2021 Sagittarius Horoscope Preview

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Sagittarius Horoscopes, Year 2021: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Sagittarius. Please also see the full Sagittarius 2021 Yearly Horoscope.

This forecast is for those born with a Sagittarius Sun sign (from approximately November 22 to December 21*) or with a Sagittarius Ascendant**.

2021 Sagittarius Horoscope Overview

(Click on any sign above to navigate to that sign’s preview horoscope).

Areas of Expansion in 2021 for Sagittarius:

Your Sagittarius 2021 Horoscope points to areas of life that are destined to expand, blossom, improve, and grow.

Communications
Transportation
Attitude & Outlook
Personal Interests
Family & Home

Until May 13th, 2021, and then July 28th-December 28th, 2021, your communications and mental outlook improve. You do especially well as a messenger of sorts during this period, as you do more learning, educating, spreading ideas, disseminating information, communicating, and facilitating communication between others.

You can experience a stronger desire to reach others through your ideas. Others find you particularly amusing, informative, and pleasant to be around. The thing to watch is that you might be tempted to diversify too much, which can lead to accomplishing little or being too scattered. Kept in check, however, and you’re in great shape. There can be gains through short journeys, siblings, writing, ideas, promotion, or mental interests.

You’re ready to take on big projects. Your confidence in the future is very strong during this cycle that is with you for much of 2021 (with the exception of May 13 to July 28, 2021, and then the last few days of the year).

During this transit, your communications increase and expand. Your ability and desire to express yourself are greater now, and your personal interests grow. Good fortune with vehicles, transportation, through siblings, and with the communications industry can be experienced during this cycle.

You are more perceptive, and others are more receptive to your ideas. New opportunities to communicate can open up to you. This can be a busy period for learning.

Potential problems: Taking on too many daily activities, communications, new interests, and learning endeavors or studies can be a problem now. Do your best not to overload your plate. There can be a real tendency to want to do it all, forgetting your limits regarding time and energy. Taking on too many projects or becoming too entrenched in details can cause problems.

Particularly in January, you might feel a bit overwhelmed as your daily affairs can feel chaotic if you’re paying attention to too many things. You might also suffer from information overload at times.

However, for the most part, you are likely to enjoy more opportunities through your communications and contact with others during this cycle that colors most of 2021. You could feel especially driven to pursue your personal interests. It’s a time for practical application, particularly if you tap into a concurrent transit outlined in the Areas of Contraction section just below.

You might find that you travel less and that you are busier locally (this would be the case even if there weren’t global restrictions). Your thinking is more upbeat, positive, and forward-looking, and so is the way you express yourself. In fact, this is an excellent time for improving your communication skills and your general attitude or mindset.

There can be important opportunities that emerge through meetings, courses, teaching, and connections made in the neighborhood or through siblings. If you’ve had problems with siblings or neighbors, they could be put to rest now, although they might magnify initially in order for problem areas to come out into the open and finally be resolved. If applicable, you might return to school or take some courses.

There can be increased communications with siblings, classmates, and peers in general during this period. You could be finding that transportation options now available make life a little more enjoyable, or communication channels open up to you that expand your experience.

You’re pouring more of yourself and your personality into your personal interests, projects, connections, and communications during this phase.

Interestingly, these areas of life in which you’re expanding overlap with the areas of contraction influence outlined in the next section. While they are opposite influences, this doesn’t cancel the influences out! Instead, these transits coexist. You may be able to blend them successfully. In fact, this can be a powerfully ambitious and positive time when you find joy in working hard at your studies or personal interests, perfecting your communications or a project, and learning or sharing ideas and information.

From May 13-July 28, 2021, and then from December 28th onward, you are more confident about your family, living arrangements, and living conditions. These areas of life blossom, expand, or improve.

This influence spans three date ranges, and we’re on the first wave this year:

from May 13-July 28, 2021,
from December 28, 2021-May 10, 2022,
and from October 28, 2022-December 20, 2022

It may sound complicated, but it just means that you’re experiencing these themes in steps, starting this year from May to July.

You are comfortable with your position, and you may be building loving and secure connections with others. There can be special attention to the comfort and beauty of your home or a stronger desire to connect with your roots. There is also a greater ability to bounce back from problems.

While this is a rather domestic transit, relationships with anyone you feel especially connected with emotionally can benefit, grow, and expand.

Your inner world, family life, domestic activities, and domestic arrangements blossom, develop, grow, or expand during these periods. Relations with family can be especially pleasant and supportive.

There are various ways this energy can play out, depending on your current situation: For example, you might move to a new home, likely a bigger one, or expand real estate holdings. Some of you can get a mortgage or support that allows you to expand your home base. The family itself can expand, or there might be an addition to your home. Some might take on a roommate for example, or bring more friends to their home. Others might pool resources with a partner and move in together. Entertaining in the home can be emphasized if that is something that makes you happy. Otherwise, you can experience a stronger sense of peace and privacy in your home life.

Because Jupiter is your planetary ruler, you’re especially invested in your home life at this time, and you’re inclined to take charge, rule the roost, or identify strongly with your personal life, home, and/or family. There can also be a strong desire to express yourself and your personality through your domestic world. You could spend more time with family or at home. This can be a somewhat more reclusive or introspective period for you, in general.

Generally speaking, increased positive energy is brought to your domestic life, and long-standing problems with family might be put to bed.

Do be careful about overextending yourself with home improvements, or larger accommodations that are beyond your means. Your personal life tends to overshadow your professional life or material activities during this cycle. Relationships with family can improve significantly now, although pre-existing problems might initially magnify, which motivates you to handle them.

This can be a good time to set up a home business or home studies. On a more psychological level, confidence in yourself and feelings of security increase during this period.

Potential problems: Excessive money spent on home improvement, too much emphasis on the home to the point that other areas of your life suffer, or some unwillingness to expand your horizons. Avoiding or escaping responsibilities may be a problem from time to time. You may wish to please too many people, but overdoing things leaves you exhausted, as it seems there is never enough time and energy to meet all your needs.

However, with some moderation, this time can be most rewarding. Later in the cycle (in 2022), you’re in particularly good shape for a more imaginative, creative, and even blissful period in your domestic life.

For the most part, you are likely to feel emotionally secure and supported during this cycle. This is a time of nest-feathering. It’s also a strong time for psychotherapy and purging as you are willing to look at the root of problems.

There can be more power and resources available to you to establish yourself, especially through a home or property, but also for long-term business or learning endeavors/projects. Pushing some boundaries or changing up your routines in fresh ways can impact your home life quite positively.

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity:

Your 2021 Horoscope points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away with itself.

Communication
Transportation
Studies

All year, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach are associated with the sector of your solar chart that governs communications, learning, and local transportation. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life — as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may very well crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are strong will endure and strengthen.

This influence only just got started last year. While it wove in and out of influence in 2020, you’re now experiencing it more consistently. Saturn will transit this area of your chart until March 2023.

This transit can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Sagittarius. This year, those born with a Sagittarius Ascendant of 1 to 14 degrees, and those born from November 23 to December 5, are most directly affected.

Challenges can come to your communications during this cycle. You may be more guarded and particular with your communications, taking things quite seriously and somewhat fearful of making mistakes, as an example. As another, you may feel pressure to produce ideas and to make them work in the real world.

A certain somberness in your outlook may be characteristic of this phase, as it could be a time of worry.

It may seem that acquaintances are blocking your growth in some manner, and these relationships may be strained as a result. There can be some tensions or distance with siblings, classmates, or neighbors since these relationships come under the rule of the third house where Saturn is currently transiting in your solar chart.

Although you have a desire to make contacts, you are now rather preoccupied with learning or other mental projects, and you may view idle chit-chat as frivolous, distracting, or even a waste of time if it’s too much.

You may feel an unusual pressure to structure your time and effort and to cut out communications that seem unnecessary. You may at times feel rather overwhelmed by such things as errands, red tape, and other such day-to-day “disruptions.”

By the end of the transit, however, you will have (ideally) gained a greater depth of understanding, having focused on information and communication that you really can use to feel more effective in the world. It can be a good thing to cut out some interference so that you can focus, concentrate, and advance.

You also have a concurrent influence that helps balance you out in these areas of life for much of the period between December 2020 to December 2021, outlined in the section above (Areas of Expansion). This positively boosts your experiences. You can find enjoyment and fulfillment in your efforts and self-discipline!

There is a great need now to structure your life by way of schedules, managing daily details and your time more effectively. There can be some problems with local transportation — getting from point A to point B. Restrictions with transit or transportation breakdowns and blocks are possible.

Communications can be delayed or lost, perhaps impeding certain projects. Disputes with relatives or neighbors are possible when Saturn is challenged in this area of your solar chart.

Publications or announcements may not be received as well as they would at other times. You may not be as charming or warm as you usually are in your communications. There can be some restlessness or an urge to get out and about, but you might feel weighed down by your daily responsibilities.

There can be issues with mobility and transportation during this transit, and mechanical breakdowns can present challenges. Ultimately, these things lead to improvements and more efficiency, even if they’re frustrating in the short term.

As well, this is a time of increased practicality and esteem. You are more reliable than usual. You procrastinate less. Teaching, learning, and guiding can be in strong focus. There can be a greater love of the less glamorous aspects of your work, studies, and projects, and you are capable of tremendous effort to further your goals.

During this cycle, Saturn is in one of the signs that it rules (Aquarius) and performs decently well in this position. This gives more power to your communications sector – you are functioning on your own terms. You understand the need to structure and organize your daily affairs and communications implicitly. The last time this influence occurred was from 1991 to early 1994 – it doesn’t happen often!

With the concurrent Jupiter transit for much of the period from December 2020 to December 2021, you’re challenged to both expand and contract in these areas of life, and finding a good balance can be especially beneficial. Your communications can be particularly effective, and your projects can be both satisfying and profitable or rewarding. This is a strong time for producing and enjoying it as you do!

It’s also a time for improving your communications and transportation systems to increase your income. Teaching or guiding can supplement your income.

In 2021, Saturn plays well with Chiron and the North Node, and improved or streamlined communications might benefit your creative pursuits, romantic prospects, and partnerships.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed:

Your 2021 Sagittarius Horoscope points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you can take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize.

Work
Health
Habits
Routines

All year, you’re part of a long-term trend in which your work, daily routines, and health can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting! You can bring fresh insight to your work now, although there can be times when you’re impatient with rules and schedules. Daily routines can be chaotic and your energy tends to be up and down.

Ultimately, you are looking for a more authentic expression of yourself regarding work, service, or daily life, and while it can be a little chaotic for now, you are learning to tap into your “inner genius.” It can be challenging to tap into your intuition on a schedule, and that’s what you need to manage now–finding the right balance.

This is an important time for keeping open to change and current developments regarding your work or health. The most modern types of technology can transform your work. Staying in touch with current developments in your field gives you a nice edge.

During this period, watch for nervousness, tension, and changes that interfere with your comfort, health, and equilibrium or work output, particularly in February, June, and December, when stress or pressure in your daily affairs or with learning and connecting can weigh on your outlook and health or job and chores.

You need more excitement or variety in your work, and you seem to do better when setting your own pace. Jobs may be freelance or unusual during this cycle.

Note that this influence runs until April 2026! It’s a time to focus on making improvements to your practical world, work, finances, or health in groundbreaking ways. It’s important to watch for stressing yourself out, however. Unreliable routines or erratic chores and work schedules may take their toll on you this year without care and management. Inattention to details can also be a problem if your approach is a little too slapdash.

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation:

Your 2021 Sagittarius Horoscope reveals areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new.”

Finances
Values
Partnerships
Independence
Matters of Give-and-Take
Work, Health, Habits

Attitudes towards finances and possessions, as well as money itself and personal values, continue to transform this year. Life lessons might occur in order for you to get in better touch with self-worth, principles, self-defense, and money attitudes. Changes can occur in your source of income or your level of income can change, although it’s just as possible that your attitude towards your things, valuables, belongings, talents, assets, and money is evolving.

You may have to face control issues and possessiveness, and learn how to better manage this part of your life during this extensive cycle. This trend is very long-term–it’s been part of your life for many years and will continue to influence you for years to come. Even so, it’s in the latter part of the cycle (the entire transit spans from 2008 to 2024).

There can be times when a compulsion to feel secure, comfortable, and safe can be overdone and interfere with other important areas of life when Pluto is forming challenging aspects. Your desire to be self-sufficient can sometimes compete with different life departments.

Mind you, this theme is rather status quo this year. Last year, it was full-on–up front and center–but in 2021, it’s more of a background theme, which is easier.

When this theme is at its best, there are chances to improve money, relationships, income, and talents. Look for opportunities to turn around a difficult emotional or financial situation. You can get the chance to take charge of your finances, develop your talents, and find new ways to make money from hidden or current resources.

Struggling with issues of self-worth can certainly frustrate you at times, but your work in this area can have powerful, long-term, and positive results. Too much emphasis on the material side of things can work against you, but some special attention to how and why you arrange your life to be stable and secure is vital at this stage in your growth.

In 2021, the Moon’s Nodes and eclipses continue to suggest further evolution of your personality and your partnerships. Your definitions of “me” and “you” are transforming. Issues of personal courage, confidence, and independence come to the fore. Personal appearance, your body, and your image become especially important.

For some, marriage or divorce will be an issue. For most, carving out a personal identity that includes a significant other who furthers their own personal growth will come into strong focus. Towards the end of 2021 is when this theme wraps up and decisions are made. This year, you’ll be discovering where you stand when it comes to partnerships and independence.

Particularly around the eclipses in May, June, and December, you’ll be discovering where you stand when it comes to partnerships and independence.

The North Node in your partnership sector, continuing from last year, reinforces this theme. You are called upon to face up to your needs and desires to partner effectively. You are pushed towards better balancing and understanding of your needs for independence and for partnership this year.

Romantic relationships, children, and creative contacts continue to be a significant source of increased consciousness or inspiration in 2021.

Near the end of the year, a newer theme that will develop more fully in 2022 begins. This one is about embracing your need for improved habits, routines, work, chores, and health. In these areas of life, you’re likely to see important changes, beginning with the Lunar Eclipse on November 19th.

Your Planetary Ruler in 2021: Jupiter is your planetary ruler.

In 2019, Jupiter spent much of the year in your sign, and you may have been coming out of your shell and recognizing important goals and ideals. In 2020, you wanted to lock things down. It wasn’t as much about self-discovery as it was about taking concrete steps towards realizing your objectives. You may have wanted to settle in and enjoy your recent wins!

In 2021, however, Jupiter divides its time between your sector of communications and home/family. You’re spreading your wings on a mental level. You have more personal interests and perhaps much to learn and discover. You’re also heading toward a more comfortable period when home, family, and your personal life take more priority.

Jupiter Retrograde 2021

Jupiter’s retrograde periods every year are natural cycles of introspection and extra rest or periods of reflection, and in 2021, Jupiter is retrograde from June 20th to October 18th.

Jupiter connected with heavy planets last year, and it was a time of recognizing your limits AND your ambitions. This year, Jupiter’s connections are lighter. There are times when you can be feeling rather rebellious or scattered, particularly in January, but you’re likely to learn much in 2021.

*It’s important to note that birthdates for Sun signs are always approximate since the starting date and time varies a bit every single year. If you were born on one of these cutoff dates (commonly known as a “cusp”), you can get a definitive answer using a Sun Sign Calculator. You can also write reports@cafeastrology.com with your birth information and we can let you know your true Sun sign if you were born on or beside the approximate date range given for any sign of the zodiac.

**If you want to know your Ascendant, find out with an Ascendant calculator, such as our What’s My Ascendant?, but do note that an Ascendant cannot be determined for unknown birth times. If you were born before 1970 when time zones were more unpredictable and not as well-documented, it may be better to determine your Ascendant in our free birth chart section or, if a historical time zone issue is tricky or in question, the outstanding Astrodienst.

2021 Yearly Overview Horoscopes:

See also 2021 Summary Horoscopes for neat summaries of the year ahead for each sign, 2021 Yearly Horoscopes for detailed forecasts for each sign, and 2021 Love Guides/Horoscopes for Each Sign for forecasts in the areas of romance and relationships.