3 Zodiac Signs Overcome Their Relationship Challenges From October 14 - 20, 2024
You have the power to choose the kind of love you will accept.
Aleksandr Kichigin, pixelshot | Canva Pro The week of October 14 - 21, 2024, three zodiac signs have an opportunity to work on and overcome their relationship challenges. The Sun, Mars, Venus in Scorpio, and Uranus create supportive energy that supports healing, growth and introspection.
On Tuesday, October 15, the Libra Sun will square off with Mars in Cancer, continuing some of the same themes from the week of October 7th. In this case, it doesn’t mean the entire week will be challenging, but you have more time to understand hardship and choose differently. The Sun and Mars, two very action-orientated planets, teach you balance within two different areas of your life.
By rising to the lesson, you can change the course of your romantic relationship. However, if it proves too difficult, this may be part of a bigger issue that you will deal with later on. Remember not to sweep anything under the rug if you want to improve your connection because the greatest love will always be rooted in truth.
Truth and the search for it are themes Venus in Scorpio will intensify as it moves through the final degree of this water sign. Before shifting into Sagittarius on October 17, it will oppose retrograde Uranus in Taurus on Monday, October 14. This can create friction within your relationship, making you more resistant to change or seeing how much has already happened.
If you dig in too deep into what was, you not only avoid the truth of what your relationship has become, but you also miss an opportunity to understand each other better. You end repeated cycles this week by opening to receive the truth of any situation in your romantic life, but only if you’re ready to approach matters of love differently.
Three zodiac signs overcome their relationship challenges, October 14 - 20, 2024:
1. Capricorn
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The universe will keep showing you the lesson until you choose to learn it, Capricorn. While you should never feel like you must choose between your career and your romantic life, there is a lesson of priorities and balance that you need to embody. By embodying this lesson, the stress of never feeling like you have enough time or can't give others what they need will disappear.
But as long as you keep your head above water and hope everything will be fine, you only prolong this difficult phase in your life. Instead of merely trying to survive or hoping your partner will understand, you must change your life because your relationship should never suffer at the expense of your professional success.
On Tuesday, October 15, the Libra Sun will clash with Mars in Cancer and continue to create friction between your home and professional lives. While this energy began the week of October 7, it’s also a lesson that the Nodes of Fate in Aries and Libra have been trying to teach you since the end of 2023. You deserve success, so it’s not about having the job you dream of or the relationship; instead, you must allow yourself to see the middle ground.
While your partner has been incredibly understanding, they are losing their patience. It seems to them that it doesn’t matter how much they bring up this particular issue—nothing ever changes. Focus on a long-term solution rather than a quick fix to rectify it.
This may begin with your ideals and beliefs about success and what you can create in your life, but it will also require you to open up more emotionally to your partner. Try to lean into actually dealing with this issue. Otherwise, this relationship may not last as long as you had hoped.
2. Scorpio
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At times, there can be a fine line between self-love and ego, dear Scorpio. Take the journey within and develop a stronger love for yourself. Are you placing yourself above others and not recognizing that no one is perfect, no matter how much work they might do? You might feel superior to your partner or love interest because of how far you’ve come and your judgment of where they fit in your life.
If this happens, are you operating from a place of ego, not self-love? Self-love lets you know that you can keep yourself safe no matter your situation and that you are also empowered to attract and maintain a relationship that is in alignment with your truth.
But judgment and ego still come from that place of fear, or the need to be better than others because you may not feel as good about yourself as you lead others to believe. And if you’re not careful, your ego may be to blame for a break-up.
Venus in Scorpio will oppose retrograde Uranus in Taurus on Monday, October 14, creating tension between your sense of self and the evolution and growth of your relationship. Uranus in Taurus has been about helping you leave behind previous dynamics and embrace a healthier way of love; however, in retrograde, it is all about the past choices you’ve made and your perception of events.
While Venus in Scorpio is amping up the self-love, it also is to blame for any overly inflated ego causing issues in your relationship. You can’t love and judge your partner simultaneously; you can’t be interested in someone else but look down on them.
Everyone is on a journey, just as you are, and genuine self-love also allows you to have more love and acceptance for others. Make sure that you are truly operating from a healthy place within yourself, otherwise instead of growing together with the one you love, the only companionship you will be left with is your ego.
3. Aries
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Finding a new sense of balance can be challenging in moments of transition, yet it is worthwhile to invest your energy into, Aries. You have been dealing with themes of your home, family, and romantic life recently, as you have struggled to find time for both areas of your life or feel as if you are approaching themes with a balanced mentality.
What you must realize is that you can’t separate parts of your life because you are the one living them. The more you try to separate everything, the more depleted you will feel; this similar cycle will continue.
Often, you can get especially hard on yourself as you feel like you are never enough for anyone, yet this is your chance to reflect on whether you are being enough for yourself. When you can turn this lens inward, you will also have more success when it comes to knowing how to tackle the challenges of finding balance; otherwise, this may result in one of the biggest regrets of your life.
The Libra Sun will square off with Mars in Cancer on Tuesday, October 15, continuing the theme from the week of October 7, in which you felt stressed and unable to make time for everything necessary. Part of this is an aspect of separation that you are trying to instill, but in the process, you also end up feeling like you’re living two different lives. One may be at home or with your family, and the other with the one you love.
But hopefully, you see that no matter how good your intentions have been you can’t keep trying to do it all or keep parts of your life separate. Try to take time to see the lesson for what it is and allow yourself to feel like you are doing enough, even if the opinions of others may differ.
Let your partner know how much they are loved, and start making plans together. Potentially, it may also be time to start merging these different aspects of your life so you never again feel split in two.
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Kate Rose is a writer, spiritual astrologist, relationship and life intuitive counselor, and bespoke retreat curator.