Astrologer and Cut columnist Claire Comstock-Gay reads the stars as Madame Clairevoyant.
Vanessa Hudgens, a Sagittarius.
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Expect to feel somewhat stressed and pessimistic today as the sun and Saturn square off. You’re probably feeling overburdened by responsibilities, and new challenges keep getting in the way of your big dreams. It might be tempting to avoid dealing with your problems, but that’s probably the worst thing you can do — anything you procrastinate on will only catch up to you later. For now, the best course of action is to push through, trusting that the hard work you put in now will pay off later.
It can be surprisingly easy to avoid dealing with your own flaws and insecurities — particularly those that don’t directly affect anyone else. When there’s no external pressure to work through your issues, it can seem possible, and perhaps even preferable, to go on forever without addressing them. But sooner or later, your problems will always catch up to you; today, you might as well face them head on and start planning a way forward. It won’t be as scary as you think, and you’ll feel better for being honest with yourself.
When you’re dealing with a seemingly insurmountable workload, or when the stresses of daily life keep piling up, it can be easy to let your relationships slide. You still care about your friends, but you have to prioritize, and it feels like other things are much more urgent. But today, feeling disconnected from your community will only make the rest of your problems seem even more dire. If you make a point of maintaining your support system, it’ll be there for you when you need it most.
Today, it might be hard to resist comparing yourself to the people around you. Maybe you worry that everyone else has achieved more than you, or maybe you start to think that in some broader, more existential way, they all have life figured out in a way you never will. But it’s important not to give into discouragement, imagining that among all the people in the world, you’re somehow uniquely flawed. The people who seem so wise and accomplished from the outside have their problems, too; don’t imagine that they’re perfect, or that you have nothing to offer.
You might get the frustrating sense that nobody is taking your concerns seriously today. When you raise an issue, they brush it off; when you point out a potentially serious problem, they act like it’s no big deal. It can feel like everyone’s apathy is dragging you down, like you have to do twice as much to make up for it. But it’s unrealistic to expect yourself to continually pick up everyone else’s slack — that’s too much for anyone to handle alone. Do what you can, and don’t blame yourself for not managing more.
You don’t always realize how much of an effect your words and actions have on the people around you. When you think you’re just making casual conversation, others could be taking your words to heart; your friends look up to you more than you realize. It can be annoying to realize that everyone is paying so much attention to you — you want the freedom to act spontaneously, without worrying about how your actions will be received by others — but for now, it might be worth thinking a bit more carefully than usual about what you say.
You’re likely to feel a bit lonely today, even if you’re surrounded by other people. Though you might know on a rational level that your life is full of love and community, it can still feel like nobody understands you, or like nobody is capable of caring for you the way you need. But the important thing is not to give up on the people in your life. As much as you might wish that love could be completely effortless, the fact is that sometimes it can be confusing and it requires work, but any effort you put in will be more than worth it.
Most of the time, you’re happy to help out when you’re asked — it might mean doing more than your fair share of work for a bit, but over time, you trust that it’ll all balance out. Today, though, you might get fed up by your sense that things haven’t evened out; you’re starting to feel taken advantage of, and you’re fed up. The important thing is not to keep doing what you’ve been doing in the hopes that someone will eventually take notice. If relationships feel unfair, it’s up to you to say something.
It can be immensely irritating to see others having a good time while you’re stressed. Even if you know on a rational level that your problems have nothing to do with them, and that it’s unreasonable to expect them to take on your worries, it still feels vaguely disrespectful that anyone else could be having fun. Still, do your best not to take out your anxiety on the people around you. Dragging them down to your level won’t help anyone; the more your friends are in a generally good headspace, the more capacity they’ll have to support you.
Old memories might weigh heavily on you today; the more deeply you think about it, the more you can trace all of your current problems back to past decisions. It’s easy to feel like it’s too late to do anything, like you’re locked in to a certain trajectory and there’s no changing it — but really, that couldn’t be further from the truth. If anything, imagining that you’re powerless to change your life is only a cop-out, a way to avoid having to do any of the hard work ahead of you. Change is possible, but only if you make the effort.
Usually, your confidence and strong sense of self helps you to stay resilient in the face of criticism. Today, though, you’ll be more likely than usual to take others’ unkind words to heart. Even if people aren’t being particularly harsh, you might read between the lines, sensing disapproval where none actually exists. Try not to assume the worst of others — or of yourself. A difference of opinion doesn’t necessarily mean that either one of you is “wrong,” and the more you make an effort to engage with criticism in good faith, the better off you’ll be.
It’ll be easy to catastrophize today, spinning narratives in your head of all the countless things in your life that could go horribly wrong. Even if you know, rationally, that your anxiety won’t help matters, it’s hard to stop worrying. So for now, just do your best to reserve your worries to real issues in front of you. There are so many problems that could, hypothetically, come to pass one day — but stressing yourself out before they’ve even become an issue won’t do you any good. Do your best to focus on what matters, and deal with the rest if it happens.
You understand that some things can’t be rushed, and so there’s no point in trying. Life unfolds at its own speed, and sometimes, all you can do is accept that. Today, though, you might struggle with this: You’re all too aware that time is a limited resource, and you’re afraid that if you don’t make things happen now, you’ll miss your chance forever. But try to remember that rushing won’t get you results any more quickly — it’ll only stress you out. Progress is still happening, even if it’s not as fast as you’d prefer.
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