Janet Jackson, a Taurus.
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The Capricorn moon often feels a bit daunting — it seems to highlight everything in your life that’s not going how you hoped, and all the milestones you haven’t reached. Today, though, its dose of realism is more likely to feel empowering. You might not yet be where you want to be, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. If you take some time to reflect — and to ask some trusted friends for advice — you’ll realize that the next steps are more manageable than you feared.
Nobody can predict the future, so you try not to worry too much about it. You trust that you’ll manage to deal with whatever comes next, and you’d rather live well in the moment than try to plan for every eventuality. Just remember that even if there’s no real way to know what comes next, that doesn’t mean you don’t have any control over your life. Today, try to make decisions based on long-term benefit, not immediate gratification. You have a good chance to position yourself well for the future, so take advantage of it.
Contemplating your overall purpose in life can get overwhelming, so sometimes, it’s helpful to set aside the big questions, and focus on living well in the day-to-day. But today, it might be a good time to take up those sweeping questions once again, especially if you’ve been lacking a sense of overall meaning. For now, see what happens if you make choices based not on what makes you happiest or most comfortable in the moment, but on what seems to bring you closest to your bigger purpose.
When you don’t get the answer you’re looking for, or you come to a conclusion that’s painful or inconvenient, it can be tempting to keep searching until you find a better one. Sometimes, this persistence pays off, but more often, it just delays the inevitable. Today, the best thing you can do is to accept the facts as they are. Instead of wasting your energy wishing the situation were different, put it toward figuring out what to do with the hand you’ve been dealt.
You might want more care and attention than usual today — you’re hungry for praise, affection, reassurance that the people in your life actually care about you. It could be embarrassing — you wish you were more self-sufficient — but really, everyone feels this way sometimes. The important thing is not to lash out at people for not giving you what you want. There’s a good chance they don’t even know what your expectations are, so start by making your needs clear.
It’s easy to take people’s innocent, well-meaning questions as criticism. If a friend probes your rationale, you see it as a sign that they doubt your competence; even simple follow-up questions might signal to you that they don’t think you’re a reliable narrator. But today, do your best to assume good faith. For the most part, people are genuinely just curious; if you can answer their questions without doubting their motives, everyone will be happier.
You’re not the sort of person to bend over backwards to please others. While you’re happy to help where you can, you have your limits; part of you worries that putting in too much effort is a sign that you’re being taken advantage of. It’s true that you shouldn’t always be the one that compromises and takes on the hard work — just remember that there’s nothing inherently wrong with putting in a little extra effort. Today, especially, going out of your way for others will probably end up being worth it.
This is a good day for socializing — but probably not with just anyone. Spending time with new people might be fun, but it’ll also be stressful; you’ll feel the need to delight and entertain them, to the point that you wear yourself out. Even if you’re good at charming new people, nobody can be on all the time. So today, spend time with the people you know and trust; you’ll feel all the more grateful for their lack of judgment.
While you aren’t afraid to act decisively, you also don’t like to be rushed. You feel most confident in your decisions when you have the time to think through them carefully, weighing the options and taking action only once you’re sure. Today, though, you won’t gain anything by overthinking. If you come up with a good idea, don’t wait around — run with it. This isn’t always the best way to take action, of course, but for now — especially if you tend to take forever to make up your mind — just go with your gut.
It’s hard to look at your past mistakes without cringing — you feel so much shame over certain decisions you’ve made that you’d rather put them out of your mind altogether. But today, you have a chance to view your missteps with a bit more distance — and a bit less self-recrimination. You can calmly take stock of the choices you’ve made, be honest with yourself about what you wish you’d done differently, and use this new wisdom to make necessary changes as you move forward.
For the most part, you tend to err on the side of pessimism. You imagine that if you always expect the worst possible outcome, you won’t be disappointed. But while viewing everything through the most cynical lens possible can feel like the smartest move, it’s ultimately just as limiting as false optimism. Today, do your best to see life as it really is — not just the bad, which there’s plenty of, but also the good.
You might not put much stock in conventional notions about what life “should” look like — but you’re probably deeply invested in your own ideas about it. You have strong and definitive expectations for yourself, and it can be destabilizing when things diverge from your plans. Today, remind yourself that no one’s life goes exactly as they thought it would. If you can release yourself from past benchmarks, you can start to make the most of the life you’re actually living.
You’re probably more likely to be the person giving advice than receiving it — you’re wise and compassionate, and the people in your life know that they can count on you. But no matter how much you genuinely enjoy caring for others, it can create an imbalance in the relationship if they never help you in return. So today, resist the urge to jump in and advise your friends on their problems; instead, ask for their insights on yours. The reciprocity will feel good for both of you.
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