Two potent planetary alignments are liable to shake things up early in the week, starting with a conjunction between Mars and Neptune as the week begins. During this time, our imagination will be at its most powerful — this can either be a creative blessing or a delusional curse. Choose your actions and reactions carefully.
Soon after, Venus and Haumea retrograde face off in a direct opposition that locks into place by Wednesday. Prepare for struggles between our inner voice and matters of the heart or wallet. Haumea’s retrograde motion indicates a cosmic suggestion to prioritize what our intuition says.
How will your sign fare this week?
Choose Your Sign
The cusp of something new often holds the most opportunity. Without any experiences to color the pathways ahead, your entire field of vision can expand before you. The steps you take right now will determine how many ways forward you’ll have next week, in a month, or even next year. The stars urge you to ensure your actions reflect this significant responsibility.
You’re not one for wasting time, which makes you prone to sprinting ahead at the smallest promise of prosperity. But this haste is a breeding ground for mistakes, Aries. And then what? All your hard work vanishes? Try not to let yourself get in your own way this week. One way to do that is by choosing your words and actions thoughtfully.
Your stubborn nature will keep you from coming to terms with it efficiently, but deep down, you know when it’s time to trim the fat. Think of all of the times you’ve tried to talk sense into loved ones who can’t seem to face the obvious facts in front of them. Now, consider how you might be contributing to this same dynamic in your own situation.
The universe offers instructions in its own way. The tricky part is learning how to read them. An event early in the week will get you up close and personal with something in your life that is no longer serving you like it used to. You’d be wise to heed this cosmic signal when it comes.
You can try to psychoanalyze your feelings all you want, Gemini. But until you allow your body to sit with them in their metaphysical, emotional form, you won’t be able to ditch them completely. Despite your best efforts, you can’t think your way out of this sentimental conundrum. Focus on the bright side: this will ultimately teach you more in the long run.
We don’t often see the full complexity of our emotions when we look at them from far away. Full emotional clarity requires us to sift through the many layers that make up any given interpersonal conflict. This isn’t just one problem; it’s many problems stacked on top of each other. And unfortunately, you’ll need to sift through them one at a time.
Communication about reconciliation without subsequent action is just exchanging hot air. If either party falls right back into the same habits and tendencies that brought about the conflict in the first place, it’s practically guaranteed that the same conversations will need to be had further down the road. Even sporadic toxicity can have adverse effects on the rest of our lives.
Your cosmic alignment suggests some kind of release this week. This could mean finally cutting ties with someone who has continued to let you down emotionally, or it could mean coming to terms with the fact that someone might need to do that to you. If it’s the latter, this might be the catalyst you need to embark on a path of self-improvement.
A little fun now and then is good — and necessary — but sometimes these “fun” activities can also cause the most harm. The stars indicate this might be the case for you, Leo. Our subconscious mind has a clearer idea of right and wrong than we give it credit for. Perhaps this gnawing feeling you’ve been experiencing isn’t anxiety about the unknown after all.
If it really weren’t a problem, then you shouldn’t mind stepping away from it for a while so that you can make sure it isn’t. Refusing to do so can indicate a greater challenge ahead. The longer you put off facing that obstacle, the harder to tackle it will become. Whatever you do, don’t let your own pride stand in your way of bettering yourself.
Not everyone has the same pragmatic approach to conflict as you do, Virgo. As convenient as it would be for everyone to flip a switch and immediately feel better after a fight, the cosmos’ timing doesn’t bend its will to us. On the contrary, we must bend our will to it. Ironically, your refusal to take a second to see the other person’s side is just dragging this conflict out longer.
There is merit on both sides to this situation. Yours doesn’t automatically cancel out theirs. Take this cosmic opportunity to get better acquainted with your emotional side, and allow them the chance to get to know their logical side. With a little bit of patience, both of you can walk away from this conflict stronger than before.
No matter how much you try to reason or argue with someone, you can’t force them to see your perspective completely. Their vision will always be colored by their own experience, and vice versa. You can gain much greater inner peace by accepting this reality and letting go of the undue burden or managing someone else’s emotions and expectations.
You can’t control what someone else might do or say at any given moment. But you can control what you say or do in return. Focusing on anything else is a waste of time. Instead of worrying so much about what external factors might come into play during this interaction, shift your attention to controlling any negative internal factors that might arise.
There are always going to be a million reasons why starting a new endeavor is inconvenient, and in that same way, there is never a better time to start than right now. Stop waiting for the stars to align perfectly, and learn how to get what you want, even when you have to cross a few obstacles to get there. Make your own perfect cosmic alignment, Scorpio.
The stars urge you to trust your instincts. If something seems too good to be true, then it likely is. If you get an uncanny feeling that you should go down a certain path, then don’t be afraid to explore it. You have an incredibly keen intuition. Don’t be afraid to use it to your advantage.
The constant onslaught of obstacles, tasks, and hangups can make it seem like life is supposed to be one eternal struggle. And while it’s true that life is a series of wins and challenges, that doesn’t mean there aren’t cheat codes that you can use to make things a little easier on yourself. The goal isn’t to eradicate all challenges. The goal is to lighten the load.
Take some time early this week to find small ways you can help yourself throughout your work week. Most tasks we have to do are a small (or long) series of steps. Even getting rid of one step can increase our motivation by tenfold. Premake that early morning coffee, set alarms, work ahead of time. A little bit can go a long way, Sag.
The immediate transition from work to relaxation can be the most difficult to face. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you should keep running on fumes just to avoid it. You had to get used to the size of your workload over time. It stands to reason that you’ll also need a second to get accustomed to a decrease in that workload. Give yourself some time to acclimate.
Working past burnout mode is only going to cause more problems in the long run. Work tends to get sloppy, mistakes are easier to make, and emotional conflict is more likely when stress-induced tension reaches a fever pitch. Think of a much-needed vacation as a reboot that will allow you to continue your work more successfully in the long run.
Looping someone into our bad habits can seem like a fun endeavor at first, but it’s really just a roundabout way of avoiding accountability. Dealing with complex emotions is hard enough as a singular entity. Why complicate things further by bringing someone else into the mix? You started this problem alone, Aquarius. You ought to finish it that way.
If the basis of your relationship is built on hedonism, then maybe it’s time to call it quits anyway. A good-time friend isn’t the kind of person you want around in moments of crises. And even if things are going amazingly right now, those bad times will come. Make sure you have people in your corner that will stay there when they do.
Great prosperity is on your horizon, Pisces. Try not to let emotional and mental distractions get in the way of your progress. Lean on your trusted friends and family to keep your eyes on the bigger picture. Indeed, it can be difficult to see the forest for the trees. Allow people with different perspectives to help guide you along your way while your head is down.
In a perfect world, our motivation would last until our goals are completed. But a perfect world this is not, and you will likely have to keep working at this long after you want to. Low energy isn’t necessarily a sign that your path has veered off course. It’s just an inevitability of the journey — another obstacle to work around on your way to success.