IN THE STARS
ARIES
Somewhere along this timeline, you’re going to decide to stop forcing yourself to do other people’s version of fun and stick to the version that’s all your own. Why not now?
TAURUS
When hearts break, they don’t heal all at once. In William Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago says, “How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” You may still feel it.
GEMINI
Your life flows best when you recognise what you need and you give yourself those essentials, plus a pinch more for luck. But no more than a pinch! Going too far past the essentials would set you back.
CANCER
Setting yourself up to succeed will involve recognising what and how much you can do and seeking help for the tasks that are likely to go beyond those limits.
LEO
You’ll step into a teaching position today. The education will go beyond you when you choose your pupils well. Who is likely to pay it forward? Who with ties to the group needs the information most?
VIRGO
The one you think of as a hero didn’t aim for the role but landed there quite by accident. Having much preferred an easier route, this person found that life had other plans. You, too, will rise to the occasion.
LIBRA
Physical, mental and emotional self-care is rooted in many practices (e.g. eating your vegetables, facing your fears) that unfortunately don’t seem like fun at the outset but are nurturing of your best self.
SCORPIO
When the situation calls for small talk, there’s no getting out of it, so you might as well use it for the opportunity it is. All conversation is a kind of personal brochure that shows people who you are.
SAGITTARIUS
Part of doing the right thing is doing it at the right time. If you took the action too far out of context, it would no longer hold such virtue.
CAPRICORN
Ever heard of “compassion fatigue”? It’s the sort of burnout that comes to those who help everyone but themselves, to the extent that they become undernourished. Don’t let it happen. Be the priority.
AQUARIUS
If you are to devote yourself entirely to your challenge, you’ll need to put on blinders of a sort to keep yourself from looking back or sideways. There is only one goal, and it is ahead.
PISCES
Even in the closest of families, things get tricky around money. It’s best avoided today. This Greek proverb will steer you well: “Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.”