Scorpio — Saturday 23 May 2026

Well done for not texting your mother back last night. Genuinely proud of you. The trouble is, not texting isn't the same as not composing seventeen drafts in your head, and you know it. *Mars* is still grinding through *Taurus*, which for Scorpio means domestic tensions you've decided to handle by becoming a piece of extremely tense furniture. Everyone at home is walking around you like you're a load-bearing wall with feelings. They sense the atmosphere. They cannot name it. You won't name it. This is, to your mind, perfectly functional behaviour. *Pluto* in *Aquarius* has been quietly rearranging your idea of what "family" even means — who you owe things to, who owes you, whether those are the same people — and today, with *Venus* being squared off against *Neptune*, the story you've been telling yourself about why you're the reasonable one deserves at least some light scrutiny. You're not wrong, exactly. You just might be holding the score sheet more tightly than the relationship. You love your family ferociously and that actually counts for a great deal. Pity it so rarely shows on your face.