Today's Horoscope
All signs:
The stars want to remind you that usually everybody's right and everybody's wrong. A lot of reasoning is valid from the vantage point of the person arguing it. Most situations have multiple factors informing them, and many possible answers. There are very few things in this world that are cut and dry, especially politics. They are complex and multifaceted problems and issues, with no clear cut solutions.
The trouble comes when neither side is willing to admit that. People can be right and wrong at the same time, and if you can't accept that your viewpoint is not compatible with everyone else's circumstances or needs, you aren't going to live a very happy life.
The willingness to see other people's views and accept that they might have reasons for feeling the way they do is crucial to being a part of society. It used to be that we had limited access to other people's views. We had to formulate our own ideas, and defend and discuss them. Now we feel emboldened and find endorsement in social media posts with headlines espousing our views. A bunch of likes means everyone must agree with the same views we hold, whether we've thought them through or not.
Today's world is filled with easily accessible validation for the worst arguments, let alone any viewpoint that is slightly different from your neighbors. There is no end to the negative reinforcement of any idea, any position, any extreme. We have eliminated critical thinking and empathy in a race to win a manufactured disagreement.
The stars suggest we learn how to understand each other and to compromise, or the gap between us will only widen, until we won't be able to hear each other at all.
Thursday, June 6, 2019
9/13/18
Today's Horoscope
All signs:
A lot of what you do and say is going to be ignored or misunderstood by most people. We see celebrities and famous people get so much attention for anything they do. We see TV shows and movies that aren't real life, where reactions are exaggerated for storytelling purposes, and we expect the things we do to have the same sort of big impact.
Then we go out of our way to make some grand gesture, or sacrifice, or create something, and we are met with a less than enthusiastic response, or almost no one seems to notice.
The stars want you to realize that you shouldn't do anything expecting the rest of the world to applaud. The reason a lot of famous people do things is to be noticed, it's a narcissistic and shallow need to prove to themselves and the world that they matter. It's a way to fill a hole or get the attention of someone who never gave it to them growing up. Many are driven by insecurity.
Which is fine, the stars aren't here to judge. They just want you to understand that it's not healthy to do things because you expect a lot glory or praise in return, because unless you are famous, you're not going to get that. Do what you do because it makes you happy, or because it makes someone else's life better, or simply because it's the right thing to do. Then anything you get in return is just a bonus.
The stars continue to shine at night, each one just a tiny light in an infinite multitude of twinkling lights. You can only ever see a miniscule fraction of all the stars that are really out there, regardless of whether you can even bother to look up. They are all doing their part, to create something beautiful, and to keep the universe going.
Just like you.
All signs:
A lot of what you do and say is going to be ignored or misunderstood by most people. We see celebrities and famous people get so much attention for anything they do. We see TV shows and movies that aren't real life, where reactions are exaggerated for storytelling purposes, and we expect the things we do to have the same sort of big impact.
Then we go out of our way to make some grand gesture, or sacrifice, or create something, and we are met with a less than enthusiastic response, or almost no one seems to notice.
The stars want you to realize that you shouldn't do anything expecting the rest of the world to applaud. The reason a lot of famous people do things is to be noticed, it's a narcissistic and shallow need to prove to themselves and the world that they matter. It's a way to fill a hole or get the attention of someone who never gave it to them growing up. Many are driven by insecurity.
Which is fine, the stars aren't here to judge. They just want you to understand that it's not healthy to do things because you expect a lot glory or praise in return, because unless you are famous, you're not going to get that. Do what you do because it makes you happy, or because it makes someone else's life better, or simply because it's the right thing to do. Then anything you get in return is just a bonus.
The stars continue to shine at night, each one just a tiny light in an infinite multitude of twinkling lights. You can only ever see a miniscule fraction of all the stars that are really out there, regardless of whether you can even bother to look up. They are all doing their part, to create something beautiful, and to keep the universe going.
Just like you.
9/11/18
Today's Horoscope
All signs:
Every loss leaves a hole, and every hole has a shape. When we suffer the loss of someone from our lives, we first have to deal with the pain and heartbreak, and just getting through each day. That pain varies in its intensity and length depending on who it was and what they meant to you, obviously. The stars here are talking about the big ones.
Your first goal is just to survive it. It might be some time before you can actually start to fully function again. Eventually, you learn to go on with your life, if only on a basic and barely functional level at first.
That's when you start to notice the shape of the hole that now occupies your life. Naturally, you start to look for things that can fill that hole, but when you lose something special, it is very hard to find something else that will fit exactly in that hole. The hole is unique and complex, and we end up trying to find the exact thing we lost, but that can't happen.
We know that, but it doesn't stop us from trying. We discard the people and things that come along and don't fit in the space provided. We shouldn't be so frivolous, but we can't help it. We know what we lost, and we just can't accept anything less.
Time has a way of eroding that hole, though. The days and months and years start to wear away the edges, and the shape starts to become more nondescript. One day, you are left with a void in your life that is smoother; it's bigger, but it's more accepting. That's when you can start to let others in, and you find out that while no one and nothing can exactly replace what you have lost, they can bring their own merits and joy to your life.
Grief is a process, it is necessary, and it is going to take time. It is not eternal, no matter what the poets and the songwriters say. You can keep your memories and carry them with you until the day you die, but eventually the pain will subside enough that you won't even notice it most days.
The stars know that we are all on the journey to that place for most of our lives. We cling tightly to the people we have lost, afraid to lose them forever, or ashamed to move on, like it will somehow diminish them. The thing the stars want you to know is that the hole they left in your life can always be filled again. It WILL be filled again, and if you don't watch what falls into it, you might find that your life has filled with bad and destructive things.
If anything, tend to the holes others have left in your lives fastidiously. The people who left them wouldn't want you to suffer any more than you have to, so you owe it to them to live well.
All signs:
Every loss leaves a hole, and every hole has a shape. When we suffer the loss of someone from our lives, we first have to deal with the pain and heartbreak, and just getting through each day. That pain varies in its intensity and length depending on who it was and what they meant to you, obviously. The stars here are talking about the big ones.
Your first goal is just to survive it. It might be some time before you can actually start to fully function again. Eventually, you learn to go on with your life, if only on a basic and barely functional level at first.
That's when you start to notice the shape of the hole that now occupies your life. Naturally, you start to look for things that can fill that hole, but when you lose something special, it is very hard to find something else that will fit exactly in that hole. The hole is unique and complex, and we end up trying to find the exact thing we lost, but that can't happen.
We know that, but it doesn't stop us from trying. We discard the people and things that come along and don't fit in the space provided. We shouldn't be so frivolous, but we can't help it. We know what we lost, and we just can't accept anything less.
Time has a way of eroding that hole, though. The days and months and years start to wear away the edges, and the shape starts to become more nondescript. One day, you are left with a void in your life that is smoother; it's bigger, but it's more accepting. That's when you can start to let others in, and you find out that while no one and nothing can exactly replace what you have lost, they can bring their own merits and joy to your life.
Grief is a process, it is necessary, and it is going to take time. It is not eternal, no matter what the poets and the songwriters say. You can keep your memories and carry them with you until the day you die, but eventually the pain will subside enough that you won't even notice it most days.
The stars know that we are all on the journey to that place for most of our lives. We cling tightly to the people we have lost, afraid to lose them forever, or ashamed to move on, like it will somehow diminish them. The thing the stars want you to know is that the hole they left in your life can always be filled again. It WILL be filled again, and if you don't watch what falls into it, you might find that your life has filled with bad and destructive things.
If anything, tend to the holes others have left in your lives fastidiously. The people who left them wouldn't want you to suffer any more than you have to, so you owe it to them to live well.
9/9/18
Today's Horoscope
All signs:
Today is Sunday, and in some religions, a day of worship. The stars will never try to tell anyone what they should believe when it comes to religion. Faith in a higher power, or any spirituality, is a personal matter, and yours to choose alone.
Most religions put an emphasis on things like compassion, growth, community, charity, commitment, and empathy. All kinds of things that the stars themselves recommend. Too often though, unscrupulous leaders and organizations can cherry pick passages and twist the words of prophets and deities. Too many times worshippers can use their religion to attack or condemn others, or perform other actions that are often directly opposite of what their religion teaches them to do.
All the stars ask is that whatever faith you follow, don't use it as an excuse to harm or exclude others. Religion is there to bring you closer to God, closer to peace, closer to love, to make the world a better place, not to promote hate and violence. You really shouldn't need a religion, or the stars, for that matter, to tell you that much.
All signs:
Today is Sunday, and in some religions, a day of worship. The stars will never try to tell anyone what they should believe when it comes to religion. Faith in a higher power, or any spirituality, is a personal matter, and yours to choose alone.
Most religions put an emphasis on things like compassion, growth, community, charity, commitment, and empathy. All kinds of things that the stars themselves recommend. Too often though, unscrupulous leaders and organizations can cherry pick passages and twist the words of prophets and deities. Too many times worshippers can use their religion to attack or condemn others, or perform other actions that are often directly opposite of what their religion teaches them to do.
All the stars ask is that whatever faith you follow, don't use it as an excuse to harm or exclude others. Religion is there to bring you closer to God, closer to peace, closer to love, to make the world a better place, not to promote hate and violence. You really shouldn't need a religion, or the stars, for that matter, to tell you that much.
9/8/18
Today's Horoscope
All signs:
The stars want to remind you that most of the lies people tell themselves and others are lies that they have somehow convinced themselves are the truth. They have fooled and tricked themselves into manufacturing a false reality.
Pay attention to what you think and what you say and what you do, and make sure it's all in unison. If not, you are in conflict, and happiness and self esteem is not possible while being conflicted.
Make sure your truth is actually the truth, or the stars see a lot of self-inflicted misery in your future.
All signs:
The stars want to remind you that most of the lies people tell themselves and others are lies that they have somehow convinced themselves are the truth. They have fooled and tricked themselves into manufacturing a false reality.
Pay attention to what you think and what you say and what you do, and make sure it's all in unison. If not, you are in conflict, and happiness and self esteem is not possible while being conflicted.
Make sure your truth is actually the truth, or the stars see a lot of self-inflicted misery in your future.
9/7/18
Today’s Horoscope
All Signs:
Everyone is going to let you down now and then. It’s inevitable. The thing is, you shouldn’t let that affect how you feel about yourself, and you shouldn’t pin your happiness on how others react to your kindness and charity.
The stars want to remind you that people are endlessly complex and damaged, and most of the time they can’t even tell you why they do some of the things they do. How can you base your happiness on that?
All Signs:
Everyone is going to let you down now and then. It’s inevitable. The thing is, you shouldn’t let that affect how you feel about yourself, and you shouldn’t pin your happiness on how others react to your kindness and charity.
The stars want to remind you that people are endlessly complex and damaged, and most of the time they can’t even tell you why they do some of the things they do. How can you base your happiness on that?
9/6/18
Today’s Horoscope
All Signs:
The stars advise you to always go down fighting. Fighting for what’s right, fighting for what you believe, fighting for the people you love. There is no point to living if your life is one of eternal compromise and capitulation, of caving to things that go against your morals and devour the people and things you care about, along with your self esteem.
Before you start fighting though, you should make sure the things you are fighting for are good and valid, and don’t be reluctant to change your position if the facts merit it. Don’t fight for hatred, or bigotry, or for things that hurt others. Don’t blindly make your stand for things that others have told you to fight for; make sure you examine every issue and your motives. Don’t enable people, or let yourself get taken advantage of by someone you care about when it is their addiction or selfishness that is dictating what they ask of you. Don’t fight for causes that are ultimately hurting you, or people that are innocent. Don’t punch down.
Once you figure out what you are fighting for, give it everything you have. Refuse to allow setbacks to keep you down. Don’t let naysayers and cowards make you abandon your cause. Fight a moral and respectable fight, but keep fighting. Even if you lose, you will never question yourself or forget the fact that you didn’t give in and betray yourself, simply because it was hard or unpopular or scary. You gave it all you had, you will proud of who you are. You will inspire others to take up the fight in your place. You will be stronger, tempered in the fires of righteous battle. Plus, you just might win.
Trust the stars on this one.
Go.
Down.
Fighting.
All Signs:
The stars advise you to always go down fighting. Fighting for what’s right, fighting for what you believe, fighting for the people you love. There is no point to living if your life is one of eternal compromise and capitulation, of caving to things that go against your morals and devour the people and things you care about, along with your self esteem.
Before you start fighting though, you should make sure the things you are fighting for are good and valid, and don’t be reluctant to change your position if the facts merit it. Don’t fight for hatred, or bigotry, or for things that hurt others. Don’t blindly make your stand for things that others have told you to fight for; make sure you examine every issue and your motives. Don’t enable people, or let yourself get taken advantage of by someone you care about when it is their addiction or selfishness that is dictating what they ask of you. Don’t fight for causes that are ultimately hurting you, or people that are innocent. Don’t punch down.
Once you figure out what you are fighting for, give it everything you have. Refuse to allow setbacks to keep you down. Don’t let naysayers and cowards make you abandon your cause. Fight a moral and respectable fight, but keep fighting. Even if you lose, you will never question yourself or forget the fact that you didn’t give in and betray yourself, simply because it was hard or unpopular or scary. You gave it all you had, you will proud of who you are. You will inspire others to take up the fight in your place. You will be stronger, tempered in the fires of righteous battle. Plus, you just might win.
Trust the stars on this one.
Go.
Down.
Fighting.
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