Your Love Horoscopes for the Week of July 20th

Don’t mix business with pleasure! Any potential that you think you have for an office romance might soon be diluted with more problems than it’s worth. Consider yourself lucky if you aren’t in too deep just yet — you may get off easily. If, however, you and someone special are already invested in each other, this week it might become more difficult to continue to work together. Colleagues or the HR department might not be as supportive as you’d hoped for.

Be careful with your heart. Venus, your ruling planet, is now in your true love sector. The problem is that on Saturday, she’ll officially turn retrograde and this might sabotage any romantic potential you feel with someone special. Perhaps the two of you will keep getting your lines crossed and find it impossible to spend time together. Or, it’s possible that one of you will admit to still not being over your ex. Whatever the details, it’s clear that new love potential is in the air for you. But it’ll take some time before it gets off the ground.

If you’re living with your partner, this week there might be some trouble in paradise that connects to your domestic situation. Perhaps there’s a bit of resentment on you or your mate’s part concerning the division of household labor. One of you may feel as if you’re pulling more of the weight and not being appreciated for it. It’s time to take an honest look at your “honey do” lists and then remember to thank one another for it!

Advice from your sibling about your love life might be more confusing than helpful this week. Although your brother or sister will surely have your best interests at heart, he or she isn’t the one to make the final call on what you and your partner should do about any current problem you’re having. Be careful how far you go to enlist the help of your sibling. Remember, their first instinct will be to protect you — not your relationship.

A growing sense of discontent might creep into your psyche this week, centering on love and self-worth. You might feel that your lover isn’t being as supportive as you’d like him or her to be as you attempt to cultivate one of your talents. This might actually turn into a crippling situation, causing you to lose out on a magnificent opportunity. Don’t interpret your lover’s lack of support as a clear message that you simply don’t have what it takes to succeed. Nonsense!

Are you feeling unbeautiful? What can you do this week to change that? Perhaps you’re stuck in an unhealthy relationship — the kind that subtracts from your sense of overall worth and happiness. If your partner is sucking every ounce of self-worth and inner joy out of you and you continue to stay in the relationship it’s time to ask yourself what’s going on. Why do you think you deserve such misery? Guess what? You don’t!

Any secrets you’ve been keeping from your lover might come out to haunt you now. It’s also possible that you have been keeping an actual relationship clandestine and if this is the case you’ll be put in a position where you need to honestly examine whether or not this is the healthiest way to continue. Are you having an outright affair or is this more about circumstances that make a little secrecy more attractive? Address the situation accordingly.

One of your friends might add more confusion than clarity when it comes to your love life. He or she, for example, may insist that the person you’re currently dating really isn’t right for you and that you would be better off giving an ex a second chance. Alternatively, it’s possible that you and your partner will experience a disagreement because you have reunited with a friend from your past that he or she doesn’t get along with.

As you’re busy re-evaluating career goals or struggling to understand why your boss isn’t patting you on the back lately, you may notice that your sweetheart isn’t exactly helping the situation. He or she might even aggravate things after Saturday. The two of you might find yourselves engaged in a heated argument about your sex life or shared finances. The lack of sympathy for your difficult week will be bad enough but the fact that your love may add insult to injury? Ouch!

If you recently started dating someone who has a background quite different than your own, things might begin to get dicey this week. While you may have been quite attracted to your differences initially, now that you’ve been together for a while it appears that you’ll notice a few details that you’re not as open minded about. This might be anything from religious, philosophical or moral beliefs but whatever it is; it will certainly strike a chord and demand an honest conversation.

If you’re in a relationship, this week you and your mate are likely to spend time reviewing your finances. Any debt that you share such as a mortgage, loan or credit card balance might be up for discussion and revision. Perhaps the two of you will brainstorm ideas that will help you consolidate or even erase debt. That would be the best possible scenario. Unfortunately, before you are on the same page it appears that you’ll have a couple of issues to iron out. You’ll get through it.

Are you married or in a committed relationship? If so, you might notice that you and your partner aren’t feeling the love as much as you usually do. Before you jump to conclusions and assume anything major is wrong, why not approach your mate and talk about the elephant in the room? Perhaps it’s as simple as your partner getting tired of doing certain household chores or taking care of other details that hold the foundation of your relationship together. A more balanced approach might be necessary to ease some of the weight off of your mate.