Your Queer Weekly Horoscope: October 14-20

Next Monday, on the last night of Libra Season, Venus sets your heart on the future. On the way into Scorpio Season, you’ll experience a strong draw toward people and experiences that will help you advance along your path.

What the stars are up to:

• Pluto is in your sign.
• Your sign ruler Saturn is retrograde in Pisces.
• Venus forms a sextile with Pluto.

What it means:

This week’s Full Moon will inspire ridiculous shenanigans all around the zodiac, severely testing your patience with others. But then Venus takes a liking to Pluto and your own icy little heart warms a bit in response. Try to remember that other people aren’t (usually!) annoying you on purpose. They just don’t have your ironclad cardinal earth sign power of control over their emotions, and unfortunately they sometimes can’t help themselves from behaving irrationally.

What the stars are up to:

• Your sign ruler Uranus is retrograde in Taurus.
• Venus opposes Uranus.

What it means:

This week, you might feel as if people you wish would like you are currently acting distant and uncaring. Your crush could also presently seem to be obsessed with you, only for you to realize that their longing is based in projection and they’re failing to see you as you truly are. One way or another, you’re liable to feel pretty grossly misunderstood. But don’t stress about it too hard! Such is the fate of every person alive on occasion, and the uncomfortable sensation of feeling unknown will fade as Venus continues to orbit.

What the stars are up to:

• Saturn and your ruler Neptune are both retrograde in your sign.
• Venus creates a trine with Neptune.
• The waxing gibbous Moon in your sign passes through conjunction with Saturn and Neptune, squares off against Jupiter, creates trines with Mars and Venus, and forms sextiles with Uranus and Pluto.

What it means:

For a few fleeting moments in the middle of the night, the waxing Moon in your sign might make you feel direly unlucky. It’s funny that this early A.M. angst is probably what you’ll notice most strongly, because pretty much everything else is going your way. This week’s alliance between Venus and Neptune puts you powerfully in touch with your desires, and you have all of the tools you need to pursue them when the Moon provides emotional boosts of order, intuition, energy, attraction, insight, and renewal. Go forth and conquer your insecurities!

What the stars are up to:

• Chiron and the North Node are retrograde in your sign. (The North Node is always generally retrograde, that’s normal.)
• Your sign ruler Mars is in Cancer.
• The Sun squares off against Mars.
• The Full Moon in your sign forms a sextile with Jupiter, squares off against Mars and Pluto, and opposes the Sun.

What it means:

You begin the week fighting with yourself when the Sun clashes with your sign ruler Mars. Self-doubt isn’t really in your wheelhouse, but you can certainly feel angry and resentful when you’re feeling like you’re not making progress toward your goals — or when you’re unsure whether you’re even pursuing the right goals in the first place.