Your Daily Horoscopes for Thursday, October 8th

Aries

Venus enters your work and health sector today, dear Aries, and will transit this area of your chart until November 8th (for the coming month). While Venus moves out of a harmonious position vis a vis your sign, this is a very useful cycle for bringing harmony to your daily life, including your working environment. The urge to restore balance to working relationships and order or beauty to your daily routines and environment is strong now. This can also be a time of increased social opportunities through your work or through your daily routines, or while pursuing health goals. It might be a good time for partnering up to get work done or to pursue fitness programs with Venus and Mars in this sector of your chart, and eventually aligning, as well as for meeting friends or even a lover who has similar goals or work.

Taurus

After an extended stay in your solar fourth house, dear Taurus, Venus (your ruler) moves into harmony with your sign. The sector of home and family is a very introspective, even self-protective, sector, and this may have kept you a little more withdrawn or quiet than usual. Now and until November 8th, Venus transits your fun, playful, and creative solar fifth house. You are now more willing to take some personal risks with your heart, personality, and creativity. You can be a little flirty now, and it’s a time when your natural charm comes shining through for all to see. While today is good for personal magnetism, keep in mind that Mercury is coming to a station tomorrow, and as the shift occurs, there may be some miscommunications to deal with.

Gemini

Venus has spent an unusual amount of time in your communications sector, dear Gemini, and today enters your home and family sector, where it will transit until November 8th. During this cycle, you are a little more protective with your heart, tending to cling to the familiar and secure rather than venturing out into the world with your heart on your sleeve. Some hesitancy and caution when it comes to love, the pursuit of pleasure, and money is normal with this cycle. This can be a good time for bringing more harmony, comfort, or beauty to your home, and more peace or loving expressions with family members. Real estate matters could be favorable now.

Cancer

The goddess of love enters your communications sector today, dear Cancer, increasing your need and ability to share your thoughts and feelings with someone special. Venus will stay in this sector of your chart for one month, until November 8th. You’re coming out of a lengthy Venus cycle that emphasized stability and security in your social and love relationships, so this new cycle can be a real change, as you’re more sociable, curious, and chatty. During this cycle, you are especially curious about others and particularly interested in sharing your daily activities with others. You are also likely bringing more charm and diplomacy to your communications. With Mars already here in this sector, Venus’ presence helps add layers to your charm, particularly through conversations. However, keep in mind that as Mercury moves to its direct station, exact tomorrow, there can be some miscommunications to deal with before things straighten out.

Leo

Venus leaves your sign today after an extended stay, Leo, and while the next step may not seem as glamorous, it’s a natural progression and a solid one. You’ve received more than usual attention, and you’ve been pampering yourself as well with Venus in your sign. Now that the attention turns away from you and your ego needs, you’re in a better position to enjoy yourself without self-consciousness. Focus is on building your resources now. Love is more about security and comfort in the coming month. Affections stabilize during this cycle, and you begin to value simpler pleasures. Getting along well with others can be one way to boost your business or income, and relationships already in place can benefit from steadier energy. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than new experiences in love at this time.

Virgo

Venus has been spending an unusually long time in the sign just behind yours, dear Virgo. This has allowed you all kinds of time and opportunities to go over your emotional and romantic past with a fine-toothed comb, to put an end to attitudes and possibly relationships that truly do belong in the past, and to nurse some old hurts before gathering the strength to move forward. This morning, Venus enters your sign and love will begin to move forward, ready or not! You become more expressive and certain of your affections, and people around you in a general sense are appreciating the very style and personality traits that you express naturally. This month-long cycle puts the focus on pleasure and affection in your life. With Mars already in your sign, Venus helps to soften your manner and bring you more positive attention. The Moon moves out of your privacy sector and into your sign this afternoon, and you can be feeling especially in need of a connection to the world around you.

Libra

Venus enters your privacy and soul sector today, dear Libra, and will continue transiting this house of your solar chart until November 8th. This cycle brings a little more mystery to your love life, feelings, and affections. It’s a time for releasing old or outdated attitudes and clearing space for new experiences and feelings to enter your life. You are not as clear when it comes to openly expressing your love, as you need time to get in better touch with your own feelings during this period of your life. There can be a greater love of private moments with a partner or secret admirers. For some of you, a need or necessity to give of yourself unselfishly emerges. You may be a little more tentative than usual about feelings and even purchases during this cycle. The Moon moving into line with Venus today emphasizes a need for some level of withdrawal or emotional renewal, and possibly a nice connection with the past.

Scorpio

Venus has been spending a longer than usual time in your career and reputation sector, dear Scorpio, and this has given you a chance to realign your goals and to soften or enhance your reputation, although there has been some hiccups along the way. This morning, with Venus’ movement into Aquarius and into a position that subtly enhances your natural style, likability, and powers of attraction. It’s an easier cycle for Venus overall, and Venus will continue to work her magic through to November 8th. Equality and fairness are more important themes in your relationships during this cycle. Giving yourself and others freedom and emotional space is also important, as well as downplaying ego needs. Teamwork is favored, and friendships can get a nice boost.

Sagittarius

Venus is just ending an extended stay in your adventure sector, Sagittarius, and you may have experienced a stronger love of learning and sharing. Now Venus enters your career and reputation sector at that the top of your solar chart. This time, her visit approaches her normal cycle length, and extends to November 8th. This is a strong period for bringing an easier manner to your professional or public dealings, particularly as you’ve experienced assertive Mars here and now you benefit from the added charm of Venus here as well. Social opportunities can emerge through your business or professional dealings, or you could be employing more diplomacy and people skills in the work you do. You also tend to be a little more concerned about your image at this time. Latent social ambitions can emerge. There can be more success in creative pursuits during this cycle.

Capricorn

Venus has spent an unusually long time in the sign of Leo, dear Capricorn, and your solar eighth house. Planets transiting the eighth tend to operate as if they are undercover, and you’ve been spending a fair amount of time observing, remembering, intuiting, and analyzing your feelings. However, today, Venus moves on, into your solar ninth house, and in many ways, your romantic life is likely to feel as if it’s emerging into the light. Now and until November 8th, you’re more likely to express or act upon your feelings. This position of Venus tends to highlight and enhance your naturally attractive qualities. This cycle brings a more outgoing, adventurous attitude to your love life, and this can also play out in terms of the type of entertainment and playful experiences you’re attracted to, and the art or decorations that draw you in. You have a spirited attitude now. Today, with the Moon moving out of your eighth and into the ninth house as well, you’re likely to feel more outgoing as the day moves forward.

Aquarius

Venus has spent an unusually long time in your partnership zone and opposing sign, dear Aquarius, and there’s been a very strong focus on relating, mediating, negotiating, and generally getting a long with others. Today, Venus enters another relationship zone, the solar eighth house, but this sector runs a little deeper. It’s a favorable time for working on the more complicated or intricate areas of relationships, sharing, and intimacy. It’s also strong for getting to understand your own deeper side as well as your innermost desires and motivations. Financially speaking, you may find backing or support, and you are more reasonable with regards to working out agreements. Your love nature runs a little deeper during this cycle that lasts until November 8th.

Pisces

Venus had an extended stay in your work and health sector, dear Pisces, and is only now moving out of it and into your partnership sector. There has been a rather strong focus on daily affairs and routines, work, work relationships, and matters of health. You may have had some opportunities to smooth over relations with co-workers, or to find a better balance in your daily routines and habits. However, wasn’t a very glamorous area of your chart for Venus, the goddess of love, to function at her best. This morning, Venus begins a month-long cycle transiting your relationship sector, and this can go a long way towards enhancing your social life and one-to-one relationships. It’s a strong cycle for attracting and enhancing close relationships. Your manner is conciliatory, open, reasonable, and respectful of others’ needs and agendas, and these qualities are very appealing to others now.