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The moon enters stubborn Taurus this morning, then spends the rest of the day in a series of tense encounters with Pluto, Venus, and Mars. This could throw you off-balance today: Your competing desires for security and excitement could pull you in different directions, or your general state of confusion could make you irritable. The key is to avoid being thrown off course by doubt or distraction. Deep down, you know what you want.
Even if you don’t normally compare yourself to others, envy could overtake you today. Everybody else seems to have more than you: more money, more time, more friends. It’s not that you begrudge anyone their happiness; you just wish life were as easy for you. There’s probably nothing much for you to do with this feeling but wait for it to pass. In the meantime, don’t snap at your friends — even if you don’t see their struggles, that doesn’t mean they don’t have them.
The more you try to assert yourself today, the more resistance you’re likely to encounter from others. It isn’t that you’re doing anything wrong, just that everyone’s a bit defensive at the moment; even your most even-keeled friends could seem strangely on edge. For now, it may be best to keep a low profile. Nobody’s currently at their best — if you can postpone the difficult conversations for another day, you’ll save everyone a lot of stress and embarrassment.
Usually, your mind is active and energetic, thinking about a hundred things at once. But today, all you seem able to focus on is your own insecurities. Your most embarrassing moments are on replay in your head, or your past failures keep taunting you. It’s useful to reflect on your mistakes, but tormenting yourself won’t help you grow — if anything, it’ll make you shrink into yourself and avoid taking healthy risks in the future. Try to be a little kinder.
Your friendships could feel vaguely unsatisfying today. Even if you can’t put a finger on anything actively wrong, there’s still an intimacy that seems missing, a sense that you don’t really understand each other. And the more underappreciated or disconnected you feel, the less time and energy you’ll want to invest. Try to remember, though, that human connections are dynamic and ever-changing: Any effort you put into your relationships won’t be wasted, so don’t give up.
It may be tempting to pick fights today. As hard as you’ve tried to suppress your irritation with the people around you, any simmering tensions or unresolved issues could finally boil over now. Getting your feelings out in the open may ultimately be helpful — but you may end up getting more than you bargained for. While you may be certain you’re in the right, you may find others have their own grievances to express, and you may wish you had waited for a day when everyone’s energy is a bit less heightened.
Today, you feel simultaneously sick of the status quo and scared of breaking the mold. Doing the same things day after day seems impossibly boring, but setting off into the unknown seems unbearably risky. Your challenge is to find a way to break through the impasse — to let fresh air into your life without losing everything you have worked so hard for. It may not be easy, but you’ll figure it out in the end.
If you sense somebody’s treating you unfairly today, you’re likely to react quickly and dramatically. Standing up for yourself, even a bit stridently, is generally a good thing — sometimes people need to be reminded that your generosity and good heart can’t be taken advantage of. But be careful: It’s easy to misunderstand people and see malice where none actually exists. If they haven’t given you reason to doubt them in the past, give them the benefit of the doubt now.
Some conflict is inevitable, even with those you love most. Usually, it’s because you’re frustrated by their shortcomings. Today, though, conflict is more likely to arise because your friends seem to hold a mirror up to your own flaws, reflecting your own worst qualities. It’s easy to lash out at others when you’re actually feeling insecure or disappointed in yourself. Give yourself the compassion you need and your issues with others may smooth out too.
While some people are fussy about every tiny thing, you can typically let go of the unimportant details. You understand that nothing’s ever going to be perfect and that striving for flawlessness will only stress you out. But today, details you would normally ignore start to nag at you. The messier your living space is, the more disorganized your thoughts are and the more anxious and frustrated you’ll feel. So put some effort into restoring order in your life. Perfection may still be out of reach, but putting things in the right place will calm your mind.
What you want most today is to feel close to your friends, to enjoy their company and feel appreciated by them in return. Frustratingly, though, it may seem as if nobody’s truly on your wavelength right now. And while you know they’re probably just distracted by work, their family, or the state of the world, it’s hard not to take the disconnect personally. So do your best to keep up your confidence. As much as you want external validation right now, you don’t need it.
You’re probably feeling antsy now, eager for adventure or progress or for your life to finally happen. But frustrating as it is, the best thing you can do now is stay patient. There are times when reckless choices can lead to good results — but today probably isn’t one of them. The more thoughtlessly you act, the more likely you are to create new problems for yourself. Stick to your plans, resist the temptation to make sudden changes, and your slow, steady approach will pay off eventually.
Nobody can maintain constant levels of motivation — it’s only natural for your stamina to flag sometimes. This is manageable on its own, but it gets stressful when your low-energy periods coincide with hectic, busy times. Your to-do list is probably jam-packed today, but you’re not in the mood to do any of it. So give yourself permission to do the bare minimum. Working harder won’t necessarily give you better results, so do what you can and trust that your energy will return later.
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