Tomorrow's horoscope·Friday, October 16

Cancer horoscope for tomorrow

8th of 12

What matters most

Saturn is at a difficult angle to your sign for a long while. Doubt comes back more often, and so does self-criticism. Write down what's done, the list is longer than you think.

Calculated for noon, London time, from the positions of the seven classical planets.

Your stretch, your day

These days

Your stretch scores 5 out of 10 until October 23 (Sun in Scorpio).

What carries you: Venus and Mercury.

What weighs on you: Saturn and the Sun at a difficult angle.

A mixed stretch: some planets make life easier for you, others slow you down.

Tomorrow

The Moon in Sagittarius does nothing in particular for you: the day follows your stretch.

The details

Background -0.45, Moon 0: total -0.45, so 5/10. The background alone gives 5/10.

A demanding stretch when the background is at -2.4 or lower.

  • Venus, trine: +1.875, until October 25
  • Saturn, square: -1.875, until April 13, 2028
  • Sun, square: -1.5, until October 23
  • Mercury, trine: +1.05, until December 6

Area by area

What lifts youLove

What holds you backYou

You

The Sun is at a difficult angle to your sign. Confidence wobbles, and your eyes drift to what others are doing. Do one thing for yourself, with no audience.

  • Sun · square

Saturn is at a difficult angle to your sign for a long while. Doubt comes back more often, and so does self-criticism. Write down what's done, the list is longer than you think.

  • Saturn · square
  • in the background, for months

Love

Venus is at a good angle to your sign. Bonds feel softer, and people find you easy to love. Make a small gesture, just because. It'll land better than usual.

  • Venus · trine

Work

Saturn rubs against your sign, for the long haul. Efforts pay off slowly, and deadlines stretch. Break the big task into small steps.

  • Saturn · square
  • in the background, for months

Mercury is at a good angle to your sign. Conversations run smoothly, and your explanations land the first time. Ask the question you've been avoiding.

  • Mercury · trine

The Sun is at a difficult angle to your sign. What you show gets little response, and recognition is slow to come. Work on what doesn't show.

  • Sun · square

Energy

The Sun is at a difficult angle to your sign. Everything costs a bit more than usual, and drive doesn't come on its own. One thing finished today is enough.

  • Sun · square

Others

Mercury is at a good angle to your sign. People get you fast, even by text, and replies hit the mark. Answer your waiting messages; it takes ten minutes.

  • Mercury · trine

The coming days

  1. 17 Sat3/10
  2. 18 Sun3/10
  3. 19 Mon5/10

The Moon changes sign about every two days (2.28 on average): it makes most of the difference from one day to the next. The rest moves slowly.

The week →

What about you?

This page applies to everyone who shares this sign. Your own sky today, calculated from your whole chart (your Moon, your Ascendant, your houses), is more accurate.

My horoscope for today
Cancer and the twelve signs →

How it's scored

At noon, we look at which sign each of the seven classical planets is in (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn), and the angle it makes with each sign: trines and sextiles lift, squares and oppositions slow, and with a conjunction it depends on the planet.

Each area only counts the planets tradition links to it: Venus for love, Mercury and Saturn for work, Mars and the Sun for energy, the Moon and Jupiter for others, the Sun and the Moon for you. Otherwise, the calculation is the same as for the sign's score.

A sign is a twelfth of humanity: this score holds for everyone who shares it. Your own daily sky, calculated on your whole chart, is more accurate.

Sources
  • Ptolémée, Tétrabible, livre I, chap. 13 (les aspects des signes : le trigone et le sextile s'accordent, le carré et l'opposition s'opposent)
  • Ptolémée, Tétrabible, livre I, chap. 5 (Jupiter et Vénus bienfaisants, Saturne et Mars malfaisants, le Soleil, la Lune et Mercure selon ce qui les entoure)
  • Chris Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune, 2017 (les aspects comptés de signe à signe)
  • Choix d'Arcanes : la Lune, qui change de signe tous les 2,28 jours en moyenne (docs/articles/faits.json), est ce qui distingue un jour du suivant ; elle pèse plus.
  • William Lilly, Christian Astrology, 1647, livre I, chap. 8 à 14 (ce que signifie chaque planète : Saturne le travail et les limites, Jupiter les biens et la sociabilité, Mars l'énergie et le conflit, le Soleil la vitalité et l'estime de soi, Vénus l'amour et l'amitié, Mercure l'échange et le commerce, la Lune l'humeur et le foyer) ; leur part dans chacun des cinq domaines du Prisme est un choix d'Arcanes