Drama Moon

This dramatic Leo moon offers a chance to look at the tendency to catastrophize. Sometimes we wrongly interpret discomfort as danger. We say the unfamiliar is "scary" when it's just new. Pressure feels like pain, and inconvenience feels like crisis. Today's challenge is to scale feelings to the size you can handle, and to remember you don't have to handle it alone.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY

Jan. 5

Welcome to your Year of Sublime Competence. You'll handle life with style and move through life with less friction and more serendipity. Plans come together easily, schedules cooperate, and you find exactly who or what you need. More highlights: unexpected bonuses or gifts, a viral moment that brings doors knocking and adventures with people who get you completely. Libra and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 27, 5, 6, 12 and 8.

ARIES

March 21-April 19

Your success formula couldn't be simpler: Stick close to people who live the way you want to live, and you'll pick up their magic by osmosis. The vibes mesh, the momentum builds, and everyone gets a lift.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

When is confidence too much? When it makes people certain without demanding any evidence — or ignoring evidence to the contrary — of the assertion. It is better to be underconfident than to be certain of something that isn't true.

GEMINI

May 21-June 21

Welcome it all — even the stuff you wouldn't choose. It's how you stay in conversation with reality instead of wrestling it. Resistance narrows your view; acceptance opens it. Bonus: Acceptance feels a lot better, too.

CANCER

June 22-July 22

You might be tempted to act out of spite. Check the emotional price tag. Spite is expensive. You pay twice: once in energy, once in fallout. Choose something that feels good now and later. It's more powerful to play the long game.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

You can tell your taste is changing because new things suddenly appeal to you. You're willing to be a little adventurous with a fresh pursuit, and it's thrilling to feel the pull of something you didn't even know existed until now.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

When someone confuses you, don't try to parse the details, because the answer won't be there. Instead of zooming in, step back. Relationships will only reveal their logic at a distance. What are the human needs driving the action?

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 23

Are the minutes and hours you've spent in fantasyland a waste? Your creativity is boundless. A little fantasy is fun. A lot of fantasy leads to unreasonable ideas and stratospheric possibilities that no one else would come up with.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24-Nov. 21

The schedule is tight, but your vibe doesn't have to be. Keep your pace even and your pulse low. The rule of cool? Everything looks cooler in slow motion. Even if you feel a bit hectic on the inside, don't rush.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

When you say yes, things begin to happen. You'll end up in plans you never would have dreamed up alone, and they'll carry you into unexpected adventures. But that's all later. For today, all you have to do is say yes.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

History is full of examples of people doing things that made no sense on paper. So the fact that a goal is unreasonable doesn't automatically make it unattainable, which you will prove with today's astonishing outcome.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

You may have a bit of help, but you're the one keeping everything on track today, which is why you feel a bit of pressure. You're leading from within the ranks, and though you're not the figurehead this time, none of it would get done without you.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

The orange seed looks like the lemon seed, and both resemble the grapefruit seed. You can't tell the fruit from the seed, and today's project is similarly mysterious. These are early days. You won't know the color of it until things ripen.

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