HOROSCOPE

(September 26 Monday)

Pluto Direct What do you want? If you can’t say, you’re not alone in this, though it will be worthwhile to contemplate what’s tying up your tongue. Fear? Confusion? Too many options? Search inside. Because if you can’t say what you want, you can’t get it. Pluto’s new direct status presents an opportunity to get clear and move quickly forward.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

There’s something you want to tell a crowd today. If you can build rapport with one person you can build rapport with many at one time. Use social media, a soapbox or a mountaintop to tell your story.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You don’t mind standing out in some way: In fact, you benefit from it, even if said “way” is a little bit controversial. Better to raise a few eyebrows than to be invisible.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Just because they love you doesn’t mean they understand you. You long for an intellectual connection, but affection comes for different reasons and from other directions. It’s still pure and true.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Does it frustrate you to know there is nothing you can do about the outcome? Hopefully, you can find a way to let this liberate you instead. Trust in the work you’ve already done. Watch to see what grows.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Is this anticipation or apprehension that you’re feeling? Maybe both, but figure out the dominating emotion. If you’re apprehensive, it means there’s still a little more preparation to do before you make your move.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

No relationship is all sunshine and rainbows. Hopefully, there is quite a lot of sunshine and the occasional rainbow – but of course, such a phenomenon usually occurs after a rainstorm.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You won’t find friends today; they’ll find you. The people who have a similar vibe to yours can feel you. They can see your inner light, and they’ll want to claim you for their own.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

People need constant encouragement. You can’t just give out pats on the back at the end. Most of them won’t even make it there. Whatever your usual reward system is, today you’ll need to triple it to see results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Before you make a big effort to demonstrate your love, take measures to get reasonably sure that the gesture is one that the other person is likely to see as love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Privacy is a requirement of every relationship. Close relationships need even more of it. Instead of feeling guilty about this, revel in your right to experiences that are yours and yours alone.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’re an antennae for important information and especially helpful to those around you who have trouble discerning that from the dreck. You’ll help all stay on track with priorities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

News feed clutter abounds. You have to wonder about the people who feel compelled to tell the whole world what a fantastic time they are having with the loved ones who are, presumably, within talking distance.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 26).

Your cosmic birthday gift is a superpower: You can often think about what you truly want to think about and with great intensity of purpose. Everything you want can be obtained through focused action, which starts with a thought. You’ll be elected next year. A purchase will change your scene in February. Aquarius and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 30, 17, 22 and 18.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTION:

“How do I know if someone loves me? I’m a Leo woman in a relationship with another Leo. You would think that two people of the same sex and of the same sign would understand love in the same way. But we don’t. She says she loves me, but I’m just not feeling it from her. Should we break up?”

Of all the signs, an attention- loving Leo like you should understand this answer extremely well. One of my mentors, the urban mystic Stuart Wilde, enlightened me on the nature of love when he said, “Love is a quality of attention. It’s a way of focusing on someone.” When you are focusing on someone in a loving way: That is love. So love is more of a verb than a noun. It’s active. In that light, someone who is behaving in an unloving way and claiming, “But I love you...” is at best confused, at worst, manipulative.

Leos are beautifully demonstrative people. If your Leo girlfriend is often demonstrating to you something that feels quite opposite from support, friendship, kindness, spiritual generosity and care, then in those instances she does not love you. So educate her. Perhaps things will shift. And if they don’t, then I say bail.