Every Sunday, Claire Comstock-Gay reads the stars as Madame Clairevoyant and shares the weekly horoscope for each zodiac sign.
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On Sunday afternoon, Venus enters Sagittarius where it’ll stay until late December. This is the time to express your love — for friends and partners alike — enthusiastically. People will generally respond well to straightforwardness and honesty, so there’s no reason now to be coy or play games. Then on Thursday, the full moon in Gemini could bring lots of activity and change to your life. You’re multifaceted and sometimes contradictory, and it can be tempting to try to ignore the more demanding or inconvenient parts of your personality — but this moon could require that you recognize and honor your whole self, not just the easy parts.
While you can be incredibly loyal, you also have a tendency to get bored quickly. It takes a bit of variety to hold your interest; you need new experiences alongside the familiar ones, otherwise you’ll start to get restless. Sometimes you probably feel a bit guilty for needing so much novelty; you wish you could just be satisfied with the life you have. But this week, remember that it’s normal to need a bit of adventure, and you don’t have to feel bad for wanting change every once in a while.
It can often seem safest not to open up potentially contentious topics of conversation. If keeping your thoughts to yourself can avert a stressful confrontation, it might be worth it — particularly when you’re already exhausted and your emotional energy is running low. At the very least, you tell yourself, you’ll wait to broach the topic until the time is right. This week, just make sure you’re not waiting around forever. There probably won’t ever be a moment that feels ideal, so you might as well go for it now.
When you have warm thoughts about somebody, this week, the best thing you can do is express them. If you admire someone, tell them. It’s easy to assume that you’ll have plenty of time later to make your feelings known; you might even imagine that it’s not necessary to say anything at all, since your actions have made it clear how you feel. But there’s no guarantee that your emotions are obvious to everyone and, in any case, everyone appreciates hearing kind words. This week, don’t hold back: It’ll be good for everyone, including you.
You can sometimes come across as a bit reserved, even to the point of unfriendliness. It’s not that you intend to be cold or standoffish only that you like to hang back and observe at first, particularly when you’re unsure how someone feels about you. This week, though, don’t overthink it. There’s no need to be overly strategic or to worry about seeming cool and impressive. Simply being friendly will get you the best results; don’t make it more complicated than it needs to be.
Lately, it’s felt like everyone in your life keeps nit-picking, continually harping on your mistakes and ignoring the things you do well. It’s not that you think you’re perfect — you know you have your flaws, just like anyone — but even so, you wish that people could have a bit more compassion. But this week, all the criticism could finally let up. The people in your life will start paying more attention to your strengths, and the positive attention will make it easier to let your best qualities shine through.
As much as possible, you try to say yes to things. If someone asks for your help, you’ll give what you can; if they present you with a new opportunity, you’ll go for it — unless you can think of a truly good reason not to. You understand that while not every invitation will be life changing, staying as generous and open-minded as possible is the best way to ensure that you don’t miss out on anything. This week, though, give yourself permission to say no without any guilt or angst.
There’s so much pressure to be efficient — to get as much done as possible, as quickly as possible, regardless of how good the work is or how you feel when it’s done. This week, the best thing to do is resist this pressure. You’re a human, not a machine, and you’re more than just your ability to be productive. You deserve to take the scenic route, to do the work that’s most satisfying to you, even if it takes longer. You’re allowed to try and fail, to have a false start or two, and to prioritize the process, not just the results.
You often feel pressured to justify yourself to the people around you. If it seems like they don’t understand the things you care about, or if you get the impression that they don’t share your values, you feel a responsibility to explain yourself, to make a case for why your worldview is the right one. But this week, try to remember that there’s really no need to convince everyone else to see things the way you do. Everybody has their own value system, and you don’t need anyone else’s permission or approval to fully commit to yours.
In general, you try not to let your desire for popularity influence your decisions. While making others happy feels good in the moment, you’ve learned from experience that it doesn’t ultimately count for much if you’re going against your values, doing things that feel wrong solely as a way to impress others. Just remember, this week, that it isn’t wrong to want to be liked, or to make an effort to please the people around you, as long as you’re not compromising your principles and continually putting everyone else’s needs and desires above your own.
While other people’s attention can feel good, it can also be exhausting. When you’re aware that everyone is watching, you’re less inclined to take risks and try new things, in case people see you make a mistake. So this week, a little privacy might help you to reconnect with your sense of freedom and possibility. When you’re on your own, you can try anything without worrying about embarrassing yourself, so if you’re able to carve out a bit of alone time, make the most of it.
Sometimes, you forget about how good it feels to simply be among people who care about you. You might get so focused on your work that you forget to spend time with your friends or so fixated on personal projects that you run out of time for anything else. This week, though, make a point of setting aside time to spend with the people you love. It’s not an afterthought, something to be squeezed in after you’ve completed all your other tasks. Friends and community are integral to your well-being, so put them front and center.
Lately, you’ve felt a lot of pressure to make things happen now. You worry that you’ll run out of time to achieve your goals if you don’t get there immediately, that you’ll start falling further and further behind if you can’t get results soon. But forcing yourself to act faster than you’re comfortable with, or to make big moves before you’re ready, can often backfire. This week, try to ease up on yourself. Everyone is on their own timeline. And while there’s no point in procrastinating once you know what you want, there’s also no reason to rush.
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