Anticipation and Lunar Oppositions

The tension of these lunar oppositions are not just about conflict, but about anticipation of it, which can be more stressful. Feelings and fears can start way before the experience does. Since our minds paint the scenes in advance, we can walk into whatever color we choose. Change your expectations even slightly and the reality you step into will change too.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY

Jan. 8

You're stepping into your Year of Gracious Acceptance when you'll be crowned for something you've mastered. Your consistency turns into skill, and your skill draws respect. All the private practice will pay off in public ways. More highlights: financial progress makes a dream doable. Love and a supportive creative partner are in the mix, as are a change of style and routine. Scorpio and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 27, 3, 23 and 16.

ARIES

March 21-April 19

Like attracts like. When you walk into a room, you'll gravitate toward people whose energy matches yours — and they'll gravitate toward you. Expect quick connections, inside jokes with strangers and an easy sense of belonging.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

There's a paradox in creative energy. Self-expression doesn't drain you; it feeds you — because the energy isn't coming from you but through you. Even though it looks like you're "giving out" energy, the act of self-expression actually replenishes you.

GEMINI

May 21-June 21

It feels unnatural to you to prioritize yourself, but do it anyway. Otherwise, you won't have anything to give. There's a lot of need around you, and you can help, but only if you put your own needs first so you're full and strong.

CANCER

June 22-July 22

When life feels too ordinary, but you don't have the means to upgrade your circumstances, you can still upgrade your attention. Ordinary things get interesting when you look at them from different angles. Curiosity is the cheapest form of reinvention.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

Self-discovery is the theme. There's no sense worrying about saying, doing or dressing "wrong." Wrong compared to what? You're creating yourself as you go. And as actors and writers know, there are no mistakes in character creation, only choices.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

A future that looks exactly like today is the easiest to imagine, but also the least likely to occur. Life is always moving. So use today to tilt things in the direction you want. Even a 1-degree shift now can land you somewhere entirely new.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 23

Go where you're attracted and something interesting occurs. You'll discover new abilities in yourself. When there's nothing attractive around, leave. Seek more interesting environments to avoid letting these unrealized talents remain dormant inside you.

SCORPIO

Oct. 24-Nov. 21

Your filters are thinner today. You might share what you didn't intend to, but don't worry too much. This is the truth that could set you free, or at least teach you who is safe to tell the truth to.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

We need different mirrors to know ourselves. A mirror can show you your face and a diary can show you your mind, but what can show you how others experience you? A truthful insight from an outside observer will help.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

You've leveled up your skills, and it's evident in the way you make quick work of a task that once intimidated you. And your confidence is so understated that you'll disarm people and bring them to your team.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

There's the way everyone does it, and the way that actually makes life easier. The second one takes a little figuring out, but once you're past the learning curve, it's smooth sailing: harder at first, easier ever-after.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

Today you'll witness an inconspicuous kind of morality hiding inside ordinary choices. Evil can be understood simply as any decision that pulls you away from your values, while good is whatever moves you closer.

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