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(September 8 Friday)
Planets Favor Planning As the energy of the Aries moon mixes with conscientious Virgo influences, go on and plan for seemingly insignificant future events. Meetings, parties – even the most casual social happening could have a major life-impact. Power players know that appearing spontaneous and confident requires work that often happens far in advance. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Solitude can be healing, though some people will go to great lengths to avoid it. That’s because they mistake being alone for being lonely. Loneliness is not a number; rather, it’s a lack of connection. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Some will lower their inhibitions through chemicals to free themselves to be more social. The chemicals are unnecessary and could be harmful. Lower your inhibitions through a mindset or through dancing instead. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Attention isn’t the goal for you today. There are many situations in which you don’t want to be the smooth one, the one that everyone wants to impress or date or befriend. You’ve good reasons for wanting to go under the radar.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Distance is a funny thing for you now. In some ways you’ll feel more influential and important to people who are far away from you than you will to those at an arm’s length.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The real message will be smuggled into a conversation via the social acceptable message, the small talk, the expected banter. Listen for it. You don’t necessarily have to address it now, but definitely make note of this underlying truth.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your analyzing mind has solved many problems for you and helped you excel in many areas of life. That said, it’s not the right mind to heal emotional wounds. Employ your heart and body to that task. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Today you’re like a jazz musician. You know your piece too well to play it note for note. The solid melody at the core of your day will have many embellishments and tangents to keep it fresh. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Narrow the gap between your idea of where you are now and your idea of where you want to be. “Your idea” is the operative phrase here. Perception of a place isn’t the place. Geography remains; ideas change instantaneously.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There’s a person who, lately, tends to put a twist in the mood to enable a downward spiral. Perhaps this character is unavoidable, though you can plan ahead and put up emotional armor, including a shield made of good humor. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Psychologists call the fruitless preoccupation with what went wrong “rumination.” This mode of critical thinking invariably makes us feel worse. Awareness is the anecdote. Instead of analyzing, accept. Instead of doing, be.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Old patterns feel comfortable, but that feeling of familiarity doesn’t make them any truer. Repetition fosters belief, but that doesn’t make the belief right. Figure out what’s good and correct before you repeat it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Thinking is not all there is to conscious experience. Today a cosmic perk will come without any effort on your behalf. Your senses will be naturally more engaged, and your intuition will be keen.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 8). This solar return raises the tone you bring to your life events, which will serve you in the moment and beyond. Memories are not flat, linear representations, but 3D snapshots of everything, including your mood. Love and joy spill over through the end of your year. Shrewd business leads to lucrative deals in February. Leo and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 2, 16, 50 and 27. WEEKEND LOVE FORECAST: ARIES: Established boundaries are what keep chaos from reigning supreme in relationships. TAURUS: No one is born with relationship skills. They must be learned. The biggest barrier to learning is believing that you should already know. GEMINI: You’ll get enough touching, holding and cuddling to fortify your heart and make up for past loneliness. CANCER: Give in on the little things and, chances are, the big things will tend to go your way. LEO: You’ll say “I love you” best without saying it out loud. VIRGO: Love-life hack: Keep a wish list of things you’d like to do with your partner or prospective partner. LIBRA: Happiness is moving toward a shared goal together. SCORPIO: The love you want won’t exactly fall in your lap, but when you go out of your way to stir up some joy, your luck improves. SAGITTARIUS: The same relationship can be experienced very differently with an altered mindset. CAPRICORN: If you don’t have all the answers, good. The know-it-all is a bore. AQUARIUS: There may be some confusion in the mix and it’s really not worth trying to figure it out completely. Give it the magic healing formula of space and time. PISCES: You’ll do everything within your power to control your chances of connecting with a person, and it will work.