Your tendency to shoot from the hip could be an issue for the first three weeks of November. Sure, your spontaneity is delightful and your willingness to live for the moment can be a great source of joy, even inspiration. Until November 22, the mood is thick with emotions that are not to be taken lightly.

The love planet Venus is retrograde, a backward cycle that began on October 8 and continues until November 18, which tends to dig up issues from the past that you’d probably rather leave behind. However, this is a major period of relationship maintenance. Putting in extra effort can be a key to staying happy with the one you’re with or to get you on a more productive path to finding the partner you desire. You may have to work hard and face some assumptions you hold about yourself and about love that just don’t work any more. The complex emotions that arise are unlikely to be comfortable but it’s worthwhile to engage them.

On November 5 the New Moon in Scorpio plants seeds of possibility in your 8th House of Deep Sharing. You may be ready to compromise and give up some independence to establish a greater degree of intimacy. On the other hand, if you have a manipulative partner, this can be a time when your resistance to being controlled may go through the roof. Think of this as a time to take a commitment to the next level, make needed relationship adjustments or recognize that the price you’re paying is too high and consider moving on.