Gigi Hadid, a Taurus.
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Over the weekend, the sun entered stubborn Taurus, and then late last night, it squared off with competitive Mars in Leo. The resulting buildup of impatience and irritation is likely to last into today; don’t be surprised if everyone, including you, is a bit more reactive than usual. Picking a fight might feel satisfying in the moment, but it’s unlikely to turn out well — instead, try to harness your frustration in a useful direction.
It’s annoying when other people get the relationships or career or accolades that you wanted for yourself. A small voice in your head might tell you that it’s unfair, that others don’t quite deserve the happiness that rightfully belongs to you. It’s natural to think uncharitable thoughts sometimes — but try not to let them influence your behavior. Begrudging others their successes won’t make your own life any better, so do your best to stay grounded, to believe there’s enough happiness to go around.
The less powerful you feel in general, the more tightly you want to manage everything you do have control over, especially within your home. Today in particular, you’re likely to want everything in your living space to feel just right, and you might clash with anyone with different ideas about how things should be done. Ultimately, though, your frustrations are probably rooted in something much bigger than home décor, so try to focus on what’s really bothering you.
You’re good at expressing yourself to others; even in the most heated of debates, you can usually get your opponents to concede a few points. Today, though, it might feel harder than usual to get your ideas across — everyone seems so quick to start arguing that they don’t take the time to process what you’re actually saying. Don’t take it personally if you’re struggling to connect — you aren’t doing anything wrong, and if you can be patient, communication will come more naturally again later.
If you feel stuck lately, you could be tempted to stir up trouble within your social circle. Picking fights with your friends — whether or not you consciously realize you’re doing it — will at least give you the sense that you’re taking action, that your passion isn’t going to waste. But getting into heated arguments at random won’t make you feel any better in the long term, so do your best to be discerning about how you use your energy.
While you realize you aren’t the center of the universe and can’t expect to be in the spotlight all the time, a bit more praise and recognition than you’ve been getting lately would be nice. Today, especially, the more underappreciated you feel, the more you might be motivated to assert yourself, making everyone around you sit up and take notice. But be wary of doing too much — you can’t force anyone else to love or admire you, and the more you try, the more you’ll end up alienating yourself.
It might feel like it always falls to you to be the responsible one in the group. When everyone else is acting carelessly, you feel an obligation to stay grounded; when they’re dreaming up harebrained schemes, you feel like it’s up to you to come up with the ideas that might actually work. Today, though, you might struggle to stay serious, so let someone else be the reliable one for now. You deserve the chance to be fanciful and lighthearted sometimes, too.
For the most part, you try to give others the benefit of the doubt, but that might be difficult today. It feels like everywhere you look, you see hints that people might be taking advantage of you, that they might not deserve your trust after all. Pay attention to the signals you’re getting, but don’t rush to judgment just yet. It’s all too easy to get the wrong impression right now; if you wait before jumping to conclusions, you might realize that your instincts were misguided.
Your hackles tend to go up whenever anyone else offers advice. It doesn’t matter how gentle or well meaning they are or how useful their input is — it still rubs you the wrong way. It can feel like they don’t respect your judgment, like they think they know you better than you know yourself. Today, it’ll be especially tempting to snap at anybody who tries to give you unsolicited feedback, but do your best to stay cool. If you don’t want to implement someone else’s ideas, you can simply ignore them.
You aren’t the sort of person who shies away from risk — it’s not that you’re a thrill-seeker, necessarily, only that you understand that taking leaps can help you grow and make life more interesting. Today, though, if your friends advise you to think twice before going out on a limb, listen to them. Taking big chances can pay off, but it doesn’t always. For now, you might be better off taking the safe route.
Some people prefer to act swiftly and deal with any unforeseen consequences later — but while you’re not afraid to act fast when the situation calls for it, you’d generally prefer to spend some time strategizing first. Today, though, you run the risk of overcomplicating everything. You don’t actually need to think three steps ahead all the time; right now, at least, you’ll be better off dealing with issues as they arise.
Today, it could be hard to recognize when an argument with a friend stops being fun and playful and feelings start getting hurt. Where you think you’re having a good-natured intellectual debate, the other person could be feeling genuinely attacked, or vice versa. Try not to lose sight of the mood in the room, but if you take things too far without meaning too, there’s no need to beat yourself up as long as you’re willing to apologize.
You understand that it’s not necessary to talk through every tiny disagreement and that relationships are stronger when you learn to let the small stuff go. Today, however, that might be difficult — the details seem more important than ever, and you worry that when you let the seemingly insignificant problems slide, you only set yourself up for trouble later on. But at least try to keep a sense of perspective and not put added weight on what are merely small differences.
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