Weekly Astrology Forecast for October 29-November 4, 2023* — Karma Chameleon

Fixed-sign ascendants ought to steady themselves for the ongoing provocation that the week ahead brings. As the aftershocks of Saturday’s lunar eclipse spill into the days ahead, the tensions between inner knowing and external desire continue to rage.

For many of us, questions surrounding stability and security have been thrown asunder in recent years. From the trials of the pandemic to the pocketbook pilfering of unprecedented inflation, a larger collective storyline has shaped our microcosmic anxieties. Questions around purpose and authenticity have likely swirled against a backdrop of pared-down practicality: how much do we really need to be happy?

Some signs may have weathered these quasi-existential crises better than others. Writ large, both cardinal and fixed signs have likely experienced the cosmic vicissitudes of Pluto in Capricorn and eclipses in Taurus and Scorpio more harshly than our mutable compatriots. If there’s one take-away for both these signs, it’s that self-care reigns supreme, while introspection demands cautious maneuvering lest peering behind the curtain plunges us into unfathomable interior darkness.

As the week wears on, we may get a reprieve from the planetary energies that have been pushing so many of us towards introspection and…