Coco Rocha, a Virgo.
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This morning, Venus and Chiron (in fire signs Leo and Aries, respectively) help you to work through the fears and insecurities that have been holding you back lately. If you’ve been afraid to express yourself openly, you’ll finally be able to summon the courage to be honest; if you’ve felt stuck in a life that’s wrong for you, now is the time to reflect on what needs to change. For now, at least, it’s not so important to make “perfect” choices. Focus instead on making bold, value-driven ones.
There are times when it’s important to think before you speak, using your words strategically rather than blurting out whatever comes into your head. But at the same time, if you focus too much on saying the “right” thing all the time, you might start to imagine that your immediate, unvarnished reactions don’t hold any value and that if you want anyone to care about what you have to say, you need to express yourself in a polished way. Today, remember that the people who care about your feelings will want to listen, even if you don’t find the perfect words.
In general, you’re not one to be impressed by anyone’s efforts until you see measurable progress, and you try not to get too carried away by your own ideas until you start taking practical steps to bring them to life. Anyone can make big promises, but you’re interested in whether they can have a material impact. Today, just remember that sometimes there’s value in the abstract, too. Imagining new possibilities or sorting through your emotions can be incredibly valuable, even if it doesn’t (yet) yield any results.
You know that it’s generally worth it to be honest about how you really feel, even if it doesn’t necessarily make you popular with the people around you. But in practice, expressing difficult emotions or dissenting ideas isn’t always easy — you want to be liked, and sometimes it seems safer to go along with the crowd. Today, though, try to summon up the courage to share what you actually think regardless of how you think people will react. Your friends might not necessarily agree with you, but they probably won’t be as harsh as you feared, either.
It’s easy to feel as if you’re never doing enough. You imagine that if you were truly a good person, you’d give more to others, or you’d work harder to make the world a better place, or you’d simply be a little more serious about reaching your goals. But today, when you start thinking this way, try to remember that you’re holding yourself to unreasonable standards. You aren’t responsible for fixing everything that’s wrong with the world, only for doing what you can.
Lately, you’ve felt hyperaware of how easy it would be to lose everything you’ve worked so hard for. You worry that if you let your guard down for even a moment, you’d end up falling behind, so you try to stay diligent about protecting what you have. But if you expend all your energy worrying about what you stand to lose, it means you never get a chance to gain more — through exploring and trying new things. Today, don’t let a fear of loss prevent you from expanding your life.
Sometimes it feels as though you simply don’t have time to process your painful feelings. You know, at least in theory, that it’s important work, but there are only so many hours in the day, and you need to prioritize the practical parts of daily life. Today, though, you may find that the emotions you haven’t dealt with keep interrupting your day, distracting you from more pressing matters. So it might be helpful to finally dive into whatever you’ve been avoiding — you’ll feel better once you’ve gotten things off your chest, and you’ll be better able to go about your life.
Some misunderstandings are so profound that it seems as if there’s no way to get past them; some arguments cause so much pain that you can’t imagine ever rebuilding the relationship. Today, though, at least consider trying. It’s not always possible to repair the harm that has been done — you don’t owe forgiveness to the people who have hurt you, just as nobody else owes it to you, either — but sometimes a little effort to mend fences can make all the difference. This is a good day to make amends, or, at the very least, to attempt it.
Other people’s criticisms can lodge deep inside you, even if they never intended for you to take their words so seriously. The smallest comments can shape your self-image and cause you to doubt yourself. But today, you have a chance to push back. You don’t have to give others’ words so much power. You know yourself much better than anyone else does, and you’re in touch with your strengths. Right now, as long as you have faith in yourself, everyone else’s opinions are irrelevant.
It can feel as though the only way to make bold choices, to live an interesting and rewarding life, is to pretend you aren’t afraid of anything. You worry that acknowledging your fears would be the same thing as letting them win, so you need to move through the world as if your confidence is unshakable. But today, try just being honest instead. It’ll be a relief to stop acting as though you’re free of all uncertainty; you can see your doubts with clear eyes and move forward anyway.
You probably don’t think of yourself as a particularly sensitive person; in your head, you’re tough and competent, someone who’s not easily thrown for a loop. But even if you aren’t usually particularly emotional, everyone has days when they’re a bit more fragile than usual. Today, if you’re feeling a bit less resilient than usual, don’t try to muscle through it — be extra gentle with yourself. It doesn’t mean you’ve suddenly become weak, only that you deserve to go easy on yourself once in a while.
In general, you try not to take other people’s words too seriously; as long as you feel confident in your actions, it hardly matters what anyone else thinks. Today, though, you might feel unusually sensitive to what others have to say about you — an unkind word or a thoughtless joke could be enough to ruin your day. Just be careful not to assume the worst. If you assume that people aren’t intentionally trying to get under your skin, or if you at least give them a chance to explain themselves, you might find that they meant nothing by it, even that you misheard them altogether.
You’re acutely aware of the way your actions affect the people around you, and for the most part, this is a good thing: It helps you build strong connections with others and ensures that you approach situations with empathy. Today, though, be careful not to tip so far in the other direction that you become a people pleaser, basing all your decisions on how others might respond. Remember that you’re allowed to make decisions that people don’t agree with; listen to their advice, but be willing to go your own way in the end.
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