Two planets in retrograde and a holiday built around masks? Buckle up, stargazer. With Mercury and Venus both moving backward, it’s prime time for second chances and second thoughts. Expect old faces and unfinished business to come knocking. Monday brings the week’s heaviest moment, when a Full Moon in Taurus coincides with Pluto squaring the Sun. Whatever’s been simmering since spring could boil over, so give yourself all the room you need to feel it.

Midweek brings a welcome jolt of ambition as Jupiter begins edging toward Mars, a pairing built for bold moves. Friday is the flashpoint. Retrograde Mercury squares Mars, and tempers could run short, so count to ten before you fire off anything heated. Halloween rolls in Saturday, and the whole week’s theme of masks and revelations comes full circle.…