Showing your talents
Friday, October 23, 2026
Your creative side wants to come out
Being creative helps you feel more like yourself. Try a new song, a new recipe or a sketch. Make it only for the joy of making it.
As the Sun arrives in Scorpio, your attention may drift toward new interests, so follow that curiosity for a few weeks.
Venus here invites you to treat yourself as someone worth looking after, whether that means a slow morning, a new scent or saying yes to a compliment.
Your latest creative piece is ready for polishing, so ask for honest feedback and fine-tune it before you share it widely.
The Moon moves into Aries at your time, turning attention to work and wellbeing (your 6th house).
Love
6/10
Your love life feels steady and familiar today. Small moments of care keep things close, even on a quiet day. Today the Moon meets Mercury at a good angle in the sky. Mercury rules your house of shared bonds, so this is good for love. Venus, the ruler of your house of partners, is in Scorpio. Venus works poorly in Scorpio, seems to move backward and moves slower than usual. That is hard on love.
Career
8/10
Work brings small wins today. Each finished task builds on the last, and you feel good about your progress. Mars is in Leo, your house of career. Mars there helps your work along. Today Venus joins the Sun in the same part of the sky. The Sun rules your house of career, so this helps your work a bit more.
Energy
9/10
Your energy lifts everything you do today. Effort feels light, and rest comes easily when you need it. The Sun is in Scorpio, your house of self. The Sun there lifts your energy. Today the Moon meets Mercury at a good angle in the sky. Mercury is in your house of self now, so this gives you a little more energy.
- Lean into
- Listen to music that lifts your mood.
- Go easy on
- Try not to flirt with someone just to make another person jealous.
Show the math
This reading was composed from these computed facts (positions as of 12:00 PM UTC):
- Moon in Pisces → your 5th house (romance and creativity)
- Sun enters Scorpio → your 1st house (self and fresh starts), 09:37 UTC
- Venus in Scorpio → your 1st house (self and fresh starts)
- Waxing Gibbous (91% illuminated)
- Moon trine Mercury
- Venus in Scorpio → your 1st house (self and fresh starts)
- Mars in Leo → your 10th house (career and reputation)
- Venus conjunct Sun
- Sun in Scorpio → your 1st house (self and fresh starts)
- Moon trine Mercury
- Jupiter · 10th house
- Mars · 10th house
- Mercury · 1st house
- Moon · 5th house
- Saturn · 6th house
- Sun · 1st house
- Venus · 1st house
Solar houses count from Scorpio as the 1st house. How it works