August 19, 2021

Aries

MAR 21 - APR 19

On Monday, one detail too many, and they may all spill out of your head. It's fantastic that you have a new health routine, but it's important to make your mental health a priority as well -- and shouldering more anxiety than you can handle is not a good way to go. The way out of your own head on Wednesday is to focus on someone else's needs. To calm down on Thursday and Friday, try to concentrate on the speed at which grass grows. Your end-of-the-week introspection belies the kind of weekend you'll have: full of action, surprises, and surprising people.

 

Taurus

APR 20 - MAY 20

The texture of your day on Monday feels very 19th century: Endearment, courtships, gardens, art and charm may all figure in some way. The scene thusly set, it becomes clear by Tuesday that you are the hero in this narrative. Wednesday is anything but dull. The emotional climax comes on Thursday and Friday -- if your life were a movie, there would be a moment of intensity, an argument or a cataclysm, followed by rapturous passion and, on Saturday, a conversation about marriage. Maybe it sounds more like a Jane Austen novel. Anyway, Sunday sends you back toward real life.

 

Gemini

MAY 21 - JUN 20

Every time you add up the numbers, you get a different sum. This is maddening. What you need is someone good at math. Delegating is essential at the beginning of the week -- especially because Tuesday and Wednesday are going to distract you. Letting others handle things while you stroll through parks arm-in-arm with a certain someone is a deft maneuver. Thursday and Friday, you find yourself making calculations again, although not of the mathematical kind: emotional calculations. Your heart is aflutter. Saturday you're moving slowly, but by Sunday you're speeding up.

 

Cancer

JUN 21 - JUL 22

Your mind is racing at the beginning of the week, and you still feel like you're falling behind: Your world is moving full speed ahead. Nevertheless, you enjoy the frantic pace. If you get a spare moment, you might try to have a nice one-on-one with a coworker, but you might have to wait until Wednesday for a second even to catch your breath. Thursday and Friday, you're worthless when it comes to making decisions, and on Saturday the slightest thing brings about a major personal crisis. On Sunday, regroup. Do something for yourself.

 

Leo

JUL 23 - AUG 22

You can afford an expensive lunch on Monday, but an inexpensive lunch will leave you feeling happier and more satisfied. You're more conservative than usual, but on Tuesday and Wednesday, you're also more social than usual -- not a bad combination. You bring beautiful energy into a room. Romance figures strongly on Wednesday, but by Thursday and Friday, it's at the farthest reaches of your mind. Your family is much more present. Someone lifts a rock for you on Saturday and a whole new world comes into view. Get back to your love life on Sunday. A coffee date, perhaps?

 

Virgo

AUG 23 - SEP 22

Now that your desk is tidy and a new award for outstanding performance is hanging on your office wall, what's next? That's the question on your mind on Monday. To what future projects shall you now apply your brilliance? Tuesday and Wednesday, you are bubbling over with ideas, but you're set on making the next thing as deep and meaningful as you can. This would be a good week to solicit input from your friends -- a wide variety of them. Thursday through Saturday, you're lost in conversation, but family obligations on Sunday bring you back to solid ground.

 

Libra

SEP 23 - OCT 22

You never know where the next great idea is going to come from. Be in listening mode on Monday, in every situation: when you're sitting across the table from a friend, when you're in a meeting for work, when a radio is playing somewhere in the background. Tuesday and Wednesday, your attention to the outside world inverts itself, and you find yourself the subject of everyone else's interest (and, likely, their affection). But Thursday and Friday are colder days by comparison, more matter-of-fact and professional. Money is the dominant theme on Saturday, but Sunday is about idealism and good deeds.

 

Scorpio

OCT 23 - NOV 21

A small favor for a friend on Monday -- something you barely even think about -- will come back your way tenfold later in the week. In the meantime, Tuesday and Wednesday require patience. Decisions will be difficult, authority figures will be difficult, socializing will be difficult. But this is just a blip on the radar screen. By Thursday and Friday, the tide turns and suddenly you're the luckiest person you know. Magnetism, energy and strength bolster your already formidable talents. Rebirth and regeneration are your themes on Saturday, and Sunday finds you taking risks.

 

Sagittarius

NOV 22 - DEC 21

Just because your boss is being a pain on Monday doesn't mean you can take off after lunch and not come back. You have obligations to certain people. Thankfully, on Tuesday and Wednesday, your interactions with others are hugely rewarding. People are lavishing you with gifts. You are delirious with gratitude, which may explain why you're mostly lost in your own thoughts on Thursday and Friday. Your imagination is active and you're perfectly happy to be alone. By Saturday, you're puzzling over the big picture, but Sunday you're too busy playing games with friends to think much about anything else.

 

Capricorn

DEC 22 - JAN 19

The most useful information may come from far, far away on Monday, via phone or email. Your spirits are lifted (the added benefit of being in touch with an old friend). Anything is possible -- that's the animating principle on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, you're so focused on your new projects that you're able to separate out the white noise; some of your best thinking may happen in a crowded restaurant. Saturday you detach from your social circle to such an extent that someone waves a hand in front of your face and says, 'Hello, anybody home?' Sunday's a good day to reconnect.

 

Aquarius

JAN 20 - FEB 18

The sidewalk may be smooth and clean -- smooth enough to roller skate on, clean enough to eat off -- but what's going on below ground? Is this path you're on as stable as you think? Skepticism is useful at the beginning of the week. But don't be so skeptical that others (wrongly) sense you judging them (this may happen on Wednesday). Thursday and Friday make for a slow end to the workweek. You feel funny about something, but it's hard to put your finger on what. It will become clearer to you Saturday: It's related to the tension between privacy and exposure. Don't socialize until Sunday.

 

Pisces

FEB 19 - MAR 20

You are learning more about you-know-who every day, even on days when you don't see each other. The only problem with not seeing each other, though, is that it encourages you to overanalyze everything. By midweek, you may have constructed an elaborate history of emotional deposits and withdrawals that frankly has little to do with the reality of your interactions with this person. So watch it. Calm down. Your late-in-the-week conviction that they are walking all over you may bear some truth, but broach the subject while granting the benefit of the doubt. Sunday is a lucky day.

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