This Week's Horoscope Features An End To Mercury Retrograde (& Relationships Heating Up)

If you’re feeling off-balance or disconnected, talk it out! Today’s waning Gemini quarter moon helps us all digest, dissect and discuss events that may have been exposed by last week’s Aquarius full moon.

Today’s flowing alignment of love planet Venus in Virgo and spontaneous Uranus in Taurus helps you escape the confines of convention. Get experimental! Do things differently.

If you’ve been putting your friends or partners on too short a leash—or you feel like you’re on one yourself—gracefully extend the tether. Better yet, free everyone from it!

Communication and technology planet Mercury ends its retrograde today at 5:14 PM EDT, powering forward in passionate and flirtatious Leo.

Excessive drama will dissipate, and mountains will reduce to the molehills they really are. What felt like a Greek tragedy earlier in the month might not become a comedy overnight, but you might be able to glean valuable lessons from the experience. Power struggles that punctuated much of August could soon be resolved. Been sitting on a sexy selfie or saving a personal rant in your drafts? Pull it out for a review.

Don’t drop your guard too quickly, though! Earlier on Wednesday, charming Venus faces off against hypnotic Neptune, and it will be hard to tell if someone’s interested in you or just casting an irresistible spell.

Early start to the cuffing season? Amorous Venus makes a luxe landfall in Libra, the love planet’s stylish home base. Give your closet and home a seasonal update and add new pieces for the cooler autumn temps. Add decorative flourishes—subtle accents get a lot of mileage now.

Does it feel like everyone’s flirting with you (and you with them)? That’s how cosmic coquette Venus operates in this lovely and gracious sign. Practice your one-liners and disarm with your charm.

Relationships can turn official while the love planet’s in this companionable realm. But Venus in Libra responds to gentle wooing, not guilt trips and love-bombing. Dial down the pressure and turn up the thoughtful gestures.

Also, as magnetic Venus and potent Pluto fist-bump in communicative air signs, the definition of “sexy” could be a mashup of intense passion and vibrant conversation. But careful not to fall for the outward trappings of someone’s charm and clever banter.

Couples could deepen their bond or revel in a mind-body-soul connection. Get vulnerable and let your partner in a layer deeper.