First Place.

You find participation trophies to be an insult, Aries, and competing with others is your way of proving to the world that you’re number one. Success to you is something that needs to be quantified, so you’re always keeping score even in areas of your life that are harder to put numbers against. You plan regular dates, never forget to send a birthday card, and read at least one book a month. You also are your own arch nemesis and greatest critic. While your competitive edge can be a turn off, and give you an elitist air at times, the truth is the haters in your periphery just wish they had enough confidence to put themselves out there and ask for things the way you do.

Taurus

Popularity.

You don’t just want to win the debate, Taurus, you want to walk away from it with as many votes as possible. It’s not enough to have the right ideas or the best ideas, your ideas must ingratiate you to as many people as possible. You never stop playing politics. You’re on good terms with your boss’ boss, you’re the favorite child, and you’re the ex people can never say anything bad about. And all the people pleasing comes down to one single motive: You define success as being remembered fondly by as many people as possible.

Gemini

Always being “on”.

You’re out to prove that you can do it all, Gemini. Success for you is your full time job, your side hustle, your book club, your night class, your workout routine, your skincare routine, your volunteering, and your relationships. You go from one thing to another without ever needing to come up for air. Your mantra is “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”. You’re worried there is just not enough time in the world for you to achieve your full potential, so you spend the time you do have fitting in as much as you possibly can.

Cancer

Coaching others to victory.

You live to see the people you support succeed, Cancer. Your direct reports, your mentees, the sports teams you coach all owe you for their many achievements. You find pleasure in helping others grow and passing on the things you’ve learned over the years to people who will put it into action. You drive others past their limits and strive to be a fair but demanding leader. You feel the most success when others don’t want to let you down.

Leo

Influence.

You want to be the arbiter of taste, Leo. The one people come to with questions and look to for answers. You want to be the expert, the consultant, the trendsetter. You want to be the model others aspire to. Your idea of success is about becoming a brand and selling the absolute shit out of it. You work hard, but you love to live lavishly. So if you can turn that lifestyle into your work, you’re killing two birds with one stone.

Virgo

Correcting others.

You love to know when other people are wrong, Virgo, and the only thing you love more is telling it to someone’s face. A college professor once taught you to structure essays by presenting evidence that X appears to be Y, but it’s actually Z, and you’ve applied that model towards the rest of your life ever since. You are very good at not letting it devolve into a holier-than-thou attitude. Your idea of success is to be as woke as humanly possible, but you know it takes constant work. You’re a cultural critic at heart and never shy from diving into the deeper, darker corners of the shared human experience so you can shine a spotlight on what’s less than desirable. 

Libra

Splurging.

You hate the phrase “work hard, play hard” because you find it’s mostly used by people trying to scam you into working longer hours without a pay increase, but it’s how you live your life. The money you earn is money you spend, and boy do you know how to spend it well. Vacations. Dinners. Everything about you is signature, from your jewelry to your shoes to your stationary. Success is making your dreams come true and knowing exactly how much work it took to get you there.

Scorpio

Always out of reach.

You’re never satisfied, Scorpio. While your closest friends would look at you in wonder of all you’ve achieved, you’re always underestimating yourself. Always comparing what you’re capable of now to experts who have been doing it their entire lives. You want to push the limits of what humans can do. You want to go beyond what’s standard, what’s average, what’s been done before, which is why you’ll always keep growing, improving, learning. You’d rather be a continual work in progress because you’d become instantly bored and restless if you ever mastered something completely.

Sagittarius

Approval.

You want the gold star, Sagittarius. You want the approval of a senior, an expert, someone you see as a success themselves. You’re not swayed by fame or popularity. What others think matters much less than the small subset of people you’re convinced know what they’re doing and talking about. And you want to be accepted by them. Praised by them. Acknowledged and welcomed into their circle. You want to penetrate the very essence of exclusivity. Because for you, success is working your way from an outsider to an insider.

Capricorn

A raise.

You don’t work for free, Capricorn, and make that very clear to the world around you. Success is not spending more time at the office. Success is not martyrdom, proving to everyone how much harder you can work. It’s not being a manager and getting to tell other people what to do. You want to work smart, and you want to put effort in wherever the return is greatest. So you are looking for the raise. You have dreams to achieve that require capital to make reality, and you’re not afraid to ask for it.

Aquarius

Supporting your family.

Success to you, Aquarius, is all about giving back. You want to make sure the people closest to you are healthy and happy and taken care of. You want to build a family of your own, as well as support your parents, siblings, nieces, and nephews in whatever ways you can. Success means no one in your inner circle is worrying about whether they can pay their bills at night. And you’re proud that your hard work can give them that peace of mind.

Pisces

Seeing the world.

You want to feel like you’ve seen most of what the world has to offer, Pisces. You wouldn’t be satisfied with staying in your hometown, or at the same company, or in the same role, forever. You want to put your dreams into action and expand your experience to include as many different points of view as possible. You want to be accepted by different cultures and kinds of people. Because success to you is about feeling like you belong to something much bigger than yourself.

Keep reading to discover the role you naturally step into, and why understanding it can help you move through life with more clarity and confidence.

AQUARIUS – THE SAGE

Your archetype represents the eternal search for knowledge and wisdoms as vehicles to arrive at the truth, and achieve peace through understanding. Your commitment to social justice means you don’t shy away from the critical thinking required to get there.

PISCES – THE CREATOR

It’s no surprise that with your imagination, your archetype represents the ability to bring new things into existence through the power of your own mind, but it’s not all just throwing paint at a blank canvas. You want your creations to contain a meaning all their own.

ARIES – THE REBEL

You’re not afraid of pissing off anyone, Aries, if it means sticking to your guns. That’s why people can count on you in a pinch, because they know you won’t be afraid of potential ostracism. You stick by the people you love through thick and thin. Even if it puts a bounty on your head.

TAURUS – THE EXPLORER

You’re a little trapped in your own bubble, Taurus, but it’s a bubble that’s always on the go, which is why you embody the archetype known for adventure and discovery. Whether that’s finding the best pasta in Italy, or the perfect bathroom faucet, your nose for luxury and quality is your guiding compass.

GEMINI – THE EVERYMAN

You are the most approachable sign of the zodiac, which is why everyone and their cousin comes to you asking for a favor. Your archetype is all about being relatable and striving for belonging, which is exactly where your people pleasing gets you. It’s better to be exhausted and fit in, right?

CANCER – THE CAREGIVER

You’re a nurturer, through and through, Cancer, and your archetype signifies the need for that altruism in order to maintain the social fabric of our humanity. You give of yourself, and sacrifice your own time and needs to see others healed and thriving.

LEO – THE HERO

You have to be the archetype known for shining in the spotlight, Leo, but with great power comes great responsibility. The Hero can’t just stand there and look pretty, they have to be a guiding example to the same people who look up to them. It’s a tall task, but you’re up for the challenge.

VIRGO – THE RULER

Come on, Virgo, being in charge is in your blood. Your house, your rules. You get the final word, the final say, and the towels get folded your way or everyone can stand there dripping wet after their shower. You need total control and obedience in order to feel secure.

LIBRA – THE INNOCENT

Your maintained faith in the balance of things lands you squarely in the territory of this archetype known for a prolonged childlike approach to life. You’re not oblivious to life’s hardships, but you choose to trust that good will conquer evil in the end.

SCORPIO – THE LOVER

There’s no way anyone else could embody this archetype, Scorpio, no one else has the sensual awareness that you do. You understand the delicate balance of pleasure and anticipation, passion and emotional connection. Everything has to come together just so to illicit the desired reaction. And you do, every time.

SAGITTARIUS – THE JESTER

Someone has to be the class clown, Saggy, and if the cap fits your noggin, there’s nothing you can do but oblige the crowd. You know how to enjoy life and find humor in the darkest of moments, precisely because you are able to sense that’s where the deepest need exists.

CAPRICORN – THE MAGICIAN

You know exactly what to do to play the game, Capricorn. Where to be, where to get people to look, and how to defy their wildest expectations with the illusion of pure magic. It’s how you climb the corporate ladder and make your loftiest dreams become reality.

Leo has been taking themselves seriously at a time when everyone else has decided to write them. They have consistently shown up, done the work, shook people’s hands, and put themselves out there day after exhausting, excruciating, and embarrassing day, hoping that finally, somehow their persistence and dedication would pay off. All it takes is one break, one opportunity, one person who sees what you see in yourself, Leo, for the tides to change. I cannot impress upon you enough the importance, as crazy as it seems, of enjoying this struggle. There is pleasure to be found in fighting the good fight, and as soon as it’s won, you will find yourself missing that energy you uncovered in the striving. In the not knowing and still trying anyway.

SAGITTARIUS

There will come a day, Sagittarius, where you are still dealing with the same bullshit you’re working through today. Anxiety and dread and taxes and personalities that just don’t mesh with your own and rules that don’t really seem to make any sense. But you’ll pour yourself a glass of wine, and sit outside at the end of the day, listening to the wind and some birds, wearing an outfit you like, and remembering all the things you’ve bought and done and experienced with the money you’ve made. The money you earned and worked and struggled for. And even though it’s not perfect, and likely never will be, you’ll find the little moments like this where you remember everything you’re getting in your half of the trade and smile.

GEMINI

You do so much more emotional and mental heavy lifting than anyone ever notices or appreciates, Gemini, because you arrange it that way. You minimize and diminish and make it look effortless. But the day you funnel that energy into yourself, into your own well-being and mental health, is the day you start reaping the rewards of your own effort. Don’t just carry that baggage around as some sort of proof to the universe that you can. Unpack it, go through it, learn something about yourself that deserves to be seen and heard and acknowledged. Let go of some of that weight. You’ll realize that this work, the emotional labor, is much harder and more impressive than serving as your own pack mule. 

PISCES

You asked the hard questions of yourself Pisces – ‘What do I want?’ and ‘What do I need?’ And when you took the time to really dig deep for the answers, you did something with that information. You made calls, you typed into your search bar. You asked friends, and took notes, and gave things a chance to change. And like seeds in your own little garden, these ideas took root and sprouted into a life you get to call your own. You did the soul searching. You made the transformation. And now it’s your turn to enjoy the happiness and the fullness and the friendships and the career and the safety and stability. This is what you cultivated for yourself. This is what you grew.

The high school sweethearts who celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary surrounded by their grandchildren. The piano prodigies who were reading sheet music before they could spell their own names. The investors who got in and out at exactly the right time and then retired like pirates on private yachts.

But for the rest of us, the ones who don’t magically fall into the right place at the right time, to find the right relationship, vocation, career, or financial windfall by sheer luck or fate or karma, life can feel like a mountain of regrets that just never seems to stop piling up.

The dreams we gave up because we were told they were impractical. The relationships we gave up on because our pride got in the way, or we were too immature to know how to really communicate. The jobs we wish we had, and the jobs we hated but showed up to anyway because we don’t think we had any other choice. The money we spent that turned into the debt we racked up.

Crushing defeats, great and small, that decimated our confidence one chip at a time, and left us feeling stranded and shipwrecked, floating aimlessly in the tempest of our own lives.

But what no one ever tells you is that you can pick up the pen and keep writing your own story.

The last thing you said in anger doesn’t have to be the end of a relationship. You can apologize. You can open up and be soft and vulnerable and stop pretending that you don’t have flaws or make mistakes. You can say, “I’d like the chance to try this again,” and the right person will be willing to improve along with you. You don’t have to let your last heartbreak tarnish the feeling of falling in love again. Your past does not confine your present or your future to any box you don’t want to be stuck in.

You can have a do-over. Or two. Or five. Or eleven. You can sign up for the class or the league or the experience you didn’t get right the first time. You can still play basketball even if you didn’t make it into the NBA. You can finish all of the readings you skipped in college. There is still time to learn how to play the drums. Life is not a train you miss and that’s it—too late, no second chances. It’s a bus stop, and there is always, always another opportunity on its way. Maybe not on time, or even every twenty minutes, but if you look for it, you will find it.

Not everything has to be a competition or guarded by gate-keepers. We can’t all be the supreme rulers of the universe, but everyone can write a poem. And no one needs to judge or critique it, put a price or a grade on it. It can just be. It can just exist in this world for you and your own enjoyment, and anyone who tries to tell you different is selling something, or has something they need to work out in therapy.

Because money is a means to an end—to security, freedom, enjoyment, showing someone you love them, life experiences, or knowledge, but we treat it like a game, just a number that is supposed to go up and up in an account we never touch, and that number is supposed to give us satisfaction or say something about who we are or give us purpose, and it doesn’t. It never does. And it never will. Because the things we want most in life can’t be quantified. You can’t put a price on a sunset, or a conversation with a grandparent. You can’t charge for the feeling of being alive or overcoming fear or following your gut.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, how many times you’ve already tried, or if you have never tried at all. The regret you are feeling is trying to tell you something, trying to will your body into action, into a personal transformation. It’s easy, to lean into the shame or the fear or the embarrassment, and let those negative experiences prevent you from taking a chance, because who would want to feel like that over and over again. But the time things go differently? The time you get it right? The time you prove everyone wrong, but most importantly, prove yourself right?

That is what is waiting for you on the other side of regret. That is the comeback you can make if you choose to be brave enough to try.

You place so much stock in romance, Scorpio, because you still harbor so much childlike innocence deep inside your heart, but part of growing up is realizing that even a perfect partner can’t solve all of life’s problems for us. We still have to get up every morning and fight like hell just to do our best. We’re all out here just trying to figure it out day by day, without a map or a rulebook or any definitive assembly instructions. It’s pure trial and error, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing. You can face this alone and still leave the door open for the right person to enter stage left and cheer you on while you do it. You are enough. You don’t have to wait for someone to come rescue you or give you permission for the life you want to begin.

ARIES

You’re not anyone’s sidekick or anyone’s doormat, Aries. You have protagonist energy, and it’s high time you stopped dimming it in order to make others feel better. You can be the center of attention, the leader, the one with the great idea, or simply the captain of a one person ship. You don’t have to defer to anyone or sacrifice your own needs in the service of someone else’s needs or dreams. You’re afraid of this person abandoning you, of what will happen if they don’t need you any more, of finding out what they will do if you no longer prioritize them above everything else. These are the fears you have to face in this next chapter, but it’s a chapter where you conquer your deepest insecurities. Grab that sword and slay the dragon.

TAURUS

You’ve forgotten that being the hero is all about the journey, Taurus. The celebration, the victory, the award ceremony are only the last few scenes of the movie. You have a long road ahead, full of training montages, failures, and a redemption arc. Don’t get lost in your feelings of defeat – they’re simply a vehicle for you to rise to the top. If you place the current challenges you’re facing today into this perspective, you might actually start to enjoy them. You never know what you’ll end up looking back on fondly. Sometimes the late nights, the creative blocks, the tight deadlines are where our best work comes from. The pleasure of overcoming difficulties is better than the cakes and champagne we commemorate it all with after the fact. Don’t be afraid to truly live in the moment.

CAPRICORN

Not every hero wears a cape, or night-vision goggles, or police badge, Capricorn. Sometimes the hero is a secretary, a post-office employee, or a teacher. You just have to shift your mindset to see yourself in that role, to see the potential you have to be interesting, engaging, and magnetic, because everyone around you already does. Hold your head up high, take pride in the life you’re building around you, and lean into all of the amazing possibilities that currently lie within your reach. Everything is coming together for you at this moment, and you just need to tap into that main character swag that will push you over the finish line. Believing in ourselves can be so much harder than the actual task we set out to accomplish. Just trust that you know what you’re doing, and remember everything you did to get you to this point already.

Your chapter of healing involves reconnecting with your support system, Leo. There’s so much you’ve left unsaid with your closest friends and family members. Everyone’s been so busy, and you’ve struggled so hard with how to bring up the topic of your own struggles. It’s easy to fall into our regular patterns of small talk and part of you needed those lighthearted stress-free interactions while you were in the thick of everything. But now, you need something a little deeper and more meaningful. You need that connection and conversation that can only come from opening up. Just remember how you feel when others come to you in need. How you never think twice about listening or comforting them. You just need to see this as a reciprocal thing, one that you can ask for in return.

VIRGO

Your healing chapter is about letting go, Virgo. Letting go of things that no longer serve you, ways of thinking that were never truly your own, voices in your head that bring you down, and guilt that doesn’t belong to you. It can feel like a lot, the longer you’ve carried these things with you, to think about getting rid of them in such a nonchalant manner. You’re worried there’s a baby in all that bathwater, or that these forces have simply integrated into your DNA after all this time. Maybe there’s just too much, like you’ve been hoarding so much pain and shame and hurt that you’re worried that clearing it all out isn’t enough to save the building from being condemned. You will realize down the road that this was a necessary step to make room for all of the good things coming your way.

LIBRA

Your healing chapter is one of mourning, Libra. You have such an optimistic spirit, and such a drive to overcome things, but sometimes your positivity is simply a mask you put on to avoid what you’re truly feeling. You have an aversion to self-pity and don’t allow yourself to go to an emotional place where you feel bad for yourself where you regret the choices you made and the things you couldn’t control. The only way you can get through this grief is to first acknowledge it and feel it. To learn the lessons it’s trying to teach you, to follow the path forward to bigger and better things it is trying to show you. This is how you learn, how you grow, how you decide what kind of person you want to be. Anything you can get right on the first try is never the thing you end up being proud of. 

SCORPIO

Your healing chapter is one where you learn how to be kind to yourself, Scorpio. Everyone knows about your high standards, but no one feels the greatest amount of pressure that gets put on yourself above anyone else. You will feel anxiety for days over the slightest mishap, even if it’s something no one else noticed but you. You hold onto mistakes and guilt and always have something harsh to say about yourself before giving yourself any credit for all of the good you bring into the world. You need to give yourself permission to learn, permission to get better gradually, without needing to perfect everything constantly. You are human, you are fallible, and it’s futile to try to be anything other than that. Acknowledge your strengths as much as you nitpick your flaws. Invest in what you’re already good at, instead of only sweating over the areas you struggle most in. 

For you, Scorpio, the BS is everything and everyone that doesn’t really matter. It’s taking all the little anxieties of every acquaintance you’ve ever made into account. It’s bringing yourself down to the level of people who don’t have the self-esteem or the self-awareness you have acquired over the years. BS is a backwards step towards an old you you’ve long left behind, and this is the year you will finally rise above the need to be anything other than your best self. You don’t have to apologize for putting to use every lesson and every healthy coping mechanism you’ve developed through hard work and deep reflection. The bar is yours to set, and it’s the choice of those around you to follow suit or not. 

AQUARIUS

Aquarius, the BS you rise above is a mountain of excuses. It’s every reason anyone has ever given you to give up, quit, or bail on the grueling but rewarding life path you’ve chosen to follow. No matter how dedicated and positive you are on your own, you haven’t been able to completely avoid internalizing the voices of the doubters or nay-sayers in your periphery. Learning to identify those external influences for what they are is the first step, the second is to clear out the space they take up in your head. Just like with a house, mind-hoarding isn’t healthy. You have to practice organization and hygiene with your thoughts and feelings. A security system isn’t a bad idea either – better to keep out intruders in the first place.

LEO

Leo, being a good friend is a balancing act. It’s important to be there for the people you care about, but you can’t live your life as if you are that friend. You can’t fight their battles or hold their grudges. You can’t place yourself in the middle of their drama and expect it to not affect you negatively. There is a time and place for balance, boundaries, and self-preservation. Rising above the BS in 2025 is about having those conversations before things get out of control, cheering people on from the sideline, and being a shoulder to cry on without getting into the ring yourself. And with the amount of people who consider you a close friend, this leaves you with more emotional energy to go around.

LIBRA

Libra, in your world, sometimes you look at BS as a necessary evil. You are so grateful for all of the good things going on in your life, you feel ungrateful if you complain about any of the small annoyances. It could be so much worse, right? But, your tightrope walking approach to your day-to-day becomes exhausting, and sometimes ill-advised. When stress and drama can be avoided, why deny yourself the opportunity to lighten that load? You don’t have to apologize for guarding your mental and emotional well-being. You don’t have to go through every low to enjoy the highs. This is the year you learn not to punish yourself or feel guilt in exchange for your own happiness. You deserve to take what you can get.

You place so much stock in romance, Scorpio, because you still harbor so much childlike innocence deep inside your heart, but part of growing up is realizing that even a perfect partner can’t solve all of life’s problems for us. We still have to get up every morning and fight like hell just to do our best. We’re all out here just trying to figure it out day by day, without a map or a rulebook or any definitive assembly instructions. It’s pure trial and error, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing. You can face this alone and still leave the door open for the right person to enter stage left and cheer you on while you do it. You are enough. You don’t have to wait for someone to come rescue you or give you permission for the life you want to begin.

ARIES

You’re not anyone’s sidekick or anyone’s doormat, Aries. You have protagonist energy, and it’s high time you stopped dimming it in order to make others feel better. You can be the center of attention, the leader, the one with the great idea, or simply the captain of a one person ship. You don’t have to defer to anyone or sacrifice your own needs in the service of someone else’s needs or dreams. You’re afraid of this person abandoning you, of what will happen if they don’t need you any more, of finding out what they will do if you no longer prioritize them above everything else. These are the fears you have to face in this next chapter, but it’s a chapter where you conquer your deepest insecurities. Grab that sword and slay the dragon.

TAURUS

You’ve forgotten that being the hero is all about the journey, Taurus. The celebration, the victory, the award ceremony are only the last few scenes of the movie. You have a long road ahead, full of training montages, failures, and a redemption arc. Don’t get lost in your feelings of defeat – they’re simply a vehicle for you to rise to the top. If you place the current challenges you’re facing today into this perspective, you might actually start to enjoy them. You never know what you’ll end up looking back on fondly. Sometimes the late nights, the creative blocks, the tight deadlines are where our best work comes from. The pleasure of overcoming difficulties is better than the cakes and champagne we commemorate it all with after the fact. Don’t be afraid to truly live in the moment.

CAPRICORN

Not every hero wears a cape, or night-vision goggles, or police badge, Capricorn. Sometimes the hero is a secretary, a post-office employee, or a teacher. You just have to shift your mindset to see yourself in that role, to see the potential you have to be interesting, engaging, and magnetic, because everyone around you already does. Hold your head up high, take pride in the life you’re building around you, and lean into all of the amazing possibilities that currently lie within your reach. Everything is coming together for you at this moment, and you just need to tap into that main character swag that will push you over the finish line. Believing in ourselves can be so much harder than the actual task we set out to accomplish. Just trust that you know what you’re doing, and remember everything you did to get you to this point already.

You’re like the phoenix, Pisces, and before you can emerge from your own ashes, you have to let everything burn to the ground first. Your old ways and unproductive coping mechanisms, your long held fears and your emotional wounds. You have to make the conscious decision to leave them behind. To mourn them, bury them, and mark their existence with a headstone, but then ultimately leave them to rest in peace. You get to move on. You get to start an entirely new life unburdened by the pain of the past. You get to look at the world as if it were the first time again, and rediscover its most simple yet beautiful pleasures. You can be innocent and trusting and hopeful and all the varied feelings you thought you lost to jaded disillusion. You get another chance to fly after burning your brightest.

GEMINI

Your rebirth is finding peace with the idea of letting other people help you. The same way you couldn’t do anything for yourself when you were born, it’s time to let others step in and give you a hand. To trust them and let their love and care help you grow stronger in this crucial moment of your life. You have permission to eat, sleep, and snuggle in a blanket until your body and mind are ready for more. You’ve just gone through a massive wave of adjustment, where everything feels new and overwhelming, and like a newborn, you need to let your senses acclimate. There’s just so much to take in right now, but that doesn’t mean you’ll never find that new normal. It’s going to happen gradually, and then suddenly you’ll look at pictures from not that long ago and realize just how much you’ve changed.

CAPRICORN

You have the cutest rebirth of them all, Capricorn, like an adorable farm animal everyone flocks around to watch come into the world, because in a lot of ways you don’t waste any time and just get right to it. Like a foal who doesn’t mind it’s own instability and stumbles onto its own legs for the first time, you’re ready to take this new lease on life and dive right in. You’re not wasting time with the owner’s manual, and are willing to learn through trial and error. You’ve put an end to your old life with its abundance of fear and caution, and you are embracing new ways of seizing the day. The world is no longer something to just survive, it’s yours to enjoy. The grass is green, the sun is warm, and you feel safe enough to see what happens next. I could not be happier for you.

CANCER

Your rebirth saga is on par with Greek mythology, Cancer. Your life takes these crazy turns, that don’t really match the experiences of anyone you know, but you always find a way to make it fit into your greater life story. Athena was born when Hephaestus split open Zeus’ skull with an axe to stop his migraine. Aphrodite was born from Uranus’ castrated genitals and sea foam. Your journey to rebirth may contain details just as shocking or bizarre, but it’s not about what led you to this moment, but what you do after. Be the god or goddess you were always meant to be. Step into your armor and your power and be the hero of your own wildest adventures. Life can be as magical and mysterious as our favorite myths. We just have to be willing to go along for the ride.

The change that lies before you, Leo, is one you’re worried you won’t be able to survive. A breakup that will cause a schism in your social circle, a reorg that will dismantle your tight-knit team, a sacrifice that seems to require too much of your time or money to truly be worth it in the end. The change that feels like it has to ruin your entire life is just the end of a previous chapter you’ve been extremely comfortable in, and the thing about this kind of change is that we tend to equate comfortable with good because we’re not even aware of the other options that exist beyond our own protective bubbles. You have to be brave enough to consider the possibility you’ve become a big fish in a small pond you know how to navigate like the back of your hand, but that isn’t an indicator that this is the best pond for you, or that a pond is even where you belong. You have no clue what lies on the other side of ripping off this bandaid, but if you find the courage to be the tiniest bit curious, you’ll make it to that other side in one piece.

ARIES

The challenge of your next life chapter, Aries, lies entirely in your own mind. You’ve been living in a way that avoids any negative thoughts. You avoid, you deny, you sweep under a rug that literally cannot contain any more of your emotional baggage. You are like the person who won’t go to the doctor because you’re terrified of getting cancer, ignoring the possibility that regular care could be the thing that keeps you healthiest the longest. The only way to overcome this fear, wherever it stems from is to allow yourself to go to that worst-case scenario mentally. You have to imagine dying, being embarrassed in public, and failing so completely that there is nothing to grab onto in an attempt to save face. You have to experience those hypothetical feelings, imagine the inevitability of it all, and then find yourself still standing, still breathing, still capable of moving forward in life, and choose that path instead of the paralyzation of fear and trepidation you’ve been stuck in for so long. 

AQUARIUS

Every atom of your being is utterly opposed to conflict, Aquarius, so it’s going to take a hell of a lot of courage to stand up to that opposing force in your life that needs to be dealt with directly. You’ve tried tact, you’ve remained calm, you’ve made space and grace and every other pacifistic tactic on the planet, but the moment has come to address the issue. You have to communicate your complaints directly, no mother, HR department, or pop culture fandom can fight this battle for you. And as terrifying as it all is, it’s still not worse than the possibility of you continuing to put up with the abuse. You can maintain your dignity throughout the process, but some of the well-mannered maneuvers will need to be abandoned in order for you to draw that line in the sand. As simple an action as that is, however silly or ineffective it feels, it is your line to draw, and you get to decide the requirements of that boundary and who belongs on either side of it. 

PISCES

The courage required of you in your next life chapter, Pisces, is that of sharing your talents with the world. The singing on a stage instead of a shower kind of courage. Of dancing in front of an audience instead of at a stoplight. Whatever the talent, however great or small, you know deep down you won’t be satisfied keeping it to yourself. Who cares if it’s dorky, niche, or if you don’t think most people will appreciate it? Love what you love, and do it openly. Do it in a way where the right people who share your passions can seek you out. Write that telenovela, open that Etsy store for earrings made out of spoons. Life is too short to limit yourself to the cookie-cutter behaviors and interests you think most people find palatable. Little do you know, the people around you could be just as bored as you’re feeling right now. Giving yourself permission to be yourself will give others the same.