This week has an interesting alignment:  Venus-Sun-Jupiter-Saturn.  On the one hand, you’ve got Love and Happiness (Jupiter = Jovian/Jovial) but you’ve also got Saturn in there with it’s negative consequences.  But another way is to notice that you’ve got three generations involved (Venus is Jupiter’s niece, not daughter, but it’s close enough) so the overall indication is of continuity.  Because Saturn is involved, it could be referring to an inheritance or the passing of a role from one person to the next in line.

What else makes this week different from the last?  Two things mostly:  The Sun has moved into Scorpio, so good news for arthropods and others who enjoy heated rocks.  But less pleasantly, Scorpio is playing host to MERCURY RETROGRADE.  Mishaps will be more damaging that usual, compliments will be back-handed and irregularities will happen with reproductive systems.  The other thing is less overly unpleasant:  The moon being in Aquarius.  The typical metaphor here would be to “go along with the current” but in light of MERCURY RETROGRADE causing crosswinds and whitecaps, a more active approach to your canoeing is called for.  In this case, look for unexpected help or resources in atypical places.  “Succor given by the left hand” and suchlike.

There’s no sugarcoating it.  The week’s draw blows.

Scorpio: The Blank Card – You are bereft of guidance.  Your astrologer may be out of town.

Sagittarius:  7 of Swords reversed – Good advice, counsel, instruction, slander, babbling

Capricorn:  Knight of Wands reversed –  Rupture, division, interruption, discord

Aquarius:  King of Coins reversed – Vice, weakness, ugliness, perversity, corruption, peril.

Pisces:  The Tower – Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, ruin, unforeseen catastrophe

Aries:  The Hierophant – Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude, mercy and goodness; inspiration

Taurus:  7 of Coins reversed –  Cause for anxiety regarding money, especially if you are lending.

Gemini:  5 of Swords reversed – Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonor, loss

Cancer:  Strength reversed – Despotism, abuse of power, weakness, discord, disgrace.

Leo:  5 of Cups reversed – News, alliances, affinity, consanguinity, ancestry, return, false projects

Virgo:  The Empress – Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length of days, the unknown, clandestine, difficulty, doubt, ignorance

Libra:  8 of Coins reversed – Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury