Horoscope

Mercury’s Turn: The artist Philippe Petit wrote about ordering a magnificent door handle from a blacksmith and declaring upon receiving it: “Now that I have a way to open the door, all I need to do is build a barn around it!” One way to celebrate Mercury’s turn around is to approach projects in the order that most excites you, regardless of the logic.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19)

Repetition doesn’t have to be tedious; in fact, it can be quite brilliant, a comfort and a deepening pleasure. The key here is progress. Repetition without progress is the very definition of boredom.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18)

You may be allowing yourself an unhelpful habit that is keeping you from realizing something very important to you. You can push through it. The first step is merely pointing to it and calling it by its name.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20)

Prioritizing will be a little tricky today, since important items go masquerading as simple moves. The one to tackle first will bring you back to the basics of who you are, why you’re here and what you want.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

You’ll get through the day as you would a math quiz, one problem at a time. Just keep your mind on what you’re solving and by evening, you’ll be done with the hard stuff and delighted by your scores.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

The action will be an adventure, not a chore, although it may come in a package labeled “work.” You’ve never been afraid of work, only of not knowing how to do it. In today’s case, figuring it out will be half the fun.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 21)

What you think you should be doing and what you are doing may be two different things. The lesser activity isn’t “bad”; it’s just not all you’re capable of. You’ve the grit to answer your more noble calling.

CANCER (June 22 to July 22)

There’s a sage feeling under your ribs steering you toward or away from someone; heed it, even if it’s illogical. Your body has plenty of intelligence and feeds your conscious mind on a need-to-know basis.

LEO (July 23 to August 22)

Some see the negative space as full of potential to put something into. Others hold the space as a sacred and essential balance to the main beauty. To you, the beauty is the space. You’ll honor it, creating much peace for yourself.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)

The most exciting thing you can do today is a piece of decidedly unglamourous work. It turns out the key to creation is mostly humble actions in service of a splendid cause.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 23)

A relationship is better played out than analyzed, which is like examining a snowflake, which melts in your hand as it is observed. Stay in the moment, appreciating the natural environment of a thing.

SCORPIO (October 24 to November 21)

What another person wants from you seems fine. But to enact it without really owning it is weak. Better to make the choice yourself and stand by it, not because they want you to but because it’s something you can get behind.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21)

Your mental process is settling into a new order. It’s like answers are coming to you from outer space and painting your inner space in a new hue that will have you “redecorating” for weeks.