music venues, museum events, lectures or gallery openings. You’ll meet the creative types and thought leaders who are also your kindred spirits. Coupled Cancers should say “carpe diem” and book a getaway instead of waiting until the holidays to travel. Even a staycation at a nearby boutique hotel can feel like a revival. 

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 fifth house of creativity and fame. If you’ve been on the verge of making something happen, this could be the tipping point. Take note of the timing, Cancer. After nine months of glimmering as an evening star, Venus vanishes from the sky at this exact meeting and spends about eight days behind the Sun before returning as a morning star right around Halloween. That underworld passage tends to clarify what you want to be known for. If you’re stepping into a position of greater responsibility, make sure you know what’s expected of you. There’s no shame in asking for clarification, but it won’t reflect well if you try to fake it till you make it. Use these hidden days to prepare rather than perform.

The retrograde brigade gets another member this weekend. On Saturday, communicator Mercury spins backward in that same fifth house until November 13. Don’t be surprised if you hear from a long-lost creative partner or an ex hoping to spark things up again. With both the love planet and the messenger planet in reverse, that call is practically scheduled. Then on Sunday, Venus does an Olympics-worthy backflip out of your dramatic fifth house and into balanced Libra and your domestic fourth house for the remainder of her retrograde. For a minute, at least, it might feel like the romantic roller coaster has come to a stop, but with Venus still in reverse, things could change on a dime. It’s up to YOU, Cancer, to decide whether a former flame or friend deserves a second chance. If you’ve got serious doubts, it’s probably not worth getting burned again, and if they insist they’ve changed, make them prove it.

This transit can also inspire a renovation or a little zhushing at home. Because Venus is retrograde, though, ideas you fall in love with today could read as “what was I thinking?” later. Dream and research all you like. Just hold off on anything that’s hard to undo, like knocking down a wall or committing to an unconventional paint color.