You’ve read your horoscope.You’ve never been read.

The timing is on your side. You are in the Venus sub-period of your Rahu period, from January 15, 2024 to January 14, 2027, and Venus is the planet of relationships and commitment. Venus holds — delighted by Mercury and Saturn; some soft spots: agitated by the Sun; starved by the Moon. Its saving planet is Saturn. So what you begin now has a steady hand behind it, as long as you give it structure.

This year in particular is about thinking things through. Mercury’s maturation comes in 2027, and you are in its entrance year, 31–32, the intense year when Mercury’s message is arriving and its growing pains peak. Mercury is the planet of planning and clear speech, and a new start begun now is a good place for that message to land. Mercury is delighted by Venus, firmly. Venus is delighted by Mercury, firmly. The two feed each other, which is why the weeks right now are a good season to plan, talk things over and put the first pieces in place.

There is also something working for you personally. Mars rules your 1st house, the house of you yourself. Mars holds — delighted by the Sun, the Moon, and Jupiter; one soft spot: starved by Mercury. Neither side wins yet. Mars in the 11th, Virgo, forms argala to your 1st house, obstructed by the Moon in Capricorn, the 3rd from Scorpio. That means your own drive is fixed into your life as something real, and what the Moon’s concerns have deferred, your own initiative can still develop.

So start it. Write the plan down, talk it through with someone you trust, and commit to a first small step before November 8, 2026, when Mercury’s finer period closes. Then give it a review every week, and let the new thing grow at a pace you can sustain.

Mars rules your 1st and 6th houses, so it carries both you and the friction you meet. Saturn is under pressure — left thirsty by Mars; nothing of weight counts in its favor. Its culprit is Mars, unanswered. Saturn sits in your 5th house, in Pisces, in friendly dignity, and it rules your 3rd and 4th houses. So when you push, what gets worn down is your sense of limits and commitments, and that is why the argument returns: the push is always landing on the same place.

The same two planets meet at your 1st house, the house of you yourself. Mars in the 11th, in Virgo, forms argala to your 1st house, obstructed by the Moon in Capricorn, the 3rd from Scorpio. Mars is meant to fix itself into your life as something that builds you, but the Moon’s concerns keep deferring it. The Moon stands well — delighted by the Sun and Mercury; nothing counts against it. So the Moon is not hurting you; it is simply tending its own business, your feelings and your own needs, ahead of the push.

Now the door out. Mars holds — delighted by the Sun, the Moon, and Jupiter; one soft spot: starved by Mercury. Neither side wins yet, which makes Mars the planet closest to turning around. And this year is about Mercury. Mercury’s maturation comes in 2027, and you are in its entrance year, 31–32, the intense year when Mercury’s message is arriving and its growing pains peak. Mercury is the planet that starves your Mars, and it is also the planet of words, planning and thinking things through. The fight keeps recurring because the push runs ahead of the words; this year the words are arriving, and how you meet them decides whether the pattern is integrated or repeated.

So when you feel the old fight rising, stop and write down what you actually want before you say anything. Then ask one person you trust to read it with you. Do this in the weeks up to November 8, 2026, when Mercury’s finer period closes, and let the next conversation happen from the page rather than from heat.

The Moons come first in any pairing, because they carry respect, understanding and being on the same page, and yours and Sam’s come to a Moon-based total of 17.5 of 36. The one strong thing on the Moon row is Nadi, which is full at 8 of 8: your two Moons fall in different nadis, and that lets you soothe each other’s excesses and bring each other back into balance. That is the part of you and Sam that works. Bha earns nothing on that row, your two Moons 6/8 from each other, and that is where the strain sits. Two Moons set like that mean more chances for conflict and misunderstanding, and quite often you will find you have different needs or feel differently about the same thing. Compromise has to be talked out, or the frustration surfaces as a crisis.

Venus is the planet that complements the Moon between partners, and its row shows pleasure and enjoyment together. Bha and Gana are both good there, so you can enjoy the same things and enjoy each other’s company. Nadi earns nothing on the Venus row, both Venus placements in Watery nadi, eased because Rasi kuta and Rajju both prevail, so the two of you can still run hot in the same direction from time to time.

The same difference between your Moons shows in the Navamsha deity path, where your Moon is Rakshasa and Sam’s is Deva, conflicting, and the overall reading there is Challenging.

Then there is force. Sam asserts more forcefully than you do, a real imbalance, and he carries the more dynamic, assertive drive, 3 of 4 to your 2 of 4. When a decision is up for grabs, his push comes first and harder.

Where you do meet easily is philosophy. The Jupiter row, which shows philosophy, beliefs and growing together, has Bha full at 7 of 7, and you can study, read and grow side by side.

So when something matters to you, say it early and ask Sam when he would like to talk it through, rather than waiting for him to raise it. When he pushes, tell him plainly that his pace is too fast for you, and ask for his view on your terms. And give the two of you something to do together that is not about getting anywhere: a weekly walk, a class you take together, a book you read aloud to each other.

What carries it: Scorpio rising, with Mercury — the planet of agreements and papers — right there in the first house, the house of the matter itself; the Moon in Asvini, a star of fresh beginnings, on the Moon’s own vara. Each limb of that day can do its work, its lords standing well.

What to expect: the rising sign sits at a seam, a joint between one sign and the next, so the morning may feel like a threshold rather than a settled thing — give yourself room around the appointment rather than wedging it between other errands. Ketu sits with the lord of the rising sign, and the Sun is in the first house as well, so expect some glare on the proceedings: a point renegotiated, a clause you read twice, perhaps a strong personality across the table. Saturn sits near the Moon’s star, which asks patience of you. None of that unmakes the window; it tells you how the morning will feel.

If that morning cannot work, the same Monday offers two more: 12:50 to 1:30 in the afternoon, with the Moon in the fourth house, the house of home and dwelling — fitting for a lease — and the evening, 7:40 to 9:30, with Leo rising in its own strength. There is also Friday 16 October, 3:20 to 4:00 in the afternoon, with Jupiter in the fourth house, though that day’s lords have less in reserve; expect it to ask more of you.

I looked at the next thirty-one days from Tallinn, read against your own chart. If the date needs to move further out, or you want another place read, say so and I will look again.