Sagittarius Weekly Horoscope

Grab your scuba gear on Wednesday, September 30—you may be going on a DEEP dive. That day kicks off a three-week introspective cycle as mindful Mercury joins Venus in soulful Scorpio and your enchanted, subterranean twelfth house until December 6—an extra-long cycle due to a retrograde from October 24 to November 13. Dreams, visions, psychic downloads and random serendipities will be plentiful—and rife with messages and inspiration. You'll want to keep a notebook or recording app on hand over the next few weeks. Plan to wake up a few minutes earlier so you can journal immediately upon waking, when the "veil" is the thinnest. Don't underestimate the power of creative visualization. If you struggle to DIY, download some guided-meditation apps and listen to one a day. This is the kind of habit you'll never want to break!

Need to do some heart healing? On Saturday, Venus slips into a six-week retrograde. Until October 25, the planet of love and beauty retreats through Scorpio and your twelfth house of boundaries, healing and forgiveness. After that, she rappels down through Libra for the remainder of the retrograde, which lasts until November 13. Did you recently weather a breakup, loss or a disappointing experience in life? You may realize that it's time to say a final farewell or put up an un-crossable boundary. Swaddle yourself in support for this process—but get ready for a deluge of feelings. Your heart may take a little longer than your head to resolve this, so when it comes to your emotions, don't push yourself to "get over it" faster than is humanly possible. Here’s an uncommon idea: Create a mourning ritual for moving through the pain. What parts of this person or situation will you always love (and really miss for a while)? Set up a temporary altar with photos or objects, allowing yourself to feel the grief fully as you sit before it. By November 13, you might even be ready to build a fire and do a ceremonial burning of a few of those mementos—or else pack them away in storage. If visual evidence of the past is too triggering, as an alternative you could set aside a block of time each day to read healing books, journal about the loss, and give your emotions space to unleash. The fastest way to get over hurt is to go through it fully. Trust that you'll return to your authentic happiness (not the false cheer) once you allow yourself to plunge into the shadows. And what better time for a descent than when Venus is in Scorpio and your twelfth house, both associated with the underworld?

Attached Archers won't be able to sweep issues under the rug. And why should you? This Venus retrograde can bring some incredible insights for you both. Get thee to a couples' therapy appointment or find another outlet where you can work together to heal issues and support one another through your self-discoveries. Single? Keep the rose-colored glasses OFF your fall shopping list. Venus' backspin can skew your judgment and even lure you towards the troubled types, even old hookups who seized your heart, then ghosted because they weren't "ready" (or some other manufactured excuse). If there's any must-have accessory for the season, it's a levelheaded wing(wo)man on your arm who can snap you back to reality before you race off trying to rescue a wounded bird. Retrogrades can act as do-overs, too. If you ended a connection prematurely, you may get a second chance with your ex between now and November 13. Check in with yourself first: Is this "Let's make it work" urge coming from a true desire or a fear that you may never find anyone else? Some Archers might be better off taking a little time out from dating until mid-November so you can get centered in your own power again.