Overall · Tomorrow
External circumstances push you towards a decision you have already made internally.
Fire signs should be careful not to burn the whole reserve at the start: ration the thrill.
First half of the day
The first half of the day moves faster than the second — get anything needing someone else’s answer done early.
Second half of the day
Clarity arrives closer to night. Write the thought down at once; by morning it will look different.
Love & relationships
In relationships the tone matters more than the wording. Say the same thing more softly and you will be heard.
Work & money
Do not sign without reading. Small print matters today.
Money & finance
Check subscriptions and standing orders — a forgotten leak is probably sitting there.
Health & energy
Moderate exercise outdoors helps. Keep the intensity down.
Inner state
Irritation points at a crossed boundary. Find exactly where it was crossed.
About the sign: Sagittarius ♐
- Dates
- 22 November — 21 December
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Mutable
- Polarity
- Yang — active, expanding
- Ruler
- Jupiter
- House
- House IX: meaning, distant countries, faith, higher learning
- Body
- Hips, liver, hip joints
- Stones
- Turquoise, amethyst, topaz
- Metal
- Tin
- Day of the week
- Thursday — the day of Jupiter
Character
Sagittarius needs what is happening to lead somewhere. They collect experiences, countries, ideas and people, and keep rebuilding their picture of the world. As long as there is a horizon they are tireless; the moment it disappears they leave, sometimes too easily.
Sagittarius thinks in perspective: always looking a little past the current task, and therefore the first to notice the road is heading the wrong way. They need meaning — not abstract but operational: what all this is for. Without it they lose strength faster than any workload could drain them. They meet people easily, love explaining and teaching, and there lies both their strength and their trouble: the line between "shared a view" and "delivered a lecture" is nearly invisible to them. Sagittarius is honest almost to the point of tactlessness and is genuinely surprised that truth spoken plainly can wound.
What works
Optimism, breadth of view, honesty, and the ability to set others alight with an idea.
What to watch
Carelessness with detail and promises, a preachy streak, and flight from routine and commitment.
In relationships
Sagittarius needs a fellow traveller rather than a keeper of the hearth: going somewhere together matters more than sitting together. They fall in love fast and brightly, speak about feelings plainly and can hardly pretend. Any attempt to limit their freedom — checking messages, accounting for hours, jealousy — backfires instantly. Yet in a relationship with room and a shared interest they are remarkably faithful and dependable. Their rows are loud but short: they cool quickly and do not store grievances.
Work and money
Sagittarius suits professions with a horizon: teaching, science, publishing, international work, travel, law, sport — anything involving learning and distant connections. They need freedom in how a task is done; micromanagement kills their motivation within a week. Money comes more easily to them than to most, and leaves as easily: on trips, on courses, on generous gestures. Their professional risk is overestimation: they take on three projects sincerely believing they will manage.
Health and body
The weak spots are the liver, hips and hip joints; both a love of the table and a habit of overloading tell on them. Sagittarius needs regular endurance work and moderation with alcohol and rich food, to which they incline. Their injuries are usually sporting and caused by excess optimism — they overestimate their form. The best cure for their low spells is a change of scene: even a short trip restores their tone.
♂ The man of this sign
The Sagittarius man is easy company, generous and usually surrounded by people: with him life is lively and roomy. He courts keenly but dislikes a relationship taking the shape of obligations too fast — pressure to speed things up makes him retreat. He values freedom above comfort and expects a partner to have her own life and interests rather than constant presence. He is honest to the point of bluntness: lying bores him, though forgetting an arrangement comes easily. He settles down late, but sincerely — and then becomes a dependable, magnanimous partner.
♀ The woman of this sign
The Sagittarius woman is independent, quick to move and disinclined to drama: she is easy and interesting company. She needs a partner who will not hold her back — control feels like an insult, and jealousy extinguishes her feelings fastest of all. She is direct in conversation and will not hint: if something is wrong you will hear about it the same evening. She values wit, humour and shared plans above gifts and status. She gives generously to a relationship but leaves without long scenes once she sees the growth has stopped.
Decans of the sign
22 November — 1 December · Mercury
The most verbal decan: a pull towards teaching, writing and travel undertaken to learn.
2–11 December · Moon
A more domestic, sensitive decan: faith, intuition, attachment to one’s own people.
12–21 December · Saturn
A disciplined decan: breadth of view plus the rigour to see a thing through.
How Sagittarius matches the other signs
Sign compatibility
Choose two signs and the gender of each — you get both portraits, the dynamic of the pair and a piece of advice.
♂ ♐ Sagittarius man + ♀ ♌ Leo woman
What works
Natural understanding with almost no effort. You recover next to each other rather than spend yourselves.
What to watch
The weakness is shared as well: two fires burn out together, two waters drown together. You need an outside stabiliser.
How the pair works
Sagittarius man and Leo woman are two fires: passion, speed and no boredom whatsoever. Both are used to leading, so the pair needs separate territories where each is in charge without competing, and a rule never to settle things when tired.
♂ Sagittarius man
The Sagittarius man is easy company, generous and usually surrounded by people: with him life is lively and roomy. He courts keenly but dislikes a relationship taking the shape of obligations too fast — pressure to speed things up makes him retreat. He values freedom above comfort and expects a partner to have her own life and interests rather than constant presence. He is honest to the point of bluntness: lying bores him, though forgetting an arrangement comes easily. He settles down late, but sincerely — and then becomes a dependable, magnanimous partner.
♀ Leo woman
The Leo woman is visible in any room and knows it. She expects to be courted and will not pursue — not from pride, but because that is the right order of things to her. She is loyal and lavishly generous with her own, yet does not forgive neglect: a partner’s coldness reads as an insult to her dignity. She needs a man she can respect and present to others — a weak one she will first pity, then command, and finally stop loving. She rows loudly, makes up warmly, and truly leaves only once.