Keeping Score

Passionate Mars spends the entire month in your 5th House of Romance, which should give you plenty of opportunities for having fun now. Being playful is a key, at least until loving Venus dives into play-for-keeps Scorpio on November 7. This alluring planet is gliding through your 7th House of Partnership until then, inviting gracious people into your life and making them welcome if you are willing to meet them halfway. Still, there is some tension in the beginning of November, especially around the Full Moon on November 2. This lunation in bucolic Taurus isn't usually problematic, but feisty Mars' tense 90-degree square to this Sun-Moon opposition can provoke conflict and power struggles. You usually don't have patience for prolonged battles, but it's still easy to get riled up and turn a small issue into a major mess.

The tone grows dark and mysterious on November 7 when Venus enters Scorpio, a sign that keeps score and doesn't let go of the past very easily. This shift occurs in your 8th House of Intimacy, which can be very erotic but equally complicated. Connections may be deep and rich in desire, yet could strangle you with controls, rules and expectations that make you uncomfortable. Unless you're willing to go all the way emotionally, it might be wise to restrain your physical impulses.

The Scorpio New Moon on November 16 may intensify feelings so much that common sense disappears. Sure, it's fun to engage in an unconventional liaison, yet don't be so naive that you don't expect consequences for it later.