Cancer Monthly Horoscope
October 2020 Horoscope: Predictions for Cancer
We’ve divided our 2020 monthly horoscopes into 3 groups (or decanates) per sign for more accuracy. Remember that if you know your Ascendant, read forecasts for both your Sun sign and your Ascendant sign. If you know your birth time, but don’t know your Ascendant, be sure to see How to Obtain Your Astrology Chart here.
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| Cancer born July 13 to 22 |
See also Cancer Good Days Calendars and This Month in Astrology.
Overview for this Month: Cancer (All)
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
The month ahead is on the quiet side, dear Cancer, with an emphasis on your sector of home and family and some key planets retrograde. There's a general need or desire to look to the past before moving forward.
Mercury's retrograde begins in your romance and creativity sector on the 13th and then moves into your home and family sector on the 27th. Reviving or reworking old projects are possible themes. While you shouldn't get stuck in the past, a review is entirely appropriate, and possibly even profitable and beneficial. You might breathe new life into old projects or consider ways to break out of a rut.
Mars is retrograde all month, continuing from September. On the 1st, you can arrive at important realizations about your work, true calling, business, career, reputation, or true feelings about the direction your life is taking. Listen to your intuition about a matter, but take your time before acting on it. Mars is stirring your ambitions as it transits your solar tenth house, and will continue to do so until January. However, with its retrograde motion, you could feel stuck or frustrated at times. Misunderstandings can be more frequent.
Venus spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your communications house, bringing a more lively spirit to your life. You present your ideas and comments with charm and ease during this cycle. Making social connections and sharing your thoughts come more smoothly and naturally. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting tend to be more enjoyable and satisfying.
While some areas of life seem a little slow or up in the air, there can be a feeling of a breakthrough with a close relationship. You might come to a decision that has been a long time coming. You might be surprised to discover an ally or a newfound faith in someone you already know. You can learn valuable things about someone special in your life, finding new layers to a person or special relationship. A partnership can be a source of inspiration, and the realization of a happiness goal seems more likely through the support or positivity of a significant person.
October can bring some pleasant opportunities for mental stimulation and variety. There may be a surprising new attraction, craving, or interest. You are pushing boundaries just a little in your conversations and interactions, leading to interesting discoveries. It's a great time for personal appeal on a mental level. You might discover new and more satisfying ways to express yourself--you're expanding your options! Whether it's a project, personal writing, or a connection, you want to expand and grow. You're magnetizing good things to you quite naturally, and you express both your feelings and ideas with the same ease.
The New Moon on the 16th can usher in new beginnings and approaches related to your family, domestic world, or living conditions/arrangements. Feelings of being divided or tense can motivate you to make improvements. There can be tensions stirred now, particularly on the professional front or regarding responsibilities and reputation or performance. You'll have to do some juggling, but the central focus should be on getting your personal/home life in order.
The Sun heads into your sector of joy, pleasure, pastimes, and creativity on the 22nd, encouraging you to follow your heart. You might see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make around the 25th can be meaningful.
The Full Moon on the 31st relates to your social life. You might arrive at important emotional revelations about people in your life and your need for them, or about your place in a group, with friends, or even in the community. Surprises, rebellious feelings, and sudden changes in direction can be part of the picture.
Cancer (Born June 22 to July 1) and Cancer Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Cancer:
October 2020 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 22nd:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar fourth house. This is a period of recharge, of getting in touch with your innermost feelings, of connecting with your roots, and of spending more time and energy on home and family. Home and family matters capture your attention and are a strong source of pride now. It's a time when worldly matters are not as important to you.
Use this energy to find ways to improve your family relations and your home environment. During this heart-warming cycle, you would do best to allow yourself to explore your inner needs so that you can nurture yourself and others in a healthy, growth-oriented manner, in preparation for more outgoing times to come.
From October 23rd forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until October 2nd:
Venus continues to grace your solar second house during this period. You might receive gifts or bonuses now, or you find much comfort in what you already own and have. You may be a little extravagant with money for the time being, as your desire for luxury and comfort items is increased now, and this is something to watch for. When it comes to love, you value those who make you feel comfortable and secure.
From October 3-27:
With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.
From October 28th forward:
Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.
You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.
In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 27th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.
Occurring in your solar fourth and fifth houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to family relations, romance, children, and creativity. Be as non- judgmental as you can with family members. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time. Re-thinking your romantic relationships or creative projects is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. There may also be the need to revisit old, nagging issues with family members, or there could be some communication problems with them. Family members may be on edge. Try to hold off on household repairs if you can. Put off decision-making with regards to home improvement, moving, and family matters for the time being. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with friends, groups, intimate partners, family members, romantic partners, and children, or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from September 9th to November 13th:
All Mars retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your career, professional life, ambition, public relations, and your reputation because Mars rules these areas of your life in your solar chart. Stalling, snags, challenges, or seeming setbacks might alert you to the need for re-organizing your energy and enthusiasm for these matters, for re-assessing goals, or for changing plans.
Occurring in the sector that Mars rules, all of these themes are magnified. See Mars Retrograde for more details.
Note that Mars sticks around this area of your solar chart for much longer than usual–until January 6th, 2021, but is only retrograde here until November 13th.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
The month ahead is on the quiet side, dear Cancer, with an emphasis on your sector of home and family and some key planets retrograde. There's a general need or desire to look to the past before moving forward.
Mercury's retrograde begins in your romance and creativity sector on the 13th and then moves into your home and family sector on the 27th. Reviving or reworking old projects are possible themes. While you shouldn't get stuck in the past, a review is entirely appropriate, and possibly even profitable and beneficial. You might breathe new life into old projects or consider ways to break out of a rut.
Mars is retrograde all month, continuing from September. On the 1st, you can arrive at important realizations about your work, true calling, business, career, reputation, or true feelings about the direction your life is taking. Listen to your intuition about a matter, but take your time before acting on it. Mars is stirring your ambitions as it transits your solar tenth house, and will continue to do so until January. However, with its retrograde motion, you could feel stuck or frustrated at times. Misunderstandings can be more frequent.
Venus spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your communications house, bringing a more lively spirit to your life. You present your ideas and comments with charm and ease during this cycle. Making social connections and sharing your thoughts come more smoothly and naturally. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting tend to be more enjoyable and satisfying.
While some areas of life seem a little slow or up in the air, there can be a feeling of a breakthrough with a close relationship. You might come to a decision that has been a long time coming. You might be surprised to discover an ally or a newfound faith in someone you already know. You can learn valuable things about someone special in your life, finding new layers to a person or special relationship. A partnership can be a source of inspiration, and the realization of a happiness goal seems more likely through the support or positivity of a significant person.
October can bring some pleasant opportunities for mental stimulation and variety. There may be a surprising new attraction, craving, or interest. You are pushing boundaries just a little in your conversations and interactions, leading to interesting discoveries. It's a great time for personal appeal on a mental level. You might discover new and more satisfying ways to express yourself--you're expanding your options! Whether it's a project, personal writing, or a connection, you want to expand and grow. You're magnetizing good things to you quite naturally, and you express both your feelings and ideas with the same ease.
The New Moon on the 16th can usher in new beginnings and approaches related to your family, domestic world, or living conditions/arrangements. Feelings of being divided or tense can motivate you to make improvements. There can be tensions stirred now, particularly on the professional front or regarding responsibilities and reputation or performance. You'll have to do some juggling, but the central focus should be on getting your personal/home life in order.
The Sun heads into your sector of joy, pleasure, pastimes, and creativity on the 22nd, encouraging you to follow your heart. You might see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make around the 25th can be meaningful.
The Full Moon on the 31st relates to your social life. You might arrive at important emotional revelations about people in your life and your need for them, or about your place in a group, with friends, or even in the community. Surprises, rebellious feelings, and sudden changes in direction can be part of the picture.
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Cancer (Born July 2 to 12)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Cancer:
October 2020 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
With the Sun spotlighting your house of family and home, these areas are your instinctive focus during this period. Your family, home, property concerns, roots, and heritage come into focus and become a source of pride. You are likely quite preoccupied with feelings of security and your inner experiences. This is a time when you send down roots and seek a feeling of belonging. You could be thrust into a position of leadership on the home front.
Ego confrontations with family members are possible now, but the best way to handle this energy is to do your best to strengthen your relationship with your family and your home base. This is a time to do what you can to build trust in your family life and a strong foundation within yourself so that regardless of what you meet in the outside world over the next months, you have a secure place to return to. Besides spending more time tending to domestic affairs, the focus can be on cultivating and nourishing the inner foundations that support you and your growth. This is a time to collect yourself--to fill your well, so to speak.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 10th:
Venus continues to grace your solar second house during this period. You might receive gifts or bonuses now, or you find much comfort in what you already own and have. You may be a little extravagant with money for the time being, as your desire for luxury and comfort items is increased now, and this is something to watch for. When it comes to love, you value those who make you feel comfortable and secure.
From October 11th forward:
With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
From October 1-8 and October 19th forward:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fourth house. Your thoughts tend to revolve around personal matters, especially family, home, and domestic issues. You enjoy, more than usual, discussions and stories about the past and about family.
You are more rational and objective when it comes to your relationships with those close to you, so it is, in fact, a good time to open up discussions with family. There can be increased activities in and around the home during this cycle. You are not as interested in worldly matters and career as you are in your personal life for the time being.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.
Occurring in your solar fourth and fifth houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to family relations, romance, children, and creativity. Be as non- judgmental as you can with family members. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time. Re-thinking your romantic relationships or creative projects is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. There may also be the need to revisit old, nagging issues with family members, or there could be some communication problems with them. Family members may be on edge. Try to hold off on household repairs if you can. Put off decision-making with regards to home improvement, moving, and family matters for the time being. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with friends, groups, intimate partners, family members, romantic partners, and children, or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from September 9th to November 13th:
All Mars retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your career, professional life, ambition, public relations, and your reputation because Mars rules these areas of your life in your solar chart. Stalling, snags, challenges, or seeming setbacks might alert you to the need for re-organizing your energy and enthusiasm for these matters, for re-assessing goals, or for changing plans.
Occurring in the sector that Mars rules, all of these themes are magnified. See Mars Retrograde for more details.
Note that Mars sticks around this area of your solar chart for much longer than usual–until January 2021–but is only retrograde here until November 13th.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
The month ahead is on the quiet side, dear Cancer, with an emphasis on your sector of home and family and some key planets retrograde. There's a general need or desire to look to the past before moving forward.
Mercury's retrograde begins in your romance and creativity sector on the 13th and then moves into your home and family sector on the 27th. Reviving or reworking old projects are possible themes. While you shouldn't get stuck in the past, a review is entirely appropriate, and possibly even profitable and beneficial. You might breathe new life into old projects or consider ways to break out of a rut.
Mars is retrograde all month, continuing from September. On the 1st, you can arrive at important realizations about your work, true calling, business, career, reputation, or true feelings about the direction your life is taking. Listen to your intuition about a matter, but take your time before acting on it. Mars is stirring your ambitions as it transits your solar tenth house, and will continue to do so until January. However, with its retrograde motion, you could feel stuck or frustrated at times. Misunderstandings can be more frequent.
Venus spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your communications house, bringing a more lively spirit to your life. You present your ideas and comments with charm and ease during this cycle. Making social connections and sharing your thoughts come more smoothly and naturally. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting tend to be more enjoyable and satisfying.
While some areas of life seem a little slow or up in the air, there can be a feeling of a breakthrough with a close relationship. You might come to a decision that has been a long time coming. You might be surprised to discover an ally or a newfound faith in someone you already know. You can learn valuable things about someone special in your life, finding new layers to a person or special relationship. A partnership can be a source of inspiration, and the realization of a happiness goal seems more likely through the support or positivity of a significant person.
October can bring some pleasant opportunities for mental stimulation and variety. There may be a surprising new attraction, craving, or interest. You are pushing boundaries just a little in your conversations and interactions, leading to interesting discoveries. It's a great time for personal appeal on a mental level. You might discover new and more satisfying ways to express yourself--you're expanding your options! Whether it's a project, personal writing, or a connection, you want to expand and grow. You're magnetizing good things to you quite naturally, and you express both your feelings and ideas with the same ease.
The New Moon on the 16th can usher in new beginnings and approaches related to your family, domestic world, or living conditions/arrangements. Feelings of being divided or tense can motivate you to make improvements. There can be tensions stirred now, particularly on the professional front or regarding responsibilities and reputation or performance. You'll have to do some juggling, but the central focus should be on getting your personal/home life in order.
The Sun heads into your sector of joy, pleasure, pastimes, and creativity on the 22nd, encouraging you to follow your heart. You might see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make around the 25th can be meaningful.
The Full Moon on the 31st relates to your social life. You might arrive at important emotional revelations about people in your life and your need for them, or about your place in a group, with friends, or even in the community. Surprises, rebellious feelings, and sudden changes in direction can be part of the picture.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Cancer in 2020.
See also detailed 2020 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
Cancer (Born July 13 to 22)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Cancer:
October 2020 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
October 2020
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until October 12th:
The Sun continues to highlight your solar third house--a time of the year in which you are most likely to be a "busy bee". Communications, short trips, errand-running, and general busy-ness feature now. You could have a finger in many pies, so to speak, as your curiosity is piqued by a larger variety of things than usual. Used well, this could be a period in which you come up with solutions to a number of problems. You are more inclined to take pride in your intellectual accomplishments and/or your ability to socialize and make connections.
From October 13th forward:
With the Sun spotlighting your house of family and home, these areas are your instinctive focus during this period. Your family, home, property concerns, roots, and heritage come into focus and become a source of pride. You are likely quite preoccupied with feelings of security and your inner experiences. This is a time when you send down roots and seek a feeling of belonging. You could be thrust into a position of leadership on the home front.
Ego confrontations with family members are possible now, but the best way to handle this energy is to do your best to strengthen your relationship with your family and your home base. This is a time to do what you can to build trust in your family life and a strong foundation within yourself so that regardless of what you meet in the outside world over the next months, you have a secure place to return to. Besides spending more time tending to domestic affairs, the focus can be on cultivating and nourishing the inner foundations that support you and your growth. This is a time to collect yourself--to fill your well, so to speak.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until October 19th:
Venus continues to grace your solar second house during this period. You might receive gifts or bonuses now, or you find much comfort in what you already own and have. You may be a little extravagant with money for the time being, as your desire for luxury and comfort items is increased now, and this is something to watch for. When it comes to love, you value those who make you feel comfortable and secure.
From the 20th forward:
With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
This month:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fourth house. Your thoughts tend to revolve around personal matters, especially family, home, and domestic issues. You enjoy, more than usual, discussions and stories about the past and about family.
You are more rational and objective when it comes to your relationships with those close to you, so it is, in fact, a good time to open up discussions with family. There can be increased activities in and around the home during this cycle. You are not as interested in worldly matters and career as you are in your personal life for the time being.
Mercury is retrograde from October 13th to November 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.
Occurring in your solar fourth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to family relations, real estate matters, and domestic issues. Be as non-judgmental as you can with family members. It may be challenging to keep a healthy perspective regarding deeply personal matters and family. Family members may be on edge, or appear to be. Home repairs may not turn out as expected. Try to put off major decision- making with regards to home improvement, moving, and family matters for the time being. New initiatives surrounding home and property are best left for a better time, but reworking and reorganizing your home can be especially fruitful now.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Mars is retrograde from September 9th to November 13th:
All Mars retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of your career, professional life, ambition, public relations, and your reputation because Mars rules these areas of your life in your solar chart. Stalling, snags, challenges, or seeming setbacks might alert you to the need for re-organizing your energy and enthusiasm for these matters, for re-assessing goals, or for changing plans.
From the 17th forward: Occurring in your solar ninth house during this period, enthusiasm for higher education, travel, your personal philosophy, or adventure, in general, may wane, perhaps due to some problems or setbacks in these areas of life. Some projects may stall, or you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in adventurous ways. Your outlook on life in terms of the "bigger picture" could be more cautious, and you might find that you temporarily have less faith, or you are questioning the faith that has carried you to date. Refocus, backtracking, and review become necessary and recommended now. Your outlook and lust for life, for the time being, might not be as natural or spontaneous as it has been.
Occurring in the sector that Mars rules, all of these themes are magnified. See Mars Retrograde for more details.
Mars will continue to transit these areas of your solar chart for longer than usual–until February 2021 but is only retrograde until November 13th.
Overview Horoscope:
October 2020 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
The month ahead is on the quiet side, dear Cancer, with an emphasis on your sector of home and family and some key planets retrograde. There's a general need or desire to look to the past before moving forward.
Mercury's retrograde begins in your romance and creativity sector on the 13th and then moves into your home and family sector on the 27th. Reviving or reworking old projects are possible themes. While you shouldn't get stuck in the past, a review is entirely appropriate, and possibly even profitable and beneficial. You might breathe new life into old projects or consider ways to break out of a rut.
Mars is retrograde all month, continuing from September. On the 1st, you can arrive at important realizations about your work, true calling, business, career, reputation, or true feelings about the direction your life is taking. Listen to your intuition about a matter, but take your time before acting on it. Mars is stirring your ambitions as it transits your solar tenth house, and will continue to do so until January. However, with its retrograde motion, you could feel stuck or frustrated at times. Misunderstandings can be more frequent.
Venus spends much of the month (the 2-27) in your communications house, bringing a more lively spirit to your life. You present your ideas and comments with charm and ease during this cycle. Making social connections and sharing your thoughts come more smoothly and naturally. Your studies, games, learning, and connecting tend to be more enjoyable and satisfying.
While some areas of life seem a little slow or up in the air, there can be a feeling of a breakthrough with a close relationship. You might come to a decision that has been a long time coming. You might be surprised to discover an ally or a newfound faith in someone you already know. You can learn valuable things about someone special in your life, finding new layers to a person or special relationship. A partnership can be a source of inspiration, and the realization of a happiness goal seems more likely through the support or positivity of a significant person.
October can bring some pleasant opportunities for mental stimulation and variety. There may be a surprising new attraction, craving, or interest. You are pushing boundaries just a little in your conversations and interactions, leading to interesting discoveries. It's a great time for personal appeal on a mental level. You might discover new and more satisfying ways to express yourself--you're expanding your options! Whether it's a project, personal writing, or a connection, you want to expand and grow. You're magnetizing good things to you quite naturally, and you express both your feelings and ideas with the same ease.
The New Moon on the 16th can usher in new beginnings and approaches related to your family, domestic world, or living conditions/arrangements. Feelings of being divided or tense can motivate you to make improvements. There can be tensions stirred now, particularly on the professional front or regarding responsibilities and reputation or performance. You'll have to do some juggling, but the central focus should be on getting your personal/home life in order.
The Sun heads into your sector of joy, pleasure, pastimes, and creativity on the 22nd, encouraging you to follow your heart. You might see a past matter related to hobbies, creativity, romance, or children in a brand new way. The information, conversations, or connections you make around the 25th can be meaningful.
The Full Moon on the 31st relates to your social life. You might arrive at important emotional revelations about people in your life and your need for them, or about your place in a group, with friends, or even in the community. Surprises, rebellious feelings, and sudden changes in direction can be part of the picture.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Cancer in 2020.
See also detailed 2020 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
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About These Monthly Horoscopes:
Our detailed monthly horoscopes are designed to reveal and interpret the current transits of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars in your solar chart. Because these energies or transits do not unfold neatly into any given calendar month (many transits carry forward from one month to the next), you will find some of the energies continue from the previous month. For example, the Sun might transit the second house of your solar chart from June 21 to July 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both June and July’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. Transits don’t abruptly change as the calendar month changes.
These monthly horoscopes also include an overview paragraph, as well as other energies specific to the month, such as retrogrades, eclipses, or major outer planet transits.
The Lunar Cycles section reveals lunar cycle dates. Lunar cycles repeat themselves approximately every 28 days, so it is normal to see the same lunar peaks, such as “Your Personal New Moon” and “Monthly career peak” repeat themselves from month to month, but with different dates. They serve as a helpful guide to cycle peaks in different areas of life, such as financial, career, romance, and partnership.
The horoscopes are divided into three groups or decanates, and the differences between the groups are subtle in parts and large in other parts. For those who prefer a whole sign approach to horoscopes, simply read the first decanate regardless of your birthdate.
Learn all about the signs of the zodiac. We offer interpretations of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Ascendant in the signs:
Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces
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