Sagittarius Weekly Horoscope

There is a rather dreamy quality to this week, Sagittarius, but it is all for the best. This fantastical and somewhat foggy energy comes to a head on the 9th when the Scorpio New Moon illuminates the skies and your sleepy 12th House of the Subconscious and Closure. New Moons are all about initiation phases, which might seem a little odd given the fact that the 12th House is largely about completions and letting go, but really this is a powerful opportunity for you to do some major healing and detoxing. We’ve gone through a difficult last few months, and chances are they brought some very stressful experiences to your front door. Use this time to try and cleanse yourself of any anger or resentment that has built up in you, so you don’t carry unnecessary baggage into the future; by the corresponding Full Moon, you can be in a state of terrific mental health.

Life might have felt like you were moving through a swamp lately, with movement at an absolute minimal. This is thanks to the fact messenger Mercury has been retrograding through Scorpio and your 12th House for the last few weeks. With Mercury not only stationed in this “hidden” sector but also in retrograde, he was doing just about the bare minimum to help you through life and figure out how to communicate your ideas and needs. Fortunately, that ends on the 13th, as Mercury wakes up and begins working its way back up to top speed. It’ll still take a week or two for him to get there, but once he does you’ll be ready to wow ‘em with your next big pitch. Get ready, because your time is coming, but it may take a little bit longer to get here.

Feeling at peace with the people around you might have been more than a little complicated over the last month or two, or perhaps you felt extremely cut off from all the things that normally bring you pleasure. This rather dour phase was due to the fact that for the last six weeks, your ruler Venus has been spinning backwards in retrograde formation, first through Scorpio and your hidden 12th House, and now in Libra and your outgoing 11th House of Global Communications and Social Networks. In the era of technology and social media, the 11th House is more important than ever, and while you might normally enjoy all the possibilities such things can bring into your life, you might have found very few diamonds amongst all the dirt. Any connections, be they romantic or platonic, probably were a little bit strained, and if you felt more isolated than usual that wouldn’t be all that surprising.

The good news is that on the 13th, Venus will wake up from this extended snooze and begin to move in direct motion once again, pouring calming oil over the troubled waters she stirred up while she was asleep at the wheel. It will take her nearly a full month to reach the degree she originally turned retrograde at, and until then we will likely be putting the final touches and improvements on whatever issues popped up during the retrograde, but once we pass that mark then you can start to embark on new romantic adventures, and adventurous they will indeed be.