Posts by Laura Orcutt
Gemini Weekly Horoscope | October 12th – October 18th, 2026
It’s going to feel like you’ve been given a new lease on life when the Sun in Libra forms a sextile to Jupiter in Leo. Jupiter is the planet of good fortune and higher purpose in Astrology. Good fortune and higher purpose are things you’d love to experience (who wouldn’t?), but you don’t always believe that they’ll come through for you without you having to play an angle or execute some timely maneuver. There is such a thing as good things happening to the people who deserve them, and that’s exactly what you’ll experience on October 15th. It’s enough to reinstill your faith in the Universe.
Read MoreTaurus Weekly Horoscope | October 12th – October 18th, 2026
Right now you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place at work. Either you have to shore up your boundaries with a manager who keeps overstepping them or put together an exit strategy at a time when resources are stretched to the limit and prospects look underwhelming. But before you put yourself through all that, you might want to check in with a superior to see if this is all still pertinent. Pluto coming out of retrograde on October 15th indicates an upcoming change in the higher ranks. A major player will soon be leaving, thereby rendering your woes and worries null and void.
Read MoreAries Weekly Horoscope | October 12th – October 18th, 2026
If you’re going to take on an enormous venture or project like the one you’re considering, then you have to commit to it in full. There will be no turning back. This is especially challenging for people born under Aries because you have a problem finishing what you begin. You’re quick out of the starting gate, but often lose steam and interest at the halfway point. Thankfully, a rousing Mars/Saturn trine on October 16th will give you the endurance and discipline to go the distance. It won’t be easy (nothing ever is with you), but in the end you’ll be glad you toughed it out.
Read MoreYour Weekly Horoscope | October 12th – October 18th, 2026
Pluto, the planet of ordeals and the transformations that arise from them, comes out of retrograde on October 15th. The planet of rebirth, Pluto’s job is to drag us kicking and screaming into the next stage of our personal evolution whether we like it or not. For the past five months, this astrological giant has lain dormant like some cosmic Godzilla, but now it will be up and roaring. Ask yourself what got tabled around May 5th. Maybe it was a promised promotion at work that didn’t materialize, something in your relationship that you said was OK when it wasn’t, or a pledge to yourself to pursue a creative project that wound up getting postponed again. Then again, this could concern a financial dispute where you’ve been outmatched and have taken quite a beating. In any case, wherever you left off in May is exactly where you will pick up again, but this time you really must follow through on what needs to be done. You’re playing for high stakes and your future happiness depends on it.
Read MorePisces Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
You are undergoing an intense period where you will be re-examining and changing your old ways of thinking. Usually this happens to people when they’ve done something wrong and are forced to mend their ways, but for you it comes from the realization that certain judgments and preconceptions have kept you locked in a loop where you continue to repeat the same mistakes that you swore you would never make again. The wonderful thing about repetition is that you do learn eventually. Accept an exercise in futility for what it is and you can hop off this mental treadmill and start exploring some new perspectives.
Read MoreAquarius Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
Aquarius people are Astrology’s great communicators. Endeavoring to understand the other person’s point of view is very important to you. It’s so important that you will bend over backwards to help people to articulate what they want to say, even if the views they are trying to express are ideologically opposed to your own. This stems from the belief that feelings and thoughts should be totally transparent and if people are meant to be together, whether it’s in love or at work, then they will naturally find their fit. Continue to follow this course and you will see things click into place on October 7th.
Read MoreCapricorn Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
You are meant for better things, but do you recognize better things when they appear? Capricorns are famous for having exacting standards. It’s what makes people born under your sign so dissatisfied and driven. Yet the problem with high expectations is that they’ll always be based on where you fell short, no matter how extraordinary the accomplishment. Every masterpiece contains a defect, but instead of celebrating the masterpiece, you often find a way to focus on the defect. On October 7th you’ll receive an amazing offer. It won’t be what you expect, but hopefully you’ll have the presence of mind to recognize that it’s better.
Read MoreSagitttarius Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
Not all revelations come in the form of epiphanies. They don’t always have to result from a bolt out of the blue or a lightbulb going off over your head. Sometimes they can be a dawning realization. On October 10th you will finally recognize what loved ones and friends have been trying to get you to see all along, that only you can put an end to an angry standoff. Part of you still wants the other party to pay, but don’t let pride get in the way of putting this matter to rest. Making amends is the only way to get things back on track.
Read MoreScorpio Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
You’ll see how necessity makes for strange bedfellows when you’re forced to work with someone you cannot abide this week. Rest assured that the acrimony is mutual, but so is the benefit, which is why you’ll put aside your differences. It’s interesting to see how ploys typically used to undermine one another can be redirected to complement and even bolster combined efforts. Indeed, there’s a lot to learn from this experience, but have no doubt that once your aim is achieved, this cease-fire will be over and you’ll resume with the hostilities you’re both famous for. Nevertheless, there will linger a newfound respect and even honor.
Read MoreLibra Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
This isn’t the time to push ahead with a matter, no matter how close you feel you are to the finish line. Ruling Planet Venus is currently retrograde in Scorpio and that’s not good. Any effort made right now to advance your cause would be like spitting into the wind only to have it fly back in your face again. Wait until Venus re-enters your zodiac sign on October 25th. Not only will you find that the terms have changed, but the goalposts have been moved as well. Simply put, it’s a whole new ball game with new rules and different concerns at stake.
Read MoreVirgo Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
People born under Virgo have often been called the landlocked builders of ships. You can create the vessels that will carry others to distant shores where they can pursue their dreams while you remain squarely in place. Thankfully, this is changing. It’s time to put aside your role as teacher or mentor and to become the artist or healer that you’ve always wanted to be. Let yourself benefit from the same means that you’ve made available for everyone else and you will fulfill your own hopes and ambitions. After all, if you can do it for them, you can certainly do it for yourself.
Read MoreLeo Weekly Horoscope | October 5th – October 11th, 2026
You hate it when the people you care about fight. If you had your way, you would tell them to knock it off and that would be that. Unfortunately, that won’t work and your attempts at playing peacemaker would only make matters worse. This is one of those times when you have to step back and let them work out their differences, and that includes the possibility that they may never reach an understanding. It’s never easy being Switzerland, but the more neutral and nonjudgmental you can be, the better. Just because they don’t get along shouldn’t lessen the love you have for each of them.
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