Heavenly Round-Up: You may already be a winner, and just don’t know it. What happened two weeks ago to radically change how you will live your life from here on out? What happened to refine and redirect your ethics and philosophy in a totally new and unexpected direction? What happened to allow you to let your dreams come true? Whatever it was, that was no fluke — that was your real life calling. So get out there and do your darnedest to help fate help you to help yourself.
Aries: You might focus on how you don’t feel your best. You might reflect on how you’re not appreciated for your vision. You might spend your time being sorry for yourself for any number of reasons. Or you might pull your socks up and become a hero. It’s a choice.
Taurus: Even if you didn’t mean it, you said it and acted on it, and now there’s more than a small price to be paid. Can you dig into your karmic savings to get yourself out of this inadvertent tiger trap into which you’ve fallen? Can you call upon the power of the Earth?
Gemini: It’s easy to point the finger and blame, even if you’re pointing at yourself. It’s easy to call names, even if they aren’t wrong. It’s easy to throw your hands up and let the burden fall from your shoulders as you walk away. Find the positive, difficult solution instead.
Cancer: You are as you were. And yet, the sea change has begun to work deep within you. It will take some time for you to feel the change, and even longer to be able to see it in an external sense. Allow yourself to go with the flow of your internal tide for a change.
Leo: It’s not too late. You’re not at fault. There’s so much that could be done, if you could get off your Lear-ian throne and get on with appreciating that around you which supports your best self and highest good. Try to see what’s been under your nose the whole time.
Virgo: You’re not in the clear, though you’re through the thickest part of the woods. Give yourself props for having made it this far. Give yourself kudos for having gotten so much done under so much pressure with so many constraints on your time. Call a Taurus.
Libra: You could still be a contender, even though you’ve thrown it all away on principle. You were right. You did the right thing. You were treated unfairly. And now you have to let it all go so that you can get on with making the most of your life. It’s an open field.
Scorpio: Nobody is perfect. Nobody is without stain or flaw (nobody living, in any case). But you can still make a run for the best of the best. You can still be number one in your chosen range. You can still invent the measure by which you will succeed. Be courageous.
Sagittarius: What one thing would you change if you could? What one thing would you undo if it were possible? What one thing would make all the difference in the world? It’s harder than you imagined, because one is probably not enough or possible. Forgive yourself.
Capricorn: If you can’t win, will you quit? If you can’t get to the top, will you refuse the challenge altogether? If you can’t have your heart’s desire, will you shut down wholly? Wow, who’s in touch with their inner 4-year-old? Approach from a different angle Sunday.
Aquarius: You were the golden child. Now your tarnish raises questions. You don’t have to hide who and what you are when you’re in the right place. You don’t have to conceal the best part of yourself in front of the right people. Learn to recognize your allies on Friday.
Pisces: If you can’t pick yourself up and keep going, will you just lie there forever? It really isn’t a great option. And you’re worth so much more than that. But you have to stop listening to those negative voices. You’re worth more, you are more. Do your best.
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