PISCES HOROSCOPE

On October 15th, Jupiter, the “get out of jail free” planet, forms a magnificent sextile to the Sun in Libra. This could result in a dispute being settled, a debt being forgiven, or someone intervening on your behalf. But like any prisoner, you’re about to discover that there’s a difference between being free and sustainability, i.e., being able to take care of yourself so that you don’t backslide again. You’re going to need some help with this, and help is certainly on hand for the asking. Benefit from the experience of those people who have been down this road before. That’s what they’re here for.

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.

Venus turns retrograde on October 3rd. Venus retrogrades often bring negative attention from women, which is why they're called the “mean girl” transits in Astrology, but it's also important to ask yourself if you're doing anything to rile them up. Are you showing too much interest in someone's boyfriend or do you come across as too arrogant at work? Perhaps your success threatens a higher-up? Nobody should be cowed by others' envy, but you need to be smart about it too. Look for ways to be true to yourself without stepping on anyone's toes because you'll be traversing this psychic minefield through November 13th.

Don’t let wishful thinking lead you to make a serious misstep on September 25th. Once you realize that your hopes are based on avoiding an uncomfortable situation rather than on pursuing a genuine vision of what you would like to see happen, then you will see for yourself what your next step should be. Compromise is not the answer, but there’s nothing saying that you have to be confrontational either. Speaking the truth right now won’t be pleasant, but people need to know what you truly feel about a pressing situation and, given a few days, they’ll even come around to your way of thinking.

If things aren’t coming together in the way that you would like, then that could mean you’re trying too hard to force a fit, which is never a good thing. If deadline pressures are forcing you to come up with a solution, even if it's only a temporary one, then you must slow down and take whatever time is necessary to complete your assignment. This could make a supervisor see red, but you need to ignore that because the simple truth is it’s more cost-effective to get things right the first time than it is to go back and try to fix it later.

What you see is rarely what you get when Venus is in Scorpio. There's no doubt that the love interests you attract will be compelling. They'll probably be well put together, wickedly sexy, and make good money; however, it's what they bring to the table that could be the problem. Maybe it's a crazy ex who never got over them, boomerang kids who boomerang in but don't boomerang out, or a heavy family obligation. It's fair to say that everyone comes with some amount of emotional baggage, but you'll need to decide if theirs is carry-on or if it should be checked at the gate.

“Be here now” is the message that's writ large for you in the Stars this week. There is so much that you can enjoy in your life if you would stop pining away for the things that have passed you by and the dreams that remain unfulfilled. In fact you need to take all of those unanswered prayers of yours and toss them in the wastebasket because if you haven’t heard back from the powers that be by now, then you never will. It’s time for a fresh vision. Commit to this new raison d'être and you’ll achieve your most heartfelt desire sooner than you think.

The Lunar Eclipse on August 28th brings to a close a transition that began in 2012. That's when Ruling Planet Neptune entered your zodiac sign for a thirteen-year stay. This was followed by Saturn passing through Pisces from 2023 to February 2026 and then the North Node, which entered Pisces in 2025 and only recently changed signs. These successive transits signaled a psychic cocooning period where you drew into yourself to undergo a long and extraordinary transformation. You began a caterpillar and now that that metamorphosis is complete, it's time for you to emerge as a butterfly, something new yet always meant to be.

You are attracting a lot of new faces into your life and this is making the old guard feel rather . . . old. Now being born under sensitive Pisces, you will naturally want to be comforting and reassuring, but for some reason you don't feel particularly motivated. Maybe it's because you really do enjoy your new friends. You find their company stimulating, invigorating, and more importantly, they really get you. This will undoubtedly cause some disquiet among the ranks so be ready to do some ego massaging on August 18th and 21st. It's the price you have to pay for being so popular.

The Solar Eclipse on August 12th brings a golden opportunity that's hard to turn down. The decision to accept looks like a no-brainer, but is this really the right time for it? It's something you'll need to think about before you answer. Anything that asks you to pull up stakes and start again somewhere else may be too much of an ask right now when you think about your responsibilities and commitments. Eighty percent of Astrology is timing and just because the timing isn't good right now doesn't mean that it will always be that way. You want to move with the current of events, not against it.