Venus in Scorpio: you commit completely, and you expect the same back

You watch how a person behaves when something is at stake before you open up. A small lie about where they were matters more to you than a big bouquet, because it tells you what happens later. You may test people silently: go quiet to see whether they notice, mention an ex to watch the reaction.

The tests work against you. Tell the person what you need in order to trust them — honesty about plans, being answered, not being joked about in public — and let them meet it.

Jealousy arrives quickly when you feel shut out of part of someone's life. The urge is to find out everything: read between the lines of a message, check who liked a photo, ask the same question twice. It feels like protecting the relationship and it slowly suffocates it.

What helps is simple. Say the feeling out loud early, while it is still small: “I felt left out when you went without me.” Keep a life of your own — friends, work, a pursuit that has nothing to do with your partner. A partner who is free to leave and stays is the proof you are looking for.

After a betrayal you tend to cut the person off completely. That is often right. Just make the decision once you have calmed down, so it is yours and not the anger's.

You treat money as something serious and private. You rarely tell people what you earn, you research a large purchase properly, and you notice value that others miss: an undervalued flat, a company before it grows, an antique in a pile of junk. Research, investment, finance, insurance and anything to do with other people's resources suit you.

In a couple, shared money is where power quietly shows up. Agree openly who pays for what and keep that arrangement visible. Never use money to hold a partner in place, and do not let anyone do it to you.

You would take one thing you love completely over ten you merely like. A conversation that runs past midnight, a book that unsettles you, a perfume that stays on your skin, a friend who knows your worst stories — these are your pleasures. Small talk and pretty but empty things leave you cold.

Spend accordingly: less often, on better quality, on things with history. And give yourself privacy without apology. Time alone is how you recover after a week of other people.