Horoscope

Rainbow Filters of the Neptune Retrograde: And now Neptune, on a retrograde rampage, changes the filter on our fantasy world so the sparkles, hearts, sunsets and rainbows are readily available at the tap of our imagination. The seductive distraction of an inner world so perfectly matched to our preferences can be a hard thing to turn away from, but our reality depends on just that.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19)

Though you really prefer change to have a ramp-up and adaptation period, life doesn’t often accommodate such a preference. The good thing about an unexpected shock is that it forces you to seek out something better.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18)

What are you looking forward to? What are you dreading? To do more of the former and avoid the latter would be a mistake. Nothing disempowers dread like diving right in and doing the thing.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20)

Question why you need things to be a certain way. Sometimes particularness comes out of a desire to be treated as important or special, and other times the details must be correct to serve the greater good. Which is it?

ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Everyone is entitled to their preferences. Your preference will be to tend exclusively to your own business, purposely ignoring those who try to impose their personal opinions on the world.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

The whole story has yet to be revealed. Ask too many or the wrong kinds of questions and you may never know. But wait and watch. Then watch and wait. Suddenly, you’ll find yourself in the know.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 21)

In this building phase, it is only natural to prefer each move improve upon the last. But you will get stuck if you expect constant improvement. The ups, downs, hits and misses are all essential to ultimate success.

CANCER (June 22 to July 22)

You love a particular activity so much that it wouldn’t matter if you were to fail at it or even if you would be embarrassed by that failure. Nor would success matter too much. The payoff is the work itself.

LEO (July 23 to August 22)

Trust that everything you’ve learned is worth learning. What felt like a detour (and a costly one at that) still has plenty of applications, though you’ll strain yourself if you force it. Resolve to have no regrets and move forward in faith.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)

Today’s conversations have the potential to get chaotic. Your deft steering away from the minefields will help matters. When in doubt, stick to the main roads and rely on tone to trump content.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 23)

What can you eliminate? This is what will make your life better today, and it will beat any reorganization or new rule you institute. The best part is how quick and elegant the move can be. Sell it, give it, toss it, drop it -- it’s done.

SCORPIO (October 24 to November 21)

You’re clicking together, the world and you. The world is listening. The world gets you. All you have to do is open your eyes wide, and the world will take this as a cue to educate you.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21)

Maybe all these signs don’t mean you’re on the wrong path. Consider that the answer is out there; you just haven’t tried enough things to find it yet. Widen the search. Turn over more rocks. Ask more people.