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2023 Sagittarius Horoscope Preview

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Sagittarius Horoscopes, Year 2023: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Sagittarius. Please also see the full Sagittarius 2023 Yearly Horoscope.

This forecast is for those born with a Sagittarius Sun sign (from approximately November 22 to December 21*) or with a Sagittarius Ascendant**.

2023 Sagittarius Horoscope Overview

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Areas of Expansion in 2023 for Sagittarius:

Your Sagittarius 2023 Horoscope points to areas of life that are destined to expand, blossom, improve,and grow.

• Romance
• Creativity, Hobbies, & Self-Expression
• Children
• Entertainment & Recreation
• Work (Day Job) & Chores
• Health, Habits, & Routines

Until May 16th,your creative, playful, and romantic side continues to expand, develop, and blossom. This is a powerful time for self-expression, new forms of entertainment, and romantic explorations.

This influence spans two date ranges, with the first wave behind you, and the second one ongoing as you begin the year 2023:

• from May 10-October 28, 2022,
• and from December 20, 2022-May 16, 2023.

You’re experiencing these themes in steps, and this is the second and final step.

Your focus continues to be on having fun, enjoying life, and expressing yourself in freeing, rewarding ways. Your romantic and creative worlds grow and expand. Your desire to express your unique side and creativity increases. As you learn to express yourself playfully and creatively without apology, you are more willing to take some personal risks along the way!

Romantic opportunities tend to abound during this cycle, or chances to kick back and have fun, express yourself in unique ways, and pursue hobbies and entertainment are abundant. Creatively speaking, these periods fill you with ideas and plans for realizing a dream.

This can be a fertile time on many levels, including physically and emotionally. Romance can blossom. Note that this influence is associated with casual dating and exploring romantic possibilities more than binding or committed relationships.

This enhancing, supportive influence is also strong for self-confidence and personal popularity. In fact, you could find that your creative, romantic, or leisure pursuits define you more and more this year. They enhance your self-image and image to others. You identify with these things or with your creations, including children, if applicable! You’re more often following your heart.

Potential negatives: Excessive emphasis on, or attention to, having fun to the detriment of other life departments. Throughout this transit, you may need to come to a balance between attention to romantic and creative needs and the rest of your life.

You might also need to juggle increased responsibilities in your daily life with your stronger focus on entertainment, love, or leisure.

However, for the most part, you are likely to feel supported and confident during these periods. Others gravitate to you, and your appeal skyrockets. It’s a period of being received especially well and smoothly by others, particularly in February and the first half of March 2023. More humility and honesty add to your charm.

From May 16th onward, your work, daily routines, and health endeavors begin to expand, improve, and grow.

This influence lasts a little over a year–from May 16th, 2023, to May 25th, 2024.

This is a time when your work projects or duties expand, or you have increased employment opportunities. You can be so confident in your ability to take on projects and endeavors, however, that you overload your plate, so do watch for that.

You find more joy in your work (as long as you don’t overload), self-improvement endeavors, and taking care of your health. If you provide a service to others, it is likely to prosper, primarily because you’re enjoying it more! If applicable, you are incredibly successful in hiring people to work for you, and improvements to your working environment are likely. It can be easier than usual to find employment now.

You may get a new job during this cycle or significantly improve an existing one. Work tends to be very available to you. You more intently focus on what really matters to get ahead, and recognition for your efforts may be forthcoming. Still, this cycle is less about recognition as it is about the enjoyment of your duties or daily life.

You are proud of how useful you are to others during this cycle. The more integrity and honesty you bring to your services, the more “payback” or rewards you can expect to receive. Health may very well prosper now, and medical procedures or programs, if necessary, are more likely to be successful. Of course, this isn’t something to take for granted since there are always other concurrent transits that can refine this one. There may be an inclination to put on some weight, for example, if you don’t watch your sweet tooth. On the other hand, a greater love of food might instead lead to a booster hobby.

You are bringing fresh and original ideas to your work and the services you offer. During this cycle, you might experience overload or initial magnification of problems surrounding work. There is a tendency now to focus on the details of your work, and you might sometimes feel a little overwhelmed with monotonous tasks. Again, the key is to avoid overdoing it.

Your work might involve more services or assisting others during this cycle, and for some, health-related or healing professions can be attractive. You can feel motivated to improve your life by pursuing a healthier lifestyle and through your daily routines, habits, chores, tasks, services, and work.

Challenges may occur sporadically during this period with the need for time away from your duties either to take care of yourself or of others requiring care, or the consequences of taking on so much that you have trouble taking time for yourself. Responsibilities elsewhere can sometimes conflict with your stronger desire to work, take care of business, and attend to health and wellness.

However, for the most part, this is a good time for winning appreciation for what you do or your skills, enjoying what you do, finding work, and working relationships.

Personal confidence, identity, and self-image may closely tie into work and health during this period. Your services to others can be exceptionally profitable. Notably, your work ethic stands out as particularly powerful at this time–you can be committed to putting in the work! This year, you’re more inclined to identify strongly with your work, health, habits, and routines. Helping others helps you!

In May when this transit begins, there can be initial challenges related to taking on too much. You have compelling personal interests and now, a surge in desire to improve your work, daily routine, and/or health, and it’s hard to fit everything in! To move forward more authentically, happily, and freely, some projects may need to go, you may need to delegate some of your work, or for the sake of your health and well-being, you need to free yourself of a secret that has been weighing you down. An overly hectic or chaotic schedule can take its toll on you, and you need to let go of demanding work, projects, and obsessions to take better care of your health. It’s time to let go of the need to control or push yourself too hard. Aim to get a handle on your priorities.

Fortunately, in June especially, work and home life combine in wonderful, productive, and constructive ways. Family can be supportive of your work, or your job works well around your family life so that you can enjoy both more thoroughly. Better structures and boundaries allow you more freedom to pursue your goals. You’ll find that the primary key to happiness at this time is moderation!

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity:

Your 2023 Horoscope points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away from itself.

• Communication
• Transportation
• Studies
• Home
• Family

Until March 7th, the areas of your life that continue to require a “back to basics” approach are communications, learning, and local transportation. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life — as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may very well crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are suitable and worthy will endure and strengthen.

This influence began in 2020 and finally draws to a close in March 2023. This transit can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Sagittarius. This year, those born with a Sagittarius Ascendant of 23 to 30 degrees and those born from December 14-20 are most directly affected.

Challenges can come to your communications during this cycle. As an example, you may be more guarded and particular with your communications, taking things quite seriously and somewhat fearful of making mistakes. As another, you may feel pressure to produce ideas and make them work in the real world.

A certain somberness in your outlook can characterize this phase, as it could be a time of worry or heavier thinking. Or, it can be a time of more chores or things to learn.

It may seem that acquaintances are blocking your growth in some manner, and these relationships may be strained as a result. There can be some tensions or distance with siblings, classmates, or neighbors since these relationships come under the rule of the third house where Saturn is currently transiting in your solar chart.

Although you could have the desire to make contacts, you are now rather preoccupied with learning or other mental projects, and you may view idle chit-chat as frivolous, distracting, or even a waste of time if it’s too much.

You may feel unusual pressure to structure your time and effort and cut out unnecessary communications. You may sometimes feel rather overwhelmed by such things as errands, red tape, and other day-to-day “disruptions.”

By the end of the transit, however, you will have (ideally) gained a greater depth of understanding, having focused on information and communication that you really can use to feel more effective in the world. It can be good to cut out some interference so that you can focus, concentrate, and advance.

There is a great need to structure your life by way of schedules, managing daily details and your time more effectively. There can be some problems with local transportation — getting from point A to point B. Restrictions with transit or transportation breakdowns and blocks are possible.

Communications can be delayed or lost, perhaps impeding certain projects. Disputes with relatives or neighbors are possible when Saturn is challenged in this area of your solar chart. February can be an example–your mission to get a handle on your daily affairs can compete with your romantic life or needs for entertainment and leisure.

Publications or announcements may not be received as well as they would at other times. Another possibility is you aren’t as charming or warm as you usually are in your communications. There can be some restlessness or an urge to get out and about, but you might feel weighed down by your daily responsibilities.

There can be issues with mobility and transportation during this transit, and mechanical breakdowns can present challenges. Ultimately, these things lead to improvements and more efficiency, even if they’re frustrating in the short term.

As well, this is a time of increased practicality and esteem. You are more reliable than usual. You procrastinate less. Teaching, learning, and guiding can be in strong focus. There can be a greater love of the less glamorous aspects of your work, studies, and projects, and you are capable of tremendous effort to further your goals.

The last time this influence occurred was from 1991 to early 1994 – it doesn’t happen often!

It’s also a time to improve your communications and transportation systems to increase your income. Teaching or guiding can supplement your income.

From March 7th, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach are associated with your personal life, home, family, your roots, domestic activities, living conditions, and security. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life — as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Those things built on weak foundations may very well crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are suitable and worthy will endure and strengthen.

This influence runs from March 2023 until 2025/2026. You’re likely to feel this transit most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Sagittarius. This year, it will influence those born from approximately November 21/22-28/29 and with a Sagittarius Ascendant of 0-7 degrees the most. The rest of the sign will feel its influence more directly in later years.

You are becoming especially security-minded and have a building need to live a more organized life. Some of you may be more private about your home life during this cycle. It’s an excellent time to be frugal due to your increased desire to feel secure and safe. You have or feel a special responsibility to your home and family now. It’s true, there may be some restrictions experienced in your living conditions or arrangements, or circ*mstances tie you to your home or a particular place. Ultimately, it’s about tidying and firming things up.

Tests can come to your home or personal life while this transit is in influence. The responsibilities and demands of domestic life can run high. There can be a feeling that others are not as sympathetic to you or that they leave you alone to your own defenses during this period. In truth, you are learning to stand on your own two feet, meet your responsibilities, and fix what you let slide in the past.

At the end of this cycle, you’ll have built a stronger foundation. You’ll see yourself and your family more clearly, and your expectations will consequently be more realistic. It’s a good time to organize and structure your home life; your mind can unclutter as you simplify things. This doesn’t always mesh perfectly with your personal interests, studies, and communications, especially prominent in March, but striking a balance can be a good bet.

You can fill with a desire–or circ*mstances create a need–for more structure in your home life. This is also a time for the very beginnings of a business project for some, and especially for those with a Sagittarius Ascendant. It’s a career-building stage if you’re looking far ahead. The early beginnings of a special long-term project/business can emerge now.

It’s vital that you get your home and personal life into order so that you can move forward feeling rooted and secure. You might pour more money or resources into your home or family. You might make money through work from the home or in domestic-related work. The last time Saturn transited here was from 1993 to early 1996.

Especially in April, June, August, and October, work and home life combine in wonderful, constructive ways. Your job or daily routine works well around your family life so that you can enjoy both more thoroughly. You’ll find that the major key to happiness at this time is moderation! Slow and steady wins the race. You are in an excellent position to strengthen your future by taking care of the present. Building more structure and organization in your domestic world benefits you in other areas–most notably, your work, chores, duties, and health.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed: Routines, Daily Affairs

Your 2023 SagittariusHoroscope points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you can take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize.

• Work
• Health
• Habits
• Routines

All year, you’re part of a long-term trend in which your work, daily routines, and health can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting! You can bring fresh insight to your work now, although there can be times when you’re impatient with rules and schedules. Daily routines can be chaotic, and your energy for them tends to be up and down.

Ultimately, you are looking for a more authentic expression of yourself regarding work, service, or daily life, and while it can be a little chaotic for now, you are learning to tap into your “inner genius.” It can be challenging to connect with your intuition on a schedule, and that’s what you need to manage now–finding the right balance.

This is an important time for keeping open to change and current developments regarding your work or health. The most modern types of technology cantransform your work. Staying in touch with recent developments in your field gives you a nice edge.

During this period, watch for nervousness, tension, and changes that interfere with your comfort, health, and equilibrium or work output.

It would be best if you had more excitement or variety in your work, and you seem to do better when setting your own pace. Jobs may be freelance or unusual during this cycle.

Note that this influence runs until April 2026! It’s a time to focus on improving your practical world, work, finances, or health in groundbreaking ways. It’s essential to watch for stressing yourself out, however. Unreliable routines or erratic chores and work schedules may take their toll on you this year without care and management. Inattention to details can also be a problem if your approach is slightly slapdash.

Novel approaches can bring in fresh energy and wonderful benefits. Changing your definition of comfort or work can figure strongly and positively. It’s a time when you more frequently think and talk about your health or work.

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation:

Your 2023 Sagittarius Horoscope reveals areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new.”

• Finances & Values
• Communications & Learning
• Private Life & Emotional Healing
• Work, Health, Habits
• Romance & Recreation
• Social Life

Until March 23rd and from June 11th forward, attitudes towards finances and possessions, as well as money itself and personal values, continue to transform. Life lessons might occur for you to get in better touch with self-worth, principles, self-defense, and money attitudes. Changes can occur in your source of income, or your level of income can change. However, it’s just as possible that your attitude towards your things, valuables, belongings, talents, assets, and money is evolving.

You may have to face control issues and possessiveness and learn how to better manage this part of your life during this extensive cycle. This trend is very long-term–it’s been part of your life for many years–but it’s beginning to phase out in 2023 (the entire transit spans from 2008 to 2024).

There can be times when a compulsion to feel secure, comfortable, and safe can be overdone and interfere with other vital areas of life when Pluto is forming challenging aspects. Your desire to be self-sufficient can sometimes compete with different life departments.

The advantages and benefits of this theme are many.When this influence is at its best, there are chances to improve money, relationships, income, and talents. Look for opportunities to turn around a difficult emotional or financial situation. You can get the chance to take charge of your finances, develop your talents, and find new ways to make money from hidden or current resources.

Struggling with self-worth issues can frustrate you at times, but your work in this area can have powerful, long-term, and positive results. Too much emphasis on the material side of things can work against you, but special attention to how and why you arrange your life to be stable and secure is vital at this stage in your growth.

February is particularly strong for harmonizing and balancing your attention to security and your ability to take healthy risks. There could be additional resources or money to put into recreation, or changes and renovations with your interests and resources can lead to a more satisfying lifestyle.

From March 23rd to June 11th, a new Pluto theme is with you. While it’s only a sneak preview of a transit that will stick around for years to come, you’ll see some preliminary shifts and changes in 2023.

Communication, learning, and daily life are transforming. It’s an excellent, long-term period for studies, writing, and communicating, although there is a tendency towards intensity that can sometimes work against you if you’re not careful.

There may be some challenges related to these changes, most notably in May, when you want to do more with your work and routines, but you’re also very focused on personal interests. Watch for taking on too much. You have compelling personal interests and a surge in desire to improve your work, daily routine, and/or health, and it’s hard to fit everything in!

Otherwise, it can be a rewarding time for personal influence and persuasion. You’re learning to embrace your ambitions and recognize the need to change, reform, and renovate your projects.

The Nodes and eclipses in 2023 continue to encourage improvements with service, health, work, and privacy. Work on finding a balance between mental health and physical health; and between work and rest.

Benefits come from embracing your need for improved habits, routines, work, chores, and health. In these areas of life, you’re likely to make meaningful changes. You can benefit greatly from getting your life organized and spending more time and energy on caring for your health and body. These are important keys to happiness.

But a new theme is weaving its way into your life this year, beginning with the Solar Eclipse in April and the North Node’s move into your solar fifth house in mid-July forward. You can benefit greatly from expressing yourself more playfully and uniquely. Don’t be afraid to stand out from the crowd now!

Eclipses challenge you to express yourself more creatively and openly. Friendships, group associations, creativity, and romantic involvements are evolving in significant ways. New group associations may be made, friendships can expand, and you are challenged to find a balance between your romantic life and your connections with friends.

Your Planetary Ruler in 2023: Jupiter is your planetary ruler.

In 2019, Jupiter spent much of the year in your sign, and you may have been coming out of your shell and recognizing important goals and ideals. In 2020, you wanted to lock things down. It wasn’t as much about self-discovery as it was about taking concrete steps towards realizing your objectives. You may have wanted to settle in and enjoy your recent wins!

In 2021, Jupiter divided its time between your sector of communications and home/family. You were spreading your wings on a mental level. You enjoyed more personal interests and had much to learn and discover.

In 2022, Jupiter divided its time again. While Jupiter was in Pisces, it was a mostly comfortable period when home, family, and your personal life took more priority. However, while Jupiter was in Aries, you came out of your shell, embracing your playful or creative side.

This year, in 2023, the Jupiter in Aries self-discovery period continues, but only until mid-May. Until then, you explore your creative or romantic side. From mid-May forward, your determination builds. The practical side of life takes on more importance, and you might often find yourself working, attending to health, following better routines, and improving your lifestyle and habits.

Jupiter’s retrograde periods every year are natural cycles of introspection and extra rest or periods of reflection, and in 2023, Jupiter is retrograde from September 4th to December 30th.

In March and June, Jupiter receives special support from the outer planets, and opportunity periods can be in stronger focus. May is more challenging as you can struggle with wanting to do more than is possible.

*It’s important to note that birthdates for Sun signs are always approximate since the starting date and time varies a bit every single year. If you were born on one of these cutoff dates (commonly known as a “cusp”), you can get a definitive answer using a Sun Sign Calculator. You can also write reports@cafeastrology.com with your birth information and we can let you know your true Sun sign if you were born on or beside the approximate date range given for any sign of the zodiac.

**If you want to know your Ascendant, find out with an Ascendant calculator, such as our What’s My Ascendant?, but do note that an Ascendant cannot be determined for unknown birth times. If you were born before 1970 when time zones were more unpredictable and not as well-documented, it may be better to determine your Ascendant in our free birth chart section or, if a historical time zone issue is tricky or in question, the outstanding Astrodienst.

2023 Yearly Overview Horoscopes: