Holiday Mathis

Have you envied the dispassionate? Do you find a certain glamour in the faces of those who seem immune to petty emotional involvements? What it must be like to free of the burden of feeling so much all of the time. And yet, the sun changing from Libra to Scorpio would like to point out that ultimately feelings are power. The proof is coming.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). It is as difficult for people who feel dominated to love or respect their aggressor as it is for aggressive people to love or respect those who will submit to them. There is no true affinity without equality.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There are certain themes that pass through your experience and conversations, subjects that come up so predictably you don’t give them a second thought, though they are most worthy of your consideration now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You could control it all today, but it wouldn’t be as fun. Include some indeterminacy into your world by letting someone or something else decide what direction you head in, ala coin toss, bottle spin, random draw…

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Today, the world is a puzzle that will come together just as soon as you decide what the picture is supposed to be. Determine the meaning and all the supporting evidence will fall into place.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re able to detach and be objective about your situation. In an act of self-ethnography, you will document your observations of yourself as though you were a foreign culture.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Sacrifice is admirable under the right circumstance though if it’s the default mode and is happening basically of the time, it’s not generous so much as pathological. Today’s priority should be you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You can take the fact that everyone is trying to steal your attention as a clue to exactly how valuable it is, which is to say extremely. Attention makes things happen. Direct it carefully now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Don’t worry about how many you’ve got on board right now. When you’re trying to do all you can to make the project go, remarkable people will come to your aid.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The game isn’t rigged; it’s just random and unpredictable. If there’s one outcome for you, and another for someone else, don’t assume that there’s any rhyme or reason to that. Do what you can with what you have.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Just when you thought you knew what you were good at, you find out that you have a natural knack for something heretofore unconsidered. Amazing!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). What you really care about is hidden from you. Where does your mind flow? What captures your interest the longest? Maybe it’s not exactly that, but it’s buried inside of it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To take on a creative project, however small, is to affirm your ability to take a thing from nothing to something. It doesn’t matter how well the “something” turns out, it only matters that you move forward through uncertainty.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 22). You’ve an excellent sense for which door will open to the thrilling path. Marvels, mysteries and magic are in store for the next 12 months. Something you’ve waited on will finally be yours in January, including a financial boon for your patience. You’ll win a contest or land a coveted position in early 2021. Virgo and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 16, 33, 28 and 42.

COSMIC QUESTION: “Is there a sign known for being lazier than the others? I’m a Cancer who loves the couch a little too much.”

Don’t be too hard on yourself. Cancer is known for being domestic, which does involve a couch, but loving the couch doesn’t necessarily make you lazy. Laziness is trickier than it looks. The stereotypical image of laziness, as someone reclining with a gallon of ice cream, barely willing to stretch an arm to reach the remote, could indeed be laziness. But depending on the circumstances around the pose, it could also be exhaustion, depression, illness, leisure, self-care and so much more. True laziness is a disinclination to exert oneself despite having the ability to do so. It often shows up in ways that have nothing to do with a couch.

Social laziness is when a person raises their voice instead of figuring out a better way to say what needs to be said. Intellectual laziness shows up when a person adopts the beliefs of others without doing any research or considering the true values and morality represented in them. Emotional laziness is present when a person leans solely on others for their entertainment and happiness instead of developing their own interests, confidence and inner scaffolding. Everyone is lazy from time to time. Your awareness and curiosity tell me that you are far less so than you think.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: He’s published over 90 books and in his latest, “Metahuman,” Deepak Chopra gives instructions for journeying past the limited constructs of the mind into a state of peak awareness. Whether he’s debating top scientists, discussing the afterlife with spiritual leaders or hanging out with Lady Gaga, this Libran guru (with natal moon in Libra, too) brings a fresh air sign intellect to the conversation.

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